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Shirley Verrett last concert in Paris, 1995.

-Po'Mourner' got a home at last.

-Fix me.

Patricia Neway in a televised performance of Gian-Carlo Menotti's The Consul. It's available on DVD but not promoted very well - if you love opera...

American soprano Eileen Farrell singing the wrenching mother's aria from Menotti's The Consul.

But not for me

Imitation of Life

Wenn ich in der Erde liege, mögen meine Fehler

keinen Kummer in deinem Herzen rühren.

Denk an mich! Doch, ach! vergiß mein Schicksal.

October 1961

Dame Janet Baker

The St Anthony Singers

English Chamber Orchestra

Dir: Anthony Lewis

Jessye Norman - A Portrait - When I Am Laid In Earth (Purcell)

Listen to this great medley!

Shirley Verrett, Brahms. Rhapsodie pour contralto.

Aber abseits wer ist's ? Ins Gebuesch verliert sich der Pfad, Hinter ihm schlagen Die Straeuche ...

( live Roma 1983)

Ach, wende diesen Blick, wende dies Angesicht!

Das Inn're mir mit ewig neuer Glut,

Mit ewig neuem Harm erfülle nicht!

Wenn einma...

Le Secret

3 Mélodies, Op. 23, No. 3

Gabriel Fauré (1882)

Régine Crespin

with John Wustman, 1966

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Lyrics

(Armand Silvestre)

Je veux que le ...

In this 1990 production of Ballo from the Met. Florence Quivar at her best!

'Maldito Candelabro' Un blog para hablar de la opera en el Peru y el mu...

From the Album:

Great Operatic Duets

Ebe Stignani and Maria Callas sing "Mira, o Norma"

from Norma by Vinzenzo Bellini (1801-1835)

Covent Garden Opera Orchestra

Vittorio Gui, conducto...

Opera star Leontyne Price.

1967

San Francisco Golden Gate 1980, duet from Forza del destino

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 1980, with Placido Domingo, Shirley Verret, Wolfgang Brendel

IThe incredible versaltility of this great artist: from the contralto to the dramatic soprano d'agilità.

Scena е duetto di Azucena е Manrico - " Non son tuo figlio" Il Trovatore by G. Verdi. -

Orchestre National de France -

Lorin Maazel

Ella Fitzgerald sings Gershwins "Summertime" at a concert in Berlin/Germany

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The best slovak mezzosoprano TEREZIA KRUZLIAKOVA (Babjakova) sings Leonoras´s recitativo and aria "Fia dunque vero ... O mio Fernando!" from La Fa...

The best slovak mezzosoprano TEREZIA KRUZLIAKOVA (Babjaková) sings Leonoras´s aria "O mio Fernando" from opera La Favorita by Gaetano Donizetti.

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Viorica Cortez - Romanian born Mezzosoprano

O mio Fernando from the opera La Favorita by Gaetano Donizetti.

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Gorgeous interpretation by the talented letvian mezzo soprano.

Disclaimer- Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allow...

Barack Obama talks about the Harlem Children's Zone (www.hcz.org) as a model for creating 20 Promise Neighborhoods across America.

Verrett was a belcantist singer, especially good in the Canto spianato lines, without the thickness of other mezzos singing these parts.

She broug...

Fame 1980

I do not own this video

CAST:

Eddie Barth ... Angelo

Irene Cara ... Coco

Lee Curreri ... Bruno

Laura Dean ... Lisa

Antonia Francesc...

A movie made 30 years ago that perfectly describes the situation today about television, news, and the main stream media. It resonates louder and s...

http://ease83.blogspot.com/ audio from a cassette to mp3 conversion from my personal collection. PEACE!

NY - 11-Mar-78 LA FAVORITA VERRETT, PAVAROTTI, MILNES, GIAIOTTI, A.J. SMITH /LOPEZ-COBOS

This is a short contest. I thought it would be interesting to judge the mezzo sopanos. I have always found this aria thrilling. I hope everyone enj...

Met. December, 1978

A famous tape, but in a clearer image.

Les Troyens, 1990. Beside her great talent, the Lady is also quite funny and nice.

Why doesn't anyone ever quote these words by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Okay! We figured out the new phone! I hope you can see this now! Be blessed in Jesus' Name! This is Dr. Kathy Bullock and I having a spiritual JAM ...

Re dell' abisso, affretati.

Fue su debut en el Met en 1955, interprentando el papel de Ulrica.

Jan Peerce-Tenor

Dimitri Mitropoulos - Dirige.

Shirley Verrett sings "Il segreto per esser felici" from

Lucrezia Borgia by Gaetano Donizetti

RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Jonel Perlea...

Rest in peace, sweet Lady. This was a tribute to the incredible looks, class and intensity of Shirley Verrett who passed away on the 5th November 2...