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Callas on Rigoletto\ Callas on Rigoletto's aria- A Masterclass
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 497 seconds

Work and art. When Maria Callas shows more expression on a baritone aria than any other singer.
(From her famous masterclasses at Julliard from 1971 to 1972)

Related: callas, cortiggianni, masterclasses, rigoletto, verdi

Deborah Voigt sings Isolde\ Deborah Voigt sings Isolde's death in concert - 2000
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Video duration: 480 seconds

Deborah Voigt sings Isolde's death at Ravinia Festival, 2000.

Related: isolde, liebestod, tristan, voigt, wagner

Callas teaches bass-baritone Willard White on Fiesco\ Callas teaches bass-baritone Willard White on Fiesco's aria
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 634 seconds

Another lesson at the Juilliard School, on Fiesco'aria in Simon Boccanegra. Callas inspires young Willard White (before he began his a great carreer) with some more authority, exact diction, urgency in the vibrato and phrasing, and talks about the relative pianissimo on an operatic stage.

Related: boccanegra, callas, maria, masterclass, simon, verdi, white, willard

Shirley Verrett sings Isolde\ Shirley Verrett sings Isolde's Liebestod in 1977 (entire)
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 572 seconds

A rare Death of Isolde by Shirley Verrett and Zubin Mehta at the Avery Fisher Hall, after a sweet rendition of the Motet Exultate jubilate by Mozart.

Related: lang, liebestod, mehta, meier, norman, shirley, tristan+und+isolde, urmana, varnay, verrett, wagner

Casta Diva by Marian Anderson Casta Diva by Marian Anderson
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 277 seconds

Most of the time, people associates (for whom who know her in Europe at the present time), the voice of Marian Anderson with the Contralto parts. Here is a radio broadcast where she performs the Casta Diva from Norma. Even lowered a tone, it gives clearly a new idea of her great range, and eclectic possibilities.

Related: anderson, bellini, casta, contralto, diva, ferrier, marian, mezzo, norma

Verrett- Pavarotti- Ballo in maschera-1977 Verrett- Pavarotti- Ballo in maschera-1977
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 593 seconds

Audio: Verrett in un Ballo in Maschera as Amelia facing Obrastzova and Pavarotti. Abbado conducter.

Related: abbado, ballo, in, maschera, obrastzova, pavarotti, verdi, verrett

Edda Moser sings Brünnhilde Edda Moser sings Brünnhilde
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 635 seconds

The immolation scene in Götterdämmerung, by soprano Edda Moser.

Related: brunnhilde, edda, götterdämmerung, immolation, moser, soprano, wagner

Alexandrina Pendatchanska, a rare voice Alexandrina Pendatchanska, a rare voice
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 637 seconds

The tempestuous dark coloratura soprano of Alexandrina Pendatchanska, in the Vows scene of Semiramide, then in a short highlight of the duet with Assur, and in the weeping queen Elisabeth II in Roberto Devereux. With her thrilling low register, great intensity, and dazzling virtuosity, she is one of the rarest belcanto and baroque voice appeared in the last years.

Related: alexandrina, bartoli, caballé, devereux, devia, donizetti, gruberova, pendatchanska, roberto, rossini, semiramide, sutherland

Edda Moser- Martern aller Arten Edda Moser- Martern aller Arten
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 415 seconds

One of the best Konstanze ever recorded.

Related: constanze, edda+moser, entführung, mozart

Winterreise- Christa Ludwig Winterreise- Christa Ludwig
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 620 seconds

2 songs from Winterreise by Schubert, sung by Christa Ludwig at the very end of her career, and James Levine at the piano.
"Gute Nacht" & "Rast".

Related: gute, levine, lieder, ludwig, nacht, rast, schubert, songs, travel, winter, winterreise

Lorraine Hunt - A tribute to a Genuine artist Lorraine Hunt - A tribute to a Genuine artist
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 598 seconds

Urlicht-Mahler
Bach Cantatas highlights
Ariodante Cieca notte (da capo)

Related: ariodante, bach, cantata, classical, contralto, handel, hunt, lieberson, lorraine, mahler, mezzo, music, opera, oratorio, voice

Popoli di Tessaglia 2 - Edda Moser Popoli di Tessaglia 2 - Edda Moser
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 451 seconds

The second part of the virtuoso Mozart concert aria, the long and mostly himalayan arioso. Great interpretation by Moser!

Related: edda+moser, mozart, popoli+di+tessaglia

Samuel Ramey in Bach Samuel Ramey in Bach
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 571 seconds

A young Ramey (1977-1981) in all his purity of style, sense of theater, humility, and flexibility of the instrument.
2 recitatives from the cantatas BWV 140 & 80, + the high aria of the bass in the Mass in B minor, BWV 232.

Related: bach, ramey

Verrett  superlative Adalgisa - Met76 Verrett superlative Adalgisa - Met76
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 405 seconds

Norma at the Met, a fire and an amazing high C pianissimo and even a high C sharp interpolated in the duet with Pollione (John Alexander), by Verrett as Adalgisa.

Related: adalgisa, alexander, bellini, john, norma, verrett

Shirley Verrett sings the soprano of the exultate jubilate Shirley Verrett sings the soprano of the exultate jubilate
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 627 seconds

Excerpts along the whole Mozart motet, in 1977.

Related: exultate, jubilate, mehta, motet, mozart, verrett

Urmana sings Isolde\ Urmana sings Isolde's death - 2003
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 485 seconds

Violetta Urmana sings Isolde's death in a piano recital in Schwetzingen, 2003. A pity not to be able to put here the whole piece, the pianist is very good too.

Related: isolde, liebestod, tristan, urmana, wagner

Edda Moser sings Salomé - 1986 Edda Moser sings Salomé - 1986
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 654 seconds

Salomé, Paris 1986, final scene, bad distorted sound (and the end abridged.)But a fulgurant performance.

Related: damrau, edda, jones, moser, nilsson, rysanek, salomé, strauss

Shirley Verrett sings Sapho, O ma lyre immortelle by Gounod Shirley Verrett sings Sapho, O ma lyre immortelle by Gounod
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 272 seconds

A tribute clip in photos of Shirley Verrett in some of her roles, that encompasses 40 years of her operatic career.

Related: and, gounod, mezzo, sapho, shirley, soprano, verrett

Carol Vaness - Non piů di fiori - Vitellia Carol Vaness - Non piů di fiori - Vitellia
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 576 seconds

The wonderful wide ranged rondo from la clemenza di Tito by Mozart.

Related: clemenza, mozart, vaness, vitellia

Mady Mesplé - Hahn - Poulenc Mady Mesplé - Hahn - Poulenc
Posted by: foropera

Video duration: 543 seconds

3 beautiful french mélodies sung by Mady Mesplé, later in her carreer:
-"A Chloris".
-"Si la nuit n'est pas étoilée".
-"C'est ainsi que tu es".

Related: art-song, francis, french, hahn, mady, mesplé, poulenc, reynaldo