Oda Slobodskaya "So soon forgotten"

Oda Slobodskaya sings "So soon forgotten" by Tchaikovsky.

Slobodskaya was born in Vilnius, then part of Russia, and studied with the formidable Natalia Iretskaya, herself a pupil of Pauline Viardot Garcia. She sang major roles in the Mariinsky theatre St Petersburg but after the Revolution and subsequent famine, she left Russia with Fyodor Chaliapin when he brought his own opera company to the west.

She eventually married and settled in London where she enjoyed great success as both a concert and opera singer. She continued to give entertaining recitals of Russian songs well into her seventies and was a witty and characterful narrator of Peter and the Wolf.

So soon forgotten! All my happiness in life has gone. All our meetings, our caresses - so soon forgotten! Do you remember our love, our dreams, those quarrels one unhappy night? All forgotten...dear God!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Oda
• Slobodskaya
• Russian
• Song
• Tchaikovsky
• Mariinsky
• Theatre
• St
• Petersburg
• Ivor
• Newton
• piano

[opertutto]

So soon forgotten! All my happiness in life has gone. All our meetings, our caresses - so soon forgotten! Do you remember our love, our dreams, those quarrels one unhappy night? All forgotten...dear God!

[CharlotteinWeimar]

@opertutto Many, many thanks for the translation.

[Kievest]

Fluent in the language of the heart and eloquently conversant in the nuances of the

romantic soul, Slobodskaya sings the interior landscape of Tchaikovsky's song

as if every timeless, eternal feeling defines her own life and experience. She

could tear out one's heart with a velvet glove and sound so spontaneous in

each mercurial flight of fancy. Thank you, George, for your poetic translation,

and to you, Yvonne, for posting this cornucopia of pearls from the art of Oda

Slobodskaya!

[dantitustimshu]

Wonderful singing and interpretation. The protagonist's inner world is unraveled through her tonal colours and shadings. Thank you for this and many other lovely gems for this great singer.

[1945Jill]

Quite lovely. And thank you for the translation Charlotte. You give us so much wonderful singing.

[Addiobelpassato]

great performance!

[basenjidiva]

Such an expressive voicality; despite not understanding the language, the feeling is perfectly clear. Very moving. Thank you for this wonderful gift!