CARLA RUTILI Soprano - Verdi - Traviata : Sempre libera

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Listen to Mafalda Favero singing this with Beniamino Gigli.

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And what else ?

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Mercedes Capsir, the list, is too long to elaborate

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I definitively prefer :

First : Maria Callas as she had the three voices necessary to sing the score

Second : Renata Tebaldi for the beauty of her voice and her sincerity

Third : Magda Olivero for the drama.

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The Golden Age of Singers descended into

oblivion a LONG while ago. Read "The Twilight of Bel Canto" by Leonardo di Ciampa.

Callas had a "wobble and an ugly voice."

Tebaldi suffered from flatness. It took 25 takes before she was able to sing a pianissimo during recording sessions. Olivero had intensity, but CAPSIR was "NOTED" for Violetta. Opera is musical comedy today.

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Miss Tebaldi was able to sang pianissimo from the begining of her carreer as live recordings can proove it : Guglielmo Tell, Assedio Di Corinto, Tannnhauser, Lohengrin, Jules Cesar, Traviata, La bohème, La Wally and many others scores... even in Forza del destino.

Miss Callas was a unique artist, singer and woman and it's unfair to tell she is nothing.

Of course, I agree there are many poor singers nowadays and, unfortunately, they record many records and think there are great artists...

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And now let's talk about singers from the past.

Gigli style of singing was absolutely AWFUL despite a splendid voice.

Tito Schippa had a POOR voice but was a dream when he sang : pure style and deep feelings.

Giacomo Lauri Volpi had a STRANGE instrument but he is, for me, one of the great singer of all times. And Franco Corelli too. And the great Aureliano Pertile.

So I prefer great artists, even with few weaknesses, to "perfect" singing robots from the past to nowadays...

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Superbes robes... on en mangerait, et la voix aussi !!!!!!