In theater on this date part 3: Laurence Fishburne made his Broadway debut in August Wilson’s 1992 play, Two Trains Running, directed by Lloyd Richards. Roscoe Lee Browne (his final B’way show),...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 7 minutes ago
IN theater on this date part 2: William Saroyan’s first Broadway play was My Heart’s in the Highlands in 1939. Robert Lewis, a member of The Actors Studio, made his Broadway directing debut with...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 8 minutes ago
IN theater on this date part 1: The first show to open on this date was Offenbach’s Paris and Helen in 1868 to an English adaptation by Molyneux S. John. It is, of course, La Belle Helene. 3 years...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 16 minutes ago
It's gonna be one of those when Disqus makes me work extra hard to post my posts.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 17 minutes ago
Quite possible that he was drawn more to the content than the form.
I get irritated by this label proto-Verdi. Maybe all Verdi should be called Deutero-Donizetti. But Poliuto is fab, a barn burner, so is Les Martyrs. It has more gorgeous additions.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 1 hour ago
Amore Opera mounted Poliuto (wait, that doesn't sound right) in 2016. I saw it and considering it's basically a neighborhood company, they did an excellent job. Eli Jacobson probably saw...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Krunoslav · 1 hour ago
It's called show business.
Perhaps he took it seriously until he went to one of their ceremonies.
You really think that Bernheim should be singing BALLO next year in any house in the world? Maybe in 8-10 years.. "Maybe you have a penchant for hearing French singers with less acuity ?" 1) Yes,...
He's meant to be a horny Everyman Dude which pretty well fits this production!?
Danke sehr, but I'm no longer allowed in the Venusberg. They found me too rebellious sadly.
Olga, girl, WTF are you talking about?
The actual broadcast on Sat. 4/12 was live.
Some of the intermission features were repeats.
Bintner got bad notices ? Well, in spite of it, he is coming back next season as Figaro in Nozze. Some people use the ONP subsidies as an annuity. What I was trying to say about Polenzani is that...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille · 13 hours ago
Oh nooooooo.
To my surprise, Dupuis's Rodrigue at the Met and Macbeth in Washington worked very well. Did you hear them in the house? Many years ago, Tézier did NOT have such a voice for the big theaters...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille · 14 hours ago
Agree about Carmen.
I agree. I would not like a singer who could not bring beauty to those numbers that you mention. Sadly, Villazon was such a singer (unsurprisingly). Besides the baritones you name, I'd add...
Are you saying that Dupuis has a bigger voice, or projects better than Degout ? Because that’s simply not the case. Having heard both of them many times, their voices are more or less of equal...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille · 15 hours ago
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“The island is only small / But the fairies inhabiting it / Welcome us all”
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Yannick leads The Philadelphia Orchestra, superstars Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton, and world-class singers in a rare concert performance that reveals every detail and nuance of this richly harmonic score. Experience the passion and cold-hearted revenge of this scandalous opera. Get tickets now!
Yannick leads The Philadelphia Orchestra, superstars Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton, and world-class singers in a rare concert performance that reveals every detail and nuance of this richly harmonic score. Experience the passion and cold-hearted revenge of this scandalous opera. Get tickets now!
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