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13 comments

• scifisci says:

  Was anyone else at Caramoor tonight? Angela Meade was beyond stunning. Complete mastery of the role, sung with a voice of tremendous impact and astonishing technique. Anyone who can go, really, really should.

  on July 11, 2010 at 1:39 AM
  • suzyQ says:

    scifisci, I was at Caramoor & was overwhelmed by Meade’s performance. I totally agree with your comments & wish I could go again to the 2nd performance of Norma.

    on July 11, 2010 at 1:57 AM
  • jfmurray3 says:

    Scifisci, I agree. I was totally blown away last night. And her pairing with Keri Alkema’s Adalgisa was electric.

    on July 11, 2010 at 9:52 AM
    • pedant says:

      There must have been like alkemy–er um, alchemy.

      on July 11, 2010 at 10:07 AM
      • pedant says:

        Meant to say, “it must have been like alkemy–er um, alchemy.”

        on July 11, 2010 at 10:08 AM
• Lindoro Almaviva says:

  someone please tell me we will get to hear some of this…

  on July 11, 2010 at 2:06 AM
• Sanford says:

  I really want to get up there for the Maria di Rohan. Anyone want to get a group together from NYC?

  Also, yesterday I listened to I Masnadieri from the ROH (I think it was Paula Delligatti, but I’m not sure). So I went looking for her on Youtube (she has no videos as far as I could tell), but OMG, I found this girl, and she is stupendous:
  

  on July 11, 2010 at 10:08 AM
• brooklynpunk says:

  Caramoor is one of the coolest Festival venues I have been to, and really have missed going , for the past couple of years…hoping to somehow make the second “Norma”..and “Maria de …”

  on July 11, 2010 at 10:56 AM
• enzo says:

  Here’s the AP review of the Caramoor Norma. It gives me the impression that she’s basically a big lyric soprano whose voice was stretched by the more dramatic outbursts.

  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2012331632_apusoperanorma.html

  on July 11, 2010 at 1:46 PM
  • brooklynpunk says:

    Enzo:

    Funny the way people read and interpret a review differently…nu?

    I didn’t get the same impression you did… just from reading this…… not even close…. but … oh, well…

    on July 11, 2010 at 3:27 PM
  • BETSY_ANN_BOBOLINK says:

    Gee, it’s hard to interpret “even if they may have stretched her lyric instrument to its capacity” as meaning anything but “can crack walnuts with her nostrils.”

    on July 11, 2010 at 3:33 PM
    • enzo says:

      Betsy, you made my day!

      Punk, you must have missed that crucial passage.

      I would wager that this is a better review than the one we’ll get from Tony, if he was there.

      on July 11, 2010 at 3:59 PM
      • BETSY_ANN_BOBOLINK says:

        Careful about gloating, Enzo. You’re the one who got an “impression” from a brass-band flag-waving blatant statement.

        on July 11, 2010 at 4:16 PM