[Who killed the cat?] The most overrated soprano - Edita Gruberova (part 4: Bellini)
Only Gruberova can sing worse than Gruberova.
GREAT examples: Ileana Cotrubas, Virginia Zeani, Maria Barrientos, Maria Callas
ps. All of the great sopranos sang Casta Diva in F, E or even E flat major, only Gruberova sang it in G major with her screamy voice. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xorbIdDBcpk
Lina Bruna Rasa remastered recordings. She and Callas are my favorite two sopranos.
0:00 Voi lo sapete (Cavalleria rusticana)
2:51 Tu qui Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana, with Beniamino Gigli)
17:29 L'altra notte in fondo al mare (Mefistofele)
20:57 Spunta l'aurora pallida (Mefistofele)
23:20 Vissi d'arte (Tosca)
26:07 Ciel mio padre (Aida, with Carlo Galeffi)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RLpniyuBFg
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e8eG0jeSgTdziBO5hybNPt3xG189HFB2/view?usp=sharing
Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano performed in Italian
Conductor Antonino Votto - 1955(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Andrea Chénier - Mario Del Monaco
Carlo Gérard - Aldo Protti
Madeleine di Coigny - Maria Callas
La mulatta Bersi - Silvana Zanolli
La Contessa di Coigny - Maria Amadini
Madelon - Lucia Danieli
Roucher - Enrico Campi
Il sanculotto Mathieu - Michele Cazzato (Casato)
Fouquier Tinville - Vittorio Tatozzi
Un Incredible - Mariano Caruso
Pietro Fléville - Enzo Sordello
L'abate - Mario Carlin
Dumas - Giuseppe Morresi
Schmidt - Eraldo Coda
Il maestro di casa - Carlo Forti
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ygZ73WNR4c
"O Maria Maria" from Tchaikovsky's Mazeppa (remastered)
Mazeppa - Pavel Lisitsian, baritone
The high A flat is at 3:10
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqjzZ4d5Nac