What opera have you purchased recently?

[Clayton]

Millionaires & idiots.

Nobody ever got dumped, got sick or died from giving up smoking & you're only putting your hard earned money straight into the hands of the government & the obscenely rich tobacco companies.

I'm the idiot. I wish I was the other.

[Clayton]

Inspired by Washington Concert Opera and Hoffman's review,

[Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)]

@ Nat: Looking at the size of your latest purchases, it looks like your girls' diet is getting smaller.

[Hoffmann]

If you fancy seeing as well as hearing, there is a production of Grétry's Guillaume Tell currently on Arte TV. Worth it just for Anne-Catherine Gillet as Madame Tell.

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Thanks very much for the link - a delightful, very clever production. Shows what a little imagination can do. I loved it!

[Ann Lander (sospiro)]

Inspired by Washington Concert Opera and Hoffman's review,

I hope you like it as much as I do!

Verdi is my favourite composer & I've managed to get all his operas now on CD. In my opinion these early Verdi operas in the Philips box set series with Lamberto Gardelli are treasures. Couple more.

[Hoffmann]

After reading Clayton's post, I was embarrased because I hadn't bought the I Masnadieri myself. So, what else was there to do?



and then filled in another of my missing links:

[Hoffmann]

Sorry, the last photo was attached in error - it's a photo from the Washington Concert Opera performance, with Lisette Oropesa and Hao Jiang Tian, where I had intended to attach a photo of the cd. I wasn't able to remove it, so..

[Clayton]

I hope you like it as much as I do!

Verdi is my favourite composer & I've managed to get all his operas now on CD. In my opinion these early Verdi operas in the Philips box set series with Lamberto Gardelli are treasures. Couple more.

I had my mind on Il Corsaro... but if you say Un Giorno Di Regno as well...
I should switch to a payment method where I get air miles. I am sure I could have flown Washington and back this week.

[Clayton]

Sorry, the last photo was attached in error - it's a photo from the Washington Concert Opera performance, with Lisette Oropesa and Hao Jiang Tian, where I had intended to attach a photo of the cd. I wasn't able to remove it, so..

Don't apologize, that's a great picture I enjoyed looking at.

[Vesteralen]

Sorry, the last photo was attached in error - it's a photo from the Washington Concert Opera performance, with Lisette Oropesa and Hao Jiang Tian, where I had intended to attach a photo of the cd. I wasn't able to remove it, so..

Ditto Clayton...I don't mind the unexpected now and then....even the unintentional

[Vesteralen]

Oops............see, we all can do it

[Hoffmann]

Oops............see, we all can do it

Don't laugh! I was a huge fan of the Avengers when I was in high school. I got together with friends every Friday night to watch Avengers and (don't tell Luiz) talk politics. One of my favorite things from those days. Long before I discovered opera (well, maybe not that long)!

[Vesteralen]

Don't laugh! I was a huge fan of the Avengers when I was in high school. I got together with friends every Friday night to watch Avengers and (don't tell Luiz) talk politics. One of my favorite things from those days. Long before I discovered opera (well, maybe not that long)!

I had the whole set on VHS, but by the time I got around to replacing them with the DVDs they were going out of print. This set will still cost less than trying to complete what I have piece by piece.

Oh well, to get back on-topic:

I didn't purchase this, but the review in LISTEN convinced me to at least order it from the library. It's on hold right now, so it might take a couple of weeks to get here:



Who was the stand-in for Bartoli on the cover?

[Ann Lander (sospiro)]

I had my mind on Il Corsaro... but if you say Un Giorno Di Regno as well...

Um well no I wasn't actually saying buy them just that these are two from this great series! I don't want to be responsible for your descent into bankruptcy

I should switch to a payment method where I get air miles. I am sure I could have flown Washington and back this week.

Now there's a thought! We could ask Amazon to gives us air miles when we buy opera.

[Clayton]

Um well no I wasn't actually saying buy them just that these are two from this great series! I don't want to be responsible for your descent into bankruptcy

Don't worry, only joking! I am just making excuses for my incalculable increase in purchases compared to previous years. If anyone I will blame Dark_Angel for his recommendation for my latest purchase. I could only find a very expensive used copy of Souliotis' Anna.

I think whichever record company owns these older licenses need to keep an eye on the market; surely if these records are being sold at these prices it is a green signal for them to reprint?

P.S. A note to Dark_Angel, I am only joking AGAIN! I am of course thrilled with your recommendations and also purchased the Divina label edition.