Words fail , I have never heard this aria like this before ! It’s truly a work of art ……magnificent and vulnerable at the same time ! The greatest singing actress today …….period !
The rest of the entire aria has not yet been published because it is part of the next track, not included in the preview of the CD. I was at live performance in March 2022: it was a great triumph like never before, with the hall completely full for the first time, after the pandemic restrictions. I had never seen singers carried away by such a powerful emotional involvement, with Orchestra and Chorus of Santa Cecilia in a state of grace, led by a sumptuous Antonio Pappano. It is also the first recording ever, performing the original finale by Franco Alfano without any cut.
We live in a musical era where opera does not matter enough to give Rad. her full due. For over twenty years she has done what Callas could only manage for about eight - sing lyric, dramatic, verismo parts and then bel canto with equal ease. The voice is perfectly preserved, including the ‘acuti’, and her volume is massive. She missed her era, or she would be ‘prima donna assoluta’ and on the cover of Time Magazine.
Interesting comment (from you!). Her voice records really poorly. That's part of the problem. The basic character of her voice and technical peculiarities are also polarizing (not unlike Callas's). But interpretively Radvanovsky not on the same level. And ultimately Callas's stage and vocal charisma did a lot of heavy lifting.
I’m sorry, did you just say that she’s done what Callas has done for 20 years? That’s odd. I would say she has never achieved anything like what Callas gifted us, ever.
Admirable. Quelle présence, de la part de la chanteuse, quelle façon d'entrer à ce point, et tout de suite, dans le drame ! Quelle voix ample, aussi ! Admirable chef d'orchestre, aussi, qui obtient de superbes plans sonores.
Una excelente rendición, estoy harta de los que dicen que no es para el rol, es perfecta miren la partitura, ella hace todo lo que puccini pide dinamicamente. Y técnica cuidada. Excelente
I've listened to Sondra for the past 10 years and always thought that Turandot would be her best career role. I'm so glad she waited to be in her 50s to sing it. She is the IDEAL Turandot with her incredible power and range yet with a truly Italian style. Wonderful!
I love the glimpse of the performance. Hope the CD comes out well. Opera fans should be glad they are recording opera CDs again. However, there are a number of truly great recordings of this opera. Radvanovsky might be the best reason apart from Pappano to listen to this.
I've never been a big fan, but somehow, she sounds right for this role at this point. Admittedly she's not a dramatic Soprano, but it's still a credible performance.
She is singing better now than she had 7 to 10 years ago when she ran into some problems. Voice is richer, more nuanced, the pianissimi control is outta this world, and considering this is the highest and most forte role she's ever done (save but Wagner which she won't do), I'm pretty sure she has the top. The next 5 years hopefully will be her last as she'll save the best for last and not decline in front of the public.
I suppose there’s still bad blood between Mr Gelb and Miss SR. Her Turandot is now due at the Met. Christine Goerke doesn’t have the notes for it, never mind the wobble. The Met is still paying for putting their bets on Netrebko over SR. Oh well…..
Bad blood? What happened? Please do tell. All I know is that Gelb normally treats Sondra as second fiddle, because he gives precedence to Netrebko...but I didn't think there was bad blood between the two.
@@tristanhnl They have a complicated history. He was planning to close the doors on her after her Trovatore in 2009. She didn't even hide in newspaper interviews that that run might be her "farewell" to the Met, and he said subsequently that she had "grown." But yes, Netrebko is his favourite. He even said during that pandemic at-home gala thing before her performance (which ended the event) that there was "no one like her." I really wondered how that made everyone else who sang in that gala feel.
Undoubtedly, this is the best Turandot I've ever heard. Joan Sutherland might come in second, but even then, it's hardly comparable. No other soprano...and I mean NO OTHER SOPRANO does what Sondra does with this role. Usually sopranos pound the heck out of this aria, blasting and blasting and blasting, that's it. Sondra gives you beautiful, smooth, lilting, floaty piano/pianissimo legato lines that is just silk on the ears. That is thanks to Sondra's foray into bel canto, which requires a formidable technique capable not only of blasting powerful vocal lines, but literally every other trick in the book as well (singing fast, slow, loud, soft, legato, staccato, coloratura, etc). So needless to say, I am super excited for this recording and can't wait for it to finally drop!
Agreed. But Sutherland never sang the role onstage. Sondra has sung excerpts in the theater, and she might have done the complete role, in Spain perhaps.
@@iloveopera1951 , you should change your username to "I hate God", or "I love being cynical". Those match your personality and attitude better. The lengths you will go to in order to disparage a fellow human being and insult others, and actively do so by wasting time reading comments on videos of artists you disdain, shows there is no love of God or any semblance of respect in you.
