curses!
Has it really been nearly two months since our last “serious” vocal identification quiz? (By “serious,” La Cieca means of course not only for glory but for the coveted amazon.com
Whichsoever one of you is first to email La Cieca with all 14 names in the correct order will not only be crowned “Irlands Königin,” but will receive a supersized amazon.com
This started out reasonably easy, but at near the halfway point Ich liess es fallen.
(1) Flagstad (which performance is this from?)
(2) Voigt
(3) Varnay
(4) Dernesch
(5) Jones
(6) Behrens
then I was verwirrt and verwundert until
(12) Mödl
but for all the others, I kept having this terrible nagging “I SHOULD know who that is!”
One thing I’m sure of is that I heard no Nilsson in the bunch.
No. 2 is Waltraud Meier.
It’s such a thrill hearing Flagstad! Has there ever been a greater voice?
Dear Nell Pozzo: Nilsson is indeed included, but from the very end of the career. I won’t say which one she is, as it is a “Contexst”; la cieca is messing with us.
I am in the same boat as you on the “I should know who that is…” I believe Silja is in there (perhaps it was Mödl? Didn’t think of that).
Can’t wait to see who the victor is!
geez its hard! no way i would get all 14, but i am pretty sure i got who is nilsson (methinks), flagstadt, varnay, meier, moedl, dernesch, behrens, jones (that vibrato!!!) and yes definately silja. of course this is not the order they appear in in the track…
as to the remaining 5 i have no clue, though of course (bad) guesses. is the brangaene to number 7 margarethe klose?!
waiting impatiently to see the full list…
O wonne voller Tucke! Never done one of these before but here goes:
1 – Flagstad
2 – Meier (Waltraud)
3 – Varnay
4 – Dernesch
5 – Jones
6 – Behrens
7 – Braun
8 – ???
9 – Ligendza
10 – Farrell
11 – Silja
12 – Modl
13 – ???
14 – Nilsson
Well, this is a brain teaser, and as I always loose count of which number I’m up to let me add a few names: Caballe is there, certainly, [and the Nilsson extract isn't where you'd think it would be]. Have you heard of Ludmilla Dvorakova? I think she’s there, along with my beloved Gladys Kuchta.
Can’t wait to see if I’m right.
Traubel is there, too. And Voigt (not No. 2). And Nilsson, of course, but at the age of, say, 83.
Trying really hard and failing not to personalize here. My intent with the Bachianas contest was certainly serious, whether or not anyone else took it seriously. I took great pride in that contest, and worked my ass off in it, not to mention spending a great deal of money at a time when I could ill afford it. I was thrilled when JJ changed his mind and posted it. To those few of you who considered it “serious” enough to post your guesses, thank you. I’ve been trying to decide what my next contest will be, but not really feeling it now.
My Brangaens for Sir Georg is the industry standard. And wasn’t that uppity Chicago dyke miffed to be passed over for the role! Poor thing, they loved her in Stuttgart.
I could bark Kurwenal *tomorrow*– it’s a question of color and tessitura…
Well.
Oh dear, once again, I shall be demoted to kitchen hag (or similar) rather than the royal titles to which I am surely destined. Ah well. TOUGH QUIZ! It is especially tough for those of us who don’t listen to a lot of Wagner. I cannot add much here, except that I think the fiendish #8 may be Jane Eaglen. Whoever is #11 is a S C R E A M E R. And isn’t Margaret Price in there somewhere?
I’ll anxiously await the answers from those much more knowledgeable than I.