Oh Lordy I wasn't quite awake this morning when I sent out the Diva / Mensch pair. I set it up for "Summertime," which I did earlier in the month. I meant to feature another classic by The Brothers Gershwin, "The Man I Love." The Ella recording is late Ella and very touching and tender. The Sarah recording is late Sarah and incredibly showy and virtuosic.
This was another case of YouTube making a helpful suggestion on their homepage:
Composer David Del Tredici died the other day at the age of 86. He won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1980 for "In Memory of a Summer Day," part one of Child Alice. He wrote many pieces inspired by A
The Best Actress winner for 2000 was Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich. That performance was a beguiling mixture of diva and mensch so instead I'm going to focus on two other Best Acrtess nominees tha