Reply With QuoteLocally, can only get Emmental in small pre-packed portions.Originally Posted by Soave_Fanciulla
Did you feel a terrible urge to buy these when you got there?
I'd need to go to London to buy it loose. Lindt is always a temptation!
Oh my! I think Natalie's daughters took possession of her account!Did you feel a terrible urge to buy these when you got there?
We can tell this post was authored by them rather than by Natalie because the poor little darlings are obsessed with food, given that their mother starves them in order to save money for CDs, DVDs, and trips to Australia to see der Jonas in person.
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"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
Locally, can only get Emmental in small pre-packed portions.Did you feel a terrible urge to buy these when you got there?
"Every theatre is an insane asylum, but an opera theatre is the ward for the incurables."
FRANZ SCHALK, attributed, Losing the Plot in Opera: Myths and Secrets of the World's Great Operas
Having listened to Pyrrhus last week, I thought I'd go back and listen to cross dressing Achilles and Deidamia (sometimes wearing a dress is just more comfortable).
Handel: Deidamia
Simone Kermes (Deidamia), Dominique Labelle (Nerea), Anna Maria Panzarella (Achille), Anna Bonitatibus (Ulisse), Furio Zanasi (Fenice) & Antonio Abete (Licomede)
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis
Recorded July 2002, Teatro dei Rozzi, Siena
Siena
My favourite place in the worldSiena
Natalie
Well, we don't need to go there. Thankfully my town has the Siena Hotel with the Il Palio restaurant.
http://sienahotel.com/
Kidding. I've visited only twice and would go back every year if I could.
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
If you do, stay here:Well, we don't need to go there. Thankfully my town has the Siena Hotel with the Il Palio restaurant.
http://sienahotel.com/
Kidding. I've visited only twice and would go back every year if I could.
Palazzo Ravizza
Natalie
Thanks for the hint.
However since I've been very worried about your daughters, I think I'll stay here
http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldet...el/Siena/75999
and then I'll donate the difference to the Feed Natalie's Daughters Fund.
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
Handel: Tamerlano
Nicholas Spanos (Tamerlano), Mata Katsuli (Asteria), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Andronico), Tassis Christoyannis (Bajazet), Irina Karaianni (Irene) & Petros Magoulas (Leone)
Orchestra of Patras,
George Petrou
Recording July 24-30 2006, Patras, Greece
Back to Handel.
Trying to fight urge to buy new Naive Tamerlano with Sabata.
Whilst it is on sale at PC.
Or for any reason.
Being a newbie, I'll list the last few days' treats: last night was the Met DVD of Le Comte Ory; the night before, the 1982 Met Ernani (Pav, Milnes, Mitchell) and earlier a new favorite, La Favorite with Kate Aldrich and Yijie Shi. And earlier, similarly releases of the 2012 and 2013 Richard Tucker Galas (DVDs), which to me are near sensory overloads!
There are times that life can be very good, friends!
Last edited by Soave_Fanciulla; August 15th, 2014 at 01:59 AM.
And tonight we just finished watching that absolutely wonderful opera gala from Baden Baden with Netrebko, Garanca, Vargas and Tezier. If there's a better concert gala on disc, I'd be amazed. (With a very inexpensive yet yummy wine from CA called Menage a Trois. No comments, please; we entertained no guests)
Oh yes. Anna at her sexiest...
If you read our interview with maestro Armiliato, you'll see a reference to this occasion, which is pretty funny... Read what we discussed, and then watch again what maestro does at 3:24 for some three seconds...
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"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
You are lucky to have someone to share your enthusiasm and pleasure with!
Natalie
I am so NOT going to post what first came to mind! But you are right in so many ways, ma'am.
Having a bit of a Tristan extravaganza since my "conversion" a few weeks ago. How could I ever have thought it was disjointed noise? was I deaf?
Natalie
And in honour of der boy I went to see last week:
You know it's funny, I'm quite happy with a series of arias from different operas on disc, but I found the experience of listening to them in a concert hall rather unsatisfying. It brought home to me that for me opera is most definitely NOT pure music; I need the context of the dramatic development and the characters and libretto to get the full emotional impact. Even der Jonas with his unparalleled story-telling abilities couldn't quite move me, except for his aria from La Forza del Destino and that's really only because I had been watching the production with him and Harteros the previous night.
If there ever is a next time I sincerely hope he does a lieder cycle. Winterreise would be perfect.
Natalie
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