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9 months ago
How does Netrebko stack up as Anna Bolena?
This is not intended to be a mean post. But here are 10 great singers in the roles final cabaletta coppia iniqua.
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1 year ago
JOAN SUTHERLAND - Alcina aria
Joan Sutherland sings "Tornami a vagheggiar" from Handel's Alcina.
Richard Bonynge, piano
Perth 1982
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Sutherland is singing Morgana's aria here. That is the part that Dessay plays in the DVD from Paris, while in the 1959 recording Sutherland is Alcina not Morgana. I think Sutherland and Dessay are both brilliant in their own ways. I don't know why we love to criticise these artists and put on...
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Personally I think anyone who can sing such a demanding and dramatic role not just to the opera house they are performing live in, but for tv or to the world in the met broadcasts, is allowed a leeway. To have the personality to enjoy it and carry this off in a very demanding and critical world ...