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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Puccini: Tosca by Romy the Cat on 2004-10-13 
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It is imposable do not love Giacomo Puccini. Would it be possible do not be in awe of Tosca? Among the numerous performances of this opera that I have on my shelves there are many great. The De Sabata’s La Scala performance from 1953 with Callas, Di ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: MET Broadcast, season 2006-2007 by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-16 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: MET Broadcast, season 2006-2007 in Off Air Audio  1 Replies 
Since the last week marked the begging of the new The Metropolitan Opera season here is the schedule of the MET's FM Broadcasts: http://operainfo.org/ You might find your station here: http://www.operainfo.org/stationfinder/Today, Rigoletto was so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Surprising: the most interesting composer of 20 century. by Romy the Cat on 2007-12-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Surprising: the most interesting composer of 20 century. in Musical Discussions  14 Replies 
I do not do the idiotic quizzes “who is the best” and who would be the top 5 or 10 in some bogus lists but a few days ago I did asked myself who is  among 20 century composers I feel was the most interesting and the most appreciated by me. While...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: 20th century composers by Ronnie on 2007-12-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Surprising: the most interesting composer of 20 century. in Musical Discussions  14 Replies 
I agree, with you both..I have a soft spot for Bartok, especially piano concertos, and piano+percussion.Sibelius might feel more significant, but the works I really know and like are from the 19th century.I have still heard very little by Richard Str...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Puccini: Tosca by Romy the Cat on 2004-10-13 
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It is imposable do not love Giacomo Puccini. Would it be possible do not be in awe of Tosca? Among the numerous performances of this opera that I have on my shelves there are many great. The De Sabata’s La Scala performance from 1953 with Callas, Di ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Re: The Church of Denon 103C by Ed on 2005-07-06 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Church of Denon 103C in Analog Playback  8 Replies 
Hello Romy,I guess I'll go for the 103R at a later date - looking at the specs on this one the loading is the same with a lower output,but I'm thinking it might handle those 25min + LP sides better from the opera world etc.Being half Italiano I need ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: The Trojans is like... by clarkjohnsen on 2008-07-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: I hate, hate, hate, hate Boston Symphony! in Musical Discussions  72 Replies 
...The Damnation of Faust all grown up and much wiser.With that Levine/BSO concert at Tanglewood, I should say that Trojans has now entered the rarefied world of the Ring, Mozart's Da Ponte trilogy, Fidelio, and of course Verdi and Puccini.Carme...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Maria Callas’s Glory Days: Available in Europe by Romy the Cat on 2007-08-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Maria Callas’s Glory Days: Available in Europe in Musical Discussions  3 Replies 
This edition, 26 CDs box-set, compiled and commented in detail by Juergen Kesting, presents recordings from Maria Callas in glory days, the first decade of her career from 1947 to 1956. This collection is structured on themes and roles. Mar...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Berlioz Requiem / Pavarotti? by RonyWeissman on 2008-09-15 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Berlioz Requiem / Pavarotti? in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
Okay I have to confess that I am a Pavarotti fan, especially the overflowing, gushy puccini operas with the overflowing pavarotti.  Along with the bach solo studies for cello, it's one of the reasons I started paying attention to my audio playba...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: WHRB Summer 2012 by Romy the Cat on 2012-06-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Chicago Lyric Opera on WFMT–FM in Off Air Audio  2 Replies 
Sunday evening operas - 8 pm each week: LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO followed by opera performances from Los Angeles.June 3: Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffman; Matthew Polenzani, Anna Christy, Erin Wall, Alyson Cambridge, James Morris, Emily Fons; Emmanuel V...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Opera last night by RonyWeissman on 2012-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My playback’s sound vs. Live sound. in Playback Listening  7 Replies 
Puccini il trittico live in lyon 1st balcony center vs. Shelter 901 through three-way horn-loaded speakers in myExperience room!Looking back through romy's earlier posts in effort to reconcile live experience last night with what I have at home!I wan...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #55: Ortofone Jubilee-"In te ravviso il sogno ch'io vorrei sempre sogn... by Lbjefferies7 on 2008-11-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Buying a last cartridge. in Analog Playback  80 Replies 
Would it be possible for you to post some samples?  With kindest regards, LBJ...With a little help from Giacomo Puccini...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Yes, RTA is a tool, but how to use it? by zanon on 2010-06-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Learning to interpret RTA in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
