comparing divas
by richibi
“Diva I“
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comparing two extraordinary performances,
as I am wont to do with any coupled exhibits,
which render always more than the sum of
their parts, let me let you consider an
historical record of a legend already with
that of one who is about to become one,
Bette Midler, 1971, doing the Continental
Baths, opposite Vesselina Kasarova at the
Schwetzinger Festspiele, 2005
the voices in either case are impeccable,
the only difference is the context, you
choose what you’re into
but let me tell you that Vesselina Kasarova
doesn’t give an inch, she puts on a show
that makes your jaw drop, trust me, it all
depends on your mood
Vesselina comes from a different epoch,
despite her contemporary production,
polite, flirtatious, modest, the 18th
Century
but her staccatos, followed by verily,
and however improbably, organic
legatos, indeed fervent, and
unmitigated, fermatas, are stunning,
a tour, as they say in such instances,
de force, indeed de maîtrise, de
mastery, wait till you hear the final
moments of her surely definitive
Glück, utterly, and incontrovertibly,
astounding
Bette is brash, in your face, needs to
get the attention of guys in towels,
1971, intent on more prurient
peregrinations than merely watching
superstars, however in the making,
strut their show-stopping stuff
both Vesselina and Bette achieve, I
think, their goal, each strikingly, and
unforgettably, each declares herself
indestructible, a very force of
propulsive nature
watch, watch, which, in your opinion,
delivers
ouch, both, either, I think
enjoy
R ! chard
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