Streaming and discussion start at 2:00 PM EDT.
There will be an additional video broadcast on July 13 on ARTE.TV.
Photo: Jean Louis Fernandez
I distinctly remember that after the Puritani run (Gruberova was WONDERFUL in that - the best I ever heard her), Edita had a revival run of "Semiramide" chalked in for her. I think she...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 0 minutes ago
Boston Baroque (which has a well-cast ARIODANTE this week) announced next Spring's opera: IDOMENEO Apr 24 & 26, 2026 | Robert J. Orchard Stage Conductor | David Bates with David Portillo...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 1 minute ago
Scala again? Ahime!
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 3 minutes ago
I have this concert on cd. It’s really lovely actually. I think she was appearing - and had failed to make much of a splash - at Royal Opera, Covent Garden Lucia around the same time.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 46 minutes ago
No, it’s Waldo’s body.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 47 minutes ago
Sounds plausible,
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 49 minutes ago
I saw her as Sieglinde and as the Färberin. Like you, I experienced the voice as a physical sensation. I think you are right that it had to be heard (and felt) reverberating in a large space. I was...
Die Sterne des Himmels werden zur Erde fallen · 51 minutes ago
Incredible! Thanks.
Die Sterne des Himmels werden zur Erde fallen · 52 minutes ago
All I can say is that when I saw Enkhbat as Germont during his debut season at the Met, my eyes involuntarily welled up. I thought I would never hear a baritone voice like that ever again. But...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 54 minutes ago
Thank you Great Camille for posting this treasure! I was not aware that a high resolution version of the BBC “The Merry Widow” starring Mary Costa, Jeremy Brett, Joyce Blackburn and Ryland Davies...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Dawn Fatale · 56 minutes ago
Birgit is on the top of my "ya' shoulda heard 'em live" list. None of the recordings capture the richness of her sound. I vividly remember a Walkure in the early-70's (...
Her only Paris performance was a 1971 concert with John Pritchard and the ONF at the Salle Pleyel, on CD and quite good!
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 · 1 hour 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 · 1 hour 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 · 1 hour ago
What is that in reference to?
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...
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 · 1 hour 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 · 2 hours 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?
Streaming and discussion start at 2:00 PM EDT.
There will be an additional video broadcast on July 13 on ARTE.TV.
Photo: Jean Louis Fernandez
Topics: aix-en-provence, broadcast
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