Natalia de Andrade



Manon & Other Heroines

About Natalia de Andrade
(notes from the CD entitled "The Muse Surmounted"
available for purchase form Homophone CDs

We have almost no information to impart for this artist, who was born in Portugal and died there sometime during the stereo LP era. Apparently she began as a kind of folk/popular singer, and made some 78 rpm records in that genre. At an unspecified time she began to sing minor parts in new Portuguese operettas and operas at second-string theatres. Later she began giving public performances of opera arias, and a public for her art began to grow. She had a quirk, often stating that she sang for herself and had no interest in the public, yet always found a way to appear in public. In her old age Natalia had little money, but saved and scrimped and paid for performances and recordings.

CD: (62.29)

MANON:
01 Je suis encor tout étourdie... (5:17
02 Je ne suis que faiblesse et que fragilité! (337)
03 Je marche sur tous les chemins (3:04)
04 Obéissons quand leur voix appelle (2:00)
05 Obéissons quand leur voix appelle (cont.) (3:48)
06 Pardonnez-moi, je vous en prie (4:22)

LA FORZA DEL DESTINO:
07 Me, pellegrina ed orfana

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA:
08 Ecco l'orrido campo ove s'accoppia (5:00)

RIGOLETTO:
09 Caro nome (7:41)

IL TROVATORE:
10 Tacea la notte placida (3:57)
11 Di tale amor (1:39)
12 D'amor sull'ali rosee (6:11)

AIDA:
13 Ritorna vincitor (8:13)

LA TRAVIATA:
14 Teneste la promessa... Addio del passato (4:04)

LA BOHEME:
15 Si, mi chiamano Mimi (4:36)

MADAMA BUTTERFLY:
16 Un bel di (3:50)
17 Non saperlo mai per te... O a me (1:56)

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For other material like the above:

Olvie Middleton

Vassilka Petrova

Sylvia Sawyer

Shall I Go On? (Party CDs of Vocal Oddities)

Mari Lyn: The Golden Treasury of Song (DVDs)

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