What opera have you been listening to, lately?

[Amfortas]

I added that other image of Wildschütz by mistake, but can't get rid of it.

I tried to fix it for you, but couldn't. You're gonna need a smarter moderator.

[Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)]

I tried to fix it for you, but couldn't. You're gonna need a smarter moderator.

Done. Am I smarter?

[Amfortas]

Done. Am I smarter?

No. You're not a moderator.

[Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)]

No. You're not a moderator.

Then I am twice as smart, because I did it in spite of not being a moderator!

[Festat]

Two buck batch proving to be the best deal of the decade.



But I'm still waiting for a production of Figaro with Gerald Finley playing all the parts. Naked.

[Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)]

But I'm still waiting for a production of Figaro with Gerald Finley playing all the parts. Naked.

That's similar to my (hopeless) hope for the Anna Netrebko Salome (regardless of voice type) going all the way. Ecstasy!

[Soave_Fanciulla]

But I'm still waiting for a production of Figaro with Gerald Finley playing all the parts. Naked.

Oh no I'll have that "keep your eyes above waist level DON'T STARE" problem that I had with Zachary Staines in Ercole sul Termondonte again.

[Hoffmann]

You guys.

And here I am, all alone, sitting and worrying myself to death about maintaining the purity and the future of the art form...

[Festat]

Throwing props (or even people, why not?) on the floor and kicking the scenery like there's no tomorrow. Pretty much enjoyed it, though.

[Dark_Angel]

Yesterday listened to couple Verdi Lombardi sets, top rank singers in both versions. Soprano role of daughter Griselda gets some choice bel canto arias including the dazzling "qual prodigio"

[Clayton]

Macbeth
Shirley Verret, Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov
Claudio Abbado



Suliotis recording still on wish list; currently ranked number 48/4735

[Dark_Angel]

A great Nabucco with rare recorded appearance of Ghena Dimitrova who is a very dramatic and powerful Abigaille. If you do a search for opera recordings by Dimitrova unfortunately there are only a small handful this being the most famous one

[Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)]

Throwing props (or even people, why not?) on the floor and kicking the scenery like there's no tomorrow. Pretty much enjoyed it, though.

I really love this one, given the leading female singer's outstanding cough cough assets cough cough, both her left asset and her right asset.

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Now see what you've done, Festat, you've set him off on assets. Hoffmann is going to get even more gloomy.

[Hoffmann]

In between handwringings, I managed to listen to:



and



Zaide is charming and identifiably Mozart, though not nearly as well developed as his more famous operas. Wunderlich, however, never fails to amaze.