Please write on your own blog any observations you might have. Your observations can be that you like one over the other but please say why that might be.
Renata Scotto diction seems to have the brighter a vowels of the two. Her high notes in the second minute sound a little squeaky for my tastes, however. Sometimes, especially when she's going to take a big breath, she will hunch up her shoulders really high as well.
MIrella Freni's a vowels are a the darker of the two, I think. Her high notes also seem freer, and perhaps a little less strained. Freni's mouth certainly comes open more vertically, that is a very noticeable difference.
I definitely like Mirella Freni better, though Scotto is singing with Pavarotti (a huge pull for me) I just enjoy Freni's sound better. To be honest, it is difficult to tell the difference in vowels, but it is clear that Scotto's higher notes sound more pinched.
