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    <title>Unnatural Acts of Opera</title>
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    <description>parterre box, the queer opera zine, presents extraordinary opera performances, one act at a time. Hosted by La Cieca, cultural doyenne at parterre box.</description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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    <category>Music</category>
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      <title>Medea (Cherubini) Acts 2 and 3</title>
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<![CDATA[Medea:  Anna Caterina Antonacci<BR>
Giasone:  Giuseppe Filianoti<BR>
Glauce:  Cinzia Forte<BR>
Creonte:  Giovanni Battista Parodi<BR>
Neris:  Sara Mingardo<BR>
Il capo della guardia: Diego Matamoros<BR>
I ancella:  Erika Grimaldi<BR>
II ancella:  Luisa Francesconi<BR>
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino; Direttore, Evelino Pido. October 12, 2008.]]>
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      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>01:19:06</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:subtitle>October 12, 2008</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>October 12, 2008</itunes:summary>
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      <title>Medea (Cherubini) Act 1</title>
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<![CDATA[Medea:  Anna Caterina Antonacci<BR>
Giasone:  Giuseppe Filianoti<BR>
Glauce:  Cinzia Forte<BR>
Creonte:  Giovanni Battista Parodi<BR>
Neris:  Sara Mingardo<BR>
Il capo della guardia: Diego Matamoros<BR>
I ancella:  Erika Grimaldi<BR>
II ancella:  Luisa Francesconi<BR>
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino; Direttore, Evelino Pido. October 12, 2008.]]>
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      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>01:01:20</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:keywords>music,opera,queer,demented,cieca,la cieca,parterre,parterrebox</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:subtitle>October 12, 2008</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>October 12, 2008</itunes:summary>
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      <title>Grace Bumbry and Shirley Verrett Concert Part 2</title>
      <description>
<![CDATA[<p>Grace Bumbry &amp; Shirley Verrett<BR>
Concert in Honor of Marian Anderson<BR>
Verdi: Aida <BR>
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur<BR>
Verdi: Otello<BR>
Bellini: Norma
Encore of Norma duet<BR>
Opera Orchestra of New York; Eve Queler.<BR>
Carnegie Hall, New York, 31 January 1982.</p>]]>
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      <link>http://media.libsyn.com/media/parterrebox/BUMBRY_VERRETT_PART_2.mp3</link>
      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:author>La Cieca</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>00:57:19</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:keywords>music,opera,queer,demented,cieca,la cieca,parterre,parterrebox</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:subtitle>1982</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>1982</itunes:summary>
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<item>
      <title>Grace Bumbry and Shirley Verrett Concert Part 1</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p>Grace Bumbry &amp; Shirley Verrett<BR>
Concert in Honor of Marian Anderson<BR>
Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano<BR>
Ponchielli: La Gioconda<BR>
Verdi: Macbeth<BR>
Spontini: La Vestale<BR>
Donizetti: Anna Bolena<BR>
Opera Orchestra of New York; Eve Queler.<BR>
Carnegie Hall, New York, 31 January 1982.</p>]]>
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      <link>http://media.libsyn.com/media/parterrebox/BUMBRY_VERRETT_PART_1.mp3</link>
      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
      <comments>http://parterre.com/</comments>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:author>La Cieca</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>00:51:49</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:keywords>music,opera,queer,demented,cieca,la cieca,parterre,parterrebox</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:subtitle>1982</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>1982</itunes:summary>
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<item>
      <title>Lohengrin (Wagner) Act 3</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p>Lohengrin: Jess Thomas<BR>  
Elsa: Claire Watson<BR>
Telramund: Walter Berry<BR>
Ortrud: Christa Ludwig<BR>
Koenig Heinrich: Martti Talvela<BR>
Heerrufer: Eberhard Waechter<BR>  
<BR>Vienna State Opera, Karl Boehm, 1965.</p>]]>
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      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
      <comments>http://parterre.com/</comments>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:author>La Cieca</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>00:59:57</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:subtitle>Vienna, 1965</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Vienna, 1965</itunes:summary>
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      <title>Lohengrin (Wagner) Act 2</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Lohengrin: Jess Thomas<BR>  
Elsa: Claire Watson<BR>
Telramund: Walter Berry<BR>
Ortrud: Christa Ludwig<BR>
Koenig Heinrich: Martti Talvela<BR>
Heerrufer: Eberhard Waechter<BR>  
<BR>Vienna State Opera, Karl Boehm, 1965.</p>]]>
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      <link>http://media.libsyn.com/media/parterrebox/LOHENGRIN_ACT_2.mp3</link>
      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:author>La Cieca</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>01:21:20</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:subtitle>Vienna, 1965</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Vienna, 1965</itunes:summary>
