Ruth Welting - Deh vieni, non tardar

Ruth Welting - Deh vieni, non tardar - Le Nozze di Figaro - 1984

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• welting
• opera
• mozart

[tenore23]

What is the source of this recording?

[coloraturafan]

a 1984 Hamiton Canada TV broadcast

[franimalistic]

Ergh. For me, this just does not compare to the Mirella Freni or Lucia Popp recordings which are also on YouTube. I feel like Welting straightens out her voice on some of these pianissimo notes, which is not to my personal taste for this aria...

[Songstermom]

I don't think she intentionally 'straightens out her voice', I think it is just the nature of her voice to be less full in some places. She has a very different voice to the singers you mention and comparing them is like comparing apples and pears.

[johndlabella]

This is a very high lyric coloratura or even just coloratura singing a part more commonly associated with a soubrette or a lyric, someone with a big middle voice. It's a fiercesomley difficult aria coming late in the opera, and tires even those sopranos with a big middle. Welting is successful at it because she had a great technique and was smart as God, and strong as hell. I'd rather hear the role sung by a larger voice, but she's so damn good I'd surrender totally if I were there.

[Guadalupefan]

@franimalistic I agree.. What do you think about Damrau's version? I like that one very much :)

[wolfwolfenstein]

Hmm she doesn't really sing like an opera singer...

[kiwivision]

i wish that she would really let go on that high a rather than going into straight tone and piano.

[lckirpan]

This is such a great rendition... And the transition between head tone and chest tone is so seamless it's amazing

[johndlabella]

This is great technique; a high coloratura singing an aria with an extremely low tessitura and not using any tricks to negotiate.