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My state classical-music NPR station has a weekly art song program (previously called Great Songs, now called Singing and Other Sins). The station has a new website format and all of the archived episodes are free to listen to: [1]. There is a two-part 2013 interview with Christa Ludwig. Scroll down in reverse chronology to find "Christa Ludwig: PartOne 8 December 2013", plus the next week's program right below it. Most of the two programs are not interviews but rather artsong programs with well-informed commentary. Softlavender ( talk) 23:48, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
Softlavender ( talk) 05:41, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
2013 Interview & songs (Part 1): [2]
2013 Interview & songs (Part 2): [3]
2016: Sampling the new 5 CD box set from Warner Classics: [4]
2021: Romantic Songs: [5]
All are from the Hawaii Public Radio weekly program Singing and other Sins (formerly called Great Songs).
-- Softlavender ( talk) 06:56, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
Why does the article call her a "dramatic mezzo-soprano"? I'd call her a versatile lyric. She always sang beautifully rather than imposingly, even in dramatic roles like Leonore (Fidelio) and Amneris (Aida) and the Verdi Requiem mezzo solo and Ortrud (which she recorded in studio). Sure, she sang these roles, but her core was lyric. It's kind of like her soprano work: sure, she sang soprano parts, because she was capable of anything, but no one calls her a soprano; she's a mezzo, but versatile. Her soprano work demonstrates her versatility, not the core of her artistry, and her big-sound dramatic work does too.
So I propose changing "German dramatic mezzo-soprano" to "versatile German lyric mezzo-soprano". Unless (of course) consensus goes against me. HandsomeMrToad ( talk) 07:35, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
The quote box is from her book, which should show better. I tried by positioning where the book is mentioned. What's the other translation, or should we just mention this one? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:06, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
So apparently she wrote --und ich wäre so gern Primadonna gewesen ("And I would be happy to have been a primadonna") in 1994. [1] [2] And in 2018 she wrote 'Leicht muss man sein': Erinnerungen an die Zukunft, ("'You have to be light': memories of the future") with Erna Cuesta and Franz Zoglauer. [3] -- Softlavender ( talk) 05:50, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
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This article was edited to contain a total or partial translation of Christa Ludwig from the German Wikipedia. Consult the history of the original page to see a list of its authors. |
My state classical-music NPR station has a weekly art song program (previously called Great Songs, now called Singing and Other Sins). The station has a new website format and all of the archived episodes are free to listen to: [1]. There is a two-part 2013 interview with Christa Ludwig. Scroll down in reverse chronology to find "Christa Ludwig: PartOne 8 December 2013", plus the next week's program right below it. Most of the two programs are not interviews but rather artsong programs with well-informed commentary. Softlavender ( talk) 23:48, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
Softlavender ( talk) 05:41, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
2013 Interview & songs (Part 1): [2]
2013 Interview & songs (Part 2): [3]
2016: Sampling the new 5 CD box set from Warner Classics: [4]
2021: Romantic Songs: [5]
All are from the Hawaii Public Radio weekly program Singing and other Sins (formerly called Great Songs).
-- Softlavender ( talk) 06:56, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
Why does the article call her a "dramatic mezzo-soprano"? I'd call her a versatile lyric. She always sang beautifully rather than imposingly, even in dramatic roles like Leonore (Fidelio) and Amneris (Aida) and the Verdi Requiem mezzo solo and Ortrud (which she recorded in studio). Sure, she sang these roles, but her core was lyric. It's kind of like her soprano work: sure, she sang soprano parts, because she was capable of anything, but no one calls her a soprano; she's a mezzo, but versatile. Her soprano work demonstrates her versatility, not the core of her artistry, and her big-sound dramatic work does too.
So I propose changing "German dramatic mezzo-soprano" to "versatile German lyric mezzo-soprano". Unless (of course) consensus goes against me. HandsomeMrToad ( talk) 07:35, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
The quote box is from her book, which should show better. I tried by positioning where the book is mentioned. What's the other translation, or should we just mention this one? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 08:06, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
So apparently she wrote --und ich wäre so gern Primadonna gewesen ("And I would be happy to have been a primadonna") in 1994. [1] [2] And in 2018 she wrote 'Leicht muss man sein': Erinnerungen an die Zukunft, ("'You have to be light': memories of the future") with Erna Cuesta and Franz Zoglauer. [3] -- Softlavender ( talk) 05:50, 6 May 2021 (UTC)