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Gioachino Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia - "Una voce poco fa" (Louise Lebrun)

2,200 views · Published 24 November 2008 · 7:04 · Indexed 3 October 2026

Channel: LindoroRossini · 2008 · Music

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This new miniseries of uploads is, in nature, a sort of an appendix to one of my first projects on YouTube: a compilation of about twenty renditions of Rossini's brilliant cavatina for Rosina in "Il barbiere di Siviglia". I am slightly saddened by the fact that I wasn't able to add all these renditions during the contest proper (most of them made their way into my collection only after the contest), as some of them are more than comparable to the benchmark versions. Still, I think that posting them as an appendix solves this problem somewhat and helps to further widen the original collection of selections :).

Though the opening cantabile is somewhat tentative for Louise Lebrun, a Canadian soprano of some repute, she improves as the piece progresses, providing both an occasional spark of warmth and some very attractive singing on high, complemented by an unusually deep lower register (in the beginning she almost sounds as a mezzo-soprano). 

Hope you'll enjoy :)!

P.S. I've also finally created a full alphabetical playlist of the various "Una voce poco fa" renditions which includes the new selections :D.

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