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Comment by sylvie boisvert on July 23, 2013 at 3:11am

Hi everyone, well the idea for this entry started last Saturday, as I listened to Modèste Moussorgsky’s Russian opera “Boris Godunov “ on the radio. Just before I get into my own bass voice study, to start this off, I was told this is the definitive version of"Boris Godunov", maybe destined to play him, with a name like Boris Kristoff. Here's the death of Boris scene, with his rich tone and dramatic timing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLAy9d4tiw8

So back to Saturday, I missed the story description so was about to change stations, until I heard this man was starring in it: Feruchio Furlanetto. He’s a wonderful bass, whith a rich tone and  he’s a wonderful actor too, with tremendous sensibility. It can  be said for all the basses I will introduce you to today, each in their own way. First, Mr Furlanetto in his Boris interpretation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUKTUvKSnHg

Now in the first role I ever heard him in, poor suffering Leporello in Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”, "Notte e giorno faticar":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vni0_BtzLKs

Here he is in the role of king Phillip in Verdi’s  original French  version of the opera “Don Carlos”, “Elle ne m’aime pas”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8EjTxIyFBs

It’s the sad and poignant realization of a king, unloved by his wife.  Now here’s the reason I fell in love with this aria, Rene Pape  with the Italian version, “Ella giammai m’amo”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rvd4PRLYNs

I was listening to him in a Met gala a few years back and he just nailed me to the floor with his performance, but I wanted to stand up and cheer when he was done!  Here are a few samples of his repertory. First, in 1999, a little comedy in Mozart’s “Le nozze de Figaro”, “Se vuol ballare signor Contino”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6ugvMiy8U0

Staying with Mozart, in a role he’s played often, Sarastro in “Die Zauberflote”  “O Isis und Osiris”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeP0NOPAIys

The majority of roles for basses are Gods, kings and demons, which is the title of a Rene Pape CD. You’ve already heard him as a king, so here he is as the God Wotan in a short excerpt from Wagner’s “Die Walkure”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neE6SYabTc4

Now 2 very different ones, the devilish role from Gounod’s “Faust”, in “Le veau d’or“ and “Some enchanted evening” from “South Pacific”:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkfm6huIrN4

And here’s one I found by accident, a 2012 duet with Aleksandra Kurzak, “Bess You is my Woman”, from of course “Porgy & Bess”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqmTjJg0kXI

Thank goodness for recitals, where this can be possible. For those who don’t know, “Porgy & Bess” fully staged can only be performed by an all black singing cast. “Porgy and Bess” is a feast for the ears if you love bass voices. Listen to this beautifully rich excerpt, “It take a long pull to get there”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_WBoholtso

Moving on to a darker voice, with a much darker purpose, Samuel Ramey, “Son lo spirito” from Boito’s “Mefistofele”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PZS_L6mH1M

And on the other end of the spectrum, here he is with “O Holy night”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmw_Bk7XJw8

Now this song and this rendition gives me goose bumps, “Old man river” from “Shoboat”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7caFtz3Pxtg

Whew, seriously, I’ve heard it sung by many basses, but that one takes the cake! Now to display his wide range, from Bizet’s “Carmen”, “Votre toast, je vous le rends » (Toreador song), which is usually sung by a baritone:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nzsh60MQto

Now here’s one of the classic voices, Paul Robeson with “Amazing grace”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1lSMXE3W8w

Or on a less holy frame of mind, “It ain’t necessarily so” from again, “Porgy and Bess”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sZaxEC1Vho

And another one from P&B, but from Sir Willard White  “Oh Lawd I’m on my way”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ptttSZfT6M

And back to spirituals: “Let my people go”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH66zEYi64E

Now I couldn’t forgive myself if I left out Nicolai Ghiaurov singing the famous "Vecchia zimarra" as Colline from Puccini’s “La bohème”. His dramatic timing in that opera is pure delight and the standard to me. Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkVryb0IC2s

To finish up this deep bass contemplation, a slightly less operatic approach and an old favourite, Howard Keel Some enchanted evening:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGPTzDMUE5I

And finally, in my favourite movie of his, “When you’re in love” from “7 brides for 7 brothers”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYux4a0RUMc

I just watched it recently twice and just might listen to it in French, as I did as a kid... :D  I’ve carried the love of musicals and beautiful voices a long way... Anyway, hope you enjoy some of these as much as I’ve had putting this list together. Thanks for reading, sincerely, Sylvie <3

