my niece, cinderella, vivica genaux, cenerentola

in honor of my second-grade niece, who just starred in cinderella -- as one of the mice

vivica genaux was cenerentola in pittsburgh, last spring

her voice seems perfectly suited...for this part -- boy, does she do some amazing things with it

moffo, merrill, candid camera, burl ives, bjorling

in her last interview, moffo talks about her relationship with robert merrill

moffo and merrill -- 'ditte alla giovine'

then there's this great appearance by merrill,...on 'candid camera'

here, she sings 'chacun le sait, chacun le dit,' from "la fille du regiment,'...on burl ives's tv show (1964); then, with ives, 'turn around' ('where are you going, my little one')

finally, merrill -- very funny -- talking about jussi bjorling, and a recording of the quartet

for more quartet -- quartets -- including one...with bjorling