FIERCE!!!! This woman was a tremendous singing actress...she never let up during the entire scene...I mean, all of the breaths had dramatic intent, even. I was checking her out at the end of the aria with the chorus going, etc. Many artists take that time to chill out, coast and save themselves for the big high note at the end. Not Beverly!!! She took 1 measure to swallow and then came right back in, almost as if Donizetti wrote it that way, capping with a stellar High D at the end. FIERCE!!!
She is just extraordinary. Not just the singing, the voice, the pitch, the acting - but singing the last part of the aria while leaning back in a chair. That is so difficult to do, because you cannot really get your air underneath you, and yet there she is, just rockin' it out!
J'ai toujours été fidèlement fan de cette cantatrice et de plus pouvoir la voir ici me renforce dans mon admiration.. quelle grande comédienne.. on oublie qu'elle chante un rôle.. magnifique, madame, vous êtes irremplaçable.
I am so glad I looked this up. I heard her sing it live and I was still sitting in my seat at the end unable to move when almost everyone else had left the theater. Tears filled my eyes now as they did then. I have not heard this since that time. Thanks for posting!
This is the best rendition of this opera!!! And this is Opera!! ACTING AND EXPRESSING WITH THE VOICE!! And not just singing beautifully without any feelings like many Singers now! BRAVA BEVERLY SILLS!
Absolutely legendary! Despite her somewhat widened vibrato in 1975, she still had a fantastic voice, a lyric coloratura voice with tremendous dramatic power and amazing versatility. She gave her all, going down to those effective chest notes and then ascending to her accurate, bright top. Besides, no one can deny: her despair, remorse, sadness is visible and very haunting, one can feel all the complex emotions of Elisabetta. A once-in-a-century interpretation!
I saw her do this opera at Wolf Trap. She was amazing. She is on stage and singing this entire last scene. She must have been completely exhausted. I saw her and Mrs. Shouse in a golf cart on the way to Mrs. Shouse's estate and the whole parking lot screamed and applauded.
I absolutely LOVE Sills in this role (and any other role for that matter). She is by far the best Queen Elizabeth I've heard! The really unique thing is that probably the role actually demands a heavier, darker voice than Sills, whose lyric coloratura was probably lighter than one would think this role needs. And yet, Sills was SUCH an artist, both musically and dramatically, that she knew exactly how to make it work, so that her Elizabeth was utter perfection! BRAVA!!!
Quale intensità! E che dire del fraseggio e della dizione. Assolutamente comprensibile e limpido, a differenza di molte altre cantanti straniere. Stupenda
This is unforgettable performance, one of the most amazing and moving artistic depictions of mourning, guilt and pain I've ever seen. The perfect combination of music and theater creating something incredibly powerful!
A very great portrayal by one of the most inspiring singers of the 20th Century. Total dedication to the music, the text, the character - a complete interpretation which no doubt shortened her career a little, but she had the right to choose and the audience responded well to this performance. Her understanding of Donizetti saw her through.
Sills's Quel Sangue Versato is heartbreaking. Sills brings out all the emotions and power required and demanded of this emotionally and technically difficult role.
For years I was deeply moved by Bette Davis playing this queen role in the 1939 film with Errol Flynn. Beverly's singing and acting of the finale just rips me up!
She amped up her voice for this didn't she. She is singing like a Wagnerian soprano in this, and she is sangin the dickens out of it to. Just marvelous.
Jose Hill ...she did. And did it wonderfully. Unfortunately, she has said that doing this role took 10 years off of her singing career. But she said it was worth it.
Beverly Sills sang this roles so fantastic....I missed her singing and bravo to her for giving back in her funding raisiing awareness to disables children....
Immensa Beverly. Immensa come nessun'altra in quest'opera. Immensa come avrebbe potuto esserlo solo la Callas. Immenso il suo "Non regno, non vivo" (3:51). Immensa la sua capacità di "piegare" una voce che non sarebbe stata adatta a questo ruolo. Immenso il suo vestire i panni di Elisabetta come solo Bette Davis ha saputo fare. Immensa Beverly, hai creato un capolavoro dell'arte interpretativa di tutti i tempi.
