The Joel production had shiny black bakelite floors that were not very Hibernian (more Art Deco) and there was no furniture in the Ashton manse because it was presumably all sold. It looked like a...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 1 minute ago
Thank you for the post. A truly remarkable performance. I was watching it in Lincoln Center Plaza the opening night. They streamed the performance live out on the plaza and gave out free tickets. I...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 4 minutes ago
This is actually a Kutasi level "what the hell is she doing on this stage" moment, at least for me. At least there aren't a surfeit of Amnerises. But any competition has three mezzos...
The live Lucias that made me appreciate, if not "get" the opera (it'll never be a favorite or mine) were the Mackerras performances with Rost. Those performances were complete and...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 23 minutes ago
This Natalie Dessay video is what made me "get" Lucia after several unsuccessful attempts. It is now one of my favorite operas.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 27 minutes ago
The premiere of the Joel production was my first and last Met Lucia before the Zimmerman - all I remmember is a very dull set and Swenson having one her off nights. Edit: I stupidly forgot the...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 33 minutes ago
The Zambello was "a source of innocent merriment." And yes, I had forgotten that there was an interim produciotn. Like Americajaquino, I was late to bel canto.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 37 minutes ago
Yeah - it's certainly not a reference for me in terms of the role, but I do enjoy her work there.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 43 minutes ago
My favorite Butterfly.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 44 minutes ago
Really impossible to imagine finer performances of Zerbinetta and Olympia than the ones I saw her give in the late 1990s. She was transcedent in all ways.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 54 minutes ago
In most of his writings on Sills Davis makes a point of praising her Cleopatra, Manon, Donna Anna etc... even when he goes on to critcize her subsequent endeavors. So he rated her highly at her...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 56 minutes ago
When I first knew of him he was married to Lucia Popp. His Met Tannhauser was the first I heard without a vocal breakdown (a la Reiner Goldberg, Richard Cassilly). Of course, Botha remains the...
Dessay made this production IMO - I don't think any of the others who sang in it managed to replicate the atmosphere she was able to conjure.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 1 hour ago
The Zimmermann actually displaced the Nicolas Joël production - a Lucia that was essentially what one would have seen in the 1960s - that was hastily brought in to course correct from the...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 1 hour ago
Like the subsequent Stone production of Lucia, I thought the ZImmermann - although flawed - had more going for it than against it (and remember that it replaced the risible Zambello production)....
A favorite Donizetti performance from Armerjacquino · 1 hour ago
The Studer Troll has addressed the passing of Peter Seiffert on another site with the following obit: "...tenor Peter Seiffert, the one married to the forever unmemorable...
Sorry, not clear. I was referring Marilyn Maye…who certainly has earned the energizer bunny award.]
https://youtu.be/mvPRKLBuaw8
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 1 hour ago
A hammer lute maybe.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 1 hour ago
Well, I am proud to say I knew Peter Davis, late in his career. ( I took him to what must have been one of his last opera performances, the Kentridge WOZZECK in 2020; Berg was among his great...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 1 hour ago
One hopes 🤞
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