The delightful and greatly missed Madeline Kahn explains how she almost became an opera singer.
The complete version of this 1985 Opera Quiz, also featuring Kitty Carlisle Hart and Charles Nelson Reilly, can be found on Veoh. com.
Isn’t her name Sorensen, not Sorenson?
Was impressed by Ms Fridman’s Anna Bolena and would really like to hear this. She is not yet 30 and has been singing very demanding parts for some years. She seems to be a return to the past when...
To me he can wait a while to do Idomeneo. How about Lawrence Brownlee in that role and Bliss as Pylades?
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 1 hour ago
Fascinating. Thank you Benedetta Funghi-Trifolati!
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 2 hours ago
It;s a shame the timing and $$ did not work out, as it truly one of the great roles - especially for someone no longer in the “bloom of youth.” I find it interesting that the role of Cervantes/Don...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 2 hours ago
I really enjoyed hearing the instrumental detail, especially the exquisite writing for woodwinds all the way through tonight's excellent performance of Luisa Miller, more clearly than usual...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 2 hours ago
I remember that production so well - and yes the evening belonged to Sciutti. I had seen her two years previously in Il Turco in Italia at Glyndebourne and it was the same story. She had that...
A favorite Donizetti performance from James Grant · 2 hours ago
Carnival has an opera connection besides Albergetti. The 2nd national tour was headed my Elaine Melvin. Besides having been Marsinah in the original West End production of Kismet and singing...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 3 hours ago
https://screenrant.com/jean-marsh-death-obituary/ Off topic: RIP Jean Marsh (the actress)
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 3 hours ago
Thank you for posting these recordings! In my mid 20s, I had the good fortune to portray Paul in a local theatre production. it was my first (and almost only) time playing a romantic lead, and it...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 3 hours ago
Misremembered your footwear photo from a while back. Cowboy boots it is, then.
Thanks for featuring Bruson; happily still with us at 89. I was very fortunate to get to know him a little as he was friends with good friends of mine. I believe I saw him in all of his...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 4 hours ago
You misspelled Maria Guleghina.
Concur
I am Ester Mazzoleni and the last great Norma was Anita Cerquetti
cowboy boots
Would be a kick to meet La Grande Grunowa. Guess we look for motorcycle boots at the pole?
It is peculiar, as you say the website (just updated) does not specify which opera. I assume it is Tauride because they indicate the work premiered in 1779.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 6 hours ago
Well we all know how the Callas "take no prisoners" approach so sadly shortened her career!?
Krunoslav, thank you for selecting the great Bruson! As we have discussed, I only got to see him once - as Don Carlo in "Forza" in San Francisco, with Leontyne Price, Veriano Luchetti,...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 6 hours ago
The delightful and greatly missed Madeline Kahn explains how she almost became an opera singer.
The complete version of this 1985 Opera Quiz, also featuring Kitty Carlisle Hart and Charles Nelson Reilly, can be found on Veoh. com.
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