Victoria de los Angeles "L'altra notte in fondo al mare" Mefistofele

[PhallusFlaccidus]

If there was a list with the best sopranos ever, Victoria de Los Angeles would be No.1

[Maripudelmonaco]

MARAVILLOSA !!  VOZ PURÍSIMA Y CRISTALINA, UNA BELLEZA !!!

[tuadolcefanciulla]

Victoria de los Angeles sings this beautifully. Totally in tune. Another WINNER

posted by the excellent Onegin65. Thanks.

[qyzuf]

I love her, and obviously her voice here...and the highnotes and technique and musicality...STILL- can you hear that this is the song of a woman who lost her sanity after killing her mom and child? Wouldn't you believe, not knowing otherwise, that this is a love song?

[areiosgeorgos]

@qyzuf: It actually IS a love song to her child and her mother! Doesn't she love them? Aren't we expected to hear Margherita's maternal love towards her child in this aria?

[wattever333]

@areiosgeorgos with that logic, everything is a song about everything.

[qyzuf]

@qyzuf

interesting point, thanks!

You may well be right. I feel almost guilty to criticize de los angeles, but her one flaw might be her very good, almost too good personality. I mean, still, this aria is the aria of a woman, capable of murder, in a psychotic state and in prison. With that in mind, this amazing performance is still somehow too "nice"

[wattever333]

@qyzuf you "feel almost guilty to criticize VDLA" because there are trolls on the web who attack anybody who criticize anything. you must ignore them and say what you feel even if others disagree. VDLA has a lovely voice and is very musical, but she puts me to sleep. I prefer Callas. But I would take vdla on her worst day over any professional singer today.

[CosmosPhile]

I can learn so much from just listening to her - her emotion, clarity, fluidity... and all without seeing her... wow. What a performance.

[lochness11]

The impeccable and wonderful voice of Victoria de los Angeles. A privilege to listen to her at any time in her long career.

[MisZing]

VDLA at her best! Thanks Onegin!

[operagirl53]

Beautiful voice which is rich, pure, and so filled with emotion!!!

[revallen]

Victoria de los Angeles is simply one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century.

[johngotwalt]

She sang ONE Elisabeth at the Met -- NOT a broadcast. Anyone have a tape ?

As we are at the end of days, we need to gather all the beauty and meaning we can. Maria called Vicky D the "woman with a wire in her voice.'

[Bivolari]

@johngotwalt There is a house tape. I heard it once. Everything you would expect!

[woytynowska]

wonderful!!!

[Herur22]

Why on earth was this marked as spam?

[woytynowska]

just as othe comments that are marked as spam or marked red.

I don't know who does it but it's weird.

Onegin65, THANKS for sharing!

[MusicaParola]

The person in question is mentally ill, and one must take that into account. This poor wretch is not attacking the great Victoria de los Angeles, universally recognized as one of the greatest singers of all time. He is pathologically obsessed with another great artist, Renata Tebaldi. You will notice that his dementia only surfaces when Victoria sings a "Tebaldi role." In his convoluted mind, praising Victoria in Renata's debut role is blasphemous. Poor man.

[Prissie28]

Love her voice

[MusicaParola]

Another great performance from de los Angeles. In some ways it reminds me of Muzio's recording (although she could not trill in "Vola..."), mainly for her attention to the text. Both sopranos excelled in this aspect. What a glorious voice!

[orsothecat]

Impeccable singing. She was in the first opera I ever saw. It was Marta at the Met in 1958 with Richard Tucker. How lucky I feel to have enjoyed that voice in person.