In a Different Voice: Then and Now Winter 2025 Opera Course

Video Recording of 01/14/2025 Class

Sopranos Then and Now, Part II

LINKS FOR SOPRANOS: PART II

ANNA NETREBKO

Singing in Tosca with her then husband Yusif Eyvazov in an outdoor performance in Naples in the summer of 2020
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZOGBL_oZnE (12:06)

Singing "O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qsT6-P-pkM (2:05)

Singing "O patria mia" from Verdi's Aida
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwzY0r-8pwY (7:49)

Singing in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore with Rolando Villazon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTmN8ZURhjE (8:57)

With Dmitri Hvorostovsky, singing "O! kak mne tiazhelo" ("Oh, how distressed I am") from Act III of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLgj7sruaPk (2:33)

Singing Elsa's dream "Einsam in truben Tagen" ("When all my hopes departed, God kept me from despair" or "Lonely in troubled days, I prayed to the Lord") from Act I of Wagner's Lohengrin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qG6cNx9mpY (6:52)

JESSYE NORMAN

Tribute to Nelson Mandela at his Memorial Service
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oziNxMe1LAI (5:08)

Singing "O patria mia" from Verdi's Aida
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_C7AstelxA (3:55)

Sieglinde singing "O hehrstes Wunder" from Wagner's Die Walkure
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLshZgI6Iqk (:57)

Singing Schubert's Ave Maria
www.youtube.com/watch?v=do5ZmQQM8AE (7:06)

KRISTINE OPOLAIS

Singing "Song to the Moon" from Dvorak's Rusalka
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtBPD95zBYE (6:01)

Singing "Un bel di, vedremo" from Puccini's Madama Butterfly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQcDnIiGUuQ (6:08)

With Jonathan Tetelman, singing the duet "O Soave Fanciulla" ("O gentle maiden") from Act I of Puccini's La boheme
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuOAxTDwY70 (3:40)

With Jonas Kaufmann, singing "O Soave Fanciulla" from Puccini's La boheme (5:41)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdFTkYKEX9M

LISETTE OROPESA

2023 Summer Newsletter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HvucEGjt9o (27:16)

Singing "Chacun le sait" from Donizetti's La fille du Regiment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=njRGyLEvqvE (1:29)

Singing "Sempre libere" from Verdi's La Traviata
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4L-sKy_0PU (5:09)

Susanna, disguised as the Countess, singing to herself and knowing that Figaro is spying on her: "Deh vieni, non tardar" ("Of don't be late") from Act IV of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBQoup3zmgE (3:22)

Living the Classical Life: "You get better even at the things you are terrible at"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq869_BUdSQ (37:31)

AILYN PEREZ

Magda singing "Chi il bel sogno" ("Who could bring to light Doretta'a glorious dream?") from Puccini's La rondine

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpU8-HVjX10 (3:42)

With ex-husband Stephen Costello singing duets from Bernstein's West Side Story
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCvzS-L-nKE (3:46)

Singing "Mon Coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" from Saint-Saens' Samson et Delilah
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKKKJeJxT8c (3:40)

Singing at the 2012 Richard Tucker Gala
https://nychoral.org/audio-video-media/richard-tucker-gala-2012-with-ailyn-perez/ (7:08)

ROSA PONSELLE

Leonora singing "Pace, pace mio dio" ("Peace, peace My God") from Verdi's La Forza del destino
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hv7JpTYZRc (4:38)

Singing "Casta diva" from Bellini's Norma
www.youtube.com/watch?v=masxke80q6s (8:01)

Leonore singing "D'amor sull'ali rosee…Misere" ("On the rosy wings of love go, oh mournful sigh") from Verdi's Il Trovatore
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEp7GfardpM (8:11)

Link to article, "The Queen of All Queens in All Singing" and singing
 https://operawire.com/the-queen-of-queens-in-all-of-singing-a-deep-dive-into-the-genius-of-soprano-rosa-ponselle/

LEONTYNE PRICE

Singing "O patria mia" from Verdi's Aida
www.youtube.com/watch?v=74HvM1lDUdw (4:43)

Singing "Un bel di" from Puccini's Madama Butterfly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwkMxz2nEdc (4:41)

Singing "O Holy Night"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEi9IDV3BzA (4:23)

Interview with Leontyne Price
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeB6R8c6LYE (57:10)

New CD now available: Leontyne Price at the Met

PATRICIA RACETTE

Singing "Vissi d'arte" from Puccini's Tosca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M3Cn5qm80c (3:32)

Singing "Un bel di" from Puccini's Madama Butterfly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_FNYH-K880 (5:03)

Diva on Detour
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVNM-TMOl6Q (2:57)

Giving Master Class at Juilliard
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-1j9l8G0x8 (7:10)

