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Painting: "View of Constantinople by Moonlight" by Ivan Aivazovsky (it's shaping up to be an Aivazovsky month :D). History: A few days after his 1822 wedding to Isabella Colbran, Rossini wrote to his impresario at that time, Benelli, that he did not wish to return to Naples after Vienna. Aware, perhaps, that some gesture towards the composer would not come amiss if the city was not to lose him entirely, the Naples authorities granted Rossini a benefit evening at the San Carlo for which he ...

Author: LindoroRossini; Tags: belcanto classical coloratura Rossini

Re-Upload with better sound quality Lately I've been getting into the tradition of the "assoluta", the divas likes Isabella Colbran, Giuditta Pasta, Giuseppina Ronzi De Begnis, Mary Anne Paton, Maria Malibran, Pauline Viardot, etc that championed the hardest roles written for the female voice in opera. They had the characteristic of having a dark colored voice, being able to alternate tessitura of high soprano as well as contralto (as the greatest castrati were able to do), having a ...

Author: primohomme; Tags: assoluta soprano sfogato diva dramatic coloratura maria callas giuditta pasta malibran pauline viardot

Hahaha :) What happens when Ms. Colbran takes over english class!! 8JLI playing 'In a, With a, When a' :) (Preview of my own version of 'Friday the 13th)

Author: acepcion813; Tags: Discovery College DC Friday the 13th year 8jli day in life of with when english class

Beautiful performance by mezzo soprano Joyce di Donato, showing secure low notes as well as secure top C's. From her new album "Colbran, The Muse". Armida is the most difficult role written for Isabella Colbran, it requires a huge range of 2 and a half octaves, incredible coloratura skills and widely shifting tessitura. Since I did the score animation first with Callas who ornaments incredibly, I decided to do one with a performance closer to the score...of course Joyce ornaments as well ...

Author: primohomme; Tags: joyce di donato armida rossini isabella colbran score animation soprano sfogato mezzo contralto diva assoluta

. Looking at the score one can get an idea how difficult this role is, it is the most difficult role that Rossini ever wrote and it makes huges demands of its Diva, it needs a true soprano sfogato. Originally written for the great Isabella Colbran who had a huge range, from low G to high E. It is awe inspiring how young Maria not only overcomes the difficulties that Rossini wrote but she completely tosses them off like they are nothing and interpolates high D's, E-flats, takes a 2+ ...

Author: primohomme; Tags: maria callas rossini armida isabella colbran coloratura dramatic soprano mezzo contralto assoluta sfogato

arias, from the last role that Rossini wrote for the great Isabella Colbran (Semiramide) that by then had been losing her powers. The range is limited, less than 2 octaves (C#4-A5) when usually he would compose things spanning 2 and a half octaves for her voice, but the intricacy of the coloratura still demands the best of singers. From Joyce Di Donato's new album "Colbran, the muse". ... joyce di donato isabella colbran rossini semiramide bel canto diva mezzo soprano sfogato assoluta ...

Author: primohomme; Tags: joyce di donato isabella colbran rossini semiramide bel canto diva mezzo soprano sfogato assoluta

Amazing virtuoso aria written for Isabella Colbran by Rossini, from his Cantata "Le nozze di Teti e Pelo". ... Isabella Colbran Rossini bel canto coloratura soprano mezzo contralto sfogato assoluta diva

Author: primohomme; Tags: Isabella Colbran Rossini bel canto coloratura soprano mezzo contralto sfogato assoluta diva

Scene of confrontation between Armida and Rinaldo In this amazing scene one can hear what must have been the art of the great Isabella Colbran Rossini wrote very intricate and difficult fioraturas for her encompassing the 3 registers of the female voice, and the tessitura shifts wildly up and down. ... isabella colbran armida rossini bel canto diva soprano sfogato assoluta mezzo

Author: primohomme; Tags: isabella colbran armida rossini bel canto diva soprano sfogato assoluta mezzo

Amazing performance by mezzo soprano Joyce di Donato. It gives me hope that the phenomenon of the soprano sfogato might soon return! The low phrases are sung with feeling and the high phrases with ease but with punch! From her new album "Colbran, The Muse" ... joyce di donato rossini isabella colbran bel canto soprano sfogato assoluta maria callas renee fleming armida

Author: primohomme; Tags: joyce di donato rossini isabella colbran bel canto soprano sfogato assoluta maria callas renee fleming armida

Guyanese Songstress Timeka Marshall and dancehall deejay Busy Signal on a Juke Boxx Productions original production directed by Gareth Colbran of ID Studios on Feel Fah

Author: jukeboxxproductions; Tags: jamaica guyana juke boxx timeka busy signal shane brown