http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2008/11/06/donizetti-the-elixir-of-love/ International and National Opera & Dance reviews from a passionate Opera Fan Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:54:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://livingattheopera.com/blog/2008/11/06/donizetti-the-elixir-of-love/comment-page-1/#comment-9254 Kevin Sun, 15 May 2011 00:53:01 +0000 http://livingattheopera.com/blog/?p=555#comment-9254 Caodura is a fine actor with a facility for physical humor. His voice suited the role, but to my ear he had the worst coloratura in the cast. I saw the filmed performance in San Francisco today, and he uses the technically inept huffing (or barking) ha-ha-ha-ha method to (with no legato) articulate the notes in rapid coloratua passages. Caodura is a fine actor with a facility for physical humor. His voice suited the role, but to my ear he had the worst coloratura in the cast. I saw the filmed performance in San Francisco today, and he uses the technically inept huffing (or barking) ha-ha-ha-ha method to (with no legato) articulate the notes in rapid coloratua passages.

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