Never heard of her but she is terrific. Reminds me of Ebe Stignani with her powerful and slightly bright mezzo (as well as her integration of vocal registers.
I suppose that this performance must have been recorded in her latter years because you can hear some strong vibrato midway. The top note in the end was stunning and overall she is true Verdi mezzo.
she was not one of the leading mezzosopranos,she was THE BEST!
Great!
ApostolMilenkov 3 months ago
Never heard of her but she is terrific. Reminds me of Ebe Stignani with her powerful and slightly bright mezzo (as well as her integration of vocal registers.
mjmacmtenor 7 months ago
L'aigu est un peu tûût mais la voix n'est pas trop pouêt!Une interprétation artistique.
abracadabranque 1 year ago
Unique and unattainable!
Sarrahbg 1 year ago
ME RECUERDA A LA VOZ DE LA SIMIONATO
rhapsodyaaa 1 year ago
A very good performance
operaace1 2 years ago
LA REGINA BULGARA!!!
bodiloto 2 years ago 4
Franco Abbiatti ha trovato il grande opponente! Elena Nikolai (Stoianka Nikolova come si dice in Bulgaro) e ostinata bulgara!!!
Sessilly1969 3 years ago 3
Sublime. Thanks for sharing.
benjaminvox 3 years ago
Wow!! She sure doesn't shy away from the top B-Natural or break it off short on "ti maledico, O Mio belta."
kmillard 3 years ago 2
I like the tempo!
DivaDeb1234 4 years ago
I suppose that this performance must have been recorded in her latter years because you can hear some strong vibrato midway. The top note in the end was stunning and overall she is true Verdi mezzo.
operaoaf 4 years ago
esidte una registrazione di ebe stignani dell'aria.... credo del 1946...altro che nicolai....
lyside1 4 years ago 2
Nice thank you. She sounds great without sounding like the typical muffled fat sounding opera singer. So nice.
HappyHounde 4 years ago 2
oh she sounds outstanding here.
erginakif 5 years ago
Thanks!
felipecunha 5 years ago
Hello. Excellent! Do you know the date and venue of this recording? Thanks!
felipecunha 5 years ago
This is from a 1954 recording of Don Carlo with Christoff, Stella, Gobbi, Neri, and Filippeschi with the orchestra of the Rome opera house.
operamusicfan 5 years ago
Thank you for sharing this. What an impressive voice!
cleodeo 5 years ago
Thanks for this I have being a fun of Nicolai all my life! and there is so little of hers around
mariogorga 5 years ago
I know. That's why I want people to learn about this wonderful artist.
operamusicfan 5 years ago
She is definitely one of my new favorite mezzo's. her voice is like blood it is so thick and rich... I love her...
muzikbabe4444 5 years ago
that B flat was tremenduse wow im impress wonderful voice...
MAPIAKALLAS 5 years ago