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- Bianca Castafiore
  Yes, Paris and the French did not like women en travesti playing men, so Néocles had to be a tenor, not a contralto (the irony being that contralti/mezzos were replacing castrati). Can you tell me...
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 4 minutes ago
- AB
  Say their name! Say their name!
  
  Dies magna et amara valde · 22 minutes ago
- JoAnn Kulesza
  Peter, the arts.world owes you and Stephen endless gratitude for WCO and for all YOU have done to further and educate the Vocal World over your lifetime. Your vast knowledge of opera, singers and...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 24 minutes ago
- Gualtier Maldè
  For the French version "Le Siège de Corinthe" Rossini changed the location, the names of the characters and the vocal distribution. The contralto role of Calbo in "Maometto II"...
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 46 minutes ago
- PCally
  Wasn’t able to listen to the entire thing but I liked Sills more than I had anticipated for that point in her career. Her ornamentation drove me nuts, but I thought she was in strong shape. Verrett...
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 1 hour ago
- Lohenfal
  Yes, Rossini himself made many changes in the music of his French revision, but at least they're his own. The Schippers goes back and forth between the 2 scores, along with some interpolations...
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 1 hour ago
- CanBelto
  And in real life, Philip was in his 30s and Carlos was kind of creepy, no?
  
  C’est une vraie voix · 1 hour ago
- oedipe
  I don’t think she can.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 1 hour ago
- CCorwinNYC
  You can listen to the Hunter/Theyard Cavalleria here: https://parterre.com/2024/10/08/easter-vigilantes I heard him just...
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 1 hour ago
- Bianca Castafiore
  As I understand it, the score is also different than Maometto II …. many arias and set pieces are the same but not all.
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 2 hours ago
- scott grunow
  Callas as Maria
  Barbieri as the Marquise
  Oltrabella as Krakenthorp
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 2 hours ago
- Moe Rear
  Still pretty amazing! https://youtu.be/8zZD9fA-P_A?si=XcZ3lXvyg-FWRHGg&t=610
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 3 hours ago
- Lohenfal
  The second broadcast was during the following season, in Jan. 1976. I remember listening to both at that time, primarily because of Verrett. I was never the greatest Sills fan: excellent technique,...
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 3 hours ago
- Moe Rear
  Nuff said. https://youtu.be/DPRDb28EnEk?si=X5AsARtVMVRpQVSZ
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 3 hours ago
- NPW--Paris
  Duh… I overlooked the ‘Venetian biographer’. I’m high on asparagus and strawberries.
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 3 hours ago
- Mr. Portafiori
  I met Sills a few times she was lovely.
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 4 hours ago
- Niel Rishoi
  Thank you for this wonderful, detailed report! I went straight to YouTube and found Rebeka's account of the big aria - spectacular indeed.
  
  C’est une vraie voix · 4 hours ago
- Mr. Portafiori
  I was there too it was a very exciting night. I was a sucker for her ornamentation. The more notes she sang the more thrilling it was for me. As I have listened to a lot of sopranos and it seems...
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 4 hours ago
- NPW--Paris
  None of the Donizetti fans here seems to have taken an interest.
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 4 hours ago
- NPW--Paris
  Oh, cowboys and Indians of course.
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 4 hours ago