Some filth or dementia from Leyla Gender-Bender
It is only a concert performance, but no one seems to have told them that; and thank the heavens for that!
It is only a concert performance, but no one seems to have told them that; and thank the heavens for that!
Pure dementia. Magda Olivero in the finale to Fedora.
What is more demented than a thrilling performance of Strauss’s Elektra?
This Strauss is demented in the best way possible.
They should sell pay-per-view tickets to this like WWE.
To make a success of the Empress in Frau ohne Schatten, it is not enough to be a fine singer and a great actress.
Love it or hate it, you can’t deny it’s iconic!
I’ve only heard one performance that could be described as ‘filth.’
I could not wrap what’s left of my mind around the concept of “filth and dementia” in opera
Renée as Thaïs finding salvation while trudging through the parched Egyptian desert in off-the-shoulder La Croix atelier.
What to our wondering ears should appear, but a 40-track Jonas Kaufmann Christmas album?
Speaking of dementia in opera, all I can think of is the extraordinary reimagined production of Béla Bartók’s chamber opera Bluebeard’s Castle that I saw at Atlanta Opera in October 2022.
That this performance of Verdi’s Lady Macbeth was recorded and preserved for posterity is beyond the pale.
Dementia and filth in the same clip!
Not really sure what was going on here.
Who doesn’t love a slightly murky archival recording?
Ma che brutta figura per la lirica!
I sort of have a love/hate fascination with countertenors/male falsettists.
Karina Gauvin slays for the slayed. Werk Bitch.
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