If you think potato or tomato splitts to Nations appart, check this out, what my British friend (smoker, straight) recently asked a group of Americans: "Can I bum a fag?" It took him a while to see what they understood.

Now that "Ratzi" - that's the nickname of Benedict XVI in Germany - tought the world how brutal "Islam" had been in the 14th century - forgetting about the crusades - the QOP community should take into closer consideration the reccording of Mozart's Coronation Mass that good old sister Karajan conducted shortly before his death. BTW it was teh same ( Read more... )

Last Monday I visited the London Jewish Cultural Cenntre (LJCC) where I'll work for a year from August on. I wanted to introduce myself to my colleges and my boss. On the tour through the house I was told that Ivy House, now home of the LJCC used to be the home of Anna Pavlova from 1912 until her death in 1931. This is a nice little bonus to my job

My "Opernomi" (opera granny; she herself gave her that title and I love it), who I met years ago at the Staatsoper, in Walküre, recently told me, that she once met the Trapp family on the train back from Croatia, shortly before they left Austria. She came back from vacation with her dad and he told her that they have to meet them and hear them sing ( Read more... )

Welser-Moest was booed out the second time for his Tristan yesterday. Couldn't go myself, but a friend told me that he has never heard a worse Tristan. Must admit that we're both spoiled by Thielemann, who's unbeatable. Though, Welser-Moest didn't "turn down the volume" of the orchestra and went so fast, that Polaski failed partly at the Liebestod ( Read more... )

Though I had to turn my back to live opera for while now, and also to singing - can you imagine, I had the chance to sing in the MUSIKVEREINSSAAL Beethoven's 9th, but didn't do it? OK, I was in Auschwitz instead - I continued listening to music and buying CD's. One of my favorites of the new ones that I can really recommend to you ( Read more... )

I have started a new period of my life. I could no longer stand the stagnation. I've decided to sell my house in Eisenstadt and move to Vienna since my father wanted to force me to take over his farm. It would be time for me to get serious, start a serious profession, marry and get children. My "lifestyle" isn't healthy nor normal. So he is ( Read more... )

Hvorostovsky gave a great recital end of June. Didn't understand a word, was all in Russian. Gave autographs afterward, could talk a little. He was nicer than back then in NY ( Read more... )

I'm still alive! But my Computer cought a virus and I was too lazy to go somewhere else. Now I'm at my Cousin's place.
Thanks to God, this FUCKING winter is over. Because of the wheather I missed "Tristan", "Wrther" and "Romeo & Julia", recitals like Bostridge singing "Die schöne Müllerin", Quasthoff singing different arias.....
I hope you're all

I can't think of another new production that has devided the Viennese audience more than this new Don Carlos and unified the critics in cheers at the same time. The premiere was long expected and was a world premiere as they showed the whole french version, what has never happened before. Not even Verdi himself has heard the whole opera, that takes ( Read more... )