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An Unlikely Operaphile
It was not the case with me, but the numbers are legion of people who said ‘that if he was the last man on earth I’d never marry him’ and find themselves, one day, celebrating their 25th wedding...
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TED, finally Hot
Like many, I have a weakness for spectacularly beautiful women, when they smolder and flirt. I know many of my readers click off when opera is mentioned but in this case, think of the 6 minutes with...
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The Soprano Sena Jurinac, 90
The once famous soprano, Sena Jurinac is just recently dead at 90 and that’s about average for a soprano. They are a particularly hearty race. When I see that an opera singer has died I cut the obit...
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One Page, Three Lives
It is true that there is sometimes sadness in paging through the obituaries but most often there is the feeling of “Hats Off” for lives well led. I hit the trifecta on one page of the NY Times of...
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The 3 Musketeers of the Opera at Chez Vito
Corena, Valletti, Gabriele, Siepi Of all the albums in my Uncle Anthony’s collection, the one that evokes the greatest emotion for me is The 3 Musketeers of the Opera at Chez Vito. It is a home movie...
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Lisa Della Casa
The most beautiful – no that’s trite – the most mesmerizing opera singer for all visual time has recently died at 93. The Swiss soprano Lisa Della Casa left the stage suddenly and finally in 1974 but...
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Risë Stevens
from my collection Knowing what I know now, I would have studied actuarial tables when my daughter was a little girl to aid in guiding her career choices. Surely, Opera Divas would come up the longest...
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She Sang for Toscanini
Licia Albanese, who had her hundredth birthday this past week, sang for Toscanini in 1946. In those years she reigned as Madame Butterfly, Violetta and Mimi at the Met, where she first sang in 1940....
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