Rosa Ponselle: "The Informal Recordings" - Russian Gypsy Song (1953 recording)

[@mmbmbmbmb]

Yes ~ the diversity is remarkable! What a full-blooded woman she must have been. Her interpretations are more than just singing. She seems to have put all of her soul into it. I utter a post hum BRAVO!

[@dominiquedelair6843]

Thank you very much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is is amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tomabarton]

Ты смотри никому не рассказывай, Что душа лишь тобою полна, Что тебя я в косыночке газовой Дожидаюсь порой у окна, Что тоскую, люблю тебя пламенно И, страдая, хочу лишь тебя. Ты молчи, все скрывай, точно каменный, Точно в сердце твоем нет огня. Никому не скажи, что я нежная, Что люблю, что грущу, что твоя, Что сковало нас счастье безбрежное, Что до смерти твоя буду я. Если любишь меня, не отказывай, Об одном только помни всегда - Ничего про любовь не рассказывай, Ничего, никому, никогда.

[@ezequielstepanenko3229]

thanks!!

[@notaire2]

How versatile her talent is!

[@isammolina4842]

Una gran influencia para Callas.

[@trixie-elaineheinz8139]

This song is called “Gazovaya Kosynka” or “Ty smotri nikomu ne rasskazyvai” (Do not tell anyone) Music by Boris Prozorovsky, lyrics by Mikhail Kozyrev. Both authors were executed during Stalin’s repressions and though the song was popular enough, authors were never mentioned

[@Mohamedmifxal]

Contraltos have left the earth

[@rodrigobelio9999]

She was not a contralto, she was a well developed dramatic soprano, which is very different.

[@jimmyj6209]

Funnily enough, like Dusolinna Giannini, did take the role of Carmen earlier in her career.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

She's not a contralto, but she does sing in the contralto range.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

@@jimmyj6209 She also sang Azucena (normally a mezzo/contralto) role. Then again, even Maria Callas sang a couple of contralto arias.

[@jimmyj6209]

@@EmilyGloeggler7984 Callas just liked showing off with the help of microphones in the studio. There's a video of her performing O Don Fatale when she shouldn't have

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