E avanti a lui tremava tutta Roma
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I have always wondered what is that the local audience found humorous in Puccini’s La bohème.

What bestiality!

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NABUCCO: S'appressan gl'istanti
D'un'ira fatale;
Sui muti sembianti
Già piomba, già piomba il terror!
Le folgori intorno
Già schiudono l'ale!
Apprestano un giorno
Di lutto e squallor!

Music by Giuseppe Verdi

Ghena Dimitrova in the role of Abigaille in Verdi’s Nabucco is sheer pleasure. Without doubt a great performance.


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Amneris running wildly through the castle to meet secretly with Macbeth; Abigaille in cohorts with Lady Macbeth; and revenge never sounded so sweet! Such is the state of dreams the past several nights. Cursing the priests and pleasing the gods; the false idols shall fall and we shall be set free! Gloria!Schiudi, inferno, la bocca ed inghiotti ( Read more... )