Best Interpretation MAD SCENE Lucia Di Lammermoor - Beverly Sills 1970

This Lucia was recorded in 1970, when Beverly Sills was at the peak of her vocal and dramatic powers. She had been singing the role of Lucia on stage for six years, and she knew the character to perfection. She gave the role a total different touch from all good ones from her time such as Peters, Sutherland, Moffo and Pons. Sills took more the school of Callas. Lucia is a manic-depressive who is slightly crazy from the start, and Sills's embellishments to the vocal line (and there are tons of them; hardly a line is left as written), mostly composed especially for her, are always at the service of the drama. Sills was an amazing coloratura soprano but not only that, she didn’t wanted to be just a soprano with a beautiful voice, she also wanted to be a great actress and her interpretation comes closer to Callas, no wonder she is considered THE BEST SINGING ACTRESS of her generation in the coloratura style. Sills is gloriously fluent in the coloratura, the high notes are impeccable, and her reading of the words is truly involved and involving. This aria is a must for lovers of great singing and acting. Brava Ms. Sills