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Beverly Sills Cologne 1967 Gounod Romeo and Juliet

Gounod - Romeo et Juliette: "Je veux vivre dans le reveSills had engagements in Salzburg and Vienna in April 1967 and was also asked to tape eight ...

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Ronizetti said:

@Dymension Thank you~ I'm usually pretty good at pitch, and I know Bev's voice inside and out!

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  Beverly Sills Cologne 1967 Gounod Romeo and Juliet

  Gounod - Romeo et Juliette: "Je veux vivre dans le reveSills had engagements in Salzburg and Vienna in April 1967 and was also asked to tape eight ...

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  Ronizetti said:

  Beautiful~ But, I think I know our Bev's voice at any age and I must say this particular recording is miss-pitched. It's definitely a half or greater step fast ... not that our girl didn't have lightning fast coloratura, but this definitely sounds slightly exaggerated to my ears? What good audio...

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Ronizetti commented 4 months ago

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Beverly Sills. 1967. FIRST ever recorded Lucia mad scene pt1

FIRST EVER recorded LUCIA MAD SCENE! Part 1

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BRAVA! ~ Perfection, sheer perfection ... No one, no one can claim this role as does Beverly - just wonderful!

WHERE did you get this!?!

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  Rachele Gilmore - Met Debut - Olympia

  For some reason, the version of this someone else had uploaded and I had bookmarked on YT was changed to private, so I decided to upload this video...

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  Ronizetti said:

  and if I recall correctly, she was a very last minute sub in this role ... Brava ~ I understand she shall be singing this role with La Scala this season - Congrats, Rachele, in bocca di lupo!

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Carol Channing Hello Dolly, London 1979

Discovered and uploaded by NealeUK, I was able to enhace to 480p. Thanks NealeUK for finding this.

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OMG!?~ Bless you ... where on earth did this come from! AMAZING ... THANK YOU so much for sharing with us!!

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Ronizetti commented 5 months ago

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Beverly Sills & Grayson Hirst la Fille du Regiment duet 1970

longtemps coquette, heureuse et vive Beverly Sills and Grayson Hirst sing this delightful duet. Recorded in 1970 sung in French.

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Ronizetti said:

Just look at that beautiful smile ... that smile that could be 'heard' in her voice ~ Watch out, Liz ... you've got competition there! - Beautiful recording BTW :)

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Ronizetti commented 7 months ago

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Beverly Sills Lucia LIVE 4th July 1972 fountain scene finale

Fountain scene LIVE performance on 4th July 1972, Buenos Aires.

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Pete, indeed you may join me on that count! I think perhaps our Nanc will, too ...

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  Beverly Sills Lucia LIVE 4th July 1972 fountain scene finale

  Fountain scene LIVE performance on 4th July 1972, Buenos Aires.

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  Ronizetti said:

  I may be alone in this ... but, to me, the fountain scene is far supreme to the mad scene ... I have always preferred to hear this music - (though yes, I'm a sucker for the mad scene - though I do not like it's cabaletta finale). Beverly brings such haunting foreboding and longing in the fountai...

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  Neil Patrick Harris' 2011 Tony Awards Opening Number

  Broadway is not just for gays anymore!

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  Ronizetti said:

  @dragongirl- Oh YES, I do know theatre people (too well perhaps :) & understand most of you are pretty inappropriate!! It's just on TONY night I question this judgment call - you are in the most profound profession, the greatest of all art forms ... I happen to respect you and the theatre more! ...

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  Neil Patrick Harris' 2011 Tony Awards Opening Number

  Broadway is not just for gays anymore!

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  Ronizetti said:

  Ridiculous - totally inappropriate to open the Antoinette Perry Tony Awards ... funny, yes, but terribly inappropriate - embarrassing. Bring Liza, Hugh, Whoppie, ANYONE else back as host ... twice was twice too much.

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  Beverly Sills Cessa di più resistere Barbiere di Siviglia 1974

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  Ronizetti said:

  Brava, Beverly! Yes, a mezzo I know takes this on (or has) Vivica Genaux has been known to tack this on when the tenor isn't up to the task! (frequently:)

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  Cinderella's Ugly Stepsister

  Clorinda's aria is in the score but its never done. This is the ultimate Tour de Force rendition. This version always makes me cry. Tears of laught...

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  Ronizetti said:

  Ah, the lovely Gianna Rolandi ... who convinced me that true coloratura singing was not dead! At least not in the 80's :) Her voice re-ignited my love of opera and seeing her live on stage will be a memory long held; as a shepherdess in Handels Rinaldo or Orland? (can't remember so long ago at ...

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Ronizetti commented 8 months ago

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Leonard Warren, Eleanor Steber, Marian Anderson

Watch and listen. It ain't never comin' back.

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Ronizetti said:

OH God it's so wonderful to hear singers sing music as it was written ~ so few have the facility today to do so OR don't know what it is .. Bless you for proof it can be achieved! Steber infused such grace and heart in her singing

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  Donizetti - Anna Bolena - "Deh! non voler costringere" Elisabeth Kulman

  Donizetti - Anna Bolena - "Deh! non voler costringere" Elisabeth Kulman, Wiener Staatsoper, 2. April 2011

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  Well said ~ finally someone who understands what belcanto is and that a Wagner singer can perform it equally as well ! Brava

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  Anna Netrebko: Anna Bolena "Coppia Iniqua" - 5.4.2011 Wiener Staatsoper

  Anna Netrebko sings "Coppia Iniqua" (Donizetti: Anna Bolena) 5 April 2011 Wiener Staatsoper

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  Ronizetti said:

  What a thread!? It's obvious most people here discussing coloratura don't even understand what coloratura is ... it is NOT a voice type, weight or color - it is not the 'canary' soprano most seem to equate it with, abet they tend to have greater facility to perform it). It is not found in the s...

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  Annick Massis - Son vergin vezzosa - 1999

  Annick Massis - Son vergin vezzosa - I Puritani - 1999

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  Ronizetti said:

  She shines in lyric coloratura, most especially Bellini and Donizetti ... such control and rhythm in the voice - She understands this music!!

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  Annick Massis - Havvi un dio - Maria di Rohan - 2001

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  Does the cavatina that follows exist, too? Exquisite ~

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  Q&A After 4.23.11 CAROL CHANNING: LARGER THAN LIFE Screening @ TriBeCa

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  Filmmaker Dori Berinstein and others speak following the screening of CAROL CHANNING: LARGER THAN LIFE in NYC on...

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  ... "you're looking great, Stanley"

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Ronizetti commented 10 months ago

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Janet Lynn 1972 Sapporo Olympics

Janet Lynn 1972 Sapporo Olympics

Music : Pagliacci ( Leoncavallo ) / Leonore Overture No.3 ( Beethoven )

Bronze Medal

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Ronizetti said:

Incredible, the ease in landing a wally jump only to switch feet and perform another wally jump in the opposite direction!?! AMAZING - Brava, Janet!

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Ronizetti commented 1 year ago

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GYPSY OF THE YEAR 2010 Opening Number

The 22nd Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR Competition, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, opened with an unforgettable tribute to three-time T...

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" You're looking great, Stanley " ... Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus ~ Thank You BCEFA

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  Ronizetti said:

  "Your looking great, Stanley" ... Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus ... Thank you BCEFA

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