“Renée Fleming and Ben Whishaw… two iconic beauties millennia apart.” [The Shed]
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A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 10 minutes ago
Shockingly enough, one of my favourite Lucia recordings is this one in German - the conductor is on fire, and the characters seem to really listen to one another and respond. The sextet is stellar,...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 11 minutes ago
But she's also never been portrayed, to the best of my knowledge, as a slob.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 12 minutes ago
Mama Rose is a "slob"? Since when?
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 13 minutes ago
IN theater on this date: The first time William Danforth and Herbert Waterous ever performed together on Broadway in a 1915 revival of The Yeomen of the Guard, also starring DeWolf Hopper. In all,...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 15 minutes ago
The difficulty of finding places open after the show in some cities is a constant annoyance for Spanish operagoers, who cannot countenance eating before. So far, I have always managed, even if in...
Apparently that white paint was hell. Davide is heaven for me.
And normally it stays available on the ORF app for 30 days.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 26 minutes ago
Pamira - Beverly Sills Maometto - Justino Díaz Neocle - Shirley Verrett Cleomene - Harry Theyard Jero - Richard T. Gill Ismene - Betsy Norden Adrasto - Arthur Thompson Omar - Richard Best Conductor...
I can never hear this without crying. So poignant.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 37 minutes ago
Obligatory reminder that Figlia never went out of rep, and there were plenty of limpid, clear, girlish voices singing the role of Maria - so really, Callas not essaying the role is no great...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 39 minutes ago
Actually, I am all for the Sadlers Wells/ENO model - opera in translation is usually vilified by posh wannabes who are less concerned about the music/drama than they are about flexing their (often,...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 43 minutes ago
True. But Mama Rose is no more Rose Hovick than Schilker’s Don Carlos is the historical Carlos.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 47 minutes ago
I’m sure that’s true linguistically but have you ever heard live performances of French rep on Russian, Austrian, German, Italian, Czech or British stages? Not just an American problem!
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 1 hour ago
What d’ya know, I went to see Gypsy too ! To sum it up : Not quite it. During the performance, it occurred to me that it would be a good thing for many Americans to go see this. Maybe more people...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 1 hour ago
In real life Rose Hovick was apparently very chic and seductive, by no means a ‘slob.’ More Munsel than Merman.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 1 hour ago
I think mezzos get the glamor roles (there are more for mezzos in opera house repertory) and money. Yes, I agree Rach is more contralto.
Apropos of the post below, and for anyone interested, a friend (an American actor who is spending the year in Paris) saw Natalie Dessay in Gypsy last night. To summarize his impressions, it sounds...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 2 hours ago
Wow - thanks for the heads up!
https://oe1.orf.at/
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 2 hours ago
“Renée Fleming and Ben Whishaw… two iconic beauties millennia apart.” [The Shed]
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