Mary Curtis-Verna sings the “Vissi d’arte” from Puccini’s TOSCA on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1950.
Watch and listen here.
She sent me the above photograph after I sent her a fan letter. Ms. Currtis-Verna has a special place in my heart: she was my first-ever Turandot, at The Met in 1965, making a vivid impression.
Oberon's Glade 