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| re: Callas in Kiss Me, Kate? A revival perhaps? | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:34 am EST 11/30/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Callas in Kiss Me, Kate? A revival perhaps? - PlayWiz 01:50 am EST 11/30/18 | |
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| "But one thing people may not recall about Maria Callas was that she pretty much only sang opera." Also, I think the only English-language piece she ever sang professionally in her entire career was the aria "Ocean, Though Mighty Monster" from the opera OBERON by Weber. Obviously, she was 100 percent fluent in English (born and grew up in Brooklyn), even though she spoke it with a slight accent. So she could have sung more in English if she wanted to, but I guess she just wasn't interested in the operatic repertoire in that language. |
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| re: Callas in Kiss Me, Kate? A revival perhaps? | |
| Posted by: larry13 01:03 pm EST 11/30/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Callas in Kiss Me, Kate? A revival perhaps? - Michael_Portantiere 11:34 am EST 11/30/18 | |
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| Slight correction: Callas was born in Manhattan and raised there(Washington Heights). The family probably had continued to live in Astoria for the first few years of her life but never in Brooklyn. | |
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| re: Callas in Kiss Me, Kate? A revival perhaps? | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 02:00 pm EST 11/30/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Callas in Kiss Me, Kate? A revival perhaps? - larry13 01:03 pm EST 11/30/18 | |
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| So sorry. A friend of mine used to joke that Callas was born in Brooklyn, and that stuck in my head :-) | |
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