Mary Curtis Verna News
singer (1921-2009)
- soprano
- United States of America
- opera singer
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2014-09-09 01:50:00
Magda Olivero
The great Italian soprano Magda Olivero has died at the age of 104. She was the other surviving member of her generation of singers, along with Licia Albanese, who died last month at 105. Olivero had an odd career: debut in 1932, a successful career that included singing Liu on the first commercial Turandot, more than a decade of retirement, from about 1939 to 1950, a return to the stage around age 40 followed by a good 30 years more on the operatic stage. She made her Met debut at 65 as Tosca, and sang ten performances over two seasons there. She sang a couple of Toscas and five performances of La voix humaine here in San Francisco. She was a great singer with a voice more compelling than beautiful, a superb technician with a deeply-felt and natural sense of Italian verismo style. That Turandot is well worth […]
2012-06-07 19:43:37
Past imperfect
[…] the good comes some bad. Corelli loiters on some high notes and adds a few unwritten ones in the Triumphal scene. His lifelong tendency toward scooping, under-the-note attacks is also quite obvious. The rest of the cast would frankly have us turning backflips if they materialized today. Miriam Pirazzini, part of a golden age of Italian mezzos, may have been overshadowed by Giulietta Simionato and Fedora Barbieri but proves herself a totally gripping Amneris. “Maria” Curtis Verna, who had a distinguished career on both sides of the Atlantic, delivers a committed account of the title role, even if she could use a little more vocal color and shows some strain at the top. Neri is an awesome Ramfis, and Gian Giacomo Guelfi an imposing Amonasro. As in the Rigoletto, Questa and the Turin orchestra manage to stay out of trouble while keeping the drama flowing and never getting bogged down […]
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