Reply With QuoteMe, too. It's called alchohol; all my "friends" like it.Originally Posted by Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva)
Oh well, I was just trying to help. I do have medication that *increases* the voices as well, if that's what you all want.
Oh well, I was just trying to help. I do have medication that *increases* the voices as well, if that's what you all want.Don't you dare. I love you and your voices.
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
Me, too. It's called alchohol; all my "friends" like it.Oh well, I was just trying to help. I do have medication that *increases* the voices as well, if that's what you all want.
It's taken me a while to get to like this as there are so many female voices but I'm obsessed with it now. Any recommendations for a DVD?
"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
I only have this one, but I quite like it:It's taken me a while to get to like this as there are so many female voices but I'm obsessed with it now. Any recommendations for a DVD?
Edit: Oops, no, as a matter of fact, I have another one (I've been losing track of my collection - I'm not as organized as Nat with her Excel file):
This one from Glyndebourne is very old fashioned, but the artists are good.
Last edited by Luiz Gazzola (Almaviva); November 9th, 2014 at 02:06 PM.
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
Maria Callas: The First Recordings (1949)
Bellini: Casta Diva (from Norma)
O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani)
Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna (from I Puritani)
Wagner: Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde)
RAI Orchestra Turin, Arturo Basile
Recorded 8-10 November 1949, Auditorium RAI, Turin
Norma (1952) at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Pav himself did a fairly acceptable one:
My personal favourite is this one though:
Natalie
I love Cheryl Studer and Bryn Terfel in this.
There are some beautiful arias in this collection. Fagioli is not my favourite countertenor timbrewise, and he has a Joan Sutherland-like relationship with consonants, but boy can he sing the hell out of this demon coloratura.
Wonderful cast on the whole:
Natalie
I seem to recall Hildegard Behrens being a bit of chore to listen to in this one.Pav himself did a fairly acceptable one:
Bit of a chore in everything, really, bless her. But Annie likes Pav, hence the recommendation. And he actually has a little attempt at acting here. And Behrens is balanced out by Cotrubas and von Stade.
Natalie
ThanksI only have this one, but I quite like it:
Edit: Oops, no, as a matter of fact, I have another one (I've been losing track of my collection - I'm not as organized as Nat with her Excel file):
This one from Glyndebourne is very old fashioned, but the artists are good.
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Thanks. I like the look of the Norrington.Pav himself did a fairly acceptable one:
My personal favourite is this one though:
"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
Dvorak : Rusalka.
Is there one voice more for this roll the Fleming is, I don't think so .
That is indeed a very good recording of one of Renée's signature roles, not to forget that Sir Charles Mackerras was a big specialist in this music.
Dvorak : Rusalka.
Is there one voice more for this roll the Fleming is, I don't think so .
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
Fleming is fantastic in it, no doubt.
But.... Gabriela Benackova was also a great Rusalka. She has a dark sound, that I believe recordings didn't quite do justice to the quality.
Also another great Czech soprano, lesser known: Milada Subrtova... I love her phrasing.http://youtu.be/eRLUY2HEgIc
It's been a while since I listened to it and prefer it to the Pappano.
"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
Just embedding this video clip for you.
A great performance, full of colors and sentiment with good phrasing and purity of tone. Thanks for posting it.
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
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