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- Lohenfal
  Yes, Rossini himself made many changes in the music of his French revision, but at least they're his own. The Schippers goes back and forth between the 2 scores, along with some interpolations...
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 9 minutes ago
- CanBelto
  And in real life, Philip was in his 30s and Carlos was kind of creepy, no?
  
  C’est une vraie voix · 15 minutes ago
- oedipe
  I don’t think she can.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 27 minutes ago
- CCorwinNYC
  You can listen to the Hunter/Theyard Cavalleria here: https://parterre.com/2024/10/08/easter-vigilantes I heard him just...
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 46 minutes ago
- Bianca Castafiore
  As I understand it, the score is also different than Maometto II …. many arias and set pieces are the same but not all.
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 1 hour ago
- scott grunow
  Callas as Maria
  Barbieri as the Marquise
  Oltrabella as Krakenthorp
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 1 hour ago
- Moe Rear
  Still pretty amazing! https://youtu.be/8zZD9fA-P_A?si=XcZ3lXvyg-FWRHGg&t=610
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 1 hour ago
- Lohenfal
  The second broadcast was during the following season, in Jan. 1976. I remember listening to both at that time, primarily because of Verrett. I was never the greatest Sills fan: excellent technique,...
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 2 hours ago
- Moe Rear
  Nuff said. https://youtu.be/DPRDb28EnEk?si=X5AsARtVMVRpQVSZ
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 2 hours ago
- NPW--Paris
  Duh… I overlooked the ‘Venetian biographer’. I’m high on asparagus and strawberries.
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 2 hours ago
- Mr. Portafiori
  I met Sills a few times she was lovely.
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 2 hours ago
- Niel Rishoi
  Thank you for this wonderful, detailed report! I went straight to YouTube and found Rebeka's account of the big aria - spectacular indeed.
  
  C’est une vraie voix · 2 hours ago
- Mr. Portafiori
  I was there too it was a very exciting night. I was a sucker for her ornamentation. The more notes she sang the more thrilling it was for me. As I have listened to a lot of sopranos and it seems...
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 2 hours ago
- NPW--Paris
  None of the Donizetti fans here seems to have taken an interest.
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 3 hours ago
- NPW--Paris
  Oh, cowboys and Indians of course.
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 3 hours ago
- trevor
  Western like Fanciulla and Zane Grey or western hemisphere?
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 3 hours ago
- NPW--Paris
  Haha no, I just wondered if the story about his killing his wife was a Western one.
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 3 hours ago
- Bianca Castafiore
  I am usually very busy Saturdays and can never catch these broadcasts, but I was able to catch the end of this today. A few notes: There was a second broadcast later in the season, with a different...
  
  L’assedio di Corinto · 3 hours ago
- Moe Rear
  Sometimes I just wish she would stand still.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 3 hours ago
- H_Badger
  Just finished my first listen. WOW! Real fire in the orchestra and chorus, too.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 3 hours ago