when I was a boy , my parents and I watched and heard her sing this on a Sunday morning on German television. We all had tears in our eyes.. Now, 40 years later, I still get teary -eyed ,listening to this angel. I've heard the aria many times by many many great singers, but Lucia Popp is the only one that goes straight to the soul and to the heart

@adityapurohit8232

Жыл бұрын

Very true Mr. Lunow. She is my most favorite one of her generation. Her interpretation of Arias of Mozart , her singing of Mass in C Minor of Mozart under Rafael kubelik are few of gems to be treasured forever. This interpretation of Song to the Moon of Rusalka shows her command over the melody. A brilliant, remarkable vocalist of highest calibre.

For just a few short years, we were visited by an angel of the Lord, but the Lord could no longer live without this angel in his holly presence... so she went home, leaving us with only a few wonderful reminders of what awaits us in the next life. Rest & Sleep in Peace, Lucia poppova; ours was a better and more beautiful world with the sound of your song... Na tebe, stejně jako na všechny nebeské anděly, nikdy nezapomeneme.❤💔❤

I have spent several nights with his early mornings searching and listening to all the versions of "Song the Moon" on KZread. I'm not a musician or a critic, just a regular guy. It turns out that this version by Lucia Popp is the one I liked the most and the one that has moved me to my bones.

@sonjabaevska8028

Жыл бұрын

Milada Subrtova

@opinogratis6702

Жыл бұрын

@@sonjabaevska8028 😍Thank you very much, Sonja. KZread's algorithm didn't suggest it to me before. I'm listening to it again tonight at home. Greetings from Argentina.

@chiensyang

4 ай бұрын

I bought the CD-album Le Nozze Di Figaro with Lucia Popp as Susanna in 1999, six years after her death. Around 2020 which is almost 27 years (MORE THAN A QUARTER CENTURY) later, I just found out about it. So -stupid- clueless of me. Although it is almost 30 years too late, I still want to say: Rest in peace, my sweet angel with beautiful voice. 😭😭😭

@opinogratis6702

3 ай бұрын

@@chiensyang Hello Chien Yang. Why stupid? No, no way, I didn't know about the existence of this wonderful woman either, but it's the version I heard at least 30 times. Another version was recommended to me right here, but Lucia has stayed in my soul, perhaps because of the poignancy of the video recorded like this, and because she gave a sublime performance. Yes, Sofia rests in peace, for all the happiness and beauty she has given to a guy like me, 62 years old, poor and Argentinian, and to the whole world for eternity. Greetings from the soul.

@annimerethenilsen8888

2 ай бұрын

Her name is lucia poppova!❤

This is so so beautiful. Could listen to this rendition on repeat for hours. What a voice❤

This is my first time listening to Lucia Popp and I think I’m in love.

Like every human being who has heard Lucia Popp, I fell in love with a voice beyond human expectations. Thank you, Lucia, for all the years of beauty and happiness you have brought into my life. I owe you a debt that is unpayable. If there is an after-life, you belong as the brightest star in it.

@ayselalehanerhan468

4 ай бұрын

İlac gibi bir ses ve uslüp ve muhteşem bir orkestra .

It´s easy to sit a whole day watching youtube pearls, like a mental shower. This is definately one of those pearls, who will last forever. R.I.P. Lucia Popp

@hardrockaustralianstockhor6352

3 жыл бұрын

I fully agree, bravo! Lucia and of course Dvorak.

This is one of my favorite pieces. I've heard many variations, from Renee Fleming to Sarah Brightman. Each do a wonderful rendition, however Lucia Popp sings this song with such emotion and fluidity, it seem effortless to her. RIP Ms. Popp and thank you for your gift to the world of such an awesome gifted voice.

@eddieman2004

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree.. Renee Fleming is good ..I LOVE Netrebko and her version is amazing.. but this is on a different level she is perfection for this song..

