Happy Birthday Dame Gwyneth Jones
The legendary dramatic soprano was born November 7, 1936.
Also on this date: the birthday of Dame Joan Sutherland (born 1926).
And the premiere of the operetta Naughty Marietta (1910).
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- Lindoro Almaviva: Which Price? Leontine? Cause I have news for you about the last 20 or... 2:16 PM
- Lindoro Almaviva: And so what? Artists make their choices. Where was Rossini at 60? Fat... 2:12 PM
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- Lindoro Almaviva: I worship the groud ATS walks in. For me she is a great example of how... 1:59 PM
- luvtennis: When Sutherland was a mere lass of 60. Where was Cerquetti at that age? Not... 1:56 PM
- luvtennis: Absolute rubbish if you are referring to Sutherland. She was greater musician... 1:45 PM
- luvtennis: To which Anna TS replied to Gwyneth “Oh was that you singing, I thought... 1:40 PM
- luvtennis: Sorry, but I must disagree. If you listen to Lehmann or Gadski it quickly... 1:28 PM
- papopera: thats la Sutherland, isn’t she a pain though ? 1:14 PM
- isepo: Well acc. to Robert Kraft, Stravinsky was continually revising Le sacre until the... 12:57 PM
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SilvestriWoman- “I agree that, if she’d not moved into heldensopran roles, she’d be remembered as a great Verdiana, perhaps – yes – eclipsing Leontyne”.
….yes, if only we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs if we had the eggs!
Even 24 hours later, this still makes me laugh out loud.