http://jenny-jenkins.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] jenny-jenkins.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crinkly_ears 2012-07-15 01:01 am (UTC)

She was in Klemperer's Magic Flute - he conducted it beautifully and she was the best Queen of the Night EVER.

I find, since then, that conductors speed up Mozart too much. He gave her time to sing:

Again - whenever you've time - her second act aria




But my favourite is the first act aria (everyone else prefers the second) - when she's still trying to convince everyone she's Mother of the Year!





Lovely isn't it - and again, not too fast!

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