#mezzosoprano

[tritonusx]

only practiced it for 10 hours... 🎼

#classical music #classical singing #classical music memes #tritonusx #musician meme #mezzosoprano #music #funny stuff #fyp2023

[joansutherlandfan]

Today's #tbt go back to November of 1952, Joan was just a newcomer at the opera house team. She was lucky enough to be in the cast (as Clothilde) of Norma with the legends - the mezzo Ebe Stignani and soprano Maria Callas at the height of her powers. Joan always said Callas, despite her temperament, was very nice to her. And these excerpts show us this side:

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[...] Callas was easy to work with and appreciatively considerate of others. As she and Joan stood together in the wings on the opening night, whilst Ebe Stignani sang the part of Adalgisa, Callas, enormous arms folded, said: "Please be my eyes, Joan. Make sure I'm in the right position for the steps." Almost blind, without her glasses, Callas had paced everything out in rehearsal, but it was useless her counting paces, as she moved across the stage, if she started off slightly in the wrong direction and so strode briskly into the orchestra pit. Stignani was singing superbly and Callas and Joan listened contentedly together. Suddenly Callas hissed: "God, I should've done a pee before I came up. This great long scene... Ah well!" Her duet Mira o Norma with Stignani was expected to be the highlight of the performance. "I must sing it down for Stignani, "Callas murmured regretfully, well aware of how brilliantly she would have been able to sing it 'up'; but knowing also that this was a duet and that both tradition and Stignani's voice were to be respected utterly. Callas listened again; and then said: "God, how she can sing! [...]" Taken from Joan's biography by Russell Braddon.

#classicalmusic #opera #operasinger #operahouse #vincenzobellini #norma #roh #coventgarden #mezzosoprano #ebestignani #soprano #mariacallas #callas #ladivina #dramatic #coloratura #dame #joansutherland #lastupenda #primadonna #diva #belcanto #1950s

[opera-ghosts]

Here a picture of Rosette Anday.

Hungarian-Jewish Opera Singer. A leading mezzosoprano of mid-20th Century Europe, she was one of the youngest ladies ever to be designated "kammersangerin", a German honorific title for distinguished singers. Raised in Budapest, she studied both violin and voice at that city's conservatory. Rosette received her break when she was heard by the Vienna State Opera's director and was signed for her September 23, 1921, debut as the title 'heroine' of George Bizet's "Carmen". After bowing in a major role she had the good sense to refine her craft in smaller ones such as Cherubino in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" but was soon singing most of the mezzo soprano repertory including Amneris in Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida", Azucena from the same composer's "Il Trovatore", several Wagnerian parts including Fricka, Erda, and Waltraute from "The Ring" and Brangane in "Tristan und Isolde", Laura in Ponchielli's "La Gioconda", Klytemnestra from Richard Strauss' "Elektra", and the seductress Dalila in Camille Saint-Saens' "Samson et Dalila". Calling upon her early training Rosette was even able to play the violin solo in Pietro Mascagni's "L'amico Fritz" herself. A busy oratorio and recital singer, she was on one occasion accompanied by Richard Strauss at the piano and was an early champion of Gustav Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde" performing the work throughout Europe with such noted conductors as Bruno Walter and Oskar Fried. Though the Vienna State Opera was to be her main base she toured extensively on both sides of the Atlantic and retired following a 1961 Vienna performance as Klytemnestra. Rosette lived out her days on a Pressbaum street named for, teaching voice; it remains uncertain whether she died in that city or in Vienna.

#Rosette Anday #Anday #mezzosoprano #dramatic mezzosoprano #lyric mezzosoprano #coloratura mezzosoprano #opera #classical music #music history #bel canto #aria #diva #prima donna #classical musician #opera singer #classical singer #classical singing #operatic singing #operatic mezzosoprano #chest voice #singing #operatic mezzosprano #mezzo #singer #music #classical studies #classical #musician

[pleasantarcade151]

Shirley Verrett & Piero Cappuccilli in Macbeth (VERDI) 🌹🌹🌹🌿🌹🌹🌹

#shirley verrett #mezzosoprano #opera #super star #verdi #Macbeth #Lady Macbeth #Baritono #Soprano Drammatico d'aggilita

[missarte-beltane]

La Llorona - Elīna Garanča

Todos me dicen el negro, llorona,

negro pero cariñoso.