@muj417

4 жыл бұрын

@@eddieman2004 Lucia Popp was amazing. Listen to this one though, an exceptional rendition kzread.info/dash/bejne/l4aAt7treKjNecY.html

@r_apex

3 жыл бұрын

Have you seen Asmik? kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6eTqJSxfK3Ne6w.html

@billwilkie6574

3 жыл бұрын

I like them all, but I consider Frederica von Strada's version (available on KZread) is my favourite. Perhaps because her voice is pitched lower and to me that adds something. Listen to Flica's versions of 'Balero' for further consideration, against her friend Kiri Te Kanawa's. I think it lends support for my opinion. Now get listening, and, as the text books in Philosopy advise, discuss.

@christianpratt9728

3 жыл бұрын

Anna netrebko and Frederika Von Stade both sing this amazingly well.

To me the most perfect version. This lady was one of a kind.

I watched Rusalka in Prague 6 years ago , ever since I heard this song i grew attached to it , but Lucia’s voice is absolutely something else , something out of this world , heavenly almost ❤️

@joanskedge9223

2 жыл бұрын

Just so beautiful

@AA-li6mg

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you.

Thanks to the movie The bicentennial man, where the robot was listening to this masterpiece in the basement, I've found the best opera singer, Lucia Poppova. R.I.P. Lucia! You are the best!

The best version of the Rusalka I've ever heard! Her voice is so soft and sweet.

I had never heard Lucia Popp's rendition of this beautiful aria and I can't believe I had not heard it before. I do not want to go into this bad habit of the internet of comparing X to Y, because of volume, color, effort and bla bla bla. I find her voice of a purity that really matches this role. What makes me love this rendition is the quality of each of the syllables. She manages to pronounce each vowel and consonant without losing the beauty of her voice and the great melody of the aria. Bravisima!!!

The best Rusalka I've ever heard.

What a beautiful voice! What a lovely lady! Gone much too soon.She had so much more to offer.

This particular aria is sung by the title character, Rusalka, in the opera's first act. Rusalka is the daughter of a water-goblin who wants nothing more than to be human after she falls in love with a hunter/prince who frequents the lake in which she lives. Rusalka sings this song asking the moon to reveal her love to the Prince.

@geoffthomson6614

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks:)

@felicity834

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. This is my favorite aria but I knew nothing about it

Her version never was surpassed even by the greatest! Immortal voice and sweetness of singer! What a shame that Lucia left us so soon!

@mizofan

5 жыл бұрын

She was the greatest

@adityapurohit8232

Жыл бұрын

Yes madam, Lucia's voice was sublime, heavenly & lucid with full of warmth. She immersed herself completely in everything she sang, opera arias, songs, lieder. She departed too early.

@saragrant3667

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely true! She used to immerse herself with her soul& heart in any of her numerous characters she'd sang and any of those were extraordinarily bright and easy to perceive her musical culture and talent she was blessed with.

@AnaLuiza-rl9ee

Жыл бұрын

Concordo em tudo❤

The best Rusalka all the time. Lucia Popp was an Angel.

@augustocondor5714

3 жыл бұрын

Deťúrence moje....she still is and forever will be

@AnaLuiza-rl9ee

3 жыл бұрын

Perfeita

The BEST version of this aria. The beauty of her voice and technique are perfect ❤️

Beautiful woman, beautiful performance...

The Best Rusalka ever by the one of the best sopranos ever.

@annapiatkowska936

5 жыл бұрын

Muzyka na sen

This puts tears to my eyes. How lucky I am to to have ever heard her sing, even just from a recording.

Absolute perfection! I would pick this song and version to travel onto the stars on another gold or bronze disc to show what fantastic things the human voice is capable of😉

This is by far the very best rendition I've ever heard.

