Or sai chi l'onore: Anna Tomowa-Sintow

Bulgarian Soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow sings Donna Anna's act I aria from Don Giovanni.

In my opinion, this is one of the all around best sung renditions of this aria I have ever heard.

1987, cond. Herbert von Karajan

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Music

Tags:

• Mozart
• Opera
• Don
• Giovanni
• Anna
• Tomowa
• Sintow
• orsai
• non
• mi
• dir
• donna
• anna
• ottavio
• dramatic
• soprano
• coloratura

[operamusicfan]

Do you have the other aria?

[baritonoguapo]

I can post it at some point, but it didn't strike me as much as this one did.

[hillevifan]

could you please post Elvira's arias?

[baritonoguapo]

Elvira on this DVD is Julia Varady. She must have been having a bad day when it was recorded because I find her less than impressive. One way or another I don't have the DVD anymore, so I can't post anymore.

[hillevifan]

I just bought it today so Its not a big loss! I actually find her Elvira to be one of the best! I guess we have different tastes! Who do you like as Elvira?

[baritonoguapo]

Schwarzkopf is always a favourite of mine, but I also like Lisa Della Casa. Kiri sang it with her absolutely beautiful voice, but I never found her fury quite as believable. On the other side of the token, Sena Jurinac recorded an incredibly passionate Elvira, but unfortunately, the musicianship is a little sloppy.

[baritonoguapo]

one way or another, to my ear, Tomowa-Sintow is really one of the best Donna Annas.

[cantorandopera]

Brava Anna! this one of the toughest arias to pull off - so many twists and turns to show off a singer's weakness - she dominates them all and all with feminine wile.

[dynamicstuff73]

to add, Bigger voices don't record well. An engineer told me that is is easier to record smaller voices because of the balance of the mics and acoustics. with bigger voices it is hard to get all of the overtones. Leontyne, Jessye, and Ms. Anna are best heard live!

[tenore23]

This aria holds no terrors for this woman.

[Lightstrikers]

She does the most gut wrenching, wrath spilling rendition. I think the others are too light.

[georgerannie]

Brava Anna!!

[SonyaArgiro]

WOW

[pamina8]

for me, this is the best and only one or sai chi l´onore

[ellei56847]

Every time I see something like at 1:07, I think about Don Ottavio's poor ears as she's totally pounding those notes out right in his face. :D Ha! Love it!

[AmericanEvita]

I heard Sintow sing Ann in the late 70's in Salzburg. She wasn't all that impressive as Anna. Her voice was not yet big, it was a sensitive and elegant portrayal but in the 80's, her voice became larger and darker with a dramatic power. She sang Tosca with great success. Her Ana in the 80's was far more exciting. This is a terrific portrayal. I also really love Edda Moser and Carol Vaness. Excellent dark and intense sopranos

[Vincenzo2010an]

wow!

[divinetta]

wow

[metacarple]

Far from being absurd, my comments about the vibrato are, unfortunately accurate. It's difficult to work out on the high notes which note is being sung. Vibrato is used by singers to increase projection, tone and sometime, to disguise inaccurate pitch. Some listeners find it attractive but I do not usually and certainly not in Mozart. It is a matter of opinion