Make your own season(25 works)

Oooooh.....this is fun! Here's my dream season:

The Ring
Werther
Faust
Tosca
The Dutchman
Eugene Onegin
Barber of Seville
Figaro
Don Giovanni
Trovatore
Ballo in maschera
Don Carlos (French version)
Rigoletto
Otello
Ariodante
Lucia di Lammermoor
Tristan
Carmen
Cosi fan tutte
Boris Godunov
Traviata
1984 (only joking!)

And I know my casting is going to be controversial (because I've picked

my favourite singers) and some of you will moan that certain singers
are completely the wrong vocal type, but sod it......

Karita Mattila - Don Carlos, Ballo, Don Giovanni
Renee Fleming - Figaro, Don Giovanni, Otello, Cosi
Anna Netrebko - Traviata, Eugene Onegin, Faust, Rigoletto, Figaro
Joyce Di Donato - Barber, Cosi, Ariodante
Nina Stemme - Tristan, The Ring, Dutchman, Tosca
Katherine Jenkins - Carmen :-)

Roberto Alagna - Don Carlos, Werther, Faust, Lucia
Rolando Villazon - Traviata, Carmen, Eugene Onegin, Rigoletto
Marcelo Alvarez - Trovatore, Tosca, Ballo, Otello
Toby Spence - Barber, Cosi, Don Giovanni
Andrea Bocelli - Tristan, The Ring
Bryn Terfel - The Ring, Dutchman, Tosca, Faust, Figaro
Dmiri Hvorostovsky - Eugene Onegin, Figaro, Trovatore, Ballo
Thomas Hampson - Don Giovanni, Traviata, Carmen, Don Carlos
Simon Keenlyside - Barber, Cosi, Faust

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Mrs T xx
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La Donna Mobile wrote:
>> >
> I find this entirely offensive. Who exactly am I supposed to stalk at
> the Stage Door?
>

Well, how about the tenor who is conducting all 25 of them ???

Mrs T xx
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La Donna Mobile wrote:
>> >
> I find this entirely offensive. Who exactly am I supposed to stalk at
> the Stage Door?
>

Well, how about the tenor who is conducting all 25 of them ???

Mrs T xx
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Actually, I made a mistake in my list...

I wrote "Andrea Bocelli" for Tristan and The Ring but naturally this
was an error and what I should have typed was "Placido Domingo".
Sorry, it's easy enough to get confused between the two of them.......

Mrs T xx
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La Donna Mobile wrote:
> Mrs T xx wrote:
> > Oooooh.....this is fun! Here's my dream season:
> >
> > The Ring
> > Werther
> > Faust
> > Tosca
> > The Dutchman
> > Eugene Onegin
> > Barber of Seville
> > Figaro
> > Don Giovanni
> > Trovatore
> > Ballo in maschera
> > Don Carlos (French version)
> > Rigoletto
> > Otello
> > Ariodante
> > Lucia di Lammermoor
> > Tristan
> > Carmen
> > Cosi fan tutte
> > Boris Godunov
> > Traviata
> > 1984 (only joking!)
> >
> > And I know my casting is going to be controversial (because I've picked
> > my favourite singers) and some of you will moan that certain singers
> > are completely the wrong vocal type, but sod it......
> >
> > Karita Mattila - Don Carlos, Ballo, Don Giovanni
> > Renee Fleming - Figaro, Don Giovanni, Otello, Cosi
> > Anna Netrebko - Traviata, Eugene Onegin, Faust, Rigoletto, Figaro
> > Joyce Di Donato - Barber, Cosi, Ariodante
> > Nina Stemme - Tristan, The Ring, Dutchman, Tosca
> > Katherine Jenkins - Carmen :-)
> >
> > Roberto Alagna - Don Carlos, Werther, Faust, Lucia
> > Rolando Villazon - Traviata, Carmen, Eugene Onegin, Rigoletto
> > Marcelo Alvarez - Trovatore, Tosca, Ballo, Otello
> > Andrea Bocelli - Tristan, The Ring
> > Bryn Terfel - The Ring, Dutchman, Tosca, Faust, Figaro
> > Dmiri Hvorostovsky - Eugene Onegin, Figaro, Trovatore, Ballo
> > Thomas Hampson - Don Giovanni, Traviata, Carmen, Don Carlos
> > Simon Keenlyside - Barber, Cosi, Faust
> >
> > ***
> > Mrs T xx
> >
> I find this entirely offensive. Who exactly am I supposed to stalk at
> the Stage Door?
>
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Anyone got the dates for Elektra? I'd like to get my holiday booked.

