She is happily still with us, and her farewell role was a surprisingly spry Mme. Armfeldt a few years ago. Like Ángeles Gulín, Maria Vitale, and Margherita Castro-Alberty, her voice was huge and somewhat erratic. However, that Roberto D concert is mesmerizing, and I love most of her stuff, however idiosyncratically sung, because of the real sense of urgency and drama in her singing.
More people should listen to Martile Rowland
A drama/trauma-tic soprano in the model of Gencer and Olivero, Martile Rowland sang a brilliant Elisabetta in Roberto Devereux (a last minute replacement for Zampieri, another controversial pick) at a concert, did half a Puritani at the Met, and sang the other “Gencer” roles such as Paolina in I Martiri, the title roles in Caterina Cornaro and Linda di Chamounix, and then retired to teach in the midwest somewhere(?).
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People: Angeles Gulin, Maria Natale, Martile Rowland
