Well, yet another time, youtube has seen fit to remove a video that otherwise will remain unviewed. Or rather, youtube has been forced to withdraw a video.
Which kind of ruins the suspense... okay, it was Sylvia Sass, about whom I will say more later. I have a clip of her singing "Vissi d'arte" from a few years later, but already the voice was going in the scary direction that we all remember (at least those of us who remember Sass at all!)
Anyway, here's the Tosca. It has good moments, but it can't hold a candle to that Violetta. If it ever reappears, I will repost it, I promise.
Oh my god, I was so excited to hear and guess, but the video is "no longer available!!!"
ReplyDeleteI'll guess from the pic: Cheryl Studer?
ReplyDeleteOK, now I see that you reveal it to be Syvia Sass, whoever she is . . .
ReplyDeleteI wish I could hear her sing! I guess I could go to youtube and search for myself . . .
OK, I just listened to her "Vissi d'arte." SHe is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI just read the full title of this post. Should I not judge her on her Tosca? Even if that's all I listened to and I liked it?
ReplyDeleteHi Andrew,
ReplyDeleteI changed the name of the post when I changed the youtube clip. No, this is pretty much what Sass always sounded like. It got messier and wobblier, but she always sounded at the very edge of her resources. The Violetta was tossed off with complete ease and assurance. It was brilliant, actually. This Tosca was okay, but not nearly at that level.
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