The great soprano Sena Jurinac died earlier this week, aged 90. In this film from Glyndebourne 1955 she sings 'Porgi amor' from Le nozze di Figaro. I'd challenge anyone to find a purer and more directly from-the-heart performance anywhere.
Here is her obituary from The Guardian.
This Friday Historical is additionally dedicated by JDCMB to all those who have been forcibly separated from their loved ones.
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Just gorgeous. This is why they call him "the divine Mozart". It was Figaro that (at the age of 40 - what a wasted life!) turned me on to opera, and if (horror of horrors!) I could only see one last opera it would either be Figaro, or perhaps Cosi.
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