Magda Olivero - Poveri Fiori (live 1959)

[Herur22]

Superb.

[forbluegirl]

Olivero is legend.

[forbluegirl]

Great Olivero!! no more word, need no word... Thank you for uploading

[PascualG65]

La escucho, la escucho y siempre es capaz de despertar la misma sublime emoción. En este día cumple 101 años de edad ¡Felicidades Dame Magda Olivero!

[LuluJC62]

Королева веризма!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tenortalker]

The comparison with Callas is apt . Magda Olivero also worked on her voice until it became a great vehicle of expression. Every nuance is captured here and if this can seem too much in a recording it would have been very exciting live in the context of a theatre.

[abracadabranque]

Une belle intensité,parfois surchargée,surtout à la fin.

[Aetion]

This is unbelievable.

Thank you.

[PascualG65]

¡Sin palabras! ¡Todo emoción! ¡¡Qué belleza de interpretación! ¡Maravillosa señora Olivero!

[SilasSmith1]

Bravissima! She has always been one of my favorite sopranos.  Such intensity in her singing and the pronunciation is always perfectly clear.

[Catoperatheater]

This whole recording is pure magic. Bravo, all.

[reduxmisc]

A bit over the top but nicely done... she shows off her vocal control very well.

But over all I prefer Muzio

[mannail888]

She manages to out "muzio" Muzio in this war-horse. A bit too sentimental, but nevertheless very affective.

[dermotafan]

Olivero is la Callas of verismo department, and she was better, there is no comparison.

[tuadolcefanciulla]

Excellent comment and 100% true. The Youtube

clip of Mario del Monaco and Magda Olivero in

Andrea Chenier is terrific. I bought the DVD from

the Bel Canto Society, and I watch it often.

Happy 100th Birthday to a great opera singer.

[pamwagner47]

Il 25 marzo la mitica Magda compie 100 anni!!!!

Ascoltata la prima volta nel '70 al Margherita nell'Adriana...ho pianto per 10 minuti...

Rivista al San Carlo qualche anno dopo, ed incontata personalmente 20 anni fa in occasione del premio Aldo Protti, e non vi dico che emozione!!!

L'unica eccelsa "umile ancella!"

[CharlotteinWeimar]

The great Magda Olivero will be 100 years old in March 2010,. Oh.... how she lives this role.. Bravissima!

[orson15]

This is the first recording of Magda's I'd heard (several years ago). I've been captivated ever since.

[bodiloto]

Sublime Olivero Grazie .

[sefo68]

che lagrima nella voce, che recitazione! Grandiosa!

[babydrane]

Very well done

[Orfeus80]

Olivero stepped in for an indisposed Tebaldi and had a huge success that night. I like how much Magda modulates her sound and her style is authentic Italian verismo, now a lost tradition. But I miss Tebaldi in this performance.

[robertdonkers]

To me, Olivero in this role is the superior

[sospello]

Yes, this sounds like the historic live recording with Simionato, Bastianini and Corelli--just wonderful. Thank you too for some beautiful photographs of this great artist.

[MedeAilinel]

Hi! Thanks for the feedback!!! =)

Indeed, this is from the live recording with the cast of stars you've mentioned!

[corellithebest]

Excuse me, do you happen to know if this was at La Scala? Olivero is otherworldly in this moving, melancholic aria, and she was partnered by three more greatnesses: Corelli, Bastianini, Simionato! What more could one wish for?

[MedeAilinel]

Hello! This recording is from Teatro di San Carlo, 1959. IF I'm not mistaken, it was her return to the stage after years of retreat.