The great Onegin is one of the few examples, where a great voice is paired with a really great singer. She has a great legato line, she has both richness of tone and vocal agility, vocal discipline and an innate feeling for the music. – She could have eliminated some of the portamenti here, though, for my taste. She sings this in a more „stately“ and „settled“ way than Nezhdanova. – More the romantic dreamer than the charmer with „esprit“. No doubt, this is a greatly sung and finely felt and nuanced version of this charming little piece. – Especially if you hear so many other sopranos and mezzos stumbling through this seemingly easy aria!
