I get frustrated with people who negatively comment on works like this. This sextet is deceptively difficult to sing and anyone who has the guts to sing it deserves all the praise they can get. I know. I sing with Seattle Opera, have done Lucia and watched the principles (and myself) sweat bullets doing it. So... unless you have actually sung the piece in front of 2500 paying customers perhaps it would be best to keep negative comments to yourselves. Otherwise, sing it and yourself!
Anecdote about Miss Peters: I sang in a professional opera chorus in the 1970s when Miss Peters was hired to sing Violetta in La Traviata. She was brought in prior to our first rehearsal so that we could be introduced to her. She was a gorgeous, diminutive woman dressed head to toe in frothy pale lime green, from her dress to her stockings, kitten heels, short gloves and small hand purse. All in pale lime green. Even her tiny poodle who was carried in the arms of one of her entourage had a lime green collar. She haughtily looked us over, nodded once, turned and left with her entourage. Not a hello, nothing. On the day of the dress rehearsal which was open to the press, she wore a - you guessed it - a pale lime green ball gown over an enormous hoop that extended at least three feet on either side of her. The hoop was so wide that it was larger than the opening to the wings and she was unable to exit off the stage. When faced with this dilemma, she didn't bat an eye and grabbed the bottom rim of the hoop, squished it and hoisted it above her head and all you could see below it were two slender little legs clad in lime green tights that scurried off into the wings. Quite the memory! Oh, and she sang brilliantly!
Oh what a night that was…simply incomparable, and a bit long. But, with so much divine and loving talent one hardly recognized it was an era coming to a close.
Roberta has been the best Coloratura of her time (and others) as can be heard and seen in her wonderful recordings and videos, On top of that, she is gorgeous..JRT
I wish they would have put her with more lyrical voices, then the balance would have been better. Those big voiced singers didn't have to sing out at full fortissimo either....
I love this recording because of the story I was told that goes with it involving my voice teacher in high school, Brian Schexnayder. Apparently Dano and Brian thought that Peters was a stuck up diva and they weren't going to let her steal the show, so they sang as loud as they could throughout the piece to mess with her. About 2/3 of the way you can see her trying really hard to compete, and not to be outdone she holds the C# at the end.... I love it.
Roberta Peters recorded Lucia di Lammermoor in 1957, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf and opposite Jan Peerce. This is over 25 years later and of course the voice has aged, but no doubt in her prime she did it, very well, and frequently!
When I saw the artists arrive onstage I couldn't help but think about a great "bon mot" I read about Rossini -- apparently composers and their associates referred to the obligatory end-of-the-act ensemble as the "row of artichokes." It's refreshing to realize they didn't take themselves too seriously.
Peters was 53 in 1983 and her voice is still as gorgeous as her jewels and dress. I always thought she was a bit too eager for approval, and she sucked up to Bing all the time, but the voice and looks are undeniable.
peters was still a good singer even in this age. you should listen to her high note in the end of "happy birthday to you" of this gala... break out from all others
What are talking about? Embarassing? Roberta ends here on the Db. Sutherland ends the sextet on the Db, and always has. Roberta only had notes up to the high D at this point in her career, which her accompanist noted when asked. Sutherland ended her Met Lucia's on the high Eb, and only transposed a portion of the first half of the mad scene. Maybe you should check you facts before posting. Btw, Roberta was a huge Sutherland fan and said "I admire her very much".
Aprés 35 de carrière Madame Peters (lucia dans la lignée des lyriques légers fin XIXem début XXem) peut, sans problème, se comparer à elle même! Chapeau bas!
Do a google search for Mr. Schexnayder-- he has a music school down in Texas and makes appearances, also teaches University courses. He and the tenor were not very nice to Peters-- I can tell they tried to drown her out but she held her own. Bonynge took the sextet much too fast at the end--they were all gasping for air. Maybe Bonynge, husband of Sutherland, allowed her the extra note at the end. She is not the type to do that unless permitted to do so--the conductor or music director would have a "talk" with anyone who did it without permission. Well done, dear lady! I have done minor community theater and the extra beat is allowed only with permission or else.
Hat kiváló szólista rendszerint túl sok egy színpadon. A Lucia szextett akkor áll jól össze, ha megtalálják a szólamok közti egyensúlyt. Ez itt sikerült. Bravo. Apjaura jó csapatban játszik.
@mmbriggs What are you....tone deaf? Sutherland sang the sextet in this very same key...ending on the Db, right up into her last Lucia in 1988. She never, ever, ended the sextet on a high B natural. She sang the first half of the mad scene down a tone in 1982, the remainder she sang in the usual key...ending on Eb. You clearly have no business accusing others of having "no knowledge".
Just a comment on Roberta Peters' singing this sextet, I'm sure she was given this part in this Gala as a testament to her long career with the Met. She could never have handled this role even in her prime. She had a pretty voice, but not one that could have handled Lucia........imho of course.
she sang the role of Lucia many times at the MET...including the old met which hollow and cavernous! she had a very focused sound the reverberated within. the walls of the MET very well to be a lyric coloratura!
I have an in-house from a night in -- I'm gonna guess 1967, in which she sang Lucia opposite Alfredo Kraus. The entire performance sparked, everything was ball to the wall, it's a great example of inherently lighter voices giving all they had and making it really work. Kraus was inspired, took the high D with her at the finale to this entire scene. The recording was from the side stage by the manager, the effect is as if you are on the stage in the middle of the singers. It's thrilling, and, indeed, Peters was more than up to singing it her way. She and Bing had a very special relationship, she needn't have sucked up to him. She was a very great singer, a perfect technician. A consummate professional.
