Oh God. I've never heard a soprano in such emotional pain doing the little scream when her son appear. Heartbreaking. I also love Barbara Frittoli in this from the beautiful Met production, also on here.
Asmik Grigorian has been nominated for the "Opera Singer of the Year Award", If you had touched with this amazing performance, please vote for her, is open until November 7!! I'm allready voted! www.operaawards.org/vote/
Oh THANK YOU! for putting this up. I was at this performance in Salzburg and I still can't get over it. Completely overwhelmed. Asmik is a stage animal like no other singer I've seen. I could go on and on about how wonderful this was but am basically lost for words.
Trully welcome! Also saw it in Salzburg, felt the same, completely overwhelmed, no words, only tears!! Only great artists like Asmik can transmit those emotions in the audience.
@@ebencook5672 Absolutely. I sat between the music critics for the London Times (Fisher) and a German MEP (typical large macho German guy). We were all sniveling at the end. Best singing actress since Callas.
@@ebencook5672 Yes, thank you!!! I am overwhelmed watching it here! I can imagine how the experience must have been in person! Are you able to upload the full performance? Thank you again!!
@@eduardoamillan1686 Sorry Eduardo, I'm only uploading fragments, arias, not complete operas, hope that soon this "Trittico" be in DVD, but I really don't know.
Oh my God. What an amazing voice. I've seen so many people do this roles where either everything's great but the high notes are thin, or the voice is too heavy to mobilize up to all those Bs and Cs at the end...or the singing is ok but the acting is not, or the acting is good but the voice is too light...Asmik has all of the weight, the flexibility, the resonance AND the acting chops. The way she sits in the chair and looks over at the herbs...I'm just blown away by this.
XVII secolo....difficile accettare una trasposizione scenica per un capolavoro assoluto incentrato sul dramma di una madre di un figlio illegittimo finita in clausura...peccato perché una gran bella edizione con ottima direzione e altrettanto brava la protagonista ... basta mettere due quinte e un fondale e il resto viene da solo, basta lasciare fare a Puccini...
Dear Asmik, the idea is wonderful to make her a woman again and no longer a nun in the finale, but the theatrical timing... sorry Franz but the music is too fast... but the drama in this case is more important...😘
The directing and staging is not her choice. Likely she had a great deal of say in the tempi; I disagree and felt the tempo was ideal. Even stretched out for some of the vocals which surely were taxing.
Well sung but did she poison herself or what? seems she took out her own eyes with the Sissors? then how did she see the child - I felt it was emotionally unsatisfying - a catharsis requires a bit more than that ending delivered.
I was a little confused by that too...but in the original libretto, the "miracle" is basically her hallucinating (she sees a vision of The Virgin Mary presenting her son to her) which may have been brought on by the poison. I'm guessing that's sort of what happened here. The scissors might have been the director's way of saying "OK the vision-via-poison might not be clear enough here so let's give her some additional way for her to imagine seeing something that's not actually there".
Sorry folks Scotto owns this role followed by Sutherland's recording. And I'll add Sill's performance with NYC Opera the "night" before she put her OWN son into an institution. Angelica is heart wrenching for sure...I have directed it.
Mush mouth Sutherland’s recording is barely listenable as she squeaks through whole opera. It’s not even remotely comprable with Asmik’s near perfect performance in Salzburg.
I LOVED directing Angelica too. I agree that Scotto and Sutherland will never be forgotten for their Angelicas.... Grigorian, I felt, blended all of the demanding singing with opera acting such as I've never seen before. Her voice is definitely lyric but she was able to utilize her formant to its most resonant, and used every bit of her facial muscles to hone and perfect each tone... It's great though that we will always have our favorites and it's all open to interpretation.
@@scottw6704 Thanks for posting an intelligent review! what resonates with me is the comment that we all have our favorites with no disrespect to other artists. Namaste!
Finally an honest artist with solid vocal technique, amazing musicality and extraordinary stage presence.
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Oh God. I've never heard a soprano in such emotional pain doing the little scream when her son appear. Heartbreaking. I also love Barbara Frittoli in this from the beautiful Met production, also on here.
YES! That's my other favorite too...the scene where she picks the poison flower - the look on her face says so much....
Heroism on the stage again. Fantastic! Thanks for posting this.
absolutely breathtaking.
No pude contener las lagrimas. Impactante. I couldn't cry. She is amazing.
Asmik Grigorian has been nominated for the "Opera Singer of the Year Award", If you had touched with this amazing performance, please vote for her, is open until November 7!! I'm allready voted!
www.operaawards.org/vote/
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Oh THANK YOU! for putting this up. I was at this performance in Salzburg and I still can't get over it. Completely overwhelmed. Asmik is a stage animal like no other singer I've seen. I could go on and on about how wonderful this was but am basically lost for words.
Trully welcome! Also saw it in Salzburg, felt the same, completely overwhelmed, no words, only tears!! Only great artists like Asmik can transmit those emotions in the audience.
