parterre box

72 comments

• The Vicar of John Wakefield says:

  Lot of tosh about nothing. Tinsley outsang her at every turn. Plus`Jennifer Eddy was a finer Lucia, Marie Collier a finer Tosca and Lois McDonall a better Violetta.

  on December 3, 2009 at 11:04 PM
  • mrmyster says:

    Vicar, don’t you think Valerie Masterson a far better
    Antonia than Netrebko? I surely do.
    As for Hoffman, where is Walter Widdop when we need
    him or Midgley?
    Oh, for the good old days of Empire!

    on December 3, 2009 at 11:19 PM
    • CruzSF says:

      O my goodness. I just learned that Valerie Masterston is 72 years old! She would make a very different Antonia.

      on December 5, 2009 at 12:09 AM
  • Theseus says:

    Sure, and Rosalind Plowright a better Norma, right? Too much fish & chips…

    on December 4, 2009 at 1:54 AM
  • judycadanna says:

    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/

    on December 4, 2009 at 9:27 AM
• messa di voce says:

  And isn’t Callas at absolutely her most beautiful here? Hair by Alexandre, wool boucle sheath a la Balenciaga, drip earrings, and an emerald the size of Central Park on her hand. Greek chic!

  on December 3, 2009 at 11:07 PM
  • Dan says:

    Maybe being a guy puts me at a disadvantage, but how the hell can you tell who did her hair and who made her clothes?

    Is it like looking at a painting and knowing intuitively that it’s a Kandinsky or a Gorky, a Botticelli or da Vinci?

    on December 4, 2009 at 12:21 AM
    • judycadanna says:

      Feminine nom d’opera and Gay Superpowers to Recognize a gown a la Balenciaga notwithstanding, Dan, I don’t like the implication that you’re the only guy reading this blog.

      on December 4, 2009 at 9:25 AM
      • Dan says:

        Oh didn’t mean to suggest that at all. I really am just a dummy when it comes to this stuff.

        on December 4, 2009 at 1:10 PM
• tannengrin says:

  Listening to and watching Callas made me ‘get’ the romance of singing opera – beyond perfect technique, elocution, hitting the notes & all that.

  on December 3, 2009 at 11:31 PM
• Ruxton says:

  Wernato, don’t torture yourself….that’s our job!

  on December 4, 2009 at 1:14 AM
• soubrettino says:

  Even with only the right headphone working, Divina shines. And oh, the things I’d do to be on the end of a spit.

  on December 4, 2009 at 4:28 AM
• callasorphan says:

  Yes indeed, mother is at her most beautiful!

  on December 4, 2009 at 9:43 AM
• Maury says:

  She opened the doors of opera to me, as well.

  Do I recall correctly that on the same day we bid a happy anniversary to Parterre Box, at least in its moment of inspiration?

  on December 4, 2009 at 11:51 AM
• callasorphan says:

  I truly would have had a very dismal life without her opening the world of opera to me–thanks mom!

  on December 4, 2009 at 2:23 PM
• Clita del Toro says:

  I saw Callas in Norma, Lucia, Traviata, Tosca and Il Pirata. She was a great, great artist/singer, who could also act.

  Happy birthday, Maria.

  btw, Dorian is a total ASSHOLE!

  on December 4, 2009 at 2:47 PM
  • kashania says:

    I wouldn’t call Dorion an asshole. He just likes to goad people, especially when it comes to Callas, by saying things that he knows are untrue (like “poor technique”) and will get a response!

    on December 4, 2009 at 4:48 PM
• Ruxton says:

  Clita del Toro – what a lucky, lucky little veggie you are! I am green with envy. Every week I have morning tea with a friend who also saw her in many performances- he also saw la Nilsson do Salome and Elektra and Sutherland’s first Lucia. If only….

  on December 4, 2009 at 3:40 PM