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<item>
      <title>Lohengrin (Wagner) Act 1</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p>Lohengrin: Jess Thomas<BR>  
Elsa: Claire Watson<BR>
Telramund: Walter Berry<BR>
Ortrud: Christa Ludwig<BR>
Koenig Heinrich: Martti Talvela<BR>
Heerrufer: Eberhard Waechter<BR>  
<BR>Vienna State Opera, Karl Boehm, 1965.</p>]]>
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      <link>http://media.libsyn.com/media/parterrebox/LOHENGRIN_ACT_1.mp3</link>
      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:author>La Cieca</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>01:02:11</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:subtitle>Vienna, 1965</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>Vienna, 1965</itunes:summary>
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<item>
      <title>Hamlet (Thomas) Acts 4 and 5</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p>Hamlet: Simon Keenlyside<BR>  
Claudius: Robert Lloyd<BR>  
Gertrude: Yvonne Naef<BR>  
Ophelie: Natalie Dessay<BR>  
Laerte: Yann Beuron<BR>  
Le Spectre: Markus Hollop<BR>  
Marcellus: Edgaras Montvidas<BR>  
Horatio: Graeme Broadbent<BR>  
Polonius: Jonathan May<BR>  
Gravediggers: Darren Jeffery, Matthew Beale.<BR>  
<BR>Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Louis Langree.<BR>  
May 20, 2003.</p>]]>
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      <link>http://media.libsyn.com/media/parterrebox/HAMLET_ACTS_4_AND_5.mp3</link>
      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:author>La Cieca</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>00:53:28</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:keywords>music,opera,queer,demented,cieca,la cieca,parterre,parterrebox</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:subtitle>May 20, 2003</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>May 20, 2003</itunes:summary>
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      <title>Hamlet (Thomas) Act 3</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p>Hamlet: Simon Keenlyside<BR>  
Claudius: Robert Lloyd<BR>  
Gertrude: Yvonne Naef<BR>  
Ophelie: Natalie Dessay<BR>  
Laerte: Yann Beuron<BR>  
Le Spectre: Markus Hollop<BR>  
Marcellus: Edgaras Montvidas<BR>  
Horatio: Graeme Broadbent<BR>  
Polonius: Jonathan May<BR>  
Gravediggers: Darren Jeffery, Matthew Beale.<BR>  
<BR>Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Louis Langree.<BR>  
May 20, 2003.</p>]]>
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      <link>http://media.libsyn.com/media/parterrebox/HAMLET_ACT_3.mp3</link>
      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
      <comments>http://parterre.com/</comments>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:author>La Cieca</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>00:45:18</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:keywords>music,opera,queer,demented,cieca,la cieca,parterre,parterrebox</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:subtitle>May 20, 2003</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>May 20, 2003</itunes:summary>
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      <title>Hamlet (Thomas) Act 2</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p>Hamlet: Simon Keenlyside<BR>  
Claudius: Robert Lloyd<BR>  
Gertrude: Yvonne Naef<BR>  
Ophelie: Natalie Dessay<BR>  
Laerte: Yann Beuron<BR>  
Le Spectre: Markus Hollop<BR>  
Marcellus: Edgaras Montvidas<BR>  
Horatio: Graeme Broadbent<BR>  
Polonius: Jonathan May<BR>  
Gravediggers: Darren Jeffery, Matthew Beale.<BR>  
<BR>Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Louis Langree.<BR>  
May 20, 2003.</p>]]>
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      <link>http://media.libsyn.com/media/parterrebox/HAMLET_ACT_2.mp3</link>
      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
      <comments>http://parterre.com/</comments>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:author>La Cieca</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>00:52:21</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:keywords>music,opera,queer,demented,cieca,la cieca,parterre,parterrebox</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:subtitle>May 20, 2003</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>May 20, 2003</itunes:summary>
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<item>
      <title>Hamlet (Thomas) Act 1</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p>Hamlet: Simon Keenlyside<BR>  
Claudius: Robert Lloyd<BR>  
Gertrude: Yvonne Naef<BR>  
Ophelie: Natalie Dessay<BR>  
Laerte: Yann Beuron<BR>  
Le Spectre: Markus Hollop<BR>  
Marcellus: Edgaras Montvidas<BR>  
Horatio: Graeme Broadbent<BR>  
Polonius: Jonathan May<BR>  
Gravediggers: Darren Jeffery, Matthew Beale.<BR>  
<BR>Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Louis Langree.<BR>  
May 20, 2003.</p>]]>
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      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
      <comments>http://parterre.com/</comments>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:author>La Cieca</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>00:52:34</itunes:duration>
      <itunes:keywords>music,opera,queer,demented,cieca,la cieca,parterre,parterrebox</itunes:keywords>
      <itunes:subtitle>May 20, 2003</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>May 20, 2003</itunes:summary>
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<item>
      <title>Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Acts 4 and 5</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p>Raoul de Nangis - Marcello Giordani<BR>
Valentine - Annalisa Raspaglosi<BR>
