http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/ Fans of Marcelo Alvarez - A place to discuss tenor Marcelo Alvarez Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:21:21 GMT parsifal1979 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2140 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2140 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0wPXyFjDrk Enjoy! Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:17:47 GMT kay3914@... http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2139 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2139 I finally got to see Tosca in HD, twice! Wednesday night, the movie theater was filled but Thursday there were only about 30 people. I think the Met didn't Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:52:26 GMT kay3914 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2138 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2138 Buenos Aires Herald (look at the photo caption!) http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/15547 Melbourne, Australia Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:04:03 GMT kay3914 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2137 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2137 No sooner had all the reviews of the Met Tosca died down than new reviews of the HD showing started showing up! I hope to collect some of them and post them Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:47:09 GMT kay3914 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2136 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2136 Geraldine Curtis is conducting a poll inviting people to name their favorite opera singers who are presently performing. I hope she doesn't mind that I am Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:20:31 GMT KAY BOSWORTH http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2135 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2135 I just realized that I have been referring to the October 17 performance as the "final" Tosca when of course, the opera resumes in April and May with a Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:29:24 GMT lianneboyd http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2134 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2134 Thanks, Kay, for the photos, audiofiles, reviews and, most of all, for your own reviews!!! lidia Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:51:02 GMT kay3914 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2133 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2133 Marcelo took a little longer than usual to come out of the stagedoor after the final performance. Take a look at the photos and you will see why! You can also Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:18:53 GMT kay3914 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2132 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2132 I saw 8 performances of the new Tosca at the Met, including the dress rehearsal, and from the beginning I was convinced that the figure popping out of the Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:15:02 GMT kay3914 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2131 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2131 Marcelo told us at the stage door last night that he would be back to the Met twice next season, in Trovatore and Tosca again! Hooray!Met Futures now lists Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:56:31 GMT KAY BOSWORTH http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2130 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2130 Even though I enjoyed my visit with my high school friends in Kentucky immensely, I was sorry that I couldn't see Marcelo's Tosca in HD until later. Now, I am Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:15:28 GMT kay3914 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2129 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2129 Last night as I was waiting at the stage door for Marcelo, I saw two young men go inside to the dressing rooms. I recognized one of them as being an actor from Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:59:24 GMT kay3914 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2128 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2128 I uploaded a few stagedoor photos of Marcelo and George Gagnidze from last night's performance (October 14). Met Futures lists Urmana/Radvanovsky/Gheorghiu and Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:51:26 GMT KAY BOSWORTH http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2127 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2127 Marcelo was laughing last night at the stage door about how every performance of Tosca at the Met is different: different conductors, different Scarpias, and Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:06:59 GMT kay3914 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2126 http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/fansofmarceloalvarez/message/2126 I am delighted to learn that Marcelo was such a huge success in the HD Tosca in the movie theaters. Here are a few of the comments I picked up from one of the