tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post6659111286353639525..comments2024-02-04T03:57:19.271+01:00Comments on Zenobia: Empress of the East: Now All Shame is Exhausted...Judith Weingartenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06683483030413488309noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-51298763400514806462008-08-20T09:14:00.000+02:002008-08-20T09:14:00.000+02:00Very many thanks, Hein. I can certainly use this ...Very many thanks, Hein. I can certainly use this information. Coming soon (September): Zenobia as Opera Heroine.Judith Weingartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683483030413488309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-75539323463344018032008-08-19T22:15:00.000+02:002008-08-19T22:15:00.000+02:00Dear Judith,The Youtube excerpt with Luciana Serra...Dear Judith,<BR/><BR/>The Youtube excerpt with Luciana Serra (playing Zenobia adressing her fellow Palmyrians who have been taken prisoner by Aureliano right before she leaves his camp and returns to her city to raise an army against him) is taken from the very first 20th century production of Rossini's Aureliano in Palmira in Genoa, 11. September 1980. The previous production of the opera had been given as long ago as 1831 in Padua. Alongside Luciana Serra (who spent a part of her career in the Middle East, if I'm not mistaken) were mezzo-soprano Helga Mueller-Molinari in the castrato role of her Persian lover Arsace and tenor Paolo Barbacini as Aureliano. Just like the original Zenobia in this opera, Lorenza Correa (who premiered the role in 1813 in Milan), Miss Serra is noted for, among other roles, her interpretation of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute.<BR/><BR/>HeinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-91349771437947628282008-07-09T12:32:00.000+02:002008-07-09T12:32:00.000+02:00Dear Hein (if I may: bloggers are notoriously info...Dear Hein (if I may: bloggers are notoriously informal),<BR/><BR/>Many thanks for this luscious Rossini aria. Luciana Serra has a magnificent presence, even on youtube! Do you know anything about the production (when, where, who)? <BR/><BR/>I'll certainly put this on my blog when I get to 'Zenobia as Opera Heroine'.Judith Weingartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683483030413488309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-53350617016130092742008-07-08T16:48:00.000+02:002008-07-08T16:48:00.000+02:00Dear Miss Weingarten,A new Zenobia sighting on You...Dear Miss Weingarten,<BR/><BR/>A new Zenobia sighting on Youtube! Zenobia's aria from Aureliano in Palmira by Rossini, the opera I presented at Mr Burgersdijk's seminar. It is sung Luciana Serra, the Zenobia in the first 20th Century revival of the opera.<BR/>http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=bxRPGJMQ3So<BR/><BR/>Kind regards,<BR/>Hein van EekertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38472234.post-65264952028410840952008-06-08T20:35:00.000+02:002008-06-08T20:35:00.000+02:00http://davidderrick.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/the-l...http://davidderrick.wordpress.com/2008/06/08/the-lure-of-the-east/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com