What opera have you been listening to, lately?

[Florestan]

This is a great Trovatore! Just arrived today.

[Ann Lander (sospiro)]

Have to say it's not all that great - countertenors have come a long way since Graham Pushee!

But worth it for Simon!

It does exist in Video format and you can catch it here"

Thanks

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Mozart: La finta giardiniera
Hans Peter Blochwitz (Fracasso), Barbara Hendricks (Rosina), Siegfried Lorenz (Don Cassandro), Douglas Johnson (Don Polidoro), Ann Murray (Donna Giacinta), Andreas Schmidt (Simone), Eva Lind (Ninetta)
Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Peter Schreier

[Florestan]

Started Rheingold last night. Am now well into Gotterdammerung.

[Soave_Fanciulla]

[Florestan]

Awesome! I think I have to go shopping!

[Florestan]

[Florestan]

Siegfried


I quit after this. I am trying to figure out a favorite Ring out of the 10 I own. This is not it. I will take Sawallisch over this, and perhaps Bohm over both, but next Ring I listen to is Janowski.

[Florestan]

Had to listen to this after hearing L'orfeo live in concert yesterday.

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Cavalli: Artemisia
Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (Artemisia), Roberta Mameli (Artemia), Valentina Coladonato (Oronta), Maarten Engeltjes (Meraspe), Andrea Arrivabene (Alindo), Marina Bartoli (Ramiro), Silvia Frigato (Eurillo), Salvo Vitale (Indamoro), Alberto Allegrezza (Erisbe) & Alessandro Giangrande (Niso)
La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina

[Florestan]

[Clayton]

Cavalli: Artemisia
Francesca Lombardi Mazzulli (Artemisia), Roberta Mameli (Artemia), Valentina Coladonato (Oronta), Maarten Engeltjes (Meraspe), Andrea Arrivabene (Alindo), Marina Bartoli (Ramiro), Silvia Frigato (Eurillo), Salvo Vitale (Indamoro), Alberto Allegrezza (Erisbe) & Alessandro Giangrande (Niso)
La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina

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[Clayton]

I'm hallucinating. It's that season. Not the mushroom season but the hayfever season where Spring jumps up and hits you like a Le Creuset frying pan. I guess that's what Spring does. The jumping bit and the hayfever bit.

So lying down on the sofa I went off in my tiny little mind to the fantasy Bellini festival.

[MAuer]

Conductor/orchestra: Claudio Abbado; Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Prague Philharmonic Chorus
Cast: Katia Ricciarelli (Madame Cortese), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Marchesa Melibea), Lella Cuberli (Contessa di Folleville), Cecilia Gasdia (Corinna), Eduardo Giménez (Cavalier Belfiore), Francisco Araiza (Conte di Libenskof), Samuel Ramey (Lord Sidney), Ruggero Raimondi (Don Profondo), Enzo Dara (Barone Trombonok), et. al.

Lots of fun, with a great conductor and cast.

[Florestan]