Marguerite di Valois - Diana Damrau<BR>
Le Comte de Saint-Bris - Frode Olsen<BR>
Nevers - Zeljko Lucic<BR>
Urbain - Sara Alegretta<BR>
Marcel - Soon-Won Kang<BR>
De Cosse - Jacek Pazola<BR>
Maurevert - Simon Bailey<BR>
Tavannes - Peter Marsh<BR>
November 26, 2002.  Frankfurter Museumsorchester; Conductor: Guido Johanes Rumstadt.</p>]]>
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      <link>http://media.libsyn.com/media/parterrebox/LES_HUGUENOTS_ACTS_4_AND_5.mp3</link>
      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
      <comments>http://parterre.com/</comments>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:subtitle>November 26, 2002</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>November 26, 2002</itunes:summary>
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<item>
      <title>Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Acts 2 and 3</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p>Raoul de Nangis - Marcello Giordani<BR>
Valentine - Annalisa Raspaglosi<BR>
Marguerite di Valois - Diana Damrau<BR>
Le Comte de Saint-Bris - Frode Olsen<BR>
Nevers - Zeljko Lucic<BR>
Urbain - Sara Alegretta<BR>
Marcel - Soon-Won Kang<BR>
De Cosse - Jacek Pazola<BR>
Maurevert - Simon Bailey<BR>
Tavannes - Peter Marsh<BR>
November 26, 2002.  Frankfurter Museumsorchester; Conductor: Guido Johanes Rumstadt.</p>]]>
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      <link>http://media.libsyn.com/media/parterrebox/LES_HUGUENOTS_ACTS_2_AND_3.mp3</link>
      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
      <comments>http://parterre.com/</comments>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:author>La Cieca</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>01:21:14</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:subtitle>November 26, 2002</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>November 26, 2002</itunes:summary>
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<item>
      <title>Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Act 1</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p>Raoul de Nangis - Marcello Giordani<BR>
Valentine - Annalisa Raspaglosi<BR>
Marguerite di Valois - Diana Damrau<BR>
Le Comte de Saint-Bris - Frode Olsen<BR>
Nevers - Zeljko Lucic<BR>
Urbain - Sara Alegretta<BR>
Marcel - Soon-Won Kang<BR>
De Cosse - Jacek Pazola<BR>
Maurevert - Simon Bailey<BR>
Tavannes - Peter Marsh<BR>
November 26, 2002.  Frankfurter Museumsorchester; Conductor: Guido Johanes Rumstadt.</p>]]>
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      <link>http://media.libsyn.com/media/parterrebox/LES_HUGUENOTS_ACT_1.mp3</link>
      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
      <comments>http://parterre.com/</comments>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:author>La Cieca</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>01:01:19</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:subtitle>November 26, 2002</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>November 26, 2002</itunes:summary>
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<item>
      <title>Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Act 2</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Lucrezia Borgia - Montserrat Caballe<br />Gennaro - Alain Vanzo<br />Maffio Orsini - Jane Berbie<br />Don Alfonso - Kostas Paskalis<br />Jacopo Liveretto - Jerold Siena<br />Don Apostolo Gazella - Vern Shinall<br />Ascanio Petrucci - William Wiederanders<br />Oloferno Vitellozzo - L.D. Clements<br />Gubetta - Adib Fazah<br />Rustighello - Mauro Lampi<br />Astolfo - Arnold Voketatis<br />American Opera Society, New York; Jonel Perlea.<br />April 20, 1965.</p>]]>
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      <link>http://media.libsyn.com/media/parterrebox/LUCREZIA_BORGIA_1965_ACT_2.mp3</link>
      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 20:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:author>La Cieca</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>00:54:54</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:subtitle>April 20, 1965</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>April 20, 1965</itunes:summary>
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      <title>Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Act 1</title>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p>Lucrezia Borgia - Montserrat Caballe<br />Gennaro - Alain Vanzo<br />Maffio Orsini - Jane Berbie<br />Don Alfonso - Kostas Paskalis<br />Jacopo Liveretto - Jerold Siena<br />Don Apostolo Gazella - Vern Shinall<br />Ascanio Petrucci - William Wiederanders<br />Oloferno Vitellozzo - L.D. Clements<br />Gubetta - Adib Fazah<br />Rustighello - Mauro Lampi<br />Astolfo - Arnold Voketatis<br />American Opera Society, New York; Jonel Perlea.<br />April 20, 1965.</p>]]>
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      <link>http://media.libsyn.com/media/parterrebox/LUCREZIA_BORGIA_1965_ACT_1.mp3</link>
      <author>lacieca@parterre.com (La Cieca)</author>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 00:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <enclosure url="http://media.libsyn.com/media/parterrebox/LUCREZIA_BORGIA_1965_ACT_1.mp3" length="76560554" type="audio/mpeg" />
      <itunes:author>La Cieca</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>00:53:10</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:subtitle>April 20, 1965</itunes:subtitle>
      <itunes:summary>April 20, 1965</itunes:summary>
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        <p>Tristan - Spas Wenkoff <br />Isolde - Catarina Ligendza <br />Brangaene - Yvonne Minton <br />Marke - Karl Ridderbusch <br />Kurwenal - Donald McIntyre <br />Melot - Heribert Steinbach <br />Steuermann - Heinz Feldhoff <br />Hirte - Heinz Zednik <br />Carlos Kleiber; Bayreuther Festspiele, 30 July 1976.</p>
      
