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Post by Hrothgar on Apr 26, 2024 14:47:42 GMT
Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez
Her crystalline voice haunts both the movie and memoryThe character she played refused to have her voice recorded, insisting that art exists in the moment of performance and that to mix business with art would cheapen her work. Fernandez sings the aria "Ebben? Ne andrĂ² lontana", from Act I of Catalani's opera "La Wally."
The piece is a haunting reverie on the theme of traveling alone and far from home. Catalani died in 1893 of consumption at the age of 39, only a year after the triumphant premiere of "La Wally" at La Scala.Wilhelmenina Wiggins Fernandez - La Wally (extrait de "Diva" 1981) Interesting to note that the aria was not originally composed for the opera. It was a separate song that Catalan added to the opera later.
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