The worst of Florence Foster Jenkins
“The Glory (????) of the Human Voice” “A Faust Travesty” RCA Records. Ms. Jenkins was a wealthy benefactor to the arts in the first half of the twentieth century. She fancied herself an opera singer despite her complete lack of talent, pitch or range. Never-the-less she performed and recorded with the utmost earnesty for friends and family. She even went so far as to rent out Carnegie Hall and a full orchestra to perform with. How or why RCA got involved, I have no idea. Check her out on youtube. Someone wrote that David Bowie is a fan of this record.
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July 14th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
He is a fan. He finds her voice atrocious, and…actually has the album. He made an entire audience listen to her.
Here’s the youtube link:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tdu9w6oI-BU
(Min:Â 5:40)