Sonia Prina Contralto - Handel

[Erikk91]

Arma lo sguardo d'un dolce dardo: la donna altera e lusinghiera poi del suo cuore il folle amor si riderà.Madre orgogliosa , perfin ardita, sempre fastosa, no non andrai! dove ten vai della schernita mia ferita?

The flattering and superb woman arms her gaze with a sweet arrow: and then mad Cupid will laugh at his heart. O proud , also daring, always sumptuous, mother of my wound, you won't go away! Where are you going?

Source: i am Italian and I tried to understand

[samuca041]

que belo!

[flamingpoetic]

Wow---a rare coloratura contralto!

[MrJUANCHO89]

me encanto!

[rhapsodyaaa]

@MisterPapagano eso es lo que estoy diciendo¡¡ creo que usted no me entendio.

[serenaluce]

Ugly low singing! Just awful sound production! I wonder what happened to beauty which is the purpose of singing as well as moving the heart if such ugly low voices as Prina, Bartoli, Kazarova and Genaux are promoted?! They are just profanation of true baroque and a shame for modern opera!

[MisterPapageno]

@serenaluce I totally agree with you

[Vanchy58]

Magnifica voz y es mas excelente para papeles de mezzo dramatica. Brava Sonia !

[onixnenaambar]

EN LAS CADENCIAS PARECE MEZZO.

[MisterPapageno]

@onixnenaambar Ella es realmente un mezzosoprano!

[hautecontrre]

Soprabrillante!!!!

The best contralto of our days!!! Grandissima donna!!

[MisterPapageno]

@hautecontrre Sara Mingardo is better both in musicality and voice than Sonia Prina; besides, Ms. Mingardo is a pure contralto, not pretending to be a contralto like Ms. Prina does!

[hautecontrre]

@MisterPapageno

Sara... Hm.... Not everytime. Her Andronico for example don't make any impression of contralto.

[MisterPapageno]

@hautecontrre how can somebody be sometimes a contralto and sometimes not ? O_O

Sara Mingardo is a pure contralto and she has a contralto timbre. But of course it depends on the role and the colour of the voice she uses, of course it's not a matter of "switching" the voice, but "switching" the colour!

[hautecontrre]

@MisterPapageno

I just mean that Sara often sounds at a half of her voice, which is tipically for many contraltos and mezzos. She struggles with low notes with varied success. Unlike for example Sonia who is more stable.

[MisterPapageno]

@hautecontrre I think we have two different earing organs :)

[hautecontrre]

@MisterPapageno

Perhaps. I think that this applies to all. 5 billion people - 5 billion pares of ears - 5 billions opinions.

But, aren't you agree, that Sara's low notes and middle register often differ in various recordings. "Spesso" and Stabat Mater for example.

[MisterPapageno]

@hautecontrre I have already told you: for me, it differs in matter of colours, as to say that Maria Callas's Elvira and Maria Callas' Maddalena de Coigny differ in terms of colour (and styles too), but she was indeed a soprano :)

[rhapsodyaaa]

no es contralto es mezzo dramatica escuchen a giulietta simionato y a fedora barbieri tiene voces parecidas a las de ellas. contralto realmente es marian anderson y ewa podles

[MisterPapageno]

@rhapsodyaaa Si vas a poner Simionato and Barbieri que eran mezzosopranos con Sonia Prina, parecera soprano koloratur! Sonia Prina es un mezzosoprano, nada mas!

[Maritimer2009]

Absolutely beautiful and absolutely a mezzo-soprano. The color is exquisite!

[leamorena89]

@Maritimer2009 she is a contralto..thats lower than mezzo soprano

[MisterPapageno]

@leamorena89 if she is a contralto, Ewa Podles, Bernadette Manca di Nissa and Marie Sophie Lemioux are basses!

[MisterPapageno]

Marie Nicole Lemioux*

[ourleader]

do someone have this opera's libretto or lyrics of that aria?

[phizzstar]

Why can't I post?

[matryuska87]

Me neither...

[Otakuochibi]

Is she contralto singer? o.O

I don't think so xD

[dulcineavampiresa]

Neither do I

[OlDoinyo]

Given that the note she sounds at 2:09 is apparently (in modern tuning) an F#2, and a well-projected one, I don't know how else her voice could be characterized. Any female singer who can comfortably sing that note is not a mezzo.

[leamorena89]

@Otakuochibi yes she is..hehe

[Hellenicwarrior84]

hi!! how are you??

[09scorpione]

Fantastica. Diosa!

