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> > > On Jun 3, 9:20�am, "premierop...@aol.com" <premierop...@yahoo.com>
> > > wrote:

> > > Is this what you meant, Ed?:

> > > Remember when you and I were advised to please ignore, demonize,
> > > condemn, denigrate, and reject and whathaveyou (swiftly and
> > > wholesale) them records by (or any live appearance containing) soprano
> > > Cheryl Studer?
> > > Well, considering the recording industry's Grand Meltdown (not lacking
> > > the
> > > "Grand Manner" you so prefer -- but do you really?) of new opera
> > > recordings...take a Long-and-Hard (as some of you like it) look at
> > > the following repertorium --- BECUZ IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

> > > * Title role in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, rec 8/90, London SO,
> > > Marin
> > > * Hanna Glawari in Lehar's Lustige Witwe, rec 1/94, Vienna PO,
> > > Gardiner
> > > * Countess in Mozart's Nozze di Figaro, rec 1-2/94, Vienna PO, Abbado
> > > * Countess in Mozart's Nozze di Figaro, rec 5/91, Vienna PO, Abbado
> > > * Title role in Rossini's Semiramide, rec 7/92, London SO, Marin
> > > * Florinda in Schubert's Fierrabras, rec 5/88, Chamber Orch of
> > > Europe,
> > > Abbado
> > > * Title role in R. Strauss' Salome, rec 12/90, Deutsche Oper Berlin,
> > > Sinopoli
> > > * Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto, rec 6/93, Metropolitan Opera, Levine
> > > * Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto Act III, rec 9/91, Metropolitan Opera,
> > > Levine
> > > * Desdemona in Verdi's Otello, rec 5/93, Op�ra Bastille, Chung
> > > * Violetta in Verdi's Traviata, rec 1/91, Metropolitan Opera, Levine
> > > * Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannh�user, rec '88, Philharmonia, Sinopoli
> > > * Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannh�user, rec '89, Bayreuth, Sinopoli
> > > * Senta in Wagner's fliegende Holl�nder, rec 1/91, Deutsche Oper
> > > Berlin, Sinopoli
> > > * Gutrune in Wagner's G�tterd�mmerung, rec 5/89, Metropolitan Opera,
> > > Levine
> > > * Title role in Floyd's Susannah, rec 3/94, Op�ra de Lyon, Nagano
> > > * Marguerite in Gounod's Faust, rec 2/91, Toulouse, Plasson
> > > * Salom� in Massenet's H�rodiade, rec 11-12/94, Toulouse, Plasson
> > > * Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni, rec 9/90, Vienna PO, Muti
> > > * Konstanze in Mozart's Entf�hrung aus dem Serail, rec 4/91, Vienna
> > > Symphony, Weil
> > > * Queen of the Night in Mozart's Zauberfl�te, rec 7/89, ASMF,
> > > Marriner
> > > * Giulietta in Offenbach's Contes d'Hoffmann, rec 87/88/89, Dresden
> > > Staatskapelle, Tate
> > > * Matilde in Rossini's Guglielmo Tell, rec 12/88, La Scala, Muti
> > > * Madama Cortese in Rossini's Viaggio a Reims, rec 10/92, Berlin PO,
> > > Abbado
> > > * Title role in Spohr's Jessonda, rec '84, ORF Orchestra, Albrecht
> > > * Chrysothemis in R. Strauss' Elektra, rec 1/90, Bavarian RSO,
> > > Sawallisch
> > > * Chrysothemis in R. Strauss' Elektra, rec 6/89, Vienna PO, Abbado
> > > * Empress in R. Strauss' Frau ohne Schatten, rec 2-12/87, Bavarian
> > > RSO, Sawallisch
> > > * Empress in R. Strauss' Frau ohne Schatten, rec '92, Vienna PO,
> > > Solti
> > > * Title role in Verdi's Aida, rec 6/94, Covent Garden, Downes
> > > * Odabella in Verdi's Attila, rec 6-7/89, La Scala, Muti
> > > * Odabella in Verdi's Attila, rec 6/90, La Scala, Muti
> > > * Elena in Verdi's Vespri Siciliani, rec 12/89-1/90, La Scala, Muti
> > > * Drolla in Wagner's Die Feen, rec 7/83, Bavarian RSO, Sawallisch
> > > * Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin, rec 6/90, Bayreuth, Schneider
> > > * Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin, rec '90, Vienna PO, Abbado
> > > * Eva in Wagner's Meistersinger, rec 4/93, Bavarian State Opera,
> > > Sawallisch
> > > * Irene in Wagner's Rienzi, rec 7/83, Bavarian State Opera,
> > > Sawallisch
> > > * Ortlinde in Wagner's Walk�re, rec 8/81, Dresden Staatskapelle,
> > > Janowski
> > > * Sieglinde in Wagner's Walk�re, rec 2-3/88, Bavarian RSO, Haitink
> > > * Zemlinsky's Der Geburtstagder Infantin, rec 83, Berlin RSO,
> > > Albrecht
> > > * Coloratura Arias by Bellini (Sonnambula/Norma), Verdi (Traviata/
> > > Trovatore), Donizetti (Lucia/Lucrezia Borgia), Rossini (Barbiere/
> > > Semiramide), rec 4/89, Munich RSO, Ferro
> > > * Mozart Arias (Entf�hrung/Zauberfl�te/Idomeneo/Nozze/Giovanni/
> > > Clemenza/Cosi), rec 9/89, ASMF, Marriner
> > > * R. Strauss' Vier Letzte Lieder/Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder/Isolde's
> > > Liebestod, rec 1/93, Dresden Staatskapelle, Sinopoli
> > > * Isolde's Liebestod, rec 1/88, Bavarian RSO, Tate
> > > * Wagner Gala (Tannh�user/Lohengrin/Meistersinger/Walk�re), rec
> > > 12/93,
> > > Berlin PO, Abbado
> > > * First Europakonzert - in Prague (Mozart: "Non mi dir"/"Ch'io mi
> > > scordi di te-Non temer amato bene"), rec 5/91, Berlin PO, Abbado
> > > * Covent Garden Gala (Otello/Traviata/Fledermaus), rec 7/88, Covent
> > > Garden, Barker
> > > * Sacred Works (Bach/Schubert/Mendelssohn/Handel/Mozart/Gounod/Faure/
> > > Poulenc/Bernstein/Bruch), rec 3/91, London SO, Marin
> > > * Samuel Barber Songs, rec 9/92, Browning (R.I.P.), Emerson String
> > > Quartet
> > > * Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, rec 8/91, Vienna PO, Levine
> > > * Beethoven in Berlin (Ah! Perfido/Choral Fantasy/Egmont), rec 12/91,
> > > Berlin PO, Abbado
> > > * Brahms' German Requiem, rec 10/92, Berlin PO, Abbado
> > > * Schubert Lieder, rec 1/90, Gage
> > > * Salzburg Recital (R. Strauss/Schubert/Debussy), rec 8/92, Gage
> > > * Mahler's Klagende Lied, rec 11/90, Philharmonia, Sinopoli
> > > * Mahler's Symphony No. 2, rec 11/92, Vienna PO, Abbado
> > > * Mahler's Symphony No. 8, rec 11-12/90, Philharmonia, Sinopoli
> > > * Mahler's Symphony No. 8, rec 1/94, Berlin PO, Abbado
> > > * Verdi's Requiem, rec 6/87, La Scala, Muti
> > > * Verdi's Requiem, rec 11/91, Vienna PO, Abbado
> > > * Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, rec 4/89, Philadelphia Orchestra, Muti
> > > * Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, rec 1/03, Philharmonie der Nationen,
> > > Frantz
> > > * Bruckner's Mass in F Min/Mozart's Vespers, rec 3/77, MIT Choral
> > > Society, Oliver
> > > * Donizetti's Requiem, rec 1/84, Bamberg SO, G�mez-Mart�nez
> > > * von Schweinitz's Messe Op. 21, rec 7/84, RSO Berlin, Albrecht
> > > * R. Strauss Choral Works, rec 9/84, RIAS Kammerchor, Gronostay,
> > > Creed.

