Sigrid Onegin - La favorita: O mio Fernando - 1929

Another example of literal perfect vocalism from one of history’s very last perfectly cultivated voices. Some have remarked on the cold “prettiness“ of some of her recordings, but a couple hints lead me to believe that this is merely a feature of her habits in the recording studio that she picked up during the acoustic era and held onto when recording went electrical. The recording engineers of the acoustic era determined, after much experimentation, that the best recordings were produced when the singer