Sempre Libera - Traviata Contest - Elena Mosuc

[Oldtinear]

A competition! Rats! I cannot score this performance. Ms Mosuc sings well, but the camera angle makes it impossible to tell how well she acts and engages the audience.

[ezequielabuin]

Simply INCREDIBLE. A great and superb artist. Hope she can visit Buenos Aires to sing in our Colon Theatre.

[Natalie5f]

Listen to NICULINA CARSTEA in Traviatta, and Lucia di Lamermoor...because she is one of the most magnificent Romanian coloratura sopranos.

[gestas60323]

how can anybody say boring after this magnificentally sung cabaleta?

she is is a wonderful singer !

[GoldenAgeSunshine]

Beautiful performance in perfect command of the voice, pathos, energy, and musicality. Far, far better than many other Violettas such as Nebretko and Dessay (who is no Violetta!!!) Boring? Who said that?! Mosuc deserves to sing at the MET asap! She'll take it by storm!

[yesblanche]

What a terrific artist...I hope she sings here in New York soon.

[GoldenAgeSunshine]

I know she will, and I'm sure you'll be positively surprised, it will be a treat! I don't like comparisons, but a certain French skinny soprano will shy away!

[MisterSoprano]

I love Mosuc, have hear her many times, but must agree she is not Violetta. Even when I heard her in Zagreb in this role, she was no good. She's much better Gilda if we stay in Verdi, seen her twice in Areda di Verona, or Anna Bolena if we go to other composers (Vienna Konzerhouse).

[asisecanta]

2/3

[Heraopera]

I can agree with skitzo429 ...only one thing is to give to the protocoll: Mosucs technique and Coloraturas have been from the beginning of her career good/better than Netrebko will be in 100 years! You have to listen to her Zerbinetta and Lucia di Lammermoor¨But I agree for the Verdiroles her voice sounds a little like a mouse! She gives to much pressure.....

[skitzo429]

her vibrato is a touch wide and slow for my tastes sometimes, but she has an almost netrebko-esque dramatic power to her voice that i really like. I prefer more dramatic coloraturas in Verdi soprano roles, i think it works better than lighter lyrics for this.

[combustion81]

Voce spinta, acuti che si infissiscono, agilità approssimative, non so come si faccia a considerarla anche solo bravina...

[ugolinifu]

Boring...

[forallyouknow]

although I love Mosuc, I really have to agree. despite her technical proficiency, this was just SO boring.

[Klaudhius]

Siempre maravillosa Mosuc :)!

[mikathelittle]

a real good violetta!!! a nice voice, an impressive power, and a wonderful vocal agility!!! A pleasure for the ears!!!

[rocriba]

Sergiu, Mrs Moldoveanu was OK., a nice voice and so on. But Mosuc is one of the best in our time and compared with the best ever. Did you know?

[jamesotek]

Wow! Don't know her...surprisingly good!

[kateholli]

saw her live long ago in this

she was a revelation

like this little person a lot

4.5/4

[sergiu17]

Search for Eugenia Moldoveanu....Is the best Romanian soprano ever existed, you will be impresed.........trust me!!

[mrlammermoor]

boring, wobbly... a mediocre gruberova-copy

[33blueberries]

You know what, I concur.

[burtsbees2]

she's amazing, as she is as die naechtliche koenigen

[saverioorlando]

Voice a bit forced,good coloratura,interesting personality,she is Violetta.

[musiqmarquis]

I can't really tell anything because the film is not from center where most of her focus is during the clip. She does have a great voice but I can give no opinion.

[buttermilchbabe]

she interprets it somewhere between netrebko and gheorgiu... really well done

[clashguy]

Elena rocks!

[isinglouderthanu]

beautiful rendition of the piece... georgeous! her high E is flawless!

[mevalemadrex]

she´s 100000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­0000000 better than Netrebko!!!!

[operabuff1]

mevalemadrex, I couldn´t agree more !!

And we get a stupendous Eb instead of histrionics like throwing off shoes.......

[sschimel]

mekarts2, you are right; there doesn't appear to be a lower register. Still, the voice is lovely. But as with Dessi, there are no trills.

