In equal respect I reject your criticiism. This is Verismo singing. TRUTH. Sometimes it is emotional, it isn't equal. It is real, married to the word. Not all singers that are great have one piece voices as you call it. I was very moved by her. Tebaldi is my favorite but this wonderful...do you speak Italian? she is at wits end when she says her young servant in effect sold her beauty to help her be well.
@A7sogno : Thank you for your message, I understand italian but unfortunately I don't know to write it properly.I think that to have a voice in only one piece (the same body of voice throughout the register and to can sing full body tops )is one of the most exciting thing for a soprano and also it is an example of how to sing well.
@A7sogno I only listened two sopranos who could do that : Tebaldi and Sutherland, aside the differences of theor voices, Tebaldi has steel in her voice and Suherland hasn't but Sutherland has more range. Returning to "La mamma morta" I agree with you, Tebaldi has only one voice (in one piece) and in this aria you notice the infinite dynamic range Tebaldi has, she starts softly, ethereal piano and then she goes crescendo and crescendo until to reach the loudest ff fullbody B in the climax,
@A7sogno After Tebaldi I like Anita Cerquetti and Maria Caniglia, they both has a darker color, both are drammatic sopranos, but like you must know the drammatic soprano, the top is more "coperto" and clearer and thinner compared with the middle and not as expansive as a spinto, but I like they both in this aria.I dislike Ghena Dimitrova and I dislike Stella and Milanov.
Finally from today or last years I do like is Aprile Millo and I am thinking of others perhaps Stefsva Evstatieva
I'm convinced she would have eclipsed Tebaldi in popularity had she made her splash first. She sounds much like Tebaldi, except for a much easier top.
Stella was lost among the Callas/Tebaldi fan fares otherwise Stella had a huge solid voice..Big and even...Overacted perhaps but what a voice filled with that now extinct Italian style.
Je trouve souvent certains commentaires injustes,quand ils ne sont pas carrément déplacés:Pour écouter et interpréter la musique ou le chant ,il faut certes des oreilles ,mais aussi une âme afin de pressentir l'intention et de retransmettre l'emotion .Tout est pourtant dans la partition.Mais combien entendent la parole musicale comme l'on comprend une langue maternelle?
Oddly, of you watch Italian films of the same period (Anna Magnani, per esempio) no one seems to mind that the acting was WAY over the top. But listen to that voice. We would be blessed nowadays to have a such talent.
Antonietta Stella non hà cantata soltanto due volte nella sua vita...farsi un nome negli anni 50 in Italia dove combattevano piu di 20 soprani /sono sicuro che lei conosce i loro nomi / non era facile,la concurenza era tremenda !Per il suo pubblico Antonietta Stella era fantastica sublime !
The problem of this clip is that Stella is doing the verismo acting for a large operahouse on TV. For the people without many experiences with this type of acting, her acting is a little too much. However, if you are visually able to translate this clip into a large opera house, it will work well. For the size of her voice, her voice did not work well on a microphone, especially in a studio. In a house, it was loud enough to be heard over the chorus and the orchestra in Aida's Triumphal scene.
Stella a dreadful and vulgar singer? Rubbish. There were no shortage of very fine Italian lyrics at her time: Tebaldi and Tucci amongst them, and yet she continually recorded. So how did that happen if she was so bad? Not like today, when there are very few fine lyrics around.This role is a size too large for her; but then it's a size to large for almost everyone. The only recording where the singer owns it emotionally and vocally is Tebaldi's.
Well Stella, was a unique singer. Can be loved or hated but how she "recita cantando" is really terrific. Only few other singer succeded in being so closed to what they were singing.
She is totally credible in all the romanza. That is what verismo means; it is not bel canto.
I am sorry, but I totally disagree... I find Antonietta Stella a really good soprano. Excellent technique, perfect diction and pronunciation, and amazing acting. Especially at 2.00. The wording and the music in that passage suggest themselves that something really dreadful is going to happen. And I find her so perfect and conving there.
Agree with you totally. She is a good singer that is why she was able to hold her own with contemporaries such as Callas, Tebaldi, Gencer, Price, Milanov.
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I hate to tell this but this woman was dreadful.What a dreadful artistry!Such a vulgar phrasing , she does not sing the low notes at the begining, she talks.Then her gestures and movements are so vulgar, in the second part of the aria, the voice is ugly and many colors changes, she is singing with a so so size middle and when she hits the high B the voice becomes so small and thin, it seems she is singing a Lucia note.The worst "La mamma morta" ever heard
Perhaps. But she IS Maddalena. I believe her tale of woe. That is what set Stella aparts from most other singers. Besides, it's verismo-- if you can't be vulgar there, then where can you be vulgar? LICIA ALBANESE, YOU CAN'T FOOL ME. YOU'RE LURKING ON YOUTUBE UNDER A PSEUDONYM. BUSTED.
nycof: the commentary made by the other poster is accurate.Too much bad singing in Stella rendition, everything explained above.Plus her acting is quite ridiculous, verismo doesn't mean vulgar and plastic artificial bad taste acting as in this case Stella.