@@iloveopera1951 , and I'm sorry, Bumbry? Really? I love her tone, but her lack of breath control shows a faulty technique. Sondra doesn't have such limitations, and in fact her strengths are fully manifested in silky smooth legato lines and pianissimo/messa di voce.
Radvanovsky sounds just fine. I heard her 'Medea' from the Met broadcast, and admired her courage in taking on a role so identified with Callas. I thought she was superb, and it seems to me that this recording would confirm her stature as a great singing-actress. I'm looking forward to hearing the complete set - in spite of the fact that I really despise this opera! Great music, but the two leads are monsters...
Für mich: Vom ersten Moment an eine alte, abgesungene und unangenehme Stimme. Der einzige Glanzpunkt der neuen Gesamtaufnahme ist die Liù der Ermonela Jaho. Für den Rest gibt es ja glücklicherweise andere, ältere Aufnahmen. For me: from the first moment an old, sung and unpleasant voice. The only highlight of the new recording is Ermonela Jaho's Liù. For the rest, fortunately, there are other, older recordings.
Well, her belcanto is truly dreadful in my ears - and you don't even have to bring up Gruberova or Callas or Marton as a counter-example. So Ms. Radvanovsky does really a better job here as Turandot than as each single of the Donizetti Queens. Still, that's nothing compared to Ms. Nilsson as the best Turandot ever. I think Ms. Radvanovsky is currently a bit overrated, because her constant exaggerated trembling isn't very nice in my opinion. I bought this Warner Classics recording with Pappano specifically because it contains the complete Franco Alfano ending for the first time. I wouldn't have bought the expensive CD because of Radvanovsky, and I wouldn't have bought it twice because of Jonas Kaufmann.
Sembra aver recepito il fraseggio della Callas del 54 e 57. Bravissima, ben meglio della glorificata Sutherland. E a questo punto non si dirà che per avere una voce potente occorre avere un gran petto, mi sembra abbastanza snella. Forse la Callas perse la voce per la dermatomiosite e non per il dimagrimento.
@@DiomedesDioscuro mah. Che la Radvanovsky non sia perfetta ed abbia delle carenze e dei problemi mi pare ovvio. Ma mai quanto la Netrebko. Poi ognuno è libero di farsi prendere in giro come vuole...
Radvandovskys voice are more at ease in Turandot, than in different Verdi bel canto roles. The voice has a better focus. But, she is no Callas nor Caballe Nilsson. The vulnerability only exists lightly here.
Why would anyone sane want to record Turandot with such voice beats me… what a wobble rollercoaster in an unplesant voice. Sadly, this only highlights the state of today’s opera world! And people like it… because this is the “best” out there?
Where's the wobble? I hear nothing but *secure* intonation from beginning to end. Whether the voice is "pleasant", including timbre, is up to personal preferences, but there is no such wobble. And if anything, everything is on the breath, and the superb control of dynamics show an impeccable technique.
@@tristanhnl There are always 'trolls'. I worked in a classical music media store for ten years, and I heard many opinionated 'experts' fulminate about one artist or another. The passionate hatred - I'm not kidding - could be mind blowing. And the more popular or well-recorded a singer or conductor was, the more likely they'd be the subject of a withering blast. I never crossed swords with any of those jerks. It takes too much energy, and you can't change a person's opinion anyway. For my part, Radvanovsky sounds just fine, and I'm looking forward to hearing the complete recording - in spite of the fact that I really despise this opera! Great music, but the two leads are monsters...
@@sterlinglewis5700 Radvanovsky is not a well-recorded singer, this is one of her very few recordings (and she is in her mid 50) As for the rest of the insults, I won’t bother
Mr Pappano is for rme the greatest after Bernstein and you have thanks God everything such long sentences colours best technique and above ofi t A GREAT PERSONALITY AND INTREPRETER.! LOVE Dave!
Doesn’t even start to get to the difficult part, and it’s already unwieldy and difficult for her. Could we please just resurrect Birgit Nillson and be done with all these singers ruining dramatic repertoire. I assume they didn’t publish the entire aria because it was the expected train wreck in the last 3rd of the aria.
Actually there is a full video of this on UA-cam and @Eric Cheng is right. The difficult part is easier for her as she has a top heavy voice like the late Birgit Nilsson.
@@JameSongMaker the wild vibrato and variation of pitch on each and every note to start. For those of us with perfect pitch and attuned ears, it is torture.
Did you see that cellist trying to breathe.. what a disgrace to force masks on players, but look, the conductor and singer and wind instrumentalists don't need it. It makes me sick!
