“merry” is not precisely the right word

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by La Cieca | 12:58 am | Sep 26, 2009

And this is so not someone I expected to turn up at the Embassy Ball.

And now, the inevitable “this diva looks like that diva.”

Hans Lick says:
C/F 8: Mary Stuart mad scene???
Just because it’s Donizetti doesn’t mean someone goes insane.
We know you mean the pre-execution cabaletta, but … mad scene? You must be thinking of Anna Bolena.
(as Donizetti told me personally: “Whew! … just because I went mad doesn’t mean … what was I talking about?”)
on September 26, 2009 at 5:06 PM
CerquettiFarrell says:
OK Hans Lick so not excactly a mad scene. Never knew the difference between the final scenes of Bolena and Stuarda. Although I love both and think they are the pinnacle of bel canto, alongwith the mad scene from Pirata.
I think Stuarda is much, much more than the act II slinging match. Although it’s great fun too, of course.
on September 26, 2009 at 9:18 PM

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