A belated happy birthday to Shirley Verrett, who so far as La Cieca knows never appeared in such operatic rarities as Gianni Chitarra, La femmina sulla spiaggia or even Che fine ha fatto Baby Jane?
Had it not been for the allergies, though…
Farrell's book is rather blah on info. All I remember is that she really disliked Richard Tucker.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 7 minutes ago
Isn't there a Siegfried Brunnhilde?
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 9 minutes ago
Farrell was slated for the NYCO opera performances of Stuarda with Sills, but negotiations broke down with no reasons given.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 11 minutes ago
She probably could and spit her out.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 15 minutes ago
Granted no one was as médiatisée as Sills. But Neway had some Broadway-generated fame and Treigle had a star operatic name in New Orleans, Mexico City, Cincinnati, Dallas etc.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 20 minutes ago
Some other times she claimed to be the first opera singer trained wholly in America-- um, Ponselle, one of her mentors? Tibbett? Steber? Kirsten? Peerce? Tucker? Peters?
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 33 minutes ago
I thoroughly enjoyed this one also. It is a piece that had somehow never seen before, so I was grateful to get to experience so good a production. It took a lot of concentration, but was well worth...
With WOZZECK, her only complete opera recording.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 50 minutes ago
Also what is "Woke" PB??
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 1 hour ago
I've just tuned in and would also like to know what Olga is talking about Dr. Hodel!? We can't discuss what we don't understand.
In Farrell's autobiography she mentions on several occasions that she and Sills were close and good friends of long standing.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 1 hour ago
I heard Sills a lot and Farrell only a few times in Wagner excerpts with Bernstein & the NY Philharmonic. Farrell's voice was one of the biggest I ever heard. Totally understand the studio...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 1 hour ago
Me too. Grew up on Panerai's recordings. Only saw him once. Memorable, superb diction and a (big) personality which leaped across the foot lights.
I’ve always wondered how that casting came about. No issue with her performance on my end but it seems like an odd role in which to re-enter complete opera performing (albeit only on a recording)...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 1 hour ago
That is correct! Lipovšek had the distinction of being in two Frau videos in 1992, the Asian-influenced production that I linked with the Emperor's aria as well as a more traditional production at...
I remember him twice as Tannhäuser. The first in NYC opposite Debbie Voigt. For some reason, I seem to think It might have been his Met Opera debut opera. The second time was in San Francisco in a...
With respect I am not sure non-New Yorkers knew of Neway and Treigle.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 1 hour ago
Farrell sounds like she could eat Sills alive in that recording. I had read Farrell had to be placed far back in order to balance the acoustic difference
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 1 hour ago
A belated happy birthday to Shirley Verrett, who so far as La Cieca knows never appeared in such operatic rarities as Gianni Chitarra, La femmina sulla spiaggia or even Che fine ha fatto Baby Jane?
Had it not been for the allergies, though…
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