i attended opera western reserve's annual show, friday, and the quando me'n vo' scene...is quite a...dramatic scene -- lots...going on -- from all quarters
i'd like to find a longer video, with translations of all the lines
what a cast, though, here -- vargas and gheorghiu -- the musetta is ainhoa arteta
here's another version -- longer -- with pavarotti
also, the rodolfo-marcello duet is beautiful
old friend jason budd was colline
in june, we led jason, on and off the stage, in opera circle's rigoletto -- he was monterone -- nice job with the coat song, tonight
last night (wednesday), i saw, on the silver screen, 'nabucco,' from la scala -- this has sent me on a...'va, pensiero'...trek
somebody on one of the youtube pages...recommended a muti-led rendition
here's the first one that turned up, with muti...conducting the audience
next, i saw...a little-longer version, with muti...introducing the singing, then...with the full applause, afterwards
finally, i saw a much-longer version...of the whole thing -- it's the encore...that gets muti speaking,...to the audience...and introducing the encore
the scala 'nabucco'...was fantastic, with leo nucci...in the lead -- what can you say about him -- all the principals...were resplendant, especially liudmyla monastyrska, as abigail -- what a powerful instrument she possesses
a year ago, she blew me away, from the first time she opened her mouth, as aida, from the met
i've yet to find a 'pensiero'...from the scala production
