One can already feel the a flicker of the “queer fat femme energy” in the air as Jamie Barton prepares for tonight’s Last Night at the Proms extravaganza. The concert goes live starting at 2:00 PM EDT.
Isola Jones now claims she's a dramatic soprano. She was planning a concert recently.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 8 minutes ago
It was all those interpolations.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 11 minutes ago
Thanks, I forgot some of the ladies you mention. Bonynge always said Tourangeau was a true contralto with a freak extention. I also thought Isola Jones was a contralto hiding as a mezzo.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 16 minutes ago
It also sounds a bit like why I’ve never taken to Ainadamar.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 18 minutes ago
You’d look good in the Paris production.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 22 minutes ago
They probably thought it meant ‘cleavage’.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 28 minutes ago
That sounds fishy too.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 1 hour ago
Well, it was the dangling shads that cost Al Gore the election, after all.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 1 hour ago
This is my favorite duet of Gaetano! Remember you are my fourth husband! Is there a better role for a dramatic soprano anywhere? Campy story but utterly delicious.
I think I told you about the time someone wrote under a video of “Vissi d’arte”: “beautiful coloratura!”
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 1 hour ago
Here are some photos from the production on Facebook. I have to say the one thought that kept going through my head as I was watching was” Three little maids from school are we” !
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 2 hours ago
He said so on Reddit.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 2 hours ago
I had quite a lot of fun some years ago collecting unintentionally comical customer reviews on Amazon. E.g. ‘The "Flower Duet" is an echo of ecstasy which can memorize you into a...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 5 hours ago
Could be. I haven’t investigated very much. Just saw a couple of photos. I met him once in Seville. Nice young man.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 5 hours ago
I also heard all three of them-- Tourangeau weirdly cast as Dorabella. Not sure WHAT I would call her voice, which include a lyric soprano upper middle and that freak extension But l've heard...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 7 hours ago
I would think any mention of BIG RIVER would include the characters of Huckleberry Finn (Daniel H. Jenkins) and Jim (Ron Richardson). The u/s Jim, who sang ensemble roles otherwise, was bass Elmore...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 8 hours ago
Haha
A favorite Donizetti performance from Remko Jas · 11 hours ago
Unlikely to miss you then.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 11 hours ago
Clearly, I can't read. Thank you for the correction.
Salome is getting an HD.
One can already feel the a flicker of the “queer fat femme energy” in the air as Jamie Barton prepares for tonight’s Last Night at the Proms extravaganza. The concert goes live starting at 2:00 PM EDT.
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