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That sounds utterly resistable, thank you!!
More Shakespeare opera
https://youtu.be/CjvFsCrmpB4?si=_B6Ttt92oYG8tqZg
A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 13 minutes ago
Separate from my On This Date in History, today is Shakespeare's birthday (maybe), so some of my favorite opera moments based on him. He also died on this date, in 1616.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 15 minutes ago
If you come next month you can attend the Rolex Ambassadors’ concert, your chance to hear Villazón sing Le Cid, among other delights, all under Snazzy Séquins.
I still haven't recovered from that Frau. In the best way possible.
Part of one of UK theatre’s power couples with the director Adam Penford (nb I don’t really know what I’m replying to without logging out as Sanford blocked me after that weird outburst the other...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 50 minutes ago
Maybe great minds do think alike.
Corinne Winters is quite moving. Lemieux, on the other hand …
Florence Easton sang Marie in "Regimentstochter" in Berlin before WW I- the same week that she sang Elektra there! My kind of singer. Also, it was often in the Wiener Volksoper rep in the...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 1 hour ago
in DESTRY RIDES AGAIN, NYCOsingers David Atkinson and Nolan Van Way (who'd also played ensemble roles and u/s'd Destry) both were takeover Kents.
THE HISTORY BOYS and no mention of Samuel Barnett????
Well, I hope she’s working on her vocal production being less noisy and bumpy, otherwise it’ll be just another loud and colorless Princess of Judaea.
What a lovely report: it sounds delirious- do we now know where Sondheim got the idea for ‘Into the Woods’….! I wish I could wave a magic wand, appear in Paris and go see it!
I forgot about Pique Dame, grazie. (Actually the Countess has very little to sing, Lisa and Ghermann are much bigger parts.) Another one: Mlada. Poor girl is killed at the beginning of the opera...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Cornelia · 2 hours ago
I'm often saying!
Vigorously straddling Herod is only part of the story!
But the upper register is the best part of her voice.
I've only seen her once, at the Chicago Elektra, and thought she was extraordinary.
I didn’t find that at the Bastille: ‘Elza van den Heever's Salome was a picture of youthful vocal health. She has the resources, and more, to sing every note Strauss throws at her with...
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“The island is only small / But the fairies inhabiting it / Welcome us all”
That means you—and your even more significant other—should you win this pair of seats. Enter now »
“The island is only small / But the fairies inhabiting it / Welcome us all”
That means you—and your even more significant other—should you win this pair of seats. Enter now »
Following the successful launch of the new regular feature The Talk of the Town in January, the team at the box is inviting contributions for a new quarter of operatic potpourri.
Following the successful launch of the new regular feature The Talk of the Town in January, the team at the box is inviting contributions for a new quarter of operatic potpourri.
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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