Luba Orgonasova - Libera me 2

Description

Verdi made incredible demands on his soprano soloist and the far lesser-known Orgonasova meets those demands better than many other well known sopranos. The key to her success is that she has a strong chest voice which is properly integrated tonally with her head voice. To understand what I mean, just listen to that crucial part in the Libera Me (Requiem Aeternam) (3:10), where she floats a high B which is truly pianissimo, followed by the ferocious recapitulation of the Libera Me ...