Anna Moffo sings Lucia (vaimusic.com)

[sttar1982]

GRAZIE ANNA<3

[goblinonacloud]

One of my all time favourite sopranos. Her control and roundness of notes were always breathtaking. And one of the few sopranos who could act as well. I miss her...

[MonsieurDarcy]

She's a fine Lucia but the camera work is too.. cheesy.

[bcndn63]

um...does she die because she dies, or does she pass out from that last note...all in all, though, the best SUNG mad scene, despite the monty python ending...what a singer!

[paminaase]

She did a clean job: no blood =)

[Maggielicious21]

@paminaase hahaha i knew there was somenting missing

[MastersoftheOpera]

Anna Moffo is by far the best Lucia . She has  great style...with a fragility and yet a strongly dramatic and expressive voice. I love her Lucia and find her even better than Callas actually. Moffo just IS Lucia.

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[geomusic]

At her best, she was brilliant. Even in this silly production, it's great to hear her gorgeous voice.

[vstasov]

Good lord, a really stupid production, but she is one luscious woman. What a voice.

[classicalgal14]

Netrokbo?

[harpguy18]

i do too dont understand the director,so how does lucia die?

[superdooperstupor]

I don't understand why the director envisioned Lucia as Isadora Duncan dancing on a lawn, but Anna Moffo has a personal triumph

of superb singing.

[carolineh88]

Awesome!!! thank you for posting this video:)

[Angeleaf]

Una Lucia perfetta...voce agile e angelicata ma anche pastosa e vellutata :)

[PrinceOfCatsInAHat]

She reminds me of Kate Bush in her Wuthering Heights video(s). I'm really glad she didn't trip on her own dress!

[gclef2288]

the thing about her voice that I love is the color and evenness throughout it. Its like velvet

[dollartwenty]

Great singing....very silly production.

[KatherineXIX]

She doesn't LOOK crazy enough. They need to make her paler with dark circles, as the libretto says.

[mariasarda]

Le timbre particulier de Moffo en fait l'un des plus beaux sopranos du XXème siècle. Très versatile dans ses choix, elle a fait une carrière modeste par rapport à ses qualités vocales. Il y a une sorte de gaieté communicative dans sa voix, un vrai antidépresseur. Ecoutez aussi son "Ombre légère". Insurpassée.

[63Attila]

If the soprano sings the Mad Scene in the Tomb. Where does the tenor sing the Tomb Scene

in the Moat? Some director with his own ideas.

God Donizetti's worked well for awhile. The madness of Lucia needs to happen in front of the COURT she is loony but not a solopsist.

But I can close my eyes. Moffo sings wonderfully but if you are going to go dubbed anyhow get an actress for the visual and Dame Joan (IMHO the best Lucia) for the vocal

[Winn89]

Moffo still stood above many sopranos in those years. Why use another voice for her when she has built an entire carreer with her own voice? She was one of the few that had the looks as well as the voice going for her. Too many people would recognize Sutherland's voice btw, there isn't a voice worse than hers to use as a dubbing voice.

[63Attila]

I was being sarcastic about the production.

[Winn89]

Sounded to me like you were saying that Moffo wasn't a good enough combination of vocals and looks.

[63Attila]

My post was poorly stated. Moffo is excellent here.

[Catalogerman]

I don't understand your comment.  This is Moffo's voice. Did you think it was Sutherland's?

[MonsieurDarcy]

@Catalogerman That she was lip-synching to Sutherland's voice as no one thinks a soprano could look as visually appealing as Moffo.

[gildor67]

She sings wonderfully... but why the silly direction? It looks more like a Benny Hill parody than a filmed opera.. pity! I'll just close my eyes and listen

[bellasoprana]

excuisite!!!!she has something of Maria Callas!!!!!! my good,incredible...please listen to her,and then listen to Maria Callas and u will see a great similarity

[Jabe88]

I think she's much closer to Edda Moser. They have similar voices and technique. Moser on the other hand was a dramatic coloratura (with a heavier and darker voice)

[eleanorgloria]

Thoug nI don't get Lafranchi directing, and I don't like how poorly the dubbing is done I absolutely adore Moffo. Though I love her recording of Lucia with Bergonzi (my favourite of all Lucias I have heard) I just adore this version of Spargi d'amaro. Her voice, and musicality is impecable and her acting made me cry a little. Beautiful, thank you.

[renic17]

I stick to Moffo. Sutherland was great too, though never showed believable performances. But what heavenly sounds she produced!

[Elisabetta611]

The greatest of the filmed Lucias!

[angelus2002]

Beautifully sung. It's such a shame about her vocal decline and the fact she continued to sing for so long.

This however was wonderful

[ElliePearl]

Anna is positively radiant. Such beautiful voices ease pain, they calm the senses and leave one desirous for more. Brava!

[isinglouderthanu]

my god she is just beautiful in this aria... not as spot on with ornamentation as Sills... entertaining and lovely soprano.

[tonytib]

By all means the best of the Lucias!!

[Iareto]

She's brilliant. This is one of the first opera performances that I actually enjoyed. It was Moffo, Sutherland and Sills that got me heavily into opera.

[operamusiclover]

beautiful!God, anna moffo has such a beautiful voice:so feminin,so atractive.GOD!Very beautiful!Is this the mad scene?

[corellithebest]

Yes, it is. The last part of the mad scene.

[mdancer01]

crystal  sorry

[mdancer01]

she is good like all the lucias

but no one is like sutherland especially the 1959 sutherland's debut no one has the crytal clear voice plus agility plus flexibility plus the experience plus how did she still singing and runing at the stage etc etc

[Jabe88]

they're both quite different...

Moffo sings it more dramatically, and Sutherland more as a crazy woman; though certainly Moffo's acting here represents a crazy woman.

[remrom2]

joan sutherland rendition is still the best! remus

[No1ZmeskalFan]

I would have to say I think this is my favorite version of this......Sutherland was but this was amazing. Im in shock at how great it was

[Winn89]

But what happened to part 1?

[soitgoes08]

Brava Anna! just adorable

[Winn89]

THE Lucia.

[patjan1992]

Effortless! What a beautiful voice and what a beautiful woman.