Tuve la oportunidad de ver a June Anderson en el Colòn en un recital que dio en el 94, cantando la misma aria. Espectacular. Llorè como loco de la emociòn. Gracias for posting this video. Me recuerda aquel recital.
I attended her 97 recital at the Teatro Colon. Her rendition of Ombre leggere was not only perfectly acrobatic but also trully compelling. Her rendition thrilled the audience and brought tears to my eyes from the beggining of the aria to the end.
this is just fantastic!!! she's the greatest dinorah! she's got this strong voice!!! does anybody really knows why did not achieve a higher international carrer?? at least in europe not every opera fan knows her name...???????
@latraviata1853 as a disc collector this is so true until recently after years of search, I had to buy on U.K.'s amazon website an import of an out-of-print special 2-disc set of Italian arias on the first disc & French arias on the second! one of the most prestigious additions to my proud collection of classical singers! :-)
She sounds great here, her voice suits this role well, the high notes are very nice, and tasteful for her. occassionally her nigh notes can be a bit harsh and have a bit of the maria callas type, super wide, slow vibrato, but this is good. This was in her 'golden period' of sorts, she experienced somewhat of a vocal decline in the late 90s, which often happens with larger more dramatic coloratura voices at that age, if you listen to some of her other later videos you can hear the difference.
listen to the end of sempre libera video of her thats 4 or 5 down on the related videos list, the one where shes wearing pink, you'll see what i mean. that one is from '97, theres a HUGE difference.
Just fabulous the brilliant June Anderson
What scales!!!! Total perfection!!!! Que excelente que era June Anderson!!!
WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!! June la fantastica! LOL she s so great!
Tuve la oportunidad de ver a June Anderson en el Colòn en un recital que dio en el 94, cantando la misma aria. Espectacular. Llorè como loco de la emociòn. Gracias for posting this video. Me recuerda aquel recital.
boy she is amazing. I love how she makes difficult things look easy
Beautifully sung. Brava Anderson.
seems so effortless and easy... and still so precise! she s simply outstanding!!! WOW!
I attended her 97 recital at the Teatro Colon. Her rendition of Ombre leggere was not only perfectly acrobatic but also trully compelling. Her rendition thrilled the audience and brought tears to my eyes from the beggining of the aria to the end.
Brava! thanks for posting, Sutherland9.
Outstanding! Anderson and Swenson are my favourite for this aria.
I wore out this track on her French Opera Arias CD - she makes it all seem so effortless. Perfection.
Divina!!!!!
But she's June Anderson! One of my all time favorite coloraturas.
this is just fantastic!!! she's the greatest dinorah! she's got this strong voice!!!
does anybody really knows why did not achieve a higher international carrer??
at least in europe not every opera fan knows her name...???????
the flutist is my teacher, the wonderful Jeanne Baxtresser!
Maravillosa *u*
@latraviata1853 as a disc collector this is so true until recently after years of search, I had to buy on U.K.'s amazon website an import of an out-of-print special 2-disc set of Italian arias on the first disc & French arias on the second! one of the most prestigious additions to my proud collection of classical singers! :-)
enjoyable!
She sounds great here, her voice suits this role well, the high notes are very nice, and tasteful for her. occassionally her nigh notes can be a bit harsh and have a bit of the maria callas type, super wide, slow vibrato, but this is good. This was in her 'golden period' of sorts, she experienced somewhat of a vocal decline in the late 90s, which often happens with larger more dramatic coloratura voices at that age, if you listen to some of her other later videos you can hear the difference.
listen to the end of sempre libera video of her thats 4 or 5 down on the related videos list, the one where shes wearing pink, you'll see what i mean. that one is from '97, theres a HUGE difference.
She is very well known in France and Italy. She's performed less in your country, but just did Norma in Leipzig this year.
Dinorah is light french lyric coloratura role, the queen of the night is a heavy dramatic german one, that comparison is irrelevent.
Very nice, but here trills are not very good.
She had a huge voice sometimes that means weak trills...
I agree. Very unfortunate given her pleasing vocal tone and otherwise excellent technique.
She's not as strong as Diana Damrau, the true Queen of the Night