Comment by sylvie boisvert on July 14, 2013 at 5:09pm

Hi all, I woke up yesterday morning to the wonderful voice of bass baritone Bryn Terfel singing “We’ll keep a welcome” so I thought it was as good a time as any to compose my entry on him. I couldn’t find a solo version of this song on YouTube, but here’s a song from the same CD:

Bryn Terfel “My little Welsh home”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR4ed1FLnt0

This guy, to me, has the greatest bass baritone timbre in the world ever and the sweetest sensibility, not to mention understanding and execution of the text and versatility. To illustrate this, here’s a sample of the many genres he’s recorded over the years. Let’s start with opera. This is a German excerpt from Richard Wagner’s “Tannhaüser”, “O du mein holder Abendstern”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q42T9Qfkw6I

Now in Italian, from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni”, “Madamina”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWPiNt8J3I4

and again, my favourite duet from Giuseppe Verdi’s “Don Carlo”, with Sergej Larin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDD-l4iN2AE

Here he is in the funny side of Verdi’s “Falstaff”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVscocwMJSU

He can be a bad guy as in Jacques Offenbach’s Dapertutto in “Les contes d’Hoffmann”,

« Scintille diamant » :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm4VvfTcZTQ

His French is very good and it’s nice to hear some of his lower range too. Here’s another bad guy, Verdi’s Iago in “Otello” “Credo”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSqVRhEsdmU

Now for something a lot lighter in temperament, from Franz Lehar’s “Die Lustig witwe” (The merry widow), with Diana Damrau, “Lippen Schweigen”:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqWFkJXJASw

I just love that opera, which is nothing but light and pleasant sound and even my husband enjoys it!   Now here’s a taste of his CD “Scarborough fair”, which he describes as a journey of Keltic songs, :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHO0qm58lto

I even love his speaking voice, like freshly baked bread or an oatmeal honey muffin or something... :D  Moving on to a few different pieces of musical theatre, from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the opera”, “All I ask of you” with renee Fleming:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8STyVPHptU

...off their CD “Under the stars”, speaking of which, from Claude Michel Shoenberg’s “Les misérables”, “Stars”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4wx3Rem8ks

I love the way he sings that one and don’t even care that he’s supposed to be a bad guy, depending on how you look at it. Now though this one has been recorded by a myriad of artists, not everyone records it this beautifully. From Rogers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel”, “You’ll never walk alone”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se1XxHN4OXI

...and this one from Frederick Loewe’s “Camelot”, “How to handle a woman”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P4gSsLeiiA

That last one is included in my favourite CD of his called “If ever I would leave you”. It’s my favourite for a few reasons: first, it’s all in English so I can sing along, second, it has a wide range of moods from buoyant to sombre to Reflective and third, it’s a fabulous demonstration of his vocal range. Speaking of range, how about this one, “Home on the range”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4FZH98-Clk

I found that one by accident, I didn’t know he sang it or that it became the state song of Kansas in 1947. Heehee, the 1^st version I heard of this song was Bugs Bunny’s... :D Well all this to say that Mr Terfel has a very wide range of styles and composers he’s tackled including Schubert “En die Musik”, Dvoràk, Mahler etc. Alas, too many of my faves aren’t on YouTube including the sweet “Bella Notte” from Disney’s “Lady & the tramp” and my desert island song from him, Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the clowns”, off his “Simple gifts” CD. That last one, far from operatic, just suspends me in time and space when I listen... Anyway, these should give you a good idea of his artistry. Thank you so much for reading, sincerely, Sylvie <3

Comment by sylvie boisvert on July 9, 2013 at 4:46am

Ahh, I've just listened to VKP's rendition again... It's probably because of the studio acoustic, but just like when I hear Marilyn Horne's "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix", I just want to get lost in their tone... I'm off, good night! :D 

Comment by sylvie boisvert on July 9, 2013 at 4:18am

Hi everyone, I’ve realized today that I’d write here a lot less if I didn’t listen to the radio! :D Today, I want to share this gorgeous piece that’s widely known as Giulio Caccini’s “Ave Maria”, but wrongly so. Here’s the info on it on Wikipedia.org:

"Ave Maria" is a much recorded aria composed by Vladimir Vavilov around 1970. Vavilov himself published and recorded it on the Melodiya label with the ascription to "Anonymous" in 1970. This aria was falsely attributed to Giulio Caccini after Vavilov's death. It is believed that the work received its ascription to Caccini by an organist Mark Shakhin (one of its performers on the mentioned "Melodiya" longplay), who gave the "newly discovered scores" to other musicians; then in an arrangement made by the organist Oleg Yanchenko for the recording by Irina Arkhipova in 1987, then the piece came to be famous worldwide.”