@mariaperrucha You don't want verismo sir or madame. This is excellent, accurate and beautiful story telling. I prefer Tebaldi, but this is a beautiful, lovely, emotional and very exceptional rendering of this aria. What you want is a dainty, detatched version, of which you have ample choice these days... THIS is wonderful.... Brava.
@A7sogno : With my all respect, don't you see how gross she is in her gestures, the the "racconto di Maddalena" she hangs on the wall, shaking her head , when she says "di sua bellezza ha fatto un mercato, de su belleza hizo negocio, un contratto per me! , she grabs her head.
You watch any Tebaldi video and Tebaldi was a donna statuaria and a very refined lady, nothing to do with this
@A7sogno : Another thing, Antonietta Stella voice has several breaks and with different color changes, the voice is not in only one piece (as all great singers are) and her voice is not beautiful, sorry
In equal respect I reject your criticiism. This is Verismo singing. TRUTH. Sometimes it is emotional, it isn't equal. It is real, married to the word. Not all singers that are great have one piece voices as you call it. I was very moved by her. Tebaldi is my favorite but this wonderful...do you speak Italian? she is at wits end when she says her young servant in effect sold her beauty to help her be well.
A7sogno 3 months ago
@A7sogno : Thank you for your message, I understand italian but unfortunately I don't know to write it properly.I think that to have a voice in only one piece (the same body of voice throughout the register and to can sing full body tops )is one of the most exciting thing for a soprano and also it is an example of how to sing well.
neneorganico 3 months ago
@A7sogno I only listened two sopranos who could do that : Tebaldi and Sutherland, aside the differences of theor voices, Tebaldi has steel in her voice and Suherland hasn't but Sutherland has more range. Returning to "La mamma morta" I agree with you, Tebaldi has only one voice (in one piece) and in this aria you notice the infinite dynamic range Tebaldi has, she starts softly, ethereal piano and then she goes crescendo and crescendo until to reach the loudest ff fullbody B in the climax,
neneorganico 3 months ago
@A7sogno After Tebaldi I like Anita Cerquetti and Maria Caniglia, they both has a darker color, both are drammatic sopranos, but like you must know the drammatic soprano, the top is more "coperto" and clearer and thinner compared with the middle and not as expansive as a spinto, but I like they both in this aria.I dislike Ghena Dimitrova and I dislike Stella and Milanov.
Finally from today or last years I do like is Aprile Millo and I am thinking of others perhaps Stefsva Evstatieva
neneorganico 3 months ago
I'm convinced she would have eclipsed Tebaldi in popularity had she made her splash first. She sounds much like Tebaldi, except for a much easier top.
jmahlon 6 months ago
She is excellent by any standard. 'Greatness' is the word that comes to mind.
Ruffiello 7 months ago
Stunning. Heartbreaking! A true treasure!!!
Elisabetta611 1 year ago
@Elisabetta611 : crap
caleche78 1 year ago
@caleche78 Oh great! CONSTRUCTIVE criticism. I am SO impressed. Not!
Elisabetta611 1 year ago
Stella was lost among the Callas/Tebaldi fan fares otherwise Stella had a huge solid voice..Big and even...Overacted perhaps but what a voice filled with that now extinct Italian style.
profgv 1 year ago
really beautiful.
sevoflurane 1 year ago
per me e bravissima antonietta
alexander9093 1 year ago
WOWW!!!!! One of the best Maddalenas I´ve ever heard!!!!
soprileo 1 year ago
Je trouve souvent certains commentaires injustes,quand ils ne sont pas carrément déplacés:Pour écouter et interpréter la musique ou le chant ,il faut certes des oreilles ,mais aussi une âme afin de pressentir l'intention et de retransmettre l'emotion .Tout est pourtant dans la partition.Mais combien entendent la parole musicale comme l'on comprend une langue maternelle?
abracadabranque 1 year ago
Oddly, of you watch Italian films of the same period (Anna Magnani, per esempio) no one seems to mind that the acting was WAY over the top. But listen to that voice. We would be blessed nowadays to have a such talent.
deeboe56 1 year ago
@misterturro rispetto la sua opignione,
Antonietta Stella non hà cantata soltanto due volte nella sua vita...farsi un nome negli anni 50 in Italia dove combattevano piu di 20 soprani /sono sicuro che lei conosce i loro nomi / non era facile,la concurenza era tremenda !Per il suo pubblico Antonietta Stella era fantastica sublime !