[leprincebeaumont]

Davvero brava! Il canto è eccellente e le agilità sono rapide e granite, anche se poco ortodosse e troppo meccaniche, un po' stile Horne degli Anni Ottanta o Bartoli di sempre. Spero che questo a lungo andare non le nuoccia!

[normarq]

Sublime!

[Leslievamp]

que bello soy contralto (+ o - 10 años)también pero dificilmente podria cantar como ella... gran aporte....

[IanDhon]

Simplemente maravillosa *_*

[hautecontrre]

Bellissimo!

[mehehe1986]

I love her agilities

[highnote32]

I would say that she is more of Alto than Contralto because her timbre and tone is still fairly light. A Contralto would have a darker toned voice. Don't you think?

[SiEtIn1]

hello! women are either sopranos, mezzos or contraltos, there is no such thing as an "alto" , at least in opera. I would love to know who invented that term and why, and what "alto" stands for in their minds. Greetings!

[highnote32]

I was told that. My music teacher even wrote them as two different things.

[plaguedthing]

in the chorus, there are 2 lines for women, soprano and alto, and the range for each line isn't as wide as the parts written for the soloists. The solos are written for specific voice types, since only one person sings them. So to answer your query, the term "alto" was invented by the same Italians who came up with all the other music lingo, and it is occasionally misused by people who are more familiar with choral music than they are with opera.

[donaldrose]

Alto is the male voice, mainly sung by men with a well-developed falsetto.  Many pieces were written for this voice and until Deller revived the art, were sung by contraltos who have a quite different sound.

Contralto is the female voice.

[idraote]

I'm under the impression she darkens her lower register purposedly... (call them chest notes if you like) always a mistake in my opinion because it spoils the beauty of the timbre and could endanger her singing too

[mehehe1986]

i believe the same. but i believe she darkens her whole extension.

[MisterPapageno]

@idraote Total agreement on my part!

[suvarbal]

I thought she was spanish

[paula975]

she is italian, from milano.

[florentina71]

Sania Prina e fantastica.

Poche sono adesso a cantare questo rrepertorio come lei,per non dire rarissime...

Lei e semplicemente grande.

[olialto7]

I wouldn't have called her a contralto, unless a very light one.

[Alinesade]

anyone can say me whath`s the name of this master piece????

[ajoshiliveson]

Wow! I absolutely love Sonia Prina and she has done amazing in this piece. She has such a well trained lower and higher register! The diction is splendid. Bravo!

[paula975]

diction MUST be perfect!!! she is italian and singing in old italian!!!!

[SVENSKSOPRAN]

This is absolutely outstanding! What are you talking about, legato? This is exactly how it must be done. So nice to hear well trained and developed chest and mixed register! Why isn't she more well-known? These days there is great scarcity of mezzo voices because all the lower voices are told or decide they are dramatic sopranos!

[foropera]

Beautiful black gold voice, but why no legato in the volatine? Ha/ha/hach/, is not ok. But she is a very good and exciting musician.

[Thrax1982]

2:08-2:18 - awesome

[paula975]

i love her!! i remember when she studied with me at the " conservatorio verdi of milan" very good contralto!!! vai sonia sei veramente brava , mi ricordo ancora quando cantavi con noi insiseme all'orchestra del consevatorio con (bizzarro)...... sono proprio contenta per il tuo successo!!! te lo meriti cara sonia!!

[AsharaSekhmet]

loved it !!! *_*

[elrond613]

I like the voice and technique. Thanks for posting this clip.

[qzstuffs]

hard to keep up! i like how all fast notes were sang clearly! go her!

[sefo68]

mitica sonia!

[jamarmtz]

omg is so good!!♠

[ajoshiliveson]

this is good.

[dfgrefd]

Assolutamente favolosa.

secondo me la vera voce di contralto, purtroppo rarissima, è la più affascinante di tutte le vocalità femminili..

[MisterPapageno]

@dfgrefd Tanto rara che infatti lei non ce l'ha! Per sentire un vero contralto, ascolta Bernadette Manca di Nissa, Ewa Podles e Sara Mingardo!

[contrafagot]

Brava, è molto difficile trovare un vero contralto, tanti auguri!!!

bellissima voce!

[matryuska87]

What aria is it? thanks!

[CauldronBard]

Opera : Lotario - Handel

aria: armo lo squadro

[matryuska87]

Thanks!

[Erikk91]

@CauldronBard lo sguardo

[paula975]

@matryuska87

 arma lo SGUARDO

[escaelis]

I love "Andrero Volero"'s intense beat, but this is just as intriguing~! I love Sonia Prina

[bravazingara]

a true contralto!

[niklausse]

fabulous!!!