That was truly awfully painful
I'm glad to know the tenor has blossomed set free from the straight-jacket of Miyagi's ineptly static Berlin production.
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 25 minutes ago
Happily surprised at all the Stuarda love - I was under the apparently mistaken impression that the general consensus was Stuarda was the weakest one.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 30 minutes ago
I'm sure I'm in the minority but I find Sills infinitley more enjoyable in the studio recordings of these operas than in the live performances that float around. She's just in better...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 31 minutes ago
An essential choice for Donizetti month! I'm not a great fan of some of the ornaments/recompositions Sills sings in these 3 recordings but aside from that, its a brilliant trilogy. She sings...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Parpignol · 51 minutes ago
Grigorian is on an unhealthy way. Neither Verdi nor Belcano fit her voice. he should stay at Puccini, Strauss and Russian rep.!
Well no, but you've done Brexit.
2004: 'What a relief it is, on the rare occasions when it happens, to hear singers with large voices and plenty of breath sing their hearts out. (...) You don't expect Wagner to be well...
Or in the UK :-)
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
Haha... Well never mind.
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 2 hours ago
Not in Germany either.
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 3 hours ago
The Bavarian radio reported that Peter Seiffert died at the age of 71 of a stroke. I first heard him in the early 80`s and at one of those operas he met his first wife Lucia Popp. It was...
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 3 hours ago
RIP Peter Seiffert.
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 4 hours ago
Yes, but as I've said I really hated those projections, at least in the initial bcast I saw with Kaufmann and Yoncheva. I think Warlikowski's done better elsewhere but it does seem to be a trope of...
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 6 hours ago
As it happens, it also has to be done for the Paris Opera's Don Carlos (or, on occasion, Carlo):...
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 7 hours ago
Thanks, Fletch. A virtuoso piece. Guess what. My blog post about Herheim's Rusalka at La Monnaie begins with this line: 'Stefan Herheim’s Rusalka, in Brussels, must be one...
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 7 hours ago
Yes, sometimes all you can do is focus as best you can on what the singers are up to.
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 7 hours ago
Of course.
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 7 hours ago
The review in OperaWire doesn’t make it sound modest at all, dear Christopher (c;
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 7 hours ago
Thanks, H Badger. I hadn't seen this performance. I only listened to the broadcast. I've been moved by Lucias before, but not like this. Seeing the video made a much bigger impression...
A favorite Donizetti performance from H_Badger · 9 hours ago
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