Sun, 18 May 2014
More fun (I hope) for you: 1.Licia Albanese Pagliacci Aria 2.Zeani/Borso Piccolo Marat Duet (They made them do the finale again!) 3.Vassilka Petrova Trovatore Aria (send children and small animals out of the room) 4.Schwartzkopf/Jurinac/Della Casa (Sophie) Rosenkavalier trio (Della Casa did all three roles) 5. Mado Robin Lucia Mad Scene (with High K# above R) 6. Eleanor Ross "Pace" 7. Bidu Sayao Manon Adieu (You do not have to sound like Nilsson to be a sensation) 8. Renata Scotto Adriana Phedre Declamation in Act 3 9.Irmgard Seefried Ariadne Composer's Aria 10.Cesare Siepi Salvador Rosa Aria 11. Simionato/Di Stefano Favorita Duet 12.Pinza/Martinelli Simone duet (Jan.21,1939,my third birthday) (I never forgave mom and dad for not taking me!) 13.Giuseppe Taddei Schicchi Aria 14.Diana Soviero Zaza aria (Leoncavallo) 15.Joan Sutherland Alcina Aria 16.Giuseppe Taccani Guglielmo Ratcliff aria (Mascagni) 17-18. Richard Tucker Chenier aria/ Juive Cabaletta 19. Taddei Fanciulla aria 20. Antonietta Stella Vespri Bolero 21.Franz Voelker Walkure act one scene (one of my 5 fav.tenors of the past) 22.Leonard Warren Faust aria 23.Ludwig Weber Boris Monolog. (one of my 5 fav.bassos of the past) 24.Ljuba Welitsch Gypsy Baron aria 25. Zinka Milanov's Last "Pace" from Newark,NJ Concert in 1966 (I CRY!) |