I was privileged to be in the chorus of all 3 of Donizetti's Queen operas - one summer after another with Summer Opera Theatre Company of Washington, D.C. -summers of 1989,1990 and 1991. A great experience!. I still have the programs.
The greatest of all Elizabeth. A true artist in all facets. I was privileged to have seen her multiple times on stage and NEVER was disappointed. She was the ULTIMATE!
I saw this perfomance when it was first telecast during the 1970's. I now own the dvd of the production. I thought then, and I think now, that it is the greatest operatic perfomance by a soprano that I have ever seen. Sills is brilliant in the role. Her singing is magnificent and her acting is superb. She owns this role.
qui la lezione della Genger e Callas...che sdoganarono il Donizetti regale...prende il volo con una voce che va per la sua strada...ma ha una vocalità...da vera Tragedienne...che meraviglia...la registrazione poi appiattisce nei vari riversamenti il metallo di un timbro che in teatro era ...luminosissimo. Che regalone...vederla...un'artista che per seguire uno dei figli diversamente abile...accettava con difficoltà di cantare lontana da casa....infatti lasciò la carriera per dedicarsi con amore e competenza al dietro le quinte...ma la sua lezione e poliedricità resta Storica.
So easy to forget Opera is a form of stage acting, not just vocal ability. When the two, supreme vocal talent and interpretation for the stage, come together history is made. Legends are created.
Sills left us too quickly , and she did'nt had all the honors she could have had,specially in Europa (where she was so admired).For most of "bel canto's fans" she was really following the lessons of Maria Callas! She was "a singin actress" ! On seeing this complete DVD , it is no more "an opera on video" but a real "film on stage" !! She said taht she has been working hard to arrive to this result!Thank you so much Miss Sills and "BRAVA" !!!
Amazing performance. A true lesson on belcanto that all modern singers should study carefully. Wonderful actress as well. Bravissima Sills, and many thanks for all the glorious moments you gave us.
@christieheathert0n Yes, I have a degree from Yale University. My disseration research concerned the anatomy and physiology of the vocal organs. I also worked with Dr. Golden, THE vocal doctor for opera singers.
It's not for the young or feint hearted! .... It's a role that comes with age and experience... and one of Donizetti's most challenging. Devia, Sills, Gruberova, Gencer and Rodvanovsky are amazing in this role .... A pity Sutherland didn't sing it.
S R I wish she would have as well, but I have to think back. This role is Very Dramatic! The singing is heavy for at least 70% of the night. I think sutherland’s heaviest role would’ve been Norma/Anna Bolena? Which is mostly lyrical with some heavy ensemble moments. I don’t know that this role would have suited her well? I think just based on her repertoire she preferred a role focusing of the weight of the sound, rather than the agility and long legato line? Just a thought.
The discussion on Parterre box is over opera singer autobiographies and one after another poster today took turns trashing my dear Bubbles. I was getting tired of reading this rubbish, so I came here to Parterre to witness once again, what made her so special to me and made me love opera so much. She paved the way for todays American divas such as Renee Fleming and Sondra Radvanovsky, and much is owed to this great lady.
+DanRobSo You can't take anything seriously at Parterre Box! They're a bunch of screaming queens who would have heart attacks if they heard Callas fart.
Sills was untouchable in this role. Gruberova did a wonderful job dramatically, but she is not the mistress of belcanto with her scooping and swooping. Sills knew how to to do it. Brava.
I saw Sill in this role many times when I was a student at Juilliard. This out door performance pales by comparison to her performances at NY City Opera where her voice sounded warm and large - thanks to the acoustics of the theater. I also heard her in Boston (Traviata and Norma), Cincinatti (Daughter) and the Met but I was always disappointed. Many of her recordings do not really capture the breath taking beauty of her voice.
@Jakopsohn - I think you and Wotan are using different words to say the same thing. Thanks to her cleverness and technique, Beverly did manage to sing a role that theoretically was not in her cords -- theoretically, because in practice she wrote a masterpiece page in the opera history.
Beverly Sills was a great opera star. She performed to enormous acclaim in the U.S., South America, at Covent Garden, at the Vienna State Opera, and at La Scala. She is beloved all over the world. Her voice was described as "beautiful" and as "pure silver". She was renowned as a brilliant coloratura soprano and as a magnificent actress.
