tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post6222834126092374348..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: QuizLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-26980409396437575072008-12-11T07:29:00.000-08:002008-12-11T07:29:00.000-08:00Belated thanks, cedichou. There is also another wa...Belated thanks, cedichou. There is also another way to use codes to write accents in HTML.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-18144284288891371782008-12-05T18:27:00.000-08:002008-12-05T18:27:00.000-08:00To write accents, it's: & egrave; (without...To write accents, it's: & egrave; (without the space between the & and the egrave; otherwise, if this understand html, it looks like this: èAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-69641047409080621852008-12-03T17:31:00.000-08:002008-12-03T17:31:00.000-08:00That sure sounds right to me.That sure sounds right to me.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-67822808681609973742008-12-03T14:48:00.000-08:002008-12-03T14:48:00.000-08:00This is not necessarily an error, but I believe th...This is not necessarily an error, but I believe the first season of SFO was technically presented at Stanford in 1922, and it consisted of Carmen, Faust & Pagliacci. La Boheme was indeed the first opera presented in San Francisco, though.Immanuel Gilenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04422265000447253768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-58176363142379307772008-12-02T10:16:00.000-08:002008-12-02T10:16:00.000-08:00Perhaps Mr. Blue was a very young apprentice proof...Perhaps Mr. Blue was a very young apprentice proofreader at SFO in 1933.winpalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138998162300005843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-2639240583865968942008-12-02T09:11:00.000-08:002008-12-02T09:11:00.000-08:00P. S. Dr. B., Bori is shown as singing Mimi in the...P. S. Dr. B., Bori is shown as singing Mimi in the 1933 run of Boheme. Her name is spelled wrong on the cast page (Licrizia), so if you searched on her full name, correctly spelled, you wouldn't find it. My search was on "Bori".Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-72792426278357504172008-12-02T09:03:00.000-08:002008-12-02T09:03:00.000-08:00Haha, yes, busted myself! I need to figure out eas...Haha, yes, busted myself! I need to figure out easy ways to do the basic accents!Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-36231189496413821342008-12-02T09:00:00.000-08:002008-12-02T09:00:00.000-08:00Dang, I was going to go for the accent ague on "Bo...Dang, I was going to go for the accent ague on "Boheme". You busted me, Lisa.<BR/><BR/>(For no reason: Mrs Arepo is a professional proofreader, and we both used to work for Schwann (classical music catalogue) before its untimely demise, so I sympathize about your name-sensitivity.)Sator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-15629297106206293032008-12-02T08:10:00.000-08:002008-12-02T08:10:00.000-08:00D. - yeah.A friend once told me about going to som...D. - yeah.<BR/><BR/>A friend once told me about going to some routinely-cast Boheme at the Met and finding that through a lucky coincidence of cancellation and availability, the Mimi and Rodolfo were Caballe and Pavarotti. Apparently he sang "Che gelida manina" so beautifully that he got a giant ovation <I>and</I> Caballe stepped out of character to applaud him.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-39516673167110540852008-12-02T08:07:00.000-08:002008-12-02T08:07:00.000-08:00Oooo, good catch. I should check Martinelli, not a...Oooo, good catch. I should check Martinelli, not a natural Rodolfo though he probably did sing a few in his long career.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-20196005602327465322008-12-02T07:13:00.000-08:002008-12-02T07:13:00.000-08:00San Francisco Opera archive does not show Bori as ...San Francisco Opera archive does not show Bori as Mimi. Italians were frequently paired with non Italians like Bjorling and Dorothy Kirsten.Dr.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298893523780056481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-71930392387592953582008-12-02T05:06:00.000-08:002008-12-02T05:06:00.000-08:00A further, minor error: Question should be "Has t...A further, minor error: Question should be "Has this <B>led</B>...?"<BR/><BR/>Also, and just for the halibut: "the roles of Mimi and Rodolfo" do not equal "an all-Italian cast." Mr. Blue comes across as a sloppy writer.<BR/><BR/>(I think we saw a late performance by Pavarotti in <I>Bohème</I> at the Met.)D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01347115855111060618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-82487138912666254622008-12-01T22:27:00.000-08:002008-12-01T22:27:00.000-08:00Oh, yeah!Oh, yeah!Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-69655364713288166652008-12-01T22:25:00.000-08:002008-12-01T22:25:00.000-08:00Now that '67 performance would have been one to he...Now that '67 performance would have been one to hear!!winpalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138998162300005843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-20497552952944966542008-12-01T21:59:00.000-08:002008-12-01T21:59:00.000-08:00Very good! That is more errors than I spotted: the...Very good! That is more errors than I spotted: the ones that made me keel over laughing were "Luciana" and finding Bori in that list of Italians. SFO <I>needs you</I> as a proofreader.<BR/><BR/>One small item - Pav and Freni sang in Boheme together in 1967 as well as 1988, according to the program and the opera archives.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-83130627670748078202008-12-01T21:52:00.000-08:002008-12-01T21:52:00.000-08:00That should be 2 n's in Rosanna. It is contagious...That should be 2 n's in Rosanna. It is contagious.winpalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138998162300005843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-8740543870107342482008-12-01T21:50:00.000-08:002008-12-01T21:50:00.000-08:00Well, let's see:1) Lucrezia Bori was Spanish.2) Ro...Well, let's see:<BR/>1) Lucrezia Bori was Spanish.<BR/>2) Rosanna Carteri - 2 r's.<BR/>3) Galliano Masini - 1 s.<BR/>4) Perhaps Luciano's twin sister Luciana sang Mimi?<BR/>5) The Freni/Pavarotti performances were actually in 1988, somewhat after the 1960s and a half century removed from "the first decades" of the company.winpalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138998162300005843noreply@blogger.com