Andrei Ungureanu
This channel is dedicated to the great Romanian soprano Roxana Briban, that tragically passed away in 2010.
Roxana Briban was a lyrico-spinto soprano with a great agility, easily recognized through her beautiful and distinct timbre.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxana_Briban
Listening to her live and later to her recordings and talking to her fans I realize that despite her short presence in the opera world...she left a treasure behind. Roxana is immortal, through her beauty and her art,she is a DIVA...an universe of infinite mystery...May she rest in peace!
Giuseppe Verdi "Falstaff", Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
In Memoriam Teresa Żylis-Gara (1930-2021)
Fiorenza Cossotto as Amneris -Judgement Scene -"Ohimè! morir mi sento!"
Marina Krilovici "Tacea la notte placida...Di tale amor" Il Trovatore; G. Verdi; Hamburg, 1974
Stefka Evstatieva as Lisa from Queen of Spades - Act IV Aria & Duet "Uzh polnoch blizitsya"
Stefka Evstatieva as Yaroslavna- Act IV "Ach! Placu ja, gor'ko placu ja" (Prince Igor, 1978)
Stefka Evstatieva as Yaroslavna Act II "Ne malo vremeni proslo..." (Prince Igor, 1978)
Roberto Alagna as Roberto Devereux "Ed ancor la tremenda...Bagnato il sen di lagrime"
Daniela Longhi "E Sara in questi orribili....Vivi, ingrato...Quel sangue versato" Roberto Devereux
Daniela Longhi "Alma infida" Roberto Devereux, G. Donizetti
Daniela Longhi - Roberto Alagna - Roberto Devereux -Donna reale...Un lampo, un lampo orribile"
Daniela Longhi "Ale fervide preci. L'amor suo mi fe' beata. Ah ritorna qual ti spero"
Cynthia Makris as Abigaile "Su me. morente esanime" Nabucco, G. Verdi (ROH, 1996)
Gregory Yurisich "Dio di Giuda!...O prodi miei" Nabucco, G. Verdi (ROH, 1996)
Samuel Ramey "Oh chi piange?...A posare sui crani..." Nabucco, G. Verdi (ROH, 1996)
Gregory Yurisich & Cynthia Makris -Nabucco duet Act III -"Donna, chi sei?" (ROH, 1996)
Gregory Yurisich as Nabucco - Mad Scene - "Chi mi toglie il regio scettro?" (ROH, 1996)
Samuel Ramey "Vieni, o Levita!...Tu sul labbro de' veggenti" Nabucco, G. Verdi (ROH, 1996)
Cynthia Makris "Ben io t'invenni...Anch'io dischiuso...Salgo già" Nabucco, G. Verdi (ROH, 1996)
Cynthia Makris "Prode guerrier!" Nabucco, G. Verdi (ROH, 1996)
Samuel Ramey "Freno al timor!...Come notte a sol fulgente" (ROH, 1996)
Gabriela Beňačková "Allmächt'ge Jungfrau" Tannhäuser, 1999
Gabriela Beňačková & Jon Fredric West in Tannhäuser "O Fürstin!"
Gabriela Beňačková as Elizabeth "Dich, teure Halle" Tannhäuser, 1999
Cynthia Makris & Jon Fredric West in Tannhäuser- Venusberg
Cynthia Makris & Lando Bartolini in Norma- Finale -"Qual cor tradisti...Deh! Non volerli vittime"
Cynthia Makris & Lando Bartolini in Norma "In mia man alfin tu sei" (Philadelphia, 1998)
Cynthia Makris & Nova Thomas in Norma "Deh! Con te, li prendi...Mira, o Norma...Sì, fino all'ore"
Cynthia Makris, Lando Bartolini and Nova Thomas in Norma- Trio Act I
Cynthia Makris & Nova Thomas - Norma Act I - "Oh! Rimembranza!"