parterre box » beloved artists http://parterre.com where opera is king and you, the readers, are queens Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:18:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Blühenden Lebens labende Glute http://parterre.com/2010/07/21/bluhenden-lebens-labende-glute/ http://parterre.com/2010/07/21/bluhenden-lebens-labende-glute/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:57:59 +0000 La Cieca http://parterre.com/?p=15930 fatbottomedgirlsJane Eaglen (remember her?) reveals a fundamental secret of the art of song. [San Francisco Chronicle]

]]> http://parterre.com/2010/07/21/bluhenden-lebens-labende-glute/feed/ 57 The littlest angel http://parterre.com/2010/04/21/the-littlest-angel/ http://parterre.com/2010/04/21/the-littlest-angel/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:34:56 +0000 La Cieca http://parterre.com/?p=14097 hampson_cherubinoA member of the cher public who attended yesterday’s Met Guild luncheon honoring Frederica von Stade reports: “Evelyn Lear went so far as to call [Flicka] ‘Mother Teresa — a saint.’  As part of his homage, Thomas Hampson sang one of the Cherubino arias — it was really sweet.  

“He introduced the piece by saying that when Flicka began her career, he was still ‘playing with Lincoln Logs.’ (She jeered!)  Then he got out his lyric sheet for the aria and fiddled with his reading glasses. ‘So much for the Lincoln Logs,’ she sang.”

“I have never heard so many people ardently praise someone’s goodness. Trust me — they sure didn’t at the luncheon for Zeffirelli two years ago!”

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