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  • Beautiful Underated Arias !!!!!!!!!!!!

    From ggggg9271@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Mack Dixon on Sun Jun 7 01:02:07 2020
    On Sunday, November 23, 2003 at 5:35:34 AM UTC-8, Mack Dixon wrote:
    Two beautiful arias to me that are so underated and sung
    by minor characters in the opera are the aria sung by
    Madelon in Andrea Chenier and Voce di donna sung by La
    Cieca in La Gioconda. Please list your choices if you
    have any.

    "Source Delicieuse" from Gounod's "Polyeucte"

    "Air de l'oasis" from Dupont's "Antar"

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  • From B Bee@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 7 21:37:55 2020
    Flotow's Martha is full of little gems not named "M'appari" (or, if you prefer, "Ach, so fromm") or Last Rose. The duet for tenor and baritone in the first act is gorgeous if sung right (it needs tons of legato, c.f. Caruso and Journet) and to hear
    Caruso sing "Dormi pur, ma il mio riposo" in the 2nd act quartet is to spend three minutes in paradise.
    Another great tenor moment is Lionel's solo in the 3rd act finale which Flotow actually added later. Maybe the opera should have been named after him, but then who wants an opera named after a train?
    The bass song, the Porterlied is a little gem too but if you don't have a trill, forget about it.

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