Yes, who actually sang one note at a time. Unlike so many today with the worst wobbles- two notes for the price of one. And yet, the audiences still cheer brovo brava! There are exceptions but this was a golden era for sure.
Yes, and also it would have been impossible to get this many A-list stars onto the same stage! Today the proliferation of events, theatres,, festivals and especially tv channels is so wide that it would not have worked - this is from the era when most countries had at most three tv channels. at least one of which was state-financed. cable tv was still in its infancy.. These days, Europe alone has at least 1500 tv channels. most of them commercial - trying to produce something like this today would have led to endless bidding wars and licensing conflicts.
What a magnificent concert. I wish I had been there. Gruberova is simply insane. No words to describe this version of the Lucia mad scene. I'm completely speechless.
I have been Lucky enouch to see gruberova on stage. The second she opened her mouth you knew something impossible to describe was on stage... she was huge !!! The power the colour...
I have an album with her from around this time (1980) - including a recording of her mad scene from Lucia. Picked it up in great condition at a thrift shop. ) I've seen Natalie Dessay and Anna Netrebko singing the same role on stage - both of them very good, especially Dessay. :)
Thank you Walter Wellow! I remember listening to and recording this when it first aired on my old Betamax! It was so important to me then as I was still developing my interest in opera. It was my first look at several singers and composers that would later become very important in my appreciation of this art form. Gruberova's mad scene was mesmerizing. I had no idea a voice could do all that. Domingo conducting and singing the Chenier so magnificently! My biggest revelation, however, came when La Caballe walked on and ignited a love affair that continues to this day. I'm grateful that I was able to see her perform many times in San Francisco, to hear her, meet her and shake her hand. So, again, Mr. Wellow, thank you so very much for providing me this delightful walk down memory lane! Very best regards, Anthony Rousos
Anthony Rousos how nice for you. Enjoyed your comment. I've never seen this. I have so many things in VHS I need to transfer to CD. Not with UA-cam. I don't have to transfer it. The Beat Goes On. I love the people that criticize every little thing blah blah blah it's getting quite boring. Don't you think? Sincerely Arnold Bourbon Amaral
Šitame koncerte daug žvaigždžių ir visi gerai dainuoja,bet Placido Domingo tiesiog nardo vokalo jūroje,klausytis ir žiūrėti didžiulis malonumas, bei gerėtis Juo!
thanks Mister Wellow I am a baritone myself and never actually paid attention to the work of Cappuccilli . Most Amazing Lucia Mad Scene I ever had the priviledge of listening to! Happy 2017!!!
@@theogoldberg8919 So what? I like Maria Callas, Virginia Zeani, Leyla Gencer, Luisa Tetrazzini, Lina Pagliughi, Joan Sutherland, Maria Barrientos, Mercedes Capsir, Nellie Melba, Antonina Nezhdanova, Adelina Patti, Bidu Sayao, Montserrat Caballe and many others.
@@ilseilse3824 That is right! A lovely, even brilliant voice and not an ounce of acting in her body or face. I saw her many times and the voice is great. Close your eyes and you even get some emotion in it. But watch and it as if she is doing a test to see if all the notes are as perfect as can be.
Tristan und Isolde Liebestod : sublime and majestic ... as long as it is not sung. Pardon me Herr Wagner AND I LOVE YOUR MUSIC. The symphony orchestra is the diva suprema, prima donna assoluta, condottiera superba in Wagner´s operas. pjmelian
Techniškai dainuoti gerai, būtina,bet jeigu dainininkas nejaudina dainuodamas klausytojo,tai jau tikrai man neįdomu klausytis jo techninio darbo. Dauguma klausytojų žavisi kaip dainininkas sudainavo tą ar kitą natą! Dainininko darbas sudainuoti gerai natas,bet ar jis mane sujaudino,palietė mano vidų,tik nedaugelis apie tai kalba! O tai svarbiausia!🎭
Thanks for Recording, i known the Most Singers in my youth and I remember very good Kollo, Jerusalem, Baltsa and Nilsson. Of course Kollo and Jerusalem was the best Wagner tenores in the past and You find nowadays no Interpreters WHO Are able to follow there. But Gruberova was Not so my Taste. It's a pleasure to participate of the past wonderful Time. Today is Juan Diego Flórez peruvian Tenor my Great favorite Singer and had sung often at the MET NY 🎵🎵🎵
ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE How can You Do such an insult critic, don't compare with Former Singers, But compare him in Our Time, such a beautyful Smart Elegant Belcanto Singer You can Search in this time, He Is unique less Wagner operas. Look to his successful carriere And He got so much awards And Plácido Domingo Himself praised him as a Great Artist. Forget The old Time. Every Periode has his Artists. 🎵🎵🎵
Amazing concert! American version needs introduction of singers and arias. Viennese people don't need these, We know who's singing and what they're singing. In our applause you can measure how great the interpretations were.
