Randy, there were two large soprano roles in William Bolcom's "A View from the Bridge": the blowsy over-blown voice was American Catherine Malfitano and the young fresh-sounding singer was Canadian up-and-comer, Isabel Bayrakdarian.
Mark
"Sing on the interest, not on the principal" - Florence Page Kimball, to her student Leontyne Price "The voice is not a fist." - Fritz Wunderlich "I sing with a slim voice." - Birgit Nilsson
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 buzzcen@a... wrote:
> I caught a portion of the metropolitan opera broadcast yesterday (sat 12/28) > on wfmt while in the car. It was in english. What opera was it and who was > the lead soprano?
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