parterre box

233 comments

• Quanto Painy Fakor says:

  does anyone know the source of this video? TV? What program?
  

  on April 25, 2012 at 12:01 AM
  • soubrettino says:

    That’s from a 1971 BBC interview with Verrett. She also sang Azucena, Eboli and Dalila, the card scene from Carmen, Mozart’s Exultate and “Let us break bread together”. There’s a colored (i.e. not black-and-white) version as well.

    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=shirley+verrett+bbc+special

    on April 25, 2012 at 1:48 AM
• Porgy Amor says:

  Born on this day in 1917, the great Ella Fitzgerald, here singing Debussy (…sort of).

  on April 25, 2012 at 12:12 AM
  • Baltsamic Vinaigrette says:

    I loves you, Porgy -- thanks for the link!

    on April 25, 2012 at 9:23 AM
• A. Poggia Turra says:

  Here, courtesy of Signor Grigolo’s own Twitter feed and the NYP’s Page Six, a tale of la Dolce Vita, Manhattan style:

  http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/singing_stallion_Q8oQi9hhDHardfM1x0GznI

  on April 25, 2012 at 2:45 AM
• WindyCityOperaman says:

  Born on this day in 1915 bass Italo Tajo
  

  Born on this day in 1918 dramatic soprano Astrid Varnay
  

  Happy 63rd birthday mezzo-soprano Cynthia Clarey
  

  on April 25, 2012 at 7:10 AM
• Krunoslav says:

  Note the spitting!!!

  on April 25, 2012 at 9:56 AM
• Buster says:

  Laura Aikin is Marilyn Monroe:

  httvp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR_mWnGqWkQ

  on April 25, 2012 at 1:18 PM
• Buster says:

  on April 25, 2012 at 1:18 PM
• littoraldrift says:

  Can anyone identify the Zefiro torna in the second half? Singers sound anglophone, I’m guessing early days of HIP movement/baroque revival?

  on April 25, 2012 at 4:41 PM
  • cosmodimontevergine says:

    Sounds like Alfred Deller -there was a Vanguard recording in the early 60s.

    on April 25, 2012 at 5:15 PM
• luvtennis says:

  Dear La Cieca:

  PLEASE, PLEASE consider the following you tube excerpts for inclusion in the Unnatural Acts of OPera section!!!!!

  I admit that on some level these excerpts are the equivalent of vocal pornography, but GOD IN HEAVEN, it is soooooooooo badass.

  Also, I would be interested in whether in any Parterrians can advise as to whether the singing is due to the presence of Callas in the audience. There has to be some reason for this incredibly divine self-indulgence.

  on April 25, 2012 at 5:02 PM
  • kashania says:

    OMG, that high C in “O patria mia” is orgasmic.

    on April 25, 2012 at 6:32 PM
• luvtennis says:

  Most of the performance is excerpted on youtube.

  I didn’t know Corelli could be so incredibly sensitive. He is actually a match for Vickers in that regard, at least in these performances.

  UN!FREAKING!REAL!!

  on April 25, 2012 at 5:04 PM