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Tosca at La Scala
The 2000 recording of Puccini's Tosca from La Scala with Nucci, Licitra and Guleghina is satisfying if hardly revolutionary. More...
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Patchy Figaro
Gerald Finley as Figaro in a rather patchy 1994 Glyndebourne recording of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. More...
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Sleb opera
Irwin Schrött, Uruguyan baritone and partner of Anna Netrebko, is running a Twitter competition asking which celebrity one would like to take to which opera. My entries so far:
The Pope to Verdi's Don Carlos
James and Rupert Murdoch to Menotti's The Telephone
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Die Dreigroschenoper
GW Pabst's 1931 film is at least as much Dreigroschenroman as Dreigroschenoper but it's an intriguing piece of movie making history. More.... This entry was originally posted at http://chickenfeet.dreamwidth.org/1012021.html. You can comment here or there as you choose. -
Five questions
Five questions from f4f3 . If you want to play, ask in comments.
1. If you could cast one opera, which would it be?
Part of me wants to say Peter Grimes but really only three of the roles are an interesting sing so I'll go with Don Giovanni. I think it has one of the most interesting mixes of voice types.
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I survived
First reffing gig of the season; two 30 minute games and a 40 minute game. I'm tired but don't seem to have injured anything. The first few minutes were tough but I adjusted quite quickly. I am able to confirm that I am still not as fast as the average 17 year old wing threequarter.
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Globe and Fail
EU court rules Britain can extradite terror suspects to U.S.
As evry skuleboy, but not the Fail apparently, kno the ECHR is not an EU body. It was established by the Council of Europe when the EU was just a gleam in the eye of a handful of French and German politicians.
The Dummy's Guide to Arses and Elbows, journalists large print edition with ( Read more... ) -
So it starts again
I fetched my refereeing gear up from the storage unit today. I have a gig at St. Mike's on Tuesday; 2x30 minute games and a 40 minute game spread between 0900 and 1400. I have some fitness concerns as I have been struggling a bit with a respiratory virus for about a month which has definitely impacted my run up to the season plans and, yeah well ( Read more... ) -
de Bello Gallico
This 2006 Munich production of Bellini's Norma has the obligatory altar and mistletoe but it also has assault rifles and some truly brilliant singing. More...
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It begins again
I'm booked for two all day high school tournaments in Whitby on the 26th and 27th.
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