Does this make a case for booooooing? Maybe tarring & feathering!
What a disgrace!
Matthew H. Capell <cap...@surfline.ne.jp> wrote in article
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You know, more & more I am convinced that booing should be institutiones to
accompany those automatic standing ovations!
And, the great Rudy Bing hired Sebastian Fiersinger, Gianni Poggi & other
slobs. Why? Why? Why?
Jimmy Levine, further, hired Bruno Beccaria & Nunzio Todesco (remember
HIM?).
James Jorden <jjo...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in article
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> Matthew H. Capell wrote:
> >
> > Is this idiot still imposing his screaming on the listening public. I
last
> > heard him when he screamed his way through Ernani in Dallas about 12
years
> > ago. In the midst of the rehearsals (I was in the chorous), Rescigno,
the
> > conductor told him that his voice gave us all a headache and sounded
like
> > pe-pe.
>
> One thing is for sure: the idiots who *hired* Bini certainly do still
> have their jobs.
>
> ==========
>
> james jorden
> jjo...@ix.netcom.com
> www.anaserve.com/~parterre
>
> "Maenner! Lieber Gott, wenn du wirklich wolltest, dass wir ihnen
> widerstehen sollten, warum hast du sie so verschieden geschaffen?"
>
>It was truly awful at every moment. Maybe God is merciful and he
>is dead!
He is still alive. He gave a concert somewhere in Italy last week.
---Rosario
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"... la tua loquela ti fa manifesto di quella nobil patria natio ..."
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> They sure do manage to retain their jobs - it's a matter of outright
> stealing from the naive opers-going public.
>
> You know, more & more I am convinced that booing should be institutiones to
> accompany those automatic standing ovations!
>
> And, the great Rudy Bing hired Sebastian Fiersinger, Gianni Poggi & other
> slobs. Why? Why? Why?
>
> Jimmy Levine, further, hired Bruno Beccaria & Nunzio Todesco (remember
> HIM?).
>
[snip]
Unfortunately, as long as a worse than mediocre *Ernani* or *Gioconda*
(not to mention an *Aida* or *Tosca* reeking of filth) can be relied upon
to outsell a really first-class *Orlando* or *Jenufa* or even in some
houses *Cosi fan tutte*, desperate underlings will hunt down slobs who can
shout more or less at the right pitch to fill those tenor roles when
nothing better is available, and still more desperate artistic directors
will hire them.
Frankly, if the major opera houses chose their repertory entirely on the
basis of getting the best possible singers available, the current standard
Italian and German repertories would become as uncommon on the world's
stages as Russian opera or French _tragedie lyrique_ is today. Granted, we
would probably have a far more varied repertory left to enjoy (we not
including donpaolo, who would probably be driven up the wall as Mozart's
operas become as omnipresent as Puccini's are now); but would the "naive
opera-going public" really tolerate the absence of some of its best-loved
works simply because they couldn't be performed competently?
--
Brian Newhouse
newh...@mail.crisp.net
As I recall, Nunzio Todisco was engaged to replace the ailing Bruno Beccaria,
as Cavaradossi in Tosca. How's that for casting?
Bini was awful but he was in a bad spot. He went on in the Second Act of
Gioconda after Domingo decided he couldn't continue, so he had to begin his
performance with Cielo e mar. I wasn't there but I understand audience
reaction was so bad he tried to flee the stage - Marton and Dunn grabbed him
and forced him to stay!
>And, the great Rudy Bing hired Sebastian Fiersinger, Gianni Poggi & other
>slobs. Why? Why? Why?
>
>Jimmy Levine, further, hired Bruno Beccaria & Nunzio Todesco (remember
>HIM?).
Trying no doubt to please the likes of you and find an alternative to a certain
Spanish tenor superstar, is my guess.
Musipro <mus...@aol.com> wrote in article
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