Mon, 25 March 2013
I saw Magda as Fedora circa 1972.(She was 62)......When she uttered, "LORIS..OVE SEI????" the chills ran up the spines of everyone. Here,with the great Mario del Monaco is the Fedora finale. Again,happy 103rd,dear Magda!!!!!!
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-- posted at: 10:25pm EDT
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Sun, 24 March 2013
As we celebrate Magda Olivero's 103rd birthday (Mar.25),just think of how we cried our eyes out...Note the last phrase,"Rimuuuuuuuuneri cosiiiii."THAT itself sums up what she was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bless her!!!!! She was just a 65 year old kid here at the Met!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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-- posted at: 11:31pm EDT
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Sun, 24 March 2013
It took me time, but Parsifal grew on me and it is SUBLIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Easter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Charlie
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Sun, 24 March 2013
Magda is a baby here at 83, but I bet she still has a lot left.I will call her tomorrow,Mar.25, as I always do......I cannot imagine a world without her. She is a MIRACLE!!!!!!
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-- posted at: 2:34pm EDT
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Sun, 24 March 2013
Maria Malatesta Calabro..Over 80..Go to her Youtube page..There is more!!!!!!!! This is just amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sun, 24 March 2013
I have been waiting since Maria died for another Norma......I am so happy we found one!!!!!
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-- posted at: 12:50pm EDT
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Sun, 24 March 2013
This documentary is a MUST for young singers, and having seen most of them,I tell you they are just tremendous. There is one very sad thing to say,and that is that shortly after this,tenor Ryan Smith died of cancer. Rest in peace! If you have not seen this, it is something to treasure!!
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Sun, 24 March 2013
Happy birthday to Dolora Zajick, who is the last of the "let it all hang out" singers..I was so happy when she had me give a demonstration lesson,with recorded examples, to her students....showing them how you need not fear to approach singing with power and strength..too few singers can do this today,.They prefer to be "safe." (Whatever that means.)
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Fri, 22 March 2013
The dear late Rise Stevens sings music by Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, George Gershwin, Cole Porter,and Irving Berlin. (66 min.) I will never forget her! |
Fri, 22 March 2013
She was 80 here...She was the most captivating singer in my life!!!!!!! Flawed..yes...but no one could just stand there and take over the WORLD of opera!!!!!!!!
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-- posted at: 10:14pm EDT
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