Malvina Major & Herman Prey - "Dunque io son?" IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Rossini) 1968

The New Zealand soprano, Malvina Major, was an audience favourite in her home country but, as expected, always in the shadow of the supreme Kiri Te Kanawa. Though Malvina Major's operatic career was sporadic, even in New Zealand, she performed operatic roles thrice internationally - Rosina in IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA in Salzburg in July 1968 (singing two performances in a run substituting for the wonderful Teresa Berganza), a role in Mozart's LA FINTA GIARDINIERA in Brussels in 1986 and Rosalinde in DIE FLEDERMAUS at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (replacing Nancy Gustafson) in 1990. Here she is with the great baritone, Herman Prey, in the duet from Act One of Rossini's IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - "Dunque io son...tu non m'inganni?" from Salzburg July 28th 1968. (The photo above shows Malvina Major with Fernando Corena who played Dr Bartolo in the production)

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