tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post5178958241154805365..comments2024-03-05T22:44:45.962-05:00Comments on Great Opera Singers: Giannina Arangi-Lombardi: A Great Dramatic SopranoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-20261510279019247502012-02-17T20:43:43.237-05:002012-02-17T20:43:43.237-05:00Hello Sir Edmund, Thank you so much for this wonde...Hello Sir Edmund, Thank you so much for this wonderful article. It is my pleasure to read your article! Your article was very helpful to understand why it's very important.<br />Its my Great pleasure to visit your site and to enjoy your awesome post. Thank you and More Power ! More Blessings! and and Always Good Luck in your Wonderful blog. Have a Beautiful weekend! *GOD BLESS*Gerhard Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407517517439439662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-45264983654949077832011-09-04T15:29:43.063-04:002011-09-04T15:29:43.063-04:00I do in fact plan to do a piece on Carreras very s...I do in fact plan to do a piece on Carreras very soon! Thank you for your interest!Edmund StAustellhttp://gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-83835511949168333202011-09-03T22:50:40.505-04:002011-09-03T22:50:40.505-04:00To follow up on the previous comment...I would lov...To follow up on the previous comment...I would love it if you would do a piece on Alessandro Bonci...a tenor unknown to most but with a lovely voice which it seems to me you would love... and if it is not too much a burden, should you also please to write a piece on Jose Carreras I would be very glad...as I often hear about his voice and how it was very beautiful before his leukemia and singing heavy roles, but have never really been able to appreciate it...I am sure a post on him by you would be wonderfully informative... Thank you very much for your time and this great blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-7006895608692366292011-09-03T09:39:36.076-04:002011-09-03T09:39:36.076-04:00Thanks for the question. Yes, I absolutely plan t...Thanks for the question. Yes, I absolutely plan to do a piece on Gedda, and very soon! I heard Gedda on several occasions, up close and personal, as they say, in concert, and I was enormously impressed by him. He was a great tenor, without question! Stay tuned:)Edmund StAustellhttp://gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-55710272183913333022011-09-03T02:24:03.057-04:002011-09-03T02:24:03.057-04:00Hello Sir, I was wondering if you would please do ...Hello Sir, I was wondering if you would please do a piece on Nicolai Gedda (with of course your opinions of him). He seems a tenor you would like!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-43257965311779709952011-08-30T16:25:22.675-04:002011-08-30T16:25:22.675-04:00Thank you very much for an excellent comment! Yes...Thank you very much for an excellent comment! Yes, you hit the nail right on the head, as usual! That control of color means SO much, and as I have said on several pervious occasions, I think it is actually color people often refer to when they speak of the apparently different voice catgorizations of singers, such as "dramatic," "spinto," and so forth. Thanks for an excellent observation.Edmund StAustellhttp://gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-46726418132612796802011-08-30T15:42:28.399-04:002011-08-30T15:42:28.399-04:00Thanks a lot for the article; this singer is new t...Thanks a lot for the article; this singer is new to me. She was brilliant, one of the greatest. Sometimes it seems strange that there were so many great singers and some names are not well known. <br />I love singers who can change color of their voice, and her voice is beautiful.Like Callas she had "dramatic' timbre which helped her to sing verismo without screaming. <br /><br />n.a.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-45897273195600957202011-08-14T15:51:28.849-04:002011-08-14T15:51:28.849-04:00Thank you very much!Thank you very much!Edmund StAustellhttp://gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-66201615822571067562011-08-14T15:35:50.915-04:002011-08-14T15:35:50.915-04:00What can I add? Great voice!What can I add? Great voice!JD Hobbeshttp://cinci.rr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-15932019340995010842011-08-08T10:53:07.190-04:002011-08-08T10:53:07.190-04:00Thank you very much, Tim. Very well said indeed! ...Thank you very much, Tim. Very well said indeed! And thank you especially for permitting me to quote your excellent biography, which tells her story succinctly and accurately. Much appreciated!<br /><br />My best,<br /><br />EdmundEdmund StAustellhttp://gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-23058608805611461052011-08-08T09:47:04.501-04:002011-08-08T09:47:04.501-04:00Thank you so much, Edmund, for a wonderful tribute...Thank you so much, Edmund, for a wonderful tribute to a truly great singer and artist! Your astute and vivid description of her key recordings, style and technique simply can't be bettered. Her achievements are even more admirable considering the fact that she had to work against the tide during the interwar years when the veristic "can belto" style had already become the order of the day in the operatic scene all over Italy. She stayed steadfastly in the "bel canto" path, emphasizing "exquisite vocal artistry, musical phrasing and rich tonal shading" (as Andrea Suhm-Binder put it). That she managed to hold her own ground admidst the prevalence of 'veristic' singers bespoke of her strong principles and integrity as an artist. Undoubtedly she stands alongside Rosa Ponselle, Hina Spani and Meta Seinemeyer as one of the great dramatic sopranos in the Italian repertoire during more than a century of the history of recording. <br /><br />TimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-57676727407680446852011-08-08T08:46:32.930-04:002011-08-08T08:46:32.930-04:00Thank you. Yes, traditional bel canto training se...Thank you. Yes, traditional bel canto training seems to create a technique that is very adaptable. Depending on the natural endowments of the singer, it can make a very wide range of repertoire available. It is--again--the question of color. A voice can be "dark" and also very flexible. Some purely "dramatic" voices, trained differently, can be very sluggish and inflexible. Thank you for your comment!Edmund StAustellhttp://gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-33107582529092701402011-08-07T22:11:11.863-04:002011-08-07T22:11:11.863-04:00Astonishing Bel Canto singing! Thank you so very ...Astonishing Bel Canto singing! Thank you so very much for this post. I had heard of this singer.Daniel Shigohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736080550398734909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-60624505723198590522011-08-07T20:48:08.538-04:002011-08-07T20:48:08.538-04:00My pleasure. I was aware than some opera fans, es...My pleasure. I was aware than some opera fans, especially here in the US, might not have known of her, but she was certain a very major star in Italy and Europe generally in her day. I personally think the voice is spectacular, and in general she does some of the best singing I've heard, especially in these big dramatic arias. Thanks for the comment.Edmund StAustellhttp://gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6166918155946600787.post-23362741549364669532011-08-07T20:43:18.874-04:002011-08-07T20:43:18.874-04:00Whoa! I think I might fall into the category of p...Whoa! I think I might fall into the category of people who didn't know this soprano, but she is fantastic! I can't believe I hadnt heard of her, but she is something! Great voice! Thanks for the introduction!<br /><br />s.j.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com