Early Montserrat Caballé sings a Gorgeous, second only to Callas', Al Dolce Guidami
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- Highlighted comments from commenters below (Im sorry Montse)
-From Shahrdad:
+Lellobeetle Callas herself knew very well that many people didn't like the sound of her voice, and she herself was among those people. She said that the first time she heard her own voice on a recording she almost cried her eyes out and wanted to stop singing. John Ardoin, who was the most informed writer on Callas as well as a personal friend said that once Callas asked him, "When you first heard my voice, did you like it?" He said, "No." She said, "I didn't think so."
For me, there are voices that are beautiful, and there are voices that are better than beautiful. Similarly, there are actresses that are beautiful, and there are actresses that are better than beautiful (think Streep, Magnani, etc.) These singer's voices might at first be disquieting, but they are able to express so many colors and emotions besides beauty. Carlo Maria Giulini likened Callas's voice to a string instrument: "Her voice was a very special instrument. Something happens sometimes with string instruments-violin, viola, cello-where the first moment you listen to the sound of this instrument, the first feeling is a bit strange sometimes. But after just a few minutes, when you get used to, when you become friends with this kind of sound, then the sound becomes a magical quality. This was Callas."
And although not the prettiest sound in the world, going by contemporary descriptions, it seems that it was eerily similar to the voice of Giuditta Pasta, for whom Donizetti wrote Bolena and Bellini wrote Norma and Sonnambula. Henry Fothergil Chorley wrote about Pasta: "There was a portion of the scale which differed from the rest in quality and remained to the last 'under a veil.' ...out of these uncouth materials she had to compose her instrument and then to give it flexibility. Her studies to acquire execution must have been tremendous; but the volubility and brilliancy, when acquired, gained a character of their own... There were a breadth, an expressiveness in her roulades, an evenness and solidity in her shake, which imparted to every passage a significance totally beyond the reach of lighter and more spontaneous singers... The best of her audience were held in thrall, without being able to analyze what made up the spell, what produced the effect-as soon as she opened her lips".
If one didn't know whom he had written this about, one would naturally assume he was describing Callas.
Since you are a musician, I hope you give Callas more chances. Just listen to her sing the Mad Scene from Bolena, and just listen to what she does with the music and the words. She sings Donizetti and Bellini the way Guiomar Novaes played Chopin, with absolute mastery of phrase, a incredible yet understated virtuosity, and an architectural sense of line and of the rhythm within the rhythm of the music. Don't just listen for beauty of voice (though there is plenty there), but listen for the beauty of the singing and of the musicianship. You might be transported to a level you didn't think was possible.
-From Shahrdad:
+Lellobeetle Listen to her D'amor al dolce impero from 1952 Armida in Florence. Or to her D'amor sul ali rose from Trovatore a La Scala in 1953. Or listen to her Casta Diva from the first EMI set in 1954. Or to her Pace Pace Mio Dio. These are all before her 80 pound weight loss or shortly thereafter.
As for comparing Callas and Caballe, Montsy would be the first one to tell you not to. She idolized Callas and often sought Callas's help in some roles. She said, "That I am compared to Callas is something I never dreamed of. It's not right. I am much smaller than Callas."
A friend of mine once met Caballe at a party and when conversation turned to Callas, Caballe said two interesting things: One was that when Callas looked at a score, she immediately saw all the shades and nuances and all the unwritten things, and she couldn't understand how they weren't so obvious to anyone else. Second, she said that whereas it took Montsy a week or so of practicing to get a difficult phrase into her voice, Maria could look at it, hum it to herself, then sing it perfectly in full voice.
You can hear an evidence of it in her Armida of 1952, a fiendish role which she learned in a week and performed, leaving a definitive interpretation behind.
As for pianists, if you haven't heard Novaes, search her out. I find her Chopin incredibly moving, and her version of his first Piano Concerto is my favorite. She's not schmaltzy, and she's technically flawless. Most of all, she truly understands the music and plays it as if she were talking to you. Just as Callas sang some of the more difficult passages under the breath as if they weren't even there, Novaes underplays the virtuosity, but brings out the music and the feeling.
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second to no one she is the greatest in her own right.
The most beautiful voice on the planet. This makes life better.
indeed and when she was alive life seemed more Beautiful
Nope life still shitty
My favourite soprano is Maria Callas, the most beautiful voice on earth. Her acting was magnificant. I agree with you about Montserat! She had one of the most beautiful voices on earth, and what I liked of her is her friendliness, always smiling. Montserat was such a humble person, I liked the way she worked with the conducter and the orchestra and the accompanists and other soloist and the choir, always so humble and smiling. She was really a beautiful person in every way. I hope I will meet her one day in heaven and that I will hear her singing in one of the concert halls in heaven. That wiil really be a blessing to hear her singing with the angel choirs. Shalom!!!
