I'm so happy to be introduced to the remarkable voice and musicality of Ms. Zeani! BTW, La Serva Padrona was a short one-act opera written to be sung during the intermission of an "opera seria." People were crazy about opera even if they couldn't understand a word. That's why they had a short opera during the intermission of a long opera. The word "opera," the plural of "opus," translates literally as "works." I think this is because it consisted of one piece, usually an aria, after another, connected by recitives. Of course there was the overture ("Sinfonia" in Italian) and choruses, which were originally sung collectively by the soloists, not by a large group of vocalists as it was to become.
This is delightful! I wonder what happened afterwards: didn't Teresa Berganza hear this? How did a degraded way of singing this repertoire get to be considered the right one?
@@danawinsor1380 Many people are convinced that early repertoire has to be sung in a different way than romantic or later repertoire, conception that is refuted by performances like this one here. You could answer that no repertoire in sing properly nowadays... And you'd be right.
@@DiomedesDioscuro A concept that is refuted by great composers of the time and by great singing teachers of the time, also in their writings on singing. There is only one way to sing: the right way. This thing that they needed ultra light voices, almost white, without squillo, without chiaroscuro, without chest voice, without anything, is the fallacy of some soul without any knowledge about singing. Opera is about TRADITION! The singers who sang this were more like the great singers like the ones we call Wagnerians from Nilsson's time... Hehehe'
Surgical precision and formidable power!
Thank you for introducing her .this is first time I ever hear his name and her singing.
Charming❤❤
Never heard this rendition before. She was perfect. ❤❤❤
Opera at its finest ❤
I'm so happy to be introduced to the remarkable voice and musicality of Ms. Zeani!
BTW, La Serva Padrona was a short one-act opera written to be sung during the intermission of an "opera seria." People were crazy about opera even if they couldn't understand a word. That's why they had a short opera during the intermission of a long opera. The word "opera," the plural of "opus," translates literally as "works." I think this is because it consisted of one piece, usually an aria, after another, connected by recitives. Of course there was the overture ("Sinfonia" in Italian) and choruses, which were originally sung collectively by the soloists, not by a large group of vocalists as it was to become.
This is delightful! I wonder what happened afterwards: didn't Teresa Berganza hear this? How did a degraded way of singing this repertoire get to be considered the right one?
Could you elaborate?
@@danawinsor1380 Many people are convinced that early repertoire has to be sung in a different way than romantic or later repertoire, conception that is refuted by performances like this one here. You could answer that no repertoire in sing properly nowadays... And you'd be right.
@@DiomedesDioscuro A concept that is refuted by great composers of the time and by great singing teachers of the time, also in their writings on singing. There is only one way to sing: the right way. This thing that they needed ultra light voices, almost white, without squillo, without chiaroscuro, without chest voice, without anything, is the fallacy of some soul without any knowledge about singing. Opera is about TRADITION! The singers who sang this were more like the great singers like the ones we call Wagnerians from Nilsson's time... Hehehe'
Perfect chest participation!