It's brutal. It's heavy-opera. It's how it's supposed to be. A solid, heavy, dark, fearless voice, flooding the room and making us simply forget and forgive minor technical issues. It's absolutely real and miraculous at the same time. BRAVA! ❤👏
@@birdlover7776 basically regaring her pronunciation of some words and vowels. They sound rather foreign at times, not Italian. But nothing that interferes or diminishes the rendition so much. As I said, she had so many other qualities that it doesn't matter if her "accent" was not perfect.
They aren’t making opera singers like this anymore, vocal abandon, true expression, with a raw sound. This is what the opera composers sought out to hear, not timid singing.
Easily the greatest mezzo of the last 40+ years, and one of the best voices period. The uniqueness of her timbre, the massive wall of sound that she could produce, the energy that she exuded in her performances... Truly captivating.
@@CandyLinton Well, let's take an honest look. Did Baker take on heavy Verdi roles? Nope. Did Baker appear in title roles at La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Grande Opera on a regular basis? Nope. Only Covent Garden, but she is English right? Baker's repertoire included Mozart, Handel and that's it - typical lyric mezzo. She had a wonderful polished voice, but great - that's an overstretch. If you ARE great, top opera houses run after you. That was not the case with Baker.
I had the great honor of attending many years to her performances at Barcelona “Gran Teatre del Liceu” where she was one of the most beloved singers! She passed away too soon and we miss her. 🌹🌹🌹
Voce magnifica una potenza vocale oggi introvabile nei pseudocantanti lirici suoni rotondi armonici pieni una vera potenza dells natura artista indimenticabile
There are NO words to describe my feelings for Elena's voice! She was not scared to use ALL its colors, ring, an she gave balls when singing! She only sang for a little while cause of it. But, DANG!!!!! lololol this woman could SANG foreal! thats what sets her apart, she sang with her instrument an flavor. an most of us LOVED her for it!! Her Samson e Dalilah with Domingo......AMAZIN!!!!the duet after Mon Coeur is OFF THE CHAIN!!! that chest voice kills me!! i LUV it!! Brava Diva!
this woman gives me goose-pumps everytime I hear her sing with this passion, her singing enraptures the soul! And by the way, what a beautiful woman she was as well!!!
Obraztsova's voice is not only a voice for the ears, it's a voice to feel with your body, your sternum. You can feel the vibrations going through your sternum. How can one resist to its wildness and violence ? This sure is one of the most erotic emissions I've ever heard in opera.
Her voice drive me crazy!!! The other mezzo that makes me such an effect is Oralia Dominguez. Those voices are coming from a great woman soul!!! Spectacular!!
@@mariomario2825 ma e' proprio il diaframma che deve lavorare e non la gola. Io trovo abbia una tecnica perfetta e solida. Infatti era una delle migliori azucene. Voce potente e rotonda. Ma anche, dove occorre, dolce perche morbida. Grazie all' uso corretto drl diaframma
@@maurobernardini143 credo che lei abbia le idee poco chiare, cosa ha a che fare il diaframma con la poizione la relativa risonanza? Per usare le risonanza di petto, abbassa volontariamente la posizione, nulla a che fare con il diaframma.
God kissed Elena...what a temperament ! When I used to listen to her at the concerts, it was like ELECTRICITY AROUND US.She is so special. And thanks God for that ..
Sin duda alguna una cantante que creo y forjó una escuela en la tesitura de Mezzosoprano está inigualable artista sembró y creo un camino para que las nuevas generaciones supieran como abordar los papeles de las Óperas ella como otras han pasado al gran libro de las más grandes figuras del mundo operístico espero y deseo que siempre la recordemos porque su voz fue de las más aplaudidas desde Madrid mil gracias por este video
Spectacular! Many have 'prettier' voices, but few - if any - make such an impact. And that is because of her extraordinary musical intelligence and sensitivity.