SONDRA RADVANOVSKY

Singing "La mamma morta" ("My dead mother") from Giordano's Andrea Chenier
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4goyFsdSLTI (6:29)

Thinking of Manrico, now captive, Leonora singing "D'amor sull'ali rosee" ("On the rosy wings of love, go, oh mournful sigh") from Verdi's Il trovatore
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5x8VSXtk7c (13:07)

Singing "Casta Diva" from Bellini's Norma
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgUINdGLPFA (8:55)

With Dmitri Hvorostovsky, singing duet from Verdi's Un ballo in Maschera
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVVyQcFJBBI (7:32)

Elena, on the verge of death, singing "Arrigo! a parli a un core" ("Arrigo, you speak to a core, Already ready to forgive") from Verdi's Il Vespri Sicialiani
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D03HUd-Tt8s (6:35)

LEONIE RYSANEK

Singing Ortrud in Wagner's Lohengrin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r7omSbufog (19:24)

Elektra singing "Allein! Weh, ganz allein"  ("Alone, alas, all alone") from Strauss's Elektra
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yekqa--a4r8 (10:16)

Singing "In questa reggia" ("In this palace, thousands of years ago, a desperate cry sounded") from Puccini's Turandot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITXvLRMuxZ0 (6:32)

Singing Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walkure unleashing an Eb6 shout
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHXc0Wla4Wg (5:06)

GOLDA SCHULTZ

Stage fright at her Metropolitan Opera debut
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Je_xfMIqiY (18:00)

Singing Shubert's "Nacht und Traume"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u2pKiBvP-E (4:14)

Singing "Summertime" from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rz7QsgaNCY (2:18)

Singing in her album "Mozart You Drive Me Crazy"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI3SY562GZg (4:31)

Pamina singing "Ach, ich fuhl's" ("I feel it now. The empty sadness..") from Act I of Mozart's Die Zauberflote
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_YviDQYxFk&list=PLJsmtUXYq2fExqqkGlaw6MRNHy9-rcvlZ&index=6 (1:25)

Singing Strauss lieder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjC3Td2jwb0 (23:06)

NADINE SIERRA

WGTE Public Medica Interview
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXT2ilnn2ZQ (16:52)

With Pretty Yende, singing the "Flower Duet" from Delibes's Lakme
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtdLk-78MUA (7:06)

Juliette singing "Ah! Je veux vivre" ("I want to live in the dream") from Gounod's Romeo et Juliette
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw__DNLHOK0 (2:10)

Rehearsing for the "Mad Scene" of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlITSQ2Y0Ho (6:10)

Singing "Caro Nomo" from Verdi's Rigoletto
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQKj8vjOPEU (8:08)

BEVERLY SILLS

As a child, singing "Ardidi Il bacio" in the film "Uncle Sol Solves It"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAz2HgSZaDs (4:01)

Singing "Sempre libera" from Verdi's La Traviata
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AcsT9LRII (4:48)

Singing Queen of the Night from Mozart's Die Zauberflote
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTtYSxXIgFc (4:48)

Singing "Casta diva" from Bellini's Norma
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rhjeq-yIi4 (8:16)

ELEANOR STEBER

Singing "Depuit de jour" in Charpentier's Louise
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YRexgGoBqk (4:47)

Profile on "The Voice of Firestone"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMacyewwWDM (9:40)

Tribute to Eleanor Steber
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOoYtuliZQA (2:20)

Singing "Vissi d'arte" from Puccini's Tosca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P25-4alk-pg (3:18)

NINA STEMME

Singing the "Liebestot" from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8enypX74hU (6:58)

Singing in Wagner Gala at the Mariinsky Theatre in 2012
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IIUTVpGVDE&list=PL8cwOUNjc6YJ_PmqH49ByRFXePKJ4zD5R&index=7

Agathe singing "Wie nahte mir der Schlumm" ("How could I sleep without seeing him?") in Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischutz (Cardiff Singer of the World Competition, 1993)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjd8Unl-nbU&list=PL8cwOUNjc6YJ_PmqH49ByRFXePKJ4zD5R&index=18 (9:18)

Singing "O patria mia" from Verdi's Aida
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRcqVtlgjbA&list=PL8cwOUNjc6YJ_PmqH49ByRFXePKJ4zD5R&index=27 (5:57)

RISE STEVENS

Singing "So in Love" from Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate on The Ed Sullivan Show
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVnjNSzE5A4 (2:44)

Singing the card scene in Bizet's Carmen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=egEVbRy50JE (2:35)

National Endowment for the Arts Interview with Rise Stevens
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zkmWKxlab4 (26:51)

Singing "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" from Saint-Saens Samson et Delilah in the film The Chocolate Soldier
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvo01aKeIwU (2:36)

TERESA STRATAS

Singing "Mi chiamano Mimi" from Puccini's La boheme
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVJ--0Ly59k (5:26)

