Word: siviglia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Opera Guild benefit, introduced his partner Beverly Sills. "I won't tell you how old am or how much I weigh," said the 44-year-old soprano, who weighs more than 119 Ibs., "but I'll sing." She delivered Una voce poco fa from It Barbiere di Siviglia, prompting Grey to begin the duet Là ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni. But the bantam of the opera was no match for the diva, who drowned him out. Said Sills: "He's more sexy with." Said the don: "Cesare Siepi, eat your heart...
Rossini, La Cenerentola (Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Renato Capecchi, Paolo Montarsolo, London Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Opera Chorus, Claudio Abbado conducting; Deutsche Grammophon, 3 LPs, $20.94). Despite the greater popularity of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, this is actually the composer's comic masterpiece, a work in which the stuff of childish fantasy is transformed breathtakingly into the best kind of adult fun and games. In the title role, Spain's Teresa Berganza sings with a bravura coloratura style that (among mezzos) only Marilyn Home might match. Conductor Claudio Abbado not only has opted for a newly cleaned-up version...
...Like Il Barbiere di Siviglia...
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