Thanks.
-David Shengold
>Who can tell me anything about this soprano, who sang Euridice on
>Toscanini's Act 2 of ORFEO opposite Nan Merriman? I have never seen her name
>in any other context. Did she have a performing career?
The only thing I know about Barbara Gibson is that she shared an unreleased
Voice of Firestone program with the great Cesare Siepi. It's from about 1953,
and she is fair. I have the video, but don't recall what she sings.
There are at least 8 Siepi Firestone telecasts that he would not approve for
release. Too bad, because he is wonderful and very natural on TV. He would
approve none of this telecasts because he believed that the old fashioned
production numbers made him look silly.
I don't agree, and that voice just pours out in arias, songs, and show tunes.
Ed
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Hope he'll change his mind! If Steber didn't mind looking silly on those
tapes- which document so much greatsinging by her- why should he?
Thanks- David
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>Who can tell me anything about this soprano, who sang Euridice on
>Toscanini's Act 2 of ORFEO opposite Nan Merriman? I have never seen her name
>in any other context. Did she have a performing career?
>
>Thanks.
>
I was looking up Beverly Sills' performance history at the SFO and
found Barbara Gibson singing Zerlina under Serafin with Sills as Donna
Elvira in 1953. The same year she also sang under Serafin as Oscar in
Ballo. I surmise from the above that Ms. Gibson is a lightish lyric
soprano with coloratura facility. Perhaps the SFO web site has some
info on her.
Jeff
>-David Shengold
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