An exceptional gala. I first saw it on TV in 1979 (though I think it was only excerpts) and it was repeated later on the radio, enabling me to record the most stunning performances which I have played many times - Baltsa, Gruberova, Ghiaurov, Domingo, Capuccili, but it is great to see them again and find Rysanek equally compelling. In fact only Nilsson seems to be having an off night, which she is entitled to at 60. We think we see John and Norma Major in the highly responsive audience too.
I find it interesting that virtually no one commented about Placido Domingo, who sang two arias and conducted. This must be in light of his controversy that is now known but was unknown or not even happening in 1979. I agree with all the other raves about the remaining performers.
@@Yves_Kabut I hear it once again : Domingo overrated .....he is no real great tenor, but Cecchele.....the two arias Domingo sings , it is not bad, but not on high level , strange case , he yells too much, specially in La Juive....and I like to add : in 1979 I was 18 and bought the frist LPs with Domingo ...
I've seen an independent clip of Sherrill Milnes singing at this venue in what appears to be the same event. But there is no mention of him in your description, nor is he present in my copy. By chance do you know what I'm referring to? I'd love a lead to chase down. The Great Domingo in his Black Stallion charging up the mountain epoch of his vocal evolution. Beyond amazing. Big thanks for the share. Paz.
ua-cam.com/video/T5nNSchyoTk/v-deo.htmlsi=HPV2MgCdpQYlH2gb This is the correct link that has Pace Pace Mio Dio. The other link was just the 2nd half after the Wagner starting the Nemico della patria
MONSERRAT ES LA GRAN DESTACADA......DE TODOS......SOBRESALE SU VOZ ANTE EL CORO FINAL.......ESTA CLARO QUE EN ESTA GALA ES LA NUMBER ONE.....PARA ESO ES DE LAS 4 MEJORES CANTANTES DEL SIGLO.......OLEEEEEE
Listening to this sublime and majestic Liebestod I'd wish to shout to the soprano : Schweigen Sie, Dummkopf ! It ruins the celestial notes of the music.
1979? If Domingo was born in '41 that means he was 18 or 19 in this video. I also noticed something about the orchestra. There are no women in it! Except for Mr. Domingo, most of the artists, the members of the orchestra, and members of the audience are dead or really old - like me, lol. Btw, Mr. Domingo is a gachupin.
Edita Gruberova absolutely brillant , always And Agnes Baltsa , wonderful in Vienna Gala Opera
Jeez. What a collection of singers, some in their prime. Amazing.
Grande Concerto l'esecuzione per Wagner ad altissimo livello grandi Horst Stein e Nilsson ottima anche la seconda parte.
Agnes Baltsa and Edita Gruberova..! My favorite singers were literally brilliant in this gala.. Stunning. This is pure gold..
Both performances were effortless !
*Edita Gruberova* est unique diva soprano coloratura ❣️
This is when we still had wonderful singers!!!!
Yes, who actually sang one note at a time. Unlike so many today with the worst wobbles- two notes for the price of one. And yet, the audiences still cheer brovo brava! There are exceptions but this was a golden era for sure.
Baltsa and Gruberova, fabulous!!
Try to imagine a concert at this level nowadays ! Where could we find such a cast with so many great voices ?
Impossible nowdays...totally Impossible
Yes, and also it would have been impossible to get this many A-list stars onto the same stage! Today the proliferation of events, theatres,, festivals and especially tv channels is so wide that it would not have worked - this is from the era when most countries had at most three tv channels. at least one of which was state-financed. cable tv was still in its infancy.. These days, Europe alone has at least 1500 tv channels. most of them commercial - trying to produce something like this today would have led to endless bidding wars and licensing conflicts.
Baltsa is stunning - a singing lesson in the Cenerentola aria, gorgeous tone, stunning coloratura and such humanity!
Yes she is!
Was amazing! I’ve always loved Cecilia B on it.
Gruberova in her prime, what a performance! Absoultely incredible!
Very enjoyable. The Chenier baritone aria is one of the most beautiful things ever written for the voice! Lots to cherish here!
And Cappuccilli does a very great job. What a beautiful and warm color of voice; and so large...
schöne stimme bravissimo
ich liebe Donizetti bravo frau Gruberova
sehr schöne stimme
What a magnificent concert. I wish I had been there. Gruberova is simply insane. No words to describe this version of the Lucia mad scene. I'm completely speechless.
