My impossible wish would be to hear one of the great castrati who dominated opera for most of the 18th century.
On this date in history: IN 1521, the trial of Martin Luther over his teachings began during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asks for time to reflect before answering...
FWIW I wasn't a Dessay fan based on her recordings. I could hear from the very beginning that she was going to run into problems and it set my teeth on edge and made it hard for me to...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 57 minutes ago
Absolutely. It’s just total ‘thesedays’-ism.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 2 hours ago
I checked this morning. It looks like the Paris Opera's last Norma was 25 years ag, with June Anderson.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 2 hours ago
And meanwhile people like Lidia Fridman and Carmela Remigio sing it all the time, and it passes completely without comment and nobody's career ends and nobody dies. Almost like it's just...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 2 hours ago
Why is he singing to a sex toy? :-)
This canard that everyone is suddenly singing Norma is making me laugh. It’s just absolutely nothing new. Margaret Price sang it. Scotto sang it. Eaglen sang it. Sills. It’s sung by Fiordiligis and...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 4 hours ago
Didn't she only work at the Met for two or three years? Of course she would need a work permit, but that's not impossible with the support of a $300 million arts institution's hiring...
It's on youtube. It's been ages since I saw the film. I'd forgotten that they go to the opera.
Now where are we? I suppose she's meant to be going mad. Where's...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 12 hours ago
Yes, but a brilliant idea.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 12 hours ago
" she can be considered Anglo-American."
Maybe by you.
And is the ONP casting department determining the number of French titles heard?
All I remember about her Puritani is that she was forgettable..
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 13 hours ago
Movie style plots are probably demanded by companies to give hesitant subscribers something to latch on to…….
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 · 13 hours ago
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...
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...
More lunar, vulnerable, and haunting.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 14 hours ago
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 · 14 hours ago
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...
My impossible wish would be to hear one of the great castrati who dominated opera for most of the 18th century.
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