Cheryl Studer as Contessa sings "Porgi amor" from Nozze

[Tirondeorejas]

Beautiful! Great rendition

Too bad, one of the MOST gifted voices of the past 20 years, so fast ending to ruining

[puffsplus72]

So far this is my favorite version on YouTube. What a shame this woman overused her voice. It was magnificent.

[ccsabin]

A great version.

[dolicimani]

I think it is beautiful. I think many sopranos go into unsupported quiet mode and she doesn't do this at all. Only criticism is that I think the tempo is quite a bit too fast.

[kleinbittersdorf]

Prima!

[PonselleLover]

Studer like I love her. What a morbidezza, a cantabile, gee ! If only she hadn't sung all and anything, she would have lasted longer and ranked among the best sopranos of the last quarter of the century... sighs.

[Merlin1940]

@PonselleLover, yes I think she is an example of over-exposition in medias at some time, that later backfired

Tue 10 Aug 2010 08:19 GMT

[PonselleLover]

@Merlin1940 You expressed my thought better than I could have.

[WarrioRAbsolutE]

I am glad i had some lessons with her! shes incredible!

[ezayitas]

So beautiful... Brava!

[Scalatti]

Theater an der Wien, Vienna, May 1991

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado, conductor

Sony Classical (VHS and LaserDisc; on DVD?)

La contessa Almaviva: Cheryl Studer

Il conte Almaviva: Ruggero Raimondi

Suzanna: Marie McLaughlin

Figaro: Lucio Gallo

Cherubino: Gabriele Sima

This is the Jonathan Miller production which premiered in this theater with this same cast and which years later traveled to the Met.

[angelus2002]

Cheryl Studer is an artist who at times could make me wince but with this aria ahe moved me to tears. Such beautiful singing.