GLORIOUS GATEFOLDS
The Cadillac of LP packaging was the gatefold. Sometimes, but not always, it meant there were two LPs in the set -- whether you got twice as much music or not, you could almost always count on twice as many diva photos! There were three types of gatefolds: first, there is the historic reissue or career retrospective, which typically compiled a retired diva's old treasured recordings and featured biographical information and many archival photos. Second, you have the academic recording, which involved rare material that needed a lots of extra real estate for the research on the obscure composer or the long-lost arias. These can be fascinating and educational, but the diva was usually not the focus and they tended to be light on imagery. The third type, and our favorite, is the diva devotional set -- a loving over-the-top presentation of the diva in all her many moods.
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Click picture for close up and details of each gatefold panel.
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ANNELIESE ROTHENBERGER
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ANNELIESE ROTHENBERGER cont'd
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MONTSERRAT CABALLE
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MARIA CEBOTARI
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ELYANE CELIS
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ERIKA KOETH
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ANNA MOFFO
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ANNA MOFFO cont'd.
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EDDA MOSER
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MARCELLA REALE
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JOAN SUTHERLAND
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ELZBIETA JAROSZEWICZ
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BARBARA HENDRICKS
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 takes you through the highlights of Cebotari\'s career, city by city, triumph by triumph.'))
 is the superbly glamorous and bejeweled soprano.'))
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, but some nice photos of as the Queen of the Night, Sophie, and Lucia.'))
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 at the piano with some man. The conductor? Her husband? Her valet?'))
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 reveals her lounging in decadent repose literally dripping in glamour, satin, and more feathers.'))
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.<br><br>MUZA'))
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