This is a lovely recording. Moffo certainly had a naturally beautiful voice. She came to Boston in the mid '70s to appear in Verdi's "Stiffelio." It was my understanding that this was late in her career.
It is my favorite rendition of one of the most beautiful bel canto arias. I listen to the aria almost every day and I am not bored. The technique is impeccable. The only vice is "tu m'affida amor" at 2:10.
A very gifted soprano with a gorgeous voice who ran into vocal difficulties much too early. By 1970, her greatest days as a singer were already over. She was also a truly beautiful woman.
Eine sensationelle Aufführung -ein wertvolles Video-Anna Moffo in absoluter Höchstform-besser als Sutherland-die höchste Note ist ein FIS!!!!Ich liebe die unvergleichliche Stimme von Anna Moffo seit vielen Jahren.Wir werden sie niemals vergessen.Bravissima Assoluta !!!!!!
SIE haben ja SOOO recht -Lieber Herr Kollege-Bravo,ich bin völlig Ihrer Meinung-Anna Moffo ist und bleibt ein Naturwunder, ähnlich wie Maria Callas-Es freut mich einmal in deutsch sprechen und schreiben zu können-das ewige englisch geht auf die Nerven ---
das ist schlicht perfektion. vergleiche mit anderen sängerinnen sind in diesem fall sicher nicht erlaubt. anna moffo ist unanfechtbar eine der besten, die es je auf dieser welt gab. aber wir wissen auch, das es genau so gujte wieder geben wird. ich möchte nicht mehr werten, ich möchte einfach nur noch geniessen
She had such a natural way with this repertoire. Her voice wasn't huge, but well focused, and it had this natural agility and at the center of sound there was a core of sadness. She didn't have the myriad of vocal colors of Callas (who did?) or the spectacular agility of Sutherland, but her voice and way of singing and interpreting this material was the very idiomatic. And all this was wedded to a movie star caliber beauty. Her singing of this repertoire is superior to anyone singing nowadays, perhaps with the exception of Eglise Gutierrez, who seems a throwback to 19th century.
I loved her voice, and her unique timbre, but Anna wasn't really a coloratura soprano. She was a lyric soprano with a high upper extension, and she could sing florid music. She was able to sing many coloratura roles as well actual coloraturas, but there was a price for hiking her voice up there too often. This piece finishes on a shrill high F, and there is obvious strain in the sound. Anna went to the well too many times, and that gorgeous voice began to unravel.
I always liked her voice... not my favorite though. I also heard she had a small voice. Is that true?... someone that heard her in her prime could answer that?
was ist das denn? ich kenne keine sängerin bisher, die ihr timbre durch alle register behält. die moffo scheint mir in dieser beziehung einmalig. tolle frau, tolle sängerin, tolle künstlerin. schade, dass man sie so kaputt gemacht hat
She had a lovely timbre to her voice. And produced a nice, finished style in what she sang. But this is a cabaletta and should be treated as such. In other words: This is too slow!
I have heard this aria sung much slower and also much faster. In this aria, I saw the score she used, and it was the conductor who set the tempo. The composer may indicate a specific tempo, but it is up to the musicians and interpreters of the composed music to give it expression and bring it to life.
