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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2006Ping EvelynVG (Divamanque) Diva's Passing
Speaking of "Cio-Cio-San".....Anna Moffo, American Diva, gone @ age 73..debut 1955 in that role, great fame from 50's to 70's, when her voice failed for operatic roles (so the story goes: from "overwork" or "overbooking"). Did you ever meet or know her? > Speaking of "Cio-Cio-San".....Anna Moffo, American > Diva, gone @ age 73..debut 1955 in that role, great > fame from 50's to 70's, when her voice failed for > operatic roles (so the story goes: from "overwork" or > "overbooking"). Did you ever meet or know her? I think I must have given you the wrong impression. I never made it to the rarefied heights of actually singing opera professionally! My "operatic career" was in amateur companies (pay optional - and minimal). My professional singing was mostly as paid soloist for a few fairly large churches. I also did a number of vocal recitals, mostly unpaid, although a few provided a small fee. That's why I call myself "Diva manqué". (Manqué describes one who has attempted something but failed at it, usually through no fault of their own.) Although I have heard some famous singers "live" (and paid them homage backstage, aferward) I never had the opportunity to work with any of them. I never met Moffo, although I admired her. My favorite of that generation was Renata Tebaldi - I don't think any of today's sopranos quite measure up to her and Moffo and Callas or to Traubel and Flagstad, but some of the mezzos and contraltos coming out of Eastern Europe are terrific! > I think I must have given you the wrong impression. I never made it to > the rarefied heights of actually singing opera professionally! My [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > up to her and Moffo and Callas or to Traubel and Flagstad, but some of the > mezzos and contraltos coming out of Eastern Europe are terrific! Sorry...you *did* have a career w/your voice, which is more than a lot of us (me included) can say. I do *not* consider such a career "failure". Manque' must be French? Sure not Spanish. What I wondered was just if you ever encountered Moffo anywhere (they all had to start somewhere) though her wealthy first husband financed her debut as "Butterfly" which started her success. For all I know before she met *him* she could have been singing in churches, amateur companies, as you say, or even recitals; after all she was born in Penn., USA. Right? Just because I once played trumpet doesn't mean I was running around with Louie Armstrong, LOL, but one of the guys who played string bass/baritone in orchestra/band with me has had a long career as a member of a Vegas casino orchestra as well as the Las Vegas Symphony group. You never know. >Speaking of "Cio-Cio-San".....Anna Moffo, American >Diva, gone @ age 73..debut 1955 in that role, great >fame from 50's to 70's, when her voice failed for >operatic roles (so the story goes: from "overwork" or >"overbooking"). Did you ever meet or know her? She was the first opera singer I ever heard-- my father's recordings. And she was extremely beautiful. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War
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