n.y.c.o. rigoletto: wow!

just finished watching this 1988 'rigoletto'...from new york city opera -- what a trio -- and quartet -- with beverly sills, introducing...and narrating the behind-the-scenes...scenes -- who could ask for anything more

the sparafucile, mark s. doss, we are told by the broadcast announcer, is from cleveland, and the amazing gilda, faith esham, was born in portsmouth, ohio

from boheme: quando me'n vo' & rodolfo-marcello duet

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

the mesopotamian marshes

beautiful picture of the mesopotamian marshes

he conducts the audience

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

the incomparable louis prima...and keely smith

'WHERE ARE THE TURTLES?!!!'

i had a chocolate turtle, a few days ago -- wasn't good, but reminded me...of this memorable scene...from the tv series the office

nine-year-old dutch girl...belts out 'mio babbino caro'

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