For the many that claim she "shortened her career," or threw it away for taking on this role, please remember that she had done all the Lucia's, Gilda's, Manon's, Violetta's... She took this role as an extreme vocal and dramatic challenge! She threw caution to the wind for her art, and she will always be remembered for it! This was 1975, 4 years before her retirement! What was she saving it for? BRAVA!
Qui la Sills é daOscar! La mai abbastanza compianta artista ha fatto qui uno dei suoi capolavori interpretativi. Gestualità alla Bette Davis e vocalità magari non bellissima ma pronta ed efficace in ogni punto .... Un gioiello.....
Anche se il resto del cast é solo contorno poter guardare questo raro Donizetti nella splendida interpretazione della Sills vale spendere(un po troppo) per avere questo video
This is probably her greatest role. Her voice is too thin, too light, and too small for this repertoire, but she was so musical and so intelligent that she managed to pull off a heartbreaking interpretation, knowing full well it would ultimately destroy her delicate instrument. Yesterday, I watched Sondra Radvonovsky's version, which is sung with a voice much more suited to this role (minus the labored coloratura), but she didn't make a tenth of the impact Sills does. I have always wondered what Callas would have done with this role before 1955.
Callas’ never tackling this role is probably what bumps me up the most in reference to the roles she never went on to sing. Nowadays Marina Rebeka could potentially give a much more greater justice to the role than Sondra for whom belcanto has never truly worked well…
@@spyridonroumeliotis7831 I too have felt Sondra was much more of a late Verdi and Puccini singer than bel canto. For me, she has never had the true mastery of the fine-points of bel canto, such as fluent coloratura or ability to trill well. She can approximate it, but it's never the real thing. Elisabetta worked for her the best, as it showcased her strengths without displaying her weaknesses. I heard her as Medea a couple of weeks ago, and she didn't embarrass herself. Her low notes are still lacking, and she doesn't have the myriad of colors one got from Callas, especially the truly venomous colors Callas produced in certain passages. But it was an honorable performance. She deserves kudos for just having the guts to attempt the role.
@@Shahrdad I agree on the fact that she’s a great Verdi and Puccini performer. Especially on the roles that lack excessive coloratura because honestly I think she can’t handle it. This is one of the reasons I really find her Amelia to be to-the-point and probably also why I think she’s very well suited for Puccini and I really like her Tosca. She’s frequently not capable of creating this dramatic effect you also referred to albeit. To be honest I was rather sure she would do a more than decent job with Medea. A friend of mine watched her last week and said the same thing as you did. Although I don’t think Sondra could ever have a voice colored in the way the one of Callas was and certainly not capable of the electrifying effect Callas gives you even by listening to any of her Medea recordings (especially the Florence, Scala and the Dallas one). For me Sondra has a big voice that under certain circumstances generates an imposing effect within a specific pool of roles, and that makes her a great artist.
@@spyridonroumeliotis7831 I think the want of a great chest register was the greatest detriment to her Medea. Callas's assumption will remain untouchable. I think Sondra was also sabotaged by McVickers' awful sets, costumes, and direction. He turned this the Princess of Colchis and the granddaughter of the sun god Helios into a crazed fishwife that slinked and slithered on stage. The mere presence of Medea should evoke awe. As the NYT said, she looked like she swam to Corinth. And the cast looked like they walked out of the Netherfield ball in Pride and Prejudice and mingled with the Pirates of the Caribbean.
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FIERCE!!!! This woman was a tremendous singing actress...she never let up during the entire scene...I mean, all of the breaths had dramatic intent, even. I was checking her out at the end of the aria with the chorus going, etc. Many artists take that time to chill out, coast and save themselves for the big high note at the end. Not Beverly!!! She took 1 measure to swallow and then came right back in, almost as if Donizetti wrote it that way, capping with a stellar High D at the end. FIERCE!!!
She was indeed the Queen of High D's!
It’s like she is actually crying
A true singing artist, unsurpassed in this role.
She also said the role took a tremendous toll on her voice.
My God! Beverly was magnificent! I'm so glad I saw her sing it live and more than once. She was my boss for eight years at City Opera and I loved her.
