Although I did not see the original Broadway production, when I was in college (CSU Long Beach) in the ‘70s, the music library had both the vocal score AND the libretto from the original production...
I know you're probably like "oh christ there goes Fletch posting Júlia" but Seiffert does some really wonderful singing on the whole record
Yes, you've already said.
Well, the grudge against Horne is certainly reciprocated. In her bio, Horne’s comes down hard (big time!) over Sills’ behavior when they did L’Assedio di Corinto)!!
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 24 minutes ago
She has appeared several times recently in South Florida. The percussion instructor at the college where I work (who was the drummer on the OC Ain’t Misbehavin’) played for her several times.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 28 minutes ago
Beverly Wolf also does fine work in the recording.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 34 minutes ago
The staging and costumes in this productionswere in many ways much more HIP than the approach to the music, although Sills’s ornamentations were very in Baroque style.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 35 minutes ago
Thank you! I've always thought so. And I've never liked his music.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 41 minutes ago
Not if she really wrote "without the Met"! They-- and Steber, Warren, Kirsten, Peerce, Tucker, Peters- became stars without European training but all became famous due to the Met. John...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 43 minutes ago
While I will always have a soft spot for the first American production of Dreigroschenoper, despite the watered-down lyrics (Lenya, of course, is a stellar Ginny Jenny), I also find the Donmar...
I no longer trust the current MET management. The new productions are worse than the classic ones (think Traviata, modern dress Don Giovanni, bloody Lucia, confusing Die Zauberflote, the weird...
Well, there was also he Medea as well as a Met broadcast of La Gioconda and a recording of Forza from New Orleans.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 50 minutes ago
All of you discussing singer bios -- we need more suggestions for the June book-themed Talk of the Town feature!
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 52 minutes ago
In this, as in so much, Rorem was mean and repellent.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 54 minutes ago
Branding trumped dramaturgy.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 1 hour ago
I was at Carnegie Hall for the Mahler 6 with Philadelphia and YNS. After last year disasters, this season their Mahler concerts have been terrific. Tonight was pretty darn close to perfect
And Daniela Mack was TERRIFIC as Frida…
Tell me about it...I saw my first Barbiere at the Old Met when I was 6, the only time I was there. My parents wanted their kids to see it before it was gone, so my introduction to Barbiere was with...
The conductor brought out many things that make the opera so delightful. A lot of the score sounded fresh and I've heard this many times.
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