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Eugenia Burzio sings La Fanciulla del West (1910)

This is a killer aria—countless sopranos, including some of the very greatest, have come to grief in the section beginning with "S'amavan tanto." Burzio doesn't, producing a spectacular high note that just seems to leap effortlessly out of her throat. It certainly helps that the entire passage is transposed down a semitone, but I doubt that this would have made much of a difference to some of the wonderful ladies who mistake this enthusiastic outpouring of romantic love for Brünnhilde's battle cry.

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Eugenia Burzio sings La Gioconda (1913)

A noted verismo singer, Burzio was a Callas precursor—although she sang Minnie in the Italian premiere of La Fanciulla del West, and was especially associated with the music of Mascagni, Leoncavallo, and Giordano, her repertoire included Norma as well as Gluck's Armide. Her voice is lighter than Destinn's, and some of her verismo-inspired mannerisms sound somewhat exaggerated (they already did at the time, particularly to British and American ears), but her no-hostages-taken approach combined with her attention to the vocal line produce impressive results.

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Eugenia Burzio sings Mefistofele (1910)

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Eugenia Burzio sings La Favorita (1913)

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Giuseppe de Luca and Eugenia Burzio sing La Gioconda (1907)

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Eugenia Burzio (1914) and Arturo Toscanini (1954) sing "Morrò, ma prima in grazia" from Un Ballo in Maschera 

The Toscanini recording is from a rehearsal. Burzio sings with great intensity, although her phrasing is somewhat eccentric. Of the two, his is by far the more touching performance. 

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Eugenia Burzio sings Norma (1912)