I was there live for this in the '70s and have never forgotten it. Nor seen the equal. Sills owned this opera.
She still does
She is just extraordinary. Not just the singing, the voice, the pitch, the acting - but singing the last part of the aria while leaning back in a chair. That is so difficult to do, because you cannot really get your air underneath you, and yet there she is, just rockin' it out!
sopranosd she certainly is :)
Actually sitting is easier as the entire carriage is supported. It’s just restricting for the legs.
I think that this role, more than any other, defined her career. There has never been a better Elizabeth.
Dear, dear Beverly! May God hold you gently in His arms while you rest. Amen!
J'ai toujours été fidèlement fan de cette cantatrice et de plus pouvoir la voir ici me renforce dans mon admiration.. quelle grande comédienne.. on oublie qu'elle chante un rôle.. magnifique, madame, vous êtes irremplaçable.
Une Elisabetta stupéfiante de sens dramatique et de puissance vocale🤩
I am so glad I looked this up. I heard her sing it live and I was still sitting in my seat at the end unable to move when almost everyone else had left the theater. Tears filled my eyes now as they did then. I have not heard this since that time. Thanks for posting!
Stephanie Cowell how lucky you were
When singers could sing! Incredible Sills, how we miss her.
This is the best rendition of this opera!!! And this is Opera!! ACTING AND EXPRESSING WITH THE VOICE!! And not just singing beautifully without any feelings like many Singers now! BRAVA BEVERLY SILLS!
Absolutely legendary! Despite her somewhat widened vibrato in 1975, she still had a fantastic voice, a lyric coloratura voice with tremendous dramatic power and amazing versatility. She gave her all, going down to those effective chest notes and then ascending to her accurate, bright top. Besides, no one can deny: her despair, remorse, sadness is visible and very haunting, one can feel all the complex emotions of Elisabetta. A once-in-a-century interpretation!
I can still get so emotional when I see this performance. Miss Beverly Sills so much.
I saw her do this opera at Wolf Trap. She was amazing. She is on stage and singing this entire last scene. She must have been completely exhausted. I saw her and Mrs. Shouse in a golf cart on the way to Mrs. Shouse's estate and the whole parking lot screamed and applauded.
Unmatched in this role for the combination of vocal skills and dramatic artistry.
I absolutely LOVE Sills in this role (and any other role for that matter). She is by far the best Queen Elizabeth I've heard! The really unique thing is that probably the role actually demands a heavier, darker voice than Sills, whose lyric coloratura was probably lighter than one would think this role needs. And yet, Sills was SUCH an artist, both musically and dramatically, that she knew exactly how to make it work, so that her Elizabeth was utter perfection! BRAVA!!!
Mary Costa might have made a great Elizabeth; her voice was heavier and darker than Beverly's.
Quale intensità! E che dire del fraseggio e della dizione. Assolutamente comprensibile e limpido, a differenza di molte altre cantanti straniere. Stupenda
She was the best in everything she did. Her singing, her acting. She was the jewel in the crown. She was indeed the Queen she played.
One of the greatest opera endings of all time!
How can somebody dislike Sills?!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is just PERFECT!!!! My GOD!!!
This is unforgettable performance, one of the most amazing and moving artistic depictions of mourning, guilt and pain I've ever seen. The perfect combination of music and theater creating something incredibly powerful!
My god -- does she not only sing it with incredible meaning and anguish but she acts the heck out of it as well. Absolutely stunning.
WOnderful talent, what a beautiful voice.
A very great portrayal by one of the most inspiring singers of the 20th Century. Total dedication to the music, the text, the character - a complete interpretation which no doubt shortened her career a little, but she had the right to choose and the audience responded well to this performance. Her understanding of Donizetti saw her through.
Che passione ci mette ! Come poche
E anche la voce regge bene, anche in basso.
Favolosa
Sills's Quel Sangue Versato is heartbreaking. Sills brings out all the emotions and power required and demanded of this emotionally and technically difficult role.
Tremendous singing and acting ❤️❤️❤️
She's not just singing...She SAAANGIN!!!!
