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For me, Bellini over Donizetti, always, though I do think LO would fit very well into the Stone MET Lucia staging.
A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 3 minutes ago
I know what you’ll say to this, but Hangmen is in no sense a ‘2022 play’. It was not written in 2022. It did not premiere in 2022. It does not take a huge amount of effort to say ‘the 2022 Broadway...
A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 16 minutes ago
This is so good.
A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 20 minutes ago
I have no problem with her singing Puritani. She will do it wonderfully and I look forward to the broadcast. I do have a problem with the Met devoting considerable resources to an opera that would...
A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 37 minutes ago
I can see this in France, but I don’t know if it can be viewed everywhere…
A favorite Donizetti performance from Angela Meade · 44 minutes ago
Sutherland never sang DEVEREUX.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Angela Meade · 50 minutes ago
Lisette is incredibly attuned to the state of her voice at any particular time. That is why she just cancelled a high profile production of Faust and said she only expected to get to it in the...
A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 57 minutes ago
https://youtu.be/3_LxOpQUOgA https://youtu.be/d-zPIHFw2Qs?si=HeMT51LXJL_LKRea
Gossett in his book Divas and Scholars certainly had much to say on this matter: https://uploads.disquscdn.c...
February 2020, Los Angeles
A favorite Donizetti performance from Angela Meade · 1 hour ago
I'd loved to have been there. Morley is such a dedicated, delightful artist, and she was born to be one. Knows her voice intimately, and most importantly, astute in preserving its pristine...
Scott: Do you know when this performance took place? I'd love to hear the complete performance if it's available. Thanks.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Angela Meade · 1 hour ago
When the Seattle World’s Fair opened, I was in 2nd grade in nearby Whidbey Island and went to see the Fair. After moving to Dallas for 3 years (Navy brat), we returned to Seattle. I was always...
A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 2 hours ago
A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 2 hours ago
Yes, such a shame that she's singing Puritani. How horrible for us all. https://youtu.be/zLtjL_ZYja4?si=jLQwGqp3c9GijTOF
A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 2 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lyH4CC1h8YhI02ELw7ugqszWhm-pjqHZU
A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 2 hours ago
Lisette is a treasurable artist!
A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 2 hours ago
I'm not ashamed to admit I love some of Casey's movies. But by the end of his porn career, he looked completely dissipated on screen.
A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 2 hours ago
ON this date in history: This is the traditional date in 753 BC on which Romulus is said to have founded Rome. IN 900 AD, the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the...
A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 2 hours ago
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