Recent Discussion
- Olga
  He's meant to be a horny Everyman Dude which pretty well fits this production!?
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 33 minutes ago
- Cornelia
  Danke sehr, but I'm no longer allowed in the Venusberg. They found me too rebellious sadly.
  
  Siegfried · 2 hours ago
- Dr. Hodel
  Olga, girl, WTF are you talking about?
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 2 hours ago
- Astyanax Spumante
  The actual broadcast on Sat. 4/12 was live.
  Some of the intermission features were repeats.
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 2 hours ago
- oedipe
  Bintner got bad notices ? Well, in spite of it, he is coming back next season as Figaro in Nozze. Some people use the ONP subsidies as an annuity. What I was trying to say about Polenzani is that...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille · 3 hours ago
- Irontongue
  Oh nooooooo.
  
  Siegfried · 4 hours ago
- Krunoslav
  To my surprise, Dupuis's Rodrigue at the Met and Macbeth in Washington worked very well. Did you hear them in the house? Many years ago, Tézier did NOT have such a voice for the big theaters...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille · 4 hours ago
- CCorwinNYC
  Agree about Carmen.
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 4 hours ago
- Larry Petrovich
  I agree. I would not like a singer who could not bring beauty to those numbers that you mention. Sadly, Villazon was such a singer (unsurprisingly). Besides the baritones you name, I'd add...
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 4 hours ago
- oedipe
  Are you saying that Dupuis has a bigger voice, or projects better than Degout ? Because that’s simply not the case. Having heard both of them many times, their voices are more or less of equal...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille · 4 hours ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  There is some dispute as to how many people contributed to the libretto and one theory is that much of the masonic mumbo-jumbo was put in to satisfy one of the backers. In any case, Mozart's own...
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 4 hours ago
- Williams
  Sorry to say we endured his ham handed conducting of excerpts from Parsifal a few months back.
  
  Siegfried · 5 hours ago
- Olga
  It seems that betwixed Covid pandemic & reinstallation of Trump we have become terribly touchy observer/critics!?
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 5 hours ago
- MisterSnow
  Fixed…but Fenton does seem like an interesting idea…
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Flamand · 5 hours ago
- Olga
  I wish Amadeus were here to cackle/guffaw at us over his Masonic singspiel after 230+ years---may his moldering remains keep spinning!!
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 5 hours ago
- Krunoslav
  Villazon was ghastly. I understand the role’s gestation was for an unpolished singer and some trained vocalists without much plush can capture that well, like Christian Boesch, Jochen...
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 5 hours ago
- Brian Newhouse
  If "Marmalade Messiah" is who I think it is, Gelb's casting department has finally gone to far by indulging the Trump regime's taking over of our celebrity life, our collective...
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 5 hours ago
- Olga
  Possibly backlash from last Disney-like production which carried the colorful whimsy in the story too far?!
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 5 hours ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  If I am not mistaken, the original Bottle Dance is from Donizetti's Tamara di Riverdale.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Flamand · 5 hours ago
- Olga
  For those who don't understand German the sound effects are great & frankly helpful in a singspiel!!
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 5 hours ago