FILM: Antonina Nezhdanova - Menuet - 1938 [COMPLETE w/ CORRECT PITCH]

A tiny fragment of this short appears elsewhere on YouTube, but besides being cut off, it is incorrectly pitched. I’ve corrected that here, and the difference is obvious: Nezhdanova’s voice still sounds youthful, but it’s more solid and far less shrill, which her voice never was. She is around 65 here. I have recordings even at age 68, she sounds exactly the same—warm, fresh, and clear as a bell. Together with her husband Nikolai Golavanov, she performs Eva Dell’Acqua’s Menuet: Ma soeur, voici l’heure opportune. #Sopranos #Coloratura #Opera