Uploaded by idic5 on May 19, 2011
May 19, 2011
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)
Louise Bliss (Broadway Production) - 1911
Kiri Te Kanawa - 1989
Lesley Garrett - 1992
Jane Gilchrist - 2004
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
Category:
Tags:
- kristin
- song
- art is calling for me
- high school
- music
- humor
- satire
- opera
- soprano
- high school music
- boa
- trill
License:
Standard YouTube License
-
0 likes, 0 dislikes
11:26
"Art is Calling for Me" -- "The Prima Donna Song" and "The Prayer"by belkatmarmi277 views
4:02
ART IS CALLING FOR MEby KitRobertWe2,243 views
3:34
Art Is Calling For Me - Paigeby PaigeTheMusicFanatic122 views
4:13
Art is calling for me Elina Garanca Vienna 2006by leporello8914,063 views
3:24
Art is Calling for Me - Kathleen Whiteby chitchat7656,020 views
5:19
Kiri Te Kanawa: "Regina coeli" (Mascagni)by veeerooniicaaa2,541 views
4:07
Art is Calling For Me - The Enchantressby Blakrazor1,371 views
4:43
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sings "Art Is Calling for Me" from "The Enchantress" - Victor Herbertby damekirilover5,640 views
4:23
Jennifer Larmore sings Victor Herbert (vaimusic.com)by vaimusic37,942 views
3:19
Justine Balmer - Art Is Calling for Me (I Want to be a Prima Donna)by justinebalmer478 views
3:13
"Art Is Calling For Me"by hypatiafaerie401 views
4:03
Lesley Garrett - When I Fall In Loveby McGravity14,247 views
2:15
Emerson Crane Hire - Lesley Garrett Opera in the Skyby EmersonCraneHire231 views
3:18
Lesley Garrett and Renee Fleming - Hansel and Gretelby McGravity15,426 views
1:09
The Broadway Boys closed rehearsalby JesseDn233,821 views
4:55
Shannon Heaton & Maeve Gilchrist "Aunt Jane's Trip to Norway"by stringman6205 views
8:45
Lesley Garrett sings at Keswick Mountain Festival 2011 in support of BLISS.mpgby cab1201868 views
5:03
Lesley Garrett - Going Homeby McGravity19,922 views
5:09
Abba - Prima Stage Schoolby primastageschool159 views
4:14
Art is Calling for Meby corbinator22197 views
- Loading more suggestions...
Link to this comment:
All Comments (0)