“Carl Tanner will sing the title role in Verdi’s Otello in tonight’s season premiere performance, replacing Stuart Skelton, who is ill.” That’s what the Met’s press department just told us.
Maybe they’re hiring specialists.
It depends on the time. If possible, I like La Grande Brasserie, just opposite Bofinger on rue de la Bastille. But they only take reservations up to 11, I think. Bofinger itself is open till...
You were here?
They weren't really bassos. Nobody is, these days, I sometimes think.
wonderful review, Nigel. I was there a few nights before you. We have some differing opinions but agree 100% on Ms Rebeka. She doesn’t have the typical Verdi spinto voice, but with her solid...
Peter, thank you for this and for many happy memories of WCO in the 1990s, when I lived in DC. I remember calling up once for a last-minute ticket and getting you on the line. We had a nice chat. I...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 36 minutes ago
https://youtu.be/8ujkUv3_43k?si=MmeCzyxzoA_AFUnP Stokowski, Symphonic Synthesis of Act 3 of Parsifal
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 48 minutes ago
Several of these YouTube clips are blank in the U.S. - Sanford is posting from the Holy Land. "Make a Wish" (the "Good Fairy" musical) with Nanette Fabray and Helen Gallagher:...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 1 hour ago
I saw Nelly as Imogene in "Il Pirata" in 2001 with Bruce Fowler, Franco Pomponi and Daniel Sumegi and your late husband conducted. She was wonderful - sadly the Met got Miricioiu both too...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 1 hour ago
Great review. Sorry to zero in selfishly on this point, but you say "and you’re out to dine shortly before 11." Where? I'm going to Trittico and Manon next month, both ending shortly...
Meyerbeer probably took inspiration from it.
IN theater on this date: The first show to open on this date was The Archers in 1796. Music was by American composer Benjamin Carr to a libretto by William Dunlap. Ephemera being, uh, ephemeral,...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 2 hours ago
https://youtu.be/CjHHoeUJ9GE?si=zKfu3__9_KwQ9Eti Kathleen Ferrier, Ach, Golgatha ...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 2 hours ago
https://youtu.be/W2pxCjrgbZI?si=OLI4IjEnyV01nMxQ
Marian Anderson sings "Were you there"
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 2 hours ago
The healing power of music. Thank you for your beautiful, moving post.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 2 hours ago
If you locate the special school for beefing up bottoms do let me know.
Agree. She hasn't been back since the pandemic. Great voices don't always last forever and I wish we got her more this side of the pond.
…sorry, inadvertent post.
You mean that's not from Robert le Diable?
Pardon?
This month has been an education for me. Like Chris, I have always preferred Donizetti's comedies to his tragic works. Of course, I admired Lucia and was impressed by [fill in the blank] as...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 3 hours ago
“Carl Tanner will sing the title role in Verdi’s Otello in tonight’s season premiere performance, replacing Stuart Skelton, who is ill.” That’s what the Met’s press department just told us.
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