Anna Moffo - "Regnava nel silenzio... Quando rapito in estasi" 

ЕСТЕСТВЕННЫЙ БЕЗ НАПРЯЖЕНИЯ ГОЛОС. ПРИРОДНАЯ КРАСОТА 😢❤❤❤❤❤❤. НАДО БЫЛО БЕРЕЧЬ ТАКОЙ ГОЛОС!

Her voice is so free. I really can appreciate that because you can understand every word she’s singing since it’s not obscured by a wobble or tongue tension. It’s so beautiful.

Her pitch is so satisfying - and the voice just delicious.

I don't know if she is the best Lucia but she is definitely my favorite - there is something so romantic about her voice and the way she sings - it touches the heart.

For lyric coloratura Anna had a little more weight to her voice than the normal lyric coloratura would. That allowed her repertoire to be a lot more varied. She has perfect coloratura technique to boot. Her voice was quite simply warm and lovely which adds to the incredibly sad dimension to Lucia’s character.

Fantastica e bellissima! La sua voce è di una purezza unica!

Split the difference between La Divina and La Stupenda and you have La Bellissima. Ravishing. 💖🎶💖👏💖👏💖🎶💖

Moffo was one of the last of a breed. Her warm, beautiful voice was no longer the "Style" and was so misunderstood. She was such a great singer...beautiful...and with a technique that ANYONE would have been jealous of. And yet, she flashed across the opera world and was gone so fast. She burned out like a little matchstick..but what a flame she had!

Bella Voz, centro redondo y dorado y sobreagudos brillantes ¡Magnífíca!👏👏👏👌❤👍

Nothing to say. Just perfect. Perfect technique, perfectly beautiful voice, perfect coloratura.

Anna Moffo tenía una de las voces de soprano más hermosas que ha existido y la usaba con extraordinaria habilidad. Es y será siempre una de mis grandes favoritas.

Absolutely glorious voice...and a beautiful singer as an added bonus

On y revient toujours; Anna belle de corps et de voix mais plus encore ici juste de ton, dramatiquement parfaite, tour à tour inquiète ou enjouée.On aura entendu colorature plus déliée,suraigu moins strident mais rarement une telle mise au service de la musique. Anna for ever!

There's a thing that make me adore Anna Moffo very much: every time I listen to her, I'm more than impressed, I'm inspired.

Double WOW!! I had forgotten what a glorious voice Anna Moffo had! Brava Diva!

I saw her in Covent Garden what a lovely evening in the 60's.

Im Anna Moffo fan.. Anna is the best of the world all times

Majestic bel canto 🌞. Miss Moffo 💟sings so magnificently. 🌹 🌟 🌷

I think Ann's incredible voice would have lasted years longer if she had avoided the E's and F's completely, and satisfied herself with occasion excursions above the C. Her high Bb, B natural and C's were so ethereally beautiful, and exciting, she didn't need to venture far beyond them to thrill an audience.

When I hear her sing, the word that comes to my mind is "natural." At her best, she sounded like she was merely breathing, with that warm, sadness-tinged sound coming out effortlessly. Her voice also had a natural agility, and she could sing florid passages legato, and she never had to resort to the aspirated, machine gun coloratura we hear today. She was also a fluent Italian speaker, and she always gave the feeling that she knew exactly what she was saying, and her diction was always clear. Sutherland had the more spectacular voice, but she always sounded like she learned the words phonetically, and she never gave the impression that she knew what the words meant, and often one couldn't tell what language she was singing in. Earlier in her career, Moffo didn't have a good trill, but she soon developed a good, dependable trill. Here, the trills are still sketchy. She she was also so spectacularly beautiful to top it all!

My God... This is the most beautiful thing EVER.

I have read most of the comments comparing Moffo to others. If we all liked the same person there would be a lot of unemployed singers and empty opera houses.

It's quite possible that the most beautiful ornamentation I have ever heard is after her second "parmi che a lui d'acanto". Grazie Signora Moffo!

Io ho sentito la mia prima Lucia cantata da Anna Moffo, e mi è sembrata subito bellissima. Tutti i gorgheggi e la voce calda ma anche limpida e cristallina mi hanno incantata.