For years I was deeply moved by Bette Davis playing this queen role in the 1939 film with Errol Flynn. Beverly's singing and acting of the finale just rips me up!
arrivare a quell'acuto finale dopo un aria del genere è faticosissimo...se poi si pensa che il finale dell'opera...Bravissima... e che recitazione!
She amped up her voice for this didn't she. She is singing like a Wagnerian soprano in this, and she is sangin the dickens out of it to. Just marvelous.
Jose Hill ...she did. And did it wonderfully. Unfortunately, she has said that doing this role took 10 years off of her singing career. But she said it was worth it.
@@shannonlewis8906 Yes...and stated "it was never my goal to sing forever. Indeed, 51 is very young to retire.
Meraviglia assoluta!
Beverly Sills sang this roles so fantastic....I missed her singing and bravo to her for giving back in her funding raisiing awareness to disables children....
well there you have it...the most amazing performance by the great Beverly
Sills...how fortunate we are to have this ....thanks!!!!!!
Immensa Beverly. Immensa come nessun'altra in quest'opera. Immensa come avrebbe potuto esserlo solo la Callas. Immenso il suo "Non regno, non vivo" (3:51). Immensa la sua capacità di "piegare" una voce che non sarebbe stata adatta a questo ruolo. Immenso il suo vestire i panni di Elisabetta come solo Bette Davis ha saputo fare. Immensa Beverly, hai creato un capolavoro dell'arte interpretativa di tutti i tempi.
A total dedication to the music and the character. Sills always gave to her admirers. A good seventies for many artists and people.
Brilliant artist!!
I was privileged to be in the chorus of all 3 of Donizetti's Queen operas - one summer after another with Summer Opera Theatre Company of Washington, D.C. -summers of 1989,1990 and 1991. A great experience!. I still have the programs.
The greatest of all Elizabeth. A true artist in all facets. I was privileged to have seen her multiple times on stage and NEVER was disappointed. She was the ULTIMATE!
I saw this perfomance when it was first telecast during the 1970's. I now own the dvd of the production. I thought then, and I think now, that it is the greatest operatic perfomance by a soprano that I have ever seen. Sills is brilliant in the role. Her singing is magnificent and her acting is superb. She owns this role.
qui la lezione della Genger e Callas...che sdoganarono il Donizetti regale...prende il volo con una voce che va per la sua strada...ma ha una vocalità...da vera Tragedienne...che meraviglia...la registrazione poi appiattisce nei vari riversamenti il metallo di un timbro che in teatro era ...luminosissimo. Che regalone...vederla...un'artista che per seguire uno dei figli diversamente abile...accettava con difficoltà di cantare lontana da casa....infatti lasciò la carriera per dedicarsi con amore e competenza al dietro le quinte...ma la sua lezione e poliedricità resta Storica.
Unbelievable passion....Beverly had a lock on all those "Queen " roles. Doesn't move you? See somebody, quick!!
So easy to forget Opera is a form of stage acting, not just vocal ability. When the two, supreme vocal talent and interpretation for the stage, come together history is made. Legends are created.
I feel she is somewhat underappreciated
Una gran soprano, de brillante carrera, artista llena de simpatía, versátil, de agudos y sobre agudos bellísimos .
OOOOH!!! Good queen Bev does it again... absolutely the BEST!!! Thank you VIACOM for these stunning postings!
She is the best in this opera.
Absolutly incredible: marvelous interpretation
bravo
One of Ms. Sills' best performances yet. Thanks for uploading this.
I recently purchased this DVD. I love it!
I´m also interested in it. Could you please tell me where I could find it? Thank you!
Stunning!
Sills left us too quickly , and she did'nt had all the honors she could have had,specially in Europa (where she was so admired).For most of "bel canto's fans" she was really following the lessons of Maria Callas! She was "a singin actress" ! On seeing this complete DVD , it is no more "an opera on video" but a real "film on stage" !! She said taht she has been working hard to arrive to this result!Thank you so much Miss Sills and "BRAVA" !!!
OH MY GOD, that was like freaking amazing....
Beloved and missed Bev... I love you !
I've seen this lady interviewed and she comes across like your average grandmother which makes these performances all the more extrordinary.
Miss her so much
Dear Beverly I love , love, love forever.
this is her greatest portrayal. rest in peace, beverly sills.
