Angela Gheorghiu - Regnava nel silenzio / Quando rapito in estasi

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Spinto soprano Angela Gheorghiu gives bel canto a whirl, she shows surprising agility and range! Her high notes are secure and easy and her low notes are strong and rich.

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[Tosycyzkiewicy]

In the florid passage with high C before "Ah, giorni d'amaro pianto" it should be sung the text "si schiuda il ciel per me" - it is written in the original score. But here Angela sings just " aaah si" and Sutherland sings " si schiuda aaah per me". Mano sopranos simplify the text in the aria. Are those reductions acceptable or it's a fault of pronunciation?

[primohomme]

@Tosycyzkiewicy

Many singers change the text, even the music sometimes to fit their shortcomings

It doesn't mean it's acceptable, few singers really were 100% true to the music such as Callas.

[Lweoira]

She is definetely not Lucia. Why to sing roles that is not your fach. I am dissapointed and sad for Gheorgiu.

[primohomme]

She made up her mind that she is gonna be the new Maria Callas

[SavHub]

@primohomme

Shame on you that you are ridiculing one of your own uploads...why did you upload it if you don't like it?

[primohomme]

@SavHub

Babydoll please take a seat, I never said I thought it was bad, I said I thought it was unusual.

[Drelnis]

Woot Angela! She can beat Netrebko is every role.

[bigdigger87]

What is wrong with singing songs out of your fach if you know how to correctly sing.?  Almost all opera singers sing repertoire out of their fach at one point or another. I personally love her bel canto/coloratura performances over her Romantic rep.

[Serinia4melodic]

this is pretty good. way better than Netrebko. 

[Homoclassicus]

@primohomme I find it unfair. This album "Casta diva" is from the late 90's and in the 14, 15 years since then she hasn't tried to follow each step of Callas (or must I yet again remember that Violetta and other roles are not exclusive property of Callas?). Actually, Marguerite, Juliette, Adina, Adriana and other roles she's sung were never sung by Callas.

[Homoclassicus]

@bigdigger87 Right. I'd like to know what singer who had a reasonable recording legacy never recorded an aria out of his/her usual fach. Some great recordings came from singers who'd never sing the roles in their entirety but could offer a lot singing one aria or one scene. After all, why would you sing in your albums exclusively the same arias you sing on stage? All singers take some risks, and often they excel. I like to hear unusual recordings, especially by great singers like Gheorghiu.

[Zpevacek15]

@h0h1h2h3h4 this is D

[Zpevacek15]

@h0h1h2h3h4

this is D

[rubenmsk]

i think if you have the notes, the tecnique and knowledge about the style you can sing anything you want, that'a why angela and anothers opera singer can sing songs out of their fachtes