Words fail , I have never heard this aria like this before ! It’s truly a work of art ……magnificent and vulnerable at the same time ! The greatest singing actress today …….period !
Great performance, but why not the whole aria? They cut it just before the climax. Not very nice...
Wĥy is she usong the music?
My words fail too but for the opposite reason. Only Sutherland made more of a meal of this that Radvanovsky. Nilsson every time, please.
Because she can read music.@@meyerbeer13
@@BellaFirenze and she didn't study the aria? Thinks she's so wonderful she pues forth zero effort? I like her, but she's no turandot or norma.
Love her dramatic and strong voice. It feels so wise
I could easily watch more footage of this. I hope they filmed the whole recording session. Sondra is amazing as always!
Oh, I'm sure they must have!
Fabulous singing of one of the most demanding arias in opera! Bravissima!
Great performance!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!! Bravo!!!
👋👋👋💐💐💐
I love her voice because you can hear the pathos in every note.
Spectacular sound and interpretation! Can hardly wait for the entire opera recording!
The rest of the entire aria has not yet been published because it is part of the next track, not included in the preview of the CD. I was at live performance in March 2022: it was a great triumph like never before, with the hall completely full for the first time, after the pandemic restrictions. I had never seen singers carried away by such a powerful emotional involvement, with Orchestra and Chorus of Santa Cecilia in a state of grace, led by a sumptuous Antonio Pappano. It is also the first recording ever, performing the original finale by Franco Alfano without any cut.
You mean pLandemic after which there is a lot of died suddenly.
We live in a musical era where opera does not matter enough to give Rad. her full due. For over twenty years she has done what Callas could only manage for about eight - sing lyric, dramatic, verismo parts and then bel canto with equal ease. The voice is perfectly preserved, including the ‘acuti’, and her volume is massive. She missed her era, or she would be ‘prima donna assoluta’ and on the cover of Time Magazine.
Interesting comment (from you!). Her voice records really poorly. That's part of the problem. The basic character of her voice and technical peculiarities are also polarizing (not unlike Callas's). But interpretively Radvanovsky not on the same level. And ultimately Callas's stage and vocal charisma did a lot of heavy lifting.
Strange comparison.
I’m sorry, did you just say that she’s done what Callas has done for 20 years? That’s odd. I would say she has never achieved anything like what Callas gifted us, ever.
You can't compare Callas to this disaster. She sings the wrong things for her voice repeatedly which Callas didn't do
@@WelshHomo87 Callas is my favourite, but she ALWAYS sang wrong things for her voice. The list is almost as long as Leporello's catalogue.
Thank you Warner Classic. Happy morning with such a precious gift.
Grazie Warner Classcs per la Turandot
breathtakingly masterful. thank you, sondra!
Admirable.
Quelle présence, de la part de la chanteuse, quelle façon d'entrer à ce point, et tout de suite, dans le drame !
Quelle voix ample, aussi !
Admirable chef d'orchestre, aussi, qui obtient de superbes plans sonores.
Amazing vioce...
A great singer!
This is amazing, thank you Warner Classics - all these musicians need lots of KUDO
Una excelente rendición, estoy harta de los que dicen que no es para el rol, es perfecta miren la partitura, ella hace todo lo que puccini pide dinamicamente. Y técnica cuidada. Excelente
What a voice!! ❤❤
I've listened to Sondra for the past 10 years and always thought that Turandot would be her best career role. I'm so glad she waited to be in her 50s to sing it.
She is the IDEAL Turandot with her incredible power and range yet with a truly Italian style. Wonderful!
She finds the heart underneath the ice...
She can sing with that beautiful voice
Ayer la disfrutè en El Maestranza. Divina
Turandot must be the hight peak of her career so far. She sounds so so much like Callas.
Sublime!!
Come on, it's too obvious they're deleting comments. It's impossible all comments are possible about this catastrophic performance.
It seems you are indeed the only one triggered by this performance!
The only catastrophe is you😂
@ernestwakefield Hahahaha! So funny, so witty! 🤣🤣🤣
Sublime exécution !! car la partition est très difficile , c'est un régal à écouter ......
02:05 outstanding
Just great👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
BRAVA!!
Simply Stunning ! Thank you for uploading this. 🙏🏻🇦🇺
Bravo 😊❤️
I love the glimpse of the performance. Hope the CD comes out well. Opera fans should be glad they are recording opera CDs again. However, there are a number of truly great recordings of this opera. Radvanovsky might be the best reason apart from Pappano to listen to this.
Last time I heard of the complete Alfano ending was Josephine Barstow's CD. Looking forward to this new recording.