The CD of this with her is awesome the runs she does it out this world I love the run from the Low Bb to a High D in the act 1 cabaletta
Amazing performance. A true lesson on belcanto that all modern singers should study carefully. Wonderful actress as well. Bravissima Sills, and many thanks for all the glorious moments you gave us.
Une merveille !!
Diva divina como actriz y cantante!!!!!!!! Gracias!!!!!!!
Her singing of this role always sent shivers up and down my spine. She owned this role. I've just heard the sad news.
May she rest in peace.
thanks for posting this brillant execution...Donizetti would like it.
Attrice favolosa!
She was amazing! Rest in peace......
Perfect!
American voice treasure
Absolutely spectacular. She matches Callas' acting in this video!
No-one matches Callas's acting. She was in n a league of her own
@@FairyForest87
Correction…she was as great as Callas
Impresionante!!! Brava !! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Omg..this is spectacular!!!!!
Maravillosa Sills. Voz e interpretacion!
So powerful
Grazie a te, GoldenAge.
Pensa che a due amici regalerò proprio il DVD di Roberto Devereux per Natale.
Buone feste, a risentirci.
I love her Three Queens recordings. So glad she commercially recorded these operas.
If soap operas were as well done and as entertaining as this, I'd watch them!
@christieheathert0n Yes, I have a degree from Yale University. My disseration research concerned the anatomy and physiology of the vocal organs. I also worked with Dr. Golden, THE vocal doctor for opera singers.
Every soprano wanting to tackle this role needs to study Beverly Sills performance.
It's not for the young or feint hearted! .... It's a role that comes with age and experience... and one of Donizetti's most challenging. Devia, Sills, Gruberova, Gencer and Rodvanovsky are amazing in this role .... A pity Sutherland didn't sing it.
S R I wish she would have as well, but I have to think back. This role is Very Dramatic! The singing is heavy for at least 70% of the night. I think sutherland’s heaviest role would’ve been Norma/Anna Bolena? Which is mostly lyrical with some heavy ensemble moments. I don’t know that this role would have suited her well? I think just based on her repertoire she preferred a role focusing of the weight of the sound, rather than the agility and long legato line? Just a thought.
the recording i have of her singing this is awesome the embellishments are off the charts
Quelle merveille!
Fantástica Beverly!!! La amo
AMAZING!!! that is all I have to say!
The discussion on Parterre box is over opera singer autobiographies and one after another poster today took turns trashing my dear Bubbles. I was getting tired of reading this rubbish, so I came here to Parterre to witness once again, what made her so special to me and made me love opera so much. She paved the way for todays American divas such as Renee Fleming and Sondra Radvanovsky, and much is owed to this great lady.
+DanRobSo You can't take anything seriously at Parterre Box! They're a bunch of screaming queens who would have heart attacks if they heard Callas fart.
Sills was untouchable in this role. Gruberova did a wonderful job dramatically, but she is not the mistress of belcanto with her scooping and swooping. Sills knew how to to do it. Brava.
Powerfull!
If Donizetti had known her, he would have written this opera for Bevwerly Sills!
I saw Sill in this role many times when I was a student at Juilliard. This out door performance pales by comparison to her performances at NY City Opera where her voice sounded warm and large - thanks to the acoustics of the theater. I also heard her in Boston (Traviata and Norma), Cincinatti (Daughter) and the Met but I was always disappointed. Many of her recordings do not really capture the breath taking beauty of her voice.
Otras pueden cantar mas lindo que Sills, pero su interpretacion es bellizima! I love You!
WOW!
She gave 150+% to her Devereux's, and I think we all felt 200+% of them!!!!
Grande!!!
Unos agudos espectaculares.
I love her voce piangente!
@Jakopsohn - I think you and Wotan are using different words to say the same thing. Thanks to her cleverness and technique, Beverly did manage to sing a role that theoretically was not in her cords -- theoretically, because in practice she wrote a masterpiece page in the opera history.
