Favorite aria?

**Sonata** · Sep-06-2010, 16:13

Senza mama from Suor Angelica. I have never before been so moved by another piece of music.

**sospiro** · Nov-17-2010, 07:09

Reading through the posts in Alma's Pet peeve: what's wrong with a good aria? (I don't have the knowledge to respond but I do love a good aria) prompted me to bump this thread.

One of my all time favourites

**Almaviva** · Nov-17-2010, 12:59

Originally Posted by sospiro

Reading through the posts in Alma's Pet peeve: what's wrong with a good aria? (I don't have the knowledge to respond but I do love a good aria) prompted me to bump this thread.

One of my all time favourites

Ah, the great di Stefano... what a sense of musical phrase! Thanks, Annie!

**Ravellian** · Nov-17-2010, 15:27

Absolutely "Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde, with Nilsson/Bohm. It's my favorite moment in all of music.

Casta Diva is my number 2 favorite, I always tear up when the chorus comes in

**myaskovsky2002** · Nov-17-2010, 23:01

well....of course many many...one I love is la Rondine's Doretta's dream

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pjtsmV7FqM/[yt]

**charismajc** · Nov-18-2010, 05:10

Già nella notte densa from Otello
Der Hölle Rache from Magic Flute (over-exposure hasn't ruined it for me, thankfully)

**Elgarian** · Nov-20-2010, 11:34

Originally Posted by myaskovsky2002

well....of course many many...one I love is la Rondine's Doretta's dream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pjtsmV7FqM/

That's my favourite performance of this fabulous aria too, but I'm also haunted by this very different version by Rosanna Carteri (1958) at the moment.

**jhar26** · Nov-20-2010, 11:43

I love this version from Kiri Te Kanawa

**Elgarian** · Nov-20-2010, 12:15

And very nice too. Sometime we should have a discussion about listening to arias sung in concert, compared to those sung in context as part of a performance, and how it affects our perception of them. I might even start a thread about it!

**SalieriIsInnocent** · Nov-20-2010, 12:19

This is the exact version of my favorite Aria.

**SalieriIsInnocent** · Nov-20-2010, 12:25

On sadder days this is my favorite Aria. But Siepi, or Furlanetto have to sing it.

**mamascarlatti** · Nov-20-2010, 19:37

Originally Posted by SalieriIsInnocent

On sadder days this is my favorite Aria. But Siepi, or Furlanetto have to sing it.

That's really beautifully sung. Better than Furlanetto because more subtle, IMO.

**BalloinMaschera** · Apr-18-2011, 17:57

hmm i suppose favorites can change from mood to mood and day to day... but if i had to chose which arias i would be sad never to hear again (in no particular order) ...

the Count's Act III aria- Nozze di Figaro
Posa's double arias in Verdi's Don Carlo
Wotan's Farewell in Wagner's Walkuere

I guess I'm partial to baritones...!