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Feb 19, 2023Liked by Opera Daily

Thanks for highlighting a mezzo! When younger I was all over sopranos and tenors. Now I'm older (much older) I appreciate as much mezzos, altos, baritones, and basses.

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Mesmerising and beautiful mezzo tone. Although I'm a painter I am now studying classical singing, especially Leider, but my first love is opera. Natural talent but focussed work, purposeful study and a clear empathy with the character makes her outstanding.

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Feb 20, 2023Liked by Opera Daily

Georgia is the moment. No, not the one of peach trees and midnight trains, but the country whose former president, Mikheil Saakashvili, is a political prisoner in a Russian jail, slowly dying of heavy-metal poisoning (https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64495403). In the Nation's Capital today, his supporters staged a protest at the White House and called for his transfer to the West for life-saving treatment.

Famous for different and far more uplifting reasons, is this deeply talented mezzo-soprano from Georgia, who now performs in the world's greatest opera houses and concert venues. Anita Rachvelishvili's gifts simply could not be contained under a repressive regime. Now I, too, have become an instant devotee. Could she be the reincarnation of Montserrat Caballé?

-Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana "Santuzza​ and Turiddu​ Duet​"

​https://youtu.be/RwUY_6GO_Wg

-Charles Gounod: Sapho "O Ma Lyre Immortelle"

https://youtu.be/YfNQlZ9EJKQ

-Giuseppe Verdi: Aida "Ohimè! morir mi sento"

https://youtu.be/7nRFp3kCB0c

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