I have been Lucky enouch to see gruberova on stage. The second she opened her mouth you knew something impossible to describe was on stage... she was huge !!! The power the colour...
I have an album with her from around this time (1980) - including a recording of her mad scene from Lucia. Picked it up in great condition at a thrift shop. ) I've seen Natalie Dessay and Anna Netrebko singing the same role on stage - both of them very good, especially Dessay. :)
sehr schön grazuliere
Caballe lasuperba......amazing
Ein bestes Konzert, das ich in meinem ganzen Leben gesehen habe. Vielen dank! The best concert I`ve ever seen. Thanks a lot!
Impresionante,!!!! me dejo sin aliento... la voz hermosa, redonda, agil, de Agnes Baltsa.
Y
One of the first TV concerts I saw and was totally blown away...with the magnificence of the singing......FABULOUS!!
WHAT A TREASURE TROVE. !ALL THE ARTISTS' BRILLIANCE WERE DAZZELING! SO GRATEFUL THAT THIS GALA PERFORMANCE WERE PRESERVED FOR ETERNITY!
I truly love Placido. What an immensely talented performer.
I say performer because he is more than a brilliant singer. His contributions to opera are immense, including conductng.
The conductors and musicians contributed mightily to the enchantment of this concert.
Rachel quand du Seigneur - just incredible.
Bravo bravo bravo brilliance super vocal
Großartige Agnes Baltsa !!!!!!!!!!!
Birgit é estonteante. Voz e interpretação fazem dessa grande artista uma lenda da cena lírica!
sehr schöne stimme alle ahtun
Edita Gruberova es una leyenda!! es mi cantante favorita y una de las personas más talentosas que he conocido.
De verdad la conociste?!. . Es mi cantante favorita también... 😮😮😮😮 Wow.. que dicha por ti.
Gruberova was AMAZING!!
Incredible! Wow! Wow!
Congratulations ❤
gratuliere, alle sind schön
OMG. Agnes Baltsa is amazing! Beautiful voice and musicality.
Vocal Glory..! Amazing...
Birgit Nilsson still had some great moments.....at 60 years plus -
WOW! Fabulous! Thank you for SHARING! BRAVI!
Thank you Walter Wellow! I remember listening to and recording this when it first aired on my old Betamax! It was so important to me then as I was still developing my interest in opera. It was my first look at several singers and composers that would later become very important in my appreciation of this art form. Gruberova's mad scene was mesmerizing. I had no idea a voice could do all that. Domingo conducting and singing the Chenier so magnificently! My biggest revelation, however, came when La Caballe walked on and ignited a love affair that continues to this day. I'm grateful that I was able to see her perform many times in San Francisco, to hear her, meet her and shake her hand.
So, again, Mr. Wellow, thank you so very much for providing me this delightful walk down memory lane! Very best regards,
Anthony Rousos
Anthony Rousos how nice for you. Enjoyed your comment. I've never seen this. I have so many things in VHS I need to transfer to CD. Not with UA-cam. I don't have to transfer it. The Beat Goes On. I love the people that criticize every little thing blah blah blah it's getting quite boring. Don't you think? Sincerely Arnold Bourbon Amaral
Great to hear and see Agnes Baltsa in her prime.
Yes, Baltsa sounds great, nice coloratura, easy and ringing high notes. Amazing!
@@barahona68 she is so beautiful…
Leonie Rysanek einfach Top!
Edita Gruberova bravissimaaaaaaa!!!!!
Great Aida’s final second act : Superb Caballé, Cappuccilli, Baldani, Cecchele ...!!
Šitame koncerte daug žvaigždžių ir visi gerai dainuoja,bet
Placido
Domingo tiesiog nardo vokalo jūroje,klausytis ir žiūrėti didžiulis malonumas, bei gerėtis
Juo!
thanks Mister Wellow I am a baritone myself and never actually paid attention to the work of Cappuccilli . Most Amazing Lucia Mad Scene I ever had the priviledge of listening to! Happy 2017!!!
Oh, Cappuccilli was a 5'6" giant of a singer!
Most amazingly Lucia Mad Scene? Ahahahahahaha!
@@craigwalters 😊
@@BaroneVitellioScarpia1 with such a pseudonym VitellioScarpia I see why you're not so nice to Singing Sopranos 😂
@@theogoldberg8919 So what? I like Maria Callas, Virginia Zeani, Leyla Gencer, Luisa Tetrazzini, Lina Pagliughi, Joan Sutherland, Maria Barrientos, Mercedes Capsir, Nellie Melba, Antonina Nezhdanova, Adelina Patti, Bidu Sayao, Montserrat Caballe and many others.
