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  • shoegirl: It certainly was entertaining, but ultimately its typical of more recent Glyndebourne productions... 4:10 AM
  • Feldmarschallin: Nagelstad and she was incredible. Stemme only sang Gotterdammerung here. Dalayman and Herletzius... 3:57 AM
  • Buster: Frida Leider sounds anything but thin on the Tristan experts from the Met, issued by the Frida Leider... 3:57 AM
  • Buster: The Munich Siegfried had Naglestad, not? Just heard her Sieglinde in the tired old Audi Ring, splendid! 3:54 AM
  • Feldmarschallin: There are recordings of those singers singing that aria just not on youtube for me to post. I am... 3:40 AM
  • Feldmarschallin: It is not from the BSO. Maybe Wiener Staatsoper. 3:34 AM
  • Noel Dahling: Thank you for your long and detailed response. Speaking of the Battle Cry, Behrens talked of trying... 3:18 AM
  • skoc211: httpv://www.youtub e.com/watch?v=FPFg gnOW5eU Surprised no one has shared this yet! This recording was my... 2:28 AM

Strange music

Sempiternal soprano Edita Gruberova celebrates her “45th stage anniversary” tomorrow, Monday February 18 with a performance of Alaide in Bellini’s La Straniera live from the Vienna Musikverein. The event will be webcast live on sonostream.tv starting at 1:30 PM New York time.

This date is exactly 45 years to the day since Gruberova made her stage debut as Rosina at the National Theater in Bratislava. Alaide is her most recently added new role. The cast, conducted by Pietro Rizzi, also includes Sonia Ganassi, Jose Bros, and Paolo Gavanelli, In honor of this remarkable career milestone, La Cieca will host a special chat on Monday afternoon.

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