Maria Barrientos & Ricardo Stracciari dunque io son tu non (Rossini).wmv

[vpo2g2]

Stracciari was a magnificent baritone -- immaculate technique and marvelous phrasing. The notes emerge like a string of pearls.

[paulostroff99]

Lovely singing! TY.

[MrCafiero]

She did keep her sound scuro which is good. Most coloraturas over lighten the voice. This is excellent singing.

[yguevarar]

Excelentes voces acompañadas de buenas imagenes

[ElPiconeroalCognac]

Wow, what a voice is Barrientos'. Brava!

[AulicExclusiva]

I'm not sure what "a coloratura with a wide body" is. Barrientos, a very chic person, was never overweight.

[jfsanin]

I am going to correct the video, I could say she had a wide voice being a coloratura. I have retouched her pictures and I has been. she was slim, at least when she was young.

Thanks for the comment.

[AulicExclusiva]

Oh, I see. You meant that her voice was unusually wide-bodied for a coloratura. That is true.

[jfsanin]

mainly in those days when a lot of coloraturas, very good all of them, sounde like canaries. I refer the body of her voice.

[meltzerboy]

What a great coloratura Barrientos is, and what can one add about Stracciari that has not already been said--he is magnificent even past his prime. Also delightful is the duet as performed by Pons and De Luca. Thanks for posting.

[meltzerboy]

Actually, Stracciari is perhaps only slightly past his prime here.

[AulicExclusiva]

Riccardo Stracciati was only 44 in 1919. He remained on stage until about 1940 and even made some recordings in the 1950s. His final high note is a bit strained here, true, but he still had many years of fine singing in him.

[jfsanin]

thanks

[jfsanin]

I made the correction.