Tohle je na ofic.webu JDF:

Our son Leandro was born today, April 9th 2011, at 12:22 New York time, with 3.77 kg (8 pounds 5 ounces) and 53.34 cms (21 inches). We thank all fans around the world for your good wishes.
Julia and Juan Diego

Leandro was born at their New York apartment, in water; a natural unmedicated birth. Juan Diego received the baby ( Read more... )

LE COMTE ORY
Gioacchino Rossini-Eugene Scribe/Charles Gaspard Delestre Poirson

Count Ory……………Juan Diego Flórez
Countess Adèle……….Diana Damrau
Isolier……………..Joyce DiDonato
Raimbaud…………….Stéphane Degout
Tutor……………….Michele Pertusi
Alice……………….Monica Yunus
Ragonde……………..Susanne Resmark
Courtier…………….Tony Stevenson
Courtier…………….Tyler Simpson
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to be listened to here

A young man falls in love with an older woman. So far so good. But -- oh dear -- the woman not only happens to be Lucrezia Borgia, that embodiment of evil and sexual depravity, but also is his mother. Things are bound to turn out badly, as indeed they do. Recorded last year at the Vienna State Opera, and starring ( Read more... )

čtvrtečních matiné na bbc3 - tady. dávám odkaz, kdyby se to měnilo. Co mě poměrně rozčiluje, je, že jsem tam nenašla Macbetha z Royal Opera House, kde ho má Simonek zpívat. ale jsou tam zajímavé věci. a třeba se to ještě někde objeví.

Thurs 20th January:
ROSSINI - BARBER OF SEVILLE
Nathan Gunn, Juan Diego Florez,
Joyce DiDonato
Los Angeles ( Read more... )

bude brzo k poslechu - tady. zřejmě 20.ledna,ale nevím, jestli na 7 dní nebo jenom živě při vysílání:-( ale nakonec si můžu poslechnout kdykoli Florezka na metplayeru.

Tohle o něm na webu píšou: "Katie Derham introduces the Los Angeles Opera production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville.

From the moment of its premiere in Rome in 1816, The Barber of ( Read more... )