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Mimì and Rodolfo from Puccini's "La Boheme".Related content
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...Yes, this is the feeling....
....Thank you very much, happy you like it! 
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You're welcome! I like La Boheme and Pavarotti was great as Rudolfo especially when he sang his aria Che gelida manina which he did effortlessly, but my favorite Puccini opera of all time is Turandot.
Ack, I better stop now or else I'll fill your ears with too much opera talk!
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...I have the Boheme's CD version with Pavarotti... 
I love Tosca, Boheme too; I love Verdi's operas too: Rigoletto, La Traviata, Trovatore... ...And I guess Aida is wonderful....
I don't know very well Turandot, I didn't *find* that much in Utube but I love *Nessun dorma*.... ....Maybe I'll buy this one too.... 
....So now, who "fills someone's ears with too much opera talk"??... 
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Did I hear opera talk?
Corelli was magnificent (he was quite handsome too!) and I think there is a utube vid of him playing Calaf in Turandot opposite Birgit Nilsson, but I could be wrong and the video may have been removed already since it's been a while since I watched it.
Carreras seems to have the 'lighter' voice of the group, but he's an excellent Don Jose in Carmen. If you haven't already, check out Manon Lescaut and listen to Donna non vidi mai; it's a wonderful tenor aria and it's always nice to listen to it because of how simple and sweepingly romantic it is for such a short aria.
There's a whole bunch of videos I've been watching on utube lately, but they're mainly the German romantic operas. Ack, you've made me talk a lot!
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I don't know very well Otello, but I'm *learning* a lot about operas, I'll listen it...
I realized how much this music is *close* to me...
...I think Corelli's Calaf version is still in Utube, in my favourites too, I hope so!!
Next Jennuary if I have even one chance, 
...I will go to check Donna non vidi mai right now!! 
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You're lucky if you get a chance to see Rigoletto at La Scala, and I'll be jealous! Just kidding, I'll be happy for you instead!
I hope you enjoyed Donna non vidi mai!
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...No, the director will be James Conlon, (from New York) Muti left the Scala in the 2005.
"Donna non vidi mai" is very good, but I didn't find a very good *version* of it; I'll try again... 
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You're welcome! Thanks for the Scala info. 
It's a bit hard to find a good version of "Donna non vidi mai", especially a version done by a good tenor since most of the tenors today (in my opinion) seems to lack an intensity or weight, and sometimes stability in their voices. It's nice to hear lyrical tenors, but when it's a dramatic role, I guess I tend to want a darker, solid feel. I think that's one of the reasons I'm fond of listening to the older tenors and Heldentenors, but it's sometimes a mixed bag.
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....UTube... ....Could you give me the link to your page?... ...In case, I'm ----> [link]
...I agree with you; I heard some *new* (or not that old
...I don't know, still I like Domingo, Carreras and Pavarotti...
Thank you for the *tip* about Alvarez, I enjoyed his voice; and about Corelli... ...Also I like his voice which is so *personal*...
...Oh well, thank you for your conversation: it is a pleasure!
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Thank you too! I'm happy to talk about this!
I agree with you with the old tenors; I still like Domingo, Pavarotti, and Carreras.
Thank you
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Thank you for the link to *GiΓ nella notte densa*!!
...There is a good *video-DVD* about Tosca, [link] I enjoyed to watch...
...About Corelli, I also found this *funny* thing: "In a 'Trovatore' production in Naples, Corelli angrily attacked a student in a third-tier box who heckled him during the performance. Outraged, Corelli bounded backstage, ran up three flights of stairs to the box and, finding the door locked, broke it down with his shoulder. In his Manrico costume, complete with sword, 
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That's an interesting and funny story. I guess the student deserved it for being so rude in the first place.
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*They both tried to outsing*; do you mean both tried to sing *over* the other one?... ...I believe Corelli was *proud* of his powerful voice, he was right but also I'm sure sometime his voice was a *bit too much*...
...About that Raimondi's Scarpia, his "Te Deum"...
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Yes! They tried to sing over the other one, and they had a bit of an argument over who was trying to hold a note longer than the other, but it made for great opera especially when they were performing Turandot together. I like Corelli as well for his tone and I guess there's an *electric* quality in his voice, the kind that makes you want to hear it over and over again. Thank you for the link of "Di quella pira". Here, he sounds like he's rushing it and doing the technical fireworks at the same time
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Right, like I always found Domingo's voice (his *E*) like an iron's blade...
I heard from a friend who knows many interesting funny *stories* about opera's singers, a funny thing about Montserrat Caballè. He said one day she was singing the final part of Tosca (Tosca's *fault*)... ...They say the *mattress was *too thick* and the *effect* was of a *bouncy Tosca*...
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I feature this charming image in my new journal [link] If you have any objections, please let me know and I will remove it. Thank you!
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a mean... ~sixwings IS right..
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another correction...
I mean ~sixwings IS right
I'm sorry
I'm suffering from sinusitis and cold together
oh, never mind...
it's so sweet
I mean - the HUG
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Oh, don't worry, thank you very much!!
...I hope your sinusitis is not too bad... ...But then with this---> 
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Thank you! ...Glad you like it!
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You're welcome Anna!
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It captures the emotion beautifully!
My favorite opera. Love Nessun Dorma. Puccini is a God!
Tom
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...Thank you Tom!!
Thank you for the comment and fav!!
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The pleasure is mine.
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I don't know the 'story' but it looks emotional
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Thank you very much Ton! 
Thank you again!
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My pleasure, thanks for the link
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Thank you very much Jon!!
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Oh, but my laptop doesn't like it; if I use PhotoShop it is much better if nothing else works!
...I'm glad you like Pavarotti, there are also other good tenores, a lot of interesting music... ...And, as I said, I'm just discovering that... 
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I lived with jazz and then with a lot of kind of music but NOT the opera... ...But I just liked it by myself, I started to listen it now and then... ....So now it is the time...
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I love your painting, their expressions, their embrace...and you will have to tell me about this opera...I have a feeling this one is also tragic!!!
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...Yep, it is a very sad story; it is about young artists who live in a kind of attic, no money, no heat... ...Two of them fall in love of course.. ...And after a lot of 
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Oh man!!! that is so sad...
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...The kind of *lite* opera... ...It is a different kind of music, so I don't know...
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aaahhh yes, perhaps someday I will peek into this *lite* opera business!!
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...mmmm.... ...Believe me, the "dramatic" opera is the best, great music, really...
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