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I clicked on your link, verismissimo and found myself in the Lair of Lebrecht
I read the bit written by the great man and then looked at the comments page where Frederic writes:
"Frederic says:
January 23, 2012 at 6:43 pm
A succesful Carmen? she only sang the role twice and never attempted it again and the language spoken in Flanders (she was born not far from Ghent) is Dutch. yes, sort of the same language spoken in The Netherlands etc.
Best loved post-WWII female ‘Belgian ‘ voice and I wouldn’t forget Suzanne Danco either.
Our best loved voices were Blanche Arrall, Fanny Heldy, Clara Clairbert and Viva Bovy pre-war."
E for effort from Frederic, I felt but not exactly out of Miss Manners' formbook, traducing the ol' boy like that
Sad to hear that Ms Gorr has died
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Here's the thing, am, Lebrecht covers far more music news sources, and so often reports early the stories that others ignore.Comment
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