Fleming will have only about 700 people to captivate tonight when she performs at Walk Festival Hall for the Grand Teton Music Festival.
there’s a delete option.
I think she would probably have been charming had she attempted it on stage, as she was when she recorded Barbiere. That was my first exposure to Barbiere not long after she died. And I think...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Belle Raggio · 1 hour ago
I have my own harem, thank you.
I was lucky- after Ernesto I heard him as Edgardo, Tonio, Roméo, Nemorino and Alfredo at the Met and Werther (twice), Faust and Roméo at SFO.
I missed that, but very happy to see we are aligned. Now back off, he’s mine! 😂😂
Fletcher, 😂😂
But wait - I got a better one! Did I ever tell you that story about a troubadour, his coocoo for Cocoa Puffs mom and his brother?
It’s a city with a lot going for it, as you discover immediately when you alight from the train and look around you!
Similarly, how many female singers these days call themselves contraltos? Not many. I think Rachvelishvili’s one really, but she keeps on trying to sing higher. Is it the schools? Is it market...
Classic story: girl meets hot boy in the woods, girl marries rich older man who's actually hot boy from the woods' dad (crazy!), everyone's in love with some guy who's always on...
I did write that you wouldn’t be surprised if, in the end, Elisabeth was quite easily reconciled to her fate.
There must be a number of places open late within striking distance. La Poule au Pot, in Les Halles, used to be open all night, very handy for dinner at 4 am after a night of bopping, in the days...
Pape sang Philip in 2019 and was more credible as a vacillating, alcoholic king, running to seed.
Eek!
April 18 was also the opening night for a revival of Lost in the Stars in 1972. Starring Brock Peters, the cast also included Leslie Banks, Rosetta LeNoire and Gilbert Price. Peters...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 6 hours ago
She was sensational in Bill Tell at the Met
And I'm sorry, as much as CVH sings “Elle ne m'aime pas” gorgeously, I for one do not believe one word of that nonsense from that snacky daddy. Nope. And if she never did love him,...
Yay! Love to see that Marina Rebeka is triumphing as Élisabeth at the Bastille, I'm a huge fan of hers.
I'd go to see Oropesa in that role
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 10 hours ago
As previously mentioned, tomorrow the Met broadcast will be "L'ASSEDIO DI CORINTO" celebrating the 50th anniversary of Beverly Sills’ Met debut with a performance from April 19,...
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 11 hours ago
Why, Grazie, darling! Grazie! Mille grazie!
Oh you meant her…?
A favorite Donizetti performance from Peter Russell · 11 hours ago
Fleming will have only about 700 people to captivate tonight when she performs at Walk Festival Hall for the Grand Teton Music Festival.
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