Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia - "Una voce poco fa" (Della Jones)

This new miniseries of uploads is, in nature, a sort of an appendix to one of my first projects on YouTube: a compilation of about twenty renditions of Rossini's brilliant cavatina for Rosina in "Il barbiere di Siviglia". I am slightly saddened by the fact that I wasn't able to add all these renditions during the contest proper (most of them made their way into my collection only after the contest), as some of them are more than comparable to the benchmark versions. Still, I think that posting them as an appendix solves this problem somewhat and helps to further widen the original collection of selections :).

Della Jones offers a consistently warm account, beginning from a lovely opening cantabile to witty coloratura lines in the moderato (the repeat of the moderato has some of the most delightful variations I had heard). An added plus is the fact that she offers a truly characterful Rosina: both gentle and ready to protect her best interests.

Hope you'll enjoy :)!

P.S. I've also finally created a full alphabetical playlist of the various "Una voce poco fa" renditions which includes the new selections :D.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rossini
• Una
• voce
• poco
• fa
• Coloratura
• Contest
• Survey
• Louise
• Lebrun

[madgeson]

Stunning. Great diction. This is not easy to sing clearly in English.

[lalagonegaga]

Magnificent!

[EAST56123]

I LOVE THIS SONG TOO,Many singers sang it.I once collected the singers list. I THING Filippa sings it humorously.

[decimaquinta69]

Ottimo