Word: sopranos
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...sings Soprano Regina Resnik on one of the year's more remarkable operatic LPs, Highlights from the Metropolitan Opera Gala Honoring Sir Rudolf Bing (DGG, $6.98). The "he" is, of course, Sir Rudolf, the Met's retiring general manager; the "we" refers to Miss Resnik, other Met stars and six conductors who performed their, his and perhaps everybody's favorite arias for 51 hours last April at Bing's formal farewell...
Save for the Resnik spoof (Chacun a Bing's Gout, set to music from Die Fledermaus), the extracts on this disk are all unadulterated-and sung with the special fervor displayed by opera singers when their peers and rivals are in the wings. Soprano Leontyne Price brings a chaste passion to Dove Sono from The Marriage of Figaro. Soprano Montserrat Caballe and Tenor Placido Domingo, turning to Manon Lescaut, ask each other Tu, tu amore? Tu?, and answer in the way every Puccini fan dreams of hearing but rarely does. Awesome is the word for Birgit Nilsson...
...Teacher Frederick Wilkerson took a deep breath and gave her his verdict: as a classical artist, she would make a good pop performer. Many young singers would have been demolished. Not Roberta Flack. Always fascinated with pop music, she took the advice, began lightening and loosening her Puccini-style soprano, soon was singing and playing piano for $20 a night at Mr. Henry's, a jazz joint in the Capitol Hill district of Washington, D.C. Her toughest adjustment was to the audiences, who were literally a far cry from politely attentive classical listeners. "Can we have a little quiet...
...problem is obviously not insoluble. She was at her best in Ah, Fuggi il Traditor, a Handelian rage aria complete with dotted rhythms, large interval leaps, and distinct bass line. In the peasant-girl Zerlina's role, Lisbeth Brittain was properly ingenuous and sang with a bright, light soprano voice...
Mather House Music Series. Soprano--Piano recital. Sopranists: Judith Stein, Betty Watson. Pianists: Barbara Marlis, Warren Jones, Joel Davidson. Mather dining hall. 3, April 30. Free...