Regine Crespin sings Tosca (vaimusic.com)

[Jihonne]

Je pense qu'elle est le plus grande soprano parmi tous les sopranos...

[babaloula]

She had great pathos in her voice. Love her.

[legatofancier]

Always loved Regine Crespin's voice. Given her outstanding qualities as an artist, I am still struck by how feminine and sexy I always found her sound to be.

[AmericanEvita]

Regine Crespin is an underrated singer; she was a mezzo soprano who could also sing soprano; as shown here; her Tosca is absolutely gorgeous. I think she's as good as Renata Tebaldi here; what a beautiful voice.

[lamusicahera]

BRAVA!

BRAVA!

BRAVA!

FANTASTIC!

PERFECT!

Not to talk about : this is really amazing and out of any question :

A good schooled voice and perfect singing soprano WHO HAVE BEEN SPECIAL AND INDIVIDUAL and shows us what we can REALLY MISS TODAY !

[motardbear15]

This is absolutely GREAT ! I really saw Crespin in that costume in Tosca at l'Opéra de Paris with Corelli and Bacquier !!! It was just the perfection ! What a voice ! The right Tosca's voice , the power,the temperament ! She has been one of the best Tosca after Callas !!! Can you imagine "today" to heve such a performance of Tosca ???? NEVER more

[vocedivinax]

I went to a cocktail party and she was there.

[MidSummerOpera]

who sing s it better?

[paulostroff99]

Exquisite to the max! Brava!

[Dymension]

I think of her as the French Tebaldi: very glamorous, gorgeous sound...

[antequem]

Merveilleux! cette dame est la gloire absolue du chant français!

[Aetion]

Gorgeous voice and very emotional singing! Brava!

[wolkowy1]

Amazing and emotional voice. Brava.

[motardbear15]

I saw her in Tosca on stage (with Corelli,and Bacquier at l'Opéra de Paris) she was a real lionness on stage , and I can telle you that "her" Vissi d'Arte was a treasure,when once speak about Tosca , always he turns backs to Callas , I saw her(also),I can just tell you that after Callas we had Crespin,very different but very close too.And with a incredible voice,too!Just fascinating!

[CharlotteinWeimar]

That's a really helpful description, thank you!

[werther11998877]

@motardbear15 lucky you... so lucky!!

[kngiht84]

Does anyone think that her spinto makes this aria sound "too" relaxed ?

[gelutka]

Yes, it does!

[PonselleLover]

You mistake diction for spianato. I'll listen to her "Vissi d'arte" again for this question of chopping the line. But anyway, diction indeed deals first with pronunciation. And her way of colouring words is one of the most accomplished and praised ever. Go to her "D'amour l'ardente flamme" to see what I mean.

[PonselleLover]

And this impeccable diction in the great french opera tradition...

[CzarDodon]

Inpeccable diction would also involve not breaking sentences to take breath where it makes no sense: anima (breath) viva; conobbi (breath) aiutar; fiori (breath) al. Diction is not only pronunciation it is also makeing sense of words.... but the voice is georgous

[Andante735]

Love her! Huge, glorious voice. I agree Operadonna, one of the greats. Her approach to Verdi singing is somewhat unconventional, but it's fascinating to hear the enormous sound singing it.

[waltershanghai]

insoportablemente bueno

[soprano543]

j 'ai deja plusieur fois entendu cet air par plusieur chanteuse mais régine crespin est la MEILLEUR

[Kendrick2021]

FOREVER REGINE!!!!

[Tarboujh]

Also one of the largest soprano voices. Mixed bag huh? Ok fine, she wasn't the most consistent singer techically, but I'll take her over the disgusting, pathetic, excuses for singing we have now. Brave Regine!

[operadonna]

She had one of the most glorious voices EVER. Maybe top five soprano voices actually.

[jicontios]

Crespin was always a mixed bag singing italian opera, she is fine here, I guess it is 1963.Does anybody know the year of the Telecast ?

[yodavidnavarro]

The other four?

[GABYCONSTANZA]

thank u for the post. i sure wish we had her marschallin and charlotte. i truly loved her.

she was a hoot to know. what a grand dame.