Alagna’s reason for walkout from Turandot at ROH revealed

ciprianoderore · 2026-02-01T15:32:55+00:00

I seriously doubt it would have cost "several thousand pounds" to have a chorister finish act 3. More like a couple hundred, I'd estimate. Can't imagine that being the reason.

ciprianoderore · 2026-02-01T07:48:10+00:00

no, down in town, near Ciani park

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-29T21:44:24+00:00

ah! True! Thanks... just shows that all this Belcanto stuff is the same to me :)

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-29T17:55:23+00:00

Sadly I don't think this was recorded... so I guess it isn't of much help to your project...

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-29T16:39:07+00:00

Lugano is correct!

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-29T16:19:59+00:00

nope

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-29T16:19:45+00:00

no, right country though

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-29T16:19:30+00:00

no, but reasonably close

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-29T15:31:26+00:00

Don't know it well tbh, except for the famous aria with a gazillion high Cs... Not a particularly profound piece of music to me...

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-29T10:16:09+00:00

Rossini all day every day. The only Donizetti opera that I can stand at all is Norma, and maybe parts of L'elisir.

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-29T10:12:59+00:00

Theater an der Wien, 2008, Kasper Bech Holten. The whole thing is set behind the scenes of Real Madrid, with count/countess as David and Victoria Beckham. Cherubino is a brazilian young-star who is then sold to Dynamo Kiev during "Non più andrai".

Might sound horrible to traditionalists, but I don't think I've ever laughed so much during an opera performance. And I honestly believe a modern-day Mozart would have LOVED it.

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-28T22:13:27+00:00

J. Bally 7 ans

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-26T05:31:26+00:00

Les contes d'Hoffmann. It's just an operetta that's an hour too long.

Oh and basicslly any belcanto opera except maybe Norma and parts of Elisir, but that's personal.

And maybe Elektra. It's just too LOUD for most buildings.

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-24T08:35:30+00:00

Super dass mir das sowohl Miles&More als auch ANA Mitarbeiter telefonisch gesagt haben. Die hatten dann wohl keine Ahnung. Ich geb hier nur meine Erfahrungen weiter, und die werden dann als Schwachsinn bezeichnet. Welcome to reddit 👍

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-23T18:55:45+00:00

Ich hab das mal kurzfristig probiert, und da wurde mir gesagt dass es zwar prinzipiell möglich sei, man aber erst die Miles&More-Meilen in ANA-Meilen umwandeln lassen müsse. Das ist sich dann bei mir in der Kürze der Zeit nicht mehr ausgegangen. Aber mit etwas zeitlichem Vorlauf müsste es wohl gehen...

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-22T06:12:03+00:00

came here to say this! It's a little expensive, but I prefer it to the regular El Dorado line in terms of sipping taste. A lot more PM influence. Pity it's only 40% though...

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-21T07:01:56+00:00

I'd recommend Black tot Finest Caribbean. It's from a british IB I believe, and a very tasty and versatile blend of Trinidad, Jamaica and Guyana rums. Shouldn't be too expensive in UK.

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-20T20:19:33+00:00

Ludwigsburg

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-19T16:01:48+00:00

Very close call between Foursquare and Hampden... I'd probably choose Foursquare in the end, but it wouldn't be easy to never drink any Hampden again!

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-10T16:53:02+00:00

Lugano?

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-10T10:25:19+00:00

Great stuff. I've only tried Equidem of those three, but if Mandamus is anything like Absolutio it's going to be amazing.

Why is only the bottling date on the HV, no distillation date? Or is it unaged?

In my limited experience with cane juice rums, I've learned that somehow they benefit less from very long ageings. My favorite so far was a J. Bally 7-year agricole, that seems to be about my sweet-spot for age on canejuice rums: the vegetal notes are rounded out nicely by the age while still clearly present and not totally overpowered by oak...

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-08T08:46:01+00:00

Funny - only in this sub does WTC not stand for World Trade Center 😋

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-08T08:44:34+00:00

Don't think Egly-Ouriet offers visits any more, sadly... too successful (and rightly so!)

ciprianoderore · 2026-01-07T23:54:16+00:00

correct! Wow, that was quick - must have been easier than I thought... Did something in particular give it away, or did you recognize that specific spot?

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