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Intermission feature

by | 12:36 am | Apr 22, 2012

Has the week really gone by so quickly? Yes, it is Sunday, and so La Cieca (not pictured) invites the cher public (left to right) to enjoy an intermission feature brimming with off-topic and general interest conversations.

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  • zinka says:

    Opera Farewell (1992) of one of the greatest singers EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    on April 26, 2012 at 8:55 PM
  • zinka says:

    http://traffic.libsyn.com/handelmania/06_-_Gal.DiG.Hug..mp3

    I ain’t usually a Meyerbeer lover..but with singing like this (Galvany and de Giuseppe)..mmmmmmmmm.

    on April 26, 2012 at 9:03 PM
  • Feldmarschallin says:

    Thorsten Kerl will sing Tannhäuser in Bayreuth this summer.

    on April 27, 2012 at 4:07 AM
    • A. Poggia Turra says:

      Feldmarschallin -- to your best knowledge, whose choice was this? Did Clevemann cancel voluntarily? Did Thielemann make choosing his own Tannhauser a condition of taking the production over? Did katharina have a dream? Or something else?

      on April 27, 2012 at 10:10 AM
      • Feldmarschallin says:

        apparently Clevemann cancelled himself. That is at least the official version. I think it is a win for everyone but alas I only have Parsifal and Holländer tickets. If they would have a decent Elisabeth and Venus I might be tempted now but still nothing of interest IMO. I will wait and Schwanewilms is going to sing Elisabeth here in Sept and then Festspiele. Harteros and Seiffert will sing the opera in Zürich. One can find better Wagner casts here or in other houses other than Bayreuth.

        on April 27, 2012 at 2:25 PM
  • WindyCityOperaman says:

    Born on this day in 1920 conductor Guido Cantelli

    Happy 71st birthday soprano Judith Blegen

    Happy 68th birthday tenor Alexander Oliver

    on April 27, 2012 at 8:40 AM
  • zinka says:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2MwnHpLV48

    So..they walk into ANY bar..and they get picked up in:

    a.2 seconds b. no way…the customers are all drunk

    c. Ferget it…no one likes opera in bars

    on April 27, 2012 at 3:35 PM
  • Camille says:

    Kick-Ass, KARITA!!! Tonite’s THE Night!
    Toi, toi, toi!!!!!!!!!!!

    on April 27, 2012 at 3:44 PM
    • marshiemarkII says:

      Yes Camilllissssima adorata, we will all be sending the vibes, so she has a great TRIUMPH, as I am sure she will. And don’t forget the wonderful Emalie Savoy is also making her Met debut tonight, and she was fabulous in the rehearsal also!

      on April 27, 2012 at 4:09 PM
  • armerjacquino says:

    So, this is interesting- both for looking at the direction Calleja may be moving in, and also for those on this site who insist that ‘Reneigh’ ‘can’t sing’.

    Because this is tremendous, non?

    on April 28, 2012 at 7:57 PM
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