What have you been listening to, lately?

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Lots of Vivaldi recently:

[Soave_Fanciulla]

and Tchaikovsky.

Barenboim is positively frenzied in this rather unpleasant production with fantiastic singing. Peter Mattei might well be taking over as my favourite baritone.



and I really love Grigoriam even though he looks like one of Santa's helpers (BUt why does Lisa have to be so much of a drip in this production?)

[Almaviva]

Lots of Vivaldi recently:

So what about coming up with some questions for Vivica Genaux? I got no replies in my thread soliciting questions (in the Singers forum)

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[Elektra]

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Vincenzo Bellini
Norma

Pollione - Giuseppe Gipali
Oroveso - Oren Gradus
Norma - Hiromi Omura
Adalgisa - Béatrice Uria Monzon
Clotilde - Marie Karall
Flavio - Sébastien Eyssette

Choeur de l'Opéra de Lausanne
Chef de choeur: Véronique Carrot
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Direction: Roberto Rizzi Brignoli

live 2 November 2011 Lausanne, Théâtre de Beaulieu

[Elektra]

[Schigolch]

[Anne of Green Gables]

I like those evenings with Callas. It's like that: it's still daylight and I lie down and there's Callas, I lie, it gets darker and darker and there's still Callas.

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Seem to be spending a lot of time in the car recently, ferrying children around to endless rehearsals and activities. So I've got through:

[StLukesGuildOhio]

After planting strawberries and wildflowers... a belated Mother's Day gift to the wife... I sat down to listen to this:



Seriously, Berlioz is truly beginning to grow on me. Now hopefully the strawberries and wildflowers grow just as well.