Splendida: linea prosodica, pathos, accento impeccabili! Una grande comprensione del testo, oltre che della musica, con quel legato che non si sente quasi più (almeno in francese) ... Poi, fu una maestra favolosa! Grazie e distinti saluti.
Remarkable. Perfect Butterfly. She didn't lose tones of musicality using perfect technique. "Chi sara, chi sara?" - definitely goosebumps. She didn't sing this phrase - she lives😊.
Un bel di vedremo (Madama Butterfly) Giacomo Puccini, 1858-1924 May 5, 1940, 2-70407, CC 2174, CB 20265 Fiora Corradetti Contino is the sister of Iris Adami Corradetti and her biography is now available www.amazon.com/Maestra-Legacy-Fiora-Corradetti-Contino/dp/1499326742/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399748148&sr=8-1&keywords=whittemore+maestra The book contains the most complete biography of Ferruccio Corradetti and includes a section on Iris and her mother Bice Adami with a complete performance chronology, discography and a photo of Iris with her other two sisters, Corradina Corradetti and Adriana Corradetti.
Not the standard of breathing which great singers of the period all had; she runs out constantly in places which are rather embarrassing for a famous diva, but it's a nice voice. The final note is an excellent example; she has to truncate it a LOT. This singer is not in the same universe as Ponselle, Carbone, Minghini-Cattaneo, Besanzoni, Stignani, Nicolai, Muzio, Arangi-Lombardi, Mazzoleni, Cigna, Pacetti, Pederzini, Oltrabella, Carosio, etc, etc, etc. Rather disappointing, as she pushes and has seriously compromised breathing technique--neither of which was really acceptable in her period.
A beautiful telling of the story thank you.
Splendida: linea prosodica, pathos, accento impeccabili! Una grande comprensione del testo, oltre che della musica, con quel legato che non si sente quasi più (almeno in francese) ... Poi, fu una maestra favolosa! Grazie e distinti saluti.
Remarkable. Perfect Butterfly. She didn't lose tones of musicality using perfect technique. "Chi sara, chi sara?" - definitely goosebumps. She didn't sing this phrase - she lives😊.
BRAVA!!! what phrasing and musicality... but then... given the heritage!!!
Brava bravissima!!!
"The Art Of Music"
Thank you for posting this treasure. Do you know when and where it was recorded? Glorious interpretation!
Un bel di vedremo (Madama Butterfly) Giacomo Puccini, 1858-1924
May 5, 1940, 2-70407, CC 2174, CB 20265
Fiora Corradetti Contino is the sister of Iris Adami Corradetti and her biography is now available
www.amazon.com/Maestra-Legacy-Fiora-Corradetti-Contino/dp/1499326742/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1399748148&sr=8-1&keywords=whittemore+maestra
The book contains the most complete biography of Ferruccio Corradetti and includes a section on Iris and her mother Bice Adami with a complete performance chronology, discography and a photo of Iris with her other two sisters, Corradina Corradetti and Adriana Corradetti.
@jayeffsb: It was recorded 24 mai 1940, by Cetra.
What was Corradetti's voice type?
soprano lirico
Spinto
Lyric pushing to sing spinto roles. LOL
She was a lyric period.
She suffers from a shortage of breath. But what an interpretation!
The breathing, however, ruins it. She's nowhere near the technical level of any great Italian singer of her period in terms of air and support.
Not the standard of breathing which great singers of the period all had; she runs out constantly in places which are rather embarrassing for a famous diva, but it's a nice voice. The final note is an excellent example; she has to truncate it a LOT. This singer is not in the same universe as Ponselle, Carbone, Minghini-Cattaneo, Besanzoni, Stignani, Nicolai, Muzio, Arangi-Lombardi, Mazzoleni, Cigna, Pacetti, Pederzini, Oltrabella, Carosio, etc, etc, etc. Rather disappointing, as she pushes and has seriously compromised breathing technique--neither of which was really acceptable in her period.