In a message dated 09/03/2000 9:06:43 AM Central Daylight Time,
ezuber@b... writes:
<< As for the portamenti, in the case of 'Voi lo sapete' from Cavalleria
Rusticana - I assume that that's what you've heard on the radio - they have
to be there. It's a matter of style so prevalent in Italian verismo music.
>>
Well, she said, "voi CHE sapete" instead of "voi LO sapete." If in fact, it
was the former, then verismo style simply would be wrong! If it was the Cav
aria, well, as Emily Litella would say, "Oh, that's entirely different.
Never mind."
(Kids: Refer back to SNL's video, "The Best of Gilda Radner.")
Christine Thomas, Mezzo Soprano
Wauwatosa, WI
"Humility is the acceptance of the possibility that someone else can teach
you something else you do not know already, especially about yourself.
Conversely, pride and arrogance close the door of the mind."
-- Arthur Deikman, The Observing Self
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