THIS PART IS FOR YOUR FAVORITES!
Swiss soprano Lisa della Casa in this favorite-collection? Please give us your comment!
Lisa della Casa, Soprano (1919-2012)
Richard Strauss - Arabella
Und Du sollst mein Gebieter sein
With Paul Schöffler, Baritone (1897-1977)
Conductor: Heinrich Hollreiser
My personal opinion: It´s not easy to estimate a singers assimilation with one single role. Was it a curse or a blessing for swiss born soprano Lisa della Casa to be Arabella, to be ONLY Arabella? No doubt, della Casa gave the standard for "Arabellissima": Cool elegance, coupled with the mystery of a sphinx. Not exactly it is a compliment to term Lisa della Casa "the ideal of a Strauss-singer". All heroines from this composer are psychograms of hidden defecits. "To sing Strauss, it doesn´t need a special technique. You need a special instrument with cutting intensity in the top register!", judged Lisa della Casa about her own efforts. Strauss and Mozart, the most important composers during her career. But Lisa della Casa was a different kind of a Mozart-singer, she wasn´t charming like Hilde Güden or soulful like Irmgard Seefried. Della Casa was a "Glamour-Soprano", singing with "Grandezza" and born to represent operatic-aristocrats (And she influenced her bosom buddy Anneliese Rothenberger). Steane: "Her voice has that touch of spring and silver, that Strauss loved and wrote for; her tone will float and soar. Her Elvira and Countess lack an element of command and dramatic projection surely needful in both." Della Casa sang Mimi, Queen of the Night, Gilda, Nedda, Antonia, Butterfly (!), Cleopatra and of course Donna Elvira and Donna Anna - but she remained in audiences awareness primarily Arabella. If you compare such a career with others, it´s difficult to rate her status. Lisa della Casa always spoke about the drawbacks of her career, denominated the Vienna State Opera House as the home of intrigues. When she suddenly decited in 1973 to end her career, she broke all contracts without regarding the audience, and this is perhaps another facet of "Cool elegance" and "Mystic of a sphinx". For me, she never was an interesting artist. She was there with her beauty and her singing. What more can I say? Is there more to say?
47 nominations and place 18 for Lisa della Casa.
THE COMPLETE OVERVIEW: GO TO ALL SINGERS IN THIS LIST
[ Ссылка ]
