Tag Archives: Beverly Sills
get to know Michelle Trovato, lyric coloratura
“Spot-on.” ”A beautifully produced soprano.” “Already turning heads.” “A bundle of energy and vocal thrills.” These are just some of the glowing comments reviewers have made about award-winning lyric coloratura soprano Michelle Trovato. Michelle received a bachelors of music in voice … Continue reading
Filed under Bel canto opera, Interviews, Performers, sopranos, Sunday Best
don’t quote me . . . the soprano hall of fame
“I felt I could do any coloratura soprano role; I always knew what I was capable of doing. In the performing arts you need ego, a certain self-assurance, or else you’d never have the guts to face an audience.” –Beverly … Continue reading
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‘Opera Anecdotes’: an Operatoonity Book Rec
If you’ve always thought opera to be a colorful career or an opera dressing room a great place to be a fly on the wall, Ethan Mordden‘s delightful romp, Opera Anecdotes, will hardly dissuade you of that notion. It’s full of … Continue reading
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don’t quote me…
When you flop at La Scala, you don’t just fall on your face, you fall down a manhole. . . . Italians love their pasta al dente and their divas temperamental. –Beverly Sills
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‘Bubbles’ says…
La Scala is to opera what the Palace Theater was to vaudeville, what Yankee Stadium has been to baseball, and what Lourdes is to people who believe in miracles. –Beverly (Bubbles) Sills
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