素晴らしい
I've never been a big fan, but somehow, she sounds right for this role at this point. Admittedly she's not a dramatic Soprano, but it's still a credible performance.
Sandra my favorite soprano!!!
Coming soon at LICEU BCN.
She is singing better now than she had 7 to 10 years ago when she ran into some problems. Voice is richer, more nuanced, the pianissimi control is outta this world, and considering this is the highest and most forte role she's ever done (save but Wagner which she won't do), I'm pretty sure she has the top. The next 5 years hopefully will be her last as she'll save the best for last and not decline in front of the public.
I saw her sing 5th maid in Elektra! Who knew what she'd go on to!
❤🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
I suppose there’s still bad blood between Mr Gelb and Miss SR.
Her Turandot is now due at the Met. Christine Goerke doesn’t have the notes for it, never mind the wobble. The Met is still paying for putting their bets on Netrebko over SR. Oh well…..
Bad blood? What happened? Please do tell.
All I know is that Gelb normally treats Sondra as second fiddle, because he gives precedence to Netrebko...but I didn't think there was bad blood between the two.
It’s not what you know that gets your foot in the door; it’s who you know. Follow the money and connections.
@@tristanhnl They have a complicated history. He was planning to close the doors on her after her Trovatore in 2009. She didn't even hide in newspaper interviews that that run might be her "farewell" to the Met, and he said subsequently that she had "grown." But yes, Netrebko is his favourite. He even said during that pandemic at-home gala thing before her performance (which ended the event) that there was "no one like her." I really wondered how that made everyone else who sang in that gala feel.
Undoubtedly, this is the best Turandot I've ever heard. Joan Sutherland might come in second, but even then, it's hardly comparable. No other soprano...and I mean NO OTHER SOPRANO does what Sondra does with this role. Usually sopranos pound the heck out of this aria, blasting and blasting and blasting, that's it. Sondra gives you beautiful, smooth, lilting, floaty piano/pianissimo legato lines that is just silk on the ears. That is thanks to Sondra's foray into bel canto, which requires a formidable technique capable not only of blasting powerful vocal lines, but literally every other trick in the book as well (singing fast, slow, loud, soft, legato, staccato, coloratura, etc).
So needless to say, I am super excited for this recording and can't wait for it to finally drop!
Agreed. But Sutherland never sang the role onstage. Sondra has sung excerpts in the theater, and she might have done the complete role, in Spain perhaps.
Bumbry, Jones, Dimitrova… Radvanovsky is a mere shadow of these great Turandots
@@iloveopera1951 , you should change your username to "I hate God", or "I love being cynical". Those match your personality and attitude better. The lengths you will go to in order to disparage a fellow human being and insult others, and actively do so by wasting time reading comments on videos of artists you disdain, shows there is no love of God or any semblance of respect in you.
@@iloveopera1951 , and I'm sorry, Bumbry? Really? I love her tone, but her lack of breath control shows a faulty technique. Sondra doesn't have such limitations, and in fact her strengths are fully manifested in silky smooth legato lines and pianissimo/messa di voce.
@@iloveopera1951i wouldnt be mad if you mentioned nillson, callas, caballe etc but dimitrova? Srsly?
where's the rest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Ridiculous" how she turns my vocal dreams for Turandot real. Well, I already adored the artist & singer.
WHERE'S THE REST OF THE ARIA?!
Radvanovsky sounds just fine. I heard her 'Medea' from the Met broadcast, and admired her courage in taking on a role so identified with Callas. I thought she was superb, and it seems to me that this recording would confirm her stature as a great singing-actress. I'm looking forward to hearing the complete set - in spite of the fact that I really despise this opera! Great music, but the two leads are monsters...
It really requires the greatest super opera nerd to be able to sing Turandot beautifully. It needs powerful duo + sublime dramatic soprano for liu's.
Well, at least she doesn't shriek.
Wer ist besser? Sie ist in allen Lagen, mit den raffiniertesten Finessen der Partitur vertraut, sie ist begnadet !
Shades of Nilsson
What a magnificent voice.
so Much better than her “Bel Canto” arias
Top...my favorite...
Für mich: Vom ersten Moment an eine alte, abgesungene und unangenehme Stimme. Der einzige Glanzpunkt der neuen Gesamtaufnahme ist die Liù der Ermonela Jaho. Für den Rest gibt es ja glücklicherweise andere, ältere Aufnahmen.
For me: from the first moment an old, sung and unpleasant voice. The only highlight of the new recording is Ermonela Jaho's Liù. For the rest, fortunately, there are other, older recordings.
in questa reggia, or son mille anni milli...
