Detectivefiction it's beautiful for having such good technique, but then if you try the other great Mozart sopranos in this role you'll understand. Try Fleming or Te Kanawa. The top is a little strident in timbre, not much float.
@@greatmomentsofopera7170 yeah, Vaness had a very Verdi like timber but she knew how to sing Mozart and I like her much better than Flemming in anything she sings. I won't disagree with Te Kanawa though, her voice was so beautiful
Maggie McFly as you can probably guess from my channel I’m a huge Fleming fan. I like Vaness very much too, but most people would submit that fleming had a more beautiful voice than Vaness.
It was a good singing!!! Today hardly anybody sings this way and hardly there are any teachers left who teach to sing bel canto. Today is vibranto !!!!
For those who say that they’re more impressed with Vaness’s technique than her voice, here’s some background. She suffered paralysis of one of her vocal cords at the age of 26, and it very nearly ended her career. She literally had to rebuild her technique from zero with a paralyzed cord. That she can sing at all is an astounding achievement. No, she’s not Te Kanawa (who, by the way, got completely lost in the middle of this aria in one live performance I saw, so, hey, nobody’s perfect). But she brings such sensitivity, musicality, and-yes-virtuosity to her work that the opera world was better for her having continued her career.
I feel like the more virtuosic nature of Fiordiligi's music is more suitable to Carol Vaness' vocal timbre and temperment. She had just wowed NY with Cosi in the 1983-84 season. I saw the end of the run, and was impressed moreso with the technical authority of her singing than the voice itself. I remember NY being distinctly less impressed with her Countess.
I know of other sopranos who IMO have "prettier" voces, but Carol Vaness astounding musicality makes me prefer her anyway. I am interested in the Countess - not in a special singers timbre.
I prefer a Dove sono that isn't quite so mopey-the text does indicate optimistic resolve at the end-but damn this is an exquisitely vocalised performance. Gorgeous legato, a pleasant and very individual squillo. And she takes two lines at a time on a single breath, just because she can!
This is my first time hearing Carol Vaness and she is sensational!!! I am studying "Dove Sono...." and I love her version of this exquisite aria!!! Brava!!!
she did ant it was not good . My Aunt knew Carol Vaness very well and told me that singing Tosca ruined her voice in the mid to late 1990s. Mozart is more her thing and I think she is the greatest countess and Fiordiligi of all time.
My God, why do I always keep trying to give Mozart a chance with me??? This is the most boring piece of shit (albeit splendidly vocalized, technically wonderful piece of shit...) I have ever heard. I remain, absolutely convinced- THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING DRAMATIC ABOUT MOZART!!! Good God, he is the reason why people think that opera is 'boring'.
Yes, Michael... because as you can see that's exactly what I was talking about in my post. OF COURSE, if one doesn't love Mozart, one MUST be one of the unwashed heathen masses clamouring for the latest sop of pop culture the television throws our way (as opposed to being a fan of Berlioz, Mozart, Wagner, Strauss, Gluck, Cherubini, et al), because there ARE, after all, only TWO camps one can belong to when it comes to music! Your sanctimonious, snarky, sarcastic, pretentious rejoinders have no place here, Michael. (Douchebag...).
Don Giovanni certainly has drama. Please keep in mind that Mozart is almost impossible for anyone to play properly, especially vocalists. However, his fans may be able to hear him properly on the other side. As one composer wrote: When the angels play for God, they play Bach...but when they play for themselves, they play Mozart...and God eavesdrops.
Fa Ye AHAHAHA Yeah ESPECIALLY vocalists! They're a completely clueless lot! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA WHAT A JOKE THEY ARE AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA *eyeroll* The notion that Mozart is impossible to play "properly" is completely elitist and inaccurate. He wrote music, not some celestial manifesto for christ's sake.
Stephen Lagan Sometimes, you just want your soul to be touched in a more gentle way. Mozart has that gentle magic....it may not be your taste, but he was a genius and when hearing someone play/sing his music well, hopefully it will also one day touch your soul. All composers have their place.
+Constantina Louttchenko Seriously? I´ve got an opposite impression of her sensitive acting: it´s noble and melancholy like the figure of the Countess. But each it´s opinion of course. No doubt indeed about her voice- it´s a lush, warm and womanly sexy instrument. Great singer.
I admired Vaness's Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni that I saw at the Met some years agoso much that I almost don't go to see Don G any more! However, I agree with you that this Dove Sono needs something. I think she plays the scene on one basic level, or maybe two: "I have a problem with the Count; but I know how to deal with it." What I miss is the definition of emotion -- of her struggle -- within the main mental action. "Prima amato; indi offesa; e al fin tradita" -- three different emotional responses in her life.... I dunno; maybe it was this production....
