leonard warren & roberta peters's rigoletto, 1959

this evening, on sirius radio, they were broadcasting the rigoletto from 1959, starring leonard warren and roberto peters -- fantastic

here are a few clips (just the audio), from that...same...show -- march 28

oops -- can't...include the videos, in this post

then,...the links

his 'pari siamo!'

then, again,...some...i can

figlia! mio padre!... quanto dolor

o veglia, o donna, questo fiore

they just...sing...together

his 'gilda,' after he discovers she's been kidnapped, is...blood-curdling...shiver...inducing -- i haven't found an audio,...on youtube

cortigiani, vil razza dannata

mio padre.. parla... siam soli... tutte le feste... piangi, fanciulla

chi è mai, chi è qui in sua vece? v`hotmail.com ingannato

interview with the cleveland rigoletto & maestro

an interview with our marco stella, the lead of this weekend's 'rigoletto' (he belongs to us now) -- preceded by an interview with the conductor, andrea raffanini

yesterday, we rehearsed in playhouse square's ohio theater, where the opera circle production will take place, saturday evening -- it was a lot of fun -- like seeing the opera, two, three times, in one night -- such...incredibly beautiful music -- and...what gorgeous singing -- the choral pieces, along with...all the rest

in honor of marco stella, here's ettore bastianini, one of marco's favorite baritones -- if not his favorite -- along with renata scotto, in the concluding scene of act two -- the full scene -- with...so much....

i love this scene -- the music, the singing, the...feeling -- feelings -- especially the feelings -- the depth of emotion -- gilda's high notes -- soaring -- flying -- in the sky, above everything -- 'piangi -- piangi -- piangi, funciulla -- fanciulla, piangi' -- love it -- actually,...love...doesn't...say it -- doesn't...say enough -- how deeply...it touches me -- rigoletto's 'non's -- 'mia figlia...mia gilda'

as soon as the pictures arrive in my e-mail (from my phone), i'll put them here

il quartetto encore: quattro più...e...una 'tutte le feste'

a domingo duke -- with isola jones, ileana cotrubas & cornell macneil

an anna moffo quartet -- with alfredo kraus, rosalind elias and robert merrill

something else, from the movie 'quartet' -- i noticed, and really enjoyed, the slow...instrumental-only...renditions of the quartet -- beautiful -- and...various parts of the piece too -- works...great -- just...tremendously beautiful music

cruising around on youtube, i came across, from that same '77 met production, ileana cotrubas & cornell macneil's 'tutte le feste al tempio' -- beautiful,...gorgeous,...spell-binding

jose carreras -- apparently, from one of the two times he played the duke...with new york city opera (in 1973) -- with patricia wise, margaret yauger, louis quilico

another pavarotti-sutherland pairing -- this time with huguette tourangeau and sherrill milnes, in the studio, in 1971 -- with sutherland's husband, richard bonynge, conducting

father-daughter...tugs at the heart

seeing the met's production of 'rigoletto' (with zeljko lucic & diana damrau -- both, outstanding), i've fallen in love with the father-daughter duets -- not to mention, their solos -- and, of course, the quartet -- i've gone...quartet-crazy, of late

here's one of the duets (tutte la feste al tempio), with anna moffo and robert merrill -- just heart-...rending