Yes WHY? Because they lack "musical intelligence"....they can have pretty voices like Netrebko, but it takes more. It takes a love and an understanding of the Music! A pretty voice and temperament isnt enough! Thank you Elena for all the wonderful interpretations you have left behind.
I am a singer myself, and after many years in the business, my guess would be that today, everyone's so busy "making it" before everyone else, that they simply don't have the time/the money/ the patience to make their voices mature enough to sing this kind of stuff the way it is supposed to be sung. Too many singers fight over so few jobs, and not accepting an offer though not really able to sing it, can seem impossible. And at the same time, a lot of teachers have become afraid of voices naturally big - and instead of gently encouraging their pupils to nurture and strengthen their vocal skills, they try to squeeze them into a tiny box as it seems to be more safe. In other words: They wont hold them selves in any way accountable for their pupils developement unless it's a good one. But here's to hoping that the few brave pioners there are, will help turn this opera-voice-fright around. Big is beautiful and healthy when sung properly.
SO true!!! I am a "baby-wagnerian" myself and have to take all kinds of crap while waiting to do the parts I am really supposed to. No one says it's ever going to happen, but I keep working hard in the hope it will. But you can't go around and wait for 20 years, and therefore in the meantime, I do anything I can get my hands on, even non-classical stuff which I love - and eventually, hopefully, it will all fall into place :o)
I Love Elena. I got to see her at The Met a few times in my youth. Even met her and gave her a hug back stage once. I wonder if She still sings or where She lives I would love to reach out and write her
o my god, the note at 3.32 is unbelievable...one of the most thrilling arias of all time...i only heard this aria for the 1st time yesterday,sung brilliantly in a more lyrical way by another russian at this yrs cardiff singer of the world
*. 🔥🌃🕌🌙🔥 . She's stunning and astonishing, brutal and shining. All at the same time. Chaos making itself in the opera. ¡Bravo, bravo for Elena Obraztsova! . 🔥🌙🕌🌃🔥 .
No one sings this way now. NO ONE! Just superb and unbeatable.
What a voice, what a sound what a lovely lady!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's brutal. It's heavy-opera. It's how it's supposed to be. A solid, heavy, dark, fearless voice, flooding the room and making us simply forget and forgive minor technical issues. It's absolutely real and miraculous at the same time. BRAVA! ❤👏
Yea what shortcomings?!
@@birdlover7776 basically regaring her pronunciation of some words and vowels. They sound rather foreign at times, not Italian. But nothing that interferes or diminishes the rendition so much. As I said, she had so many other qualities that it doesn't matter if her "accent" was not perfect.
@@scataplaft okay thanks for reply. I will give it another listen
@@lilianelidova в ритме
What technical issues? I don't hear a single one...
They aren’t making opera singers like this anymore, vocal abandon, true expression, with a raw sound. This is what the opera composers sought out to hear, not timid singing.
We’re making;) listen to pace mio Dio , I’ll make a recording with my soprano student in 2 months!
Совершенно гениально
I think you could say her voice is volcanic! Superb! This is what a dramatic mezzo should sound like.
Easily the greatest mezzo of the last 40+ years, and one of the best voices period. The uniqueness of her timbre, the massive wall of sound that she could produce, the energy that she exuded in her performances... Truly captivating.
Greater than Janet Baker? Very different but no greater, no way.
@@CandyLinton Well, let's take an honest look. Did Baker take on heavy Verdi roles? Nope. Did Baker appear in title roles at La Scala, Metropolitan Opera, Grande Opera on a regular basis? Nope. Only Covent Garden, but she is English right? Baker's repertoire included Mozart, Handel and that's it - typical lyric mezzo. She had a wonderful polished voice, but great - that's an overstretch. If you ARE great, top opera houses run after you. That was not the case with Baker.
La sua voce mi fa impazzire.
Una vera leonessa da palcoscenico che purtroppo ci ha lasciati...
