Enruico di Giuseppe used to take E flat (D??) at end of the cabaletta.  He also took E natural in the Coq D'Or (He corrected me once when I said it was E flat)    There are more...now..where else would you want a D flat or higher? Enruico (Enrico) and you are both wrong.  The top note in the Astrologer is neither E natural nor Eflat. If, as seems unlikely, you want what the composer actually wrote seek ye Gennad (y) i Pishchayev. Written for a tenor-alterino or alternatively for a tenor with a strong falsetto If I didn't think you a complete cunt I'd post his stage instructions for the performance of same but I do think you a complete cunt and so I'm not going to bother. Kind regards, Alan M. Watkins

The hour may be late, but the obsessed of �Mittel Europa never recover. ( see; You will all be relieved to know . . . . . �. ) Read on, O opera lovers, & ponder the madness. Saint Andr� ~ Le Juif Qui Rit ~ Ad hoc committee examining 15 watt brain stimulus deprivation ~ If, as seems unlikely, you want what the composer actually wrote seek ye Gennad (y) i Pishchayev. Written for a tenor-alterino or alternatively for a tenor with a strong falsetto If I didn't think you a complete cunt I'd post his stage instructions for the performance of same but I do think you a complete cunt and so I'm not going to bother. Kind regards, Alan M. Watkins- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - When I spoke to Ricky I was mentioning the E flat and he corrected me..that it was E NATURAL...He also reminded me of the one night he tried the Puritani F (tape available) and goofed it..and then he said, Now that tape is all over the world. He was a sweet wonderful and under-appreciated guy..so sad he died fairly recently.. The e natural can be heard on the Video and the audio of the Coq d'or with Sills and Treigle.......

This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it wrote in message The hour may be late, but the obsessed of �Mittel Europa never recover. ( see; You will all be relieved to know . . . . . �. ) Read on, O opera lovers, & ponder the madness. Saint Andr� ~ Le Juif Qui Rit ~ Ad hoc committee examining 15 watt brain stimulus deprivation ~ If, as seems unlikely, you want what the composer actually wrote seek ye Gennad (y) i Pishchayev. Written for a tenor-alterino or alternatively for a tenor with a strong falsetto If I didn't think you a complete cunt I'd post his stage instructions for the performance of same but I do think you a complete cunt and so I'm not going to bother. Kind regards, Alan M. Watkins- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - When I spoke to Ricky I was mentioning the E flat and he corrected me..that it was E NATURAL...He also reminded me of the one night he tried the Puritani F (tape available) and goofed it..and then he said, Now that tape is all over the world. He was a sweet wonderful and under-appreciated guy..so sad he died fairly recently.. The e natural can be heard on the Video and the audio of the Coq d'or with Sills and Treigle He always asked his friends to call him 'Rico'. He never would tolerate being called 'Ricky'. He and I became friends when we were both studying with Sergius Kagen around 1959-1960, and later he crashed at my apartment for six months while he searched for a more suitable place. He was no friend of yours. Performers put up with a lot of shit from the likes of you who constantly invade their privacy and rip off their work for a little privateering. LJO

Performers put up with a lot of shit No, they *don't* put up with a lot of you.

La Stinkeau Bollmann, 'advocate' for performers , albeit having met none: Performers put up with a lot of shit No, they *don't* put up with a lot of you. Non worriare....Icalled him Ricky...and so did Guarrera and others.....I know what I am saying. He was so sweet...ch