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- NPW--Paris
  Mmm… Flaubert might have made that up. So might Emma, if she was desperate for a banana split.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 8 minutes ago
- Bianca Castafiore
  “it's given too often, everywhere, sung by practically every soprano it seems.”
  Surely you meant Norma!
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 9 minutes ago
- Bianca Castafiore
  I saw Albina Shagimuratova a few years after Dessay. She was so careful and timid, she made no impression, in spite of the technical security and precision.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 11 minutes ago
- Krunoslav
  How is Sophie Joyce "American", even if she spent some years at the Met? Was Pierre Monteux Franco-American since he did the same? But she would have worked with Isabel Leonard and...
  
  Il barbiere di Siviglia · 14 minutes ago
- Belfagor
  Well, we know she was loud!
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 18 minutes ago
- Nelly della Vittoria
  And Forster was remembering Tetrazzini, whom he'd seen in Florence in 1903 or so, yes? Lucky him!
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 20 minutes ago
- NPW--Paris
  When did people start complaining? I heard her as Gilda in 2016, with Kelsey and Fabiano, and she was alright then.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 21 minutes ago
- NPW--Paris
  That was the first time I saw Hamlet.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 26 minutes ago
- feliks
  I had a ticket to hear Dessay's Ophelie. She cancelled. We got Marlis Peterson who needed autotune™ for even the simplest florid passages.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 30 minutes ago
- feliks
  I am sorry to say I sat through her Gilda partnered with a very bored sounding Zeljko Lucic.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 38 minutes ago
- NPW--Paris
  Very bloodthirsty of you.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 44 minutes ago
- NPW--Paris
  It seems the soprano Flaubert is likely to have heard as Lucie in Rouen in 1839 (it was performed in the French version) was someone called Clara Lavry (née Leroux). Her sister Zulmé premiered one...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 46 minutes ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  Nevertheless, unless it's an exceptional performance of Lucia, I would much prefer a chance to see Lucrezia Borgia or (especially) Maria di Rudenz.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 47 minutes ago
- Belfagor
  I’m shocked. She goes even further down in my estimation, the manipulative little trollop.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 51 minutes ago
- NPW--Paris
  Yes, Emma wasn't interested in staying for the mad scene, claiming the soprano was singing too loud.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 54 minutes ago
- Belfagor
  Haha, yes! I don’t recall, did they even miss the mad scene?! How shameless.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 56 minutes ago
- NPW--Paris
  In Flaubert, they leave before the end, preferring ice cream.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 58 minutes ago
- thenoctambulist
  No. There is never enough Donizetti. I say, ramp up even more performance with various soprani.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 1 hour ago
- Cornelia
  She was supposed to come back for Micaela. One of the few good things to have come from COVID...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 1 hour ago
- thenoctambulist
  I saw her Maria Stuarda and she was godawful. Totally ruined my first Stuarda for me.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 1 hour ago