Today it's Magda Olivero's Birthday! She 's turning 97!!! Magda, one of the 20st Century vocal legends is one of the most under-recorded sopranos of her era and like Leyla Gencer she is a creation of the pirates as the Record Companies never gave her the chance to record her greatest roles.
The last time Magda's voice has been recorded -to my knowledge- was in 2006, in a Mass in Italy (Solda, Chiesa di San Gertrude, Italy, august 15th 2006) , aged 96 and believe me, she sounds amazing (she sounds 76..heheh. I'm not kidding, she made her MET debut singing Tosca in 1975 at the age of 65!). I will try to find this extremely hard-to-find recording in my archive and upload it.
Till then ,
The last time Magda's voice has been recorded -to my knowledge- was in 2006, in a Mass in Italy (Solda, Chiesa di San Gertrude, Italy, august 15th 2006) , aged 96 and believe me, she sounds amazing (she sounds 76..heheh. I'm not kidding, she made her MET debut singing Tosca in 1975 at the age of 65!). I will try to find this extremely hard-to-find recording in my archive and upload it.
Till then ,
HAAAAAAPPY BIRTHDAY MAGDA!
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