tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post950261759051206123..comments2024-01-24T08:24:14.555-05:00Comments on My Favorite Intermissions: LiveblogMaury D'annatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-58616797838293933102007-09-26T12:21:00.000-05:002007-09-26T12:21:00.000-05:00Freakchen, I feel like I haven't seen you around t...Freakchen, I feel like I haven't seen you around these parts lately, so welcome back if I'm not just having one of my habitual perceptual distortions. Thin purple syrup!!!Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-46307533754232694112007-09-26T12:19:00.000-05:002007-09-26T12:19:00.000-05:00Anon-sopran, thanks a lot, very kind of you to say...Anon-sopran, thanks a lot, very kind of you to say so. I try hard not to merit stick-beatings. I will keep it up until I run out of ways to say "she sings purdy."Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-48714161349232702902007-09-26T12:18:00.000-05:002007-09-26T12:18:00.000-05:00Chalk: I saw you blogged it some, and I feel like ...Chalk: I saw you blogged it some, and I feel like you're totally fair to Trebs. When she's good, she's good. I actually tuned back in and heard the "gonna kill myself now" aria and was impressed.Maury D'annatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136129943169313348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-29317655179171719182007-09-26T11:52:00.000-05:002007-09-26T11:52:00.000-05:00I felt so sorry for anyone in the audience who had...I felt so sorry for anyone in the audience who had drinks right before going in and then discovered no intermission until the end of Act 3 ! It was almost 2 hours of sitting there listening to that thin purple syrup. I was sitting at home listening on Sirius, and all I could think about was INTERMISSION !!!rysanekfreakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15071109365702608080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-28685078293634813322007-09-26T10:42:00.000-05:002007-09-26T10:42:00.000-05:00Can I just say you may be the only opera blogger t...Can I just say you may be the only opera blogger that (a) makes me laugh...a lot, and in a good way, and (b) doesn't make me want to beat saod blogger over the head with a Very Large Stick. :)<BR/><BR/><BR/>In other words, keep it up, man. ;)La Cowntessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373178747064421890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17999907.post-6479841248201451182007-09-26T07:05:00.000-05:002007-09-26T07:05:00.000-05:00I was gonna live blog this and provide a running c...I was gonna live blog this and provide a running commentary w/ counterpoint commentary on last night's <I>Lucia</I>. But I was too busy doing other things. I did listen though, and I thought Netrebko sounded wonderful. My expectations have become so low that when she *does* sound wonderful, it's such a nice surprise. I even enjoyed Alagna.Chalkenteroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08435851223758000117noreply@blogger.com