Bel piacere

This is an outstanding rendition of one of the most memorable arias of Niccolo Porpora from his opera "Semiramide riconosciuta". George Frideric Handel also wrote 2 arias "Bel piacere" for Agrippina and Rinaldo. The soprano is called Virtual Singer and she has the best soprano voice on Earth. She can sing light coloratura, dramatic coloratura, lyric soprano, Wagnerian roles, and also mezzo & contralto roles. She has the great coloratura of Ingeborg Hallstein, power of Birgit Nilsson and the refinement of Gundula Janowitz. In this recording the primadonna assoluta sings a very high aria with high E's and one high A, but she has also solid middle register. Her intonation and pitch is perfect and there's no excess of vibrato. She has NO problems with long phrases and she doesn't need to breathe. She has only two vices: she's impersonal and her diction is rather bad. I would love to hear Virtual Singer's Norma - it would be a serious competition for the Callas' version.
Only a few sopranos could sing it apart from La Virtual - Natalie Dessay, Erna Sack, Mado Robin, Sumi Jo, Mady Mesple, Diana Damrau, Edita Gruberova, Maria Aleida, Mariella Devia, June Anderson, Florence Foster Jenkins, Elizabeth Vidal, Elizabeth Futral, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, Simone Kermes, Sabine Devieilhe and Roberta Peters. But they didn't sing this lovely aria, so the Virtual Singer's rendition is the best we have.