So anyway, I’ve compiled a few different versions, both vocal and instrumental  for you to appreciate it in all its splendour. First, soprano Sumi Jo with perfect pianissimo ending:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjZ8fBGtMaI

a darker textured but still beautiful version by Inessa Galante:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru8Yah-CMv0

Now an adult choral version, described as “opening like a blooming rose”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7rI5DVgZSM

I think this is a children’s choir version, different but very moving to me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxzWClMBQkc

This one is from mezzo soprano Elisabeth Kulman:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O1dmPzt13M

Here’s an interesting violin version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZhwtREyr3Y

and a viola version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXehRR_ziBw

...and just because I love the cello, this luscious rendition by one of my favourite cellists, Julian Lloyd Webber, (Andrew’s brother) off his “Cello moods” CD, which was my first and absolute favorite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNS63JxTwWk

That CD made me fall head over heals for the cello... Hey, I even found an oboe version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imOQ8nR3Hus

Okay, the last 2 versions. The first one I heard on the radio this morning and made me want to compile this entry. This is Canadian countertenor Daniel Taylor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KclzXEfjguQ

To be honest, it took me a little while, but I’m warming up to it. His version is lighter, more ethereal and soft and the arrangement is stripped down, but it is nice and does work. Now, my ultimate version, the last one and not the least, is another one I heard on the radio a couple of years ago and it just stopped me right in my tracks when I heard it. I just walked into the kitchen and this wall of beautiful sound welcomed me. This is Russian countertenor Vyatcheslav Kagan-Paley’s sensational rendition:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SuBRsPt1Mo

The texture of his voice is darker and with more projection, but still beautifully lyrical and the musical arrangement sounds beautifully baroque and compliments his voice perfectly. I’ve listened to his “Ave Maria” CD of various composers’ versions, but none to me are this magical. I do hope you enjoy at least some of these. Thank you for reading, sincerely, Sylvie <3  

Comment by sylvie boisvert on June 21, 2013 at 11:34pm

Hi everyone, I just spent a lovely afternoon listening to the maestro, my buddy Luciano, in Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore", at the Metropolitan Opera in March 1981. One of the most exquisite performances of his, of good old "Una furtiva lagrima":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijAnzHjD2-g

From his "Lo vedo" and going into the second verse, the most delightful and satisfying pianissimo singing I've ever heard, I just know you'll enjoy it! :D Take care and thanks for reading, sincerely, Sylvie <3

Comment by sylvie boisvert on June 16, 2013 at 3:14am

Hi everyone, today,I’m bringing you the gorgeous  second movement of Joaquin Rodrigo’s guitar  “Concierto de Aranjuez”:

Paco de Lucía Concierto Aranjuez - Adagio

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9RS4biqyAc

I’d always heard that Joaquin Rodrigo was blind and did a little research. He apparently became almost completely blind at the age of 3, after contracting diphtheria. That concierto always embodied the feel of Spanish music to me, butI also felt there was something sad about it and apparently, in later life, he and his wife declared that it was composed in response to the miscarriage of their first child... I’ll never listen to it in the same manner again... Well here’s a sweet transcription for harp, the composer did himself and played with  flute here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2CR639ITPI

He wrote that piece  in 1939 and there were many incarnations recorded, some with lyrics. Here’s the jazzy Miles Davis version :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBZmSaOQOzU

Here’s a French version  with lyrics, “Mon Amour "by Anthony Richard:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWktcRFYghQ

A grittier Spanish version: Dyango- El concierto de aranjuez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hN1egThgIQ

This last one brings on the sound of castagnettes in my head… :D I also came across this different but lovely version by DALIDA - La tua voce –lyrics by Giuseppe INFANTINO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwNTggkgafk

Now sadly, they didn’t have Marie-Josée Lord’s French/Spanish version on YouTube, ;D but here’s a nice compromise, José Carreras : “Con tu amor”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7zGsojS_R8

That’s off his “Passion” CD that I love very much. Most of the songs on that CD are well-known orchestral pieces with added lyrics, mostly in English  and it truly is beautiful. As a matter of fact, here’s one of my favourites, José Carreras  “dreaming of you” (originally Mascagni, Intermezzo from “Cavalleria Rusticana”)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veuQ2aoQucA

Here is Sarah Brightman’s adaptation called  « Attesa » :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBCcNauUrps

I’m not crazy about Sarah’s voice on that one but thought it was interesting enough and the music is gorgeous... So here’s where it all started, Pietro Mascagni « Intermezzo » Instrumental version :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OvsVSWB4TI

