SKETCHY DIVAS
What better way to capture a diva's art than to turn her into a work of art herself? Oils, watercolors, charcoal. A nod to pop art here, a reference to one of the masters there. The added advantage being that, if the diva herself is no oil painting, an abstract sketch or impressionist rendering will hide a multitude of sins.
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ZINKA MILANOV
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ROSA PONSELLE
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JANICE ARCHER
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HELENE
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JEANNE HERICARD
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JO NELL
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MILIZA KORJUS
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ALICIA ANDREADIS
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ROSE BAMPTON
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SENA JURINAC
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GRACE BUMBRY
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MONTSERRAT CABALLE
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VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES
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BIDU SAYAO
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VALENTINA CRETOIU
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PHYLLIS CURTIN
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BLANCHE THEBOM
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MARIAN ANDERSON
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TERESA STICH-RANDALL
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HRISTINA MORFOVA
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ADELINA ROMANO
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GRACE MOORE
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LEONTYNE PRICE
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MERI NAKASHIZE
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COLETTE RIEDINGER
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LEONIE RYSANEK
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BEVERLY SILLS
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AIDA HOVNANIAN
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RAINA KABAIVANSKA
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LJILJANA MOLNAR-TALAJIC
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LUCIA STANESCU
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MARIA STADER
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ELVIRA UZUNIAN
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HELEN TRAUBEL
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MADY MESPLE
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GALINA VISHNEVSKAYA
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EILEEN FARRELL
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INGEBORG HALLSTEIN
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IRIS BURGUET
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. She valiantly to recreate some of her past coloratura glories, way past the point of credibility. The ecstatic hyperbole employed in the album notations is hilarious. We learn that \'Because of present recording activities, MILIZA KORJUS is postponing all concert activities throughout the world.\' Uhhhh ... right.<br><br>VENUS RECORDINGS 963'))
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 perspective. She almost looks like a Disney fairytale heroine; or one of those old Barbie Doll illustrations. Remember those?<br><br>CAPITAL G 7172'))
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 recording debut of Adelina Romano who won some big prizes in Italy in the 1960s and then settled in as the house soprano at Brescia\'s <i>Teatro Grande</i> in her native province.<br><br>CIME ARS NOVA ANC-25008'))
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