Maureen Forrester sings "Ombra mai fu" - LIVE, 1951
Probably the earliest known recording by the Canadian contralto, here is Maureen Forrester at age 20, a part-time switchboard operator and starving artist, singing Handel's "Ombra mai fu" for a CBC Radio talent show. Link to my main Maureen Forrester playlist: • Maureen Forrester (1930-2010)
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Maureen Forrester sings "Alto Rhapsody" (1957)
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Maureen Forrester interview & performances (14 October 1996)
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DNA Reveals the BASQUES Weren’t Who We Thought
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Cecilia Wessels sings "Ombra mai fu" from Xerxes by Handel.
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J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 39, Aria. Erbarme dich (Alto)
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Kathleen Battle - Ombra mai fù - Xerxes - Händel 9 / 9
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Maureen Forrester sings "Re dell'abisso, affrettati"
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Singer Refused to Perform with Sammy Davis Jr. — Dean RUINED Her Career with 7 Words
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Robert Merrill (with Yehudi Menuhin & Carroll Hollister) - "Ombra mai fu" (Handel's "Largo")
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Kathleen FERRIER.TV.Final Orpheus and illness.Friends remember.
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A Maureen Forrester Recital (1958)
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Bob Dylan WENT SILENT When a Former Soldier Stood Up During the Chorus
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Before Her Death, Audrey Hepburn Named The 1 Man She Never Got Over
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Maureen Forrester sings "Erbarme dich" (Montréal, 1964)
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Marilyn Horne: Handel - Serse, 'Ombra mai fu'
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The Brutal EXECUTION of Benito Mussolini Is HARD to Stomach!
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Sinatra Told Dylan 'Can't Perform Solo' on NBC Special — Dylan's Response Shocked 60 Million
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At 72, Brigitte Macron FINALLY admits what we all suspected
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Johnny Carson jokingly asked Clint Eastwood to sit at the piano and moments later he was in tears
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