First, welcome to our new members! I hope you will enjoy our collection of photos and sound files and that you will feel free to contribute comments or news or...
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Nell
redhotfillyp...
May 4, 2008 3:07 pm
Is the Madrid Luisa Miller available on commercial dvd? And if not, does anyone know if there are plans to release it? Also I have a lovely Lucrezia Borgia (if...
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Kay
kay3914
May 4, 2008 6:18 pm
Hi, Nell No, sorry to say the Madrid Luisa Miller is not on commercial DVD, and I don't know of any plans for a commercial release, but I would be happy to...
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Kay
kay3914
May 6, 2008 4:12 am
I have posted five more photos from the ROH Carmen and also five pictures from Carmen in Florence. The Opera Critic has several reviews of the Florence Carmen:...
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Kay
kay3914
May 9, 2008 4:48 am
There is a wonderful Prima Della Prima video of scenes from the Florence Carmen posted on OperaShare. If anyone is interested, email me and I will send you the...
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Christine
christine_at
May 13, 2008 4:23 pm
Hi everyone, sorry to those of you who have already read my report about the last two Carmen performances in my Marcelo group but I am still so happy that I...
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Kay
kay3914
May 25, 2008 9:59 pm
Thank you, Christine, for this interesting and thorough review. I am glad you enjoyed Carmen. (Sorry to be so long in responding. I have been away, having a...
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Christine
christine_at
May 26, 2008 10:10 pm
... I saw Marcelo 6 times only in Carmen but in three different productions (not in New York which is nice for sure). Firenze had for sure the weakest...
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Christine
christine_at
Jun 2, 2008 8:21 am
... instead Marcelo will sing Tosca in Verona. I don't know the dates in the moment, Marcello Giordani is still scheduled as Cavaradossi for all performances. ...
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anna_kuz
Jun 2, 2008 10:24 am
... Oh yes, it was perfect except the decorations. I always have the impression that Zürich producers really do not want to invest into decorations : there...
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Kay
kay3914
Jun 3, 2008 9:46 pm
I came across these photos of the Met's production of Adriana Lecouvreur, which debuted on January 21, 1963 to less than rave reviews. The photos are not good...
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Kay
kay3914
Jun 18, 2008 1:39 am
I posted sound files in our Files section from Marcelo's Met debut in La Traviata in December, 1998, and the same excerpts -- De' miei bollenti spiriti and o...
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Kay
kay3914
Jun 20, 2008 8:21 pm
From Bloomberg.com: << Verona regularly draws some of the world's top singers, perhaps with the lure of summering on nearby Lake Garda. Ages ago, Maria Callas...
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Kay
kay3914
Jun 23, 2008 8:40 pm
Some of us got our hopes up when we read a post from an OperaShare moderator stating that EMI had released the 2002 Milan Lucrezia Borgia commercially....
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Kay
kay3914
Jun 25, 2008 7:38 pm
Here is a blog review of the Verona Tosca: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/06/24/174714.php "...Marcelo Alvarez, considered by some to be the next great...
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Kay
kay3914
Jun 28, 2008 4:00 am
Met Future Seasons now lists Marcelo as doing Il Trovatore sometime in the 2010-2011 season, with Delora Zajick/Marianne Cornetti and Zelkjo Lucic. Let's hope...
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Kay
kay3914
Jun 28, 2008 9:24 pm
It is a long way off, but I do hope that this listing for Marcelo in Trovatore at the Met comes true. If so, I'm sure he would be in either the fall or spring...
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Kay
kay3914
Jun 30, 2008 7:44 pm
Marcelo is mentioned in a Washington Post obituary for press representative Edgar Vincent: <<< And Sills certainly trusted his advice. When the Met was looking...
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Kay
kay3914
Jul 2, 2008 6:23 pm
Check this out -- "Abu Dhabi Classics Music Project to be launched in October 2008:" http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=26705 "The opening season...
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Kay
kay3914
Jul 2, 2008 9:26 pm
I just came across this fan site for Marcelo on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/marcelosfanspace Among other things, there is a cute scene of Marcelo...
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vivatopera
Jul 4, 2008 4:08 pm
Hello, I have found a short interview: http://tinyurl.com/5zeky8 vivatopera...
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Kay
kay3914
Jul 6, 2008 8:43 pm
Thank you so much for the interesting interview with the cute photo of Marcelo and Uria-Monzon. Fans might want to run the text or the entire web page through...
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Kay
kay3914
Jul 6, 2008 10:26 pm
The URL I posted for that cute video of Marcelo rehearsing with Keri Lynn Wilson probably got mangled, so here is a short version: http://tinyurl.com/67fja9 ...
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Kay
kay3914
Jul 12, 2008 2:26 am
Marcelo's Ballo from Madrid is scheduled to be shown LIVE in movie theaters in Europe on September 28! ...
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Kay
kay3914
Jul 14, 2008 12:41 am
The following was posted on Opera-L: <<< High definition TV viewers in Europe can now tune to the Astra Hi- def channel Astra HD. This demonstration channel is...
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Kay
kay3914
Jul 16, 2008 9:44 pm
OperaChic (July 16) has a photo (look closely) of Uria Monzon, who appears to be experiencing a Janet Jackson-type wardrobe malfunction in Carmen: ...
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Kay
kay3914
Jul 21, 2008 7:20 pm
Here is a video of a new production of Carmen. I enjoyed it, although critics would probably find the acting somewhat wooden. ...
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Kay
kay3914
Jul 21, 2008 10:02 pm
The Carmen broadcast on July 13 from Orange has been uploaded on OperaShare. I have only had a chance to hear a few minutes of Act I but it sounds fine. The...
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vivatopera
Jul 23, 2008 8:03 pm
Hello, there are some new photos from Tosca 2008 on the page of Arena di Verona: http://www.arena.it/en-US/performance-detail.html?idperformance=766 vivatopera...
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Kay
kay3914
Jul 23, 2008 8:09 pm
Links to the video of the wonderful 2002 Lucrezia Borgia from Milan, with Marcelo, Devia, Barcellona, and Pertusi, have been posted on OperaShare. This is a...
