Loving Angel and Cherub Statues

Thanks to CAMPION Records. INESSA GALANTE sings ”Casta Diva” From the opera Norma composed by Vincenzo Bellini DECOR: our garden ====== “Reine Godin, wiens schittering straalt over deze oude bomen, dit antiek vlechtwerk. Uw schittering straalt genadig over ons, vrij van duisternis. Niet bezoedelde genadige straling. Och, maak ons hevig brandend hart rustig. Och, kalmeer onze wilde ziel . Dan zal er terug vrede komen op deze wereld. Haast U naar de hemel op uw Goddelijke stralen” Casta Diva, casta Diva, che inargenti Queste sacre queste sacre, queste sacre antiche piante A noi volgi il bel sembiante; A noi volgi, a noi volgi il bel sembi- ante, il bel sembiante Senza nube e senza vel! Tempra tu de’ cori ardenti! Tempra ancor lo zelo andace! Spargi in terra quella pace, Che regnar tu fai nel Ciel. ===== TheLatvian soprano, Inessa (born in Riga) Galante, entered the Music Academy of Riga in 1977. She began her singing career while still a student and her unique voice was soon heard in the Riga Opera House, and then in other Eastern countries including Russia, where she became a regular singer at the Kirov Opera in St. Petersburg. She was able to visit the West on an official visit to the USA and Canada with a Latvian ensemble and it was her performance which the critics recorded with enthusiasm. Sir Yehudi Menuhin and Zubin Mehta were among those advising her to make a career in America but “in that time” as Inessa puts it “the wall between the two worlds was too high …

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