tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post116706203025218218..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: We're Open TodayMaury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167241133375174812006-12-27T12:38:00.000-05:002006-12-27T12:38:00.000-05:00I don't think the Figaro is on DVD, no.Yeah, I won...I don't think the Figaro is on DVD, no.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I wonder about Trebbers and what a soprano friend in college used to call "tweedly music." "Son vergin" is a lot of fun if it's crazy fast and showcases a singer's tweedle mettle, but otherwise it's just a bunch of scales and arpeggios. I'm honestly not sure about Libo-trebko-libo-net's tweedle capacity.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry, I cant stop making idiotic jokes about her name that only work if you know Russian, badly.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167181081637474262006-12-26T19:58:00.000-05:002006-12-26T19:58:00.000-05:00I love Popp's gorgeous Sophie on the excellent Kle...I love Popp's gorgeous Sophie on the excellent Kleiber Rosenkavalier DVD with Gwyneth Jones and Brigitte Fassbaender. I resisted getting it for a very long time, despite its glowing reviews, thinking Jones would ride roughshod over the Marschallin. Boy, was I wrong. She really is under control, and acts it wonderfully.winpalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138998162300005843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167178002029416892006-12-26T19:06:00.000-05:002006-12-26T19:06:00.000-05:00No, I do not like the Fleming recording. :)No, I do not like the Fleming recording. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167160463634209382006-12-26T14:14:00.000-05:002006-12-26T14:14:00.000-05:00The Tennstedt/Popp VLL is soooooo slow, though, an...The Tennstedt/Popp VLL is soooooo slow, though, and that's my bete noire about recordings of those pieces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167154328287373252006-12-26T12:32:00.000-05:002006-12-26T12:32:00.000-05:00Meri, I wonder if you've seen the video of Figaro ...Meri, I wonder if you've seen the video of Figaro from Paris, some of the cast the same. Popp's physical presence as Susanna is so sponatenous and clever. I wish there were more film of her.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167150695895851082006-12-26T11:31:00.000-05:002006-12-26T11:31:00.000-05:00I always listen to the Tennstedt one anyway, from ...I always listen to the Tennstedt one anyway, from many years earlier.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167149080667152552006-12-26T11:04:00.000-05:002006-12-26T11:04:00.000-05:00Okay--the voice is very frayed in the last Vier Le...Okay--the voice is very frayed in the last Vier Letzte Lieder that Lucia Popp recorded, and pinched at the top, but holy shit I don't care when I listen to it and you shouldn't either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167144549139163652006-12-26T09:49:00.000-05:002006-12-26T09:49:00.000-05:00I am trying with difficulty to think of something ...I am trying with difficulty to think of something she sang poorly or even just adequately. It once occurred to me: any singer you can name, you can find someone with something bad to say about him/her. Except I've actually never heard anyone diss Lucia Popp.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167124107277661102006-12-26T04:08:00.000-05:002006-12-26T04:08:00.000-05:00That Solti Figaro has to be one of the most signif...That Solti Figaro has to be one of the most significant recordings of my life, not only my introduction to Figaro but pretty much to Mozart opera in general; in fact I think it was the first complete opera recording I ever really threw myself into. And then a few years later it got significant all over again on account of Barbarina. <BR/>And yes, Lucia's Susanna is absolutely perfection. But then it would be, wouldn't it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167107967757277202006-12-25T23:39:00.000-05:002006-12-25T23:39:00.000-05:00I like to re-light the hanukkiah and eat roast chi...I like to re-light the hanukkiah and eat roast chicken with latkes and apple sauce, since the Chinese in my town ain't so hot. And this year there's a new icon in the living room -- my bro in Ohio (OHIO?) sent me an illuminated garden flamingo which only needs a gold boa to be perfect for the darks of the northern solstice. To all, a good night . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167086998021239932006-12-25T17:49:00.000-05:002006-12-25T17:49:00.000-05:00Artist formerly known as mezzo-G, don't sweat it. ...Artist formerly known as mezzo-G, don't sweat it. It sounded like you've had a lot on your plate. I haven't been fantastically good about commenting on anyone's blog, myself, which doesn't mean I'm not reading.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167086919057498582006-12-25T17:48:00.000-05:002006-12-25T17:48:00.000-05:00oberon: well, that's the lovely part of being a yi...oberon: well, that's the lovely part of being a yid is you can be an atheist as well, which I avowedly and enthusiastically am (yes, enthusiastically...the idea of god really is too depressing for words.)<BR/><BR/>I acually read the opera-l kerfuffle of which you speak. Gevalt...Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167084714887928342006-12-25T17:11:00.000-05:002006-12-25T17:11:00.000-05:00Think how we atheists feel! Yes, if you go back fa...Think how we atheists feel! <BR/><BR/>Yes, if you go back far enough there's some palatable Albanese.<BR/><BR/>PURITANI has about 45 minutes of gold amid hours of filler. <BR/><BR/>Enjoy your Chinese, but don't tell Brenda Zwickel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-1167065086746945522006-12-25T11:44:00.000-05:002006-12-25T11:44:00.000-05:00Hi Maury. Thanks for staying open...yeah right! I ...Hi Maury. Thanks for staying open...yeah right! I pop by the shop and you're already out to lunch. (Have an eggroll, Mr. Goldstone.)<BR/><BR/>Just wanted to say hello as I've been fairly quiet on here lately.<BR/>GPGregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02529720009266903423noreply@blogger.com