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| Donna Elvira |
| Coloratura soprano role. She is a lady of Burgos, deserted by the Don. |
| Year |
| Artist |
| 1938 |
| Irene Jessner |
| 1940 |
| 1943 |
| 1945 |
| 1947 |
| 1948 |
| 1949 |
| 1952 |
| 1974 |
| 1953 |
| 1978 |
| Ellen Shade |
| 1955 |
| 1959 |
| 1962 |
| 1965 |
| 1968 |
| Teresa Zylis-Gara |
| 1981 sum |
| 1984 |
| 1991 |
| 1995 |
| 1999-2000 |
| San Francisco Opera Donna Elvira History |
| Brenda Lewis |
| 1999-2000 |
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| Claudia Pinza |
| Florence Quartararo |
| Vivian Della Chiesa |
| Florence Kirk |
| Elsa Zebranska |
| 1945 |
| 1947 |
| Aria Data Base for Donna Elvira |
| Act I, Scene III / 'Ah! fuggi il traditor' |
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| Act II, Scene II - 'Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata' |
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| 1999-2000-Carol Vaness |
| 1999-2000-Popular diva Carol Vaness was up and beyond her usual standards as Donna Elvira. This is certainly one of the best roles in her repertoire./ Review Vaness, whose singing sounds wonderfully free and secure these days. Her first aria, ``Ah! chi mi dice mai,'' was a blistering tirade of wounded vanity, and her final ``Mi tradi'' came through with all its rueful ferocity intact./ Review |
| Act I, Scene I / Ah! chi mi dice mai |
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| 2006-2007 |
| As Donna Elvira, Twyla Robinson looked great, especially when making her entry in trousers rather than a dress, and sang and acted with verve. Still, her tone turned wiry or shrill too often, and "Mi tradi" (The ungrateful soul betrayed me) got away from her a couple of times./ SFCV Soprano Twyla Robinson was a strong-voiced but dramatically impassive Donna Elvira./SFGate |
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| Mi tradi quell'alma ingrata - Rachel Yakar at Glyndebourne/ 1977 -Click left for You Tube |