Song of the Day for May 3 – 9, 2021: Laurie’s Week!

Monday Morgan, thank you for letting me act as DJ for a week! Leontyne Price, one of my favorite singers (and I hope one of yours, too) sings Death of Butterfly (from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly) as an encore. This video of a live performance has a glitch in it towards the end, but I think the rest of the performance makes the glitch well-worth overlooking. Leontyne Price-Death of Butterfly. Rare private film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL-delzX4QI&list=RDYL-delzX4QI&inde...
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Song of the Day for February 22 – 28, 2021

Monday Recordare  from Verdi’s Requiem  Martina Arroyo, soprano and Oralia Dominguez, mezzo-soprano. (4:13) Recall, merciful Jesus, that I was the reason for your journey: do not destroy me on that day. In seeking me, you sat down wearily; enduring the Cross, you redeemed me: do not let these pains to have been in vain. Just Judge of punishment: give me the gift of redemption before the day of reckoning. Tuesday Un bel di vedremo – from Puccini’s Madama Butterf...
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