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- From: matt@physics2.berkeley.edu (Matt Austern)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.classical,alt.fan.maria-callas
- Subject: Re: Maria Callas video suggestions...?
- Date: 22 Dec 92 16:59:23
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (Theoretical Physics Group)
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- References: <1992Dec18.205219.17962@news.columbia.edu>
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- In-reply-to: kos@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu's message of Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:37:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.203746.2557@timessqr.gc.cuny.edu> kos@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu (Bob Kosovsky) writes:
-
- > I'm sure people will suggest the two recitals from Hamburg, and the 1958
- > Paris Gala (which I don't think is nearly as bad as a previous poster had
- > indicated - that Casta Diva is really prime material, whatever its
- > drawbacks).
-
- Oh, I have no complaints about Callas's performance of Casta Diva in
- the 1958 Paris gala---my complaints are about the orchestra and the
- chorus. And I really do believe that the chorus was a mess.
-
- But in case it wasn't clear: I wasn't saying that this videotape was
- bad. I was recommending it, and quite highly.
- --
- Matthew Austern Just keep yelling until you attract a
- (510) 644-2618 crowd, then a constituency, a movement, a
- austern@lbl.bitnet faction, an army! If you don't have any
- matt@physics.berkeley.edu solutions, become a part of the problem!
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