Beverly Sills was a great opera star. She performed to enormous acclaim in the U.S., South America, at Covent Garden, at the Vienna State Opera, and at La Scala. She is beloved all over the world. Her voice was described as "beautiful" and as "pure silver". She was renowned as a brilliant coloratura soprano and as a magnificent actress.
bravo
Diva ❤❤❤❤
She can sing marvelously while sitting
For the many that claim she "shortened her career," or threw it away for taking on this role, please remember that she had done all the Lucia's, Gilda's, Manon's, Violetta's... She took this role as an extreme vocal and dramatic challenge! She threw caution to the wind for her art, and she will always be remembered for it! This was 1975, 4 years before her retirement! What was she saving it for? BRAVA!
Yes! She has done the wise things and before the voice was gone she also took the chances. Great fearless artist.
e poi i giovani intenditori mi stanno parlando della gruberova e della devia?!...
no comment .
divina La Sills .
Qui la Sills é daOscar! La mai abbastanza compianta artista ha fatto qui uno dei suoi capolavori interpretativi. Gestualità alla Bette Davis e vocalità magari non bellissima ma pronta ed efficace in ogni punto .... Un gioiello.....
Si cmq anche la Grubi e la Devia nn sono male
@@massimopasticci1761 La gruberova è il peggior soprano che abbia mai sentito. Sills è molto meglio.
@@BaroneVitellioScarpia1 Certo che la Sills e' migliore, dal vivo Lei l ha sentita? Io purtroppo no! Cmq piacere Barone
😆😆😆 la Devia e la Gruberova, meglio ridere che piangere......
Anche se il resto del cast é solo contorno poter guardare questo raro Donizetti nella splendida interpretazione della Sills vale spendere(un po troppo) per avere questo video
This is probably her greatest role. Her voice is too thin, too light, and too small for this repertoire, but she was so musical and so intelligent that she managed to pull off a heartbreaking interpretation, knowing full well it would ultimately destroy her delicate instrument. Yesterday, I watched Sondra Radvonovsky's version, which is sung with a voice much more suited to this role (minus the labored coloratura), but she didn't make a tenth of the impact Sills does. I have always wondered what Callas would have done with this role before 1955.
She would have set the standard. No singer can touch Callas in belcanto.
Callas’ never tackling this role is probably what bumps me up the most in reference to the roles she never went on to sing. Nowadays Marina Rebeka could potentially give a much more greater justice to the role than Sondra for whom belcanto has never truly worked well…
@@spyridonroumeliotis7831 I too have felt Sondra was much more of a late Verdi and Puccini singer than bel canto. For me, she has never had the true mastery of the fine-points of bel canto, such as fluent coloratura or ability to trill well. She can approximate it, but it's never the real thing. Elisabetta worked for her the best, as it showcased her strengths without displaying her weaknesses. I heard her as Medea a couple of weeks ago, and she didn't embarrass herself. Her low notes are still lacking, and she doesn't have the myriad of colors one got from Callas, especially the truly venomous colors Callas produced in certain passages. But it was an honorable performance. She deserves kudos for just having the guts to attempt the role.
@@Shahrdad I agree on the fact that she’s a great Verdi and Puccini performer. Especially on the roles that lack excessive coloratura because honestly I think she can’t handle it. This is one of the reasons I really find her Amelia to be to-the-point and probably also why I think she’s very well suited for Puccini and I really like her Tosca. She’s frequently not capable of creating this dramatic effect you also referred to albeit. To be honest I was rather sure she would do a more than decent job with Medea. A friend of mine watched her last week and said the same thing as you did. Although I don’t think Sondra could ever have a voice colored in the way the one of Callas was and certainly not capable of the electrifying effect Callas gives you even by listening to any of her Medea recordings (especially the Florence, Scala and the Dallas one). For me Sondra has a big voice that under certain circumstances generates an imposing effect within a specific pool of roles, and that makes her a great artist.
@@spyridonroumeliotis7831 I think the want of a great chest register was the greatest detriment to her Medea. Callas's assumption will remain untouchable. I think Sondra was also sabotaged by McVickers' awful sets, costumes, and direction. He turned this the Princess of Colchis and the granddaughter of the sun god Helios into a crazed fishwife that slinked and slithered on stage. The mere presence of Medea should evoke awe. As the NYT said, she looked like she swam to Corinth. And the cast looked like they walked out of the Netherfield ball in Pride and Prejudice and mingled with the Pirates of the Caribbean.
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