Tuesday, March 29, 2011

COLORATURA CONTRALTOS

An aristocratic Spanish lady by Goya. This could very well be Rosina, who later became the Countess Almaviva in the Beaumarchais plays that inspired Mozart and Rossini to put them to music in their operas. The Rosina of Rossini's Barber of Seville was originally played by a coloratura contralto, a rarity these days!
-UNDER CONSTRUCTION-

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