Ciel! Mio padre - 1960 - Aida - Verdi - Birgit Nilsson & Cornell MacNeil - Live from La Scala
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 -- 25 December 2005) and Cornell MacNeil (September 24, 1922 -- July 15, 2011) sing the duet from Aida, live from La Scala in 1960.
While I am not a big fan of Nilsson in Verdi (too cold for my taste), I love the young MacNeil, no matter what he sings. Scarpia, Rigoletto, Michele, Amonasro... thanks for sharing.
Mac Neil was an AMAZING Verdi baritone!!!!
AGAIN ANOTHER AMAZING MACNEIL PERFORMANCE - No Breath before 'Vinto' from 6:40 - AMAZING - AS loud as Nilsson - So impressive. Conservation of breathe and support of breathe!!! Singers IDOL.
She was an amazing Aida. For Aida in particular, because there is so much use of brass instruments, one needs a voice like Nilsson to cut through it all. She is one of the very best ever. Milanov was great as was Tebaldi. Stella too and I like early Callas in the role as well. Of course Ponselle...lol....and Destinn was a force.
L. Price!
Two of the greatest from an era of iconic singers! To my ear and mind, there has never been a Verdi baritone the equal of MacNeil in his prime. In this scene alone, he demonstrates dramatic virility being gravitas to every note, lyricism, his well-known thundering top notes, and fills every phrase with meaning. He has never had a true peer. There have been other great Verdian baritones, but none who brought his list of superlatives to the job!
Yes, she was amazing and MacNeil was also here. I would rather hear MacNeil with a slightly wobbly vibrato than any baritone singing today. :) He made up for it in every other way.
What you erroneously refer to as a "wobble" is actually his vibrato. That kind of vibrato is considered a highly desireable and attractive characteristic of any great voice.
Stunning performance! How gorgeous, how grand!!!
awesome. I was waiting for the "non sei mia figlia, dei faraoni tu sei la sciava" and it didn't disappoint!
Mac sounds particularly great here in this clip. Rich, full, ringing, and no wobbles. Wish I could have heard it live! Nilsson...a force of nature. She had the beauty, control and power of voice that no one has today. I can't think of one great Aida attempting to sing this part today.
Wish Sutherland had sung / recorded Aida. That being said, Nilsson and MacNeil are fantastic here!!... As usual!
I would have loved hearing Nilsson in the Triumph Scene live with her trumpet like high notes...
Aida is a tricky role, it starts more dramatic but ends much more lyrical.
It needs a big voice with good high notes but also a lot of piano singing.
Awesome!
Man, between Big Mac, Guelfi, & George London, I have never heard an Amonasro
(in this duet anyway) more awesome than what I hear here. I feel that, as much as I love their work ELSEWHERE, both Merrill & Warren do not (either by
choice or otherwise) seem involved in what is going on in this piece. Actually, Frank Guarrera (in a live MET performance in 1949 age, 25-26 with Ljuda Welitsch)
comes close to the 3 guys above & he had not quite the beauty of voice as either
Warren or Merrill. So it goes!
Listen to Giovanni Inghilleri as Amonasro also.
La señora Nilson sin fisura vocal, pero no es Verdi lo que canta y termina siendo muy fría y no es Aida. Él es magnífico.
OH YEAH!! me too.
Who sings Radamès?I would really like to know?I had to admit that although I agree that Nilsson has a coldness in her voice , that I think does not suit Aïda , I still like her as Aïda .
I know I'm late, but Pier Miranda Ferraro.
Who was also a genuinely good dramatic tenor.
Mario del Monaco
Leontyne was great. Not as big a voice as Nilsson, Stella, Tebaldi etc. I like Leontyne better early on as she tended to lose "core" or squillante later and she got woofy. Her middle voice got downright aspirated at times later on. Margaret was a good voice, but it needed work. I really like Nilsson, Milanov, Stella, Tebaldi, Ponselle and even early Callas for Aida the best. Rethberg was great too.