[78-L] Les_Urnes_de_l'Opéra_(1907-2007) [FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

Shouldn't that be, "Cccccchhhhhiiiiiiiiiicccchhhhhe"?

[or, Szicki, as they say in Polish].

Mike in Plovdiv
--- On Fri, 5/22/09, Michael Shoshani <mshoshani at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Michael Shoshani <mshoshani at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Les_Urnes_de_l'Opéra_(1907-2007)
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 2:30 PM
> On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 12:31 -0700,
> Michael Biel wrote:
> 
> > That web page made such a big deal about it being
> > available ONLY in France, and apparently for good
> reason.  THE BOOKLET
> > IS ONLY IN FRENCH!  Sheeeeeeeeesssshhhh! 
> (or, as Leah just reminded me
> > le Sheeeeeeeeeeesssshhhh!)  
> 
> Yes, indeed. I ordered it from Amazon (it's RIDICULOUSLY
> CHEAP,
> something like $15 for three CDs), more for my wife than
> myself. She
> loves the original book "The Phantom Of The Opera" and has
> wanted to
> hear what contemporary opera singers sound like.
> 
> I haven't listened to it all the way through, but I did
> notice some
> interesting interpretive differences. The soprano singing
> the part of
> Juliette (as in Romeo et) uses a very straightforward,
> no-frills
> approach devoid of many of the colorings found in the
> version sung by
> Tetrazzini. It may well be that French Opera was "drier"
> than its
> Italian counterpart. (I should really buy and listen to
> Marston's Pathe
> set.)
> 
> MS
> 
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