Born on this day in 1883 designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel.
Happy 72nd birthday conductor Gerard Schwarz.
Her only Paris performance was a 1971 concert with John Pritchard and the ONF at the Salle Pleyel, on CD and quite good!
A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 1 minute ago
I'm not as great a fan of the director Christophe Coppens as La Monnaie's management seems to be. Still, I doubt the banner illustration for Norma on the website has anything to do...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 9 minutes ago
I think she said her voice was like an hourglass, big at top and bottom, narrow in the middle, and Verdi demands a big middle.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 12 minutes ago
One of the mysteries of the ages but all I know is that tHAT Eboli o’ her’n which I heard was a major disappointment. It’s just the timbre of the voice, I’m gurssing?!? Ready for The Mighty Enkhbat...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 25 minutes ago
What is that in reference to?
Die Sterne des Himmels werden zur Erde fallen · 29 minutes ago
I'm envious of you. One of my regrets is not hearing Birgit Nilsson live. I can only imagine that laser like sound soaring through the audience. The sound is obviously dramatic but she has a...
Die Sterne des Himmels werden zur Erde fallen · 51 minutes ago
Yeah - I like Horne's Adalgisa specifically because she lightens her tone and creates and youthful character instead of just bulldozing her way through it. Laura is just an odd role IMO. I...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 53 minutes ago
I have never completely understood why Amneris, Eboli, and Azucena were not in her vocal comfort zone. Especially, given that she had performed soprano roles. My only answer is that Verdi's...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 55 minutes ago
Flying out to see this, v excited. The question is, what should I see as a theméd companion piece? Picture of Dorian Grey for the Wilde connection, or the other Salome tie-in, Sunset Boulevard?
I am not telling you anything you don't already know but Adalgisa was originally a soprano role. Giuditta Pasta sang many Normas and her Adalgisas were always sopranos - Giulia Grisi, Elisa...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 58 minutes ago
I forgot to add the title of her musical. It was Sergeant Brue
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 1 hour ago
It all looks photo-shopped. If Garanca is holding an unseen suicide knife, then it has to be Kutasi.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 1 hour ago
ON this date in history: IN 1479 BC, Thutmose III ascended to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty). The first...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 1 hour ago
Damn - missed this. Dallapiccola is, I think, a greatly under-appreciated composer - and Il prigionero, which I've encountered in concert a couple of times, can have great impact. It's...
I’ll be back in June once more before Greece, for Tcherniakov’s Carmen. That Mussorgsky/Shostakovich concert at the Bozar will be the very first item for me in next season’s schedule. I’ll...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 1 hour ago
On both I think Horne does a fairly good job at sounding young and lighter than she normally did.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 1 hour ago
Will be interested to read about all of them! I was in Brussels over the weekend - that Berlinde de Bruyckere exhibition at the Bozar was not a succes. Either her works are too big, or the museum...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 1 hour ago
I don’t mind seeing what Villalobos has done with Tosca, supposing the singers are up to it.
Sally Matthews seems game for anything!
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 1 hour ago
But aren't Adalgisa and Laura supposed to sound lighter than Norma and Gioconda? I would think so.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 1 hour ago
many thanks for posting this link. Meade is on fire!
A favorite Donizetti performance from Angela Meade · 1 hour ago
Born on this day in 1883 designer Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel.
Happy 72nd birthday conductor Gerard Schwarz.
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