It is really too bad that dear Anna is gone from us, and cannot read some of these great comments! YES! There is only ONE MOFFO! She really did have it all for an all too short time, but some of us were fortunate to have seen and heard her in person, and I say now that she had such presence onstage one felt she was singing just for you!!! oh BRAVA dear ANNA! We are still loving and enjoying you!!! Thanks!

Eine grandiose Interpretation von Lucia´s erster Arie und Cabaletta-Bravissima Anna Moffo- die High- notes sind sensationell-Danke latraviata 1853 für das außergewöhnliche Video--

I adore this cavatina. I love Ms. Moffo . Lovely bell canto. This aria is very poetic.😍💚🤩

Anna Moffo kuuluu ilman muuta huippusopraanoihin. Kaikki musiikin ystävät kuuntelemaan tätäkin vertaansa vailla olevaa esitystä.

A wonderful opera singer 👏 !

Flawless! After listening to Moffo, I simply have no desire to hear another soprano attempt this music.

Wonderful technique and a sublime and sensuous voice. I heard her in the 1970s in Romeo et Juliette at the Met as well as Nedda in Pagliacci. Sadly, she was well beyond her prime and had great difficulty projecting. But thank God for her recordings!

Grandioso! Sublime! Mi chiedo sempre il perché le interpretazioni dei cantanti odierni non mi riescono a convincere così tanto come queste delle grandi voci del passato...voci belle c'è ne sono anche oggi...eppure di continuo cado sempre su registrazioni del passato....mi toccano di più....forse anche ad altri appassionati succede questo fenomeno...forse qualcuno può darmi una risposta.

Amo a la Moffo, amo su LUCIA. Su aterciopelada voz marcha a la par de la belleza física que la acompañó en sus mejores años de carrera. Su timbre es único. Prefiero una LUCIA de la Moffo que una LUCIA de la Sutherland. ¡Moffo es hechizante!

Wonderful. ANNA was my very first Violetta at the Met in 1961. I would like you to post the mad scene. Thank you for this.

It is hard to believe that so much talent and beautiful voice has been gone for sometime.

Beautiful! Both the rendition and the recording are great. The spine tingling coloratura makes you want to hear more and more, Moffo lives!...

Utterly lovely. Beautiful technique, The aria is so effortlessly sung, despite the coloratura demands and the fioritura. I agree with ricciarello62 that her Lucia (judging from this aria), surpasses that of Sutherland, much as I admire the latter.

yes - lol - not only the 'sharp pointed coloratura', but the coloratura on top of the substantial, beautiful and the most capable, 'core' voice

Very Good .

Umbelievable...

You know....I'm a die hard Joan Sutherland fan.....but I have to admit that this was really really really good

LOVE Madame Moffo, thank you for posting!

Divina

magnifique...quelle voix ..

bravo! the execution is in my opinion flawless.

She reminds me of Maria Callas but without the drama of emotion and over acting. Moffo’s voice is far more clear and on pitch, I wonder why she wasn’t seen for this, and equally remembered. She’s also fun to listen to. We aren’t concerned about her off stage hardships.

This song is definitely the undisputed skill Moffo. Netrebko and better than any other. taf289

Як на мене, одна з 2-х найпрекрасніших сопран усіх часів і народів! 😍

meravigliosa grandissima cantante 35 pollici verso 35 cornuti

To say I'm in love with her voice only scratches the surface of my listening experience, although this is not my favorite recording of hers. I tend to hide from soprano generally, preferring the "warmer" voices of the mezzo, but Moffo I can listen to anytime/anywhere. Is there, are there quality bios of her? I believe her later life was not all one might have wished....Had she become a "trophy wife", and any truth to notion that a "nose job" altered her vocal production, or were her vocal problems just a result of bad management of roles and schedule. I've read that she over-sang...giving 4 and 5 performances a week for years. Anyway, a non-fluff bio I'd find interesting.

Divna!

THIS IS AMAZING. I PREFER THIS VERSION THEN THAT OF SUTHERLAND.

!Bravo, bravo¡

это феноменально !

AnnaMoffo QUINN forever and only one

Bravaaaaa

La Bellissima

so sweet

Awesome!

she reigns supreme with the stars nay above the other stars !

The best Lucia ever.