@@JohannNefdt…sorry no, Maria’s top notes were harsh on my ears……Monty’s caresses them !!!
So clear and soothing …so rare !!!!🏴🇬🇧
Voice of an angel. So delicate and clear.
There are many very nice opera singers, charismatic, skilled, artistic and dramatic, but such magic voices like Montserrat happen only once! She's perfect. We're lucky we can hear her anytime due to records.
I agree.The way you put it is what I couldn't express.
an unique timbre of the voice just magic
Right ! Thanks for all the récords that alllow all of ya listen tvOS magically Work
Caballe . Oné of the greatest sopranos of out time ❤
And such sublime top notes, unlike Callas in her later years.
A kind, humble soul indeed ... and she gave EVERYTHING when she sang. The biggest miracle of all was how effortless it seemed -- bravissima, Montserrat !
Second to NO ONE...EACH VOICE MAKES THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN WEEP IN ADMIRATION VOICES LIKE THIS ARE FROM GOD HIMSELF
Rest In Peace maestra Caballe. Thank you so much.
Absolutely!
She was and sang like an angel
So beautiful and her high notes float on air as if an angel has come to give us a beautiful gift....
1 agree with you, I hope to one day hear her singing in heaven with the angel choirs. God bless you.
I think she’s no 1. In my opinion. Loved her.😢
I am wordless, what magic is this?
I remember the time and place I first heard Montserrat Caballé's voice - I was 16, coming home from school and heard it on my mom's car radio. Yes, it made that level of impact on my soul.
She was invited to Greece by the Greek fashion designer Polatov, her friend and TV played her Hijo de la Luna to present her arrival... Instant love
R.I.P.
Fortunately so many great recordings left. World will always remember you.
Yes you are correct andrė
As for gorgeous, second to none.
Rest in Peace Signora Caballe! Thank you So much! You will Remain in our Hearts!!! Your music will live Forever!!!
Leaves one speechless.
The most beautiful voice I have ever heard.
I am from the land of song. My mam was a beautiful Contralto and, I was therefore brought up, surrounded with music.
In my opinion Montserrat Cabelle was, by far, the finest, female opera singer the world has known.
Agree, best to ever live
Best of the best! Absolutely love her❤
Second to none. :)
Thanks for this beauty.
Monserrat war fantastisch. Sie hatte wirklich eine tolle ruhige Atemführung. Das kann man nur mit viel Geduld und Liebe zum Gesang erreichen. Deshalb die Stimme hörte sich wie ein klingender Ornament. Jeder Ton strahlte und war vollkommen: rund und authentisch.
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Montse has such a soft pure tone with her highest notes. She was an angel 👼 on earth. I imagine she and Freddie are finishing their operas in heaven!
Chills...brilliantly executed just flawless in the most humble hard working non assuming truely angelic. Voices...just brilliant..brava ms cabelle....brava..⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘
Absolutely beautiful..God bless her
Can anyone doubt that she is one of the greatest ever?!! Thank you so much, Montserrat, for fighting in life to bequeath so much beauty and truth to all the coming generations! We shall never forget you and we will cry for your loss for ever!
Callas, Sutherland, Caballe - La Divina, La Stupenda, La Superba - the Holy Trinity of the 20th century
Lohengrin O exactly!!
I think everyone who was lucky enough to work with her lived her to the end.
Excuse me, loved her to the end.
She has the most beautiful high notes❤❤❤❤ so gentle and sweet
for me, personally, the number one. Caballé.
Thank you. :)
absolutely
Gorgeous, floating voice. Fascinating to see how she set her mouth and facial muscles for each note.
She almost sings internally which is very interesting to watch her mouth
Caballe is the only one I like to hear over and over again without being fed up.Why? I do not know. I can't analyse it.It just is that way.
because of the dreamy beauty of her voice which caresses the soul like velvet?
Yes, of corse due to her voice -but I think also thanks to her Alma and corazon. She has so many facettes. I wrote an article about her - in Swedish, my language. It is published last month in www.tidningenkulturen.se. I am an author, and feel I cannot stop writing about her.
@@Flyghumlan9 She was as beautiful inside as outside. Her very soul was as beautiful as her voice.
Lohengrin O . Beautifully stated by you, I feel the same.
She was a friend to me. I cant listen to her without crying
We compare Callas, Montserrat and Joan Sutherland but let's face it, they all have unique, stunning voices. The remainder is simply nuances.
Divine human beings
Agreed. I am really lucky. Have seen and heard all three of them. The greatest artists in the world ever of opera
@@petererdos8458 you sure were lucky to have heard these 3 goddesses! Bless you, Sir!
@@debbiejohnson2789 Thanks for the message. I am lucky indeed and it is a great pleasure to remember those magnificent evenings at the opera
Wow. Stunning voice
Love you Montsy! The most beautiful voice in the world.
