Art is calling for me Elina Garanca Vienna 2006

ART IS CALLING FOR ME (I WANT TO BE A PRIMA DONNA)
From the Broadway Comic Opera "The Enchantress" - 1911
(Victor Herbert / Harry B. Smith)


Mama is a queen and Papa is a king
So I am a princess (and) I know it
But court etiquette is a dull dreary thing
I just hate it all and I show it
To sing on the stage that's the one life for me
My figure's just like Tetrazzini
I know I'd win fame if I sang in Bohéme
That opera by Signor Puccini
I've roulades and the trills
That would send the cold chills
Down the backs of all hearers of my vocal frills
Aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aaaaahhhhhh

I long to be a prima donna, donna, donna
I long to shine upon the stage
I have the embonpoint
To become a queen of song
And my figure would look pretty as a page
I want to be a screechy peachy cantatrice
Like other plump girls that I see
I hate society
I hate propriety
Art is calling for me

I'm in the elite and men sigh at my feet
Still I do not fancy my position
I have not much use for the men that I meet
I quite burn with lyric ambition
Those tenors so sweet
If they made love to me
I'd be a success, that I do know
And Melba I'd oust if I once sang in Faust
That opera so charming by Gounod
Girls would be on the brink
Of hysterics, I think
Even strong men would have to go out for a drink

I long to be a prima donna, donna, donna
I long to shine upon the stage
With my avoirdupois
And my tra la la la la
I would be the chief sensation of the age
I long to hear them shouting: "Viva" to the Diva
Oh, very lovely that must be
That's what I'm dying for
That's what I'm sighing for
Art is calling for me

Elina Garanca

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[Lilith89ibz]

Será una broma xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD Qué pasada :D Gracias por subirlo <3

[leporello89]

@Lilith89ibz Si es que os tengo dicho que la letona es muy lista XD

Mira como tenía bien claro lo que quería ser =D

[DeJay323]

@Zimtschaefchen first off im gonna let you know im not tryin to be rude. yeah i came on here lookin this up after a show cult, i mean choir, friend sang this and i though, oh shit let me show these people up. then i see YOUR comment. and i almost left. actually, i did after i typed this. so thank you. you basically made my day.

[Madamina1000]

@leporello89 Wow! I love this rendition! Thank you for this wonderful upload! Elina is magic! I love all the pictures of her. She is so fun to watch and listen to. =)

[Lilith89ibz]

@ChristinaLuiseNikita He has another channel :) Check Intermezzo89!

[ChristinaLuiseNikita]

@Zimtschaefchen Klassizismus' channel is deleted ?! Wow I haven't realized that...Really a shame !!! :(

[Zimtschaefchen]

Haha, this is so funny and lively, it's great that Garanca did this guest appearance in Die Fledermaus and doesn't take herself always so serious. Seems that she obviously had lots of fun doing this :)

Just wish there would be the complete video somewhere on Youtube.. But it's great that this piece is finally online again after Klassizismus' channel got deleted.. (which is really such a shame!)

Thank you :)