Looking for OT

[OperaTenor]

Aw c'mon, I'm your only tenor chorister! On the show, was that from the 1997 production? How did you like everything being red and blue?

[Angie Parkes]

Just saw the great news, OT. Hooray and many congratulations!!!

But a "Standard Artist" contract? Surely you need an "Extraordinary Artist" contract!

[Shapley]

O.T.

Congratulations! Now we'll have to organize a b.com road trip to San Diego.

V/R
Shapley

[treebeau]

Congrats, OT.

Tim "vincero" B.

[OperaTenor]

Thanks again. You folks are great!

[shostakovich]

Nice going, OT. Don't forget to have Lula take pictures of YOU this time. Have fun.
Shos

[Marye]

OT?????? Bocelli is now playing ... I personally do not like his voice, but I am not all knowing such as your fine tenor self is....

Is this a grand voice to you? or anyone else have an opinion here?

[Shapley]

I like Bocelli. I read his "Decameron" once.

His painting of "Venus" is nice too!

V/R
Shapley

[Marye]

Shapley.... LOL!

[dai bread]

Shapley, you're wonderful! I shall go home happy this morning!

[dkm32]

Hey, OT. I saw the ad in the SD Union this morning for the new SD Opera season! They had this picture for Turandot.

Maybe I will take it in this Season!!! Well, at least Turandot...

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[Serenity]

Donna that's priceless!

[OperaTenor]

That ad is embarrassing! The illustration is used in the SDO brouchures to advertise The Pearl Fishers! If you'll notice, the guy's holding a net with pearls in it. Some of the supernumeraries in Turandot are slaves/litter bearers, and they wear loincloths, but not me, unh unh, no way!

[dkm32]

Originally posted by Shapley:
His painting of "Venus" is nice too!

I could be wrong, but I think that you are thinking of Sandro Botticelli who painted "Birth of Venus". I think they are speaking of the guy who invented that ready-to-use bread stuff for pizza. I see it hanging on racks all over the supermarkets.

[dkm32]

Originally posted by operatenor:
That ad is embarrassing! The illustration is used in the SDO brouchures to advertise The Pearl Fishers! If you'll notice, the guy's holding a net with pearls in it. Some of the supernumeraries in Turandot are slaves/litter bearers, and they wear loincloths, but not me, unh unh, no way!

Ya, sure, OT. Ya, sure! We'll be lookin' for ya!

[OperaTenor]

Hi Mary,

I can take Bocelli in moderately small doses. He was taken under wing by the Master (Pavarotti), so I feel his technique's good, but there's a quality to his tambre I find mildly annoying. Sounds kinda nasal, for lack of a better term. It tends to diminish as he goes up, so maybe he should stay above the passaggio break for all of his stuff.

There's certainly lots worse out there, and I'm certainly one of 'em. But that's subject to change, if I have any say about it.

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[bignaf]

he sounds real good over the passagio. but part of it is microphones. he does not have much power naturally. I agree he has a nasal-like quality below the passagio in certain vowels.

[bignaf]

bocelli-boticelli, close enough. speaking of boticelli Respighi has a beutful piece called trittico Bocelliano. the birth of Venus is among the paintings depicted.

[shostakovich]

Good for you, Big. The other guy Shapley alluded to was Bocaccio. Suppe wrote an opera on the subject. At least I assume there's an opera that goes with the overture.

But I'm afraid I can't pasta da testa on who the pizza guy is.
2 out of 3 ain't bad.
Shos

[bignaf]

same here, shos. I knew the Boticelli and Bocaccio but I don't know the Pizza thing.