Isn’t that unbelievable? It’s the better known excerpt from that opera. Okay, that’s it for now, thanks for reading, sincerely, Sylvie <3

Comment by sylvie boisvert on June 9, 2013 at 5:56pm

Hi all, a quick entry today. I was listening to this wonderful program called “This is my music” on CBC Radio 2 yesterday, where famous Canadian artists of all kinds share the music of their lives. Yesterday’s host was tenor Ben Heppner. He shared some very nice choices including these 2. The first one is the fabulous Richard Strauss “Der Rosenkavalier”  trio. Well, this is  not his chosen trio, but with Kathleen Battle, Frederica von Stade and Renee Fleming, I don’t think you can go wrong:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXi8U1twwrc

A concert performance from 1992, ahh, it gives me goosebumps! That opera is very lyrical and beautiful from beginning to end... Okay, the next one is simply a staple of opera and the perfect aria/performer match. It’s Birgit Nilsson singing the “Liebestod” from Richard wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mOA8pZ_I4M

She had pipes of steel for endurance, but her sensibility  in this role is just awesome. Listening to this, you just want to close your eyes, open your arms and feel the waves of her voice and the music crashing on you until they both knock you over on the sand! Lol Another goosebump-inducing piece... Oh heck, while I’m at it, a last one by Birgit Nilsson. I’ve been  listening to CBC Radio 2 for about 7 years now and I’ve been very fortunate to have had my requests played and my letters read on air a few times. In 2008, “Saturday afternoon at the opera” host Bill Richardson asked everyone to write in about favourite arias/moments in Puccini operas. Most people couldn’t pick just one and neither could I. They read my letter on the air that day and among my choices, I’d picked this one: “In questa reggia” sung here by Birgit Nilsson:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-GV5t5XLjg

I’m typing as I’m listening, she just sang “In questa reggia” and I already have goosebumps! :D This is part of what I wrote to the CBC in ’08:

: The first time I attended it and it was time for "In questa reggia". I think it has to do with the progression of the music: it starts intense and purposeful and grows luscious and curvy and it swells even bigger and by the time Calafe and the choir join in, the top of my head pops off!”

Lol I’ve learned since then that I should choose my words more carefully, though it did win me a DVD! :D This aria is truly powerful in its own right but even more when you know what she’s talking about. This is the Wiki description:

“Turandot explains that her ancestress of millennia past, Princess Lo-u-Ling, reigned over her kingdom "in silence and joy, resisting the harsh domination of men" until she was ravished and murdered by an invading foreign prince. Turandot claims that Lo-u-Ling now lives in her and, out of revenge, Turandot has sworn never to let any man possess her."

So there you go. So much for a quick entry, huh? XD I do hope you enjoy and thank you very much for reading, sincerely, Sylvie <3

Comment by sylvie boisvert on June 8, 2013 at 5:00am

Hi all, my daughter sent me this lovely instrumental piece today, it’s called: “Arrival of the Birds & Transformation “ by The Cinematic Orchestra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR2JlDnT2l8http://www.youtube.com/wa...

It kind of reminded me of another piece I adore called “Affairs of the heart” by contemporary Canadian

composer Marjan Mozetich:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWc62xO2O2c

...so I decided to put together a theme for this post. These are all evocative pieces, written by 20th century composers. Now I know nothing at all about my daughter’s piece, except it’s listed as being “Lounge” at my local library. The 2nd one is very special, one of those who speak to me. Listening to it this week, I let my mind wander and thought it reminded me of a quest for love, as if 2 parties kept missing each other and then finally met, after living their lives separately, though inexplicably ending up together by destiny. Sounds like a movie? It’s mostly the plot of an old Timothy Hutton/Kelly McGillis obscure 1987 movie called “Made in Heaven”. :D Well as long as we're on a heavenly theme, Marjan Mozetich has also composed this gorgeous piece called “The passion of angels”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvH4G04TTUA

...and  that one, to me,  is full of imagery of angels sewing strands of good deeds and wrapping them around people and places and even a passage that  depicts little cartoon novice angels playing tag on clouds... :D Speaking of clouds, here are 2 of the 3 movements of another set of beautiful imagery pieces. The whole set is called “Postcards from the sky”.