I’m amazed at Agnes Baltsa brava
AGNES !!! WOW !!!
Nicolai Ghiaurov the best ever!
Gruberova und Nilsson 😍😍😍😍
Nilsson is great
Nilsson is great but Gruberova is the worst ever.
@@BaroneVitellioScarpia1 - you may not enjoy her, but I can think of a lot worse
@@mortenhjelt823 And I can't think of anyone better.
che concerto di mostri sacri che oggi sarebbe impossibile organizzare per mancanza di materia prima.
Los cantantes son muy buenos.
This was the real Placido and not the pitiful baritone. Impressive his performance. Gave me chills.
We love Placido's beautiful voice and interpretations of each role. it does not matter that he is not a real baritone as he himself admits.
@@carolgibbs8813 well, good for you! And especially good for him.
Not for me.
Amazing Gruberova and fantastic Caballé, love this gala, thanks a lot for upload
Gruberova is a force of nature!
Perry Nelson is i
NO
@@alexanderclement4092bc fby
Are you joking?
Superb KOLLO!
Wonderful Gala!!, thank you for posting.
Edita Gruberova at her BEST thank You
La Gruberova, de otro planeta!!! en la plenitud de sus capacidades vocales.
Ella muy bien Dama con adorable voca.
@@ilseilse3824 That is right! A lovely, even brilliant voice and not an ounce of acting in her body or face. I saw her many times and the voice is great. Close your eyes and you even get some emotion in it. But watch and it as if she is doing a test to see if all the notes are as perfect as can be.
que privilegio poder verlo de nuevo!!! Fantástico
RENE KOLLO - Great German Tenor
Wonderful Gruberova, Baltsa and Domingo !
no domingo
@@salvointerlandi1635no...que va ...menudo "improvisso" cantó...lleno de pasión y de facultades....estuvo soberbio....
Fenomenal concierto
Gruberova! Heaven!
Extraordinaria gala
Esto una verdadera Gala de Opera en todos sus aspectos !!!!!
Tristan und Isolde Liebestod : sublime and majestic ... as long as it is not sung. Pardon me Herr Wagner AND I LOVE YOUR MUSIC. The symphony orchestra is the diva suprema, prima donna assoluta, condottiera superba in Wagner´s operas.
pjmelian
bravissimo
Techniškai dainuoti gerai, būtina,bet jeigu dainininkas nejaudina dainuodamas klausytojo,tai jau tikrai man neįdomu klausytis jo techninio darbo.
Dauguma klausytojų žavisi kaip dainininkas sudainavo tą ar kitą natą!
Dainininko darbas sudainuoti gerai natas,bet ar jis mane sujaudino,palietė mano vidų,tik nedaugelis apie tai kalba!
O tai svarbiausia!🎭
Gruberova? Sem comentários! Belíssima!
Benissimo Cappuccilli
Capuccilli!!! The best ever!
Phenomenal
Thanks for Recording, i known the Most Singers in my youth and I remember very good Kollo, Jerusalem, Baltsa and Nilsson. Of course Kollo and Jerusalem was the best Wagner tenores in the past and You find nowadays no Interpreters WHO Are able to follow there. But Gruberova was Not so my Taste. It's a pleasure to participate of the past wonderful Time. Today is Juan Diego Flórez peruvian Tenor my Great favorite Singer and had sung often at the MET NY 🎵🎵🎵
DOMINGO AT HIS PRIME REIGN SUPREME NOT JUST AS A BRILLIANT TENOR BUT ALSO AS GREAT CONDUCTOR ! BRAVO MAESTRO! ? BRAVO! BLESS YOU!
FLOREZ !!??? Flodez is nothing 🤮 if compared with this SUPER CAST 👏👏👏🌹❤
ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE How can You Do such an insult critic, don't compare with Former Singers, But compare him in Our Time, such a beautyful Smart Elegant Belcanto Singer You can Search in this time, He Is unique less Wagner operas. Look to his successful carriere And He got so much awards And Plácido Domingo Himself praised him as a Great Artist. Forget The old Time. Every Periode has his Artists. 🎵🎵🎵
@@Abigayl1950 Florez is wonderful. Save your bullshit.
Edgardo, Edgardo mío! 😚
Amazing concert! American version needs introduction of singers and arias. Viennese people don't need these, We know who's singing and what they're singing. In our applause you can measure how great the interpretations were.
