What an extraordinary recording. Clarity, expressive of the emotional moment, she is one of the great mezzosopranos and a lovely actress as well.

she looks like an angel.

Best Cenerentola ever? Amen! Also the loveliest!

This is the best. I've listened to a few and others sound like they are so proud of themselves for singing all the technical stuff they forget to act. She mixes artistry and technicality perfectly. And her upper and lower register are natural and smooth.

Her registers are so perfectly blended so her legato is smooth and her coloratura like butter! The character abandons potential resentment for a purity of loving intention-it’s a spiritual ascension. Utterly unique in opera! Kudos to Rossini, and to his peerless interpreter!

io c'ero...Lei veramente indimenticabile , peraltro voce poliedrica e molto bella, e avevo ascoltato sia la Horne...che la Berganza...ma anche la Terrani....che ricchezza di personalità e intenti...momento irripetibile...fu girato come un film ...momento topico .Che meraviglia e che ricordi .....

Frederica looks and sounds beautiful! What a lovely surprise to stumble upon!

I agree with Julia, the best performance ever. Von Stade is an angel, both in looks and voice. What a genius Rossini was, and how lightly he wore it.

Frederica von Stade has the most beautiful voice of mezzo I´ve ever heard. God bless her!

I do think that von Stade is one of the best Angelina's on record. She has all the elements that you would have wanted for the role: looks, charm, a natural and beautiful tone. One may criticize her coloratura technique but she is more than capable of singing the ornaments :)! In short, she is wonderful ^)!

Великолепное исполнение! Браво!!! Каждая нота в колоратурное спета филигранно! Как-будто проиграна пальцами по клавишам! Это высший пилотаж! Браво, браво, браво!!!

Absolutely beautiful, voice, stage, mis-en-scene...!!!! LOVE IT...!!!!!

Bella, bella, bellísima... como siempre. Espléndida, adorable, encantadora, dulcísima... como siempre. Verla y escucharla: puro placer. ¡Gracias, Frederica, por tantas horas de felicidad!

The ultimate and unsurpassed performance directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Even more than 30 years later fascinating and fresh. The beautiful, radiant and charming Frederica von Stade as Cenerentola on the peak of her career. Her smooth mezzo sounds wonderful. Francisco Araiza is equally excellent; he is one of the best Rossini-tenors ever. Simply great and perfect singing, acting and music. Pure Perfection.

I remember watching this for the first time and tearing up; bringing forward genuine emotion in a Rossinian opera is a great feat for contemporary productions which both Frederica and Ponnelle deserve the utmost respect for achieving with this version.

What! Perfection again! Well, what else could expect? It's Frederica. Kudos as always. Thanx.

"The Triumph of Goodness" was part of the title, and no-one better exemplified that than von Stade- goodness radiates out of every tone.

Totally agree with everyone who said this is the best Cenerentola ever! It has everything - gorgeous singers (both in looks and vocals), beatiful production, wonderful Rossini's music and the best conductor for it. A treasure for generations.

Achingly beautiful. Brings tears to my eyes.

A brilliant performance by a brilliant woman. She is my favorite Cenerentola!!

Not only great technique, but one of the nicest people you could to meet. I saw a recital of hers at Pick-Staiger Hall in Eveanston, Il back in the early 80s and got to meet her afterwarrd. Charming, and gorgeous.

Flicka, so beautiful then and now... Thanks, beloved Flicka, for so many hours of happiness!

I’ve always Loved her voice and precise musicality She is also a real person without the histrionics of some prima donnas

To date, Flicka is the only Cenerentola that can make me cry. Love her.

Joyful and beautiful. What a gem.

Goodness that lady had class, not to mention a beautiful voice and formidable technique.

Indeed, she is excellent in this role. Sweet, gentle, demure.

I always loved Frederica Von Stade's voice in all the many years I have been an avid opera lover. I also enjoyed the many roles that she sang especially Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro and La Ceneretrola. She has a special warmth to the role that she sung over the many years.

god I love fredericas voice sounds effortless and has a lovely timbre and she looks lovely when she sings not all contorted and strange facial expressions like bartoli and erraught so elegant and sweet no one compares

Lovely! She has a vulnerability and sweetness in her voice that is captivating. Bartoli is wonderful in a different way. Less fragile and more ebullient. I like her tough spirit.

The 80's was such nice period of time for these opera films. I can still remember play the LD with the cassette of subtitles :)

Fantastic production - I haven't watched any Opera production more often than this one - it's simply sublime in every way.

I LOVE mezzo-sopranos the best, and Rossini's La Cenerentola is my most favorite opera. I was lucky enough to meet Frederica von Stade in person after a recital she gave in Hampton, VA in May, 2003. She was so gracious and friendly. I had just seen her do The Merry Widow at the Met with Placido Domingo a few months before. (I gave her a framed snap shot of the Merry Widow curtain call I'd taken.) I'll always remember meeting her.

Just wonderful, what a voice!!

J'adore, je regarde souvent "La Cenerentola" dans cette interprétation, grâce à You Tube. Magnifique!!!! La "diva" de nos jours qui chante ce rôle, malgré mon admiration pour elle, ne me plaît pas autant!

Impeccable, un enchantement de la fable surquel les petites filles ont-elles faite des rêves.

Federica con stade es maravillosa y lo mejor que he conocido un abrazo y la producción más hermosa

Wonderful Flicka in a lovely dress for a change. Subtitles always appreciated.

