tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post7057261966226487047..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: This just in, but don't get all revved up.Maury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-21458911419826165942010-11-16T08:48:19.964-05:002010-11-16T08:48:19.964-05:00to Anonymous Soprano:
"You leave my man alone...to Anonymous Soprano:<br />"You leave my man alone" - who composed this sextet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-41777376594569262572007-10-10T21:00:00.000-05:002007-10-10T21:00:00.000-05:00Don't forget the brilliant tenor aria, "Know wha' ...Don't forget the brilliant tenor aria, "Know wha' I'm sayin'?" sung by Shaniqua's baby daddy, Tercel. When Tercel rises to the high C on the word "aight?!?" it always brings down the house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-49726194617418025812007-10-10T10:23:00.000-05:002007-10-10T10:23:00.000-05:00Frankly, I'd pay good money to see a Donizetti tre...Frankly, I'd pay good money to see a Donizetti treatment of Shaniqua di Gowanus. <BR/><BR/>I'm sure it would include the big aria, "Oh, no, you di'int," and a rousing female sextet, "You leave my man alone."La Cowntessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373178747064421890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-84043939467503762202007-10-09T16:07:00.000-05:002007-10-09T16:07:00.000-05:00jlc: Was it not somewhat clear that I was making a...jlc: Was it not somewhat clear that I was making a joke about it not being a real Rossini opera? Maybe it wasn't funny, but I'm not big on being condescended to, so peddle it elsewhere, pal.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-76897646410500694802007-10-09T14:57:00.000-05:002007-10-09T14:57:00.000-05:00Regarding "Maria di Shabran. Too bad Maury is not...Regarding "Maria di Shabran. Too bad Maury is not better informed. It was one of Rossini's big Naples operas and is not a rehash of anything. Juan Diego Florez mad his debut at Pesaro in it, after learning the fiendish role in just a few days. So it is indeed an actual Rossini opera, is a wonderful composition, and it will be at Covent Garden in 2009! And the recording has received wonderful reviews everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-84015923295036005202007-10-08T17:36:00.000-05:002007-10-08T17:36:00.000-05:00My favourite Girl di Place opera (though it's Doni...My favourite Girl di Place opera (though it's Donizetti rather than Rossini) is and shall probably remain <I>Emilia di Liverpool</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com