Topic: KRITZERLAND AT HOME 108 (Read 4073 times)

bk · « **on:** August 10, 2020, 12:10:30 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of Kritzerland 108, and now it is time for you to post until the 108 cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** August 10, 2020, 12:11:01 AM »

And the word of the day is: VIVACIOUS!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** August 10, 2020, 12:31:51 AM »

Topic of the Day: pretty much all of it. I plan to watch it again today at work. That'll be fun!

George · « **Reply #3 on:** August 10, 2020, 12:42:48 AM »

Off to bed.

Have a good day, all!

Michael · « **Reply #4 on:** August 10, 2020, 01:25:15 AM »

Unfortunately I was working last night. But I plan to watch her know in a little bit. My favorite Kander and Ebb song is A Quietbathing so I’m looking forward to that.

Michael · « **Reply #5 on:** August 10, 2020, 01:25:35 AM »

And I hope everyone has a great day.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #6 on:** August 10, 2020, 04:07:03 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 10, 2020, 04:09:29 AM »

I had a so-so night of sleep. I woke sometime around 4:30 and could not get back to sleep. I had been dreaming about a ridiculous comment from Dominic McHugh in his liner notes to the new Sepia release of the 1962 Columbia recording of The Merry Widow, and the blasted score kept running through my head once I woke. It's a fantastic score, but I preferred to sleep.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #8 on:** August 10, 2020, 04:14:28 AM »

I did not see last night's show, but I will watch it this morning after I finish kitty cleanup and tidying up the apartment. I look forward to seeing Karen Ziemba, who's been a dear friend since 1981!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #9 on:** August 10, 2020, 04:43:40 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #10 on:** August 10, 2020, 04:46:13 AM »

WAY too little sleep, for as tired as I was last night. But I also stayed up too late and got to sleep too late, so it’s partly my fault that the night was short. I will make up for it. Mark my words.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #11 on:** August 10, 2020, 04:47:45 AM »

Will definitely be watching last night’s show again.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 10, 2020, 05:42:32 AM »

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ChasSmith · « **Reply #13 on:** August 10, 2020, 06:00:31 AM »

Done.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #14 on:** August 10, 2020, 06:02:04 AM »

DR Elmore, how is that 1962 Merry Widow recording? I have what looks like a mint condition stereo LP of it, and I've never listened much to that piece in general. I also have an earlier Columbia mono recording with Dorothy Kirsten.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #15 on:** August 10, 2020, 06:11:37 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on August 10, 2020, 06:02:04 AM

DR Elmore, how is that 1962 Merry Widow recording? I have what looks like a mint condition stereo LP of it, and I've never listened much to that piece in general. I also have an earlier Columbia mono recording with Dorothy Kirsten.

Fantastic! Really good English version. The Kirsten recording, which is fun but archaic, uses the old standard Chappell version from 1907 and it's not nearly as faithful to the original German text. Della Casa, who sings the Widow Hanna, which is her original German name (the 1907 adaptation gave her the more "glamorous" name of Sonia, turned Count Danilo into Prince Danilo, and her Balkan country from Pontevedro to Marsovia!), sounds much like Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and that's awfully good to me. John Reardon is perfect, and the rest of the cast is wonderful. Met soprano Laurel Hurley is also excellent.

This has been my favorite English version of The Widow since I first got it through the Columbia Record Club nearly 60 years ago.

KevinH · « **Reply #16 on:** August 10, 2020, 06:32:28 AM »

Good morning!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 10, 2020, 06:49:50 AM »

I always liked it when Lucy and VIVACIOUS got into their antics....especially in the Hollywood episodes.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 10, 2020, 06:49:59 AM »

Yes. So What?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 10, 2020, 06:50:17 AM »

Those were my favorite parts of last night's show. HA!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #20 on:** August 10, 2020, 06:50:41 AM »

Thunderstorms here last night and more predicted for tonight.....STRONG ONES....

ChasSmith · « **Reply #21 on:** August 10, 2020, 07:11:38 AM »

This week's free MET streams, each starting 7:30 pm and available for 23 hours.
A few more golden oldies. I might watch some of that Pavarotti Rigoletto, having just seen a Domingo one from that era.

Monday, August 10
Puccini’s Manon Lescaut
Starring Karita Mattila, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft, conducted by James Levine. From February 16, 2008.

Tuesday, August 11
Bizet’s Carmen
Starring Aleksandra Kurzak, Clémentine Margaine, Roberto Alagna, and Alexander Vinogradov, conducted by Louis Langrée. From February 2, 2019.

Wednesday, August 12
Verdi’s Rigoletto
Starring Christiane Eda-Pierre, Isola Jones, Luciano Pavarotti, Louis Quilico, and Ara Berberian, conducted by James Levine. From December 15, 1981.

Thursday, August 13
Puccini’s Turandot
Starring Nina Stemme, Anita Hartig, Marco Berti, and Alexander Tsymbalyuk, conducted by Paolo Carignani. From January 30, 2016.

Friday, August 14
Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde
Starring Deborah Voigt, Michelle DeYoung, Robert Dean Smith, and Matti Salminen, conducted by James Levine. From March 22, 2008.

Saturday, August 15
Puccini’s La Bohème
Starring Kristine Opolais, Susanna Phillips, Vittorio Grigolo, Massimo Cavalletti, Patrick Carfizzi, and Oren Gradus, conducted by Stefano Ranzani. From April 5, 2014.

Sunday, August 16
Verdi’s Luisa Miller
Starring Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Bonaldo Giaiotti, and James Morris, conducted by James Levine. From January 20, 1979.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #22 on:** August 10, 2020, 07:11:51 AM »

This has been a public service announcement.

Ginny · « **Reply #23 on:** August 10, 2020, 07:25:30 AM »

Monday morning greetings! Sorry to miss last night's show. I got involved in a rather intense text exchange with my friend Rebecca, whose husband broke his hip last week and is not doing well in his recovery. She's pretty much on her own in this and I'm as worried about her and I am about him.

Looking forward to catching the K & E show today.

Ginny · « **Reply #24 on:** August 10, 2020, 07:26:04 AM »

Quote from: Jrand69 on August 10, 2020, 06:50:41 AM

Thunderstorms here last night and more predicted for tonight.....STRONG ONES....

Uh, oh, that sounds ominous for us...

ChasSmith · « **Reply #25 on:** August 10, 2020, 07:31:10 AM »

Quote from: Ginny on August 10, 2020, 07:25:30 AM

Monday morning greetings! Sorry to miss last night's show. I got involved in a rather intense text exchange with my friend Rebecca, whose husband broke his hip last week and is not doing well in his recovery. She's pretty much on her own in this and I'm as worried about her and I am about him.

Looking forward to catching the K & E show today.

Oy. Vibes all around.

John G. · « **Reply #26 on:** August 10, 2020, 08:30:51 AM »

Good morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #27 on:** August 10, 2020, 08:32:44 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on August 10, 2020, 04:47:45 AM

Will definitely be watching last night’s show again.

I agree.

John G. · « **Reply #28 on:** August 10, 2020, 08:33:50 AM »

I particularly love the alliteration in the lyric “ducky little dictum.”

John G. · « **Reply #29 on:** August 10, 2020, 08:34:50 AM »

That somehow sums up a facet of Ebb’s verbal playfulness.

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