Andrew Patner Anita Cerquetti, the great Verdi dramatic soprano of the 1950s who left the stage and the opera world in 1960, not yet 30, has died in Perugia at 83. Below is the obit I wrote up just now for WFMT Chicago. And here, too, is a clip from the end of the late Werner Schroeters 1996 film Loves Debris/Poussières damour in which Anita Cerquetti listens and sings along a bit to her 1956 recording, from 40 years before, of Casta diva from Bellinis Norma. Amazing stuff. ... Continue Reading
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:42:28 +0000