What opera have you been listening to, lately?

[Hoffmann]

Yeah, well. Yesterday, I went out for morning coffee with a neighbor (which we do every couple of weeks), and my house key apparently slipped out of my pocket. I had to wait until another neighbor, who keeps a house key for me, came home to let me in. Then, there was a Dr. appointment. Hence, no opera yesterday.

On my way back from the Dr. I stopped by Starbucks, which had my key.

And, my Washington Nationals won #9 in a row last night!

[Nekrotzar]

Just listened to the final act of Tristan und Isolde (Jerusalem/Meier cond. Barenboim)

[Hoffmann]

Earlier:




and, currently:

[Dark_Angel]

Earlier:




and, currently:

I really like both of those, a tragedy that the Moffo "lucia" was not chosen to be rematered as RCA hybrid SACD series like her Traviata, currently OOP only available used......

[Clayton]

...
and, currently:

Ombra cara di mia sposa

lovely

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Surreptitiously, on Spotify at work.



Margaret Price (Isolde), René Kollo (Tristan), Brigitte Fassbaender (Brangaene), Kurt Moll (König Marke), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Kurwenal), Werner Götz (Melot), Anton Dermota (Hirt), Wolfgang Hellmich (Steuermann), Eberhard Büchner (Seemann)
Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Carlos Kleiber

[Clayton]

Surreptitiously, on Spotify at work.
...

Wrong thread.

...

Please see "The opera drug" thread.

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and get help.

[Nekrotzar]

This is my equivalent of coffee in the morning:

[Ann Lander (sospiro)]

One of my favourite baritone arias

[Soave_Fanciulla]

I'm listening to opera, but usually don't post here because it's nothing new (yesterday evening, it was the DVD of the Salzburg Festival Don Carlo with Kaufmann and Harteros).

But still tell us. I love knowing what my opera friends are listening to or watching.

[Soave_Fanciulla]

I can't believe that I thought I didn't like Leontyne Price - I came to that conclusion on the basis of a Forza del Destino DVD (in 1984, perhaps when she was past her best) which I tried twice to listen to. I might give it another whirl.

Anyway she is incandescent here and Bergonzi is a worthy partner, with beautiful elegant phrasing. Only fly in the ointment - the audience is rather lavish in its applause to the detriment of us hearing the singing.

[Clayton]

I can't believe that I thought I didn't like Leontyne Price - I came to that conclusion on the basis of a Forza del Destino DVD (in 1984, perhaps when she was past her best) which I tried twice to listen to. I might give it another whirl.

Anyway she is incandescent here and Bergonzi is a worthy partner, with beautiful elegant phrasing. Only fly in the ointment - the audience is rather lavish in its applause to the detriment of us hearing the singing.

There is the studio version by Schippers for RCA with Price and Bergonzi, though this was recorded almost five years later, July 1967. I would be interested in hearing the earlier Met version with Price a little younger.



This version is also with Mario Sereni as Don Carlo and Ezio Flagello as psycho Silva.

Have you heard this one? If so how does Price's performance compare?


At time like this I wish I had a more stable internet connection for spotify...

[Clayton]

Original plan: put Giulio CD on, then tackle triple ironing stack.

Ancient Japanese proverb: Plans are for the future and not set in stone (or something like that).



Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Marijana Mijanovic (Giulio Cesare), Magdalena Kožená (Cleopatra), Anne Sofie von Otter (Sesto), Charlotte Hellekant (Cornelia), Bejun Mehta (Tolomeo), Alan Ewing (Achilla)
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski
Recorded live at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Grosser Saal, November 2002



I'm spellbound. Ay cannae move.

Ironing will have to wait.

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Original plan: put Giulio CD on, then tackle triple ironing stack.

Ancient Japanese proverb: Plans are for the future and not set in stone (or something like that).




Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Marijana Mijanovic (Giulio Cesare), Magdalena Kožená (Cleopatra), Anne Sofie von Otter (Sesto), Charlotte Hellekant (Cornelia), Bejun Mehta (Tolomeo), Alan Ewing (Achilla)
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski
Recorded live at the Vienna Konzerthaus, Grosser Saal, November 2002



I'm spellbound. Ay cannae move.

Ironing will have to wait.

Ironing is a horrible waste of time. Opera is the only civilised way to spend a morning.

[Soave_Fanciulla]

There is the studio version by Schippers for RCA with Price and Bergonzi, though this was recorded almost five years later, July 1967. I would be interested in hearing the earlier Met version with Price a little younger.



This version is also with Mario Sereni as Don Carlo and Ezio Flagello as psycho Silva.

Have you heard this one? If so how does Price's performance compare?

Not yet but I plan to listen to it at some point. I've only just decided:

1. That I like Price
2. That I like Bergonzi even more
3. That older recordings might have something to offer me