@@ebencook5672 Absolutely. I sat between the music critics for the London Times (Fisher) and a German MEP (typical large macho German guy). We were all sniveling at the end. Best singing actress since Callas.
@@ebencook5672 Yes, thank you!!! I am overwhelmed watching it here! I can imagine how the experience must have been in person! Are you able to upload the full performance? Thank you again!!
@@eduardoamillan1686 Sorry Eduardo, I'm only uploading fragments, arias, not complete operas, hope that soon this "Trittico" be in DVD, but I really don't know.
@@ebencook5672 Please let us know if you find out, I'm now obsessed with this particular performance!
Asmik is fantastic!
Very talented! Fantastic singer and actress ❤️! Her voice is clear 🎶 pleasure to see her 👏🎉
quelle musique et quelle magnifique interprete
Extraordinary. What a gift to us Asmik.thank you.
I has see in person to Asmik Grigorian and Washington marvelous .... and Suor Angélica enchanting me
Un air qui vous fait frissonner, admirable ……
Oh my God. What an amazing voice. I've seen so many people do this roles where either everything's great but the high notes are thin, or the voice is too heavy to mobilize up to all those Bs and Cs at the end...or the singing is ok but the acting is not, or the acting is good but the voice is too light...Asmik has all of the weight, the flexibility, the resonance AND the acting chops. The way she sits in the chair and looks over at the herbs...I'm just blown away by this.
This slays me every time.
She is amazing, singer and actress.
Breath-taking.
She will repeat this along with the Four Last Songs in Cleveland in March, 2025. Can't wait.
She is very good but I can’t forget scotto in this final!!
a breathtaking performance 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for uploading! Nice to see again as i was there on the 9th and it was a superb performance.
You are trully wellcome. I saw her August 13th, wonderful, unforgettable performance!!
queen
Mesmerising!
Puccini in Hollywood, unbeatable🎉🎉❤
Superbe.
This is hard for me to watch..it is so personal. She is fantastic
Sublime . Une merveille ……
Incredible
❤❤❤❤❤❤bravo
Je vais pleurer !!!!!
2:10 so beautifukll
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I am a mess
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XVII secolo....difficile accettare una trasposizione scenica per un capolavoro assoluto incentrato sul dramma di una madre di un figlio illegittimo finita in clausura...peccato perché una gran bella edizione con ottima direzione e altrettanto brava la protagonista ... basta mettere due quinte e un fondale e il resto viene da solo, basta lasciare fare a Puccini...
I totally agree. Puccini's opera only works in it's original setting.
Dear Asmik, the idea is wonderful to make her a woman again and no longer a nun in the finale, but the theatrical timing... sorry Franz but the music is too fast... but the drama in this case is more important...😘
Yes, certenly. I prefer in this rol to Ermonela Jaho
Well, Ermonela Jaho is my prefer actual soprano.....
The directing and staging is not her choice. Likely she had a great deal of say in the tempi; I disagree and felt the tempo was ideal. Even stretched out for some of the vocals which surely were taxing.
Well sung but did she poison herself or what? seems she took out her own eyes with the Sissors? then how did she see the child - I felt it was emotionally unsatisfying - a catharsis requires a bit more than that ending delivered.
I was a little confused by that too...but in the original libretto, the "miracle" is basically her hallucinating (she sees a vision of The Virgin Mary presenting her son to her) which may have been brought on by the poison. I'm guessing that's sort of what happened here. The scissors might have been the director's way of saying "OK the vision-via-poison might not be clear enough here so let's give her some additional way for her to imagine seeing something that's not actually there".
Si salva solo il grandioso compositore...
Absolutely true. They have killed the Maestro's work.
Sorry folks Scotto owns this role followed by Sutherland's recording. And I'll add Sill's performance with NYC Opera the "night" before she put her OWN son into an institution. Angelica is heart wrenching for sure...I have directed it.
Mush mouth Sutherland’s recording is barely listenable as she squeaks through whole opera. It’s not even remotely comprable with Asmik’s near perfect performance in Salzburg.
Astounding performance!! W hat a major talent! Stunning vocals matched with dramatic acting skills!! Puccini would be impressed ! Brava Asmik!!
@@paulhicks6667 Ha ha ha...I spit my coffee.
I LOVED directing Angelica too. I agree that Scotto and Sutherland will never be forgotten for their Angelicas.... Grigorian, I felt, blended all of the demanding singing with opera acting such as I've never seen before. Her voice is definitely lyric but she was able to utilize her formant to its most resonant, and used every bit of her facial muscles to hone and perfect each tone... It's great though that we will always have our favorites and it's all open to interpretation.
@@scottw6704 Thanks for posting an intelligent review! what resonates with me is the comment that we all have our favorites with no disrespect to other artists. Namaste!
Peccato per le sciocchezze della regia...Asmik bravissima
Affreuse mise en scène, grotesque, mais les larmes sont quand-même là.
Molto discutibile
Ancora con ste sigarette ….sparate al regista !
A shame it is such a trashy production for this singer.