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Russian American opera singer
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- soprano
- Russian Empire, United States of America
- opera singer, music teacher, film actor, actor
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2021-12-18 13:00:50
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTUgtiSOYx8 Born on this day in 1894 soprano Nina Koshetz. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV_WYrITtk0 Born on this day in 1920 soprano Rita Streich with music for the holidays. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hiuf9p-WL8 Born on this day in 1922 tenor Cesare Valletti. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=g89j5oa6xNU Born on this day in 1888 actress Gladys Cooper.
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Faces of classical music
2020-02-02 16:37:00
The best new classical albums: January 2020
[…] incisive German was already a known quantity thanks to a mettlesome Sophie in Glyndebourne's Der Rosenkavalier a few years ago, but she's equally responsive and idiomatic in Russian, French and Swedish (listen to her expressive use of consonants to evoke the rustling reeds in Sibelius' Säv, säv, susa whilst maintaining immaculate legato and you'll see what I mean). She's especially delicious in the Reynaldo Hahn-ish French settings which Tchaikovsky wrote for the flamboyant Ukrainian-born Nina Koshetz, with just a hint of Edith Piaf creeping into her delivery in the two Sérénades. And on a purely technical level, the evenness and steadiness of Alder's voice is a constant pleasure: she negotiates the lower reaches of the Britten and Tchaikovsky songs without any ungainly register-shifts, high notes are integrated and secure, and on the rare occasions when a hint of breathiness is apparent (for instance in the first two Sibelius songs, and […]
2016-12-18 17:52:17
His puzzler was sore
On this day in 1966 How the Grinch Stole Christmas, based on the story by Dr. Seuss, aired for the first time on CBS. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppWrbYC3WwQ Born on this day in 1894 soprano Nina Koshetz. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1lZ2LUWAJM Born on this day in 1920 soprano Rita Streich. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfAiAIvi0gs Born on this day in 1922 tenor Cesare Valletti. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=g89j5oa6xNU Happy 79th birthday baritone Knut Skram. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo-cBoKJxxQ Happy 68th birthday tenor Elliot Palay. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHhViAah3QI
2015-12-18 14:01:07
The maternal instinct
Born on this day in 1888 actress Gladys Cooper. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTUgtiSOYx8 Born on this day in 1894 soprano Nina Koshetz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1lZ2LUWAJM Born on this day in 1920 soprano Rita Streich http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfAiAIvi0gs Born on this day in 1922 tenor Cesare Valletti http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g89j5oa6xNU Happy 78th birthday baritone Knut Skram http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo-cBoKJxxQ Happy 67th birthday tenor Elliot Palay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHhViAah3QI
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