ivanmaxim
3/23/2012 7:05:00 PM
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:46:48 -0700 (PDT), Mark S
<markstenroos@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Mar 23, 10:39?am, wagnerfan <ivanmax...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:32:16 -0700 (PDT), wade <wadewo...@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On Mar 23, 8:35?am, wkasimer <wkasi...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> >> On Mar 23, 11:26?am, Mark S <markstenr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> > It's a nice selection, though
>> >> > Decca could have licensed the complete Cendrillion & Le Cid recordings
>> >> > from Sony for inclusion as well.
>>
>> >> As well as Herodiade.
>>
>> >> Bill
>>
>> >Therese would be the 1970s Tourangeau/Bonynge recording. ?What they
>> >need is one of Navarraise. Too bad nobody is issueing the Sony Popp/
>> >Vanzo recording
>>
>> ?Yes its far better than the Horne version - hopefully they will have
>> libretti available on the company site for the operas, if not the
>> inclusion of the rarely performed ones is pointless. (unless one goes
>> to ebay or amazon to buy the LP or CD versions that came with
>> libretti) ?Wagner fan
>
>
>I have actually performed in a staged version of La Navarraise (aka,
>"La Navarraise au soleil," as we called it) with Connecticut Grand
>Opera back in the early 90s. It was a double bill with Bizet's
>Djamileh. Both operas warrant being performed more often than they are.
Its a wonderful work and the Popp version is white hot - she is
really incredible. Wagner fan