Sills hated that costume. She called it an awful "wedding cake" in her autobiography. LOL!! Interesting that this was the first. Think of how many thousands of unrecorded opera performances went unpreserved before TV and VHS. We're so lucky to have so much of her work in permanent form!
A superb production with Sills radiant singing. It is too bad that a good quality dub is not available from master tapes, if they still exist. The original was broadcast in shades of green, but modern processing might bring out the fantastic colors. But it is possible to dramatically clean up the B&W video and sound, and I will post a good version soon in stereo.
This opera is cryng for a performance at the MET--its a masterpiece. They need to stop trotting out the same old, same old (ie Carmen, Figaro, Traviata, Magic Flute) and bring in other master works!!!
What's also remarkable is how clear the words come through, even with mediocre sound quality. Makes me wish there were more operas done in English at the City Opera or the Met.
man, this is the really the first "live from Lincoln Center" on November 9, 1971. So glad that it exists, even if not in color.
She is phenomenal in this role!
This is such a cool clip! With those hips and that costume she really is the Queen of Shimmy-Ka! Go, Bev!
Hooray for Tito Capobianco! What a wonderful production. It amazes me that I have had the chance to work with such a true genius.
S.S.S. = Sills Simply Stunning!
Beautifully sung - wow!!!!
Sills hated that costume. She called it an awful "wedding cake" in her autobiography. LOL!!
Interesting that this was the first. Think of how many thousands of unrecorded opera performances went unpreserved before TV and VHS. We're so lucky to have so much of her work in permanent form!
A superb production with Sills radiant singing. It is too bad that a good quality dub is not available from master tapes, if they still exist. The original was broadcast in shades of green, but modern processing might bring out the fantastic colors. But it is possible to dramatically clean up the B&W video and sound, and I will post a good version soon in stereo.
May you rest in eternal peace...
This opera is cryng for a performance at the MET--its a masterpiece. They need to stop trotting out the same old, same old (ie Carmen, Figaro, Traviata, Magic Flute) and bring in other master works!!!
What's also remarkable is how clear the words come through, even with mediocre sound quality. Makes me wish there were more operas done in English at the City Opera or the Met.
magnificent! belle ^_^
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Dessay ? It's a joke !
what a masterpiece .whats the Met waiting for to do it for Dessay , damn it !
Yummy!!!