The great Swedish soprano died earlier today. She was 82. [AP]
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lPGBUCQLgM&start=70
He should do the Astrologer in The Golden Cockerel………it’s actually written in
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 10 minutes ago
Welcome Flamand!
A favorite Donizetti performance from Flamand · 22 minutes ago
Hope Garanca flies in for Garanca!
So I’m intrigued to see, having heard her in Trovatore recently, and read about her Norma, that Rachel W-S is scheduled to sing Thaïs in Toulouse with Tassis Christoyannis this Sept/Oct. I could be...
Hearing this - or the high F in Puritani - I am of two minds. I am in awe, but I also wonder whether the fact that one can necessarily means that one should.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 41 minutes ago
You're welcome! I'm a middle aged lady who's been lurking around the edges of this community for a long time -- I even subscribed for years to the old paper Parterre zine! I'll...
Iphegenie, Gluck, doesn't say if she is in Aulis or Tauride, Nov 23, Pearlfishers March 14, Idomeneo May 9
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 1 hour ago
I think Lombardi showed she had a great Norma in her but it was way too tentative and vague. I personally really didn’t like Grigorian in the role at all. Of the three Willis-Sorsen was IMO by far...
I was called away for quite a bit of the broadcast, but I was impressed how vividly RWS sang, while maintaining a plangent core to her tone.
speaking of which …
Can't believe they didn't consult me first so I personally could approve their role assumptions.
Asmik (in this same production I think) and Lombardi. Both last month I think.
Maybe I'm out of the loop but who else is having a go?
Much to my surprise I think Willis-Sorsen is the best of three Norma’s in the “Norma Wars” of 2025. She sounds much surer of herself than the other two did.
Berg, Janacek, Prokofiev, Britten, Shostakovich, Glass, Adams... and Händel and Rameau.
Wonderful choice, Krunoslav. And it is nice to be reminded that there is more to Donizetti than sopranos (brilliantly as he wrote for them).
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 4 hours ago
I ended up listening to most of this away from my computer but I thought it was pretty great! Happy Sunday everyone.
It's not really any better to say that they "did" Poliuto, is it?
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 4 hours ago
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A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 4 hours ago
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