Paul S:DSET is a very high power solution to a question that I only have a very primitive understanding of. It is not right for me at this time.I would prefer if the model etc. of my speakers not be involved in this discussion. I know I am committing...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Perhaps Wagner hated Cats, beside hating everyone else. by Romy the Cat on 2006-09-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Seven hours of live music Sunday in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
Interesting that at the same day I had dissuasion with a friend in mine (big Wagner fan) trying to formalize for him why I do not “get” Wagner. The best that I was able to come up was that in Wagner the prolog foreplay and rarity of the orgasms is so...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: The WHRB's Chicago Lyric schedule during summer 2009 by Romy the Cat on 2009-06-10 
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Sunday evenings at 8 pm during the summer: LYRIC OPERA OF CHICAGO (through July) and other live-by-recording performances   June 14: Massenet: Manon; Natalie Dessay, Jonas Kaufmann, Christop...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Mozart’s Dorabella and the midnight colors on the shelf. by Romy the Cat on 2004-06-19 
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When approach my shelf with opera records and look at the boxes I mostly see colors and I do not mean the color of the boxes… To me all operas have well-defined, very individual colors: form the purplo-neurotic colors of Mussorgsky, the magenta-shaky...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Happy Holiday's Romy by RonyWeissman on 2004-12-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: My current conductor obsession. in Musical Discussions  2 Replies 
and thanks for one of my favorite audio/music websites. Regarding Chung, he is also one of my current favorites and I am lucky enough to live in France where he is conducting quite often. He has conducted a Scherezade in 2003 with Orch Radio Fran...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #57: The Mike Framer syndrome? by Romy the Cat on 2008-11-08 
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[quote user="Lbjefferies7"] Would it be possible for you to post some samples? With kindest regards, LBJ...With a little help from Giacomo Puccini [/quote] What so you mean” to post samples”?  Do you mean to post WAV files that might be ind...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #19: The industry might screw up the Trojans by Romy the Cat on 2008-07-10 
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[quote user="clarkjohnsen"]With that Levine/BSO concert at Tanglewood, I should say that Trojans has now entered the rarefied world of the Ring, Mozart's Da Ponte trilogy, Fidelio, and of course Verdi and Puccini.[/quote] Actually it is a very good ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: The Home Theater thoughts. by Romy the Cat on 2009-10-08 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The Home Theater thoughts. in Playback Listening  1 Replies 
I do hate the colloquialism “Home Theater” but I do not think that another definition exists to define what it is. Whatever it is, I very much hate it. Back in 90s I had a quite refined “Home Theater” installation with 5.1 channels, quite sophisticat...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Hideous American operas. by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-16 
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It is sometimes disgusting to see operas played in American theaters. It is known and it is unfortunate that the American public consciousness brewed on the mix of puritanical hippocratic absurdity mixed with the condemnations of Jewdaic-Christian mo...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Matacic's non-complete discography. by Romy the Cat on 2006-12-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: If you are in Bruckner: Lovro von Matacic in Musical Discussions  18 Replies 
As far as I know the Matacic discography never was made available. A few weeks ago a fellow at other (more amorphous) forum – Mr.  Makopolus - published his list that I find worth to be preserved and publicized. So he is it: the Matacic discogra...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Hunt for Speakers or for Result? by Romy the Cat on 2004-07-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Speaker hunting in Audio Discussions  6 Replies 
Chirag, First off all you have to define what do you want from them. If at this moment you’re looking for something within $700 then very next year, when you finish you medical school you will be searching in very different price range… :-) Now a lit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Classical Grammy Awards Winners by Romy the Cat on 2010-01-31 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: 2010 Classical Grammy Nominees in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
Best Classical Album Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist. Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From Symphony No. 10 Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor; Ragnar Bohlin, Kevin Fox & Susan McMane, choir directors;...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Roger Waters' Ça Ira Opera - waste of good melodyes? by Romy the Cat on 2009-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Roger Waters' Ça Ira Opera - waste of good melodyes? in Musical Discussions  1 Replies 
A few days ago somebody mentioned to me that Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd man come up with an opera about French revolution. A brief research confirmed the rumors and it turned out that it was quite awhile back: http://en.wikipedi...
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