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2017-05-08 13:00:33
Owning it
Happy 33rd birthday tenor Michael Fabiano. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=TflZlr763Mk Born on this day in 1829 composer and arranger Louis Moreau Gottschalk. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpCdWErJWiQ Born on this day in 1901 bass Mihaly Szekely. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFG-gYZV4RA Born on this day in 1917 mezzo-soprano Maria von Ilosvay. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs5CWOyAuAw Happy 87th birthday soprano Heather Harper. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARLaJ2eyQrc Born on this day in 1932 tenor Carlo Cossutta. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQLvUWEGZjk Happy 84th birthday conductor Elio Boncompagni. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkM0xD6yLnc Happy 70th birthday soprano Felicity Lott. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1lQJ4Oc_VY Photo: Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera
2016-05-08 17:31:35
The usual gang of idiots
On this day in 1952 Mad Magazine was first published. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkAiFuB6shg Born on this day in 1829 composer and arranger Louis Moreau Gottschalk. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpCdWErJWiQ Born on this day in 1901 bass Mihaly Szekely. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFG-gYZV4RA Born on this day in 1917 mezzo-soprano Maria von Ilosvay. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs5CWOyAuAw Happy 86th birthday soprano Heather Harper. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARLaJ2eyQrc Born on this day in 1932 tenor Carlo Cossutta. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQLvUWEGZjk Happy 83rd birthday conductor Elio Boncompagni. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkM0xD6yLnc ; Happy 69th birthday soprano Felicity Lott. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1lQJ4Oc_VY
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2015-10-09 16:00:08
First Night Revisited: Tannhäuser on 21 November 1955
[…] sounds which emerged from the orchestral pit were truly luxurious’ and the Time and Tide critic wrote that Rudolf Kempe’s ‘tactful yet masterly management and rhythmic vitality cannot be too highly praised’. The critics were less enthusiastic about the singing, but felt that the opera was well cast. According to the Financial Times , Sylvia Fisher sang the role of Elisabeth ‘with purity and beauty of tone’, while the Times reviewer felt that Maria von Ilosvay performed Venus with ‘seductive tones in her voice’. The opera was sung in English using a translation by Ernest Newman, which proved a challenge for the German tenor Wilhelm Ernest, according to the Daily Mail critic. The strongest reactions were reserved for the set and costume designs, a contemporary and bold scheme by Ralph Koltai . Time and Tide was particularly scathing, writing that the set looked like ‘an autobahn flanked by blasted […]
2015-07-20 16:22:22
Spun
[…] at the Met in February 1970, today’s upload let’s us hear her last season in the role at Bayreuth, before she bade farewell to it at Wiener Staatsoper in June 1971. Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer Bayreuther Festspiele 01 August 1970 Silvio Varviso, conductor Holländer – Donald McIntyre Senta – Leonie Rysanek Erik – Hermin Esser Daland – Martti Talvela Steuermann – Horst Laubenthal Mary – Maria von Ilosvay
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