She is the only soprano who is able to do the upward ascending trills of “Coppia iniqua,” and also to inhabit the fiery nature of the real-life Anne Boleyn. 1957 was considered her last “good” year.
A favorite Donizetti performance from Ivy Lin
Kind of self-explanatory, but Maria Callas's mad scene in Anna Bolena has truly ruined this music for me.
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