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- Krunoslav
  NOS (THE NOSE) is another such opera. As is OBERON. Also Weis’ DER POLNISCHE JUDE and Erlanger’s LE JUIF POLONAIS, based on the same source. I’d say Ghermann is the main character in PIKOVAJA DAMA-...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 6 minutes ago
- NPW--Paris
  Forum Opera summed up her limited career in France: ‘Edita made her French debut in 1976 with Die schweigsame Frau, in concert for Radio France. Apart from a recital at Garnier in...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 10 minutes ago
- Last Castrato
  I wish I had had the opportunity to see her more. I caught one of her truly astonishing Zerbinettas at Covent Garden, and then a farewell concert in Berlin at the very end of her career. That was...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 12 minutes ago
- PCally
  She wasn't exactly around in New York either. My first time was what I think were her last Met performances, Puritani. The Borgia was a concert performance in Vienna.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 41 minutes ago
- NPW--Paris
  Living in Paris, I never saw her even once.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 44 minutes ago
- TildyDiva
  Thank you Cornelia. What a thrilling choice!
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 1 hour ago
- scott grunow
  https://uploads.disquscdn.c... April 23, 1961. The greatest night in entertainment history.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 1 hour ago
- Bianca Castafiore
  One of the few opere in which the main character is not the title character (like Hérodiade)?
  Who’s the tenor?
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 1 hour ago
- rapt
  All I can say is omg! For some reason, I have never listened much to Gruberova, even though Niel's discussions of her on parterre have made me respect and admire her. But this clip has flipped...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 1 hour ago
- Peter
  I “grew up” on that first Callas Lucia recording so I’ve always had a special fondness for that opera as well. Vocally the greatest Lucia I ever heard was Sutherland in 1982 at the Met. Yes, it was...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Ali Kashani · 1 hour ago
- NPW--Paris
  The Paris Theodora was a strange evening. Rather than a coherent opera, even in concert, it felt like a sort of Händel gala evening, in which superstar showpieces were interspersed with...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 2 hours ago
- Jussi TT van Vick
  In-house recording of Amanda's 2017 Juliet:
  https://youtu.be/5zhRdSZtkTI
  
  Brain Wurm · 2 hours ago
- Armerjacquino
  Same on second and final, but Bolena for me rather than Borgia.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 2 hours ago
- PCally
  Great choice - one of my favorite videos of this opera.
  My second and final time seeing Gruberova was in a Donizetti opera, Lucrezia Borgia.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 2 hours ago
- CKurwenal
  I thought she was great as Alcina at the ROH. I was less keen on the Theodora which I put down to it being at a=415 and also being a slightly lower set role in the first place. I think a a=440...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 3 hours ago
- Sanford Schimel
  Fixed. I was testing you. You passed. :-)
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Ali Kashani · 3 hours ago
- Armerjacquino
  I was hoping we’d get this.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 4 hours ago
- Armerjacquino
  You WILL make Henry VIII happen. I believe in you.
  
  Brain Wurm · 4 hours ago
- CKurwenal
  My parents live at the edge of Edinburgh and if you climb the hill opposite their house, which I used to do every day, there is a clear view to the Lammermuir hills. When I was about 14, after I...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Ali Kashani · 6 hours ago
- NPW--Paris
  But please, not in Terry Gilliam's production again.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 8 hours ago