Any "Classic Arts Showcase" fans among you?
Slrdsyj
singers do you enjoy or have you enjoyed seeing in its programing? What clips
did you like? What are your favorites? What are your least favorites? (I've
seen enough of it to notice that not every clip that they show is great, still,
I find that many of them are.)
Feel free to jump in with your comments on "Classic Arts Showcase".
Jay Bollyn
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They have a website:
http://www.classicartsshowcase.org/
Leonard Tillman
tv-schedules.
CAS serves to fill many gaps in which PBS, normally our source on "the
tube" for classical music and related genres, has for some time
slackened.
The station ( website: www.wnye.org) showing it in the NYC area also
features the popular Opera New York series on Wednesdays at 8 PM Eastern
time.
Leonard Tillman
"Every enemy is someone at war with himself. You just happen to get in
the way." – Harriet Rubin
Greg Sarchet
Greg Sarchet
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Bruce Hodges
I watch it occasionally and enjoy it a lot. At its best, it has some
amazing gems from the past, such as classical musicians on the Ed
Sullivan Show and the Bell Telephone Hour, or early dance performances
by Twyla Tharp or Baryshnikov.
On the other hand, there was a short Grieg piece (from one of the
Naxos recordings, I believe) that was accompanied by gliding
camera-work through the Norwegian landscape - "nice," "pleasant," but
the visuals in this case didn't add much to the experience. I thought
it turned Grieg into wallpaper.
And then (and this is minor) there is the sometimes annoying end of
the program. It doesn't matter *what* is showing; when the time is
up, ZAP - that's the end of it, even if it means cutting off Heifetz
just as he's raising his bow.
But overall, it's an excellent program and has certainly allowed me to
see many unusual bits of vintage performance footage that I would not
have otherwise seen.
--Bruce
James Kahn
isn't saying all that much), but I find the format
of short snippets a bit grating. Just when I'm getting into an
opera scene, it's over, and they switch to something completely
different (ballet, say). I find I can't watch it for
very long. It also doesn't help that it's usually on
after midnight.
Still, I've happened into some wonderful things, like Leonard
Warren singing Verdi.
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Jim
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Mike Richter
I have been watching it on satellite ever since it came on and have
written them notes of appreciation. In addition to being a haven of
sanity when other services are idle, ranting or objectionable, it has
introduced me to artists and recordings I have sought out.
A local PBS station used to carry them in he wee hours, but decided
abruptly to turn off the transmitter instead. I informed them that that
was the last straw - and that they had had my last membership check. I
still get CAS via satellite whenever I want it, but my neighbors are not
so fortunate.
Stephen W. Worth
wrote:
> A local PBS station used to carry them in he wee hours, but decided
> abruptly to turn off the transmitter instead.
I used to watch it on KCET before I went to bed, and one night they were
running a text scroll over it saying that if you supported them running
the Classic Arts Showcase, you needed to become a subscriber. I remember
thinking at the time, "How much can a free sattillite feed cost them?"
The next night, there was no more Classic Arts Showcase. My check to
KCET is still in my pocket unsigned.
See ya
Steve
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Dance.. I don't dig much. Sorry. I like the opera, clips of old films , and
any of the historical curios. Silent films, excerpts of documentaries and
such.
One entry that always comes to mind is the story of the orphaned cat from an
animated film called Allegro non Troppo. Man, if you're not crying at the
end of it you're probably some sort of sociopath
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> Slrdsyj wrote:
> > Just wondering, are there any "Classic Arts Showcase" fans among you?
Well I've seen marvelous things especially the clips from early
TV...and the animated films or clips from great movies. It is very
hard to find here onLong Island these days.
I used to tape it overnight and view it the next day...then copied
certain selections and made gift tapes for opera or ballet loving
friends.
It's the classical music lover's own MTV.
Leonard Tillman
>In Omaha it's on 24/7 on the cable. I love it.
>Dance.. I don't dig much. Sorry. I like the
> opera, clips of old films , and any of the
> historical curios. Silent films, excerpts of
> documentaries and such.
>One entry that always comes to mind is the
> story of the orphaned cat from an animated
> film called Allegro non Troppo. Man, if you're
> not crying at the end of it you're probably
> some sort of sociopath
More than probably. The scene is based on all-too-frequent
realities..
The music is Jean Sibelius' "Tristesse", IIRC.
Best,
Leonard Tillman
Karen Mercedes
Arts Showcase every night from about 10 p.m. through about 8 a.m. the next
morning. I've noticed recently that CAS actually shows up at other hours
as well - so we seem to be getting more, not less, of the service.
The only downside is their broadcast schedule - I think they cater to the
majority of people who probably just tune in occasionally and for only a
few minutes at a time, because I've noticed they tend to play the same
playlist several days in a row before switching to another playlist.
Still, it's a fantastic service, and I wish it could be on 24 hours a day!
Karen Mercedes
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Leonard Tillman
>We're very lucky here in Fairfax County - Cox
> Cable broadcasts Classic Arts Showcase
> every night from about 10 p.m. through about
> 8 a.m. the next morning. I've noticed recently
> that CAS actually shows up at other hours as
> well - so we seem to be getting more, not
> less, of the service.
>The only downside is their broadcast schedule
> - I think they cater to the majority of people
> who probably just tune in occasionally and for
> only a few minutes at a time, because I've
> noticed they tend to play the same playlist
> several days in a row before switching to
> another playlist. Still, it's a fantastic service,
> and I wish it could be on 24 hours a day!
Of course, there could then be too much of good (actually, great)
thing:
Over a year ago, NY's WLIW-TV featured
it at least six times per week, from midnight to about 6:30 AM, the
first hour coinciding with WNYE's program – but wih different
playlists. The latter, only an hour, was a treat, but in moderation.
The "competition" was too tempting and time-consuming for anyone
determined not to miss "even one moment" (e.g., the insatiable among
us..).
Fortunately (in a sense), WLIW has mosly discontinued CAS, showing
it only rarely, as a filler.
>Karen Mercedes
>http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
Leonard Tillman
Mike Richter
Close: "Valse Triste".
The film is extraordinary. Not every segment works well and the parody
of "Fantasia" is sometimes heavy-handed, but if it were only for the
"Bolero" (a permutation of Disney's "Sacre du printemps"), it would be
worthwhile. Note that some of the segments are risque or, in the
perverted minds of some, obscene.
Matthew B. Tepper (posts from uswest.net are forged)
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Yes, the "Valse Triste" and "Bolero" segments make the film (and now that
I'm middle-aged, the treatment of "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" is
much more understandable). There is a fair amount of tedium; the endless
business about the little-old-lady orchestra and the loop of "Di quella
pira" toward the end. But the conclusion of the Dvorak Slavonic Dance is
utterly priceless, and a must-see for anybody who values nonconformism.
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> Yes, the "Valse Triste" and "Bolero" segments make the film (and now that
> I'm middle-aged, the treatment of "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" is
> much more understandable).
You're not that old!
The films of Zbigniew Rybscynski (sp?) are also contain some great
animated/video classical pieces. I love everything of his that I've
seen. He did a Great Performances special which had a lot of amazing
tricks. The video where he took a group of American tourists into
Eisenstein's Odessa steps sequence was priceless too.
Mark D Lew
Kahn) wrote:
> Just when I'm getting into an
> opera scene, it's over, and they switch to something completely
> different (ballet, say). I find I can't watch it for
> very long. It also doesn't help that it's usually on
> after midnight.
The answer to both problems is your VCR. Let the tape run all night. Then
watch it at your own pace on your own schedule, skipping past the pieces
that don't interest you.
mdl
Slrdsyj
Last month, the Classic Arts Showcase showed a music video of "Bolero" directed
by Rybscynski, that had people walking up a very long set of continuing
staircases and walking to the beat of the music. The music video was called
something like "Stairway to Stalin" or "Staircase to Stalin". It was certainly
an unusual music video.
Slrdsyj
show I often keep my eye on. It is my favorite television programme hands
down. As someone else said it is an MTV for classical music lovers. What I
wouldn't give to see more music videos that are tasteful, beautiful, elegant,
and creative on MTV, MTV2, VH1, and BET! [Smile] The people who create,
conceive, and direct videos for modern music should take a tip from the
following people: the NAXOS music video makers, the Capriccio painting music
video makers, the crew behind the Tavener Choir's BBC Opus Arte videos, Petr
Weigl, Tony Palmer, and even Niv Fichtman, too.
Slrdsyj
Classic Arts Showcase and on MTV, MTV2, VH1, and BET, there is another great
difference. More of the Classic Arts Showcase's music videos (even aside from
the operas) are created, conceived, and directed with much more taste,
creativity, elegance, and beauty - unlike nearly all of the music videos of
modern songs shown on those other cable channels. The people who create,
conceive, and direct videos for modern music should take a tip from the
following people: the NAXOS music video makers, the Capriccio painting music
video makers, the crew behind the Tavener Choir's BBC Opus Arte videos, Petr
Weigl, Tony Palmer, and even Niv Fichtman, too
Slrdsyj
>Naxos recordings, I believe) that was accompanied by gliding
>camera-work through the Norwegian landscape - "nice," "pleasant," but
>the visuals in this case didn't add much to the experience. I thought
>it turned Grieg into wallpaper.
>
I think I saw that music video on the Classic Arts Showcase, too. I don't
think Grieg or any kind of music should be turned into wallpaper. That NAXOS
music video was all right but not one of its best. They usually make
beautiful and appealing music videos. One that I liked was one of NAXOS'
"Russian Fireworks" videos - a video of Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet Fantasy
Overture". It showed Russian landscapes and architecture - including rivers,
houses, a roadside, some towers, other architecture, and a magnificent bridge.
Another that I loved was a video - shot in England - from NAXOS' "Handel and
England", featuring excerpts from Handel's "Water Music". It showed ancient
houses and castles, fields, gardens, ponds, lakes, rivers, and near the end -
fountains. It was very beautiful.
There's not enough time or space right now to go into all that I like on
the Classic Arts Showcase, but this much I'll tell you now in this post. A few
of its Capriccio painting music videos are good - a piece of classical music is
playing while a painting is being artfully showcased and panned during the
piece. (If I remember correctly, it's from the Capriccio and Delta recording
labels, and part of a series called something like "100 Masterpieces of Art in
Music and Painting". The makers of pop music videos would do better to follow
suit with this style of music video making.)
Slrdsyj
and numerous very good things. To name only a very few of them:
- the scene from "Pygmalion"(1938) that showed Eliza and Henry talking about
English speech lessons; and the clip that followed it was good too: Kiri Te
Kanawa and Jeremy Irons singing "The Rain in Spain" in concert.
- Christine Schafer and Marcelo Alvarez in Rigoletto singing "Addio addio" and
their duet before that one.
- Inva Mula singing "Gualtier Malde...Caro nome" in Rigoletto.
- Kiri Te Kanawa's music video of "Bailero" and "Lullaby" and her other videos
of the Chants D'Auvergne.
- Sarah Brightman's music video of "Pie Jesu".
- Sylvia McNair's soloist/orchestral of "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth".
- Susan Graham's soloist/orchestral of "Summertime" and "I Got Rhythm".
- Valentina Igoshina's solo instrumental of Chopin's "Waltz in E-flat Major"
and "The Minute Waltz" (D-flat Major).
- Samuel Ramey's "La calunnia" from New York City Opera's 1970's production of
"Barber of Seville".
- Nicolai Ghiaurov's soloist/orchestral of "La calunnia" ("Barber of Seville")
from OperaFest (?) (1980's)
- Placido Domingo's soloist/orchestral of "El Dia Que Me Quieras".
There's so much to talk about regarding Classic Arts Showcase, even with
opera and opera singers alone. This is one thread that can continue for a long
time to come. By all means jump in with your Classic Arts Showcase comments.
I'm sure that I'm going to. For now that's all.
Matthew B. Tepper (posts from uswest.net are forged)
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Ah, but that requires planning. I think part of the appeal of Classic Arts
Showcase, for those people who are allowed to have it at a time when it is
convenient to them, is that it's "just there."
Stephen W. Worth
<slr...@aol.com> wrote:
> It's funny that you people mention Zbiegniew Rybscynski (sp?) and "Bolero".
> Last month, the Classic Arts Showcase showed a music video of "Bolero"
> directed
> by Rybscynski, that had people walking up a very long set of continuing
> staircases and walking to the beat of the music. The music video was called
> something like "Stairway to Stalin" or "Staircase to Stalin". It was
> certainly
> an unusual music video.
That was part of the Great Performances program. If that is available on
tape or DVD (I know it was on laserdisc), I would heartily recommend
checking it out.
Mark D Lew
"Matthew B. Tepper (posts from uswest.net are forged)" <oyþ@earthlink.net>
wrote:
> Ah, but that requires planning. I think part of the appeal of Classic Arts
> Showcase, for those people who are allowed to have it at a time when it is
> convenient to them, is that it's "just there."
To each his own. I'm as lazy as the next guy, but it could hardly be much
easier than to put in a blank tape and push record on any given midnight.
Then that tape sits around for days, weeks, or months, until one day you
look at it because it's "just there".
mdl
Michael Hetsko
My all time favorite clip on CAS is Eileen Farrell singing "But Not for Me".
They run it every once in a while.
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scenes from a New York City Opera house production of "Barbiere di Siviglia".
If I remember right, Samuel Ramey played Don Basilio and Beverly Sills played
Rosina. I have two questions:
First, is this performance available on VHS or DVD?
Second, one of the scenes was of Don Basilio's "calunnia" aria. In this
scene, Samuel Ramey sang it in C Major - the key in which I've heard it sung &
performed mostly. However, I've also heard audio samples of this aria from
other CD recordings of "Barbiere", and in at least two of them it was performed
in D Major (By the way, one of them was sung by Mr. Ramey.). In which key did
Rossini compose this aria & what's the reason for the transpositions (C Major
and D Major)?
Thanks in advance.
Slrdsyj
"Barbiere di Siviglia". It was a scene of Rosina having her singing lesson.
(I think it was Beverly Sills who played Rosina in this production.) In this
scene Rosina was singing variations of Mozart's "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman"
(Twinkle twinkle little star). However, something just occurred to me. Last
year, I saw a taped production of "Barbiere di Siviglia" starring Cecilia
Bartoli (taped in Germany in 1988, I think). I don't remember Miss Bartoli's
Rosina singing "Ah vous dirai-je maman" at all. (Unless she did sing that, and
I had forgotten.)
What does the character Rosina usually sing in her lesson scene? Had
Rossini incorporated "Ah vous dirai-je Maman" into the opera when he was
composing it? If not, who decided to do so in Miss Sills' production? Also,
what did Miss Bartoli sing during her peformance of her lesson scene?
Thank you in advance.
Elisa
These days, Rosina usually sings: 'Contro un cor' which is, I believe, the aria
Rossini wrote for the Lesson Scene. So, I'd bet that it's what Miss Bartoli
sang.
For a very long time--late 19th and early 20th centuries, singers incorporated
just about anything they wanted into the Lesson Scene. (Was it Patti who sang
Home Sweet Home?) So, in the Beverly Sills production, I think that someone
just decided that 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' would add to the humor.
--
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CHSIII
> Rossini compose this aria & what's the reason for the transpositions (C
Major
> and D Major)?
>
> Thanks in advance.
In the score the aria appears in D major. The reason for the transposition
to C major is to lower the tessitura into a range more comfortable for most
basses, and to avoid the two climactic High F sharps of the original key
("per gran sorte va crepar"). However, occasionally a bass comes along who
enjoys the risk of the higher key - you mention Ramey, and I vividly
remember hearing Ruggero Raimondi sing it in D - the higher key is
thrilling, particularly at "come un colpo di cannone!"
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)
Slrdsyj wrote:
>
> On Classic Arts Showcase last fall, there was a clip from a production of
> "Barbiere di Siviglia". It was a scene of Rosina having her singing lesson.
> (I think it was Beverly Sills who played Rosina in this production.) In this
> scene Rosina was singing variations of Mozart's "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman"
> (Twinkle twinkle little star). However, something just occurred to me. Last
> year, I saw a taped production of "Barbiere di Siviglia" starring Cecilia
> Bartoli (taped in Germany in 1988, I think). I don't remember Miss Bartoli's
> Rosina singing "Ah vous dirai-je maman" at all. (Unless she did sing that, and
> I had forgotten.)
> What does the character Rosina usually sing in her lesson scene?
Prety well anything she chooses, I think. Nowadays there may be a
little more insistence on something remotely "in period", but I remember
hearing one Rosina who sang the "Italian Street Song" (or whatever the
title is) from "Naughty Marietta" as her "lesson" material. I think
Rossini actually wrote an aria for that scene (even though they often
substitute something else). Perhaps that's what Bartoli sang?
HenryFogel
>From: "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" evg...@earthlink.net
>Date: 2/25/2003 8:48 PM Central Standard Time
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There is, I am fairly sure, an aria Rossini wrote for that scene -- but since
it is a lesson and the aria itself is not part of the story, clearly the singer
can substitute other numbers if she and the conductor so choose.
Henry Fogel
Vocedipetto
performances she sang Tanti affetti instead
( Dallas and Houston.)
in bygone days, coloratura sopranos have even been known to sing the entire Mad
Scene from Lucia!
Best,
Steven
Mike Richter
On the other question, the NYCO "Barbiere" has been available on
LaserDisc, the form in which I have it. Other formats may be in print; a
bit of Googling should determine that for you.
Skip
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> I think she sang "You're the One that I Want" from "Grease".
As you may know, "You're the One that I Want" is not part of the original
score for Grease. It was added for the movie, replacing "I'm all shook
up".
mdl
Slrdsyj
Operavox - a short from an animated film version of "Carmen", the scene of
Carmen rejecting Don Jose and Don Jose then killing her. On the credits, it
listed Jean Rigby as providing the voice of Carmen. Since then my curiosity
about Jean Rigby was piqued. I found out that she is an Englishwoman and I've
read that she has played the role of Mercedes in Carmen. I haven't seen any
mention of her playing the title role of Carmen on stage. Did she ever?
Also, in some of the photos of her that I've seen on the Internet, she looks
like she could be of either some Hispanic, Brazilian, or perhaps East Indian
descent. Is she? I'm only wondering. At any rate, from that voice
performance in that Operavox Carmen scene, it's clear that she has a strong
singing voice and that she's good at giving believable portrayals.
Slrdsyj
program has shown a lot of fine renditions and interpretations of opera
excerpts and other classical music excerpts. Here, listed in the order in
which I remember seeing them, are some of the many renditions and
interpretations I've caught on "Classic Arts Showcase". I invite others to do
the same in sharing what they've caught glimpses of, especially as far as
interpretations and renditions go.
"Largo al Factotum"
-Manuel Lanza
-The Canadian Brass
"Je veux vivre"
-Roberta Peters
-Dorothy Warenskold
"Calunnia"
-Samuel Ramey
-Nicolai Ghiaurov
"The toreador song (Votre toast)"
-Bryn Terfel
-Robert Merrill
"Habanera from 'Carmen'"
-Anne Sofie von Otter
-Jennifer Larmore
-Rise Stevens
"Tatyana's letter scene"
-Galina Vishnevskaya
-Mirella Freni
"The Act II Sextet (Lucia di Lammermoor)"
-Anna Moffo, et al
-June Anderson, et al
"Song to the Moon"
-Sarah Brightman
-Eilene Hannan
-Nancy Gustafson
-Andre Rieu (violin)
"Depuis le jour"
-Angela Gheorghiu
-Kiri te Kanawa
-Eleanor Steber
-Dorothy Kirsten
"Summertime"
-Susan Graham
-Cynthia Haymon
"Someone to Watch over Me"
-Marietta Simpson
-Susan Graham
"My man's gone now"
-Cynthia Clarey
-Leontyne Price
"I Got Rhythm"
-Susan Grahan
-Cynthia Clarey
"Ritorna vincitor"
-Leontyne Price
-Renata Tebaldi
"Un bel di"
-Renata Tebaldi
-Renee Fleming
"O mio babbino caro"
-Montserrat Caballe
-Angela Gheorghiu
-Katia Ricciarelli
"Vissi d'arte"
-Nature's Symphony (Lumivision)
-Angela Gheorghiu
-Renata Tebaldi
-Sara Scuderi
"Dome epais le jasmin"
-Mady Mesple and Danielle Millet
-Joan Sutherland and Hughuette Tourangeau
"Marschallin's Monologue (excerpts)"
-Lotte Lehmann
-Renee Fleming
"La ci darem la mano"
-Rene Pape and Dorothea Roschmann
-Samuel Ramey and Kathleen Battle
"In questa reggia"
-Birgit Nilsson
-Jane Eaglen
"Del caballo mas sutil"
-Kathleen Battle
-Jennifer Larmore
"Alleluja" from "Exsultate Jubilate"
-Frederica von Stade
-Christine Schafer
Leonard Tillman
impressive Italian-language version of "The Toreador Song" performed in
costume by Gino Bechi, with fitting visual expressivity and grand
voice/charisma combination ( -- as would be expected of this wonderful
baritone).
I'm recalling also, some Don Quichotte scenes, -- performed at various
times by Justino Diaz; Ruggero Raimondi, -- his, a unique setting, sort
of "private concert" in style, with his pianist involved only as such,
and the "Death scene"'s finale symbolized by the Don's passing through a
"doorway of light", the "fade-out" allowing some time for reflection;
And a clip from Feodor Chaliapin's film of the '30s (not Massenet's
version, however, but typical effective),
LT
Floratan
> Just wondering, are there any "Classic Arts Showcase" fans among you?
Here in the Palm Beaches we are fortunate that the public access
station usually suspends regular broadcasts for most of the weekend
and substitutes the "Classic Arts Showcase". I have made six video
tapes of the opera segments, (some duplications, of course) for my
elderly mother. She can no longer see well enough or concentrate long
enough for a full length opera, so these videos have become her
favorite bedtime viewing. Before the end of the two hours she is
usually fast asleep with a smile on her face. I put one on each night
in rotation and it's both new and familiar to her. It is also nice to
have something we can still enjoy together.
Trev(UK)
Rigoletto video, and can also be seen in their Xerxes. In fact she was on
Radio 3 just the other night singing 2 pieces by Simon Holt. I last saw her
live in Troilus & Cressida at the Royal Festival Hall as Evadne. I believe
she was a noted ENO Carmen. she has recorded many pieces, operatic and
concert -Sullivan`s Golden Legend one of the more recent.
Follow this link for more info!!
http://www.operissimo.com/performers/performers.html
Trev
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they broadcast recently?
Karen Mercedes
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Thou dost destroy the normal balance of the mind.
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Leonard Tillman
>Did anyone else catch the excellent
> mini-documentary on Joseph Schmidt they
> broadcast recently?
Yes, -- here in the NYC area, it was shown a little over a year
ago. I believe it's from a Stefan Zucker documentary, and provides a
fine introduction to the spectacularly beautiful voice and art of this
ill-fated tenor. His flawless technique and supremely magnificent lyric
sound were unsurpassed, IMO.
>Karen Mercedes
>http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html
Best,
Leonard Tillman
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>Date: 3/10/03 3:29 PM Eastern Standard Time
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>From: dal...@radix.net (Karen=A0Mercedes)
>
>>Did anyone else catch the excellent
>> mini-documentary on Joseph Schmidt they
>> broadcast recently?
>
> Yes, -- here in the NYC area, it was shown a little over a year
>ago. I believe it's from a Stefan Zucker documentary, and provides a
>fine introduction to the spectacularly beautiful voice and art of this
>ill-fated tenor.
Which one??? ;-)
Zucker had anything other than a beautiful voice. In my opinion, and the
opinion of most, he had no voice at all, and never did.
But he certainly was/is ill fated, as well as ill-voiced.
Ed
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Leonard Tillman
>From: dal...@radix.net (Karen Mercedes)
>Did anyone else catch the excellent
> mini-documentary on Joseph Schmidt they
> broadcast recently?
" Yes, -- here in the NYC area, it was
shown a little over a year ago. I believe it's from a Stefan Zucker
documentary, and provides a fine introduction to the spectacularly
beautiful voice and art of this ill-fated tenor. "
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>Which one??? ;-)
Uh...I see where the confusion stems from, so, -- SZ, of course !!
;-))
How could anyone have doubted that, for even a nanosecond?
>Zucker had anything other than a beautiful
> voice. In my opinion, and the opinion of most,
> he had no voice at all, and never did.
Well, he has/had *a voice*....but just...hmm...."unconventional", as
tenors go
>But he certainly was/is ill fated, as well as
> ill-voiced.
Based on my past communications with him, on occasion, -- I'd not be
pleased to learn of the former "ill", if that's so;
-- As to the latter ( "il[l] voce" ), I'll just say, "De gustubus non
est disputandem".
(You do remember the results of his "Tenor of the Century" contest,
don't you? Corelli emerged victorious expected, but the
"runners-up"............... -- but, 'nuff said.)
>Ed
LT
Leonard Tillman
"Corelli emerged victorious expected"
Which I amend with:
" *As* expected ".
Best, *As* ever,
LT
Alcindoro
OF LUCRETIA.