When you've listened to Callas singing "Carmen", what are you supposed to do next?

[sam/phallocrat]

have a wank

opera's crap

e2a: apart from stuff that has parts written for countertenors, that's good opera obiously

 

[poului]

for the modern repertoire i'd rate aimard doing the ligeti etudes and the messiaen vengt regards

good call!

 

[ICB]

Funny you should say that, I have it on right now.

Of course Callas did a stunning Si, Mi chiamano Mimi.

Indeed, although, to be brutally honest, I've always found her just ever so slightly OTT, tiny bit too much vibrato, that sort of thing. Perhaps it's an era thing. [/sacrilege]

 

[Donna Ferentes]

I must say I don't really care for Act II of La Bohème.

 

[ICB]

I rather agree, but how do you follow Che gelida.. and Si, mi...? We may as well go home after Act I

To those not loving opera: it helps to go and see one, I was taken to Boheme and Otello in my teens and was hooked.

Fans by Malcolm McClaren anyone?

 

[Donna Ferentes]

I rather agree, but how do you follow Che gelida.. and Si, mi...? We may as well go home after Act I

Also see La Traviata, which goes off like a fucking rocket.

But Act III of La Bohème is not to be sneezed at, surely?

 

[ICB]

True, and the end should be a proper tear jerker if done well, or a terrible sniggering session if not.