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  • brooklynpunk: uh oh.... this doesn't sound very promising.....http://...
  • oedipe: Indiana,Thanks for the link to The Atlantic artic...
  • phoenix: I only saw Indra Thomas once -- in an opera I don't care for...
  • Often admonished: She's more than promising, it seemshttp://www.theartsde...
  • Often admonished: How many should just stick to Leporello?
  • oedipe: P.S. Better yet:“Ceci n’est pas une pipe; c’est une bra...
  • Iphigénie: According on a post on a french forum, Natalie Dessay said o...
  • Angelo Saccosta: Well said, Semira. The father/daughter duets go from gloriou...
  • semira mide: Angelo, your observation about Verdi's emotions and this ope...
  • oedipe: Yes, La Cieca, but if and only if the ambiguity of th...

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Forever Young

easton_lauretta“For the premiere in 1918, the Metropolitan Opera marshaled … Florence Easton, whose repertory ranged from Carmen to Brünnhilde, as Loretta, the doting Gianni Schicchi’s ingénue daughter who winds him around her little finger with the Top 10 aria ‘O mio babbino caro’.” [NYT]

18 comments

  • kashania says:

    What makes the spelling mistake even worse, IMO, is that they spell it correctly at the end of the article. So, it’s just a matter of the editor having a sharp eye.

  • hndymn says:

    Forgive me for being just a tad slow on the uptake, but I just got the joke. Very Funny…