Ping!
Although I sang twice with her husband, the conductor Richard Bonynge, I only met her once after a production of "Les contes d'Hoffmann", well after her retirement.
She walked up me, patted me on the shoulder and said, "Good boy!" That was good enough for me from a performer whose voice had qualities that I doubt we will ever hear again. Addio, Maestra.
R.I.P
A real talent!
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