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- Krunoslav
  " she can be considered Anglo-American."
  Maybe by you.
  And is the ONP casting department determining the number of French titles heard?
  
  Il barbiere di Siviglia · 11 minutes ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  All I remember about her Puritani is that she was forgettable..
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 13 minutes ago
- Belfagor
  Movie style plots are probably demanded by companies to give hesitant subscribers something to latch on to…….
  
  Humdrum existence · 23 minutes ago
- RudigerVT
  I feel as though I have to try very, very hard to focus on the things Dessay brings (or brought) to the dance. Which were many, by many accounts. She had a great physique de rôle for the parts she...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 24 minutes ago
- Sylvia K
  Different strokes for different folks of course but I actually really love Mazzoli's work and find specifically her orchestration to be incredible, powerful, and musical, in this piece and in...
  
  Humdrum existence · 40 minutes ago
- oedipe
  In order to work for an extended period of time in the US, she needed a (hard to get) long term work permit, or a green card, which would make her an American resident. So yes, she can be...
  
  Il barbiere di Siviglia · 1 hour ago
- Niel Rishoi
  More lunar, vulnerable, and haunting.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 1 hour ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  I'm with you on less Puccini, but I am not enough of a bel canto fan to go the rest of the way. Certain works, yes, but there are a lot of things from other times/places that I would like to hear...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 1 hour ago
- Belfagor
  Thanks for this detailed review - I haven’t seen this, but having endured one and a half operas, and two orchestral pieces (including the ugliest violin concerto on the planet), she is known as...
  
  Humdrum existence · 1 hour ago
- Belfagor
  …..mere corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to etc etc!
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 1 hour ago
- thenoctambulist
  i would love those two too! but not with less Lucias! Maybe less Puccini and fill the slots with more bel canto.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 1 hour ago
- rapt
  And the (few) examples of the alleged wit I've come across seem a bit mean-spirited rather than amusing--again, suggesting discomfort of some sort--e.g., someone who just loves to sing what...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 2 hours ago
- grimoaldo2
  Thank you!
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 2 hours ago
- MyraNormand.
  A great listen and so true about the way keys create particular colors. The regnava really sounds different.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 2 hours ago
- NPW--Paris
  The ice cream thing is intriguing. They sit outside at a café by the harbour. But if Flaubert himself saw the Rouen premiere in 1839, it would have been at the end of December.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 2 hours ago
- Mr. Portafiori
  I was never a fan of Peretyatko I thought she was a poor mans Soprano very second rate. Saw her Lucia and Puritani did not like either.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 2 hours ago
- Niel Rishoi
  Well that, too...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 3 hours ago
- Niel Rishoi
  Theoretically, yes. But opera managements need the money draw. That cadenza with flute is what they wait for 😉
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 3 hours ago
- Nelly della Vittoria
  Was he really! Thanks; whatever source I got this from was clearly mixing up sisters.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 3 hours ago
- NPW--Paris
  Is that ever a non sequitur…
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 3 hours ago