Todos me dicen el negro, llorona,

negro pero cariñoso.

Yo soy como el chile verde, llorona,

picante pero sabroso.

Yo soy como el chile verde, llorona,

picante pero sabroso.

No sé qué tienen las flores, llorona,

las flores del camposanto.

No sé qué tienen las flores, llorona,

las flores del camposanto.

Que cuando las mueve el viento, llorona,

parecen que están llorando.

Que cuando las mueve el viento, llorona,

parecen que están llorando.

Yo te soñaba dormida, Llorona.

Dormida te estabas quieta.

Yo te soñaba dormida, Llorona.

Dormida te estabas quieta.

Pero en llegando el olvido, Llorona

Soñé que estabas despierta.

Pero en llegando el olvido, Llorona

Soñé que estabas despierta.

Ay de mí, Llorona,

Llorona, llévame al río.

Ay de mí, Llorona,

Llorona, llévame al río.

Tápame con tu rebozo, Llorona,

Porque me muero de frío.

Tápame con tu rebozo, Llorona,

Porque me muero de frío.

Si porque te quiero, quieres, Llorona

Quieres que te quieran más

Si porque te quiero, quieres, Llorona

Quieres que te quiera más

Si ya te he dado la vida, Llorona

¿Qué más quieres?

¡Quieres más!

#la llorona #mexico #día de muertos #samhain #elina garanca #mezzosoprano #opera #Youtube

[boricuacherry-blog]

When she [Whitney] was at her best, nothing could match her huge, clean, cool mezzo-soprano

-Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times

#ann powers #whitney houston #mezzosoprano #mezzo soprano #fach system #quote

[celebsarebeautiful]

Today's Daily Celebrity is Maria Callas

Maria Callas (1923-1977) was an american soprano of greek ascendence. In 1969 she was cast in her only non-operactic acting role as Medea in the name of the same film.

#maria callas #medea #opera #soprano #mezzosoprano #hollywood #singer #glamour

[ceruleanharley]

cowboy carter being a perfect album for altos iktr

#and mezzos!!! #but altos are thriving #everyone say thank you queen bey #cowboy carter #beyonce #altos #mezzosoprano #sid text #sid posts

[roctownlive]

Regram from • @friendsofeastmanopera Many thanks, and congratulations to all the participants and winners of the Twenty-Second Annual FEO Voice Competition and to our adjudicator Priti Gandhi (Artistic Director, Portland Opera). It was an incredible night! Here are the incredible musicians in order of performance. •Amy Pressman, soprano/ Hanyun Gu, pianist •Madelin Morales, mezzo-soprano/ Chun-Hsin (Cynthia) Liu, pianist •Alexandra Rose Hotz, soprano/ Maeve Berry, pianist (3rd place) •Ori Marcu, mezzo-soprano/ Hannah Harnest, pianist (2nd place) •Katherine Culver Joslyn, soprano/ Kelly Soderdahl McNeilly, pianist •Benjamin Krutsch, tenor/ Chun-Hsi (Cynthia) Liu, pianist (Honorable mention) •Kayla Stein, soprano/ Rebecca Golub, pianist •Emily Skilling, mezzo-soprano/ Maeve Berry, pianist •Sofia Scattarreggia, soprano/ Rebecca Golub, pianist (1st place) #friendsofeastmanopera #eastmanschoolofmusic #opera #operasingersofinstagram #rochesterny #roctownlive #roctownevents #sopranosofinstagram #mezzosopranosofinstagram #tenorsofinstagram #soprano #mezzosoprano #tenor #operaguildofrochester (at Rochester, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co2O3gbObDI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#friendsofeastmanopera #eastmanschoolofmusic #opera #operasingersofinstagram #rochesterny #roctownlive #roctownevents #sopranosofinstagram #mezzosopranosofinstagram #tenorsofinstagram #soprano #mezzosoprano #tenor #operaguildofrochester

[tritonusx]

everyone has that ONE composer 🎼...

