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@operaofthe70s Yes, definitely Simionato.

@natwilliams09 An alpha-male (snort) wouldn't need to use that language to *any*body! "Alpha-male" my skinny white booty! (Oh, I do, I really do SO like a voluptuously juicy vocabulary as possessed by Mr. Alpha-Male! Oh, but it shines! It sparkles with positively Rabelaisian wit! I am in AW...

@eyadove: It may be a sacred text, but it isn't simple recitation. When tones are sustained in length and on the breath over that wide a range, trust me: you've got singing. This goes well beyond a spoken text on various pitches, or a sprechstimme as in the part of the Speaker in Schoenberg's...

I love it when you channel Yma Sumac! In fact, I just love your voice - period.

@MrZambooni Language, Mr. Hockley!

@Poon4Oberlin Ah, I see. A simple and good reason! Thanks for posting.

Thank you so much, for the music primarily - but also for some lovely photos, quite a few of which were new to me. Opera has never quite been the same for me since I saw and heard Callas.

It sounds like Callas and I don't think it could be anyone else, but I doubt that she could have sung like this after 1970. If it is a rehearsal, I should guess it's from the Paris Normas and she saves herself by leaving out a few of the highest phrases. Only a guess. But whenever, I'm very, ve...

Yes, definitely Callas - a studio recording at the end of 1963 - beginning of 1964. Late for her and there is some frailty, but special and affecting as was almost always the case with that utterly unique voice.

I have a revelation for several of you: Simkin doesn't need to be more masculine; he is extraordinary just as he is. For heaven's sake, what do you want? A truck driver in tights?

@9sultanofdance You're very, very welcome. You know what the problem is with your video clips, though? There aren't enough of them! More please, since a lot of us may never manage to get to a performance. Now what would be really wonderful: a very long 0- or multi-region DVD. A couple of ho...

Stemme is wonderful; but, once again, a terribly clever director has ruined a perfectly good opera. (As you might gather, I loathe clever opera directors!)

Very good. If you can add the fluid arm movements (like Rachid Alexander), you will be even more effective. Keep dancing!

His analysis (for several minutes) isn't bad; but then he becomes a Republican robot. Sad. Silly, silly man.

@bruckner0001 : Actually, I believe it was only his shirt. And, personally, I'm not complaining!

If you dislike a singer, withhold applause; that puts your message across perfectly well. No matter what the tradition or custom or country, booing is boorish. Period.

I love his almost liquid flow. There almost are no "positions", just fluid movement, unbroken. He can do "flash" when and if he wants to, but that lack of striving for effect and a sense of repose in motion? Wonderful.

@bloodymary1109 It isn't del Monaco in Callas' studio "Turandot", if that's the one you mean; it's Fernandi. Del Monaco did do a studio "Turandot" with Borkh and Tebaldi - and also some live recordings of "Norma" with Callas that have survived.

No, he isn't Soloviev or Vasiliev or Malakhov or anyone else. He's Simkin and that is extraordinary and more. The music flows through him like a current and it's beautiful to see.

@lar8200 Perhaps you need to look at your definition of masculinity?