Ne plus ultra
When LaCieca asked me to choose my favorite live recording, I had to think… and think.
Jane Berbié
6 pieces since 2013 — in 3 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Opéra National de Paris.
6
pieces
3
roles
2
companies
14
years
By role
By company
Role Marcellina
Role Mirinda
In Memoriam Raymond Leppard
Trove Thursday acknowledges the late Raymond Leppard‘s important influence with a live broadcast of his seminal “realisation” of Cavalli’s L’Ormindo plus some Cavalli and Monteverdi tidbits with Janet Baker.
Role Zerlina
Idol gossip
During the 70s, Kiri Te Kanawa, particularly singing Mozart, became one of my favorite singers.
Che grido è questo mai?
Defying a computer breakdown and an online outage, I fled to a smoky Iranian Internet café to upload this performance of Don Giovanni. It was worth the trouble.