Rita Streich - Waltzes & Arias

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Russian-Born Soprano Rita Streich Also Known As The Viennese Nightingale Was A Much-Admired Singer Of The Post World War Two Era Who Made Many Popular Recordings Her Bright Pearly Voice Was A Light Coloratura And Her Repertoire Included Much Lieder As Well As Operas By Mozart And Also Classical Viennese Operetta Rita Streichs Naturally Vivacious And Charming Personality Comes Across In This Delightful Collection Of Various Light Musical Bon-Bons Which Is Drawn From Her Immensely Popular Recordings Of The 1950S She Was Adept In Several Languages And So Very Well Equipped To Sing This Eclectic Mixture Of Vocal Waltzes Songs And Arias From Operas Opras Comique And Operettas Which Show Off Her Range Of Vocal Abilities From Her Effortless Coloratura To Her Sweet Melting Way With A Melody The Collection Includes Some Old Favourites Less Familiar Pieces And Some Rarities There Are Pretty Vocal Waltzes Such As Johann Strauss Voices Of Spring The Shadow Song From Meyerbeers Dinorah And Luigi Arditis Parla Waltz Lilting Melodies Such As Delibes Les Filles De Cadix Saint-Sans Beautiful Le Rossignol Et La Rose And Verdis Delightful Lo Spazzocamino Arias From Supps Operetta Boccaccio (Or The Prince Of Palermo) And Dvorks Gorgeous Song Of The Moon From Rusalka There Are Also Rarer Pieces By Less Well-Known Composers Such As A Dellacquas Song Villanelle Czerniks Tarantella Chi Sa And An Aria From Benjamin Godards Opera Jocelyn