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- Le Petit Yniold
  You mean that's not from Robert le Diable?
  
  Humdrum existence · 2 minutes ago
- NPW--Paris
  Pardon?
  
  Humdrum existence · 8 minutes ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  This month has been an education for me. Like Chris, I have always preferred Donizetti's comedies to his tragic works. Of course, I admired Lucia and was impressed by [fill in the blank] as...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 10 minutes ago
- Mr. Portafiori
  Thank you so much for your lovely story. It is very touching. I know her from her recordings on Opera Rara. My favorite recording is Roberto Devereux. I found this live performance from 2021. She...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 10 minutes ago
- Laura Amorosa
  I wish Peter Gelb brought Rebeka back
  
  C’est une vraie voix · 16 minutes ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  Meyerbeer?
  
  Humdrum existence · 23 minutes ago
- Le Petit Yniold
  At one point. my date grabbed my arm and hissed in my ear "don't get on the train! DON'T GET ON THE TRAIN!!!"
  
  Humdrum existence · 26 minutes ago
- oedipe
  I don’t presume you are speaking about Viaggio, a French opera sung in Italian by 6 singers of 6 nationalities. If you are referring to The Exterminating Angel, an English language opera, it is...
  
  Humdrum existence · 33 minutes ago
- Ask a librarian
  Thank you so much for sharing this lovely story!
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 33 minutes ago
- PCally
  Thank you for the beautiful memories and the performance. Miricioiu is a relatively newer "discovery" for me and she is wonderful here.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 38 minutes ago
- Ashton
  I have tried countless times to like Passion or even get through it and have never been able to. I saw the original in previews and sad to say the performance I attended was heckled by the audience.
  
  Humdrum existence · 43 minutes ago
- H_Badger
  What a wonderful memory! And wowsa! Thank you for sharing it.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 51 minutes ago
- Sanford Schimel
  I"m 35 minutes in to the above recording and it's stunning. Nelly is on fire.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 1 hour ago
- Sanford Schimel
  What a wonderful way to pay tribute to your late husband. I saw a fabulous I Vespri Siciliani at WCO was a fabulous Carol Vaness (and if you have that performance saved somewhere, that's also...
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 1 hour ago
- Moe Rear
  Thank you for sharing your beautiful and moving story.
  
  A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 2 hours ago
- NPW--Paris
  I think Graham Clark was 76 the last time I saw him on stage, too.
  
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- David Yllanes
  Worth mentioning Gregory Kunde, who's 71, is about to sing Andrea Chénier with Radvanovsky in Berlin and still has protagonist roles scheduled for next season (like Radames in Paris).
  
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- NPW--Paris
  Just a last word on dark-horse organists concealing their scandalous proclivities. Hervé was one too, and refers to that, I think, in Mam'zelle Nitouche, in which an organist and a nun...
  
  Humdrum existence · 4 hours ago
- David Yllanes
  I believe Chausson is now retired, at least from staged opera. Last year he cancelled a Cenerentola in Barcelona that was widely seen as his farewell.
  
  Bachelor party · 4 hours ago
- David Yllanes
  We suspected as much and had you marked as a subversive individual.
  
  Bachelor party · 4 hours ago

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