Originally Posted by
asitis:
“I have a piece of Ghirardelli (or the aria that was used for its commercial) just about to melt in my pocket. I should take it out before going to bed.
The Flower Duet from Lakmé
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9gFBuYc0z0
It's not performed by big name sopranos, but it’s quite nice.
I think Cheryl and Katherine Jenkins did well with this aria. There was good chemistry between the two of them.”
It's such a pretty aria, fortunately I so rarely watch ads nowadays, I didn't associate it with BA (the airline was mentioned on the PSTOS last night). I agree the ladies did it credit, it was my favourite performance of the night.
And you're correct, the thread is not limited to Opera. I hope "Classical Music" encompasses everything modern and old. I fell in love with the work of Ennio Morricone, thanks to DFI, although I suspect that purists somewhere would scoff at me for including his work in the genre.
Originally Posted by
Gneiss:
“I was very disappointed not to see him with Anna Netrebko a year or so back after she pulled out though illness and the date was cancelled. That disappointment was only equalled by the fact that I couldn't make the rescheduled date...
It did little to curb my disappointment when that rescheduled concert got rave reviews - even from smiley at the Telegraph I believe!
Anyway here they are together... Anna Netrebko sings with Dmitri Hvorostovsky http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36vm2VoXuXA”
Anna's a little sex bomb isn't she. I have really come to associate her with Rolando after the links from their joint collaborations and I have to say, from that one taste (so not much), I prefer her with the flamboyant, curly-haired one. Dmitri, much as I love him, seems a little too staid and brooding for Anna.
Originally Posted by Iphigenia:
“Thankyou for starting this!!
I've been a little low on opera at the moment but I'm having a lifetime classical first this week at the First Night of the Proms - Janacek's Glagolitic Mass. Hadn't heard it before I booked but since bought the CD - very exciting!”
And thank you for reminding me it is that time of year! I've watched far too little of the Proms over the years, but will follow what I can on the Beeb. Have a great time on Friday!
Originally Posted by
Gneiss:
“I've never been, other than to proms in the park...
An ex girlfriend, and I emphasis the EX here, once got tickets for the last night but didn't bother getting them for me as she assumed I wouldn't want to go
”
Although that made me giggle a little...Ouch, poor you.
As a southerner living in the north, the major downside has always been not having London on my doorstep. How I regret now, turning down the school trip to the Last Night when I was a young girl