Word: parlando
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...minutes of tumultuous applause. Raved the Süddeutsche Zeitung: "Stratas intuitively found everything that makes the part touching, the erotic flair of the doomed girl, the fire and despair of her heart. Her light, balanced soprano obeys each impulse: from tender lyricism to great dramatic explosion, from giddy parlando to dolorous espressivo, everything is luminescent and enchanting...
Tumescent strings fill the background with throbbing sound as Burton, with lips parlando, sounds something like Rex Harrison speaking from inside a marshmallow, or-vestigially-even a bit like himself declaiming the splendors of Camelot. He delivers the lines in a throaty whisper...
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