nellie melba puccini tosca "vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"
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- nellie melba puccini tosca "vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore"
orchestra conducted by walter b rogers
1907
picture:
melba-longstaff's portrait
TOSCA
nel massimo dolore
Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore,
non feci mai male ad anima viva!...
Con man furtiva
quante miserie conobbi, aiutai...
Sempre con fe' sincera,
la mia preghiera
ai santi tabernacoli salì.
Sempre con fe' sincera
diedi fiori agli altar.
alzandosi
Nell'ora del dolore
perché, perché Signore,
perché me ne rimuneri così?
Diedi gioielli
della Madonna al manto,
e diedi il canto
agli astri, al ciel, che ne ridean più belli.
Nell'ora del dolore,
perché, perché Signore,
perché me ne rimuneri così?
Personaggi:
FLORIA TOSCA, celebre cantante (Soprano)
MARIO CAVARADOSSI, pittore (Tenore)
IL BARONE SCARPIA, capo della polizia (Baritono)
CESARE ANGELOTTI (Basso)
IL SAGRESTANO (Baritono)
SPOLETTA, agente di polizia (Tenore)
SCIARRONE, gendarme (Basso)
CARCERIERE (Basso)
UN PASTORELLO (Soprano)
CORO
soldati, sbirri, dame, nobili, borghesi, popolo
Luogo
Roma
Epoca
17 e 18 giugno 1800
Wasn't she just the best? Why not Tosca? She had the perfect voice. No distracting vibrato; just puré tone. I am so grateful for these You Tube clips
this class of singing is not a joke and not for everyone to understand, therefore it is normal people dislike, but before disliking, please educate yourself! Even legendary Ponselle whom Pavarotti and Callas were idolizing, was far away from Melba's level of singing! Thanks for those who have ears, appreciation and kindness to share this gem!
Fantastic, beautiful voice, beautiful singing.
WONDERFUL ! Brava NELLIE MELBA !
Good on you, Gehan Cooray, for standing up up for the great Dame Melba!
She makes me proud to be a Melbournian
The sweetest voice of all time.
It's a crying shame that she never got to play Tosca onstage. Damn Mary Garden for discouraging her.
SUPERB ; actually Melba also very much wanted to sing Butterfly and studied it with Puccini but was uncomfortable with the exotic aspect and just couldn't do it
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MELBA WAS NEVER A HOUSEMAID! Gracious. :) She only once said that WHATEVER she did in life, she would have been determined to be the BEST at it - even *IF* she were a housemaid......lol.
Da 10 e lode !!!!!!!!!....Mari
I think this is the most *SENSITIVE* recorded version of the aria EVER!!!!!
She elicits *SO MUCH MORE* GENUINE SYMPATHY here than the more modern Toscas who try to howl and bellow.
And that SIGH she takes at the very end of the piece, after the word "rimuneri", showcases Dramatic Acting at its *ABSOLUTE FINEST* to me........while the way she renders the final word "cosi", is probably THE MOST *HEARTBREAKING* phrase I've EVER heard a soprano deliver!!
@Gary2837 I don't tuhink it sounds like she was pushing too hard to reach the top notes at all, and this performance is all the more impressive when you remember that she was around 46 years old at the time (past her prime, to say the least!) . Her upper register sounds surprisingly youthful and bright actually!! Also keep in mind that Melba never actually performed the role of Tosca - even though she made a recording of this famous aria. So Tosca was not on her actual repertoire!!
@Gary2837 Yes, they say she died after complications ensuing from a face lift. But I'm not sure whether this has been confirmed conclusively. I happen to like her VISSI D'ARTE, because I personally think she brought a lot of SENSITIVITY and a SUBLIME type of pathos to this famous aria. I know that this is a very different rendition/interpretation from what people are probably used to, but I still like it. Which aria was it that you found pleasing and nice?
@Gary2837 And I would love to hear what the ORIGINAL composers of these operas - who loved Melba SO MUCH - would have to say about your beloved "sopranos of the 60s through the present". It's one thing if you ONLY like the modern, newfangled sopranos (many of whom are either shrill or sharp or insufferably obnoxious interpreters of music) - but that doesn't change the fact that Melba will always be remembered for captivating not only her audiences, but also the likes of Verdi, Puccini and Gounod
This suits her very well indeed!
@Gary2837 I can't imagine why you brought MONEY into the equation, because Melba did not become rich *UNTIL* she became a star. She became the chief sensation of her age because of her INNATE TALENT and her HARD WORK!
In fact, her teacher in Paris, Mathilde Marchesi, had to help SUPPORT her financially, while she underwent training, because her father had only given her a limited amount of money when she left Australia.
It WAS her "voice" that MADE her money (not the other way around)!!!!!!!!!
Melba wanted to sing Tosca very much. She told Mary Garden that she was studying the role and asked Garden about how the role should be interpreted. Garden wrote, "She never could sing Tosca and she never did. She just wasn't made for Tosca." Mimi, however, was another story altogether. Melba studied the role with Puccini and she introduced Boheme to Covent Garden and to the Metropolitan. As Mimi, she was unsurpassed. Puccini paid Melba a compliment when he said that he liked the way she sang his music (i.e. "You sing Puccini, not Melba-Puccini").