She is soooooo underrated by the recordingcompanys ! Thanks to people with good taste we have a lot of live-performances. So we can onjoy this outstanding artist ! Hans NL
Before I ear Zeani in this song from Puccini - Le Rondine, I've ear many interpretations, Leontyne Price, Montserrat Caballe, Kiri Te Kanawa, Mirella Freni, Renata Tebaldi and then VIRGINIA ZEANI, I've just cried, the beauty of this song with Zeani is immense, thanks a lot for this discovery.
I've just been listening to Renée Fleming, Montserrat Caballé, LEONTYNE PRICE! singing this, but this rendition has something different, unique --and by any account, ineffable --about it... It floored me! Thank you for posting.
Stunningly beautiful wonderful voice clear diction -the complete soprano -pupil of the great Aurielano Pertile -now in her 90's herself and still teaching -they simply dont make them like that anymore .If Volvo made sopranos she would set their quality standard !!!
If not for RUclips I would never have the pleasure of hearing Mme. Zeani. I have discovered 6 sopranos I never knew existed, and I'm 61, and my life has been in music. Mme. Zeani's L'altra notte del mare is posted. A very dramatic, and beautiful performance.
Because I have broncihitis this Christmas Day, I've spent the day listening to every version of the Rondine aria since I can't make a decent sound even to talk. This is exquisite. Zeani's musical intelligence and taste and voice are on the highest level. I also enjoyed Moffo. Astonishing just how much substandard singing passes for art.
Ah Virginia zeani, oltre che bella, la prima cosa che mi ha colpito gli occhi,, aveva due occhi da sogno oltre che brava, quando si parla di bellezza lei si ' che era bella
Tebaldi should not be compared to Zeani for God sake!!! She has no high notes!! The high C for her was the hell....She passed all her carreer on Bi flats ..Everybody knows that she was scared to death of high notes...She had more midia than Zeani...But Zeani was a queen besides her...
Leila Guimaraes ...I feel that Tebaldi was really a mezzo soprano...do you feel the same way?....it just doesn't sound comfortable where most sopranos do. In her younger years maybe....but voices change....
She is soooooo underrated by the recordingcompanys ! Thanks to people with good taste we have a lot of live-performances. So we can onjoy this outstanding artist !
Hans NL
Zeani, beautiful as an eveningstar, clear as a mountainchristal....
This woman sings so freely and and unlaboured. Fantastic Miss Zeani.
Before I ear Zeani in this song from Puccini - Le Rondine, I've ear many interpretations, Leontyne Price, Montserrat Caballe, Kiri Te Kanawa, Mirella Freni, Renata Tebaldi and then VIRGINIA ZEANI, I've just cried, the beauty of this song with Zeani is immense, thanks a lot for this discovery.
I've just been listening to Renée Fleming, Montserrat Caballé, LEONTYNE PRICE! singing this, but this rendition has something different, unique --and by any account, ineffable --about it... It floored me! Thank you for posting.
La dolcezza di quest'aria risalta pienamente nella versione di Mme Zeani
Einfach wundervoll gesungen !!! Danke Virginia --- Danke CharlotteinWeimar.
Chiara e reale. Mi da i brividi quando respira cosi' profonda. Brava.
Unique Virginia! Heavenly voice filled with pathos! BRAVA!
Devo dire che non mi era mai piaciuta come aria,ma ora,grazie alla grandissima Zeani l'ho rivalutata parecchio!
GRAZIE! Meravigliosa!
OMG she is fantastic. Best version of this aria I ever heard
Try anna moffo
Stunningly beautiful wonderful voice clear diction -the complete soprano -pupil of the great Aurielano Pertile -now in her 90's herself and still teaching -they simply dont make them like that anymore .If Volvo made sopranos she would set their quality standard !!!
If not for RUclips I would never have the pleasure of hearing Mme. Zeani. I have discovered 6 sopranos I never knew existed, and I'm 61, and my life has been in music. Mme. Zeani's L'altra notte del mare is posted. A very dramatic, and beautiful performance.
bellissima voce e bellissima interpretazione!!!!!!!!!!!Assieme alla Grande e ineguagliabile Tebaldi,la Zeani è meravigliosa in questa aria!!!!!
Tebaldi could not sing the C in tune
....very unfortunate, but anything above a Bb was VERY hit-or-miss with her - completely unreliable
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Chills! So human!!
This aria is sung with such wondrous art and beauty !
This is simply gorgeous. Thank goodness for "You Tube"
Unvergleichlich! Nicht mit Worten zu beschreiben!
Fa venire i brividi .....
lovely voice!
How beautifully said!
BRAVA!Un nome da ricordare.
Because I have broncihitis this Christmas Day, I've spent the day listening to every version of the Rondine aria since I can't make a decent sound even to talk. This is exquisite. Zeani's musical intelligence and taste and voice are on the highest level. I also enjoyed Moffo. Astonishing just how much substandard singing passes for art.
sans conteste la plus belle Rondine
the best!
Just wonderful, thanks for posting!
the only Doretta capable of tearing a theatre down by her vocal means, I beleive. A reference.
Why ? Its not only Virginea Zeani, but also Magda Olivero, Leyla Gencer: a complete generation of fine sopranos.
The best in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Charming.
Thus is Soooo beautiful!
I absolutely agree here. A generation that is gross underrated.
ANGEL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Diva!
i can't agree more with you
Extraordinaria
How can one choose between this and Pryce and Tebaldi.. wonderful, all of them. I love this type of voice but Pryce nails it.
Are you referring to Leontyne Price? If not, who is "Pryce"?
alphasun1 Anna Moffo's also!!
The recording companies would have loved to record her, it was due to other reasons she hasn't been recorded...
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Ah Virginia zeani, oltre che bella, la prima cosa che mi ha colpito gli occhi,, aveva due occhi da sogno oltre che brava, quando si parla di bellezza lei si ' che era bella
Anche la Gencer in quanto a presenza scenica non scherzava.
i think you mean the only magda, but yes, she is a reference in this
¡¡¡¡¡❤❤❤❤❤!!!!!
yes , Magda of course , i was carried away by the first words of the aria.
Try anna moffo for this aria,i love zeanie but moffo was brilliant in rondine
What a beautiful comment :-)
Tebaldi should not be compared to Zeani for God sake!!! She has no high notes!! The high C for her was the hell....She passed all her carreer on Bi flats ..Everybody knows that she was scared to death of high notes...She had more midia than Zeani...But Zeani was a queen besides her...
Leila Guimaraes ...I feel that Tebaldi was really a mezzo soprano...do you feel the same way?....it just doesn't sound comfortable where most sopranos do. In her younger years maybe....but voices change....
Leila Guimaraes
Tebaldi’s was a fullblown spinto soprano and Zeani a lyric who started with coloratura roles.
"grossly"
Zeani, beautiful as an eveningstar, clear as a mountainchristal....
the best!