Blogs about: Renata Scotto
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“Un bel di”
Renata Scotto, in her final performance of the role for which she was best-known: as Cio-Cio-San in her own staging of Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, at the Arena di Verona in 1987: The Suz… more →
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Madame Butterfly Comparative Listening
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wrote 1 week ago: The following episode marks the end of act I of Puccini’s opera. Butterfly pleads with Pinkert … more →
Weekly Video #26
wrote 2 months ago: Happy Birthday to the fabulous Renata Scotto! … more →
Pavarotti with his tongue out!
wrote 8 months ago: Pavarotti had a great sense of humour. He could be quite playful. One of my followers, Annette, sugg … more →
Great moments in opera: Madama Butterfly
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wrote 1 year ago: Puccini’s Madama Butterfly is one of the most popular operas in the repertory, consistently ra … more →
Great moments in opera: Manon Lescaut
wrote 1 year ago: Manon Lescaut was Puccini’s third opera, but it was the first to meet with widespread acclaim … more →
10 Questions for Simone Osborne
wrote 1 year ago: Simone Osborne will be taking the lead role of Gilda in the Canadian Opera Company’s new production … more →
Introducing: "Vinyl Divas"
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wrote 3 years ago: I just discovered the most potent porn for any opera, LP, or LP cover design lover or fanatic: Vinyl … more →
Butterfly Remixed
wrote 3 years ago: A quick note in the midst of (waning) Canadian winter. I was fortunate to witness last week one of K … more →
Renata Scotto and La Boheme
wrote 4 years ago: RENATA SCOTTO and LA BOHÈME Who better to stage this timeless blockbuster of the operatic repertoire … more →
A Short Performance History of Bellini's "La Sonnambula"
wrote 4 years ago: Here it is, finally. I hope this post answers some questions about La Sonnambula for some of my read … more →
"Un bel di"
wrote 6 years ago: Renata Scotto, in her final performance of the role for which she was best-known: as Cio-Cio-San in … more →
"Si, mi chiamano Mimì"
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wrote 6 years ago: Many opera singers have sung Musetta in Puccini’s La Boheme early in their careers and gone on … more →
"Vissi d'arte"
wrote 6 years ago: Renata Scotto in the title role of Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, in Act I with Nicolo Martinucci as … more →
My favorite soprano
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wrote 6 years ago: My favorite soprano (of those I have heard live) is a housewife from New Rochelle, N. Y., short and … more →
Gasparo Spontini: the forgotten genius
wrote 6 years ago: Sep 7, 2006 8:26 pm La Vestale is quite sadly represented in the catalog by many recordings of almos … more →
