What have you been listening to, lately?

[sospiro]

I think the opera is cute too.

I've ordered this

It's given me a "O ruddier than the cherry,O sweeter than the berry, O nymph more bright. Than moonshine night, Like kidlings blithe and merry" earworm.

Remind me to tell you a story about Grigory before he went on stage in Aix.

[Schigolch]

Darn, I've never heard of this one. And here I was, thinking that I knew rather well the French repertory!

It's a quite nice work, and Liliane Berton is singing wonderfully.

[Schigolch]

[Schigolch]

[MAuer]

Curiosity got the better of me. Since I'm already familiar with Beethoven's and Paer's operatic settings of J. N. Bouilly's play, I figured I may as well listen to Mayr's version, as well. (Hint to the recording industry: I couldn't find any CD or DVD of Gaveaux's version. )

[Dark_Angel]

Suliotis........

[Schigolch]

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Suliotis........

If I didn't know better I'd think you're being unfaithful to La Divina!

[Soave_Fanciulla]

I love the way baroque composers recycle their music, this time the most famous of all, spring from the four seasons, as a chorus.



I'd kill to have been at this party - look at the line up: Laura Claycomb, Stéphane Degout, Karine Deshayes, Natalie Dessay, Ann Hallenberg, Philippe Jaroussky, Topi Lehtipuu, Marijana Mijanovic, Sara Mingardo, Sandrine Piau, Renata Pokupic, Anne Sofie Von Otter and Rolando Villazón.

And a fantastic mix of fun and heart rending.

[Dark_Angel]

If I didn't know better I'd think you're being unfaithful to La Divina!

There are precious few Suliotis studio performances since her career was short, but she had some of that wild reckless spirit of Callas that brings a smile to my face......

This is such a great Nabucco recording, I had to play Abigaille's (Suliotis) firey aria "salgo gia" three times to get my fill......what a great opera this is!

[Schigolch]

[Dark_Angel]

Love those youtube comparisons.....Callas is an electrifying Abigaille, if only we had a later studio recording for her Nabucco, that sample is from live 1949 Gui complete opera.

Nilsson has a clear powerful voice, but something is not quite right with her cadence of Italian language.....doesn't sound authentic or natural to me like Callas

[Schigolch]

[desiree]

I'm still hung-up with Infectious and TB so I listened to this recently:



I love Bjorling, de los Angeles, and Merrill.

But since Dark Angel and Schigolch were just talking about Nabucco and I'm very impressionable, I'll be playing this first (which I like better):



then this:

[Dark_Angel]

But since Dark Angel and Schigolch were just talking about Nabucco and I'm very impressionable, I'll be playing this first (which I like better):



then this:

El Tigre.....I am listening to the Sinopoli Nabucco now, this is such great opera with exciting choral sections, Dimitrova giving me wonderful "salgo gia"