Well a tricky one again from you Dearest MANOLI.Not from AB who has developed a great carrear.But from the opera itself. A greek interpreter.You must be in Heaven.She was a piano virtuous before studying in the Conservatory of Athens.There,she won a scholarship from Maria Callas and went to study in Munich. And from then onwards she was required in Austria virtually all her first years .Von Karajan requested her for the Salzburg Festival.And besides she became Kammersangerin for Vienna s Staatsopera. About the Opera.A young 14 year old Mozart was strolling with his father in Italy.He received the commission of making an opera of wars between Turks and Romans. Actually it was more of a love story with a father and two sons in love with Aspasia. The funny thing about it is that apparently the singers were given and Mozart had to adapt the ideas he got to their voices. There was only one tenor,the king.The sons were one alto castrato and the other and the attendant soprano castrato. So no problems with your baritones here 😂. The curious thing is that being AB a mezzo according to Mozart she was supposed to be a soprano as Aspasia.And although her scales are divine and very Mozart like,her voice didn't intend to sound clear at all ,to me it's a pure mezzo singing. There's another thing that comes to my mind.We are only hearing her performing this third act.But what a melange it must have been having her amidst such high men voices... Anyway you ALWAYS surprise me with voice issues from Dear Mozart. By the way the opera disappeared for ages until Von Karajan found copies and decided to bring it to Salzburg Festival in the beginning of the seventies.What luck...❤🎉
One of Baltsa's earliest studio recordings, the Deutsche Grammophon Mitridate. A local San Francisco radio station played the entire recording (three and a quarter hours) in 1977, which is when I first heard it. I was fourteen, and though I had been a rabid opera fan for eight years already, I was bowled over by the cast, none of whom had previously been known to me. Augèr, Gruberova, Cotrubas, Baltsa and Werner Hollweg was a lineup that didn't happen every day, and I was glued to the radio for the entire lengthy span of the work. Fortunately I was already a Wagner admirer, so my attention span had been conditioned accordingly. Baltsa's seductive combination of smooth legato and a plangent, somewhat reedy timbre enchanted me, and I was soon excited to learn that her meteoric career had catapulted her from her 'home' houses of Munich and Vienna to London, Paris, Milan, Berlin and New York. A magnificent singer, whose artistry has only become richer and more profound with the passing years. Happy Birthday, indeed! Thank you, Manoli!
*Αγαπητή μας Αγνή, σού εύχομαι ολόψυχα χρόνια πολλά και καλά και σ' ευχαριστώ για την χαρά που μάς έδωσες όλα αυτά τα χρόνια.* Thank you, dear Manoli, for the video and for the remembrance of Agni's birthday.
@@arnoldamaral3814 I prefer Jaume.He stopped singing due to migraines.Poor guy.I found out about him through a non Spaniard and am delighted with his singing through you.Shame on me as a Spaniard 🫣🤐
Well a tricky one again from you Dearest MANOLI.Not from AB who has developed a great carrear.But from the opera itself.
A greek interpreter.You must be in Heaven.She was a piano virtuous before studying in the Conservatory of Athens.There,she won a scholarship from Maria Callas and went to study in Munich.
And from then onwards she was required in Austria virtually all her first years .Von Karajan requested her for the Salzburg Festival.And besides she became Kammersangerin for Vienna s Staatsopera.
About the Opera.A young 14 year old Mozart was strolling with his father in Italy.He received the commission of making an opera of wars between Turks and Romans.
Actually it was more of a love story with a father and two sons in love with Aspasia.
The funny thing about it is that apparently the singers were given and Mozart had to adapt the ideas he got to their voices.
There was only one tenor,the king.The sons were one alto castrato and the other and the attendant soprano castrato.
So no problems with your baritones here 😂.
The curious thing is that being AB a mezzo according to Mozart she was supposed to be a soprano as Aspasia.And although her scales are divine and very Mozart like,her voice didn't intend to sound clear at all ,to me it's a pure mezzo singing.
There's another thing that comes to my mind.We are only hearing her performing this third act.But what a melange it must have been having her amidst such high men voices...
Anyway you ALWAYS surprise me with voice issues from Dear Mozart.
By the way the opera disappeared for ages until Von Karajan found copies and decided to bring it to Salzburg Festival in the beginning of the seventies.What luck...❤🎉
One of Baltsa's earliest studio recordings, the Deutsche Grammophon Mitridate. A local San Francisco radio station played the entire recording (three and a quarter hours) in 1977, which is when I first heard it. I was fourteen, and though I had been a rabid opera fan for eight years already, I was bowled over by the cast, none of whom had previously been known to me. Augèr, Gruberova, Cotrubas, Baltsa and Werner Hollweg was a lineup that didn't happen every day, and I was glued to the radio for the entire lengthy span of the work. Fortunately I was already a Wagner admirer, so my attention span had been conditioned accordingly. Baltsa's seductive combination of smooth legato and a plangent, somewhat reedy timbre enchanted me, and I was soon excited to learn that her meteoric career had catapulted her from her 'home' houses of Munich and Vienna to London, Paris, Milan, Berlin and New York. A magnificent singer, whose artistry has only become richer and more profound with the passing years. Happy Birthday, indeed! Thank you, Manoli!
🎉 Fabulous cast the one you heard when young.So happy memories...
*Αγαπητή μας Αγνή, σού εύχομαι ολόψυχα χρόνια πολλά και καλά και σ' ευχαριστώ για την χαρά που μάς έδωσες όλα αυτά τα χρόνια.*
Thank you, dear Manoli, for the video and for the remembrance of Agni's birthday.
Balsta rocks❤🎉
Coolest playlists.Ive even discovered Jaume Aragall,someone I'd heard from but didn't know was so good...❤🎉
@@MaríaAdrianaFragaEstévezHe had such a beautiful voice . Like Jose Carreras ❤🌍🌏🌎👏👏👏👏
@@arnoldamaral3814 I prefer Jaume.He stopped singing due to migraines.Poor guy.I found out about him through a non Spaniard and am delighted with his singing through you.Shame on me as a Spaniard 🫣🤐