~~~RECOVERY VIBES~~~ for DR Jennifer!
And the word of the day is: AUDACIOUS!
DR Elmore, is that Solti Carmen similar to how the Met was doing it in the 1980s, or did they also roll their own? I just remember the production with Maria Ewing being my first exposure to the new edition.
DR Elmore, is that Solti Carmen similar to how the Met was doing it in the 1980s, or did they also roll their own? I just remember the production with Maria Ewing being my first exposure to the new edition.
I think Ewing has three different DVDs available. I prefer the Glyndebourne, directed by Peter Hall and conducted by Haitink. As to your question, the Oeser materials started showing up at the Met in that Horne production conducted and recorded by Bernstein, a recording I dislike immensely. I couldn't quote chapter and verse on what each new production/DVD anywhere has done to the score.
That cut number, a scene-pantomime for Morales, the soldiers, a young wife, lover, and husband, is interesting to hear, but not really necessary.
Furious at what’s going on in DC
Sleep and tummy vibes for BK.
I'd like their Peeping Tom, too. Creepy little film.
~~~RECOVERY VIBES~~~ for DR Jennifer!
~~~RECOVERY VIBES~~~ for DR Jennifer!Ditto!
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I'd like their Peeping Tom, too. Creepy little film.
Peeping Tom is a great movie, but it's all Michael Powell - Pressberger had nothing to do with it.
I'm up and I'm ready for a nap.
The DH is reading a book about Kay Thompson, and due to a mention there, requested that we view Vincente Minnelli's last film, A Matter of Time from 1975. It stars Liza Minnelli and Ingrid Bergman. There is some dizzying Rome sightseeing and a bit of Liza singing. Otherwise, it is pretty awful.
The DH is reading a book about Kay Thompson, and due to a mention there, requested that we view Vincente Minnelli's last film, A Matter of Time from 1975. It stars Liza Minnelli and Ingrid Bergman. There is some dizzying Rome sightseeing and a bit of Liza singing. Otherwise, it is pretty awful.
I've read it. It's by my friend Sam Irvin, who sorta dances around the question of her sexuality. I was mostly interested in her interest in Eloise and Hillary Knight.
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{{{{{Hugs}}}}} for DR Vixmom.
Feel better vibes for BK!
I think I may have slept thirty minutes so far. My tummy is having serious issues and I put the blame on the too many cupcakes I ate - the frosting was way too rich and it's not digesting well at all. I hope tummy calms down soon so I can get a few hours of sleep.
My New Years resolution is to eat only enough to function. So far I haven't succeeded. I will though. I will just do it slowly.
Furious at what’s going on in DC
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DR Jeanne I did try a heating pad yesterday. And it felt good while I was doing it. Also hot showers feel good. And I found some pills that I have used that don't make me super drowsy.
I woke up and it felt good so I thought that it was better. But now it is aching a bit. Hopefully another day or two and it will be back to normal.
DR Jane yes I was able to get the trunk open. The only reason I kept trying was because the trunk light showed as being open on the dash. And I didn't want to take a chance that it would open while I was driving.
~~~RECOVERY VIBES~~~ for DR Jennifer!Ditto!
Thank you. I can't believe that I could pull a muscle from simply trying to open my trunk. It's sort of ridiculous.
My New Years resolution is to eat only enough to function. So far I haven't succeeded. I will though. I will just do it slowly.
since I function as an eater, that wouldn't help me much.
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I am sorry. Coping vibes.
New Broadway Radio Show just posted here...
http://www.haineshisway.com/the-broadway-radio-show-2/
Best of 2020 - Top Ten Cast Recordings of the year. 4 Off-Broadway, 3 London, and 3 Studio cast recordings. What made the list??? You'll have to listen to the show to find out! Enjoy...
DONALD
Honored Phyllis McGuire by playing The McGuire Sisters Sing Subways Are for Sleeping. Love that album almost as much as the OBC recording.
My friend saw the McGuire Sisters in a concert at a local dinner theatre.....probably in the 1980's........
He said they put on a great show.....that Phyllis was conducting the band with her hand behind her back so the guys could keep up with them..... They took questions from the audience.