[dutchtallguy]

At time's her vocal technique resemble that of Edita Gruberova. This voice has more drama and rock solid top register. Brava Elena. 5/4

[ruggerbruno]

I think if the sound were better, she would sound a lot better. When you can hear people talking that might be a clue. This performance looks like it was excellent. (Thanks for posting!)

[remrom2]

miss sutherland simpre libera --is still the best!!!

[tallamande]

noooooooooooooo

[mevalemadrex]

HAHAHA YOU´RE SOOOOOO IMBECIL!!!!

[scarpia1965]

Great!

[mekarts2]

Is it just me or her low register is completely absent? Divine Lucia, mediocre Traviata I'm afraid (you should see the second act). If we're talking only about this aria than 3/5 (3 out of 5).

[sottoipini]

Loved this Mosuc! 4/4

[rawdonqueen]

She is a new singer for me. Her timbre is lovely and the coloratura is fluent. 4.5/4

[796824]

There is a wobble on the Top Notes. It is a voice that requires training from Virginia Zeani

[bamf1224]

Is it just me or does she sound a little flat on that high Eb?

[xafnndapp]

No, it's not flat.

Beautiful Sempre libera!

[colibridelapampa]

No, it insn´t flat. She was very good!!

[boris1281]

The F was not very solid, which is rather surprising for Mosuc, but still it is an F.Her portrayal is rather standard and traditional, phrasing is not specatacular, but nonetheless it is a solid performance - 4,4/5

[Iareto]

It's a high E flat.

[boris1281]

It is not a F, is it? IT must be an Eb, when I listen to the recording again? Please, sopranos help me here!

[ioSonoCallas]

Magnifique interprétation, trés émouvant et magistralement chanté. Voilà une jeune cantatrice qui a trés bien compris le message de Callas!

[SirGeorg]

Quite nice 4/4

[hisimperialmajesty]

Very nice, I think she plays the role well without over-doing it. 5/5

[lyside1]

può sembrare...ma ti assicuro che trovo la cantante giusta so essere eccessivo anche nell'intessere lodi...sono per la meritocrazia

[sevoflurane]

Capisco, pero`... est modus in rebus!

[lyside1]

si sta semplicemente asserendo che gli acuti di questa povera sventurata...ballano...e pure rovinosamente...nell'oscillazi­one delle note c'è posto per un eurostar...duri come dei laterizi..quindi è out...stop...il resto non mi interessa..

[sevoflurane]

Mi sembri veramente eccessivo nei tuoi commenti.

[lyside1]

non c'è bisogno di scomodare la Devia....chiusa in un lutto senza fine per la morte dell'amato amrito nonchè suo lungimirante pigmalione...o la gruberova...altro mostro sacro intoccabile...qui non si sta cercando l'alternativa all Mosuc....

[lyside1]

si ritirasse...sta Mosuc...la voce balla maledettamente i do e il mi bemolle finale...sono periclitanti...un edificio in demolizione...

[sevoflurane]

Ma un po' di rispetto per favore! Fammi il nome delle cantanti che al momento possono cantare decentenemte questa cabaletta! A parte Mariella Devia e Gruberova, che sono dei miracoli di longevita`...

[gvjps123]

Mosuc is certainly a better singer than many of her colleagues. Her coloratura is very good and her timbre is pleasing. This set is just dreadful and I find her stage presence frenetic ( which might be the fault of the director).

Singing: 4

Characterization : 3

[patjan92]

I liked all aspects of this performance. 4/4.

[AnnElliot]

Mosuc is a very good singer and actrice, though the voice still has to grow on me, she is definitely up there with the best, 5/5

[Orfeus80]

5/4. Excellent vocally but all alone on stage she can't escape the constant arm waving. Still convincing though.

[sevoflurane]

I like her phrasing. Lovely piani and diminuendi. I think her rendition is really good, both vocally and from the acting point of view! 5/5

[hotazzoperastud]

She is one of the few hopes for coloratura sopranos! She delievers this aria with such ease. And that final Eb, so great. 5/5