Dec 14 – Pure BelCanto

In a recent interview for the American Rossini Society, Jessica Pratt recalled ” The first opera I saw when I arrived in Rome from Australia over twenty years ago was Tancredi with Daniela Barcellona, Raul Gimenez and Mariella Devia. It was a life-changing event for me. I had never heard singing like that. This music, in the right hands, ascends to heaven. It entered my soul, and I decided to dedicate my life to the pursuit of this very particular repertoire.”

Here Jessica Pratt is in her first performance at the Rossini Opera Festival, sharing the stage with the very same Daniela Barcellona! Thanks to ARS Board member ( and webmaster)  Karl Varnik, for this suggestion!