Manuguerra, Varady - Nabucco & Abigaille duet

Duet of Nabucco and Abigaille from Verdi's opera.
Performed by Matteo Manuguerra and Julia Varady.
Royal Festival Hall, London, May 21, 1991
Conductor Paolo Olmi
In-house recording

[@draganvidic2039]

Simply AMAZING how developed her voice was…❤

[@petergraham8681]

Great to hear these 2 together. Varady was a soprano in a class by herself during the final 25 years of the 20th Century. A vast & varied repertoire that no soprano of her type could equal much less surpass during this time, IMO. Manuguerra was one of the supreme operatic baritones of this time. He is 66 here still singing in his prime & was still active up to his sudden death some 6 years after this performance.

[@1Victorinus]

Great!! I sang with Manuguerra a couple of times in Miami in the seventies. He had a fabulous voice and was a truly nice guy. Varady also had an excellent voice, plus the best teacher in the world - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, to whom she is still married. Thanks for posting this.
Joe Carbia, Miami, Florida

[@rafaelbanusirusta5430]

Bravisissimi!!!

[@raigekimaru]

@tabithacrane
no she doesn't, it's called a chest register. if soprano roles with strong chest registers aren't your thing, you're listening to the wrong composer.

[@7CALLAS]

HIM AND SCOTTO , THE BEST

[@sonqualnave]

I think the sound of the audio is alterated... it's half tone lower then the score! it's why her chest voice sound so dark also...

[@draganvidic2039]

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