DE LOS ANGELES: The Modest Prima Donna
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD
Categories: Opera, Vocal Music
Performers: Victoria de los Angeles
Available: 6
Price: $8.99
Victoria de los Angeles
Including:
Dich teure Halle - Tannhauser
Einsam in truben Tagen - Lohengrin
Porgi amor - Le Nozze di Figaro
Jewel Song: O dieu! que de bijoux - Faust
Era piu calmo...Piangea cantando...Ave Maria piena di grazia - Otello with Giannella Borelli
L'altra notte in fondo al mare - Mefistofele
Voi la sapete - Cavalleria Rusticana
Ebben? ne abdro lontana - La Wally
Un bel di vedremo, Che tua madre, Tu? Tu? Tu? Tu! Tu! piccolo Iddio - Madama Butterfly with Giuseppe Di Stefano
Si, Mi chiamano Mimi, Donde lieta usci - La Boheme
Songs Stornellatrice; El majo discreto; Clavelitos; El Rossinyol
| Track Listing | Time | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dich teure Halle (Tannhauser: Wagner) Rec. 1950 | 4:40 | |
| 2 | Einsam in truben Tagen (Lohengrin:Wagner) Rec. 1950 | 4:50 | |
| 3 | Porgi amor (Le Nozze di Figaro:Mozart::Da Ponte) Rec. 1949 | 4:31 |  |
| 4 | Jewel Song: O dieu! que de bijoux (Faust:Gounod:Babier and Carre) Rec. 1953 | 4:46 | |
| 5 | Era piu calmo..Piangea cantando..Ave Maria piena di grazia (Otello:Verdi:Boito) | 16:29 | |
| 6 | L'altra notte in fondo al mare (Mefistofele:Boito) | 4:51 | |
| 7 | Voi la sapete (Caballeria Rusticana:Mascagni:Targioni-Tozzetti and Menasci) | 3:32 | |
| 8 | Ebben? ne abdro lontana (La Wally:Catalani:Illica) | 3:36 | |
| 9 | Si, Mi chiamano Mimi (La Boheme:Puccini:Giacosa and Illica) | 5:02 | |
| 10 | Donde lieta usci (La Boheme:Puccini) (1954) | 3:11 | |
| 11 | Un bel di vedremo (Madama Butterfly:Puccini:Giacosa and Illica) (1954) | 4:09 | |
| 12 | Che tua madre (Madama Butterfly) (1954) | 2:1 2 | |
| 13 | Tu? Tu? Tu? Tu! Tu! piccolo Iddio (Madama Butterfly) (1954) | 3:56 | |
| 14 | Stornellatrice (Respighi:Zangarini) (1949) | 1:48 | |
| 15 | El majo discreto (Tonadillas:Granados:Periquet y Zuaznabar) (1950) | 1:27 | |
| 16 | Clavelitos (Valverde) (1949) | 1:47 | |
| 17 | El Rossinyol (Catalonia) (1950) | 2:12 |
In his touching tribute (March 2005 Opera), Nicolai Gedda found her the 'most modest of prima-donnas.'
(James Murray)
In the 1950's...we went...to de los Angeles for warmth of heart and beauty of tone and expression. Everything she did seemed innate and natural...Nowhere was this more evident than in her 1954 recital, made in Rome...singing with an inimitable freshness...much material that she never repeated, not least Desdemona's 4th Act scene from Otello..The Jewel song from Faust captures that irresistible smile the soprano could get into her tone and it is fabulously phrased
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