Some filth or dementia from Mat Hal
Who doesn’t love a slightly murky archival recording?
Beverly Sills’s NYCO Maria Stuarda/Three Queens are, of course, a known quantity.
But, I love the filthy Elisabetta of Marisa Galvany. Galvany produces strong reactions, but when she lands those sun-fire high notes, I get chills. I have always felt like her high notes (and I mean this as an absolutely demented compliment) could peal wallpaper off the walls.
Utterly camp.
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Topics: filth and dementia, The Talk of the Town
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People: Beverly Sills, Marisa Galvany
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Works: Maria Stuarda
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Places & Organizations: New York City Opera