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You voted, cher public, and La Cieca delivers on her campaign promises. Herewith the three most-requested mystery Ulricas. Use these sound clips wisely in formulating your entries in the Which Witch competition.
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- Nerva Nelli: Delunsch is out of her mind to do this; but then again the queens at Bordeaux egged her on to do Elsa... 8:25 PM
- MontyNostry: Je vous en prie, APT. And a Belgian friend of mine told me that the restaurants in Liege are some of... 8:21 PM
- Nerva Nelli: That looks like a press photo of Sheila Smith in the National Company of MAME. 8:16 PM
- A. Poggia Turra: Monty, my abject apology – you’re right – my saying “disagree 221; was... 8:14 PM
- MontyNostry: My comment wasn’t intended to be patronising, APT. I think Belgium is a very underrated country... 8:07 PM
- Signor Bruschino: speaking of La Bartoli- what is the story on her personal life? has she gotten married ( i... 8:04 PM
- A. Poggia Turra: Monty, I beg to gently disagree. From my (albeit limited) exposure to smaller Belgian houses such... 7:58 PM
- operalover9001: Eva-Maria Westbroek is also singing Fanciulla next season in Frankfurt. So excited to see it. 7:55 PM
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Number 3 Ebe Stignani
Number 8 Fiorenza Cossotto
Number 11 Patricia Payne
Patricia Payne! Don’t mention that to Krunoslav and the Vicar.
1 Stignani,
2 Don’t know, or care. Who should? Twas forgettable,
3 Stephanie Blyth
I’m not terribly famililar with Stignani (only have a late-career Adalgisa from her) but I ruled her out for the first clip. At first I thought it sounded like her, but then I thought that her phrasing wasn’t refined enough.
Number two does sound an awful lot like Cossotto (especially the vowels) but I’m not 100% convinced, espcially the high note.
Number three does not sound beautiful enough to be Blythe.
What I find that all three clips have in common is the personality in the singing. Neither clip is really polished, IMO, but each singer sings with real intent.
I think #2 is Cossotto. #1 sounds remarkably like late Milanov (though I’m sure this can’t be–but the register breaks are similar).
You know? Even though I said one of these singers was Mignon Dunn, I am having 2nd thoughts.
I think Stignani is in one of these clips, just not sure which one.
No. 11 for a moment gave me almost a Podles feeling, but the register breaks are incredibly ugly and the singing uncharacteristically unrefined; after I compared the excerpt here with the one on YouTube, I ruled her out.
I am not sure Stephanie Blythe is in here either.
No. 11 sounds bizarrely like a countertenor to me.