On Jul 4, 4:27 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<evgm...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Samurai wrote:
> > Evelyn,
>
> > Maybe you should consider doubling up on the hormone therapy.
>
> Huh? Is that supposed to make sense?
It could; Although doubling/tripling up, et al, should be tried only
with sound medical advice.
> You are apparently one of the
> morons who are contributing to the downfall of >rmo
No, he's not; I've checked his info, and he's none of 'the deceased
ljo's' schizoid 'alters' and/or flunkies.
>- a once enjoyable
> newsgroup about opera, with knowledgeable >posters who could disagree
>without insulting fellow posters.
Actually, it was never quite like that, for any prolonged duration,
since insulting other posters is virtually 'obligatory' around here; -
a far greater essential than merely insulting singers!
(P-L-O-N-K!)
Reminds me; just got a nifty Plonk steak recipe!
LT
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>
>
> > Samurai
>
> > On Jul 3, 1:02 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
> > <evgm...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> Samurai wrote:
> >>> Evelyn,
> >>> Stop being so bitchy.
> >> "Bitchy"? Because I point out that recorded concerts often contain
> >> strictly orchestral material along with operatic selections by the
> >> artist headlined on the cover?
>
> >>> A CD can contain about 74 minutes of sound. I
> >>> bought a CD billed as a Corelli recital with no mention that it
> >>> included orchestral segments.
> >> Given the multitude of commercial CD's by most of the artists I favor,
> >> it would never occur to me to BUY a "pirate" CD! FWIW, many commercial
> >> CD's headlining a particular singer also include orchestral selections -
> >> the Forlane "Wagner" disk of van Dam, for example. (A lot of the
> >> commercially available CD's of Callas "in concert" contain comparatively
> >> little of the diva's singing, also - I haven't heard Callas fans
> >> complaining.)
>
> >>> I would have liked to know in advance
> >>> that I was buying only 20 minutes of Corelli. What if you bought a
> >>> CD billed as a Caballe concert and it included only nine minutes of
> >>> her singing because she sang only two songs?
> >> Why on earth would I WANT to buy ANY CD of Caballe? (She's a long, long
> >> way from the top of my list of favorite sopranos!) Ed's listings
> >> usually provide the date and venue of the performance - perhaps he
> >> expects his customers to do their homework before ordering "pirate"
> >> recordings of performances not available commercially?
>
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> >>> deceptively advertised and Ed refused to make amends.
> >> Really? The only time I thought I had cause to complain of a selection
> >> from Premiere, Ed send me a better quality replacement, no argument.
> >> (It's true, I did find delivery a bit slow once or twice, but I assumed
> >> that was to be expected from a one-man operation - especially since one
> >> presumes it is not Ed's principal source of income.)- Hide quoted text -
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