I apologize to everybody here, my bad, very bad. I was thinking of Antoinetta Stella who performed Leonora in this production (I think). Simionato (being a Mezzo) is obviously listed correctly as Azucena. However, with that being said, she really isn't my favorite Azucena. BTW, I don't know the opera "La Favorita". I've heard of it but never listened to it. I'll check it out someday, I seem to favor Donizetti and Verdi.
Lovely as always, but the interpretation lacks the necessary depth and "grit" IMHO, it's too fragile and "angelic". You really needed someone like Fiorenza Cossotto or Dolora Zajick. However, she was a perfect Leonora.
I apologize to everybody here, my bad, very bad.
I was thinking of Antoinetta Stella who performed Leonora in this production (I think). Simionato (being a Mezzo) is obviously listed correctly as Azucena. However, with that being said, she really isn't my favorite Azucena.
BTW, I don't know the opera "La Favorita". I've heard of it but never listened to it. I'll check it out someday, I seem to favor Donizetti and Verdi.
No worries at all!!! It's totally cool 😎
Lovely as always, but the interpretation lacks the necessary depth and "grit" IMHO, it's too fragile and "angelic".
You really needed someone like Fiorenza Cossotto or Dolora Zajick.
However, she was a perfect Leonora.
Has Simionato ever sung Leonora??
@@TheAnalogAria he was probably talking about Leonora from La Favorita
That would make sense.