> > > The world of Opera and of serious music seriously delivered remains
> > > indebted to the soprano for her important and prestigious documented
> > > legacy, a legacy which can now be safely regarded as Gold Standard.
> > > Not since her heyday has anyone come close to making such an
> > > indelible and electrifying impression. �No one.

> > > Thank you. Thank you for a most varied, exemplary, and unforgettable
> > > legacy, a legacy of exceptional quality and distinction (and without
> > > crossover charlatanism). Thank you for uncompromising Artistry of
> > > uncommon intelligence and instinct - the work of a consummate being.
> > > Thank you for Dedication, Seriousness, and Integrity. Thank you for
> > > remaining True to your self, to the artform (on life-support as it
> > > is...and counting down), and to music. Good Music. Thank you for a
> > > Universe of Sound and Texture and Expression and Communication all of
> > > your own. Thank you for your generosity. Thank you for High
> > > Individuality. And (to boot) individuality within the bondage of and
> > > respect for the Tradition. And thank you too, Universal, EMI and
> > > Sony, for having had the foresight (to bypass the anatomical, also
> > > prefixed with fore, since we are people of such impeccable taste, in
> > > life and
> > > art) to recognize and capture genius in our midst while the going was
> > > good (now that these dinosaurs' [delusional] populist causes have
> > > caused them to trim....ouch....their future....for that squeaky clean
> > > look and sound....and potent[ial] self-extinction).

> > > "LA �LTIMA que r�e, r�e mejor."