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.![]()
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...
Throwing props (or even people, why not?) on the floor and kicking the scenery like there's no tomorrow. Pretty much enjoyed it, though.
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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"
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Macbeth
Shirley Verret, Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov
Claudio Abbado
Suliotis recording still on wish list; currently ranked number 48/4735
Now see what you've done, Festat, you've set him off on assets. Hoffmann is going to get even more gloomy.
Natalie
In between handwringings, I managed to listen to:
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Zaide is charming and identifiably Mozart, though not nearly as well developed as his more famous operas. Wunderlich, however, never fails to amaze.
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