we could sing ‘happy birthday’ tomorrow
August 30 is the anniversary of the birth of a famous Quickly: Regina Resnik!
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And here we have Mme. Resnik in a campy mood, sending up the faux-exoticism of Kismet.
She was not half the artist or singer that dear old Edith Coates was!
I think you should celebrate by re-playing her recording of Not Since Nineveh, one of my favorite unnatural acts … of opera.
I adore that recording of Not Since Nineveh! I only discovered it myself a couple of months ago but I think it is genius.
I’m also loving her Sieglinde on the Kraus Walkure with Varnay – I think it is 1953, but it could be 52.
Our Own Sylvia Fisher was by far her superior as Sieglinde.
Ave Regina! – a diva with no equivalent THEN or NOW
Who’s hungry? Are ya hungry?
Happy Birthday! And many more happy returns to the day!
She’s always been a favorite of mine. Happy Birthday.
For years, I’ve wondered if there would ever be a CD release of the recording of The Medium where she was Madame Flora. She was spine chilling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qltt8OHDc8
Sorry, but I still prefer Dolores Gray in this number – though she wasn’t so at home in Verdi.