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Casta Diva - Norma Contest - June Anderson

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Uploaded by on Aug 23, 2007

Finally it is here! The Norma contest! Everyone was asking for this one, and it a fun one to put together. There are a lot of sopranos here! So take your time and give them all a chance. Again we will use a 1-5 rating for singing and characterization. These are the singers and dates of performances:
Joan Sutherland - 1964
Dimitra Theodossiou - 2007
Hasmik Papian - 1999
Anait Mchitarian - 2003
Edita Gruberova - 2007
Ann Netrebko - 2007
Shirley Verrett - 1988
Yasuko Hayashi - 1992
Barbara Frittoli - 2004
Lucia Aliberti - 1991
Mara Zampieri - 1990
Ghena Dimitrova - 1987
Gilda Cruz-Romo - 1984
Monica Pick-Hieronimi - 1997
Adelaide Negri - 1988
Fiorenza Cedolins - 2003
June Anderson - 2006
Maria Guleghina - 2004
Marina Mesheriakova - 1999
Georgina Lukács - 2003
Montserrat Caballé - 1977
Ana María Sanchez - 2003

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  • Who dreams up these productions? She looks like a society matron about to host a garden party, giving some last minute instructions to the caterer's waitstaff...

  • This was a concert performance, no production to speak of.

  • Where is it, please? In Marseille? The orchestra is so uneven...

    5/5

  • Yes, this is from Marseille.

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  • June Anderson is the best singer around today. I'd give her a 5/5. Brava, well done, June!

  • Amazing, she is still such a good Norma in 2006.

    She is a great dramatic coloratura and I´m a fan. therefore 5/5

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  • 5/5. June Anderson is the best Norma I have heard after Callas and Sutherland. She is a tremendous operatic artist and is underappreciated. I really like her voice and admire her acting ability. Brava!

  • You see that her voice is aged here...but I liked her acuto very much (a stronger one than many other)

  • you did forget one of the best version with Sylvia SASS!!!

  • @teascher... WHAT SACRILEGE!!!! However this rendition  is not her best because her voice has aged over time. If you really wanna hear her vocal chops in this aria check out the one in "Adelina Patti Queen of Songs" I think its part 2 here on youtube. 5/5 of course.

  • I find June Anderson the worst Norma I ever heard! I bought her DVD and could not even finish it. Harsh voice. No trill or glissando. Ugh!

  • She was magnific also in 2007 at Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens, Greece. With all her force and energy there. I loved her!

  • the first opera performance I ever saw was June Anderson as Norma in Chicago in the 1990s - she still sounds wonderful in this role!

  • She often looks like she's trying to sing out of the top of her head - placing the resonance, I guess; but it was always odd-looking. But beautifully sung - especially at her age. She's one who's grown into the role well and, hopefully, will known when to stop. (unlike Gruberova)

  • Moron: it's a concert performance!

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