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December 2020
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Hey, everybody, Antoni here with a set of operatic dream casts I have in store for you. For someone who has been a huge aficionado of opera ever since I was nine years old, I thought it would be fun if I came up with a set of dream casts of twelve of my favorite operas. What better place to start than with some of my favorite Bel Canto operas if I were to travel back to the 2000s. This is also my contribution for this year’s Red Ribbon Reviewers month. Gaetano Donizetti’s Anna Bolena Anna Bolena- Anna-Kristiina Kaappola Giovanna Seymour- Nancy Fabiola Herrera Smeton- Christine Rice Enrico VIII- Jaco Huijpen Riccardo Percy- Roberto Alagna Lord Rochefort- Graeme Broadbent Sir Hervey- Matthew Beale Gaetano Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda Elisabetta I- Ruxandra Donose Maria Stuarda- Anna-Kristiina Kaappola Anna Kennedy- Valentina Kutzarova Talbot- Franz Hawlata Leicester- Roberto Alagna Cecil- Sebastian Holecek Gaetano Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux Roberto Devereux- Roberto Alagna Elisabetta I- Anna-Kristiina Kaappola Duca di Nottingham- Carlos Alvarez Sara- Stephanie Blythe Gualtiero Raleigh- Giovanni Furlanetto Lord Cecil- Colin Judson Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia Ashton- Marlis Petersen Edgardo Ravenswood- Paul Groves Enrico Ashton- Lado Ataneli Raimondo Bidebent- Hans Peter König Arturo Bucklaw- Chad Shelton Normanno- Saverio Fiore Alisa- Atala Schöck Gaetano Donizetti’s Linda di Chamounix Linda- Marlis Petersen Carlo- Paul Groves Pierrotto- Elizabeth Bishop Maddalena- Michaela Schuster Prefetto- Carlo Colombara Marchese di Boisfleury- Maurizio Muraro Antonio- Carlos Alvarez L’Intendante- Chad Shelton Vincenzo Bellini’s Norma Norma- Luba Orgonasova Pollione- Antonio Nagore Oroveso- Roberto Scandiuzzi Adalgisa- Zheng Cao Flavio- Will Hartmann Clotilde- Patricia Risley Vincenzo Bellini’s La Sonnambula Amina- Elena Mosuc Elvino- Ramon Vargas Conte Rodolfo- Roberto Scandiuzzi Teresa- Iris Vermilion Lisa- Dawn Kotoski Alessio- Michele Pertusi Notaio- Kevin Conners Vincenzo Bellini’s I Capuleti e I Montecchi Giulietta- Natalie Dessay Romeo- Beatrice Uria Monzon Tebaldo- Roberto Sacca Capellio- Albert Dohmen Lorenzo- Hao Jiang Tian Vincenzo Bellini’s I Puritani Elvira- Mary Dunleavy Arturo- Marcelo Alvarez Riccardo- Roberto Servile Gualtiero- Clive Bayley Giorgio- Giacomo Prestia Bruno- Matthew Polenzani Enrichetta- Stephanie Novacek Gioacchino Rossini’s Semiramide Semiramide- Hellen Kwon Arsace- Sonia Ganassi Azema- Laura Claycomb Idreno- Chris Merritt Mitrane- Jeffrey Francis Assur- John-Paul Bogart Oroe- Kristinn Sigmundsson L’Ombra di Nino- Walter Fink Gioacchino Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia Figaro- Paolo Gavanelli Almaviva- Roberto Sacca Rosina- Natalie Dessay Dottor Bartolo- Gilles Cachemaille Don Basilio- Kristinn Sigmundsson Berta- Jadwiga Rappé Fiorello- Christian Gerhaher Ufficiale- Detlef Roth Gioacchino Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims Madama Cortese- Klara Kolonits Corinna- Diana Damrau Marchesa Melibea- Kate Aldrich Contessa di Folleville- Anna Christy Conte di Libenskof- Michael Schade Cavalier Belfiore- José Bros Don Luigino- Steve Davislim Don Alvaro- Andrea Concetti Antonio- Carlos Alvarez Don Profondo- Hans Peter König Lord Sidney- Carlo Colombara Don Prudenzio- Stephen Milling Barone di Trombonok- Maurizio Muraro Zefirino- Dietmar Kerschbaum Gelsomino- Peter Marsh Maddalena- Stephanie d’Oustrac Modestina- Ailish Tynan Delia- Sabina Puertolas So, fellow opera fans, these are my dream casts for my favorite Bel Canto operas if ever I wanted to go back in time to the 2000s. Please let me know if you also have a dream cast for these twelve Bel Canto operas. Happy Holidays and stay safe, everybody.
I am back in the reviewing game with Jennifer O’Loughlin striking up the band as Anna Bolena. How did she and her co-stars fare in their roles? Find out in my review.
Happy Holidays, everybody, Antoni here and I am welcoming the merry month of December for the final -ber month weight loss goals. Yesterday, I weighed in at 12 stone 11.46 lbs (179.46 lbs or 81.4 kg). Today, I weigh 12 stone 11.02 lbs (179.02 lbs or 81.2 kg), which means I have managed to lose 7.04 ounces or 200 grams. It may be early days because I still have another thirty days to go, but I am most likely going to accomplish my stone-and-a-half (21-pound or 9.525-kilo) weight loss mark by the end of the three -ber months. Do you want some more numbers? My BMI has dropped to 28.4. Yes, I still have 3.5 to 9.9 to go in order to achieve the healthy weight range I am supposed to be in, i.e. 11 stone 3 lbs (157 lbs or 71.4 kg) to about 9 stone (126 lbs or 57.15 kg), but I am more than determined to lead the skinny life I have always wanted to lead. Though a stone-and-a-half weight loss is quite inevitable by this final -ber month, I would also be happy if I surpassed that target such as anything itching to an overall 2-stone (28-pound or 12.8-kilo) weight loss target. The holidays are in full swing and I trust that my Christmas and New Year’s should be slimmer than before. I want to close this with something I have come up with. Gone is the comfort eating. Gone is the excessive binging. Gone is the secret eating. Gone is my lust for takeaways. Gone is my want to eat out. Gone is the junk food. Gone are the simple carbs. Gone for good is the boozing. Gone are the massive portions. Gone are the furtive feasts. Nothing’s gonna eat me anymore. I’m in charge of my body. I’m proud to aspire to be skinnier. There’s no going back for this queer dude now. There’s no falling off hurdles. It’s health, self-love, and confidence for me now and forever! It’s gonna be a brand new me! Let the final -ber month weight loss commence. Happy Holidays, everybody.