The Very Best of Lucia Popp

Lucia Popp (Artist), Richard Strauss (Composer), George Frideric Handel (Composer), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Gioachino Rossini (Composer), Bedrich Smetana (Composer), Antonin Dvorak (Composer), Carl Orff (Composer), Gustav Mahler (Composer), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Richard Strauss, George Frideric Handel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Gioachino Rossini, Bedrich Smetana, et al.
• Audio CD (September 2, 2003)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B0000AHEAY
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,937 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lucy: The Reigning Queen of Opera, July 11, 2004

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Patrick Anderson (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of Lucia Popp (Audio CD)

Lucia Popp is one of the best sopranos to ever grace the operatic/classical voice stage. This CD compilation shows her progression through lyric Handel to lyric and dramatic Mozart (her Der Holle Rache from Magic Flute is unrivaled) to tender art song and operetta literature. The first disc also showcases her adeptness with 20th Century literature as well as the ability to step out of the traditional four languages of opera. Any avid music fan MUST have this CD compilation.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ever-reigning Queen of Sopranos, May 28, 2007

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Abel "AMY" (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Very Best of Lucia Popp (Audio CD)

Listening through these two discs, one thought kept leaping up to mind: will ever there be another soprano as versatile and accomplished as Lucia Popp? Died in 1994 at the early age of 54, the operatic world hadn't really mourned her enough.
People are still lingering on Maria Callas, the 'star' soprano with all her glamour and legendary life could offer.
Real listeners, however, could not give up the memory of Lucia Popp's terrific artistry and almost supernatural voice.
Her Rusalka, her Solveig, her Susanna, Zerlina, Despina in the da Ponte/Mozart trio, her terrific Queen of the Night (unsurpassed by ANY subsequent sopranos up till now), and ALSO her Pamina in the same opera. In any language you ask her to sing, and she excelled. I marvel at the Letter Scene in Eugene Onegin - only if Lucia had the chance to perform the whole opera during her short life! The joy, the expectation, the emotional tribulations, so vividly captured in girlish and pure timbre. No one will ever beat her; not even Fleming and Netrebko.
"Weird and wonderful" - that's what Elisabeth Schwarzkopf said of Lucia Popp's singing. We today would modify it to 'wonderful and unsurpassable'.
This 2-CD set is an absolute must have, even if you have never heard of Lucia Popp before.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lucia Popp, January 11, 2006

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cij "cj" (U.S.A) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Very Best of Lucia Popp (Audio CD)

This is a wonderful album showcasing the very best of Lucia Popp (as the title suggests). Her voice was absolutely beautiful. She could sing the slavic languages like no one else. Her version of Dvorak's Song to the Moon is unbeatable. I dare anyone to find a better performance! Also, the song from Die Zauberflute -Ah Ich fuls (sp?) is outstanding. I've yet to hear a better version. Her diction was fantastic and while she wasn't the highest soprano around - she knew what worked for her voice. This is album is a keeper!