Era é rimane La Stella !
bodiloto 2 years ago 2
Sublime La Stella Grazie .
bodiloto 2 years ago
yes, but it is great!!! i love her loads...100%
TheEmmaDarling 2 years ago
LA MAMMA MORTAAAAAAAAAAA
Bigman240 2 years ago
The problem of this clip is that Stella is doing the verismo acting for a large operahouse on TV. For the people without many experiences with this type of acting, her acting is a little too much. However, if you are visually able to translate this clip into a large opera house, it will work well. For the size of her voice, her voice did not work well on a microphone, especially in a studio. In a house, it was loud enough to be heard over the chorus and the orchestra in Aida's Triumphal scene.
kh3205 2 years ago
+ 100 !!!!!!
bodiloto 2 years ago
antonietta è fantastica in questo ruolo
alexander9093 2 years ago
meraviglioso !
jasnaopasna 1 year ago
Stella a dreadful and vulgar singer? Rubbish. There were no shortage of very fine Italian lyrics at her time: Tebaldi and Tucci amongst them, and yet she continually recorded. So how did that happen if she was so bad? Not like today, when there are very few fine lyrics around.This role is a size too large for her; but then it's a size to large for almost everyone. The only recording where the singer owns it emotionally and vocally is Tebaldi's.
UglowD 2 years ago 2
and compare this 26 year old singer with current 26 year old singers...
wattever333 2 years ago
Come now, don't be so mean. She is excellent by todays standards.
Vulgar? Try some todays "superstars"....
chaiter1 3 years ago 6
i really love her singing.
i won't be surprised if callas felt threatened by her.
ciociosan 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this. The early stuff she did was so voically satisfying. Can we find a singer today who can touch this solid performance?
johndlabella 3 years ago
i do not know why i still love her singing.
ciociosan 3 years ago
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Well Stella, was a unique singer. Can be loved or hated but how she "recita cantando" is really terrific. Only few other singer succeded in being so closed to what they were singing.
She is totally credible in all the romanza. That is what verismo means; it is not bel canto.
And I don't find her vulgar.
Grande antonietta, averne ora di cantanti così!!!
ginlemon29 3 years ago
i almost died on 2:00! so campy!
ciociosan 3 years ago 2
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I am sorry, but I totally disagree... I find Antonietta Stella a really good soprano. Excellent technique, perfect diction and pronunciation, and amazing acting. Especially at 2.00. The wording and the music in that passage suggest themselves that something really dreadful is going to happen. And I find her so perfect and conving there.
ginlemon29 3 years ago
Nice to see the great Taddei here too. Would love to see his Nemico della patria from this production
Operafiend22 3 years ago
I also believe this "tale of woe". It is amazing that Antonietta Stella gets this kind of comments. She was among the great singing actresses.
Glenmed 3 years ago
Agree with you totally. She is a good singer that is why she was able to hold her own with contemporaries such as Callas, Tebaldi, Gencer, Price, Milanov.
robertdonkers 3 years ago 2
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The best Maddalena ever, punto e basta.
sirenadellopera 3 years ago
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Are you all deaf? She's wonderful, fabulous, in this role.
sirenadellopera 3 years ago
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I hate to tell this but this woman was dreadful.What a dreadful artistry!Such a vulgar phrasing , she does not sing the low notes at the begining, she talks.Then her gestures and movements are so vulgar, in the second part of the aria, the voice is ugly and many colors changes, she is singing with a so so size middle and when she hits the high B the voice becomes so small and thin, it seems she is singing a Lucia note.The worst "La mamma morta" ever heard
mariaperrucha 3 years ago
Perhaps. But she IS Maddalena. I believe her tale of woe. That is what set Stella aparts from most other singers. Besides, it's verismo-- if you can't be vulgar there, then where can you be vulgar? LICIA ALBANESE, YOU CAN'T FOOL ME. YOU'RE LURKING ON YOUTUBE UNDER A PSEUDONYM. BUSTED.
NYCOF 3 years ago 5
nycof: the commentary made by the other poster is accurate.Too much bad singing in Stella rendition, everything explained above.Plus her acting is quite ridiculous, verismo doesn't mean vulgar and plastic artificial bad taste acting as in this case Stella.
fleville 3 years ago
malìsima, la peor mamma morta que he visto.
what a dreadful artistry
enderezo 3 years ago
I think,youre just jealous for such a godlike singing&acting,or youre simple an idiot,f or m.
Antigodsgod 3 years ago 2
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@mariaperrucha read what you wrote... and you talk about stella being vulgar?????????? hahahahahaha, you are a joke!
sevoflurane 1 year ago
@mariaperrucha You don't want verismo sir or madame. This is excellent, accurate and beautiful story telling. I prefer Tebaldi, but this is a beautiful, lovely, emotional and very exceptional rendering of this aria. What you want is a dainty, detatched version, of which you have ample choice these days... THIS is wonderful.... Brava.
A7sogno 6 months ago
@A7sogno : With my all respect, don't you see how gross she is in her gestures, the the "racconto di Maddalena" she hangs on the wall, shaking her head , when she says "di sua bellezza ha fatto un mercato, de su belleza hizo negocio, un contratto per me! , she grabs her head.
You watch any Tebaldi video and Tebaldi was a donna statuaria and a very refined lady, nothing to do with this
neneorganico 3 months ago
@A7sogno : Another thing, Antonietta Stella voice has several breaks and with different color changes, the voice is not in only one piece (as all great singers are) and her voice is not beautiful, sorry
neneorganico 3 months ago