turban outfitters
As La Cieca hardly thinks she needs tell you, among the attributes of a prima donna necessary to the success of a performance of Adriana Lecouvreur are morbidezza, il sacro fuoco, voce di petto and of course the ability to wear a turban. And surely you do realize that, sad to say, not everyone can pull off a turban.Â
On the other hand, some people look right at home in a turban:
Which brings La Cieca to our competition. La Cieca challenges you to choose a current diva (operatic or otherwise) and then adorn her with a turban using online utility The Turbanizer. Email the resulting photo to your doyenne at lacieca@parterre.com.
La Cieca will select the top five finalists and you, the cher public, will decide upon the most gloriously beturbaned femme of them all, and the winner will receive an amazon.com
Here’s an example (created using the Turbanizer) to get you started:
Instead of sending a turbanized picture of a singer, may I send a picture of a singer with morbidezza, il sacro fuoco and voce di peto superimposed on her?
Oh, I’m so sorry. I of course meant voce di petto with two t’s.
Hey Scott — that’s MY kind of game. While thse guys are turbanizing, you and I can play Composite Singers.
The Voice of Jussi Bjoerling superimposed on the looks of James Valenti with the work ethic of Jon Vickers.
Turbans are fine, but they don’t compare with Jessye’s teased up hair on this album cover:
And yet she looks more like Lisa Bonet.
here is la Callas is turban – can you count this as turban?
http://www.safka-bareis.com/callas_8x10trovatore.jpg
I once saw Shirley Verrett at the stage door of the ROH after a Samson and Dalila in ’83, wearing a red glittery turban. She took my breath away. The combination of cheekbones and scarlet bling was nonpareiled.
That photo of Leontyne Price makes me think it is a pose shot for Pro-Vita the acme remedy advertised on late night TV alongside the sex phone line ads. Caption ‘Look they are all gone….. in just two hours. I wonder whether it will help get rid of that annoying hair, growing on the palms of my boy friend’s hands as well?’
Whaqt Callas is wearing in that shot is a stylized version of a medieval wimple–definitely not a turban. The opera is Trovatore.
Does this count as a turban?
This is not turban-related but I have to admit that Natalie Dessay serving as moderator of the broadcast quiz is on ne peut plus charmante.