Sylvia Sass "Casta diva" & cabaletta

The last great Norma, with the Tokyo Philharmonic, January 1979.

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[KissaMyEyes]

In many ways she does Callas better than Callas. Stop talking about how this isn't her "natural voice". All operatic instruments are manufactured, it's the nature of the medium and of technique.

What matters here is how brilliantly she delivers this! Last great Norma indeed!!!

[fluffynamedkimba]

i love this interpretation- so simple yet wellthought out and so so touching. and gentle but strong! how does she do that :-)

[MultiZahl]

Zauberhafte Sylvia Sass -eine ideale Norma--als Leonhard Bernstein Sylvia Sass Maria Callas in Paris vorstellte ,soll die Callas gesagt haben" Sie sind also meine Nachfolgerin" !!!!! Ich finde,daß Maria Callas recht hatte.BRAVA Sylvia Sass.

[colonia3059]

I find ridiculous to compare Miss Sass voice to Callas s voice..... there are some parts of the range that Sass covers very strongly, and Callas did at the end of her career, 59 to lets say 64...

But Sass s very beautiful lyrical voice doesn't resemble in the slightest Callas voice at her prime....

Agree, many sopranos of the post Callas era imitated her defects, but that is all.

[MadonnaImperia]

@manoloomarer A cabaletta is a strophic aria in a quick tempo, following an aria in a slower tempo. A cabaletta consists of two identical strophes, sometimes separated by a "tempo di mezza", which can consist of a dialogue with another singer, and sometimes ending with a coda. It is costumary that the singer embellishes the second strophe of the cabaletta and perhaps adds a cadenza at the end (this can also be done between the two strophes). The cabaletta here starts at 6:43.

[rosaponselleart]

Perfection! Thanks a lot!

R.

[hamb4]

Is it a curse to be born with a voice that sounds like Callas? Is your soprano destined to a short and tragic end. hmmmm.!!!! Sass, Fabbriccini, Alberti. did I miss anyone?

[FranciscoArvizuH]

Lucia Alberti fue otra soprano que por imitar a María Callas no lograron una carrera consolidada, de hecho, Sass tuvo un esplendor muy breve. Acertado, hay vacilaciones de orden técnico, la línea de canto no se plasma del todo y su diccón fue abominable. Una lástima, pues tuvo un enorme potencial Sylvia Sass. Saludos desde México.

[ubedajils]

Casta Diva manifiestamente mejorable, pese a la excelente voz.

Luego el Ah bello a me ritorna, me recordaba a Alliberti, cayendo tanto en el pianissimo, como temerosa de sacar la voz.

Voz buena, pero, no ha sido su interpretación estelar la de esta escena.