What opera have you been watching lately?

[MAuer]

I'm sure he must have meant some of those recordings with Gedda and Sills.

[Florestan]

Tosca with Behrens and Domingo

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Not so keen on Hildegard's voice, but Domingo is tremendous in this - Best "E lucevan le stelle" ever.

[Florestan]

Not so keen on Hildegard's voice, but Domingo is tremendous in this - Best "E lucevan le stelle" ever.

Definitely Domingo is fantastic. The staging is very good too. I was not impressed with Hildegard's voice on a Der fligende Hollander DVD. This seems somewhat better. But also while she is not bad looking, she is not the beauty queen that one would expect in the role of Tosca.

[Festat]

[MAuer]

I'm not wild about the staging, but the singers here are wonderful. And Rudolf Schasching really looks the part of the obnoxious glutton Iro.

[Clayton]

It's on my list of ones to watch (well, I'd need to buy it first...)

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Linda di Chamounix with Diana Damrau and Juan Diego Flórez. I didn't know this opera and thought it rather good. I'm getting the library to order me the Opera Rara recording.

[Hoffmann]

I also like Linda di Chamounix and recommend the Opera Rara recording.

[Clayton]

or there's the Haider with wassername



oh yes Edita. There's the Haider recording with Edita Gruberova

Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Edita Gruberova, Don Bernardini, Monika Groop, Ettore Kim, Stefano Palatchi, Anders Melander, Ulrika Precht, Klas Hedlund
Mikaeli Chamber Choir, Members of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Freidrich Haider

[Soave_Fanciulla]

or there's the Haider with wassername



oh yes Edita. There's the Haider recording with Edita Gruberova

Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Edita Gruberova, Don Bernardini, Monika Groop, Ettore Kim, Stefano Palatchi, Anders Melander, Ulrika Precht, Klas Hedlund
Mikaeli Chamber Choir, Members of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Freidrich Haider

After the last two listening attempts I have to confess I don't like Gruberova enough to choose a recording based on her presence.

[Clayton]

After the last two listening attempts I have to confess I don't like Gruberova enough to choose a recording based on her presence.

maybe a bit too twinkly, a bit like Christmas tree lights. Pretty but come epifa
epith
6th January, you've had enough and are ready to put them back in the box.

[Soave_Fanciulla]

French froth with Spanish tinsel.

[Hoffmann]

maybe a bit too twinkly, a bit like Christmas tree lights. Pretty but come epifa
epith
6th January, you've had enough and are ready to put them back in the box.

It took me a minute to figure this out. Probably because we don't do much with ipif
epi
well, you know.

[Soave_Fanciulla]

In Switzerland we have this.



If you find the little plastic king in your piece, you get to wear the crown.

Somehow that doesn't seem as exciting now as when I was six...