Oh Jesus Christ PLEASE post the rest. You’re giving the people operatic blue balls.
Well, her belcanto is truly dreadful in my ears - and you don't even have to bring up Gruberova or Callas or Marton as a counter-example. So Ms. Radvanovsky does really a better job here as Turandot than as each single of the Donizetti Queens. Still, that's nothing compared to Ms. Nilsson as the best Turandot ever. I think Ms. Radvanovsky is currently a bit overrated, because her constant exaggerated trembling isn't very nice in my opinion.
I bought this Warner Classics recording with Pappano specifically because it contains the complete Franco Alfano ending for the first time. I wouldn't have bought the expensive CD because of Radvanovsky, and I wouldn't have bought it twice because of Jonas Kaufmann.
My heart swoons.
bizarre editing - and from a music company? do they have any idea?
, "ear trumpet for the hard-of-hearing,"
Great, but… we wanna see the rest. 😅
Sembra aver recepito il fraseggio della Callas del 54 e 57. Bravissima, ben meglio della glorificata Sutherland.
E a questo punto non si dirà che per avere una voce potente occorre avere un gran petto, mi sembra abbastanza snella.
Forse la Callas perse la voce per la dermatomiosite e non per il dimagrimento.
NASAL ‼️‼️‼️
Chi non mette like è condannato ad ascoltare la Netrebko per tutta la vita!
Ma stai scherzando? Anche la Netrebko e migliore che questa qua! Dio santo, non ho mai sentito qualcosa di peggio!
@@DiomedesDioscuro mah. Che la Radvanovsky non sia perfetta ed abbia delle carenze e dei problemi mi pare ovvio. Ma mai quanto la Netrebko. Poi ognuno è libero di farsi prendere in giro come vuole...
Eargasm at 1:47 to 2:10
Disgusting, shameful.
Radvandovskys voice are more at ease in Turandot, than in different Verdi bel canto roles. The voice has a better focus.
But, she is no Callas nor Caballe Nilsson. The vulnerability only exists lightly here.
Why would anyone sane want to record Turandot with such voice beats me… what a wobble rollercoaster in an unplesant voice. Sadly, this only highlights the state of today’s opera world! And people like it… because this is the “best” out there?
Where's the wobble? I hear nothing but *secure* intonation from beginning to end. Whether the voice is "pleasant", including timbre, is up to personal preferences, but there is no such wobble. And if anything, everything is on the breath, and the superb control of dynamics show an impeccable technique.
@@tristanhnl There are always 'trolls'. I worked in a classical music media store for ten years, and I heard many opinionated 'experts' fulminate about one artist or another. The passionate hatred - I'm not kidding - could be mind blowing. And the more popular or well-recorded a singer or conductor was, the more likely they'd be the subject of a withering blast. I never crossed swords with any of those jerks. It takes too much energy, and you can't change a person's opinion anyway. For my part, Radvanovsky sounds just fine, and I'm looking forward to hearing the complete recording - in spite of the fact that I really despise this opera! Great music, but the two leads are monsters...
If you want to talk wobble go and see Goerke. Is ok if you don’t like SR but please don’t be inaccurate about her vocal prowess.
@@tristanhnl agree SR sounds great. No wobble.
@@sterlinglewis5700 Radvanovsky is not a well-recorded singer, this is one of her very few recordings (and she is in her mid 50) As for the rest of the insults, I won’t bother
Once again no real Turandot
Mr Pappano is for rme the greatest after Bernstein and you have thanks God everything such long sentences colours best technique and above ofi t A GREAT PERSONALITY AND INTREPRETER.! LOVE Dave!
Non si capisce una parola....
It's a no for me.
Doesn’t even start to get to the difficult part, and it’s already unwieldy and difficult for her. Could we please just resurrect Birgit Nillson and be done with all these singers ruining dramatic repertoire. I assume they didn’t publish the entire aria because it was the expected train wreck in the last 3rd of the aria.
The difficult part is the easier part for her.
*_Absolutely everyone is entitled to their own, personal opinions - Even wrong ones ..._*
Where's the unwieldiness? Is it in the resonance and sheen of the sound? Where's the difficulty? Please be more clear.
Actually there is a full video of this on UA-cam and @Eric Cheng is right. The difficult part is easier for her as she has a top heavy voice like the late Birgit Nilsson.
@@JameSongMaker the wild vibrato and variation of pitch on each and every note to start. For those of us with perfect pitch and attuned ears, it is torture.
Did you see that cellist trying to breathe.. what a disgrace to force masks on players, but look, the conductor and singer and wind instrumentalists don't need it. It makes me sick!