Kathleen Battle - Una Voce Poco Fa (part 2)
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sempre grande !
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@rad9ballmt That's unimportant. Its Bel Canto. Its traditional to modify line to suit your voice. Especially in roles such as these that both Sopranos and Mezzos perform.
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This is lovely. I know everyone hates her now, but I had two of my best evenings at the opera hearing Battle as Mozart's Susanna and Handel's Cleopatra. Just perfect in both cases. And I enjoy her recordings very much. Too bad she could not work out her issues and still be before the public. By the way, there is more than one way to sing something well!
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Rosina is sung by a mezzo (doing low notes: Cecilia Bartoli, Elina Garanca) or a colorature (doing high notes: Kathleen Battle, Beverly Sills) Callas who could sing mezzo (Dalila/Carmen) and colorature (Lakmé) sang Rosina with low notes and high notes and is THE Rosina of XXth century
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Thank you so much for uploading, hers is a truly special voice, in my humble opinion she's got the most distinctive high notes. Greetings from Brazil.
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she does so much masterful work with this aria!!!!!!
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I've listened to Maria Callas and Beverly Sills perform this and I would rate Beverly Sills first, Battle a close second and Callas last. Sorry, but thats the way I hear it. Yes, Callas is expressive, but I don't think her voice is a lovely as Battle's and certainly not Sills at least not when performing this piece.
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Yes, cute; but no bottom notes, agree....
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Miss at Ease, more than one way.
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Adorable, easy singing, full of life.
I'm breathless with tears in my eyes.
What I would give to see that in person!
aadamy 4 years ago 6
as always a very endearing performance especiall the final cadenza!!!!!! I agree that I did almost lost the original melody of the tune because of many ornamentations.... but how lovely to be lost in it!
Babs22h 3 years ago 5