Birgit Nilsson Murders George London (for Franco Corelli)

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[@cgclx5013]

Qué bomba vocal extraordinaria fue esta soprano, encantadora persona también

[@LohengrinO]

Bomba Bomba!!!

[@cgclx5013]

@@LohengrinO ja ja jaaa 💛

[@juanloaezaviadas500]

Three gigantic voices singing at the same time. I am surprised that the theater’s roof didn’t blow off that night.

[@susanvaughan4210]

A magnificent soprano, and a wonderful human being.

[@jimcadena8533]

Extraordinary! My God, London! Franco and Birgit. I grew up with these artists and miss them terribly.

[@Bivolari]

Yack, yack, ya, she's not this one, he's not that one.....Let's face it your never going hear singing like this ever again. These high calorie voices are a thing of the past. Just sit back and enjoy what is available to us.

[@elisapradaorosa5210]

Tres gigantes de la lírica, maravillosos aquellos tiempos......

[@fernandorivas7419]

Estos tres eximios cantantes se lucen en sus interpretaciones hasta alcanzar niveles épicos. Que cast impresionante.
Con esta imagen estática imagino la tensión dramática de la escena.
Muchas gracias Lohengrin O.
Saludos cordiales desde Santiago de Chile.
Dr.Fernando Rivas-Burattini.
🤝👏👏👏💐💐💐...✝️🙏✝️🇨🇱🇨🇱

[@MichaelDG2023]

Magnificent voices. It was rather an astounding recording. As mightily as they essayed these roles I think I prefer London and Nilsson with spears and horned helmets.
Corelli of course… sigh. Did he ever do Wagner? THAT would be an exciting find!
I was a guest artist with Opera San Jose at the time when I had a conversation with its general director the great mezzo soprano Irene Dalis. She had sung many times with Corelli. Did you know he had terrible pre-show anxiety and that he was preoccupied by his voice throughout?
Of all people in opera history I would assume Franco Corelli to be unassailably confident!!!
“La voce, Irene? La voce?? Ella sta bene?” He would whisper to her off stage.
🤯
Of all the tenors she sang with Ms Dalis said he had the loudest voice.
Now THAT does not surprise me!

[@MichaelDG2023]

@@LohengrinOI need to listen to Farrell.
I admit it’s hard not to feel a little shabby when I listen to these singers. There’s an edge of envious verdigris which stains my admiration.

[@LohengrinO]

Birgit is the only big Voiced singer along with early Callas and dame Joan who had real technique... the rest were sloppy singers with huge instruments... I prefer ultra small voices with real technique (Schwarzkopf)

[@404modestahousebills4]

The thumbnail shows Birgit Nilsson performing Tosca in 1962. The Scarpia here is the Prince of Baritones, Cesare Bardelli.

[@404modestahousebills4]

Tosca
April 18, 1964
Boston, Massachusetts
Floria Tosca - Birgit Nilsson
Mario Cavaradossi - Franco Corelli
Baron Vitellio Scarpia - George London
Sacristan - Fernando Corena
Spoletta - Paul Franke
Cesare Angelotti - Norman Scott
Sciarrone - Calvin Marsh
Shepard - Stuart Fischer
Jailer - Robert Patterson
Conductor - Fausto Cleva
BaroneVitellioScarpia1 owns this recording as an mp3 file.
Here is the link to the video that has the link to this mp3 in its description.
Link: ua-cam.com/video/BvTfYqyeqe4/v-deo.html

[@dramaturge231]

VITTOOOOOORIIAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! 😍🤩🥰🤤

[@fzpe856]

Tosca 1950/51/52/53 Callas …
I love my Swedish girl, but she just hits the notes.

[@LohengrinO]

But the way she supports the top notes... unbreakable

[@jefolson6989]

This must be toward the end for London. He avoids some difficult passages, takes a lower notes. It's sounds spur of the moment rather than planned. Only time I heard London crack was in this same scene. Amazing he could sing at all. By this time his paralyzed chord was plumped up with silicone injections. Tragic. But what a performance!

[@LohengrinO]

in this performance he had one paralyzed cord plumped with silicone injections???

[@jefolson6989]

@@LohengrinO From 1966 . It was kept pretty secret until his sudden retirement. If you've seen him on video, one side of his face was partially immobilized as well, although I don't know the original cause. His life was a series of tragedies.

[@ohmy5650]

Very impressive that "Quanto?" & all, but though I think the world about Nilsson, I tend to prefer other incarnations of Tosca. This said, what a thrilling delight here, & I mean it! Also enjoyed London's "shrewd" & impressive Scarpia.

[@LohengrinO]

I immensely enjoyed the unbreakable support of the top notes by Birgit which is not an occasional here and there top note like in Wagner but constantly requiring the soprano to climb for a 2-second-support of a top big note then go back to sing in middle voice...

[@michaelbeecham7853]

Any one of them could easily murder anyone with their voices.

[@luanllluan]

god, I just LOVE George London

[@Romper566]

Wonderful Tosca! How exciting, electrifying! Too bad the entire act wasn't available here.

[@amandajean7738]

Of course, Nilsson(Tosca) murks London (Scarpia) for Corelli (Cavaradosi). She's that kind of ride or die woman. But then again who wouldn't?

[@fernandorivas7419]

Estimado Lohengrin O. ¡¡Nos debe el Vissi d'arte!!.

[@jmiller05]

She has a great chest voice here and she hits all the notes but I don't buy Nilsson as Tosca. There's nothing of the romantic dramatic here, nothing hot blooded. Nilsson had a different sense for romance which you can hear in her Wagnerian stuff but it never bled convincingly into her Italian roles imo.

[@ohmy5650]

I could say about the same.

[@LohengrinO]

...but as always listen the way she supports the top notes.... unbreakable...

[@Romper566]

@@LohengrinO.. Her drama was subtle. The interpretation was all in the voice. She didn't need the Scotto, Callas drama. Her voice said it all, in my humble opinion.

[@iakovosarvanitis8812]

@@Romper566 pourtant le drama c’est la base du théâtre OPÉRA. Seule la divina Callas à le meilleur rôle dans ce répertoire Italien !!!!

[@Romper566]

@@iakovosarvanitis8812... Everyone is entitled to their opinion. You're entitled to yours, and I'm entitled to mine. I don't see Callas as THEE greatest "Italian" interpreter. But each to his own.