An exceptional gala. I first saw it on TV in 1979 (though I think it was only excerpts) and it was repeated later on the radio, enabling me to record the most stunning performances which I have played many times - Baltsa, Gruberova, Ghiaurov, Domingo, Capuccili, but it is great to see them again and find Rysanek equally compelling. In fact only Nilsson seems to be having an off night, which she is entitled to at 60. We think we see John and Norma Major in the highly responsive audience too.
Come cantava la Gruberova allora! Perchè continua ancora oggi rendendosi ridicola e non ci lascia ricordarla così!
Gruberova is the worst here by far
Caballé the best
MAGNIFICO
I find it interesting that virtually no one commented about Placido Domingo, who sang two arias and conducted. This must be in light of his controversy that is now known but was unknown or not even happening in 1979. I agree with all the other raves about the remaining performers.
The controversy was that Carreras walked out that night and that is why Domingo ended up singing 2 arias
@@Yves_Kabut I hear it once again : Domingo overrated .....he is no real great tenor, but Cecchele.....the two arias Domingo sings , it is not bad, but not on high level , strange case , he yells too much, specially in La Juive....and I like to add : in 1979 I was 18 and bought the frist LPs with Domingo ...
I wonder what happened to Sherrill Milnes who was mentioned among the stars in the beginning.
This song👍
Why are Domingo and Cappuccili wearing polo jumpers?
es ist Wagner bravissimo
I've seen an independent clip of Sherrill Milnes singing at this venue in what appears to be the same event. But there is no mention of him in your description, nor is he present in my copy. By chance do you know what I'm referring to? I'd love a lead to chase down. The Great Domingo in his Black Stallion charging up the mountain epoch of his vocal evolution. Beyond amazing. Big thanks for the share. Paz.
Гяуров браво
The German-speaking audience found the English idiom, "a family affair," amusing. Perhaps not the best choice of words by Herr Prawy.
And people thought that opera was in a bad shape at that time...
Where did Caballé's "Pace" go? There are vids on UA-cam of her singing it with the same dress in the same hall from the same year.
Perhaps the concert was in two sections, and this is the first? Or perhaps they only put certain excerpts in this 2 hour video?
ua-cam.com/video/mNU-SLLmyAI/v-deo.htmlsi=hsPcYJbLok4_I4CQ
This is part 2 of the gala. Perhaps the Pace Pace Mio Dio is in this portion?
ua-cam.com/video/T5nNSchyoTk/v-deo.htmlsi=HPV2MgCdpQYlH2gb
This is the correct link that has Pace Pace Mio Dio. The other link was just the 2nd half after the Wagner starting the Nemico della patria
Gruberova at her first prime - she has three primes in over 50 years of singing.
Perrect in all ways.
je ne vous raconte pas le prix du plateau de la soirée !
ça le valait ?
豪華だ。豪華すぎる！
MONSERRAT ES LA GRAN DESTACADA......DE TODOS......SOBRESALE SU VOZ ANTE EL CORO FINAL.......ESTA CLARO QUE EN ESTA GALA ES LA NUMBER ONE.....PARA ESO ES DE LAS 4 MEJORES CANTANTES DEL SIGLO.......OLEEEEEE
Oops, Birgit!
Mozart ist sehr schön bravo
Sherril Milnes number one.....I Love Cappuccilli...
Agree.
Sono d’accordo.
No Milnes here
Hmmm, Caballe's Pace, pace is missing
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Now THAT is a real gone to hell GALA ! WOW !
Listening to this sublime and majestic Liebestod I'd wish to shout to the soprano : Schweigen Sie, Dummkopf ! It ruins the celestial notes of the music.
Schweigen Sie, Dummkopf! - that's exactly what I would like to shout towards you...
Ruza Baldani???
Nilsson, Baltsa, Ghiaurov, Cappuccilli, Caballe and Cecchele are great, other singers are bad.
L'unico fuori posto qui è Domingo, come sempre, Cecchele è Cappuccilli sono dei fuori classe....
Comunque anche in questo concerto purtroppo si sentono già usure vocoali di vario genere...
1979? If Domingo was born in '41 that means he was 18 or 19 in this video. I also noticed something about the orchestra. There are no women in it! Except for Mr. Domingo, most of the artists, the members of the orchestra, and members of the audience are dead or really old - like me, lol. Btw, Mr. Domingo is a gachupin.
A Gachupin is someone born in Spain but now living in Mexico.
Because 41 plus 19 equals 79? Wtf!?
So sorry fassstEddie, you cannot do sums. 1979 - 1941 gives 38 years old!
Soprano Mezzo Soprano Tenor Bairtone Bass opera singer