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Barber of Seville: Una voce poco fa (Kasarova)

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Uploaded by on Jan 10, 2008

Vesselina Kasarova sings Rosina's 'Una voce poco fa' from Rossini's 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' at a concert ad NDK in Sofia, Bulgaria circa 1996.

Kasarova recorded this song on her RCA Red Seal CD 'A Portrait', and is the Rosina on the DVD from Zurich opera.

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  • Wow, great control for a voice so big. But she should not be singing Rossini.

  • Her voice isn't (or at least wasn't) all that big, actually. This was taped at Sophia's huge palace of art so she was amplified with that mic that she sometimes got too close to. It's bigger now than in '97, and even more rounded and full... so she's moving toward Dalila and Eboli, I think.

    But why shouldn't she be singing Rossini??? The lass is one of the most celebrated Rossini and bel canto singers of her generation!

  • Whoa, her voice is huge!

  • It is big enough, but I really wouldn't call it huge, though. You have to be careful trying to judge the size of a voice from a recording... especially when she is using a microphone. :o) The Sofia Palace of Culture is a big hall.

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  • This is probably the funniest Una voce I've seen - she just nails it! Somehow she combines near perfect technique (I don't believe there is such a thing as a perfect singer) with such a lovable stage personality. It's all about the character, not about her! Love it to bits!

  • It'd be odd comparing her to Sills or Moffo, tho. Totally different voice type!

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  • @walchiria08 Sei SORDO!

  • Unique ARTIST , woman-flame, miracle !

  • brilliant!!!

  • 3:20

  • Imagine we're in a live performance with such a Rosina. How would we all react? We'd be on our chairs and scream our hearts out for such a superb performance. But what do we do instead? We compare to Berganza, Horne or others and discuss certain techniques. We must be crazy - all of us!

  • Браво Веселина, ти направо ме разби! Поздрави от Стара Загора!

  • @SDCmorg I actually think the size of the voice is being falsely ascertained by the overly-dark and covered timbre of her voice. They sound huge in recordings because we often attribute dark to a large and intimidating person, but said voices often do not have the proper balance of chiaroscuro or enough upper-register squillo to produce enough of the singers' formant to fully project and pierce.

  • What a pitty to put such bad video about Kasarova. Go and look at her other performances and you will hear a totally different voice. By some of the DVD like "The Clemenza di Tito"---

  • è rossini, non è wagner

    pieta

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