Shirley Verrett, amazing mezzo-soprano (who defied wisdom and laid siege to the likes of Tosca, Norma and Desdemona), the Azucena and Orpheus for the ages, passed away yesterday.
What a woman. What a lady. What an artist.
This summer I’m reading Cavalleria rusticana
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*Giovanni Verga*‘s short story (which he adapted as a play with *Giuseppe
Giacosa*) provides the basis for* Mascagni*‘s famous opera.
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