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I saw E. Gruberova in La Traviata and she sang the best Act I of that opera that I have ever heard. I was supposed to hear her sing a concert performance of Norma in Vienna and she cancelled. I believe it was Maria Pia Piscitelli who sang the performance, which was quite fine

I would have volunteered to be his cell mate

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I go to the opera to hear great singing and the fact is large voices are often housed in large bodies. When an opera singer is attractive, like Franco Corelli or Anna Moffo, it is a plus but I'd happily hear Luciano Pavarotti in La Boheme even though he doesn't look like a starving young bohemian.

I saw John Adam's "Nixon in China" and I enjoyed it; I know nothing about El Nino. I would have to define myself as (mostly) an old fuddy-duddy since my preference is bel canto rarities.

And which of them was your favorite? I've hired 3 from your list and AJ Irons was the best of them

I wouldn't say that ignorance and stupidity run rampant. Priorities have (sadly) changed and people no longer seek the beautiful things in life, like art and good music. Civilization will be doomed when the middle class stops putting an emphasis on academic excellence, which has not yet happened. In the mid-20th century, when classical music venues regularly had sold-out performances, a smaller percentage of the audience had attended university. College graduates are a dime a dozen today, but they never attended music history classes

I've sat through Berg's "Lulu" 3 times and I'll will never go again. My policy is this - if I hear a work 3 times and I still sleep through more than 50% of the performance I have tried my best. For the same reason I'll never go again to Berlioz's "les Troyens" or Mozart's "Idomeneo", though "Don Giovanni" is one of my all-time favorites.

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Hello Sydneyboy - how is opera attendance in Australia? Here in the USA sold-out operatic performances are very rare and all the major opera companies discuss audience building as a priority.

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Opera has always been financially challenging, even in the times of Verdi and Puccini when composers still gave the audiences hummable tunes. The era of Haydn being supported by Prince Esterhazy and Wager supported by King Ludwig of Bavaria had some merit

Yes, Zeb Atlas, whom I hired many many times, was worth every penny

Can anybody identify a historic operatic performance of the past 30 years? When I first took an interest in opera in the 1970s there were people, of an older generation, who seemed to say the only great singers were the dead singers. I am turning into one of them. I cannot think of any operatic performances since 1993 that quality as "historic". Let's look at other 30-year periods and their legendary performances: 1900-1930 (Caruso & Ponselle in Verdi) 1930-1960 (Callas & DiStefano at La Scala, Milanov & Tebaldi in the Italian repertoire, Melchior & Flagstad singing Wagner) 1960-1990 (Price, Corelli, Sutherland, Nilsson, Pavarotti, Domingo)

Do you also remember that cheap silver curtain? aha ha

Haha hah. I remember the punch bowl in the side room (no way I way going to drink that stuff). Back in the 1990's I had a job that required me to spend a couple of days in NYC, about 4 times per year. The Gaiety was always on my list of things to do. My first hire was Big Frank from Canada. He was a bodybuilder. Please send me a private message if you know that guy I'm talking about

I heard Kraus sing in "The Daughter of the Regiment" with Miss Sutherland. He was amazing - nailing all 9 high-C in the first act aria. His voice also projected well up to the top balconies.

I just watched some of his videos on youtube. Yes, he has a major talent. Let's hope he's not just a flash in the pan