Fritz Wunderlich & Teresa Stratas - "Un di felice eterea"

The lovely act 1 duet of Alfredo and Violetta in Verdi's Traviata. Actually, Stratas is so-so; Wunderlich is the real marvel of this recording.

Stick around for the recitative after the applause (Alfredo's silly, infatuated "quando!")

Has someone posted this before? If they have, I'll delete this.

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[chislehurstbat]

Just wantedto add, that this is definitely Wunderlich. Have the BR recording too. Gorgeous!

[forallyouknow]

@chislehurstbat Well, I suppose that closes the discussion on that. Do you mind posting some excerps from it? :)

[oakroom48]

Wunderlich is marvelous. I like the soprano, too, though. Very heartfelt, emotional singing - so "in character". And if it is Stratas, just look at that photo! Violetta is dying of TB - I wonder if she's supposed to sound full-voiced and voluptuous. Charming and affecting performance - thanks for posting:)

[forallyouknow]

Sure thing! Couldn't pass up an opportunity to share Wunderlich. :)

[billyguns2]

Perhaps this is the live performance in Munich on March 28, 1965. I just don't recognize these voices as being those of Stratas and Wunderlich, but if it's from that evening they must be! Whoever they are, they do very well.

[forallyouknow]

I'm not sure of the date, but it sure SOUNDS like them to me. Wunderlich's beautifully open vowels are on display here on almost every word, and the sob was one of his stylistic embellishments. As for Stratas, I am not so certain, but it seems that it is her piercing high attack, her warm timbre and splendid vibrato that we witness here.

[Torquemada0]

Of course he is WUNDERLICH!!!!!! such high tones are so unique!!. No other tenot in the history was able to sing in such perfect legato regsrdless in which language he was singing. Thanks for posting it!

[GermanOperaSinger]

Idiots how can you say this isn't Wunderlich. Of course it is. You people are deaf. Anyone could tell this unique voice apart from other tenors'. No other singer attacks the high notes like Wunderlich did.

[Cissy97]

Some tenors croon, some tenors bark. Only the really good ones sing - Wunderlich, Pavarotti both sing.

If Fritz had not had that fatal accident in 1966, operatic world would have BIG TWO tenors instead of BIG THREE of BIG FOUR...Obviously Wunderlich and Pavarotti are both above the rest, however good they are!

[Cissy97]

@forallyouknow

They say that Wunderlich made a terrific Alfredo - here is the evidence!

Too sad that he left before leaving more recordings of Verdi...

[cantorgasma]

@RoyKa2010 Thank you so very much for saying articulation and not diction. You are one of the rare ones. I've been on that soapbox all my life. Thanks again.

[Pyrare1]

Stratas was one of the best Violettas and also Lulu's of her time. Her first Lulu from '79was a sensation in the Opera world.

[cartoonandanime]

@GermanOperaSinger u can find the complete recording. Stratas is a wonderful Violetta, aria is well-sung, but not as in the zeffirelli movie; caballetta is not the best stratas sung: she did not sing heigh C. Anyway only few singers can play violetta as she does. If u don't find recording let me know and i'll try to upload it on utube. :)

[RoyKa2010]

Such warmth and ardor, add to these his great articulation and the results become ecstatic! I can't help wishing he had incarnated Roméo or Werther, (among so many other roles). Just imagining it is makes my heart melt!

[ffilchtaeh]

Wow. He is singing other than in German! Beautiful voice as usual.

[Greekbaritone]

Thanks for posting this! Somewhere out there is also another rare live recording of Wunderlich singing the tenor solos in the Requiem Mass by Verdi. Hope it turns up on this channel someday...