Stefania Toczyska - „Re dell’abisso affrettati”, Verdi (2 versions)

Stefania Toczyska as Ulrica in Giuseppe Verdi’s „Un Ballo in Maschera” sings the act I aria „Re dell’abisso affrettati” in two versions:
1. Live at the Wiener Staatsoper, 1975 (cast including Nicolai Gedda, Sherill Milnes and Liljana Molnar-Talajic) - 00:00
2. In studio, 1995 - 07:11
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[@emiliosalman6740]

She is one of best mezzo soprano of our time
Brava Diva !❤

[@bauchmann9971]

It is interesting to hear how the voice developed 20 years later: darker and more volume in the low range

[@draganvidic2039]

Nice with her chestvoice used despite sounding rather bright and high mezzo-ish for this contralto role.

[@podkowalesna]

she was a mezzo rather than a contralto