Carol Vaness - Temerari! - Come scoglio immoto resta - Così fan tutte - 1990

[@pianoronald]

Carol‘s diction is excellent. Those who criticise her probably don’t speak Italian themselves. One of the best Fiordiligis ever.

[@danafripp4120]

Give me MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE, Lady Vaness!!!! The voice is so full and so balanced up and down - and back up - the range. Dynamic control for days...and that pinpoint, rapid fiorature! Ugh! I just LOVE HER!!!!

[@barrynicolle1821]

The two ladies of Cosi are usually portrayed as delicate young flowers, this flower is in FULL radiant bloom. I loved it.

[@ygorcoelhos]

Incredible singing! This is clearly the ideal voice for Fiordiligi, a perfect fit between voice and musical score.

[@lucasdebevec8581]

Escalofriante Fiordiligi. De la mejor de la historia.

[@drtmuir]

Beautiful , fiery Carol, who could be so fierce or touching, or so damn funny.

[@air911cooled]

This is beathtaking outstanding. I just love Carol so much!

[@jacekkuakowski5206]

Those low registers 😱 Perfection

[@stefanocautavera]

Amazing!

[@arnoldamaral7406]

That beautiful lyric spinto!

[@brolobear]

It doesn't get better than this.

[@josephschuster918]

The best there was, is, and will ever be in this role, Donna Anna, Elettra, Vitellia, Tosca, or Violetta!

[@artdanks]

Best Fiordilidgi ever!

[@KmwAmg]

Fabulous !!!!!!!

[@AlinaYarovaya1]

Very beautiful!!!!! Brava!!!!!

[@wilsonwatt9283]

Vaness is at her absolute best here. She took on roles bigger than her voice could handle and she sometimes phoned in a performance if the conductor or her onstage colleagues did not bring a challenge to her but she was a great soprano who, when in the right role, could hardly be matched.

[@jjlungdoc7472]

Vaness and Lorengar are in a class by themselves. The rest follows.

[@ciociosan]

Incredible.

[@elldarrio2451]

Adoro il suo canto

[@alwaysnew189]

you cannot get any better than this, Mozart is flipping out of luck!

[@jasonstearns2666]

Only Eleanor Steber could sing this with the same perfection. They were equals in this repertoire.

[@Greg07623]

Interestingly, Steber, who was notorious for dissing her females colleagues lavished praise on Vaness for her Fiordiligi.

[@daphnebeloved]

Superb!

[@psalmtone2008]

She did this at CSUN at the beginning of a master class, then said, "Next?"

[@MassimoCrispi]

Fantastica

[@joelcaspari9390]

Better than Schwartzkopf, Bartoli of Baltsa. The best I’ve ever heard

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Joel Caspari better than my grandmother! What a great LYRIC SPINTO CAROL VANESS. Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@gloriadigiuseppeantonio3693]

Non si possono fare paragoni

[@victorruiz9029]

es en directo !!!!!!! :O

[@fs6887]

She was definitely made for Mozart

[@JuPiNi1]

Y la dicción qué?

[@IndoPersian1969]

That's true....the diction is weird! But the voice is amazing!!!

[@rudyarambula750]

Her diction was never that great….especially the Spanish songs she sang in concert….she could never roll her “r” …however the voice was beautiful

[@cherubello9340]

Brava vocalmente, in particolare nelle discese sotto al rigo e nelle agilità, fluide e mai fini a se stesse. Le intenzioni interpretative però non emergono sempre e la nostra Fiordiligi ha si passione, ma non quel calore tanto femminile che Daniela Dessì ad esempio, diffonde dal cuore.

[@operamaniak81]

I prefer her live at Stokholm. Here the conductor is too reactive at the beginning and late to her like a clock.