Singing "Song to the Moon" from Dvorak's Rusalka
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_Z7Pk_Yi4M (5:36)

Tatiana singing the "Letter Scene" from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O2EzOQ2r3A&list=PL8cwOUNjc6YKl7kyrLy4iQowE6yxQut76&index=4 (9:48)

DAME JOAN SUTHERLAND

Link to documentary (BBC)
https://youtu.be/r8NnJbWWS0o (1:02:53)

Singing "Casta Diva" from Bellini's Norma
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ2L_B7VOWs (6:08)

Singing the "Mad Scene" from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3_8wz_xNI0 (13:41)

Singing "Chacun le sait" from Donizetti's La fille du regiment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_auNIMJ22hg (3:41)

With Marilyn Horne, singing "Mira o Norma" from Bellini's Norma
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUp5dStaAaQ  (3:59)

Joining Dinah Shore and Ella Fitzgerald in Concert
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSBILb1-PAc (3:34)

RENATA TEBALDI

Tosca singing "Vissi d'arte" from Puccini's Tosca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=unTgYCzTD84 (3:22)

Butterfly singing "Un bel di" from Puccini's Madama Butterfly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1woH96ROG-c (4:20)

Singing "Ebben..ne Andro Lontana" from Catalina's La Wally, "O Mio Babbino" from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, and Schubert's "Ave Maria"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBg1y-ju03M (11:19)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGHmGHP1Yvk (6:28)

Singing "Pace, pace mio Dio" from Verdi's La forza del Destino
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPYHxYDUaZ0 (7:05)

Singing the final scene from Verdi's La traviata
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMIDhHvY1uU (7:43)

DAME KIRI TE KANAWA

The Countess singing "Porgi amor"("O Love, give me some remedy for my sadness") from Act II of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIPIFjXi4G0 (4:01)

Singing "O mio babbino caro" from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuYQ9KRJms (2:31)

Singing Mozart
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihlJ8G6ibqQ (57:28)

Singing "I Had a Dream"from Claude Michel Schonberg's Les Miserables
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMIDfTcMuAM (3:37)

Singing "Dich, teure Halle" from Wagner's Tannhauser
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi8sZzEB-hA (4:50)

SHIRLEY VERRETT

Singing "Vissi d'arte" from Puccini's Tosca
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t569aKZt4d4 (3:53)

The Journey of an Extraordinary Voice
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EXkHfQ1trc (22:45)

Singing "Habanera" from Bizet's Carmen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH6FXfDF774 (4:14)

Singing "Casta Diva" from Bellini's Norma
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DSguONRaQY (10:40)
Start at 4:34

Singing "O don fatale" from Verdi's Don Carlo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQF1fMkGPxk (5:02) Start at 1:55

Singing "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" from Saint-Saens Samson et Dalila
www.youtube.com/watch?v=54ekFtVgFk8 (6:25)

The Journey of an Extraordinary Voice
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EXkHfQ1trc (22:45)

DEBORAH VOIGT

Singing "Suicidio" from Ponchielli's La Gioconda
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-5IglEpauA (4:40)

Singing "Dich, Teure halle" from Wagner's Tannhauser
www.youtube.com/watch?v=77QLttmxNAg (3:45)

Interview: "Call Me Debbie, True Confessions of a Down to Earth Diva
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PBMQq5cS4U (51:41)

With Luciano Pavarotti, singing the "Teco lo sto" duet from Verdi's Un ballo in Maschera
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmhlE1Tn4cA (10:01)

ERIN WALL

Donna Anna singing in Mozart's Don Giovanni
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BQP-NhwR5I (1:07)

Singing "Ich kann nicht sitzen" from Strauss's Elektra
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1SV_jEopak (1:05)

Singing "Martern aller arten" from Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio plus interview
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwvSnieHwWw (14:41)

PRETTY YENDE

Singing "Il faut partir" from Donizetti's La Fille du Regiment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAwXA3K9Od4 (1:48)

Singing "Oh, se una volta sola" from Bellini's La Sonnambula
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gCHFV3ymd8 (14:50)

SONYA YONCHEVA

Singing "Casta diva" from Bellini's Norma
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-6JhBYZCrw (6:42)

Xerxes I of Persia admiring the shade of a plane tree and singing "Ombra mai fu" ("Never was a shade") from Handel's Xerxes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otn8sjfAexI (3:45)

Singing "Habanera" from Bizet's Carmen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4vSwumVv2I (4:52)

Singing "Un bel di" from Puccini's Madama Butterfly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=irM3cPuSRKQ (5:29)

ROBERTA PETERS (1930-2017)

Singing "Una voco poco fa" from Rossini's The Barber of Seville
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qExRkD36XE0 (4:32)

With Robert Merrill, singing "So in Love" from Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8OsSxEvRX0 (2:14)

1977 Interview with Roberta Peters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRoeCjpew5Q (6:22)