I found a number of printed reviews, LPY, it seems you were not alone in your dislike of the production.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille · 30 minutes ago
When my mother celebrated her 40th anniversary as an opera singer (at the age of maybe 63 or 64), she sang excerpts from Roberto Devereaux and Lucrezia Borgia with five young singers. Among the...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille · 31 minutes ago
Never realized that. More like BEATRIX CENCI!
A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille · 34 minutes ago
It’s good to see that so many Parterrians have such great admiration for Vanzo (and for other dead French singers ; though it would be nice to see more interest in the curently active French...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille · 44 minutes ago
Looking forward to hearing them all in the house on May 1st. Fingers crossed, indeed.
Gracious! Hot stuff for an opera of that period. I must get to know this opera much better.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Camille · 53 minutes ago
Film directed by Carol Reed of Odd Man Out/Third Man fame, who did a good job of cutting the sugar.
There are very heavy hints in the text that Gennaro is the offspring of a sibling rape of Lucrezia by her psychopath brother Juan/Giovanni Borgia. "Fur tuoi padri i padri miei... Ti risparmia...
I saw the Bondy Tosca six times!
Oh dear …. those last few seconds…
Here’s a wee tide-you-over of mes pensées, just for now:
A favorite Donizetti performance from Leyla Gender-Bender · 1 hour ago
This is so gripping, cara Camille - It's an opera I need to get to know better. Devia is a wonder. Great choice. But the youngish Alvarez reminds me somewhat of 70's hunk Starsky (Paul...
The foto is unrelated to the performance. It is just a picture of Enkhbat.
Hear, hear!! Too right!
No, I was the housekeeper who opens the windows
So I made a couple of phone calls and just got a ticket for June 1. Not that any of the Amtrak fares are all that expensive, but the only super cheap one I see from New York to Philadelphia leaves...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Leyla Gender-Bender · 1 hour ago
Well now, my diva, I may understand your distress only too well and lend my support in concert with your lamentations. You have your girls as your handmaidens to lend you a kerchief to dry your...
My hope is that when Enkhbat first appears in Aida and thunders out "Suo padre", the temple will collapse on all the unnecessary archeologists in this production. And, I bet money that...
No way, José!
Oh is that so?? I’ve never ever been to little Rhodie and it could be interesting and is closer to NYC too. Thanks for the idea!
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