“La Scotto….stupenda ! “
“ La Scottto…..stupenda!” Tuesday aug.15,2006 a short story of praise by Angela Deverger
I decided that Renata Scotto is the artist who I am choosing to write about. I was in college when I got my first copy of ‘Madama Butterfly.’ It was cassette tapes. The artists were Renata Scotto and Placido Domingo. I was about 19 when I bought them. I had sing in the opera chorus for an upcoming production with the Baton Rouge Opera. I was just intending to listen to chorus parts to learn the damn thing. I listened to Butterfly’s entrance and was transported.
I loved this soprano’s voice so much I was beside myself. I listened to the entire opera. I only read the synopsis and I had no idea what all the words meant but I did still cry quite a lot. Now I know that I cried during the second act mostly. I learned who Renata Scotto is and I bought everything that I could just to hear her voice.
I became a member of the Met Opera chorus in 1996 and one day there she was. Renata Scotto was walking in the cafeteria. I nearly fainted. My first words to her were, “I woke up with you in my ears this morning.” She laughed and I started singing what I had been listening to. ‘Non ti scordar ti me’-“Le Villi”-Puccini. She sang right along with me.
I told her that I had to have some voice lessons with her. She gave me her phone numbers then and there. We have had a wonderful and lasting relationship since then. I have gone to her academy in Rome even. She is one of the great influences in my life. She has a voice like an angel and she has a heart to match.
You are a Beautiful voice and soul, soprano Angela Deverger, and a wonderful friend. La Scotto is truly stupendous.
The fabulous foursome: Renata Scotto, Flaviano Labo, Piero Cappuccilli e Ruggero Raimondi in Faust (Genova)
