There were 2 Prices in opera, Leontyne Price and Margaret Price! YES...YES..YES! Both voices were like pure gold....clear-cut like a flawless diamond! I could never get tired to listening to these two opera singers. Just overwhelmingly lovely! In my estimation, such people should never die.
A gorgeous voice and a warm sympathetic artist. We really don't hear her recordings much on radio these days - she is already a little forgotten in the UK which is a shame. She was certainly one of the finest sopranos of the 60s 70s and 80s. Thank you for posting this.
Oh my gosh, this is wonderful! What a pleasure to hear the aria cleansed of its nearly two centuries of irrelevant accretions. I'll bet this is the sort of voice for which this part was written: ample, feminine, fluent. Margaret Price is almost certainly a better singer than Isabella Colbran was, and Price could easily have tarted the piece up with the sort of vocal frippery which Rossini himself despised. I'll take it just as it is.
The remark about Colbran not being as good a singer reveals the complete naiveté of this comment. We can know nothing of how good [or bad] Madame Colbran was as there are no recordings, Certainly, many composers of the time wrote part specifically for Colbran and to suggest that somehow she was a second rate singer is absurd. This is not to say anything about Mme. Price. Rather it points up the absurdity of claiming anything about singers of the original period of any opera era in relation to those who sing the roles today.
Superb. Never mind the lesser ornaments. Clearly, Ms. Price did not need to show off through extra's, just singing the aria she was amazing enough. Besides, the way she ends it would make up for anything missing, which there wasn't...thank you for sharing!
When Price and Deutekom sang sustained phrases like in the full lyric roles and dramatic/spinto, they sang fully and beautifully. When doing the runs, they both did that aspirated stuff which I can't stand
I'm going to have to agree on this one (prolly going to get a reply to this haha), there was no variation on the cabaletta...as InformedListener said, "Pretty voice. Amazingly gorgeous voice." But what happened to the cabaletta?
Me la ricordo in un Freitschutz all'Auditorium del Foro Italico, magnifica, ma qua' un pesce fuor d'acqua parecchio...dati i veli bianchi sembra una carpa giapponese...
I like the vocal fireworks better in this aria. I believe there should be some "showing off" allowed in classical music as it is in more popular genres. Joan's is at the very top of my list because she delivers beautiful lines, amazing coloratura, and very sturdy high notes. This is a bit...lackluster.
Quite an underwhelming performance. Too slow, laboured and drawn out. Price clearly can't sing this up to speed. Lovely sound in the right roles, but misplaced here.
There were 2 Prices in opera, Leontyne Price and Margaret Price! YES...YES..YES! Both voices were like pure gold....clear-cut like a flawless diamond! I could never get tired to listening to these two opera singers. Just overwhelmingly lovely! In my estimation, such people should never die.
Both priceless!
If only there was singing like this today!!
A gorgeous voice and a warm sympathetic artist. We really don't hear her recordings much on radio these days - she is already a little forgotten in the UK which is a shame. She was certainly one of the finest sopranos of the 60s 70s and 80s. Thank you for posting this.
She let's the legato and ornamentation speak. It lives! What an artist!
MAGICA
Excellent singer, musicians also; clear voice; intriguing outdoor location.
I believe this was San Francisco Opera’s opera in the park.
RIP , GRAZIE! You left a grat mark in Opera! A Legend!
simply wonderful - perfect to study technique: sing through the eyes!! Why did she hide away in the last years, she was so young!!!
She's never tried to attract (or deceive) with ornaments, fireworks, tricks etc. Simply beautiful singing... more than enough, IMO
Rossini is vocal fireworks, his music is the height of vocal virtuosity. She oversimplifies this aria to suit her vocal abilities.
Oh what a lady! NICE! What a voice and what a final note that was! Wow!
Che bellissima voce ,corpora e calda !!!Bravissima 👏👏👏❤
Beautiful!
Oh my gosh, this is wonderful! What a pleasure to hear the aria cleansed of its nearly two centuries of irrelevant accretions. I'll bet this is the sort of voice for which this part was written: ample, feminine, fluent. Margaret Price is almost certainly a better singer than Isabella Colbran was, and Price could easily have tarted the piece up with the sort of vocal frippery which Rossini himself despised. I'll take it just as it is.
The remark about Colbran not being as good a singer reveals the complete naiveté of this comment. We can know nothing of how good [or bad] Madame Colbran was as there are no recordings, Certainly, many composers of the time wrote part specifically for Colbran and to suggest that somehow she was a second rate singer is absurd. This is not to say anything about Mme. Price. Rather it points up the absurdity of claiming anything about singers of the original period of any opera era in relation to those who sing the roles today.
Superb. Never mind the lesser ornaments. Clearly, Ms. Price did not need to show off through extra's, just singing the aria she was amazing enough. Besides, the way she ends it would make up for anything missing, which there wasn't...thank you for sharing!
RIP Margaret Price (1941-2011)
Her coloratura here reminds me a little of Christina Deutekom.
When Price and Deutekom sang sustained phrases like in the full lyric roles and dramatic/spinto, they sang fully and beautifully. When doing the runs, they both did that aspirated stuff which I can't stand
I prefer this to the over the top ornamentation.
OMG where's she singing!!!
and those ppl are great too!
This is in San Francisco during the late summer or fall before the season starts.
I'm going to have to agree on this one (prolly going to get a reply to this haha), there was no variation on the cabaletta...as InformedListener said, "Pretty voice. Amazingly gorgeous voice." But what happened to the cabaletta?
Me la ricordo in un Freitschutz all'Auditorium del Foro Italico, magnifica, ma qua' un pesce fuor d'acqua parecchio...dati i veli bianchi sembra una carpa giapponese...
Does anyone know who the conductor is?
Kurt Herbert Adler
I like the vocal fireworks better in this aria. I believe there should be some "showing off" allowed in classical music as it is in more popular genres. Joan's is at the very top of my list because she delivers beautiful lines, amazing coloratura, and very sturdy high notes. This is a bit...lackluster.
Beautiful voice....but....
Quite an underwhelming performance. Too slow, laboured and drawn out. Price clearly can't sing this up to speed. Lovely sound in the right roles, but misplaced here.