Marjan Mozetich “Weeping clouds” part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABMVsdsDCjc

Marjan Mozetich “A messenger” part 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpQvUWu_UFA

The first part, "Unfolding sky" is not on YouTube. Now I find that there are a lot of classical pieces inspired by nature, the sky and water are popular and these are a few of my favourites:

The “Butterfly lovers” violin concerto, written in 1959 by Chinese composers, Chen Gang and He Zhanhao,  while they were students at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK3jRo6aTbQ

It’s based on a tragic Chinese folk tale and it’s just gorgeous. Now here’s another one I discovered on the radio. It’s composer Tobias Picker’s “Old and lost rivers”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg2iPEKzqwo

a slow and evocative piece, just like this following one is, Alan Hovhaness “Mysterious mountain”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN69LcfSRVs

...and the Ralph Vaughan Williams piece I’d been saving for this post. It’s called “The lark ascending”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTGwTH1PUeI

They tell me that the violin solo really sounds like what the lark looks like taking flight. Isn’t nature great to inspire such beauty? I might post on a water theme at some point, I’ll see. BTW, I apologize in advance, I'm a big sucker for string and orchestra pieces, so I'm sorry for the keyboard and wind instrument lovers. :D In anycase, hope you enjoy and thanks very much for reading, sincerely, Sylvie <3

Comment by sylvie boisvert on June 4, 2013 at 6:47am

Hi all, let me take a small side-step tonight. I just finished watching this fabulous PBS program called “Superbrain”. I love all the “brain” programs on PBS. Funnily enough, I realized that I do use some of those techniques and my brain is practically always stimulated. All this to say  that I remembered, at lunch time, that I was blessed with the most beautiful half hour of music, while I was eating. Has that ever happened to you? It was just too perfect and although I didn’t really know 2 of the 3 pieces I’ve heard, I now remember them. The first piece that caught my ear is one I recognized right away. It’s called “Symphony no 3” or “Symphony of sorrowful songs” by Polish composer Henryk Gorecki. This is the 2^nd movement, the adagio, sung by soprano Dawn Upshaw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R90vDLHGs1Q

Just so beautifully sung  and peaceful... I will want at some point, to share more beautiful vocal work. The second piece I heard was Chopin’s Etude no. 3 in E major, Op. 10 no. 3, "Tristesse", played here by international piano sensation Lang Lang:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz_BlYlBi40

Incidentally, “Tristesse” means “sadness”. Now, technically, I suppose there’s a theme here. The 3^rd piece was contemporary composer Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for strings”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KylMqxLzNGo

This is another piece the host played in honor of Canadian conductor Mario Bernardi who passed away Sunday in Toronto, peacefully, at the age of 82. I don’t really know much about his credentials, but I know he was a very talented and loved conductor who  participated in oodles of CBC recordings over decades, may he continue to rest in peace. Speaking of which, goodnight! Thank you for reading, sincerely, Sylvie <3

Comment by sylvie boisvert on June 2, 2013 at 2:48am

Hi all, despite the glorious day we had today, I wasn’t having a great day because I thought I’d miss an opera recital, but the mention of this sweet little lady changed my whole week around. I’m talking about  my beautiful Marie-Josée Lord. You see, the host of CBC Radio 2’s “Saturday Afternoon @ the Opera” decided to fill the program leftover from the week’s opera, with a list of lyrical singers from each Canadian province or region. 2 weeks ago, it was the Atlantic region, last week it was Quebec and this week, it was Ontario’s turn. Now Quebec is just oozing with great singers and Mr Richardson said it would be hard to name them all, or a sufficient sample. To my chagrin, he didn’t mention Marie-Josée, so I sent him my 2 cents, saying he’d probably get  many people’s opinion on the subject, with their own suggestions. Anyway so this week, he actually said that a number of people E-mailed to point out his omission and played one of her songs: that truly made my day and even my week! Lol So I was just going through her videos on YouTube and even though I’ve posted this song  before, let me share with you this live performance of “Le monde est stoene” from the 30^th anniversary opera gala of the Opéra de Montréal I attended in 2008. She was previewing this aria from the contemporary opera “Starmania” I would be attending in March 2009. I just lost it, not caring about whoever was sitting around me and just enjoyed her angelic voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuHSOGbMg3M

...and while I’m at it, she sang this one at the gala the following year: “My man’s gone” from “Porgy and Bess”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr8syxQUSkU

And yes, I was there too! Lol Okay, one more, but this is an overview of the ODM’s next season, which includes my beautiful Marie-Josée who will sing in “Porgy and Bess”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBC3pRrS3jc

That’s one of my top 5 operas in the whole world and is very seldom produced because Gershwin specified that the cast must be all black, except for the only Caucasian guy in it, who I believe has only a spoken role. So you can bet I’ll do my darndest to attend! That’s it for now, thank you for reading, sincerely, Sylvie <3

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