Grazie, Gualtier. This is shocking to hear. Well, as I commented in the other thread, I’ve always had a negative image from her TV persona and this only confirms it.
The Dinah in that B;wat TROUBLE IN TAHITI was Alice Ghostley of BEWITCHED and other television fame. Sam was John Tyers, a NYC0 singer who sang one (1) Dr Falke at the Met and many more on its...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 2 hours ago
TC, you are wonderful to mention Richard T. Gill's incredible Rocco and Sparafucile. He gave my mother a book he had written about economics during one of those productions, and it is still in...
TC, thank you for mentioning Theyard's memorable Don Jose in the Portland Opera Carmen. As you know, I had my Portland Opera debut in the "pivotal" role of banner carrying...
That arch-snob Rasponi wrote that Grob-Prabdl looked like "a British matron of excellent background."
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 2 hours ago
Ideally, the Met would've presented both versions, as you suggest, keeping each intact. That would've been a better solution than the much criticized conflation they did present. Since...
I love the name Margaret Plummer. It sounds like the name of a respectable 1950s British housewife from Sussex.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 4 hours ago
The first account was in Horne's autobiography. Pamira at La Scala was scheduled to be Renata Scotto, who got pregnant and had to drop out. Marilyn Horne was the one who suggested Sills to the...
Del Monaco as Tonio
Christoff as Sulpice
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 6 hours ago
Yes, Paris and the French did not like women en travesti playing men, so Néocles had to be a tenor, not a contralto (the irony being that contralti/mezzos were replacing castrati). Can you tell me...
Say their name! Say their name!
Peter, the arts.world owes you and Stephen endless gratitude for WCO and for all YOU have done to further and educate the Vocal World over your lifetime. Your vast knowledge of opera, singers and...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 6 hours ago
For the French version "Le Siège de Corinthe" Rossini changed the location, the names of the characters and the vocal distribution. The contralto role of Calbo in "Maometto II"...
Wasn’t able to listen to the entire thing but I liked Sills more than I had anticipated for that point in her career. Her ornamentation drove me nuts, but I thought she was in strong shape. Verrett...
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...
And in real life, Philip was in his 30s and Carlos was kind of creepy, no?
I don’t think she can.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 8 hours ago
You can listen to the Hunter/Theyard Cavalleria here: https://parterre.com/2024/10/08/easter-vigilantes I heard him just...
As I understand it, the score is also different than Maometto II …. many arias and set pieces are the same but not all.
Callas as Maria
Barbieri as the Marquise
Oltrabella as Krakenthorp
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 9 hours ago
Tristan has been the season-launching opera three times before now, but good luck finding someone to provide a firsthand account of the last time.
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