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No chance Reiner, we must not just go for eye-candy!!  Well, she's been wowing them at Glyndebourne this season, Antheil... so I think she can avoid the accusation of being eye-candy. Or at least, of being merely eye-candy  Reiner, Ron Dough said us youth of today always go for the easy options .............. What's Martle doing howling at the moon |
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« Reply #16 on: 16:44:29, 12-07-2008 » |
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Here's another idea:  Florence Foster Jenkins |
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« Reply #17 on: 16:48:48, 12-07-2008 » |
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As Don Basilio says, there is nothing like a Dame. So how about Adelina Patti, Welsh by adoption?  I have a great fondness for Jessye Norman. |
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For some of us, the close juxtaposition of Callas and Florence Foster-Jenkins on this thread is curiously apposite ... (Ducks behind prompter's box) Now, how about a proper soprano, from the same era:  |
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What's Martle doing howling at the moon It's a coded reminder that another heart-throb baritone, Mr Keenlyside, will be doing some moon-howling in WOZZECK live from Paris on R3 this evening, Anty! I expect Martle's bumped into Ms de Niese on Marine Parade this summer, and struck-up a conversation commenting on her marvellous tessitura  Meantime Pim's suggestion is excellent provided that this robust lady remains eye-candy, and we don't have the "pleasure" of hearing her singing Of course, two more suggestions might be those whose output featured a large number of operas...  or  |
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« Reply #21 on: 17:07:56, 12-07-2008 » |
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Mr. Keenlyside, Wozzeck? Radio 3? Stumbles for the timetable. Welsh and you don't know what is being broadcast? What are you like!  Is this Mr. Keenlyside? Is he is in Eastenders as well as Wozzeck? |
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Mr. Keenlyside, Wozzeck? Radio 3? Stumbles for the timetable. Welsh and you don't know what is being broadcast? What are you like! Is this Mr. Keenlyside? Is he is in Eastenders as well as Wozzeck? I believe when Mr Keenlyside went topless in his portrayal of Billy Budd, he caused a sensation and not solely for his interpretation of Britten's music drama. I'll add my vote. PS To autoharp - I didn't know Maria Callas did panto - what was she in your photo - Wicked Stepmother in Snow White at the Huddersfield Granada? |
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PS To autoharp - I didn't know Maria Callas did panto - what was she in your photo - Wicked Stepmother in Snow White at the Huddersfield Granada?
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PS To autoharp - I didn't know Maria Callas did panto - what was she in your photo - Wicked Stepmother in Snow White at the Huddersfield Granada?
Shame on you, Don B. Do you really not recognise La Divina in what is generally accepted as her greatest moment? (In costume for Act 2 of the Zeffirelli/ROH Tosca. ) Perhaps if the Opera Diva picture needs updating, we should have a poll? |
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« Reply #25 on: 18:10:32, 12-07-2008 » |
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PS To autoharp - I didn't know Maria Callas did panto - what was she in your photo - Wicked Stepmother in Snow White at the Huddersfield Granada?
Shame on you, Don B. Do you really not recognise La Divina in what is generally accepted as her greatest moment? (In costume for Act 2 of the Zeffirelli/ROH Tosca. ) I'm not a great Puccini fan. However I did once know a lovely lady who had been in the chorus of the ROH at the time and told how she advised everyone she knew to mortgage the house etc, in order to see Callas and Gobbi. Who was the tenor? I asked. O, nobody bothered about the tenor, she said. Her favourite chorus part was Peter Grimes |
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A tenor would be nice... Someone like, ooh, I don't know... this, MJ?  Mmm thank you martle!  My pin-up in my opera-going days when I was a teenager was this one:  |
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« Reply #27 on: 18:28:36, 12-07-2008 » |
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I love Tosca, but my fave opera is Francesa da Rimini by Rachmaninov
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« Reply #28 on: 18:33:48, 12-07-2008 » |
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totally cheesey, on a par with Mario de Lanza or that other bloke. Name escapes me.
 Anty x 24 portions of masur dahl and a couple of stale poppadoms, I heard bits of that Rachers opera recently on R3. It's at the top of my must have list. |
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« Reply #29 on: 18:52:01, 12-07-2008 » |
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marty x Copacobana x a frilly shirt What was the question? |
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