Phyllis looked at one of them and was quite surprised.....she said that she had just gotten a note from the guy who was their dentist when they lived in Ohio. She asked him to stand up and they had a nice conversation.
She closed it by saying: "And ladies and gentlemen, that is the man that put the first hole in my head."
My friend saw the McGuire Sisters in a concert at a local dinner theatre.....probably in the 1980's........
He said they put on a great show.....that Phyllis was conducting the band with her hand behind her back so the guys could keep up with them..... They took questions from the audience.
Phyllis looked at one of them and was quite surprised.....she said that she had just gotten a note from the guy who was their dentist when they lived in Ohio. She asked him to stand up and they had a nice conversation.
She closed it by saying: "And ladies and gentlemen, that is the man that put the first hole in my head."
Tomorrow I must do the laundry.
Really enjoying Legacy. Stephen Flaherty's music is always worth a listen. I'm looking forward to a few more listens.
Has anyone watched Ratatouille?
Massenet wrote a ton of operas, but my two favorites are Manon and Cendrillon, a version of Cinderella I prefer over Rossini's Cenerentola. I very much like Beverly Sill's recording of Manon, and I've got the recordings featuring Victoria de los Angeles, a soprano I love, and Ileana Cotrubas, but Manon was one of Sills' best roles.
I am also very fond of this this recording of Cendrillon, with Fredrica von Stade (who's quite wonderful), because Ruth Welting's Fairy Godmother is spectacular. The role of the Prince was written for a soprano, and this recording uses tenor Nicolai Gedda, just as many cast Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus with a male singer instead of a mezzo-soprano. I have the same problem with casting a tenor in drag as the Witch in Hansel and Gretel.
And this leads to another French opera I like very much, Mignon by Ambroise Thomas, based like Massenet's Werther on a novel by Goethe. I love this recording and once again the spectacular Ruth Welting - whatever became of her? - is dazzling as the actress-drama queen Philine; Marilyn Horne and the rest of the cast are wonderful. I'm also a big fan of conductor Antonio de Almeida, who was working on a huge book of Offenbach when he died.
We didn't snow, which had been a possibility, but we got rain and temperatures in the upper 30s. Not going outside today.
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{{{{{Hugs}}}}} for DR Vixmom.
Feel better vibes for BK!
Indeed.
Wetzel's Pretzels (https://www.wetzels.com/).
DR TCB I was thinking about you and wondering if you felt the need for oxygen. It sounds as if you don't. Vibes you never need it.
This year's New Year's Day concert from the Vienna Philharmonic (on PBS) was brightened immeasurably by the presence of Italian primo ballerino Davide Dato:
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Wetzel's Pretzels (https://www.wetzels.com/).
I was going to make a joke but there is apparently no other word that rhymes with Wetzel's. :D
Really enjoyed Jimmy Carter, Rock & Roll President. The documentary dealt with Carter's love of music, which included jazz, country and classical in addition to rock. But it did showcase the Allman Brothers, Jimmy Buffett and others who raised money for Carter's first campaign. Carter was the one who started concerts on the White House lawn with people like Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Herbie Hancock and more playing. Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, Bono, Buffett, Allman and more were among the talking heads. A few read some of Carter's poetry.
Reagan appears for less than 2 minutes, and in that time, you can see the seeds of Trumpism and division being sown. I had forgotten what an ugly, soulless horror that man really was, not to mention senile.
The DH is reading a book about Kay Thompson, and due to a mention there, requested that we view Vincente Minnelli's last film, A Matter of Time from 1975. It stars Liza Minnelli and Ingrid Bergman. There is some dizzying Rome sightseeing and a bit of Liza singing. Otherwise, it is pretty awful.
I've read it. It's by my friend Sam Irvin, who sorta dances around the question of her sexuality. I was mostly interested in her interest in Eloise and Hillary Knight.
DR TCB I was thinking about you and wondering if you felt the need for oxygen. It sounds as if you don't. Vibes you never need it.
PAGE FIVE DAVIDE DATO DANCE!!
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