tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post1972933070387240429..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: Oh greatMaury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-10588364378371428472009-10-21T10:59:41.399-05:002009-10-21T10:59:41.399-05:00maury, now try to control yourself: http://gothami...maury, now try to control yourself: http://gothamist.com/2009/10/21/early_addition_425.phpsquirrelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-50696765035400518212009-10-18T13:13:44.872-05:002009-10-18T13:13:44.872-05:00I find Maury's writing neither sedated nor aut...I find Maury's writing neither sedated nor autistic. He's literate, articulate and interesting in print.<br /><br />On the other hand, I have no idea what a captcha is.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-72060328757833335042009-10-18T12:59:34.099-05:002009-10-18T12:59:34.099-05:00maury,
just a tangent. I was drunk. I'll keep...maury, <br />just a tangent. I was drunk. I'll keep working on it!<br /><br />oh snap! my captcha was "GRATING" - I'll take that as a hint! (gulp)squirrelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-56470350999185711232009-10-18T09:10:50.500-05:002009-10-18T09:10:50.500-05:00Gabriella Tucci made Alice Ford sparkling and deli...Gabriella Tucci made Alice Ford sparkling and delightful, at least for me.<br /><br />I heard Raina only once in live performance--La Forza del Destino at the MET in 1964 opposite Bergonzi. I remember her as being impressive as Leonore. She wasn't the heavy artillery kind of Leonore but she had the role in hand and was very nicely balanced with Carlo.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-65125638985411513802009-10-17T11:43:13.476-05:002009-10-17T11:43:13.476-05:00squirrel: oh dear.squirrel: oh dear.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-53769475792160994242009-10-17T11:42:36.366-05:002009-10-17T11:42:36.366-05:00Lisa: I've never gotten the role of Alice Ford...Lisa: I've never gotten the role of Alice Ford. Like I don't know what makes an Alice anything <i>but</i> dull.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-25179382859685128212009-10-16T23:32:27.701-05:002009-10-16T23:32:27.701-05:00er, that was Autisticer, that was Autisticsquirrelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-35403064298548008282009-10-16T23:31:54.235-05:002009-10-16T23:31:54.235-05:00i think I just named your writing style:
you are t...i think I just named your writing style:<br />you are the Sedated, Austic Kathy Griffin of Opera. <br /><br />I'm still working on this, so I will possibly refine this.squirrelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-41855407506030929192009-10-16T21:34:43.932-05:002009-10-16T21:34:43.932-05:00Kabaivanska never really plumbed the Donizetti can...Kabaivanska never really plumbed the Donizetti canon the way Gencer did but I think she's quite wonderful in the central Verdi and Puccini repertory.Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693199649084517371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-7072900525447576842009-10-16T21:25:56.891-05:002009-10-16T21:25:56.891-05:00When I was all of 20 years old (and not to develop...When I was all of 20 years old (and not to developed in my tastes) I saw her in the title role of Donizzeti's Fausta in Rome (in 1981). She had loads of presence. I remember that. She is great. I love her now. A lot.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590837772117677333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-90118628251956146452009-10-16T19:20:40.361-05:002009-10-16T19:20:40.361-05:00I have her only in a mid-80s Falstaff on DVD, wher...I have her only in a mid-80s <i>Falstaff</i> on DVD, where you could say Giuseppe Taddei and Christa Ludwig run right over her. She's a completely ordinary Alice Ford.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.com