ANNA BOLENA :V Days
It happened in April, the year 1957.I was determined, I wanted a role and nights that remain in the human consciousness,my V Days,C days.It happened to be Bolena,Luchino's Traviata and Sonnambula were sublime, near genius,not good enough,I wanted to act and sing a part that no one,no one can act and sing and made history.
It happened in April, the year 1957.I was determined, I wanted a role and nights that remain in the human consciousness,my V Days,C days.It happened to be Bolena,Luchino's Traviata and Sonnambula were sublime, near genius,not good enough,I wanted to act and sing a part that no one,no one can act and sing and made history.
On the first day of rehearsal I sensed that Bolena was going to be it.It was Visconti's fourth Scala production for me,Gianandrea Gavazzeni conducts,Giulietta Simionato,my Jane Seymour was very good but not good enough to eclipse me,Nicola Benois' designed magnificent sets in all shades of greys to complement music and my etats d' ame,Anna Bolena's last days,a wounded Queen,a mother in
despair,a woman in love who dies from the hands of a king who swore her eternal love.A
Queen judged by history,I wanted to do her justice,pride and splendour in everything she did,to sing and act with fury,beyond anyone's capability,past,present or future.I prayed, did pray to God, it opened my channesl,felt the emprise,the power rising within me .
Night after night I was possessed by demons,demons of Music, my Bolenas belong to the history of Opera .
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