Had the joy of hearing her in concert (along with this aria) in San Diego of all places in 1989

what a lovely and poetic way of performing this piece...she does it with an admirable lightness, such a deep sensibility...

I LOVE this aria/ending. It is so beautiful. I think Frederica does a great job and really embodies Cenerentola. I think Francisco Araiza is a brilliant prince also :). I literally have watched this version of the aria 20+ times.

there's no word good enough to describe this.... Speechless...

This is one of the very best performance of Flicka available on video....outstanding!!

¡¡¡La Adorable Flica; Exquisita Cantante y Actriz. Siempre Maravillosa!!! Aqui en una de sus exelentes interpretaciones. Siempre es un placer volverla apreciar y escuchar lo gran cantante, que es, y lo artista, finisima que es. Gran Deleite.

That's why I prefer dramatic Sopranos or Mezzo-sopranos because of the richness of the voice they have that most Sopranos don't have 😍😍😍

Her face and voice is so pretty...

How lovely she was, then and now!

WOW! 🤩 È bellissima e ha una voce di un angelo!! È perfetta! 💖

Incredible. Not only is this wonderful, but she is wonderfully versatile -- Strauss to spirituals. Thanks for sharing.

just one word: great!!

perfect performance !!! perfect actors !!! perfect acting !!! perfect costumes !!! perfect !!!!

from the Ponnelle production which is probably the greatest production of this opera. Wonderful singing and acting from von Stade

She is so beautiful.

This gave me goosebumps. Wonderful and effortless.

What a beautiful range!

Gorgeously sung, beautifully acted, and sumptuous to see. Going to look for the full production next. Reminded me of the Washington Opera production I did years ago as a part of the mens chorus.

My favorite soprano of all time.

You couldn't express it better...she is unbelievable, so endearing. What an exceptionnal person!! :D

Lovely, just lovely - great great production, great Federica

una meraviglia!

wonderful! what a lovely voice it was at that time.

absolutely stunning. Theres no comparison to her in my book!

A masterful interpretation. Thank you maestra Von Stade

Ahhh, A Mezzo. Wonderful. Wonderful.

kudos to Ponnelle and the producers for making those great productions possible. This Cenerentola, Ponnelle/Abbados Barbiere version with Berganza, Alva and Prey and the Ponnelle/Böhm Nozze with Prey, Fischer-Dieskau, Te Kanawa and Ewing are the Gold Standard for the respective operas.

Frederica is my favorite soprano along with first prima Lucia Popp.

That chest voice! 🤩🥰🏆🙌🏼🎶

Love this film of Cenerentola - and love von Stade. She is absolutely stupenda. Only one who's better here? Lucia Valentini-Terrani (God rest her beautiful soul!). Too bad there's only a really crappy video of Lucia doing this at youtube.

Wonderfull , She's great!!

Love her voice. Her Song to the Moon is gorgeous. She is one of the all-time greats.

Perfecta. Adorable.

*HAPPY BIRTHDAY Frederica von Stade!!*

Flicka is a lyric mezzo and will be officially retiring this year. I was so lucky to have been present at her-accidental- Met debut and to have heard her in recital last year. She is a gracious and lovely off stage as on.

What fun! Ah, Ms. von Stade had a gorgeous voice, fabulous technique, and great stage presence. Brava Flicka!

I remember watching this production on tv. Thank you for posting this!

невозможно хороша!)) да еще и поет как ангел) настоящая принцесса)) И музыка , настоящая радость для души и ушей ) голос потрясающий , тембр ласкает слух

Absolutely beautiful thankyou! Always elegant and stylish!

I enjoyed von Stade very much as Cenerentola: charming and good looking!

Yeah! Exactly! The best Cenerentola ever!!!

Von Stade is so beautiful in this film it aches.

Me encanta la voz de Von Stade

She sings great and that´s a Coloratura Mezzo indeed doing great a Coloratura Contralto role!

¡Magnifico!

Fantastic tone, gorgeous and resonant lower notes.

At 4.02 the magic starts. I have a DVD with Callas singing this in concert & she makes it look so easy 1960 Paris. Our MAYA 💙😢 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

Thank you for your background of Flicka. IIt completes the legacy her father left the world. A Perfect gift..

Simple amazing!

Breathtaking!

Sent some of my poems to her through her manager.. Never heard back from her but, I can imagine her incoming mail must be huge.

Certifié intergalactique! Frederica von Stade est le meilleur Cenerentola jamais!

Era... y es, amigo de Honduras, aunque ahora tenga 63 años y arrugas en el cuerpo. La belleza de Frederica ha estado siempre no sólo en su figura, en su rostro y en su sonrisa, que como Ud. dice, eran maravillosos, sino en su voz y, sobre todo y muy por encima, en su persona, y esta belleza sigue estando intacta.

Chills and bliss!!!

Just beautiful - in every way! Thank you - beautiful :)

I had no idea that she was so GORGEOUS!!! :)

I am extremely in love with her voice, what a beautiful timbre and such a fantastic technique!!

I never have seen such a decent beauty in my life, may be nor in human history ever so far. A perfection itself. Venus freezes with silence.

How beautiful she was!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful voice!😍

Watching this video after Met's stream of this opera (last night with lovely Garanca). How different - What an amazing instrument and masterful use of it! Thank you!

Thanks for posting