Lucia Popp [SEP] voice type
Lucia Popp
Lucia Popp (born Luzia Poppová; 12 November 193916 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.
Life and career.
Lucia Popp was born in Záhorská Ves in the
admirable in its firmness and body throughout the range ... Thomas Allen ... sings the Count with plenty of amorous honey in the voice ... I personally have never heard, in the opera house, a Countess to match [Kiri te Kanawa]. Lucia Popp [is] a delicious Susanna. Von Stade's Cherubino completes the delectable trio. The orchestral playing is alert and sensitive, the chorus fresh-voiced and precise, the recorded sound excellent."
Audio expert Geoffrey Horn reviewed the CD issue of the recording in "