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131 comments

• BETSY_ANN_BOBOLINK says:

  Very good, QPF, you catch on very quickly. In no time at all, you’ll be able to do the really complex stuff, like — big small cyrillic blue red extended and circus display.

  on March 21, 2010 at 1:44 AM
• Baltsamic Vinaigrette says:

  Cieca [#104], could it be that the Met stage will be awash with divas-as-crazed-babes-in-bikinis, a-rompin’ and a-cavortin’ to a sax continuo…?

  on March 21, 2010 at 6:19 AM
• Bluessweet says:

  L.C. What unruly children you have. They keep playing games like HTML codes when you want them to concentrate on YOUR game. I’ll try to be good and guess that, while RF may be fully gowned, the dancers and those of the Chorus who can stand the exposure will look more like the gals at Minsky’s (Of blessed memory. No offence intended.)

  on March 21, 2010 at 8:12 AM
• Buster says:

  Great was to spend a Sunday morning -- thanks for all the Non mi dir clips.

  This is the one for me, although I slightly prefer her on the later Mitropoulos recording.

  on March 21, 2010 at 8:49 AM
• Quanto Painy Fakor says:

  on March 21, 2010 at 9:40 AM
• Zerbinetta says:

  I’m hoping it will involve a giant spider, of the likes found in the Salzburg Finta Giardinieria or maybe Shelob from Lord of the Rings. Each leg can grab a different Rossini tenor. But maybe #121 is on to something, after all the Met does have a saxophonist on call, as we know from Hamlet.

  on March 21, 2010 at 10:08 AM
• Quanto Painy Fakor says:

  on March 21, 2010 at 11:40 AM
• Harry says:

  We are constantly engaged here with various opinions of how this or that singer performs /(ed) some aria or in some opera. We may dispute their vocal suitability for the opera attempted, whatever: but how many times do we talk about and gauge their ‘personal artistic commitment and dedication’ to what they attempted. Surely they should be given points one way or another, for ‘application’ If a listener cannot detect the sense of that individual commitment and to what degree, in a performance…appreciation of style, emotion, sheer vocal sound, and musicianship: becomes a passing superficial matter.’Walk on and walk off’ anonymous performances piss me off. Sing to me NOT at me’ as the saying goes.

  on March 21, 2010 at 2:12 PM
• Quanto Painy Fakor says:

  More scenes from the movement consultants for the Zimmerman Armida
  

  
  

  on March 21, 2010 at 2:15 PM
• PirateJenny says:

  Thanks you Buster for the Elisabeth Grummer Donna Anna! That was absolutely spectacular, and completely new to me. I didn’t even mind the over-rolling of the r’s, which ordinarily annoys me a tad. What a treat to hear it sung so effortlessly.

  on March 21, 2010 at 3:39 PM