the reigning queens

i think joyce didonato and sondra radvanovsky are the two...premier divas...of america

makes me wonder...if we have any...comparable tenors...or basses

radvanovsky's vissi d'arte -- and anna's

over the last three weeks, i've heard tosca, live from the met, twice

sondra radvanovsky's vissi d'arte...is just...heart-rending -- brought tears....

here she is, singing it at the met, almost three years ago

here, at a concert -- apparently, just a couple of months ago -- looks like it's outdoors

there's another concert-rendition, on her home turf -- at http://youtu.be/cIkx_koQFAg

for good measure, here's my anna -- seems rushed, at the beginning -- especially in comparison to radvanovsky's renditions

two casta divas: radvanovsky & zanettin

i just found this rendition of 'casta diva'...by sondra radvanovsky -- i was preparing an e-mail to my opera 'list,' in which i wrote about my recent trip, and a production of 'norma' in which she starred -- in spain -- i was in barcelona, and my taxi driver told me that this production was happening, an hour outside the city -- it would take place (in peralada), two weeks after i left the city -- i love the conductor, here, leading the applause

i then saw this version -- spine tingling -- monica zanettin -- and this is a huge...outdoor arena