"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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I can't stop listening to this. I think I have been infected by the Globolinks. This is all I have listened to (in English) and the DVD track in German, since Monday evening the 29th, other than I listened to several Beethoven symphonies one evening. This is a gem, but I recommend the DVD first as you really have to watch it. I like it sung in German better but it is nice in English to follow along.Originally Posted by Florestan
Love the part where Mr. Stone, the dean of the school, who does not like music is infected by a Globolink and the music teacher tries to save him by getting him to sing "la" over and over, where the only other thing that comes out his mouth is electronic noises like a Globolink. He desperately continues to sing la for the rest of the opera but is lost in the end anyway.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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Just arrived. Listening to tonight.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
This sounds fun!
Is this the DVD? Is German the original language?
Edit: I've found it on YouTube!
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"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
∆ Yes, that video and the YouTube are it! Wikipedia says: "Help, Help, the Globolinks! is an opera in four scenes by Gian Carlo Menotti with an original English libretto by the composer."
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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Yes, it's the DVD, the opera is in English, and I think I reviewed this DVD in the modern/contemporary section.This sounds fun!
Is this the DVD? Is German the original language?
Edit: I've found it on YouTube!
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
Yes you did, and I liked it there on July 20th: Here is the review.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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La donna del lago
A really old production but I'm enjoying it.
"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
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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I also have the Haitink Tannhäuser -- wonderful cast, and I find Klaus König easier on the ears than Robert Gambill in the video from Baden Baden.
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I also have this one from 1972,
but I think the sound is a bit better on the Haitink set. Other than that I have Heger, which is probably not a top rated set.
"Ah,non credea mirarti si presto estinto, o fiore." --Bellini, La Sonnambula (also written on his tomb).
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Indeed, thanks.
"J'ai dit qu'il ne suffisait pas d'entendre la musique, mais qu'il fallait encore la voir" (Stravinsky)
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