This is a video of me singing “Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön” from “The Magic Flute”. It’s best watched with a broadband internet connection.
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“Dies Bildnis” is Prince Tamino’s first aria of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. After saving Tamino from a giant serpent, the Three Ladies show Tamino a picture of Pamina – the daughter of the Queen of the Night. He is immediately smitten and sings: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön Wie noch kein Auge je geseh’n!  Photo by Marius Fiskum On Monday, I’m recording two of my absolutely favorite arias. I’ll show both here, but I want to give some introduction on each. First up is Rinuccio’s aria “Avete torto” (or “Firenze è come un albero fiorito”) from Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. Love of City…and Everyone in it In Florence, So, this is me singing Prince Yeletsky’s aria from Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades. It was recorded at NMSU’s Rectial Hall Jan. 14, 2009. Prof. Grayson Hirst at the University of Arizona had been suggesting I look at this aria for years until he finally got a recording to me around winter break 2007. I So I will post recordings from time to time that give any readers a sense of where I am as a singer and maybe even older recordings to display where I came from too. The first will be three of Dominic Argento’s Six Elizabethan Songs. These are “Spring”, “Diaphenia”, and “Hymn”. I performed these |
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