"Vissi d'arte" (translation: I have lived for art) is one of opera's most iconic arias for soprano.
Forced to submit to someone she loathes in order to save her lover from execution, Tosca questions why, when she has devoted her life to art and love, God has repaid her with suffering.
Here are 10 different interpretations by 10 different sopranos, including Adrianne Pieczonka who will sing the role with us:
Adrianne Pieczonka
Listen via her website:
Montserrat Caballe
Maria Callas
Regine Crespin
Renee Fleming
Angela Gheorghiu
Catherine Malfitano
Karita Mattila
Sondra Radvanovsky
Renata Tebaldi
Carol Vaness
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Sara Fulgoni in the COC production of Bluebeard's Castle. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2001