RIP Elena
Hai ragione! Ha una voce che è tutta un'orchestra, così potente e così ricca di armoniche! Le meravigliose note di petto, poi, sono irraggiungibili!
Hátborzongatóan fenséges, minden idők legjobb mezzo-sopránja, hangja örökké élni fog amig az ember operát hallgat!!!!!!!!!!
Думаю да
Слушаю и не могу наслушаться, как же она гениальна в каждом исполнении этого выдающегося концерта!!!!
И в финале выдала на бис сложнейшую арию Эболи!!! Великая🥰
Magnifica Elena, una delle migliori se non la migliore. Una voce enorme e delle note basse ineguagliabili. Bravissima! ❤
A vocal tornado. The best mezzo lows of the record era. My favorite one in this range !
PoncelleLover
live performance a vocal tornado = Elena Nicolai .
@@bodiloto E vero, Nicolai è una forza della natura anche...
Her high notes were bad. It takes more than being an incomplete voice to be good.
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 What are you even talking about?
@@EmilyGloeggler7984 "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing"(c). ☢
She totally, utterly, truly, madly and deeply, nails it!!!
Elena Obraztsova is the greatest Mezzo ever!!!!! Thank you Elena!!
Какой красивый и мощный голос,просто лавина!!!Бравоооо!!!!
Voz plena, agudos poderosos, graves poderosos, expresión y pasión de principio a fin. Grande.
I had the great honor of attending many years to her performances at Barcelona “Gran Teatre del Liceu” where she was one of the most beloved singers! She passed away too soon and we miss her. 🌹🌹🌹
Elle était une dès plus grandes cantatrices au monde,une voix splendide !🌺
My absolutely favorite rendition of this aria!
Voce magnifica una potenza vocale oggi introvabile nei pseudocantanti lirici suoni rotondi armonici pieni una vera potenza dells natura artista indimenticabile
There are NO words to describe my feelings for Elena's voice! She was not scared to use ALL its colors, ring, an she gave balls when singing! She only sang for a little while cause of it. But, DANG!!!!! lololol this woman could SANG foreal! thats what sets her apart, she sang with her instrument an flavor. an most of us LOVED her for it!! Her Samson e Dalilah with Domingo......AMAZIN!!!!the duet after Mon Coeur is OFF THE CHAIN!!! that chest voice kills me!! i LUV it!! Brava Diva!
Good Lord, I've heard a fair share of huge voices but this is...stunning
Come lei nessuna MAI! Dolce e grande Elena sempre nel mio cuore ❤
Absolute queen !!!
this woman gives me goose-pumps everytime I hear her sing with this passion, her singing enraptures the soul! And by the way, what a beautiful woman she was as well!!!
Where does the time go that the planet earth has seen such great talents pass onto the heavens? Thank you
There were voices then.
What a queen !!!
Браво Образцова !!!!!!! Неповторимо
Obraztsova's voice is not only a voice for the ears, it's a voice to feel with your body, your sternum. You can feel the vibrations going through your sternum. How can one resist to its wildness and violence ? This sure is one of the most erotic emissions I've ever heard in opera.
AMEN!!!!!
That is because of her spectacular musicality.
Her voice drive me crazy!!!
The other mezzo that makes me such an effect is Oralia Dominguez.
Those voices are coming from a great woman soul!!!
Spectacular!!
@@dubbelhenke854 Roberto aligna
Robertoalagna
Gnafroberto
@@dubbelhenke854 Roberto aligna
Gnafroberto
Tour de force!! This is the crowning performance of this aria- such POWER!! And yet, such grace. I'm in awe.
This is the best thing I've listened to in my life.
The best rendition of this aria on TH-cam.
Impressionante il volume e l'uniformita' della voce,magnifici fiati,qualita' eccelsa della voce.
ti ascolto tutti i giorni,YELENA SEI NEL MIO CUORE!!!!!