Kind regards,
Alan M. Watkins
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The Handelmaniac schrieb:

> MINE:
>
> The Ring
> Elektra
> Frau
> Seraglio
> Fanciulla
> Trittico (counts as one work)
> Esclarmonde
> Romeo et Juliette
> The Consul
> Iris
> Due Foscari
> Attila
> Don Carlo
> Aida
> Peter Grimes
> Semiramide
> Rinaldo
> Susannah
> Anne Bolena
> Pique Dame
> Maid of Orleans
> Poliuto
>
> Mattila in Frau,Elektra,Tabarro,Pique Dame,Walkure
> Villazon in Romeo,Iris,Don carlo,
> Pape in Rheingold, Don Carlo,Elektra
> Podles in Semiramide, Anna Bolena, Rinaldo
> Millo in Don Carlo, Fanciulla
> Guleghina in Attila, Aida, Tabarro
> Dessay in Romeo, Esclarmonde,Seraglio
> Fleming in Pique Dame, Semiramide
> Zajick in Orleans, Don Carlo
> Borodina in Orleans, Pique dame,Don Carlo
> Giordani in Poliuto, Bolena, Due Foscari
> Filianoti in Romeo, Bolena, Schicchi
> Vargas in Bolena, Romeo
> Netrebko in Romeo
>
>
>
> That is a good start.....,

what's fun is the Anna Bolena with a mezzo and three tenors but no
soprano and no bass.
Are the parts of Anna and of Enrico supposed to be sung by members of
the choir or should one tenor sing Percy, the second Anna down an
octave and the third Enrico up a third??

th.
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Mrs T xx wrote:
> Oooooh.....this is fun! Here's my dream season:
>
> The Ring
> Werther
> Faust
> Tosca
> The Dutchman
> Eugene Onegin
> Barber of Seville
> Figaro
> Don Giovanni
> Trovatore
> Ballo in maschera
> Don Carlos (French version)
> Rigoletto
> Otello
> Ariodante
> Lucia di Lammermoor
> Tristan
> Carmen
> Cosi fan tutte
> Boris Godunov
> Traviata
> 1984 (only joking!)
>
> And I know my casting is going to be controversial (because I've picked
>
> my favourite singers) and some of you will moan that certain singers
> are completely the wrong vocal type, but sod it......
>
> Karita Mattila - Don Carlos, Ballo, Don Giovanni
> Renee Fleming - Figaro, Don Giovanni, Otello, Cosi
> Anna Netrebko - Traviata, Eugene Onegin, Faust, Rigoletto, Figaro
> Joyce Di Donato - Barber, Cosi, Ariodante
> Nina Stemme - Tristan, The Ring, Dutchman, Tosca
> Katherine Jenkins - Carmen :-)
>
> Roberto Alagna - Don Carlos, Werther, Faust, Lucia
> Rolando Villazon - Traviata, Carmen, Eugene Onegin, Rigoletto
> Marcelo Alvarez - Trovatore, Tosca, Ballo, Otello
> Toby Spence - Barber, Cosi, Don Giovanni
> Andrea Bocelli - Tristan, The Ring
> Bryn Terfel - The Ring, Dutchman, Tosca, Faust, Figaro
> Dmiri Hvorostovsky - Eugene Onegin, Figaro, Trovatore, Ballo
> Thomas Hampson - Don Giovanni, Traviata, Carmen, Don Carlos
> Simon Keenlyside - Barber, Cosi, Faust
>
> ***
> LOVE IT..except Bocelli should play in Gioconda...guess what role.........

