The "Una voce poco fa" Contest: Anna Moffo (3rd place)

I would like to apologize for the long wait, but they are here: the results of the "Una voce poco fa" Contest. I'm happy to announce the four (!) winners:

1st place. Cecilia Bartoli.
4,8/4,8.
9,6.

1st place. Jennifer Larmore.
4,8/4,8.
9,6.

2nd place. Maria Callas.
4,5/5.
9,5.

3rd place. Anna Moffo.
4,5/4,8.
9,3.

I still would like to add that all the versions are wonderful, so I'm also posting all the other scores for comparrison:

Agnes Baltsa.
4/5.
9.

Beverly Sills.
4,3/4,7.
9.

Luisa Tetrazzini.
4,7/4,3
9.

Marilyn Horne.
4,1/4,8.
8,9.

Roberta Peters.
4,4/4,3.
8,7.

Maria Barrientos.
4,7/3,6.
8,3.

Lucia Vallenti-Terrani.
3,6/4,4.
8.

Lucianna Serra.
3,6/4,4.
8.

Vesselina Kasarova.
3,9/4,1.
8.

Ewa Podles.
3,8/4,1.
7,9.

Frederica von Stade.
4,2/3,6.
7,8.

Vivica Genaux.
3,6/3,8.
7,4.

Sumi Jo.
3,6/3,7.
7,3.

Sonia Ganassi.
3,7/3,5.
7,2.

Victoria de Los Angeles.
3,6/3,6.
7,2.

Vera Firsova.
3/4.
7.

Mado Robin.
4,1/2,5.
6,6.

Lily Pons.
2,4/3,4.
5,8.

Graziella Sciutti.
2/3,5.
5,5.

I hope you have enjoyed the Contest :-). I'm leaving all the videos on Youtube, so that the Youtubers will be able to enjoy them.

P.S. I am going to post the results of the "Son vergin vezzosa" in a couple of days, so be on the watch :-).

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Rossini
• Una
• voce
• poco
• fa
• Cecilia
• Bartoli
• Jennifer
• Larmore
• Maria
• Callas
• Anna
• Moffo

[drdre333]

Can you explain the scores posted?  I recall a rating up to 5 for both vocalization and performance... two scores. I'm not understanding the results I see here. Thanks.

[LindoroRossini]

I found myself facing an interesting problem when I was counting the results: I had to choose the winners, but many scores were dificult to evaluate: for example, Barrientos's was 4,7/3,6, was she a winner or not? So I decided just to add both scores, so it would be easier to find who won. Sorry for the confussion :-).

[LindoroRossini]

The scores are as follows:

the singer

the overall mark

singing/performance.

[Solecit00]

She looks beautiful in that picture! :)

[Greatfan]

Miss Moffo was the ' lyric Callas ' or the lighter Callas if you wish. Both singers are the most versatile in any language and style. Moffo was , however, a bit underrated because she had a short career and people censored her movie making and Hollywood style, her versatility was perhaps the biggest problem together with her beauty. I am glad that after her deatgh she has been re thought and re - valued. She had musicality, intelligence, charm, everything. Callas appreciated her a lot, they say.

[ahimsainternational]

I am old enough to have seen Anna Moffo live. She was my favorite soprano in my college days. If there is a question of artistry, then I would weigh in with an anecdote. In the mid-sixties, I saw two performances of Lucia in the same week at the Met, same cast except Moffo in one and Sutherland in the other. The interpretations couldn't have been more different. Moffo was weak, overwhelmed by a tyrannical brother, truly tragic. I love her acting as well as singing.

[sopranistica]

beautiful voice, beatiful face : )

[branko1b]

@Kroaky definitely :) [is anything wrong with that word in American spell-checkers?! ] - i agree

besides it should be recalculated - or, done by somebody who can merely distinguish between an unpleasant noise (such as some) and a fabulous singing (such as this)! :)

[Chiliarches]

@Greatfan

You've got that right. I am continually astounded that one person could be blessed with so many gifts. She is probably my favorite female singer...certainly one of them.

[billyflynn2]

Don't you people talk a lot of nonsense.  All the people we support or prefer are of our own personal taste. Lets face it, the people we try and compare are all, generally, fantastic singers.

[Kroaky]

Not kinda!! she definatly was!!!

Should have been first in my opinion!!

[kaleonani77]

Weight??? If she took too much weight she couldn't have sang that last note which (without looking at it) I belive is in the area of a D or E...

I think Moffo's high notes are beautifully sung in the core of her sound!

[SqueakyIri]

I like her interpretation here, but her upper passaggio sounds a bit strident to me as did Mm. Callas. The upper passaggio, especially the last held note, sounds like she took too much weight up there, making it sound somewhat strident and forced.

[BeniaminoGigli]

I don't like Cecilia Bartoli's,it's Demagogy.