Uniformità no, c'è un continuo uso della voce di petto, purtroppo molti mezzo lo usano tranne rarissime eccezioni
@@mariomario2825 ma e' proprio il diaframma che deve lavorare e non la gola. Io trovo abbia una tecnica perfetta e solida. Infatti era una delle migliori azucene. Voce potente e rotonda. Ma anche, dove occorre, dolce perche morbida. Grazie all' uso corretto drl diaframma
@@maurobernardini143 credo che lei abbia le idee poco chiare, cosa ha a che fare il diaframma con la poizione la relativa risonanza? Per usare le risonanza di petto, abbassa volontariamente la posizione, nulla a che fare con il diaframma.
Brava!!!!! Su nombre estará siempre vivo en el mundo de la ópera!!!! Bravissima!!!!!
God kissed Elena...what a temperament ! When I used to listen to her at the concerts, it was like ELECTRICITY AROUND US.She is so special. And thanks God for that ..
Гениально!
She sounds like a rock star ) and it is a compliment. So much power and passion.
What a great voice!
This is MAGNIFICENT! I have never heard this sung better, truly thrilling!!
una forza della natura....timbro meraviglioso....grazie elena
Sin duda alguna una cantante que creo y forjó una escuela en la tesitura de Mezzosoprano está inigualable artista sembró y creo un camino para que las nuevas generaciones supieran como abordar los papeles de las Óperas ella como otras han pasado al gran libro de las más grandes figuras del mundo operístico espero y deseo que siempre la recordemos porque su voz fue de las más aplaudidas desde Madrid mil gracias por este video
TH-cam should add a heart. Thumbs up is not enough! 💙💙💙
Elena, how do I love your sonorous hurricane to mess up my hair each time I listen to you !
God, I love her voice!
Obraztsova!🎉❤ so unique and STUNNING! No one can sing this aria like she does! I stop breathing while listening!
Какая красота!
Quelle merveille 🙏🏻
meravigliosa .
+bodiloto
Хочу голос как у неё..по моему мой низкий,очень низкий(мне назвали женский тенор-петь тебе в хоре альтистом до старости)
voce,sensibilita' fiati,unica senza paragoni!!!
Божественно!
Te amo Elena, te amo, te amo!!! 💖
Видатна супер співачка...♥️💖
Elena Obraztsova sings the aria of Princess d'Bouillon from Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur.
Tokyo, 1980.
stupenda
Un'ira di Dio di voce , ho i brividi. Grandissima.
Now this is a chestvoice to write home about...
She just switch to head voice when she hit the G5 AND A5
She just switch to head voice when she hit the G5 AND A5
@@earlmanzor560 Nope, she switches lower.
great mezzo voice - one of the best i have heard
è spaventosa!! da le note basse che sono incredibili!
legend
bravissima :)
Spectacular! Many have 'prettier' voices, but few - if any - make such an impact. And that is because of her extraordinary musical intelligence and sensitivity.
La DIVINA!!!!!!!!
Phénoménal !!!
fabuleux.... en vrai je l'ai entendu somptueuse voix
ЛУЧШАЯЯЯЯЯЯЯ!!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Bravissima e Grandissima Cantante ed Interprete ❤🌹
AAAAMAAAAAZZZZZZZZZING!!!
Oh! GORGEOUS! SIMMERING! SHIMMERING! EXCITING! DRAMATIC! BRAVA!!!!!!
Now, THAT is a goddess!!!
The measure of the most beautiful singing❤
She's a storm!
Fantástica Aria.
Favolosa stupenda anche bravissima ❤
Why do singers like these don't exist anymore?
Yes WHY? Because they lack "musical intelligence"....they can have pretty voices like Netrebko, but it takes more. It takes a love and an understanding of the Music! A pretty voice and temperament isnt enough! Thank you Elena for all the wonderful interpretations you have left behind.
May be because to-day they don't appreciate operas any more? Pity , pity!
