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I don't remember anymore the tenor or the opera house. But once I read that a tenor who had sung Otello the previous night participated on the next days production of La Boheme as a waiter in the second act. If I remember correctly both the audience and other singers where quite surprised. Quite...

The pictures I have been posting (using the attachment tool) on TC always "shrink" and would "disappear" whenever after I log off. Wondering whether this is because TC will only allow the pictures to be shown BIG and PERMANENT when a TC member's number of postings reaches a certain minimum...

I would like a non-HIP "big band" Beethoven Symphony set to contrast my Gardiner set. I was looking at the Barenboim/Staatskapelle Berlin but it left me cold. The most immediate criteria is that the repeat of 4th movement of the 5th symphony is taken, it is crucial.

I have seen many discussions as to which of the "Big Five" orchestras (Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia) is "best." That discussion is so subjective that it is not worth pursuing. Aside from the general excellent play of these orchestras, there are differences. Back in the day...

. She did this at the Tucker Gala in 2014. Eaglen could sing Norma, but she couldn't have pulled this off with this much aplomb. Her D's were much smaller. Finally, with Radvanovsky, we have two dramatic coloraturas with big solid high D's!!!! Hurray!!! Meade has such a big rich voice, and...

The operas in question are: Donizetti's Don Pasquale Anything by Verdi other than the Big Four, Un Ballo in Maschera, Otello, and Falstaff Rossini's Armida and William Tell and La Donna del Lago Bizet's Les Pecheurs de Perles Puccini's Manon Lescaut Ponchielli's La Gioconda Giordano's Andrea...

This sounds like a troll question, but I promise it's not. I'm also writing from considerable ignorance about very recent music, so I look forward to others setting me straight. It just occurred to me that, in the last century, it's likely that everything you could possibly think of was tried...

http://www.sevensymphonies.com/7SHome.html "And why does the killer appear to associate each of his attacks with one of the symphonies of the great Finnish composer, Jean Sibelius?" This might, or very well might not, be a good read. Either way, I think I can see how each of these crimes would...

When I was growing up - I took Shostakovich's place in the pantheon of greats as read. I saw his name on album sleeves next to other big musical names. His music was commonly scheduled on the programmes of big name orchestras and performers. We studied him at school and at University. His...

What are your favorite drinking songs? Big Bad Vodoo Daddy You and Me (And The Bottle Makes Three The Dubliners Whiskey In The Jar (I did a search and didn't see this this before, but hard to believe it's not there.)

My first exposure to Haydn recordings were the Bernstein recordings of the London and Paris Symphonies. They are wonderful and I have them on CD. My next exposure was to Neville Marriner, and the smaller forces and stylish playing seemed different from LB but also wonderful. Then the Dorati...

I'm not familiar with this guy at all. But I'm listening to his Violin Concerto No. 2, a big beefy piece, and finding it very entertaining. I'll be looking for more. Recommendations?