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You voted, cher public, and La Cieca delivers on her campaign promises. Herewith the three most-requested mystery Ulricas. Use these sound clips wisely in formulating your entries in the Which Witch competition.

Ulrica #3

Ulrica #8

Ulrica #11

7 comments

  • Marschallin says:

    Number 3 Ebe Stignani
    Number 8 Fiorenza Cossotto
    Number 11 Patricia Payne

  • Thackeray Gnomey says:

    Patricia Payne! Don’t mention that to Krunoslav and the Vicar.

  • Earnest says:

    1 Stignani,
    2 Don’t know, or care. Who should? Twas forgettable,
    3 Stephanie Blyth

  • kashania says:

    I’m not terribly famililar with Stignani (only have a late-career Adalgisa from her) but I ruled her out for the first clip. At first I thought it sounded like her, but then I thought that her phrasing wasn’t refined enough.

    Number two does sound an awful lot like Cossotto (especially the vowels) but I’m not 100% convinced, espcially the high note.

    Number three does not sound beautiful enough to be Blythe.

    What I find that all three clips have in common is the personality in the singing. Neither clip is really polished, IMO, but each singer sings with real intent.

  • actfive says:

    I think #2 is Cossotto. #1 sounds remarkably like late Milanov (though I’m sure this can’t be–but the register breaks are similar).

  • Lindoro says:

    You know? Even though I said one of these singers was Mignon Dunn, I am having 2nd thoughts.

    I think Stignani is in one of these clips, just not sure which one.

    No. 11 for a moment gave me almost a Podles feeling, but the register breaks are incredibly ugly and the singing uncharacteristically unrefined; after I compared the excerpt here with the one on YouTube, I ruled her out.

    I am not sure Stephanie Blythe is in here either.

  • jatm2063 says:

    No. 11 sounds bizarrely like a countertenor to me.