Who's your favorite: Marilyn Horne or Ewa Podles
These two extraordinary singers possessing extremely rare vocal abilities have sung many of the same roles. Who do you prefer and why: Marilyn Horne and Ewa Powdles?I've heard both live but Horne was...
View ArticleAcquired tastes
I've heard that people find some singers to be 'acquired tastes'. At first, one may not particularly like a singer and then later on come to really enjoy listening to them. I'd be interested to find...
View ArticleOMG! Marilyn Horne ROCKS the Immolation Scene!!!!
On a lark I listened to Horne's Immolation Scene today for my birthday and was blown away! Must have been from the 70's. I don't know if she could have sustained a career as a Wagnerian dramatic...
View ArticleJoyce DiDonato: I'm not crazy about her like everyone else seems to be.
She is a beautiful woman, a marvelous actress, a very skilled singer. Why isn't she my darling like most of the rest of the operatic world. Like many of today's opera singers she has a somewhat generic...
View ArticleWho's Your Favorite: Verrett, Horne, or Podles?
Shirley Verrett, Marilyn Horne and Ewa Podles are superstars of my opera world. They are very close in fabuluosity and have a hard time deciding who is my favorite. Opinions?? discussion: Talk...
View ArticleControversial Opera Opinions
Hasn't been a whole lot of controversy lately, so I thought I'd spice things up a bit :devil: The premise is straightforward enough: post a few of your feather-ruffling opera-related opinions....
View ArticleCan you think of any raspy voiced opera singers???
Unlike most of you very likely I also like pop music and many pop singers have what I'd call a raspy sound. My voice hurts very quickly if I try to mimic this but they make whole careers with this...
View ArticleIs Marilyn Horne One Of The Greatest Singers?
:eek: What a strong, beautiful and communicative voice fit for the greatest arias ! What do you think of MH? discussion: Talk classical All the news about classical music and opera in press and media
View ArticleYour Favorite Bel Raggio Lusinghier
mine are 1) Anna Moffo 2) Joyce DiDonato 3) June Anderson 4) Joan Sutherland 5) Marilyn Horne discussion: Talk classical All the news about classical music and opera in press and media
View ArticleSingers who were clearly misclassified vocally
this forum seems to have an aversion to highly nuanced discussions of vocal fach(ex: "she was a dramatic coloratura soprano with a mezzo extension!" vs "no, she was a dramatic soprano d'aghillita!"),...
View ArticleDoes it matter what they look like?
I heard the other day a recorded interview by Marilyn Horne in which she bemoaned the advent of HD and the rise of broadcasts. She said that it put more pressure on singers as now it matters what they...
View ArticleYour Favourite Canzone del Salice (Rossini)
I have been browsing Youtube and listening to some interpretations of what I consider one of the most beautiful arias ever written. So many great singers have recorded it, but my favourites are Von...
View ArticleCriticisms of legendary singers
title is fairly self-explanatory. they can be criticisms either of technique or personal tastes. I'll start with a few Marilyn Horne: her timbre always sounded weird to me. somewhat muddy, not a great...
View ArticleMost Italian Dramatic Mezzos Sing Bel Canto: Rare For Dramatic Sopranos
I am always amazed at how many of the great Italian Dramatic Mezzos sing Rossini and Bellini quite well: Stignani, Simionato, Horne, Podles ( contralto), Horne, Simionato and today Blythe and Borodina....
View Article- HORNE AS NORMA ????
Somewhere (maybe in one of her biographies?), I recall Horne's saying that she was asked about - and considered - Norma. And she talks about trying Norma's opening recitative (I think with Henry Lewis...
View ArticleFavorite Amneris
I was listening to a rebroadcast of a early 70's Aida and was blown away with Bumbry in the role. Here is my order: 1. Bumbry 2. Verrett 3. Horne For a contemporary Amneris I would go with Stephanie...
View ArticleWhen is Opera's Golden Age For You???
If you were able to travel back in time to sample opera around the world for a season, what period would you choose? I am inspired by the new box set of the first season at the New Met in 66. I think...
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