Personally, Popp is my number 1 among all other great supranos. Most of the songs that Popp had sang, I hardly find a better version from any other singer. For some reasons, she can drag you into the music and make you feel like...hmm...this is how the composer should feel when writing the song. Song to the Moon is a perfect example, it's like thie song was meant for Popp to sing. It is very interesting that Popp's voice can make you feel different in each song, the tone is different, so expressive, unlike Price or Callas or Sumi Jo or any other, Callas is Callas in Carmen, Callas is Callas in Norma, but Popp is the Queen of Night, Popp is Rusalka, Popp is the Angel to sing laudate dominum, etc

@mizofan

3 жыл бұрын

my #1 too. Impeccable, wonderful

@timmellin2815

3 жыл бұрын

Amen to that ! Nobody can match her. So sad the way she left us. Her "Four Last Songs" by Strauss is another one of her high points. Nobody better. No way.

@paultien9197

2 жыл бұрын

Supranos

@katherinewilson1853

Жыл бұрын

I really love her voice. It's so clear. She doesn't use vibrato to hide behind.

@nailycai

Жыл бұрын

Yes, well said.

The most devoted voice/singing to music I have ever listened to. Her voice is a perfect marriage of purity and maturity. Love Lucia Popp's devotion to music in her voice and singing. Absolutely the best!

@robertspencer3311

6 жыл бұрын

jing jin Bold

Lucia Popp she is brilliant

she knocks me out whenever i hear her voice

Lucia Popp is one of the best sopranos I have ever seen, her Song of the Moon is my favourite.

Only the Moon can singing herself. Absolutely beautiful I love you Lucia

She sings with such passion and is so happy to sing.

It is a crying shame that this wonderful voice left us at such a young age. Thank the almighty we have the recordings. This is fine rendition of the Song to the Moon and will live with us forever.

@dolorssanmartiescale363

6 жыл бұрын

Una veu preciosa que no em canso d"escoltar.

@Yves_Ka

2 жыл бұрын

That year 3 wonderful singers left us too early and all 3 caused by cancer. Lucia Popp, Arleen Auger and Tatiana Troyanos. It was a tragedy!

@marylouantonsson5836

2 жыл бұрын

🙏

Wunderbar-eine große Freude lauschen zu können !! Ganz große Kunst !! 👋👋Danke fürs teilen 🌝⭐⭐⭐🌛🌜

DIVINE!!!!what a great soprano she was!!!;we'll never forget her...

Sometimes a song is written for one singer in spite of time and distance. Dvorak wrote this for Lucia Popp as it will go down the ages.

@jackgandolfo1328

7 жыл бұрын

Sarah Brightman has also done it some justice, IMHO.

@cardinalflower135

5 жыл бұрын

"Sometimes a song is written for one singer in spite of time and distance." Yes ! Yes!

@JSTX9216

5 жыл бұрын

Bravo...this is an excellent way to put this. I agree 100%

@thatsacoolone9038

5 жыл бұрын

It was written for Amira Willighagen at her first CD is marvellous.

@dgibelli

5 жыл бұрын

This song can only be performed by a native Czech or Slovak IMHO

What an incredibly gorgeous voice. I wish I could have heard her sing live.

@dagmarl4447

7 жыл бұрын

davehshs, now she sings in heaven. Like a preview? Listen to her sing Mozarts "Laudate Dominum".

@mckavitt13

6 жыл бұрын

davehshs She does so here. Enjoy it.

@paullewis2413

4 жыл бұрын

I did in a performance of Der Freischutz at the ROH/London.

Very time I listen to Lucia sing this aria I get tears in my eyes. Brilliant.

@madelainelevy4520

3 жыл бұрын

Great simply heavenly

Amazing.

The most heavenly voice I have ever heard.

Lucia left us far too soon, but her music will live on forever! On seeing the moon, it shall remind me of her ethereal rendition of this song.

One can actually feel the full moonlight experience just listening to this aria.

I totally agree....The purity and clarity ......just beautiful.....

Lovely listening to this fine singer! Thank you. Thank you You Tube!