Are you Maria Chiara, the singer ? because to me, Maria Chiara is the most beautiful voice I have ever heard.
"Montsy" ? ....versus "Cally" ? Elles ne méritent ni l'une ni l'autre en tout cas cette vulgarité...
she was known as Monse, in her country
The most beautiful voice in the world indeed. She is a Pure Belcanto!
@@henri-francoisserrescousin412 Clou ton bec mec.
They're all gone now. Thank you and goodbye Montserrat.
Horne and Price are still with us.
and kiri
And Bumbry
baile maschera verdi
Sam Ramey, Reri Grist, Renata Scotto, Richard Stilwell, lots of great singers are still alive from the old guard and new ones are cropping up to help keep the greatest art alive, don't worry.
Сегодня переслушала всех знаменитых оперных Див. Боже мой, разве можно сравнивать их ???? Они все уникальны, все Божественны. Когда слушала Монсерат, переставала дышать, а слушая Марию Каллас хотелось плакать.......
Listen to the late Galina Pisarenko. And to Ingeborg Hallstein... Many of the great ones were scarcely famous at all, because of the misfortune of having been born at a particular place in a particularly troubled or disastrously misguided society... "Al Dolce Guidami"!
Какая здесь молодая и красивая ! БРАВО ! А как поёт ! Божественное! 👏👏🎋🎋🎋🎋
Today's young singers should study how to really sing by using this gift from God as an example of perfection.......
young singers should never try to learn from phenomena such as Callas - Sutherland - Caballe, it is impossible to learn the least from them
Cabelle and Callas were both great in totally different way. Imaging saying ‘this fruit is the best apple in the world only second to a pear .... ‘
Callas is beyond any singer in the world
good point
LOL a good and also … juicy comment
Caballe sounds much bettttttterrr! 😂😂😂 callas screams sometimes and seems to be too tragical when caballe keeps a line, a fluidity of the sounds and she makes u listen her with pleasure without hurting ur ears! 😂
Voice of an angel.
Chills....perfection...her stunning voice came from her stunning kind humble soul....she had every right to be a diva but was anything but a diva...she was gracious a tireless worker she expected everyone to bring their very best to most earnestly communicate every second of every composers son with the emotion they intended to convey. Her love and dedication to opera was clear with every passionate performance to which no other singer could ever hope to match. She was never as hard on others than she was on herself always giving respect to every musician conductor staff member and her mentors and teachers and those who facilitated her career. We will miss her greatly but alas she has left her work for future generations to study...it is up to us ....her fans...and loyal supporters of the most beautiful art form of centuries ...opera...
It's so refreshing to hear of a diva without the diva attitude.
@@mariashouse5492 Absolute Well Said!!!!
Caballé n'a rien à envier à Callas. Elle est une aussi grande diva, et la surpasse de loin dans le timbre de voix beaucoup plus doux et suave. En l'écoutant, nous ne sommes jamais heurtés par des accents guturaux.
I hope I'm not the only one that doesn't like Callas's voice timbre. There's, to me, something really annoying about her voice. I always say that it sounds as though she had candy in her mouth. I know I'm stepping on dangerous ground and I might get a lot of angry comments, but that's how I feel.
@@frangomares Et je suis d'accord avec vous (je ne dirais pas qu'elle mange des bonbons) mais c'est le côté guttural et le manque de velouté qui me gêne chez Callas. Ceci dit, elle fut une immense voix et a sûrement chanté trop de registres. Mais je pense que le côté "people" de Callas a joué un rôle négatif pour elle, car elle était une très "belle" âme.
@@liguten I'm quite sure she was good technically and artistically, but that something in her voice completely spoils everything to me.
I'm not an expert, so I just value what makes me feel and pleases my ears. And that thing is quite disturbing for me.
@@frangomares I understand very well and I think the same thing.For me Caballe has been often near of the "perfection", above all between 1963 and 1979.
@@frangomaresDefinitely you are not the only one, what you described about her voice is right.
Thank you thank ylu thank you Monserrat for being in my life and sharing your pure voice with me and giving me years of pleasure. My God Bless you xxx
3:35 to 3:45... 10 seconds of dreamy perfection.
that very moment made me post this
@@LohengrinO Been having a bit of a Caballe-fest this week. It's unbelievable her singing here.
Indeed.
Im Gedenken an diese große wunderbare Stimme von Montserrat Caballé.
Sie bleiben unvergessen!
Wir wollen Sie immer wieder hören, liebe Señora Caballé. R.I.P
I love you Montserrat Cabelle I love your voice and I know you are singing in heaven front of goddes
😮😮😮
Bella, bellísima interpretación!
there are no words to describe the beauty of her voice... just the same way you cannot describe a miracle... it just is...
I will simply say, "Wow incredible beauty"
Te fuiste mi ángel, y me dejaste solo. Gracias por tu entrega. Hasta siempre.
