YOUTHFUL DIVAS
Divas captured in the bloom of youth in their first or very early recordings. Before they were famous. Before they were DIVAS! (Well, some were obviously born divas...)
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ELLY AMELING
HALINA LUKOMSKA
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LEONIE RYSANEK
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ARLEEN AUGER
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TERESA BERGANZA
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COLETTE BOKY
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MONTSERRAT CABALLE
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COSTANZA CUCCARO
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JUDITH BLEGEN
FREDERICA VON STADE
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LEONTINA VADUVA
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SARI BARABAS
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EDITA GRUBEROVA
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MARILYN HORNE
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HELEN DONATH
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MITSUKO SHIRAI
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TERESA STRATAS
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BEVERLY SILLS
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LUCIANA SERRA
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KIRI TE KANAWA
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MIRELLA FRENI
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JULIANA GONDEK
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CHRISTINE WEIDINGER
SHIRLEY LOVE
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GHENA DIMITROVA
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JESSYE NORMAN
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ERNA SPOORENBERG
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EWA PODLES
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ILVA LIGABUE
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MURIEL SMITH
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 Elly Ameling and a young Halina Lukomska in their first recording on 7-inch.<br><br>PHILIPS 422 515'))
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 for one of her very first solo albums. Issued in 1979, it compiles extended excerpts from two complete opera recordings: her first Zerbinetta under Solti and Paer\'s Leonora under Maag.<br><br>DECCA 6.42549'))
<br><br>LONDON OS 25910'))
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. It\'s all the same Italian dramatic repertoire she recorded again for EMI several years later (but here sung better).<br><br>BALKANTON BOA-2064'))
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 in her youth, and in desperate need of a lip wax.<br><br>MUZA SN-0769'))
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