Wow... This is the best of the Rusalka I ever heard. Lucia Popp sounds so amazingly beautiful here.

Lucia Popp (born Lucia Poppová; 12 November 1939 - 16 November 1993) was a Slovak operatic soprano. She began her career as a soubrette soprano, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire and then the lighter Richard Strauss and Wagner operas. Her career included performances at Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, and La Scala. Popp was also a highly regarded recitalist and lieder singer.

@Delftai66

5 жыл бұрын

...and Fritz Wunderlich encouraged her to go on and not to travel home to Preßburg when she was having problems with the aria of "Königin der Nacht". What treasures are they both!

@Adam-rh9my

4 жыл бұрын

she began as a mezzo-soprano

@ikseldecorativearts8139

4 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest sopranos ever, comparable to none in her register.

@loveispatient0808

3 жыл бұрын

@@ikseldecorativearts8139 I remembered her fondly seeing/hearing live in concert for the first time in the 70s when she sang Strauss “ Four Last Songs “ with Chicago Symphony Orchestra directed by Georg Solti when I was a student in Chicago. Never forget that experience!!!

@adityapurohit8232

Жыл бұрын

Yes Mr. Ching. She is one of the greatest sopranos who made her outstanding career on operatic front. Her interpretation of Mozart, Mahler are breathtaking and absolutely divine. With crystal clear voice, with complete thought process behind every rendition, she is equally at par in non-germanic compositions.

Lucia Popp with the most beautiful golden jewel like voice singing this magnificent aria to perfection

Simply one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard

Lucia Popp, the gold standard of the 20th Century soprano. Whenever I sing I try to channel her. Thanks for posting.

@captebbtide

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, Popp is the highly set bar, the acme that sopranos try to attain with varying degrees of success. I hope you keep on singing as long as you can, the best that you can. That's the best way to honor Popp's memory!

@neindanke3916

2 ай бұрын

NEIN! RITA STREICH 100%

Lucia is an angel that always will sing

♥♥♥Fantastique!!!: interprétation très expressive, voix splendide, technique brillante: cette très grande chanteuse ne peux que figurer au Panthéon de la Musique!

Stunning, absolutely stunning!

Lucia poppova you were one of the greatest! It is like you give me goosebumps when i am listenning to you!i am old but still listen to opera! You are totally like margarethe teschemacher one of the BEST opera singers!

Makes me cry every time I hear her sing this! So beautiful!

@ronaldo190172

6 ай бұрын

Ditto X

@Konttis

4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

Voice of Angels for God. A blessing to humanity. Thank you Lucia. God bless you in heaven.

That lady has got it all! With her diction so perfect to boot. thank you

SUPER!! Thank you Lucia Popp and Orchestra..

Каждый раз после плохих записей, хочется переслушать Lucia, прекрасное сопрано

How, how, how can it be so beautiful ??? It is simply wonderful !!

Amazingly touching - years after her passing - immortal somehow

Dear God... she sings this so unbelievably well... this woman was singing so phenomenally well that the flaws of her sound surface really do not matter.... singing of the highest level

What a lovely soprano. impossible not appreciate and love her voice.

A transcendently beautiful voice and spirit. Ms. Popp's interpretation of this aria is luminous. Many thanks for posting.

Beautiful controlled singing. Thank you

The beauty of her soprano is beyond description, and unrivaled, andoff the charts Indescribable beauty Indescribable comfort Indescribable feeling and something indescribable

This must be the most perfect performance of this aria ever recorded. Popp is supreme in her expressive singing here.

My favourite soprano. Such a wonderfully rich sound; beautifully expressive and controlled.

We all miss you so much Dear Lucia; this beautiful aria”song to the moon “ was written only for your heavenly voice

Tack för att jag fick uppleva det!

An wonderful genius ! BRAVA !

Lucía Popp is ever the best! Also she knows the pronunciation for Dvorak.

