Luisa Tetrazzini News
Italian opera singer (1871-1940)
- soprano
- opera
- Kingdom of Italy
- opera singer, music teacher
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Serenade (Western Classical Music in India)
2023-11-29 18:31:38
Luisa Tetrazzini was one of the most famous Italian sopranos of the 19th-20th centuries. She began singing at the age of three, which is perhaps why her father compared her to one of the great coloratura singers of the 19th century, Adelina Patti, who had also begun performing as a child. Tetrazzini first studied with her elder sister, Eva, who was a prima donna soprano and had made a name for herself internationally. Whilst helping at home, Tetrazzini was known […] The post appeared first on Serenade.
2021-08-06 23:12:00
SantaFeNewMexican.com: Soprano Angel Blue promises to soar in Santa Fe [8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7 at the Santa Fe Opera]
[…] Blue’s father, a preacher, “was a beautiful, kind-hearted person. I looked up to him so much,” she says. “He was also a classically trained vocalist who studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He was always singing or playing opera around the house, especially Leontyne Price, Richard Tucker, and Jussi Björling.” Blue’s grandfather was also a fan, introducing her to an earlier generation of stars including Lily Pons, Emma Tetrazzini, and Enrico Caruso. While Blue’s opera career began with such lyric soprano roles as Mimì in La Bohème and Micaëla in Carmen, she’s now transitioning towards more dramatic parts. “I did my first Tosca in 2019, and I have role debuts as Aida and Leonora in Il Trovatore coming up,” she says. After Santa Fe, she heads to The Metropolitan Opera for Fire Shut Up in My Bones by Terence Blanchard […]
2020-11-12 02:28:00
[…] Ponselle in the greatest recording of the soprano's big aria from Ernani that I've ever heard. Ponselle was a dramatic soprano, a Norma and Aida, but she could move a very big voice with incredible speed and lightness. Listen to her trills and especially the turn as she comes out of the long trill in the fast section. Also, this remains one of the most beautiful soprano voices on record, pure velvet. Next, the wonderful Luisa Tetrazzini in "Ah, non giunge" from La Sonnambula. This one is for the pure joy of singing. The other is dramatic sopranos being...well, loud. Here's Dame Eva Turner's classic 1928 recording of "In questa reggia" from Turandot. To close, here's the great Kirsten Flagstad singing Senta's ballad from The Flying Dutchman.
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ArtsJournal: music
2018-04-24 14:05:38
Two Present-Day Opera Stars Record Onto Wax Cylinders, Just As If It Were 1902
"Especially on Caruso's breakthrough records, the sound is scratchy, wiry and wobbly. The same holds true for early recordings of Nellie Melba, Luisa Tetrazzini and other luminaries of that era. While there are entrancing hints of astonishing voices, it's hard to tell what they were really like. If only we could record a singer today […]
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