I am a singer myself, and after many years in the business, my guess would be that today, everyone's so busy "making it" before everyone else, that they simply don't have the time/the money/ the patience to make their voices mature enough to sing this kind of stuff the way it is supposed to be sung. Too many singers fight over so few jobs, and not accepting an offer though not really able to sing it, can seem impossible.
And at the same time, a lot of teachers have become afraid of voices naturally big - and instead of gently encouraging their pupils to nurture and strengthen their vocal skills, they try to squeeze them into a tiny box as it seems to be more safe. In other words: They wont hold them selves in any way accountable for their pupils developement unless it's a good one.
But here's to hoping that the few brave pioners there are, will help turn this opera-voice-fright around. Big is beautiful and healthy when sung properly.
you're right, a singer needs to "grow" into this kind of voice and these days nobody can wait.
SO true!!! I am a "baby-wagnerian" myself and have to take all kinds of crap while waiting to do the parts I am really supposed to. No one says it's ever going to happen, but I keep working hard in the hope it will. But you can't go around and wait for 20 years, and therefore in the meantime, I do anything I can get my hands on, even non-classical stuff which I love - and eventually, hopefully, it will all fall into place :o)
chest at its best viva sempre eterna Elena
Obraztsova at her peak!
Holy smokes !!! She’s awesome!!!
I Love Elena. I got to see her at The Met a few times in my youth. Even met her and gave her a hug back stage once. I wonder if She still sings or where She lives I would love to reach out and write her
Glen K Dunbar she passed away...RIP
Grandiosa!!!!
Divine artist---Mezzosopran! RIP.
I wonder what braindamaged people could dislike that?
+Alexander Vorobiov Maybe they're deaf? :D
jealous frustrated mezzos
Поет для Бога. Мурашки по коже. ❤
Какая мощь!
o my god, the note at 3.32 is unbelievable...one of the most thrilling arias of all time...i only heard this aria for the 1st time yesterday,sung brilliantly in a more lyrical way by another russian at this yrs cardiff singer of the world
grande présence vocale et scénique.
A "force of nature" as well said Lyside1, in front of whom I only can humbly kneel and say : thank you !
Superba e insuperabile!
A remarkable sound! Holy Mother Mary! Yes!!!!
Brava!!!!!!!!!Amazing!!!!!!
Semplicemente Meravigliosa. Riposa In Pace tra gli angeli del paradiso.
Voce immensa!!!Carattere impossibile!!!
Mah!
1985 le avevo chiesto se desiderava qualcosa,eravamo all'aeroporto di Catania,non fu affatto gentile
ahahhahahah
Cosa le ha detto esattamente? E può anche darsi che fosse non proprio dell'umore giusto quel giorno, capita...
This is Obraztsova at the height of her powers!
La più Grande Mezzosoprano di sempre ❤
merveilleuse je l ecoute tous les jours, il n y a personne mieux qu elle dans cet air
Heee... I like how she speeds up the tempo right at the start, letting the conductor know what SHE wants!
BRAVA, YELENA VASIL'EVNA !!!
*. 🔥🌃🕌🌙🔥 . She's stunning and astonishing, brutal and shining. All at the same time. Chaos making itself in the opera. ¡Bravo, bravo for Elena Obraztsova! . 🔥🌙🕌🌃🔥 .
sensationell
Bravissima Obratztsova, real mezzosoprano.
who are those 18 people who didn't like it? are they deaf???
Probably the Cossotto fans..............and yes they are deaf!
Deaf and blind!
Hey now...be nice
I like both!
😄
No, they probably think rap is music and not a low social comment.
Netrebko fans
Bravo - Bravo....!!!!
Помним
Люди так не могут петь. Инопланетянка. После её исполнения этой арии ну не могу никого больше слушать. Плоско, скучно, даже пискляво.
come sempre favolosa
brava lei
je l'adore
c un modèle
de beauté de voix, temperamento, tutto
merci Gabba