Lucia Popp - V'Adoro Pupille

[Zyghnwyr]

I find the tempo perfect. And Lucia Popp was a superlative Handelian.

[BarrocoeBrahms]

Very good performance perheps only supplanted by Kirkby´s one!

[dfgrbtr]

Always a pleasure to listen to.

[Ingridmirei]

She's a really great singer. I wish she sang it in italian.

[BazzasBest]

Breathtaking beauty and elegance. Perhaps Fritz Wunderlich thought so too. He was in the cast as Sestus in this 1965 performance in Munich.

[orphyborphy]

I really like the faster tempo and Caesar as a bass-baritone, even though they're kind of stylistically incorrect (especially the latter).

[Glenmed]

Fabulous voices both.

[cantorga]

Charming, but the far-too-fast tempo detracts from the almost overbearing sensuality of the music. Listen to the Sills/Rudel version. This is almost a jingle.

[Zyghnwyr]

A pity the voice is so distant. But of course dear Lucia makes you forget that with singing of this quality. She was lost to us far too early.

[beaucart]

One of the great soubrette soprano's of her day and a lovely lady as well. This from Munich Opera.

[zulfakarz]

WOW..just WOW

anybody has the german words (lyrics) of this aria not the italian?

[77Opera]

@zulfakarz

Kleopatra:

Ich bete euch an, ihr Augen,

Ihr Liebspfeile,

eure Blitze

erfreuen meine Brust,

Um Erbarmen bittet euch

mein trauriges Herz

das euch stehts

sein allerliebstes nennt.

[buddmar]

A lovely interpretation. I love this aria. What year would you say this was recorded? Thanks for posting.

[Azzenstudent]

I'm relying on memory here, but I think the year is 1966. The cast here was stellar, and although it's sung in German, it holds up quite well. Popp is recorded in a somewhat unusual way that makes the performance seem a bit mysterious and distant. Still, the beauty of the singing is breathtaking.

[Raiwons]

A wonderful theme, I like a lot, greetings, 5 ***** Pinkis.

Martin