Deborah Voigt | Call Me Debbie: True Confessions of a Down to Earth Diva
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Recorded Feb 2, 2015
Deborah Voigt is one of the opera world’s most beloved and versatile sopranos. In a celebrated career spanning over 30 years, her powerful voice and commanding stage presence have won acclaim and many awards, including Philadelphia’s Luciano Pavarotti Vocal Competition and the Verdi Competition. Among her most notable roles are Strauss’s Salome, Wagner’s Isolde and Brünnhilde, and Puccini’s Minnie. Her many recordings have become standards for critics and opera lovers alike. In Call Me Debbie, Voigt tells the story of her religious upbringing in Illinois, her international artistic career, and her triumph over the personal demons that define her as profoundly as her greatest performances.
I’ve seen Debbie onstage at the Met many times, and she was extraordinary. But my fondest memory is when I took my then-young son to Cooperstown for baseball.....and we got tix to see Annie Get Your Gun. We asked to meet Debbie after the show, and she was so gracious and down to earth. It was also her birthday.
This is a great lady, "great" because of her humanity, suffering, awareness and incredible sense of humor! (Don't know if I'd tell a student to "go have a love affair" to know how to feel in singing. Singers are born, affairs or not.)
12:46 cell phone goes off !!!
Love it even better than when Patti Lapone stopped gypsy to get the guy with the cell phone there
11:53 It is very disheartening to hear you say that, Debbie. I'm glad you believe in Jesus....but which Jesus? The Bible warns that there are "other" Jesus's out there, which are not the one true Jesus, God the Son and Son of God. And it's great you're reading your Bible....but which Bible, and are you BELIEVING it?
Because if you're believing in the biblical Jesus, and believing what your Bible says, you will not be supporting gay marriage nor singing at their weddings. That's not love, Debbie. God is very clear about what He thinks about that. But believing the Bible does not mean being nasty towards gay people and insulting them. They are sinners just like you and me, they just sin in a different way. We are *ALL* sinners.
But to condone sin and tell gay people they are fine living the lifestyle, is to mislead them. If you love them, you must tell them sin is an affront in the eyes of a holy God. Loving people does not mean telling them they can do whatever it is that makes them happy. Any responsible parent understands this. If I love my 3-year old son, am I going to tell him he can play ball on the freeway? Of course not. It's because I love him, that I have to say no. In the case of gay people, you have to warn them about what God thinks of the sin.
"Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people-none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God." -1st Corinthians chapter 6.
This scripture merely lists examples of sins, but essentially ALL sin separates us from God.
If we love people, all people, including gay people, we have to tell the truth that sin is sin. But we do it graciously and humbly, for we ourselves are sinners saved by grace. But we tell the truth. To hide the truth so people don't get offended, is like allowing a person to walk off the cliff, watching them get closer and closer to the edge. That's not love.
I have tons of gay friends myself, and they know I love THEM, but NOT their lifestyles....and they're okay with that. You CAN be friendly and loving without supporting everything about someone.
Girl mind your damn business!
@@DigitalDezinesCEO #1, I'm not a girl, thank you very much, and #2, how is it you're telling me to mind my business, when you're poking *your business* into mine? Deborah is a professing Christian....because of that, we have the responsibility to hold each other accountable for certain things. It's not to nitpick at each other, but to exhort each other with humble and gentle rebuke if necessary.
And everything I said is supported by scripture. If you have an issue with that, it's ultimately God that you're disagreeing with, not me =]
@@tristanhnl Dude, girl, whatever the fuck you are, mind your business! What she believes has nothing to do with you and your pathetic opinion! I didnt read shit you wrote because i knew it was going to be a bunch of uber judgemental bullshit! Go find a life!
@@DigitalDezinesCEO , can't take you seriously, LoL. The moment you use that kind of language, sorry, I tune you out. At this point you sound like a complaining toddler whining about a spilt ice cream cone.
And if you didn't read what I wrote, how on earth can you even begin to tell me to mind my business? LoL. And also, you're not minding *your* business, by getting on my case, are you? There's a word to describe someone who does that: hypocrite.
And of course what she believes has to do with me. Again, because SHE...I repeat, SHE is the one calling herself a Christian. That itself gives me permission to call her out. Just like if I call myself a Christian, and I say "I support abortion", which totally goes against the biblical worldview, and the Bible itself COMMANDS, NOT SUGGESTS that we hold each other accountable to wacky beliefs and/or actions that hurt the body of believers. The moment I profess the name of Christ, I am giving YOU permission to judge.
We don't condemn each other, but we do judge each other. Why do people think judging is such a bad thing? To judge in its very essence, means to discern, or tell apart.
But thanks for telling me to get a life, I live a beautiful life in Christ, thank you very much =]
@@tristanhnl Jesus never speaks about homosexuality. he does not say a word. and Jesus talks a lot. he was not shy about expressing his views. he did not assume that they were understood. he was very specific about his views. Jesus spoke several times on his disapproval of divorce. he says this clearly, he does not infer about it, he does not suggest, he says what he thinks. he never mentions anything about homosexuality. now, I am not naive enough to think that I will in any way reach you with this post. you have decided how you feel on this issue. and nothing will change you on this. you have decided how you feel on this issue based on you. based on what you believe the Bible says to you. you may know that Jesus said nothing about homosexuality, but you will still find a way to disapprove and judge on homosexuality-that is what you will are going to do. but I will ask, are you equally as strong towards all of your divorced friends? do you love them but hate their life style, as you say? I bet not. you have made your decisions on this. but still I say-good luck. I wish you clarity and a good life.