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        <p>Tristan - Spas Wenkoff <br />Isolde - Catarina Ligendza <br />Brangaene - Yvonne Minton <br />Marke - Karl Ridderbusch <br />Kurwenal - Donald McIntyre <br />Melot - Heribert Steinbach <br />Steuermann - Heinz Feldhoff <br />Hirte - Heinz Zednik <br />Carlos Kleiber; Bayreuther Festspiele, 30 July 1976.</p>
      
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        <p>Tristan - Spas Wenkoff <br />Isolde - Catarina Ligendza <br />Brangaene - Yvonne Minton <br />Marke - Karl Ridderbusch <br />Kurwenal - Donald McIntyre <br />Melot - Heribert Steinbach <br />Steuermann - Heinz Feldhoff <br />Hirte - Heinz Zednik <br />Carlos Kleiber; Bayreuther Festspiele, 30 July 1976.</p>
      
      
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      <itunes:duration>01:20:23</itunes:duration>
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        <p>Creon - Keith Lewis<br />Oedipus - Alan Titus<br />Jocasta - Yvonne Naef<br />Messenger - Roland Bracht<br />Shepherd - Johannes Chum<br />Teiresias - Cheyne Davidson. </p>
  <p>Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Dennis Russell Davies. 1998.</p>
      
      
      
