100 Greatest Singers: ROSETTA PAMPANINI

THIS PROJECT IS RESERVED ONLY FOR THE GREATEST! Could you accept Rosetta Pampanini in this anthology? Please comment!

Rosetta Pampanini, Soprano (1896-1973)

Giacomo Puccini - Tosca
Vissi d´arte, vissi d´amore
(Recorded 1939)

My personal opinion: Two important composers caused the career of italian born Rosetta Pampanini, Pietro Mascagni (she sang his Iris many times) and posthumous Giacomo Puccini. In the 1925 revival of Madama Butterfly, twelve performances with Pampanini turned out to be a giant triumph. Butterfly soon became one of the most beloved operas with the help of the soprano. Cio-Cio San was her role. She had the vocal physic for the imaginative voice of the tragic japanese. She remained at LaScala until 1930, the year Toscanini left the house. At age 40, she turned to dramatic roles such as Leonora and Aida, but Puccini stayed as her favorite composer. In 1946 she retired from stage. Her voice had a beautiful and natural sound, the top register was brilliant (sometimes a little bit sharp). In her phrasing every line got an own sense. Probably there is no better example than her 1939 recording of "Vissi d´arte". Famous italian music critic Rodolfo Celletti wrote: "Naturalness and purity of her singing almost discovered the perfection of her technique!" I choose her 1939 "Vissi d´Arte" (with a wonderful "diminuendo" in the finale), certainly one of the best renditions we could find on records.

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[corellithebest]

My God, she is GREAT! I must admit I have never heard of her before! She has in her voice something I appreciate in all dramatic singers: the richness, darkness and theatricality! Her style is so noble, ideally suited for this solemn aria!

[LLehmannfan]

I really love her style of phrasing. It is a shame, that she is so underrated...

5 stars

[joaopedro12]

~thank u so much to let us know all these, i admit such a shame didn't heard her before, a classic. My day just has started amazingly!

[lirica2011]

Una vera scoperta: magnifica!!!!

[bodiloto]

@luwaig1 la vera scuola del belcanto ITALIANO! Splendida!

[luwaig1]

@bodiloto magnifica

[bramoditrionfar]

Here she is OK - i've heard an excerpt of Butterfly in which she is full of intolerable mannerisms - but does she belong to the 100 Greatest Singers?

[abracadabranque]

@Herur22 Parfois quelques stridulences,mais c'est avec certitude une voix fort bien construite,à l'aigu un peu sauvage,certes,mais plein de santé.

[abracadabranque]

La voix est belle,le goût est moins sûr.

[cellophaneeels]

This breaks my heart.

[Nacidodelmar]

Oh God! this aria is a player to the Virgin and she sings it perfectly.. like a beautiful and sublime lament .

[danstpete]

what a rich and gorgeous voice, can't believe I haven't heard her.