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- Bianca Castafiore
  https://youtu.be/ztLqhVaYPiM?si=JjnOnHMTPPrdYK98
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 0 minutes ago
- CwbyLA
  Does anyone know how this live performance was recorded? Was there a radio broadcast? Regardless, I am glad somebody captured it.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 7 minutes ago
- Williams
  Thrilled to see your nom de guerre La Fatale. Your treasured appearances, rare as they are, thrill and delight. Goddess bless you for your submission! Now I have something marvelous to occupy my...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 10 minutes ago
- PCally
  Weird that Horne was the original Lucrezia cast. I understand she was doing soprano rep at that time and there's probably nothing in score she couldn't have handled. Still can't...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 18 minutes ago
- CKurwenal
  I'm going to take the papal legate's aria to my next lesson, just for you.
  
  Brain Wurm · 35 minutes ago
- Moe Rear
  Agree that the RCA recording, even with a wonderful cast, does not come close to this historic live event. Some performances just can't be duplicated. And, bless the pirates for souvenirs like...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 55 minutes ago
- CCorwinNYC
  Thanks, Rich, for reminding us of one of AOS's fabled nights. One of my pandemic projects was to assemble a chronology of the American Opera Society which La Cieca was kind enough to publish...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 1 hour ago
- Krunoslav
  I heard Romain Dayez in Haydn's IL MONDO DELLA LUNA in Metz 2 years ago. A certified and very out barihunk.
  
  Fractured féerie tales · 2 hours ago
- NPW--Paris
  Not a chamber instrument, either!
  https://youtu.be/kAIR03Id2-g?si=xreMZHZO5CPf3cl7
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 3 hours ago
- Ask a librarian
  La Voix humaine with organ (how weird) and the lovely Anne-Catherine Gillet. Her Micaela last season was great, so I will give it a go. But what is next? Der Hirt auf dem Felsen with trombone?
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 4 hours ago
- Krunoslav
  Yep, 116 MARTHA shows (in Italian and then English) and 110 MIGNON (in Italian and then French) shows. More than ERNANI, WERTHER or ARIADNE!
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 6 hours ago
- Olga
  In the spirit of Easter--He who is not guilty may cast the first stone.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 7 hours ago
- Olga
  Giggle & snort---To quote Joe E Brown's final line in Some Like It Hot---"well nobody's perfect"!! James just sent bitch slaps to those two!!??
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from grimoaldo2 · 7 hours ago
- Lohenfal
  The repertory is so narrow and restrictive now that there isn't much room for some of these artists. Bernheim, for example, should be doing Faust, Werther, Des Grieux as often as possible...
  
  Strauss test · 7 hours ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  I saw this in the house this evening. It was not flawless, but it was great fun and - as always - the vocal problems we hear in the streams were not as pronounced. Milling is no longer the singer I...
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 8 hours ago
- fletcher
  "What if you shut up about this one thing" - my therapist, probably
  
  Brain Wurm · 8 hours ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  I was there and it was. Quite moving, too.
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 8 hours ago
- Last Castrato
  This photo was posted this evening by Morris Robinson at the Met. So I guess Garanca has actually made it to New York....
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 8 hours ago
- Mr. Portafiori
  I saw She Loves Me the original production it was so charming and have always had a fondness for the show. My ex partner was the company manager for Titanic and I saw the impressive stage mechanics...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 9 hours ago
- Olga
  That 2nd Queen of Night aria was sheer madness!!
  
  Die Zauberflöte · 10 hours ago