Gaetano Donizetti - Rosmonda d'Inghilterra - "Perche non ho" (Beverly Sills)
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- This new double download is a special treat. Recently I found two versions of an air from Donizetti's "Rosmonda d'Inghilterra" "Ancor non guinse... Perché non ho del vento... Torna, ah! torna, o caro oggetto...", which was used as an alternative aria for Lucia opening cavatina. Now, to be totally honest, I just can't warm up to this aria as a whole: I just don't like the recitative and the cental aria. The cabaletta, on the other hand, is quite glorious. Still, I think it would be interesting for everybody to listen to this obscure aria. Now, the two versions that I'm talking about are: 1) Beverly Sills's rendition on her CD "Bellini & Donizetti Arias"; 2) a relatively early (circa 1961-1962) rendition by Joan Sutherland (this one can be found either on "Voice of the Century" or on "Tribute to Jenny Lind"). Now I'm aware that there seems to be a real battle going on between diva lovers, in particular, between Sills/Sutherland fans. I love both these wonderful singers, so I'm really not trying to find out who is the best opera singer. I just think it would be interesting to compare both renditions: the approach is quite different. Still, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, so all ideas are welcome :-) . Your comments would be most valued. Hope you enjoy!
P.S. Due to the sheer size of the aria, I divided each rendition into two parts: the recitative and the aria (+ cabaletta).
I'm a Sutherland firster but when I want to listen to this aria, I always come to Sills, just gorgeous & it's better conducted too.
This aria as sung by Sills is what great singing is all about, glorious interpretation, smooth sound, thrilling, unsurpassed trills, incredible pianissimos, God, the list goes on and on. Brava, Sills, no one can touch you in this aria, not even Sutherland, great as she was.
Of all the sopranos I adore, Joan and Beverly will always be my very favorites; however, I find Beverly is absolutely unique with her trill...her agility...how she conveys fragility and pathos.....unbeatable.
Again, Beverly gets the prize for first place on this aria! Her voice is so smooth in this aria. I just love the fact that she sounds so effortless! And breath for DAYS!!!! No one has ever been able to trill like she was able to in her life. You could say that it was a patented trill!
Beverly, Beverly, Beverly all the way! Thank you for reminding me to listen to this agin on the actual recording!!!!!! Bravo LindoroRossini and thanks for all the effort you put into these clips.
Yes, when I first heard the aria on the Opera Rara set with Fleming it didn't do much for me, but when I heard it, especially the cabaletta, on Sutherland's "Voice of the Century" disc I was blown away!!! I just kept playing it over and over. Sutherland has the luxurious and oppulent full voice and power, but Sills gives such wonderful sustained high pp singing. Both are wonderful in their own ways!!! Thank you LindoroRossini - you just keep delighting us with more and more!!!
Just incredible singing... color, nuance, living the text... Hard to find words to describe how I feel when I hear her sing, especially unique repertoire
I'm mostly a Sutherland fan, but this early Sills is a wonderful rendition where her personality comes through. She and Joan both display wonderful technique in these postings. Thank you LindoroRossini!
In my humble opinion Beverly Sills was the last exponent of the grand coloratura style of the 19th century brought into the 20th by Tetrazzini and Galli Curci. Fast, light and in firm control her trills were spectacular and her top notes absolute showstoppers. The footlights became a little dimmer when she died.
How did we get Sills and Sutherland in the same century? Two lovely accounts of this aria.
The biggest difference to me between Sills and Sutherland, and I love them both, is that Sills always sounded sweeter to me, while Sutherland sounded formidable. And Sills always did have that smile in her voice that someone else mentioned. And that trill is perfection.
There is a wonderful smile in her voice that is just great to hear.
Yes. And I hear a tear, too. The combination is unique.
Beautiful in it's filigreed delicacy -- and those TRILLS! My god, she was really great in this kind of music.
Bravissima dear BEVERLY!!!!!
say what you want...singing like this is so amazingly cool! her top notes are so lilting...and i think the trills( or whatever they are) great! having seen both live (at the ends of their careers) ...there was no comparison - Bev made everyone smile and Joan was a bit scary,both vocally AND physically. And she transposed her Lucia mad scene down to D flat!!!!!
The top of her voice is glorious, and sounds like hers may never may heard again. Sills is an ideal Lucia.
well i am going to have an important exam, i was smart to hear this aria. Thank you lindoro, internet sills, donizetti, et al. this is total joy
so so so so so good. darling Bubbles
It is Sills all the way for me as glorious as Joan was. You know, Sills did have a trill that was a bit different, but that is why I like it. It is almost birdlike...like a warbling kind of thing. Unique and just so beautiful if you ask me.
Stupendous!
I love Sutherland, but she could not match the Sills trill demonstrated in this recording. This is truly remarkable singing.
If you have the high notes and trills, use them I say. I love beverly's interpretation, as well as Joan's. They are both different and interesting, but my hat tips to Beverly in this one.
i appreciate your comment. Donizetti wrote for the voice of Fanny Persiani and temporary accounts of her voice are more or less identical with the description you give here of Sills. Voices such as Callas, Caballe and Sutherland would not have been understood or appreciated in this type of role ( and even today they are sometimes misplaced) and I think Sills is very much underated and often dismissed as lightweight.
I am a Sutherland fan.
But this is just perfect.
avec Sills l' extrême virtuosité va toujours avec l'émotion !
divina.
bodiloto ❤️❤️❤️
Brava
I love this!
I wish this was on spotify 😪
Sill's trill could be described as being more like a warble. Very distinct and bewitching.
Just listen to those TRILLS!!!!
... Sills...e silenzio
Ahhhh.....this is when the voice was fresh and unharmed by Roberto Devereaux...
I love this aria! Lots of times better than 'Regnava'!
Less beautiful perhaps but Regnava is way more original and haunting.
Agreed! I even prefer “Regnavia” to her mad scene ... it’s a spectacular composition, hauntingly beautiful and Beverly pulls every bit of emotion out of it