A great voice has ceased singing.
Aug. 5th, 2006 04:14 pmWhen I read in the newspaper yesterday that soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf had died at the age of 90, I remembered her name. She is one of the stars from the excellent recording of Mozart's Don Giovanni I have. What she could do with her voice is amazing. Listen to her rendition of Donna Elvira:
Recitative and aria Il quali eccessi, o Numi (Act II, scene 14)
and the rest of that aria (and scene 14)
Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata
(Both files are .m4a, and uploaded to YouSendIt, so available for 7 days or 25 first downloads.)
The Italian libretto of this aria can be found here. An English translation of the lyrics is available on this webpage.
Recitative and aria Il quali eccessi, o Numi (Act II, scene 14)
and the rest of that aria (and scene 14)
Mi tradì quell'alma ingrata
(Both files are .m4a, and uploaded to YouSendIt, so available for 7 days or 25 first downloads.)
The Italian libretto of this aria can be found here. An English translation of the lyrics is available on this webpage.