Pot-Pourri number 6

Published: Jan. 24, 2014, 1:23 a.m.

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\\xa0 I bring you still another of my compilations of great artists in order to make you happy, and for your opera parties, where you give expensive gifts to those who guess all the selections.

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1.\\xa0 Magda Olivero\\xa0 (turns 104 in March)\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Iris\\xa0 aria

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2. Getrude Kappel\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Walkure\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 "Hojotojo"

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3.\\xa0 Alfredo Kraus\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Romeo\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 "Ah leve-toi,soleil"\\xa0 (sings it up a half step.)

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4. Karita Mattila\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 "I could have danced all Night" from "My Fair Lady."

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5. Maria Callas\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 "La mamma morta"\\xa0\\xa0 (see the touching scene in the film "Philadelphia")

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6. Sherrill Milnes\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0 Attila cabaletta (with amazing high B flat)

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7. Elena Nikolaidi\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\xa0\\xa0 Don Carlo\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 "O don fatale."

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8. Claudia Novikova\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 La Perichole\\xa0\\xa0 Hilarious act two "drunk aria."

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9. Ivan Petrova\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Yolantha (Tchaikowsky)\\xa0 King Rene aria

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10. Ezio Pinza\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Amore de tre Re\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Archibaldo\'s Monologue\\xa0 (INCREDIBLE!)

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11. Rosa Ponselle\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Tosca\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 "Vissi d\'arte"

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12.\\xa0 Cesare Valletti\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Manon\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 "Le reve"

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13.\\xa0 Samuel Ramey\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Boris Clock Scene

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14.\\xa0 Antonietta Stella\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Attila\\xa0\\xa0 "Santo di patria"

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15. Ebe Stignani\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Semiramide aria\\xa0 (see why she is my all-time favorite mezzo.)

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16.\\xa0 Richard Tucker\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Turandot\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 "Nessun Dorma"

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