#classical music #classical singing #classical music memes #tritonusx #musician meme #mezzosoprano

[joansutherlandfan]

Celebrating the 89th anniversary of the mezzo soprano Marylin Horne (16 January 1934)! Congratulations! Joan and Marylin were friends nearly half a century, they first met in 1961. Their partnership is legendary. A few words of Horne about their friendship:

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"We had plenty of favourites, among them Semiramide, with its extended duets, and the Verdi's Requiem, but nothing touched 'Mira, o Norma' and we did that opera in several places. I still can't walk down the street in New York without someone coming up to me and saying how they will never forget our partnership. And I wouldn't have wanted her to make her Covent Garden farewell without me, but of course both Luciano and I were able to join her for that Fledermaus on New Year's Eve in 1990. It was quite an evening. I remember seeing all the streamers and fireworks and saying, 'Remind me to retire on New Year's Eve too!'"

#classicalmusic #opera #operasinger #operahouse #belcanto #baroque #dramatic #coloratura #soprano #dame #joansutherland #lastupenda #diva #primadonna #mezzosoprano #marilynhorne #1990s

[marcusberesford]

Another interesting evening, invited by the Fondazione Isabella Scelsi, to listen to Mezzo-soprano Rosie Middleton which specialises in new music. In 2019 Rosie was artist-in-residence at Snape Maltings and The Banff Centre, where she collaborated with composers on voice(less) a series for voice and electronics with works by Mira Calix, Laura Bowler, Esin Gunduz and Michael Betteridge exploring voice loss and communication. A beautiful musical evening in the Heart of Bella Roma. #rosiemiddleton #mezzosoprano #fondazioneisabellascelsi #musicaitaliana #laurapalmieri #irmelaheimbächer #carpediem #marcusberesford #livemusic #lovemusic #liveuniquemoments (presso Fondazione Isabella Scelsi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkRw872q3G-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#rosiemiddleton #mezzosoprano #fondazioneisabellascelsi #musicaitaliana #laurapalmieri #irmelaheimbächer #carpediem #marcusberesford #livemusic #lovemusic #liveuniquemoments

[pleasantarcade151]

SHIRLEY VERRETT & GRACE BUMBRY 🌷🌸🌷

#shirley verrett #mezzosoprano #opera #super star #Grace Bumbry #the sopranos #Soprano #Brilliant Black singers

[sjwallin]

LOVE the written-out #setting I created today for one of the #songs for #episode1 of my #urbanopera — “Trusty Hatpin”! Can you just imagine the #scene??! #hatpin #1900s #womensrights #chamberopera #soprano #mezzosoprano #alto #electricviolin #electricbass #piano #flute #clarinet #digitalaudioplayback https://www.instagram.com/p/CjR64YxOTBe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#setting #songs #episode1 #urbanopera #scene #hatpin #1900s #womensrights #chamberopera #soprano #mezzosoprano #alto #electricviolin #electricbass #piano #flute #clarinet #digitalaudioplayback

[mikulski-art]

In great company before #rehearsal #AleksandraGudzio #Mezzosoprano #GiuseppeCurrao #DavideAlogna #Violin #DariuszMikulski #Mozart #SaintSaens #Haydn #ReggioCalabria #Italy🇮🇹 (hier: Reggio Calabria - Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjD3bGPLYr8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#rehearsal #aleksandragudzio #mezzosoprano #giuseppecurrao #davidealogna #violin #dariuszmikulski #mozart #saintsaens #haydn #reggiocalabria #italy🇮🇹