favorite SOPRANO?


Who are some of your favorite SOPRANO's and/or CD recordings......something that absolutely melts you away.
jjwa
It is so sad that Victoria De Los Angelos is not mentioned she and Caballe are really the best artists to have ever sung in the opera house.
Pedrillo, now that you have mentioned her, she's no longer forgotten. :)
I love her too.
If you're looking for beautiful soprano voices that "absolutely melt you away," I'd recommend in particular (limiting this to the about last 50 years) Victoria de los Angeles, Leontyne Price, Zinka Milanov, Renata Tebaldi, Joan Sutherland, and Renee Fleming. All had/have major soprano voices of great beauty, and all could/can "absolutely melt you away" when in their primes. Callas was a great singer and a great artist but not conspicuous for the beauty of her voice, which always had problems. Bartoli is a fine artist but not a soprano.
Texasdave, Zinka Milanov doing "Pace pace mio Dio" from La Forze Del Destino is still unbeatable. The pianissimo seems to go on forever and the note just floats out of nowhere.