I didn’t know that outside of music SA usually stands for assault and not soprano/alto. I posted to my choir’s Facebook group to announce that we’re doing a treble-only group this year and it read “The whole choir just got SA’d!!” I then got interrogated by Rivers Cuomo after that, who then beat me to death.
Portrait of soprano Reri Grist as Rosina in Rossini's opera, "The Barber of Seville." Printed on front: "Louis Melancon. Metropolitan Opera House, New York City." Louis Melancon, New York, N.Y." Label on back: "Metropolitan Opera Assn., Inc. Press Dept. Reri Grist as Rosina in Rossini's 'Il barbiere di Siviglia.'"
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📸 October 8th, 1988 - Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé performed three songs (playback) by the Magic Fountain on Montjuic at a music festival "La Nit", which celebrated the arrival of the Olympic flag from the Seoul games to Barcelona
Francesco Durante (1684-1755) - Ad presepe venite "Pastorale e Mottetto per la nativitate Jesu Christe" in G-Major, I. Ad presepe. Performed by Roberta Mameli, soprano, Urusula Eittinger, alto, Andreas Post, tenor, Stephan MacLeod, bass, and Michael Alexander Willens/Kölner Akademie on period instruments.
So proud of the work I’ve gotten to do on my collegiate opera debut! Iolanthe opens TONIGHT, and I can’t wait to introduce everyone to my interpretation of this sweet, courageous and free spirited fairy that I’ve grown to love so much.
Portrait of soprano Leontyne Price in Verdi's opera, "Aida." Stamped on back: "Copyright photograph by Dominic. Dominic, 31, Chelsea Square, S.W.3., tel. Flaxman 6118." Label on back: "As Aida in her English debut role at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, July, 1958." Handwritten on back: "Leontyne Price."
E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library