I agree george, Anna competes with Sutherland on this one.

preciosa

All wonderful singing is well, wonderful! I think in the coloratura role of Elvira in "I Puritani" Gruberova, Live from the Met 1991, is just crazy good. I was at that performance, I don't think I've ever been in the theater for anything more exciting in terms of the tightwire, she gave it all. Some criticize her for singing notes that aren't there, to which I say I couldn't imagine Bellini not loving it - cadenzas are supposed to be a vehicle for a virtuoso embellishment, I thought that was the point of bel canto. Callas in her 1952 live recording is also something - the sweetness in her youthful voice is something to behold.

Such a gorgeous voice! Moffo sang La Fille du Regiment in Pittsburgh when I was in the opera chorus. A bit past her prime but still beautiful in appearance and vocally!

brava..

Extraordinary!

i have, for over 2 years by now, 'the coloratura bit' after the second "...per me..." (the "steps") as a ring-tone on my mobile - people are either shocked or amazed when my phone rings... - anybody interested? :)

For me, Mdm. Moffo was the real Primadonna Assoluta (not Callas). Moffo was one of the most beautifull sopranos, and her timbre was unique, in the deep dark and soft in the high clear and light. sad she was gon 1996(I belive). Now she is in heaven, side on side with the other great voices before her.

3:06 Heating My Heart..!

❤

OMG........

Bravissima, troppo poco valutata in Italia, peccato aveva una estensione vocale incredibile

Interessante

Molto sexy nel film erotico esistenziale una storia di amore con il bellissimo Gianni Macchia. .di una avvenenza incredibile il film scandalo del 1969 di Michele Lupo. Ve lo consiglio. .

너무 아름답다.😍

Aveva attuato qualche incursione nel cinema. .

Assolutamente perfetta!!!!!!lirico di coloratura ma con ombreggiature naturali che rendevano questo canto a volte un po' stucchevole molto interessante e un po più spinto verso una tensione drammatica....avrei gradito qualche variazione in meno .....comunque magnifica se la gioca a la pari con le più grandi....comprese Sutherland e Callas 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Amen

Голос лучший среди сопрано ...

@MrAndredekock do you know/understand the basics of the belcanto period ? that ornaments and embellishments were expected to be added? many listeners have gotten so used to the ornaments "normally used" that they actually believe the composer wrote them --- take the time to find the Leibling of Ricci books of ornaments ---- these books actually show the "regular/normal" embelishments that have been handed down for 150 years

before my rating - this was rated as 4 1/2 .. i have a real difficulties conceptualizing why would anybody rate this, or some other Moffo's recordings, with less than prefect ... ... it's childish to rate something without a proper listening, and the lower rating will not improve, or credit as right, one's lack of hearing

Dear Latraviata1853 -- Can you post the Verrano a Te from the First Act? Please!?!

Who’s the mezzo?

She is a great singer, but Í feel this performance out of melodic line...I much prefer CALLAS in this masterpiece because of the play with the "forti"and "pianissimi"and the tasteful legato through the acrobatic coloratura

This is a real tragedy on its own ..... the waste of what was a magnificent voice! The one criticism I have always had of Moffo is that her coloratura passages are far too overdone and one waits for the Moffoism to come to end as she finally gets back to either Donizetti or Bellini. But she had everything going for her and when she auditioned for a bursary in her youth the adjudicators insisted that all the candidates sing from behind a screen unseen because of Moffo's absolute beauty.

pretty much my thoughts exactly.

Not the best, but still great.

I love that phrase..."life after Callas". Do you mind if a borrow it? ;) And I think this is a spectacular version, one of my favorites for sure. But, I don't think even Moffo can beat Sutherland in Lucia....

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2:30

Why listen to anyone else?

4:04

Beautiful voice, very satisfying pitch...not so sure about her trill though: sometimes you can hear two notes...sometimes she just increase the intensity of the vibrato, but that's not really a trill. Also I didn't like the variation at the end...

Very pleasant, she has such a good technique, although I think she lacks the legato of Callas and Lucia is to heavy for her.

People

I mean...not really. She's a superb soprano, the voice and its agility and ring are astonishing; but those cadenzas are pretty horrid, let's be real. The ornaments, the fermate...just really bizarre and tasteless.

Great voice but a terrible musician. So common in Opera.