sydneyboy

This marvellous tenor has just been sacked from future performances at the Royal Opera House and the Metropolitan for “aggressive and inappropriate conduct” on a recent ROH tour of Japan. I heard him in Tosca at Covent Garden mid year and thought he was sensational and judging by the audience reaction after his big arias and at the final curtain I was not the only one who thought so. There was a strong “melodramatic “playing to the gallery aspect to his performance but with a voice like his it was totally in order. I was looking forward to his Edgardo in Lucia in London next year but it is not to be. Another one bites the dust.

Find another escort. There are plenty of fish in the sea.

He’s cute enough to make me forgive his tattoo.

Dalton Prescott. Adorable!! Where has he been all my life?

A beautiful man disfigured by those hideous tattoos. A tragedy.

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Thank you. Good report.

Please report back.

I like too.

85 Rentmen reviews should put the issue beyond doubt.

Although it’s never happened to me I have read of thefts from lockers at Lagoa in São Paulo. I had an indirect experience. I was in the change room at Lagoa about 10 years ago preparing to leave when a Brazilian guy opened his locker and was running around the change room in a highly agitated state with his pants pointing to the empty pockets. I could not understand what he was saying as I do not speak the language. He then asked everyone the phone number of the police. That I did understand. As I was leaving he was outside on his phone presumably ringing the police. I came to the inescapable conclusion that he had been robbed. To repeat I have read a number of similar stories on websites over the years.

I love the last act of ''Turandot''.

Sounds wonderful.

Bump. The thoughts of Opera lovers appreciated.

The Shard is in a rather dull location . I usually stay at the St Martins Lane Hotel. The location is superb. I might add it’s not hard to spend $600 a night in London.

I would be rather surprised if London hotels had any objection to visitors to rooms. London is not like Brazil or Mexico where hotels are quite rightly very security conscious. My favourite London escort (who I visit) tells me he has been to most major hotels in London including the likes of the Savoy.

He’s even better than his photos.

There is Darksmooth but you must be over 40.

One question for me about Jessye Norman was how to characterise her voice. She once famously said that she refused to be pigeonholed and that pigeonholes are for pigeons. She was a dramatic soprano that strayed into mezzo roles and has been categorized as a ''falcon'', that rare voice type that is on the threshold of dramatic soprano and mezzo. Her staged repertoire was limited to roles like Berlioz's ''Cassandre'' and ''Didon'', Gluck's ''Alceste'', Strauss's ''Ariadne'' and Wagner's ''Kundry'', ''Senta'', ''Sieglinde'' and ''Elisabeth'' as well as some 20th century roles by Schoenberg, Janacek, Stravinsky and others. Earlier in her career she sang some Mozart as well as ''Aida''. The question for me is to what extent her operatic repertoire was determined by her voice type, the limits imposed by her substantial physique or personal choice. In regard to the latter point she is on record as saying she was ''attracted to the unusual.'' Could she have made a career centred around dramatic Verdi roles (eg ''Lady Macbeth), more Wagner (eg Brunnhilde and ''Isolde'') and Richard Strauss (eg ''Electra'' which she recorded) if she did not have her physical limitations or the other factors mentioned? She sang excerpts from some of these roles in concert. Although I have not heard it, from reviews one serious error in judgement was her recording of ''Carmen''. I recall one of my favourite reviewers Hugh Canning in ''Opera'' magazine giving it the most scathing review imaginable. I should end on a positive note. After her Sydney recital the review in the ''Sydney Morning Herald'' was headed ''A rare and superb artist.''

I heard her once in recital at the Sydney Opera House. A very pure voice but surprisingly not a large voice, or at least that is the way it came across to me. I recall the program was Alban Berg’s Early Songs and Richard Strauss Lieder. I might add she was rapturously received. At a time like this one should concentrate on her greatness as an artist but it is not too disrespectful to point out from informed sources that she could be difficult and highly temperamental. There are some great youtube clips of her artistry in particular Senta’s ballad from the Dutchman. Glorious.

Ms Netrebko is singing Tosca at Covent Garden next June opposite Brian Jagde. I hope to be there. Another singer mentioned in this thread is Jennifer Rowley who is making her Opera Australia debut next year in Sydney in Roberto Devereux.

May I ask where you advertise apart from here. Your Rentmen profile has expired.

No kissing or oral. Sounds like a fairly loveless experience.

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Reviving this thread. Has anyone had recent experience of Nick?