Thank you for so much greatness. Second to none and in a class of your own! Catalan pride, only heaven and you know what we have suffered! T'estimo molt meva querida dona!
Sublime. Absolutely sublime.
Disfrutando de esta hermosura en cuarentena. BESOS AL CIELO DESDE CHILE
Rest in peace sweet Angel
limpid divinity rest in eternal peace such beauty
Divina Montserrat 💖💖💖💖💖💖
Absolutely beautiful.....
Гениальное сопрано 20 века! Брава, Монтсеррат Кабалье! Никто так фантастически не чувствовал музыку и смысл, заложенный композитором! А голос Её творил чудеса с нашими душами! Вечная память величайшей Диве!
Caballe was what Joan Sutherland use to think she was, this softer option to the Callas ultra powerfull sound... Just like Ponselle. These 2 really had a true velvet timbre, it was not faked to sound like that in detriment to consonants.
questo è il suo primo video del 1966 splendida non ha è vero la tragicità del l'irraggiungibile callas ma ha tante frecce al suo arco ne ha fatto una interpretazione del tutto personale e unica!
Can you imaging a bird coming to my garden every spring to sing like this....🌿
my absolute favorite performance...
Thank you all for all those beautiful comments! Her voice and persona will live with us forever!
No one else sings like her!
Heavenly as ever
the Balm for the Soul listen to this if u havent already: th-cam.com/video/LVA5TKlADtI/w-d-xo.html
So perfect.
Second?? She's the best!!!
she wasnt even the third...
we should be grateful for a world that can give us such examples of beauty, and a diversity of beauty too
my favorite soprano
¡Dios! ¡¡Qué obra maestra su canto!! Gracias, Montserrat, una sanadora del espíritu humano. ❤️❤️❤️
Rest in peace dear lady. You are beloved by your fans and will live forever in song and in the hearts you touched.
It's many years ago now, I had heard of her, but I really didn't notice her until the duet with Freddy Mercury in 1987 or something like that. At times I have found her voice very soft, beautiful and easy on the ears like few if any others. It takes a bit of adjustment to get used to the opera technique, but sometimes it comes effortlessly to anyone. Caballe could do that. I think she managed to adapt her voice technique to the different music she took on superbly.
She was an angel❤
I'm living for Montserrat Caballé's impeccable dynamics! Those pianissimo notes? WOW!
Second!?! :) :) :) Never!! Divine and superb singing. Montserrat is unique and second to no one.
Thanks for the extended background information, and of course for this beautiful and beautifully sung aria.
Voz llena de dulzura, delicadeza, hermosa, bella, limpia, ❣️
wow wow wow hermosa voz!!!! WHAT A VOICE!!
Simply divine a voice from the heavens
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Che tecnica sopraffina e che talento ❤️
Both large voices capable of excellent coloratura and great beauty.
The quintessential of opera.
What amazing breath!....
Absolutely beautiful!
"Al dolce guidami" from "Anna Bolena", composed by Gaetano Donizetti.
AAHHHH!!!!! This was insane !!! Thank you for sharing!
Happy Birthday!
I love you, I love you, I love you. A sea of love dear beautiful Lady to you from Karachi, Pakistan.
Sublimely delicate.
GRACIAS A SU VOZ POR TODOS LOS MOMENTOS FELICES DISFRUTADOS
She opened a new door for us, for all the singers in the world, a door that had been closed. Behind it was sleeping not only great music but great idea of interpretation. She has given us the chance, those who follow her, to do things that were hardly possible before her. That I am compared with Callas is something I never dared to dream. It is not right. I am much smaller than Callas.
Montserrat Caballé, as quoted in Callas : The Art and the Life (1974) by John Ardoin
I love her high key voice.
Je n'ai pas de mots assez forts pour exprimer ma reconnaissance devant l'Eternel. Quel travail ! Dans ma famille les exercices respiratoires ont résonnés tous les petits matins durant tellement d'années .... Narine gauche puis droite ext... Les roucoulements et les gammes au saut du lit. Et voila le résultat .
Des sacrifices, des astreintes, de la générosité et des exigences. Mille et mille infini merci à vous Diva de Dieux et des Anges.
She is absolutely perfect voice forever!!!
I think most singers don't have the capacity to, let alone the balls to ride the voice on such a thin line like this. But Caballe was so secure technically as well as musically to dare to do it. She draws the listener in, she doesn't exclaim.
well she was extremely secure inside her phenomenally faulty technique :D full of tricks and compromises... but the result most of the times was gorgeous
Wunder schön immer wieder 🥰❤❤❤
This voice and this magic lost forever
An Angel☀️
Montserrat Caballe✨
RIP: She was always # 1 w/tih me!
and for many many people also
This is EVERYTHING!!! Bravo! 🎉 🌹
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS.