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My preference is for a real Baritone DonG to differentiate from Leporello and D&amp;#39;Archangelo therefore is too dark for my taste. Also I don&amp;#39;t find anything particularly interesting in either of the Basses interpretations (Pisaroni is Lep). Furthermore, I find DiDonato an unappealing and &amp;#39;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/8601855244835258923/comments/default/7193234508892367249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/8601855244835258923/comments/default/7193234508892367249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/05/don-giovanni-in-dull-zambello-staging.html?showComment=1367849844580#c7193234508892367249' title=''/><author><name>DS</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/05/don-giovanni-in-dull-zambello-staging.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-8601855244835258923' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/8601855244835258923' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1410029909'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='6 May 2013 16:17'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-2852711673325300318</id><published>2013-05-01T21:51:20.159+02:00</published><updated>2013-05-01T21:51:20.159+02:00</updated><title type='text'>I was just wondering if you have heard the yannick...</title><summary type='text'>I was just wondering if you have heard the yannick nezet-seguin don giovanni out just last year and what you thought of it? My favorite recording remains the Furtwangler live salzburg recording from 1953(?) But I&amp;#39;m looking for a new recording (ideally with better sound).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/8601855244835258923/comments/default/2852711673325300318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/8601855244835258923/comments/default/2852711673325300318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/05/don-giovanni-in-dull-zambello-staging.html?showComment=1367437880159#c2852711673325300318' title=''/><author><name>Peter</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/05/don-giovanni-in-dull-zambello-staging.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-8601855244835258923' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/8601855244835258923' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1347870476'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='1 May 2013 21:51'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-1013167413872538552</id><published>2013-04-22T05:41:32.867+02:00</published><updated>2013-04-22T05:41:32.867+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you - much appreciated</title><summary type='text'>Thank you - much appreciated</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/1961444417682156782/comments/default/1013167413872538552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/1961444417682156782/comments/default/1013167413872538552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-authentic-rigoletto-from-mantua.html?showComment=1366602092867#c1013167413872538552' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-authentic-rigoletto-from-mantua.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-1961444417682156782' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/1961444417682156782' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-689965871'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='22 April 2013 05:41'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-4050588057070521814</id><published>2013-04-21T22:52:43.068+02:00</published><updated>2013-04-21T22:52:43.068+02:00</updated><title type='text'>i&amp;#39;m a big fan of your website....but i can&amp;#39...</title><summary type='text'>i&amp;#39;m a big fan of your website....but i can&amp;#39;t understand the 5 points for carsens production.....one could see the production today in Austrian TV....and I was totally bored by the staging...the idea of the Artist drama is nice but not for 4 hours.....there should be something more...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;greetings from frankfurt....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/4383965327549722896/comments/default/4050588057070521814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/4383965327549722896/comments/default/4050588057070521814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/singers-disappoint-in-smashing-carsen.html?showComment=1366577563068#c4050588057070521814' title=''/><author><name>Kiwigärtner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08126956987523449258</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/singers-disappoint-in-smashing-carsen.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-4383965327549722896' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/4383965327549722896' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-852117793'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='21 April 2013 22:52'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-5374270739245521278</id><published>2013-04-21T04:23:04.484+02:00</published><updated>2013-04-21T04:23:04.484+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry to put this here but I cannot find a link to...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry to put this here but I cannot find a link to your review of Königskinder. Have also tried the search box--no luck!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks, I look forward to reading your review.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/4383965327549722896/comments/default/5374270739245521278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/4383965327549722896/comments/default/5374270739245521278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/singers-disappoint-in-smashing-carsen.html?showComment=1366510984484#c5374270739245521278' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/singers-disappoint-in-smashing-carsen.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-4383965327549722896' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/4383965327549722896' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-121551304'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='21 April 2013 04:23'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-3284746411475777783</id><published>2013-04-15T14:29:10.035+02:00</published><updated>2013-04-15T14:29:10.035+02:00</updated><title type='text'>I all the time used to study article in news paper...</title><summary type='text'>I all the time used to study article in news papers but now as I am a user of internet so from now I am using net for posts, thanks to web.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;a href="http://www.gujaratcarz.in/luxury_bus_hire_services.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;luxury buses in india&lt;/a&gt; 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My experienc...</title><summary type='text'>De Niese shaky intonation and shrill? My experience at Glyndebourne in the 2011 L&amp;#39;elisir was just the opposite - the best I&amp;#39;ve ever heard her. We&amp;#39;ll see how she manages Adina this summer, but have you really noticed a downward trend in her voice?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/6574910080735068923/comments/default/6944958588524483806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/6574910080735068923/comments/default/6944958588524483806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/danielle-de-niese-is-poppea.html?showComment=1365817499706#c6944958588524483806' title=''/><author><name>Capriccio</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11066947469648187572</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/danielle-de-niese-is-poppea.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-6574910080735068923' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/6574910080735068923' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-785952104'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='13 April 2013 03:44'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-6695020646411162731</id><published>2013-04-12T20:00:42.900+02:00</published><updated>2013-04-12T20:00:42.900+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Hmm... I am confused. Which one of the list is you...</title><summary type='text'>Hmm... I am confused. Which one of the list is your subjective top-10 list, the one above or below in the post?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My list (as amateur listener) is: 1. Elina Garanca and Juan Diego Florez; 2. Jonas Kauffman, 3. Dmitri Hvorostovsky, 4. Roberto Alagna, 5. Anna Netrebko, 6. Andreas Scholl, 7. Sondra Radvanovsky</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/900772132629056358/comments/default/6695020646411162731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/900772132629056358/comments/default/6695020646411162731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2012/06/top-10-opera-singers-of-today.html?showComment=1365789642900#c6695020646411162731' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2012/06/top-10-opera-singers-of-today.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-900772132629056358' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/900772132629056358' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1658875973'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='12 April 2013 20:00'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-2752673119570880254</id><published>2013-04-11T14:55:06.490+02:00</published><updated>2013-04-11T14:55:06.490+02:00</updated><title type='text'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxE6xBbm_B4
Ettore ...</title><summary type='text'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxE6xBbm_B4&lt;br /&gt;Ettore Bastianini...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/1961444417682156782/comments/default/2752673119570880254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/1961444417682156782/comments/default/2752673119570880254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-authentic-rigoletto-from-mantua.html?showComment=1365684906490#c2752673119570880254' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-authentic-rigoletto-from-mantua.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-1961444417682156782' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/1961444417682156782' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1767871589'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='11 April 2013 14:55'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-475497061260683560</id><published>2013-04-11T00:15:21.905+02:00</published><updated>2013-04-11T00:15:21.905+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Why do fine operas like Palestrina, Mathis der Mal...</title><summary type='text'>Why do fine operas like Palestrina, Mathis der Maler and Doktor Faust attract only a small contingent of passionate admirers today?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/1961444417682156782/comments/default/475497061260683560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/1961444417682156782/comments/default/475497061260683560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-authentic-rigoletto-from-mantua.html?showComment=1365632121905#c475497061260683560' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-authentic-rigoletto-from-mantua.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-1961444417682156782' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/1961444417682156782' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-312853845'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='11 April 2013 00:15'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-3864230205101360090</id><published>2013-04-04T01:41:27.848+02:00</published><updated>2013-04-04T01:41:27.848+02:00</updated><title type='text'>I have been dying for a decent dvd of this, one of...</title><summary type='text'>I have been dying for a decent dvd of this, one of my absolute favourite opera. Happily, I have just found out that Wilson&amp;#39;s w/Degout staging will be released on Naive at the end of April. Now we start shouting for a dvd the Guth staging from Frankfurt with Gerhaher.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/4222248533444531565/comments/default/3864230205101360090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/4222248533444531565/comments/default/3864230205101360090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/natalie-dessay-and-laurent-pelly.html?showComment=1365032487848#c3864230205101360090' title=''/><author><name>Deb</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/natalie-dessay-and-laurent-pelly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-4222248533444531565' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/4222248533444531565' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-340695941'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='4 April 2013 01:41'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-1103874742937610818</id><published>2013-04-03T00:59:35.770+02:00</published><updated>2013-04-03T00:59:35.770+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The anonymous post above saying...

What I don&amp;#39...</title><summary type='text'>The anonymous post above saying...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I don&amp;#39;t get is why the same people who hate modern Wagner productions are generally quite happy with seeing the same modernist elements in a Shakespeare play. (i.e. machine guns in Hamlet) Why is it okay with Shakespeare but not with Wagner?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who are these people? I, for one, hate modernisations of Wagner (such as Norse gods in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/5666424749527758353/comments/default/1103874742937610818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/5666424749527758353/comments/default/1103874742937610818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2008/11/chreau-and-boulez-nibelungen-ring-on.html?showComment=1364943575770#c1103874742937610818' title=''/><author><name>Henry Fitzgerald</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2008/11/chreau-and-boulez-nibelungen-ring-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-5666424749527758353' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/5666424749527758353' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-613511163'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='3 April 2013 00:59'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-6309483269350796751</id><published>2013-04-03T00:03:12.267+02:00</published><updated>2013-04-03T00:03:12.267+02:00</updated><title type='text'>You were right. It didn&amp;#39;t work with Parsifal. ...</title><summary type='text'>You were right. It didn&amp;#39;t work with Parsifal. The Premiere was in Köln on the 29th of march. A complete disaster. Wagner (Titurel ) &amp;#39;s  corpse, in an orange shroud marked &amp;quot; gesamtkunstwerk &amp;quot;, hacked in pieces, cannibalized and emasculated by Niezsche (Amfortas ). Kundry transformed in a tree, then swimming naked, in a big graal plenty of blood, around Shiva&amp;#39;s lingam. Things </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/2246743093980865205/comments/default/6309483269350796751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/2246743093980865205/comments/default/6309483269350796751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/spectacular-fura-dels-baus-turandot.html?showComment=1364940192267#c6309483269350796751' title=''/><author><name>Nv</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/spectacular-fura-dels-baus-turandot.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-2246743093980865205' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/2246743093980865205' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1761235666'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='3 April 2013 00:03'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-6994699562020033770</id><published>2013-04-02T23:40:42.270+02:00</published><updated>2013-04-02T23:40:42.270+02:00</updated><title type='text'>No, something really happened with Kasarova&amp;#39;s ...</title><summary type='text'>No, something really happened with Kasarova&amp;#39;s voice. You can listen on youtube to parts of her recital in 2005 in Schwetzingen and compare...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/3203781761335964598/comments/default/6994699562020033770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/3203781761335964598/comments/default/6994699562020033770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/alcina-splendid-harteros-odd-kasarova.html?showComment=1364938842270#c6994699562020033770' title=''/><author><name>NV</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/04/alcina-splendid-harteros-odd-kasarova.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-3203781761335964598' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/3203781761335964598' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1761235666'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='2 April 2013 23:40'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-7644609570626861606</id><published>2013-03-25T18:22:01.721+01:00</published><updated>2013-03-25T18:22:01.721+01:00</updated><title type='text'>It&amp;#39;s a total mystery to me why noone has recor...</title><summary type='text'>It&amp;#39;s a total mystery to me why noone has recorded Carsen&amp;#39;s Orfeo ed Eurydice or his Iphigenie en Tauride.  Both are brilliant productions that have been seen in multiple houses.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/5931300480209851734/comments/default/7644609570626861606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/5931300480209851734/comments/default/7644609570626861606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/robert-carsen.html?showComment=1364232121721#c7644609570626861606' title=''/><author><name>operaramblings</name><uri>http://operaramblings.wordpress.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/openid16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/robert-carsen.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-5931300480209851734' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/5931300480209851734' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1880172754'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='25 March 2013 18:22'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-5877039752387293854</id><published>2013-03-22T21:57:12.704+01:00</published><updated>2013-03-22T21:57:12.704+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Super, thanks for the info.

Ray Mungo</title><summary type='text'>Super, thanks for the info.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ray Mungo</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/946705854688448824/comments/default/5877039752387293854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/946705854688448824/comments/default/5877039752387293854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/krassimira-stoyanova-reluctant-diva.html?showComment=1363985832704#c5877039752387293854' title=''/><author><name>Ray Mungo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/krassimira-stoyanova-reluctant-diva.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-946705854688448824' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/946705854688448824' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-439644861'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='22 March 2013 21:57'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-5146512239862552346</id><published>2013-03-22T15:38:29.020+01:00</published><updated>2013-03-22T15:38:29.020+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ray,

you can go to operabase and search for an...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ray,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you can go to operabase and search for an opera, it will give you listings:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(http://operabase.com/oplist.cgi?lang=en&amp;amp;ask=t)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you search Dei Walkure, you get:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From To &lt;br /&gt;20 Apr 2013  12 May 2013  7 Amsterdam(NO) Die Walküre  &lt;br /&gt;31 Jan 2014  9 Feb 2014  2 Amsterdam(NO) Die Walküre  &lt;br /&gt;19 May 2014  3 Jun 2014  9 Barcelona(Liceu) La </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/946705854688448824/comments/default/5146512239862552346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/946705854688448824/comments/default/5146512239862552346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/krassimira-stoyanova-reluctant-diva.html?showComment=1363963109020#c5146512239862552346' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/krassimira-stoyanova-reluctant-diva.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-946705854688448824' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/946705854688448824' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1483923140'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='22 March 2013 15:38'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-5760397839577900396</id><published>2013-03-21T21:07:07.080+01:00</published><updated>2013-03-21T21:07:07.080+01:00</updated><title type='text'>dear Mostly Opera

Your website is wonderful.  Tha...</title><summary type='text'>dear Mostly Opera&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your website is wonderful.  Thanks.  Can you help us find a performance of &amp;quot;Die Walkure&amp;quot; anywhere in the world between January and April of 2014?  One of us, a teacher, has those four months off work.  We want to see that particular opera, and better if it&amp;#39;s in a foreign country but we&amp;#39;ll take the US if necessary.&lt;br /&gt;Peculiar requesst, can you help</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/946705854688448824/comments/default/5760397839577900396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/946705854688448824/comments/default/5760397839577900396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/krassimira-stoyanova-reluctant-diva.html?showComment=1363896427080#c5760397839577900396' title=''/><author><name>Ray Mungo</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/krassimira-stoyanova-reluctant-diva.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-946705854688448824' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/946705854688448824' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1190316738'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='21 March 2013 21:07'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-410548503009916276</id><published>2013-03-21T00:40:44.074+01:00</published><updated>2013-03-21T00:40:44.074+01:00</updated><title type='text'>what about Cecilia Bartolli on the &amp;quot;objective...</title><summary type='text'>what about Cecilia Bartolli on the &amp;quot;objective&amp;quot; list. she&amp;#39;s certainly a bigger star than many on it.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/900772132629056358/comments/default/410548503009916276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/900772132629056358/comments/default/410548503009916276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2012/06/top-10-opera-singers-of-today.html?showComment=1363822844074#c410548503009916276' title=''/><author><name>Bogda</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2012/06/top-10-opera-singers-of-today.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-900772132629056358' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/900772132629056358' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1083394183'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='21 March 2013 00:40'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-6644554238100779927</id><published>2013-03-20T00:06:12.746+01:00</published><updated>2013-03-20T00:06:12.746+01:00</updated><title type='text'>It&amp;#39;s a shame to see how a rather uninspired st...</title><summary type='text'>It&amp;#39;s a shame to see how a rather uninspired staging forces the singers to be true through their acting to the director&amp;#39;s options and overall view of the opera. But then again, thank God it&amp;#39;s the only thing the directors can (usually) mess with. To listen to Peter Mattei&amp;#39;s wonderful Onegin (and, actually, to all of his roles) I would readily suffer terrible directing, and even </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/3875407272072543238/comments/default/6644554238100779927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/3875407272072543238/comments/default/6644554238100779927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2008/08/dvd-barenboim-salzburg-eugene-onegin.html?showComment=1363734372746#c6644554238100779927' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2008/08/dvd-barenboim-salzburg-eugene-onegin.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-3875407272072543238' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/3875407272072543238' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-661789313'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='20 March 2013 00:06'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-6099770890204778666</id><published>2013-03-14T17:49:01.937+01:00</published><updated>2013-03-14T17:49:01.937+01:00</updated><title type='text'>@Alessio - ex. via this link http://www.prestoclas...</title><summary type='text'>@Alessio - ex. via this link http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Orfeo/C830111A&lt;br /&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/946705854688448824/comments/default/6099770890204778666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/946705854688448824/comments/default/6099770890204778666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/krassimira-stoyanova-reluctant-diva.html?showComment=1363279741937#c6099770890204778666' title=''/><author><name>mostly opera...</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05653818157295091506</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://mostlyopera.blogspot.com/2013/03/krassimira-stoyanova-reluctant-diva.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5483678492345755723.post-946705854688448824' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5483678492345755723/posts/default/946705854688448824' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-41117140'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.displayTime' value='14 March 2013 17:49'/></entry></feed>