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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:00:47 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>01:01:20</itunes:duration>
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      <itunes:subtitle>1998</itunes:subtitle>
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        Corinna: Cecilia Gasdia; <br />Marchesa Melibea: Lucia Valentini-Terrani; <br />Contessa di Folleville: Lella Cuberli; <br />Madama Cortese: Montserrat Caballe; <br />Cavalier Belfiore: Frank Lopardo; <br />Conte di Libenskof: Chris Merritt; <br />Lord Sidney: Ferruccio Furlanetto; <br />Don Profondo: Ruggero Raimondi; <br />Barone di Trombonok: Enzo Dara; <br />Don Alvaro: Lucio Gallo; <br />Don Prudenzio: Goran Simic; <br />Don Luigino: Paolo Pellegrini; <br />Maddalena: Gabriele Sima; <br />Modestina: Barbara Frittoli; <br />Antonio: Marzio Giossi; <br />Gelsomino: Ezio Pirovano. <br />Vienna State Opera, 20 January 1988. <br />Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
      
      
      
      
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      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:40:56 -0500</pubDate>
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        Corinna: Cecilia Gasdia; <br />Marchesa Melibea: Lucia Valentini-Terrani; <br />Contessa di Folleville: Lella Cuberli; <br />Madama Cortese: Montserrat Caballe; <br />Cavalier Belfiore: Frank Lopardo; <br />Conte di Libenskof: Chris Merritt; <br />Lord Sidney: Ferruccio Furlanetto; <br />Don Profondo: Ruggero Raimondi; <br />Barone di Trombonok: Enzo Dara; <br />Don Alvaro: Lucio Gallo; <br />Don Prudenzio: Goran Simic; <br />Don Luigino: Paolo Pellegrini; <br />Maddalena: Gabriele Sima; <br />Modestina: Barbara Frittoli; <br />Antonio: Marzio Giossi; <br />Gelsomino: Ezio Pirovano. <br />Vienna State Opera, 20 January 1988. <br />Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
      
      
      
      
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:46:16 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>01:27:04</itunes:duration>
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        Faust:  Neil Shicoff; <BR>Mephistopheles: Samuel Ramey; <BR>Valentin:  Richard Stilwell; <BR>Siebel:  Gwendolyn Jones; <BR>Marguerite:  Diana Soviero; <BR>Marthe:  Geraldine Decker. <BR>Tulsa Opera, March 1986.  Edoardo Mueller.
      
      
      
      
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>01:09:39</itunes:duration>
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        Faust:  Neil Shicoff; <BR>Mephistopheles: Samuel Ramey; <BR>Valentin:  Richard Stilwell; <BR>Siebel:  Gwendolyn Jones; <BR>Marguerite:  Diana Soviero; <BR>Marthe:  Geraldine Decker. <BR>Tulsa Opera, March 1986.  Edoardo Mueller.

      
      
      
      
      
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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        Faust:  Neil Shicoff; <BR>Mephistopheles: Samuel Ramey; <BR>Valentin:  Richard Stilwell; <BR>Siebel:  Gwendolyn Jones; <BR>Marguerite:  Diana Soviero; <BR>Marthe:  Geraldine Decker. <BR>Tulsa Opera, March 1986.  Edoardo Mueller.

      
      
      
      
      
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      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>01:04:39</itunes:duration>
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        Macbeth - Piero Cappuccilli; <BR>
Lady Macbeth - Shirley Verrett; <BR>
Banco - Nicolai Ghiaurov; <BR>
Macduff - Franco Tagliavini; <BR>
Malcolm - Nicola Martinucci. <BR>
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala. <BR>
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. <BR>
December 7 1975.

      
      
      
      
      
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>01:06:10</itunes:duration>
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        Macbeth - Piero Cappuccilli; <BR>
Lady Macbeth - Shirley Verrett; <BR>
Banco - Nicolai Ghiaurov; <BR>
Macduff - Franco Tagliavini; <BR>
Malcolm - Nicola Martinucci. <BR>
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala. <BR>
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. <BR>
December 7 1975.  <BR>

Special feature: Miss Tallulah Bankhead joins the Apocryphal Opera Anecdote Theater of the Air for scenes from Shakespeare's Macbeth.

      
      
      
      
      
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>00:56:58</itunes:duration>
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        Macbeth - Piero Cappuccilli; <BR>
Lady Macbeth - Shirley Verrett; <BR>
Banco - Nicolai Ghiaurov; <BR>
Macduff - Franco Tagliavini; <BR>
Malcolm - Nicola Martinucci. <BR>
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala. <BR>
Conductor: Claudio Abbado. <BR>
December 7 1975.]]>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <itunes:duration>01:03:23</itunes:duration>
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