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A hole in the head

by | 11:01 am | Nov 5, 2010

nasalThis just in from the Met press office: “William Shimell will sing the role of Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Così fan tutte for all performances this season, replacing Wolfgang Holzmair who is suffering from a sinus infection.”  Mr. Holzmair’s sinus infection is apparently scheduled to linger through December 2.

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  • The Vicar of John Wakefield says:

    “Susanna is not as real as real people because Freni / Cotrubas / Mathis / Gueden / Moffo / Hagley / take your pick have made her so.”

    Why was no mention made of Audrey Mildmay?

    on November 7, 2010 at 8:05 AM
    • CerquettiFarrell says:

      Quite right. Susanna has been the province of English sopranos since the days of the original, Nancy Storace. Mildmay had sorry pitch though. But There has been such a wealth of excellent British Susannas, like McLaughlin or Rodgers or Watson or Joshua, even Americans like Bonney or Donath or Battle.

      on November 7, 2010 at 8:19 AM
  • luvtennis says:

    SECOND paragraph.

    Oh bother!

    on November 8, 2010 at 6:25 PM
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