Blinded item
Which tenor, who’s notorious for his off-the-chain antics, recently gave his colleagues the willies when he sauntered about backstage butt-naked?
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Mark Dellavan? Na, I guess it must have been Alagna.
Pics or it didn’t happen!
Rolando is back!
Hmmm… wondering if ‘the willies’ might be a clue. I’ve heard Bill Burden is a pretty hilarious guy, could it be him??
Wasn’t Bill Burden chained up with either Domingo or Nathan Gunn (or both) in Iphegenie en Tauride?
Yeah, Gunn, Glimmerglass, 1997.
nah, it just means everyone got the willies… because the tenor in question was Johan Botha.
Well, really UnZer ! Chacun a son yuch.
Many were scared by the incident.
I mean, scarred. Though scared works too.
Be nice! Quite a few bear chasers of my acquaintance would swoon over Mr. Botha!
Off-the-chain might be the clue to Alagna now that he’s separated from Gheorghiu…Besides Alagna and Kaufmann would there be any tenor we would want to see naked ?
After Manon, Vittorio Grigolo.
Stephen Costello, Michael Fabiano, Juan Diego Florez, Larry Brownlee, Walther Pondman, and James Valenti, but only if he promises not to sing.
Can one pick? Like in: I’ll take X, leave you all the others?
Oh, and Klaus Florian Vogt.
Also Bill Burden and Alek Shrader.
Brandon Jovanovich, Charles Castronovo — the list is mounting.
(Mounting ! ! ) I’ll be on the veranduh.
Castronovo? Chacun a son gout, of course… Maybe Vallenti can lipsync to Castronova’s voice …
Lipsynch? ? Hmmmm ! That might be impractical for the time being.
that veranduh’s going to be awfully crowded soon…
Charlie Castronovo is a pretty hot guy. I wouldn’t dare, cause i know him, but in a moment of madness, i would consider it
Said it, will say it again. Looks like he’s been separated at birth from Disney’s Alladin, Castronovo does. Not a bad thing at all.
anyway, a chance to hear his utterly delightful spouse, the pure toned Siurina
Whoever it was is a tenore non di grazia.
Ma di grazie?
I don’t think this is realated to the blind item, but I have it on good authority that this story is true:
A few years ago when Jonas Kaufmann was here in Chicago performing in “Manon,” someone saw him walking out of his dressing room completely naked. While he stood there and got water (or something rather mundane) someone asked him why he was undressed. His reply: I’m auditioning for the next Nathan Gunn vehicle.
Lol
So what’s the big deal? Well no one is saying whether the creature was also being anti social as well………..like pissing in a wash basin or something worse; doing a ‘Howard Hughes’
In the United States, we take our nudity very seriously. Several of our wealthier posters were born fully clothed.
Oh come on, you all! It’s got to be Mr. Cura!
He was recently in Edgar, but not Le Villi.
Now, I’d would not mind seeing that–come here Jose!
What a rollercoaster this thread has been. From the delightful prospect of William Burden or Jose Cura to the horrific prospect of Johan Botha.
In any case, please make some room for me on the veranduh.
Time to turn the sprinkler on that veranduh.
True ’nuff. Iced tea (no matter how iceed) sho’ ain’t gonna cut it this time.