Giovanna d'Arco (Joan of Arc) might not be the first heroine to spring to mind from among the dramatis personæ of Giuseppi Verdi's operas. But it was a role to contend with. In recent decades, the opera has received only a relative smattering of performances worldwide, but the list of Joans of Arc in those performances is a Who's Who of sopranodom: Susan Dunn, Teresa Stratas, June Anderson, Montserrat Caballé and Renata Tebaldi, to name a few. Here is a recording of Italian soprana Renata Tebaldi in a 1951 performance of Pronto sono! from Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax4mxfbCUrI They don't make them like that anymore.
Jennifer Hambrick unites her extensive backgrounds in the arts and media and her deep roots in Columbus to bring inspiring music to central Ohio as Classical 101’s midday host. Jennifer performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago before earning a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.