[mascagni-interest] Web site news and updates

[Erik Bruchez]

Dear list,

The Web site has gone through difficult times in the last couple of
months. It is back to normal now, with some improvements and
additions:

1. The site navigation looks nicer (except with Netscape 4.x for which
   the Web site is not quite optimized).

2. Some news, including upcoming performances of L'amico Fritz and In
   Filanda, performances of Nerone and Amica in Rome in 2004 and 2005,
   and the publication of a first batch of Mascagni songs:

    http://www.mascagni.org/news

3. New photo albums and images:

    Pictures from Reginal della Scala, 1937
    http://www.mascagni.org/pictures/regina

    Vanity Fair Pictures
    http://www.mascagni.org/pictures/vanity

  There is also a new signed picture with the general Fidenzio
  Dall'Ora which is of interest:

    http://www.mascagni.org/framed-images/Albums/Official/Generale2.jpg

  I found out that I had three different pictures featuring Mascagni,
  Franchetti and Puccini, and just added the third one:


http://www.mascagni.org/framed-images/Albums/Official/MascagniFranchettiPuccini1.jpg

http://www.mascagni.org/framed-images/Albums/Official/MascagniFranchettiPuccini2.jpg

http://www.mascagni.org/framed-images/Albums/Official/MascagniFranchettiPuccini3.jpg

  If anybody has information about when and how those pictures where
  taken, I am very interested!

3. The discography features a series of updates listed here:

    http://www.mascagni.org/recordings/latest

  Among the most recent releases, a CD of verismo by Californian
  soprano Robin Follman, which is not bad at all and features two
  Mascagni arie:

    http://www.mascagni.org/recordings/502990

  Also not to miss is the album of Mascagni songs by Fausto Tenzi and
  Roberto Negri:

    http://www.mascagni.org/recordings/503026

  An album of Italian overtures conducted bp Myung-Whun Chung features
  the Preludietto of L'amico Fritz, rarely performed on its own but
  beautiful. The tempi are closer to Mascagni's own, but I prefer
  Gavazzeni's!

    http://www.mascagni.org/recordings/502966

  In the same vein, an album released quite a while ago with
  wonderfully conducted opera intermezzi and preludes:

    http://www.mascagni.org/recordings/502796

  A DVD of the Metropolitan Opera's Centennial Gala features a great
  version of Iris's overture, the famous Hymn of the Sun, conducted by
  David Stivender. The sound and image quality are excellent:

    http://www.mascagni.org/recordings/503283

Enjoy!

-Erik

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