Previous posts for January 5th are here: Wieland Wagner; Friedrich Blume (2020), Henry Lawes (2021), Alfred Brendel (2022), Johann Georg Pisendel (2022), and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti; Frederick Converse (2025)
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Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez (5 January 1949 – 2 February 2024) was an American soprano. best known for the 1981 Jean-Jacques Beineix film in Diva.
Gee! Wally
The 1981 film Diva became an art-house success and a cult favorite. In the film Fernandez performed the aria "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" from Catalani's opera La Wally. - adapted from Wikipedia
Wilhelmina Wiggins Fernandez played
The leading role in Diva,
An arthouse film whose cult has made
One aria achieve a
Kind of temporary fame.
It was far-fetched, a folly,
To see a thriller fan the flame
Of creaky old La Wally.
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