... But I really prefer live recordings, because they are more, well, "alive". The studio recordings, they sing it over and over again and join together a lot...
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lianneboyd
Sep 2, 2004 11:43 pm
Hi, Christine and Canterbella, You have a point, Christine. Comparing studio recordings with live ones is not fair, but as Canterbella said: they are...
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Christine
christine_at
Sep 3, 2004 12:16 am
Hi Lidia and Canterbella, I also prefer the live recordings for several reasons, I only think that singers in our times don't even have the chance to make...
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lianneboyd
Sep 3, 2004 1:02 am
Hi, Christine! It´s so true what you say! Not everyone has realized that times have changed! You know, the best known music critic here always plays ...
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Christine
christine_at
Sep 3, 2004 7:31 am
But there is another proplem too: radiostations can't play pirates! So, how many official opera recordings do we have from Marcelo??? Let's be glad for all...
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Christine
christine_at
Sep 3, 2004 8:31 am
Hi, have read in the internet that Marcelo will make a concert tour in Germany next May. When I will know more, I will let you know. The only thing I wonder is...
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Kay
kay3914
Sep 3, 2004 9:49 pm
The September Opera magazine has quite a nice interview with Marcelo by George Hall. Before the interview, in Vienna, Marcelo is greeted by two fans ...
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Christine
christine_at
Sep 4, 2004 3:46 am
Thank you for that beautiful excerpt of an article, Kay! Every word is true, but I want to add something: There is also nothing artificial on Marcelo, neither ...
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Christine
christine_at
Sep 4, 2004 8:09 am
Hi, as I wrote in my report from Berlin I have made 19 fotos from the Berlin concert. But I am such a bad photographer, all pictures were underexposed! Am very...
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Kay
kay3914
Sep 4, 2004 7:00 pm
The photos are wonderful! Marcelo looks fabulous - so thin! Is this the concert that will be shown on television? Some of us will be seeing Netrebko in Boheme....
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Kay
kay3914
Sep 4, 2004 7:15 pm
Here's another excerpt from the Hall article: "Also coming up in the future are Ballo (2005), Tosca (2006), Trovatore (first in Parma, 2006), and Carmen (in...
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Olga
operagirl13
Sep 4, 2004 8:51 pm
Thank you, Christine for wonderful pictures. Marcelo looks absolutely radiant. Some of the best pictures of him. Kay, that is such a great sentiment from...
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Christine
christine_at
Sep 4, 2004 11:00 pm
Hi Kay, yes, that was the concert which will be shown tomorrow on ZDF and which I have seen live last week (Didn't you read my long report from Monday???) ...
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Kay
kay3914
Sep 5, 2004 3:45 am
I posted the complete George Hall OPERA magazine interview in Files, in the Interviews section. I laughed at Marcelo's comments about the Luisa Miller set -...
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Olga
operagirl13
Sep 5, 2004 9:07 am
Thank you, Kay for the Opera interview. It is amusing to read that Marcelo was bored with staging of Luisa Miller. You can never tell by his passionate...
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lianneboyd
Sep 5, 2004 5:14 pm
Hi, Kay! Thanks so much for posting the Opera News interview. I really enjoyed reading it. Marcelo´s sparkling personality always shows through. As for...
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Christine
christine_at
Sep 5, 2004 5:43 pm
Hi Kay, thank you very much for that interview and the Romeo review! Did you type that all??? Thanks again Christine ...
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lianneboyd
Sep 5, 2004 6:42 pm
Maybe I didn´t express the idea correctly. The first "A" of Alvarez is accented but you don´t write accents marks over capital letters in Spanish. ... ...
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operabuff2000
Sep 5, 2004 7:16 pm
People often do not put the accent on a capital letter in Spanish, but they can certainly do so if they wish to. In the days of typewriters (which I am old...
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lianneboyd
Sep 5, 2004 11:40 pm
Thanks for the web site you mentioned. Although I was taught that rule, I usually disregard it. From now on, I´ll keep doing it withouht feeling that I´m...
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Olga
operagirl13
Sep 6, 2004 11:57 am
I think that in the future all of us need to refrain from making comments about Marcelo's weight. Negative or positive. It is his private matter. It is in...
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operabuff2000
Sep 6, 2004 7:13 pm
If people who attend opera performances wish to comment on the appearance of any of the singers, they are certainly free to do so. One's appearance is not a...
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tosca74@...
tosca74it
Sep 6, 2004 8:37 pm
Dear olga, I agree with you but we must be democratic accepting some comment even if we consider it stupid and wrong . On the contrary everyone can say "I...
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Kay
kay3914
Sep 7, 2004 5:00 pm
You are most welcome! The Opera News Romeo review was posted for subscribers but yes, I typed the OPERA magazine interview (so any typos are mine!). I don't...
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canterbella
Sep 7, 2004 5:41 pm
... As he was also the author of the article from the Royal Opera magazine which I posted about two months ago, I think if he had any objection to such things...
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Diane
dhookcrm
Sep 7, 2004 6:15 pm
Hello all, It amazes me that nearly a year has gone by since I heard Marcelo's voice for the first time! I have learned a great deal about opera since that...
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canterbella
Sep 7, 2004 7:46 pm
... Boheme ... What lovely opera and production to see for your first time - I assume it is still the same production I saw in my only ever visit to the Met in...
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lianneboyd
Sep 7, 2004 10:13 pm
Dear Diane, I am sure yours will be a most memorable experience. I recently saw a video recording of the Marcelo/Gallardo-Domas Bohème and believe me, it was...
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Christine
christine_at
Sep 7, 2004 11:29 pm
Hello Diane,, ... Oh yes, I also couldn't wait very long ;-), had asked my CD-shop to call me when it was here and when they did, I was immediately leaving my...
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joan_tudor
Sep 8, 2004 10:58 pm
Can anyone please "do" a complete schedule of Marelo's future performances. Having been a great lover of his voice for a few years now, and been lucky enough...