My favourite Interpretation , simply wonderful.

top soprano!!! excellent!!

Magnificent. The great Lucia Popp is immortal.

@riverofrth1937

8 жыл бұрын

really?? are you the song writer?

@enishke

8 жыл бұрын

No, she wrote The vampire chronicles

@hans-juergenkirstein3962

7 жыл бұрын

Brava, Brava!!

@harrycantaert3366

7 жыл бұрын

agree...RIP but alive

@michelemelchioni533

6 жыл бұрын

Yes😍😍😍thank you Lucia 😍

Most beautiful

It is very touching. Pure beauty.

Great, sweet and amazing warmhearted artist of this century... we miss You, sweet Angel and your immaculate performances full of your own personal charm and poetry... many great world's sopranos failed with this great romantic aria...rest in peace, Angel...You are gone too soon..

Exquisite. This great singer has left a beautiful legacy for generations to enjoy.

My absolute favourite version of this stunningly beautiful piece.

Beautiful

@jackgandolfo1328

7 жыл бұрын

As is your photo. :-)

I love this beautiful song so much. It made me so sad to hear about Lucia's death. Someone who can sing this beautifully should be able to live forever. Rest in peace. 😞💖

@paulstanton8332

4 жыл бұрын

She will through her adoring fans

She sang this so well, so beautifully, it makes me cry to hear such a beautiful song sung so beautifully. Tears of joy and happiness.

She brings me to tears

Lucia Popp had something angelic!

Superb, Sublime!!!

I'm definitely s Price fan, but this beautiful interpretation is loaded with heart and poetic enchantment. Bravo.

She gives me shivers! This is the best rendition I have heard up to now. Wonderful Lucia Popp!

@katherinewilson1853

5 жыл бұрын

everytime

@michellehull

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, this makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

@harrietchristinachu8850

2 жыл бұрын

Me too!

My tears flow with joy as soon as I hear her.

Bravo. Such passion and expression in her beautiful voice. A true artist.

this is absolute perfection. best rusalka i ve ever heard. and i guess i ll never hear a better one.

I love her. She's my favourite singer

@shin-i-chikozima

6 жыл бұрын

Agi AKTF You are ravishing！

@captebbtide

5 жыл бұрын

Agi, if any of your friends or acquaintences ask why you love classical music, just play recordings of Lucia Popp singing. Then they will understand! 😂

Thank you for this video. I listen to it over the years and it just gets better.

There aren't singer will can sing this music like Lucia sings! Lucia sings with a strong and feeling who come from inside! Thank God to allows I listen this great singer !

sung by many rarely so beautifully as this the controlled power and strength of this amazing and pure voice fearless in the attack such perfection and control she is a godess

this is my all time favorite bar none

a melhor interpretação que ouví até este momento! thanks for posting it.

готов слушать эту арию в этом исполнении бесконечно.Пронзительно и чувственно до мурашек.Никто лучше не смог спеть!Царствие небесное,Lucia!

I believed for many years that Rita Streich sang the best version but after hearing Lucia Popp, I am completely touched by the expressive power of this great artist. A voice of great quality and musicality. Wonderful, just wonderful !

@neindanke3916

2 ай бұрын

Rita Streich sang everything just about perfectly; you are comparing apples with oranges at this point, both Ladies being like angels come to Earth to bless us!

La perfección existe. Que maravilla!

@carmemasocruset2703

3 жыл бұрын

Las tres que he escuchado son estupendas una maravilla

I close my eyes ....I feel the pain....the sorrow. Beautiful. Perfect.

A full voice top to bottom in all registers. Seamlessly transition across all registers. Beautiful and flowing and silky. Every note and phrase is caressed and finessed without losing diction. Even her hard consonants are liquid, which is a rare achievement. I come back to Lucia Popp regularly. She is a masterpiece in action. Thank God we have these recordings. I know her family is so blessed to have these as well to show all her generations. Thank you to them for sharing her with the world.