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2016-12-09 16:33:32
Dancer from the dance
On this day in 1905 Richard Strauss‘s Salome premiered in Dresden. httpvh//www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQsqG8uPDho On this day in 1842 Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmilla premiered in St Petersburg. httpvh//www.youtube.com/watch?v=KScPMs8YlDA Born on this day in 1882 composer Joaquín Turina. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqsNv7kIM1k Born on this day in 1895 mezzo-soprano Conchita Supervia. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvwyiK3AkJ0 Born on this day in 1897 actress Hermione Gingold. httpvh//www.youtube.com/watch?v=sISWPzEqHLQ Born on this day in 1915 soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_BVNKiphrk Happy 83rd birthday tenor Gilbert Py. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nblLSJ2VQE Happy 63rd birthday countertenor Christopher Robson. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowsjvqifqo
2015-12-09 13:00:18
Silver rose
Today is the centennial of the birth of soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_BVNKiphrk Born on this day in 1882 composer Joaquín Turina http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqsNv7kIM1k Born on this day in 1895 mezzo-soprano Conchita Supervia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvwyiK3AkJ0 Happy 82nd birthday tenor Gilbert Py http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nblLSJ2VQE Happy 62nd birthday countertenor Christopher Robson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowsjvqifqo
2014-12-09 06:05:24
Deeds of bygone days
On this day in 1842, Glinka’s opera Ruslan and Lyudmila premiered in St. Petersburg. Born on this day in 1882 composer Joaquín Turina http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqsNv7kIM1k Born on this day in 1895 mezzo-soprano Conchita Supervia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvwyiK3AkJ0 Born on this day in 1915 soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_BVNKiphrk Happy 81st birthday tenor Gilbert Py http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nblLSJ2VQE Happy 61st birthday countertenor Christopher Robson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowsjvqifqo
2014-10-03 08:23:03
Ten thousand bedrooms
[…] a non-existent lower register. But, since she’s basically a smart singer, she was able to make the performance professional, if not endearing. Amanda Majeski (Contessa) was way more problematic. She looks like a Countess—tall and majestic looking, like a Hitchcock heroine in her blond perm. But from the opening of “Porgi amor” there was a nervous, unsteady vibrato that intruded into every note she sang. It’s not a controlled fast vibrato of the Ezio Pinza/Conchita Supervia tradition. Instead she sounded like she had Parkinson’s disease in her voice box. Her high notes were wiry and even more unsteady. Her face looked frozen with nervousness. I so wanted to like her, as I always root for those last minute replacements, but Majeski’s voice is just unlikable. Susanna and Contessa’s interactions can be played a variety of ways. They can be like upstairs/downstairs sisters, or there can be a more formal, warm […]
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