Toby Spence???????????????????????/Who is that???

i love your choices...
> Mrs T xx
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Mrs T xx wrote:
> Actually, I made a mistake in my list...
>
> I wrote "Andrea Bocelli" for Tristan and The Ring but naturally this
> was an error and what I should have typed was "Placido Domingo".
> Sorry, it's easy enough to get confused between the two of them.......
>
> Mrs T xx

NO...In the Ring Bocelli can play the ROCK.In trisgtan he can p;lay the
BOAT because it CROSSES OVER and then there is disaster.....
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>
> Anyone got the dates for Elektra? I'd like to get my holiday booked.
>
> Kind regards,
> Alan M. Watkins


I will let you know.i will be doing 2 Orestes soon.....One near my
house and i can invite you over..if you are nicer than you seem..i will
do for you what i do for ALL guests...i.e. burn you a few illegal
cd's....
Orestes is a smallish role but very noble and beautiful...and i look
forward to it..ch
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wrote:
> The Handelmaniac schrieb:
>
> > MINE:
> >> >
> >
> > >
> what's fun is the Anna Bolena with a mezzo and three tenors but no
> soprano and no bass.
> Are the parts of Anna and of Enrico supposed to be sung by members of
> the choir or should one tenor sing Percy, the second Anna down an
> octave and the third Enrico up a third??
>
> th. No./.I did not cast each operas totally.as to Bolena..one of my TEN favoriote operas..not sure of the lead.....a toughie..maybe Pendatchtanska.....but have not seen her yet... CH
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The Handelmaniac wrote:
>
> Toby Spence???????????????????????/Who is that???
>

A blonde English tenor I'm rather fond of..... he sang the Count in
Barber of Seville with us recently at Covent Garden.

Here's a nice photo of him (see link)

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,1748098,00.html

Mrs T xx
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La Donna Mobile wrote:

>> And I would be tempted to put on a Carmen with Katherine Jenkins and
> Andrea Bocelli, no microphones, maybe in the Colisseum because it's
> bigger than the Royal Opera House. Sink or swim, babes.

Don't be utterly ridiculous. The Colly is far too small for such a
spectacle and think of all those disappointed fans who won't be able to
get tickets! You'd better book Wembley Stadium (if they ever finish
it) and do your Carmen there. No microphones necessary, of course.

Hope you'll employ Charlotte Church as Micaela and Russell Watson as
Escamillo.

Mrs T xx
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La Donna Mobile wrote:
> The Handelmaniac wrote:
> > MINE:
> >
> > The Ring
> > Elektra
> > Frau
> > Seraglio
> > Fanciulla
> >
> >
> . Hmm, ring a bell...
>
> I would invite my favourite singers - Placido Domingo, Gerald Finley,
> Carolyn Sampson, Rolando Villazon - to choose whatever they wanted to be
> in, and as much as they like. Maybe commission someone to write an opera
> specially for the four of them, and I'd like a non-singing role,
> please...Would John Tavener be interested?
>
> I'd want a variety of stuff, not just loads of Verdi and Wagner. But eg
> with Verdi as well as Otello, Ballo, Rigoletto I'd fancy Giovanni d'Arco
> (love it on CD) and Un giorno di regno (because I like the two tenor
> arias which is all I know from it).
>
> I'd definitely want to throw in something like a rare Gluck, perhaps
> organising a UK premiere.
>
> I wouldn't be Schrott. I've never heard Anna Netrebko live but
> it would be foolish to >


THANKS...I am glad you are an example of total SANITY on this
board..and enjoying my LIST..rather than making fun..
Now..we have to do a "MISCASTING repertory"

Like..Norma with Charlotte Church, Josh Groban, and me..what am I
saying..I am doing Oroveso soon....CH
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