Anna Moffo - Caro Nome (Studio Recording)

[fortezimo]

My forever Gilda... :)

[kgarmaker123]

I love this. this is MOffo at her best!

[sttar1982]

perfetto :)

[pbarroso001]

Voce divina !!!

[TheSophiaBaba]

This IS the aria I grew up with. The very first LP I had bought. Anna's Gilda was with me, rain or shine. When I first fell in love, I could already feel myself in the skin of Gilda thanks to this heavenly recording. Verdi has written this for her to perfect. It's almost degrading to the art that anybody else sings it. Now, I have grown up as an adult, and can chose any opera I want to go, as often as I wish, but, none has so far sung Gilda as perfect as Anna.

[AviatorEvans]

Ummm... is that not the E6 @4:53-4:54???

[windstorm1000]

Ms. Moffo sort of owns this role, doesn't she. Divine. Everyone please try to get the staged movie (in Rome ruins) of her doing Lucia--its dubbed, of course, but is worth it with Ms. Moffo's acting intensity and terror in her eyes. She is without a doubt the most beautiful soprano ever--that sure doesn't hurt--don't forget--opera is part visual too!!

[GrandmotherMimi]

Beautiful!! No one did it better! We all miss you, Anna. RIP. Singing with the angels, now.

[nedolem]

A világ egyik legszebb nője és hangja,ha van isten,magához öleli!

[kasha1932]

Anna Moffo, you sing this as from another world! I love this, and I'll always think of your OUT OF THIS WORLD perfection in every single way! Anna, I miss you! But I thank you for leaving to the world...your simply divine singing and your persona...There are no more words to try to describe both YOU and your voice. I thank you...I believe that one fine day, we will see you singing with the angels. Again, I thank whomever leaves this on for us poor mortals to hear.  Thank you!

[omtara]

Lovely -- this really shows her off to wonderful effect!

[CantoSemper49]

This is stunning, superb, amazing!!! She's got such a warm tone! And to top it off, a fluffy light upper register!!! perfection!!! @ 5:14, for example, just when you think its going to get loud and unruly, Anna steps in with her amazing control and keeps it smooth. BRAVA!!!!

[kasha1932]

Oh WOW! This was sung with such perfection in every catagory I had to take a big breath myself! She could do it all...and during this period in her life, she could do it with such EASE...you felt she/it/you were MELTING! Superb, dear Anna. You had "IT" the infamous "IT" that no human can describe. This was so wonderful, I'm playing it again! Thanks so much for sharng it with us!

[annettesicari]

what agility!!

[raigekimaru]

I hate to say it, but I like this version better than even Sutherland's. anna moffo's voice is silkier and has a more sexy, voluptuous lower register.

[annettesicari]

@raigekimaru I absolutely agree.

[raigekimaru]

@annettesicari

a lyric soprano with the agility of a coloratura soprano and the chest register lyric mezzo

[annettesicari]

@raigekimaru I even prefer this version over Melba's- and I thought that was hard to top!

[fingalcrom]

LOVE!!!! My inspiration. Such gorgeous erotic singing.

[martindogo]

Imprecionante la voz de esta mujer ,para mi uno de los 5 mejores timbres de la historia en lo ke a sopranos se refiere,ademas hermosa tecnica y vellicima ella......

[lipera]

the most beautiful version of caro nome ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[minnie888444]

When was this recorded, what year?

[kevyjo]

My X lover had about 1000 opera CD's, and of all of them, this is one of perhaps a handful that stood above the rest. Anna Moffo had perhaps the roundest, purest, and most flexible of all lyric soprano's I've heard. She was certainly also a match of Callas in both beauty and acting ability. It is too bad that she seemed to fall in too early vocal demise perhaps due to overtaxing her voice, but at least we have many recordings and some videos that preserve her genius.

[ComedyKitten13]

@penelope0427 "E6" is the E in the 6th octave of the piano.

[LaLucarelli7]

An E6 is the E above high C, or C6. It's pretty amazing, is what it is.

[MastersoftheOpera]

Anna Moffo was a wonderful Gilda - absolutely angelic! She's the best Gilda

[penelope0427]

What is an "E6"?

[geomusic]

Brilliant technique and what a luscious voice!!! Beautifully sung!

[ZsaZsadoll]

Anna Moffo ha la voce di angelo

[upwardstar]

I suppose you meant E 4...

[Anthrofocus]

amazing. her technical ability is out of this world.

[DonRolini]

I like this interpretation but where is the video with the E6?

[MasochisticLion42]

I adore Anna Moffo. Her voice is beautiful.

[Mariannapetrof]

unica la Anna Moffo!

[penelope0427]

Thank you! By the way, what is an "E6"?

[patjan92]

@penelope0427 E6 is the E above High C. She ends the aria with that note on another recording.

[AccidentalTouch]

Now thaaaaaaaaat was beautiful.

[mariasarda]

J'adore !

[Alce2008]

Lovely singing!!!

Alce 2008

[andrebontemp]

anna moffo had what most of opera singer just don"t have

a physical beauty plus charisma and not to forget a beautiful

voice

could we ask for more?

merci

jmb

[Vairguy09]

A great singer. Her Traviata is also wonderful! Thanks for posting.

[LjubljanaSI]

dear folk, turn your attention also to the video clip of Petya Ivanova and her "Caro nome"!

[Azzenstudent]

Amazing trilling although I suspect she was taking some liberties with the score in order to show off. She was certainly in excellent vocal form when she recorded this. It's unusual to hear a soprano with such lyrical flexibility and dramatic power. In the end, she sacrificed one for the other but at the time, she really did have it all.

[evanmylo]

This is very nice.

[kasha1932]

EEEkkkkkkk! Did I cancel what I just finished writing? Well, I wrote it in the reply box. How does one make the green line go all the way?

[eleanorgloria]

Excellent. She was divine.

[ElliePearl]

I have never heard this sung as beautifully as when Anna does it.

[mrrk]

Just perfect.