Angela Gheorghiu & Thomas Hampson sing the great duet from Simon Boccanegra: "Orfanella il tetto"
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Angela Gheorghiu and Thomas Hampson sing the beautiful duet "Orfanella il tetto umile... Figlia, a tal nome io palpito" from Simon Boccanegra. This is an extract from the Metropolitan Opera broadcast from March 3rd, 2007.
This duet always makes me cry.
Who likes this with all their heart?
Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you for posting. I remember this performance well!
I remember seeing this and it was and still is the best Boccanegra I've ever seen (this definitely includes all three Domingo performances with his multiple costars; Milan, London and New York). Gheorghiu was stunning as Amelia and it was my first time hearing Fabio Luisi in the pit, one of the best readings of the score ever. It was very fast paced and constantly moving, non of the over romanticised and stodgy renditions you hear from Pappano, Barenboim and even Levine. Hampson was a dramatically intense Boccanegra, but always believable. No Melodrama. Which is rare considering I normally detest his Verdi. The only weak cast member was Marcello Giordani, who just sounded tired the entire night.
Angela is a splendid Amelia...I wish she recorded this on DVD!
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Hollow. Both voices are hollow.
izar,
your excellent and again very professional comment from 1 year ago hits the nail right on the head.
Thomas is a very nice and pleasant guy with a light tenor voice ! Everybody who understands opera knows he is no real baritone and therefore he shouldn't touch dramatic Verdi roles. Leave this for the Brusons and Nuccis.
However, it brings up a far more important question : How is it possible that management at the house always make such bad and terrible cast decisions ?
I like very much Angela's singing and interpretation. She makes so subtle, tender and passionate Amelia! I agree Hampson is not exactly in his form here, although I choose to believe Opera5stage when s/he says Hampson was in a better form that night. But Angela does a wonderful job here!
la voce molto chiara di Hampson fuori repertorio non va per Verdi drammattico questo permette che dopo un tenore come Placido Domingo comincie a cantare come Baritono anche questo immenso ruolo Pena!!!
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Yes, Hampson is not really a right choice vocally for Simone, but Angela most certainly IS (for Amelia)!
operacaster :
You may have made an excellent point by asking "What makes you think the MET management knows what they are doing ?"
I honestly sometimes really wonder about their singer castings in the House. But I guess also the other major houses in the world (Vienna, London, Berlin) are not too much better.
I saw Hampson in an interview at the Met once. He said he's choosing characters based on their dilemnas. I think he needs to be less concerned with the character's dilemna and more concerned with not destroying the beauty of his voice on Verdi.
No one is better in Mozart. No one can top him in Barbiere. Posa's fine. He should never do anything heavier than that, though.
I admire him for choosing characters who are interesting both dramatically and vocally......
its the same clothing and scenary that that old version with te kanawa and domingo as adorno! hahaahaha
Excuse me, not Nabucco: he interpretated Boccanegra. ;)
Is this recording or live?
This can be one of the most moving duets in all opera, however Hampson doesn't have the heft for it, ah for the Italian baritones
What's wrong with Hampson? I'm a pianist and know nothing about vocal production. He sounds gorgeous to me
@@amber40494 I just think Hampson's voice doesn't have the weight needed for the role as compared to Tito Gobbi or Piero Cappucilli or several others
I was in Met on opening nigt of this production - he was in much better voice than I can hear here(seems he is not well), Hampson is rather light bariton for this part (look for Chernov!),yet was heard in all house and sang with easy and both his vocal and his acting were wery GOOD! (yet in Simone I prefere Chernov)
The only two Verdi roles this man should touch are Rodrigo and Padre Germont. (And Germont's a stretch for him!) Leave the dramatic roles to dramatic baritones!
Because he is a tenor with no high notes?... He is choosing this or that based on character´s dilemas because he can´t sing what he could before. And now with his, let´s say weak voice, for Verdi he is just not good enough. Sorry but it is the truth.
But there´s no way they are brilliant compared Placido and Kiri. Im not even thouching Hampson because his just not good enough for Verdi. Too big for him even when he´s already in his 50´s.
i saw this live and loved it. Now i hear it again and don't like it. BOth are so average, and Hampson sounds dry.
@bodiloto Lei ha ragione...un Simone tra i peggiori ...poi il finale del duetto con quel suono orrendo...non parliamo dell'interpretazione...la saluto cordialmente
How right you are energyglobal! This would be funny, if it weren't so sad. Forty years ago, this would have been a barely acceptable ELISIR D'AMORE cast for the New York City Opera. Who makes these decisions to cast these works with such inadequate voices? Both good singers, but not for this rep.
Oh not again. Who cares what happened forty years ago......Hampson was a great Boccanegra in his day.
Excuse me, not Nabucco: he interpretated Boccanegra. ;)