The law of diminishing divas
La Cieca invites the cher public to act as blue-ribbon panel in selecting the singers to be included in the “Greatest Diva” study. Voting after the jump.
So here’s how it works. After much consideration, La Cieca came to the conclusion that what we really need here are two divisions: “classic” divas who continued to sing past 1980 but are now no longer on the boards; and “current” divas who are still (more or less) active. A few artists seemed to straddle the categories, but your doyenne applied her usual Solomon-like judgment to ensure proper bifurcation.
Following are two polls. You may vote for up to ten (10) divas in each poll. The ten divas in each division with the highest number of popular votes will be submitted to the “Greatest Diva” study.
Okay, so here we go.
The polls will remain open through midnight on Wednesday, September 15.
While the heat is reaching almost unbearably high levels on this thread, the Met concert of divo Bocelli is quietly and quickly selling out, most likely to people who will never experience “des états d’âme” about diva competitions.
Magda Olivero. A genuine diva, and still
alive, whose career went on and on along with
Dorothy Kirsten.
But Olivero should head every list of true Divas!!
Two Worthy Divas!
Where is Vishnevskaya?
Where’s La Sills?!?
She retired in 1980.
Retired or whatever. Beverly did more for opera in this country than anyone else. Like her or not, she was a great spokesperson for the Art.
Did I suggest otherwise?
I must have been in California the iscussion of uncut dick.
Spotted in Beverly Hills: Fabio was at the restaurant we ate at one night (Xi’an)… he is still gorgeous.
And in First Class on my flight back…. Giada Di Lorentiis.
who is Fabio, Sanford?
The body’s still ok but the head still looks like a half sucked mango.
Obviously you didn’t read a lot of bodice rippers back in the 1980s!
Seriously, he was the model of choice for the colorful covers on those popular romance novels of 25 years ago.
No! Sanford is a MUCH better singer!
A virtual divo!
CwbyLA: Clarification, I thought your comment above was a kind
of rhetorical question — who is Fabio, is it not Sanford? Hence,
my smart-ass reply. Still, Sanford should be pleased.
i knoiw the polls have closed..but I will nominate the ONLY diva I remember who combines the best qualities of Kunst and Stimm divas….Diana Soviero..I wish more of you knew her as I do….for 35 years…One of the greatest sopranos… Today she teaches at the Met…..I wonder if she can instill some of her art into some of our present divas..well,she has one..Sondra Radvanovsky..one of our (few) great sopranos…CH