What have you been listening to, lately?

[Almaviva]

Just finished watching that Comte Ory with Florez famous for the fact that he had his child born something like half of hour before the performance. It's one of most stupendous things I ever saw. From all performances with Florez to-be-seen this is the most complete one. It has wonderful cast, all the way: Florez, Damrau and DiDonato, all singing splendidly and looking very apt in their roles (Damrau actually can look beautiful!), magnificent staging, very colourful and lively, also made with interesting concept of theatre-in-theatre, all run by creepy geezer. Cutomes are impressive (even if not always historically correct), especially the armors of knights who leave at the beginning and come back at the end. All of this done with great comic flair.

My not exaggerated rating for this spectacle is 329765240252924284244 / 10.

And this is cult:

Darn, that's the one I bought a ticket for, and forgot to attend!

[Almaviva]

Im'sorry i'm a little tipsy

ETA: i lovr you all

Hey, now we have an emoticon for this:

[Anne of Green Gables]

Darn, that's the one I bought a ticket for, and forgot to attend!

That's something you should recall on your deathbed as one of greatest mistakes in your life.

[Schigolch]

[Almaviva]

Oh nice. This could be copied to the Portuguese area.

[Anne of Green Gables]

Three days, one after another, spent with one and the same opera never happened to me before.

Some familiar names here. My first thought was "why Don Bartolo pretends to be Rimbaud?". Good voice but not sure if apt for the role of tough frant and company of count's excesses. I find the Met production more musically convicing but I'm glad I listened to this one too so I can appreciate that more.

[Schigolch]

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Seriously, what was the stage director, (David Alden, in the sin bin), of this DVD on? This is one where the CD is SO much better, both singing-wise and because you don't have to suffer through the spectacularly self-indulgent idiocy of the staging.

[Festat]

[Schigolch]

[Anne of Green Gables]

Some Scriabin (preludes op. 11 and 3rd sonata) but the honest truth is that I feel urge to watch Comte Ory again. I told myself NO MORE ORY IN THIS YEAR because I know it would lead to overdose but it doesn't help, I randomly hear that motive in my head, when the knights-nuns gather around him and he starts to swirl, methinks I hear... with my mind's ears... and I want so badly to turn it again and see and hear and I must fight with myself AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Some Scriabin (preludes op. 11 and 3rd sonata) but the honest truth is that I feel urge to watch Comte Ory again. I told myself NO MORE ORY IN THIS YEAR because I know it would lead to overdose but it doesn't help, I randomly hear that motive in my head, when the knights-nuns gather around him and he starts to swirl, methinks I hear... with my mind's ears... and I want so badly to turn it again and see and hear and I must fight with myself AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH

Here's a compromise:

Same music, different opera:

[sospiro]

but the honest truth is that I feel urge to watch Comte Ory again. I told myself NO MORE ORY IN THIS YEAR because I know it would lead to overdose but it doesn't help, I randomly hear that motive in my head, when the knights-nuns gather around him and he starts to swirl, methinks I hear... with my mind's ears... and I want so badly to turn it again and see and hear and I must fight with myself AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH

There are only two and a bit days left in this year so you won't overdose fatally if you do succumb

[Anne of Green Gables]

Here's a compromise:

Same music, different opera:

All good, but where is Florez?

[sospiro]

All good, but where is Florez?

These people might know