Rugiadose, odorose Violette graziose
This week on “Unnatural Acts of Opera,” La Cieca presents what you might call an “ultragala” performance of La traviata — the four acts performed by four different celebrated interpreters of the role of Violetta.
For the first act, Anna Moffo is the courtesan, in a 1964 performance from La Scala. Gianni Raimondi is her Alfredo, and Herbert von Karajan conducts.
Before the act, La Cieca welcomes into the studio a legendary lady of the American legitimate theater, Miss Tallulah Bankhead, who favors us with a reading of a scene from the play Camille. Unnatural Acts of Opera
I loved it, loved it, loved it! Keep the brilliance coming!
I nearly died laughing.
By the way, love your new ‘do!
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Love the Violettas, the new look, and especially those marvelous earrings!
The Tallulah Bankhead bit was evil, malevolent & just plain catty. GOD BLESS YOU !!!!!!!!! I haven’t laughed that hard in ages