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Quiz #11: The Winner Is
Roger Miller with: Invanno Alvaro ti celasti al mondo from La forza del destino by Verdi first performed in November 1862.
This week’s bonus challenge was to identify the singers. Roger was bang on with Pavarotti and gets an A for effort for his Youtube-researched answers of Hvorostovsky or Piero Cappuccilli.
The mystery baritone is, in [...]
Circle The Wagons, We Have An Opera Emergency.
Ok everybody, Miss Mussel has moved out of opera infancy into the wild world of….well…whatever the next level is called. There is a stack of DVDs in the corner freshly pilfered from Frere Mussel’s collection. The question is, what to start with?
Here’s the situation:
Operas Seen Live:
The Flying Dutchmen
Lohengrin
Lulu
The House Of The Dead
Pelleas et [...]
Tangentially About Pavarotti But Not Really
Just in case you have been hiding under a rock all day, Pavarotti died approximately 18 hours ago. Miss Mussel is an opera infant and has only heard snippets of the singer when he was well past his prime. He was admittedly entertaining to watch and shades of his former self were clearly evident [...]
