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Darkbluetest (Monday 13th of October 2008 08:10:50 AM)

I couldn't agree more with you. You have just readed my mind! Tx a lot for posting these wonderful videos

Darkbluetest (Monday 13th of October 2008 08:13:00 AM)

I refer to WACOAGENTS last post (the youtube answering mode seems not to work properly...)

WACOAGENTS (Tuesday 21st of October 2008 06:38:20 AM)

Thanks for your reply to my post. We all like to have a witness once in a while. Denanna Durbin will never know the impact she has made on so many lives. As I have stated before; I think she made a very wise choice to let us remember her as she was. Old age and ill health can be so cruel. Look at recent Eddie Adams and her demise; I was shocked!

OperaBuff1935 (Thursday 25th of September 2008 05:31:08 PM)

This aria is from Verdi's "La Traviata"and Deanna's character is Violetta, the lover of pleasure who is already dying and wants to pack as much partying into a life which she knows will be a short one. Trouble is, she falls in love with Alfredo, His dad . Germont, doesn't approve and a lot happens before she dies on stage at the end with both men present.Deanna would have made a great Violetta on the opera stage. A few years older than she is when she sings this aria. Bravura, diva Deanna!

swanningaround (Wednesday 27th of August 2008 02:31:11 AM)

dawn upshaw

OperaBuff1935 (Tuesday 8th of July 2008 12:28:47 PM)

I agree with the comparison of Deanna, the Canadian Songbird, with Te Kanawa,New Zealand's gift to music,and Fleming. What about a young Dawn Upshaw, who was on the stage at the Met in 1984 (age 24) and whose voice on Goreki's "Sorrowful Symphony" in her early 30's took Europe by storm. We have Deanna's movies, but Oh! she could have done much more had she continued her career instead of walking away from it at age 26 or so. But she did it her way and that's fine. operabuff1935

2katie (Wednesday 26th of March 2008 09:34:15 AM)

A very long time favourite of mine and my family. She was so talented and pretty. Its great to have and hear her recordings.

boswell38 (Tuesday 25th of March 2008 09:30:40 AM)

Deanna's sitaution was a little different from Shirley's at 20th and Fred and Ginger's at RKO. While those studios had other popular stars under long-term contract to help bring in profits, throughout her adolescence, Deanna Durbin was Universal's only "A list" star under long-term contract. According to published reports, Deanna's films were responsible for more than 17 percent of Universal's profits during the late 1930s. She really deserves the accolade of saving her studio singlehandedly.

BethGoth15 (Friday 14th of March 2008 03:32:25 PM)

Her angelic voice makes me smile.

dreamsofhome (Friday 8th of February 2008 04:05:51 AM)

Excellent!!!