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Daniel P Quinn's avatar

I remember a delightful Joffrey Ballet that used the Overture to SEMIRAMIDE titled Confetti. I brought a colleague from Rome to this Met revival of SEMIRAMIDE that fell flat. The recent televised revival was not much better. Sutherland and Horne have not been equalled in these roles and may never be. Helas; but CONFETTI was a delight with Rossini's overture.

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PJ Alexander's avatar

One thing that is consistently reinforced for me as I read your entries is that the plots of opera are way more demented than the modern Netflix writer could ever dream up. And yet somehow when you channel the drama (melodrama?) into song, it becomes glorious. A good life lesson for this singer.

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