Little Roberta Peters attempting Lucia while Miss Sutherland was in the house. Why one could hardly hear the dear girl. I actually didn't know where to look out of embarrassment while this was going one.
Christ, at the height of her career Peters could hardly have sung this role. I read the review in German magazines of the era and they were astonished that she would be permitted onto stages as anything other than a comprimaria or soubrette with a short top. Maybe Zerlina. Yeah, she does manage to extrude one high D flat the same way I extrude a turd, but she should have left singing about 10 years earlier when there were a few roles in which she was not an embarrassment.
Robert Harvey. So you read a review by a German critic who didn't know what they were talking about it seems. Short top? Ms. Peters sang Zerbinetta, the Queen of the Night, and the concert aria Popoli de Tessaglia. Tebaldi had a short top with problematic high Cs and nothing beyond that. Ms. Peters sang very well for a very long time, giving recitals into her 70s. You must be good at extruding from your behind then because Ms. Peters hit that out of the park.
Lucia was Peters favorite role. She sang it many times to great acclaim and even recorded it. She might not be Joan Sutherland but no one is. You, though, are an asshole.
I get frustrated with people who negatively comment on works like this. This sextet is deceptively difficult to sing and anyone who has the guts to sing it deserves all the praise they can get. I know. I sing with Seattle Opera, have done Lucia and watched the principles (and myself) sweat bullets doing it. So... unless you have actually sung the piece in front of 2500 paying customers perhaps it would be best to keep negative comments to yourselves. Otherwise, sing it and yourself!
Bravo! Well said!
Have sung it (Edgar's part) and can confirm it is a killer. Deceptively difficult is dead right!
Principals, not principles
INDEED! Singing artists are everywhere in comments. How ironic LOL! 确实！评论区人均歌唱家！好嘲讽啊哈哈哈！
go to scala 54
A word about the fabulous Miss Peters; she was a very generous spirit!
Anecdote about Miss Peters: I sang in a professional opera chorus in the 1970s when Miss Peters was hired to sing Violetta in La Traviata. She was brought in prior to our first rehearsal so that we could be introduced to her. She was a gorgeous, diminutive woman dressed head to toe in frothy pale lime green, from her dress to her stockings, kitten heels, short gloves and small hand purse. All in pale lime green. Even her tiny poodle who was carried in the arms of one of her entourage had a lime green collar. She haughtily looked us over, nodded once, turned and left with her entourage. Not a hello, nothing.
On the day of the dress rehearsal which was open to the press, she wore a - you guessed it - a pale lime green ball gown over an enormous hoop that extended at least three feet on either side of her. The hoop was so wide that it was larger than the opening to the wings and she was unable to exit off the stage. When faced with this dilemma, she didn't bat an eye and grabbed the bottom rim of the hoop, squished it and hoisted it above her head and all you could see below it were two slender little legs clad in lime green tights that scurried off into the wings. Quite the memory! Oh, and she sang brilliantly!
Thank you for sharing these memories.
Oh what a night that was…simply incomparable, and a bit long. But, with so much divine and loving talent one hardly recognized it was an era coming to a close.
Roberta is FABULOUS. She sounds great and looks stunning. A true lady
hehe - and she holds that perfect high note at the end just to prove she's still very much in the game
The legendary Roberta Peters!
I love this sextet, I’ve watched this so many times. Roberta Peters God bless your soul
Roberta has been the best Coloratura of her time (and others) as can be heard and seen in her wonderful recordings and videos, On top of that, she is gorgeous..JRT
I wish they would have put her with more lyrical voices, then the balance would have been better. Those big voiced singers didn't have to sing out at full fortissimo either....
Lovely. And to think that Roberta debuted at the Met in '49 and still sounded this good at age 53.
Lovely Bobby, Roberta PETERS, bless her soul!
I love Roberta peters she can do no wrong in my books she and here co performers sounded great.
I still feel this sextet as the best of all times
Griselda Cárdenas It was impressive my friend. Arnold Bourbon Amaral
I always enjoyed seeing and hearing Loretta di Franco at the Met. A real fixture.
Loved it.... Thanks so much for posting this!
Robert Nagy Jr.
I love this recording because of the story I was told that goes with it involving my voice teacher in high school, Brian Schexnayder. Apparently Dano and Brian thought that Peters was a stuck up diva and they weren't going to let her steal the show, so they sang as loud as they could throughout the piece to mess with her. About 2/3 of the way you can see her trying really hard to compete, and not to be outdone she holds the C# at the end.... I love it.
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Sounds you spent time learning from a real asshole who, by the way, had a notoriously short career. Good luck with that shit.
One word..It was FANTASTIC..I sure enyoyed it. I listened it about 20 times today....Peters and the rest were WONDERFUL...
Stunning rendition! Stunning singers, all of them! (This sextet is a killer.... )
Roberta Peters recorded Lucia di Lammermoor in 1957, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf and opposite Jan Peerce. This is over 25 years later and of course the voice has aged, but no doubt in her prime she did it, very well, and frequently!
Thomas Dawkins .
Fabulous Miss Peters showing off a little bit. But her voice is still in very good shape.
Larga vida a la reina, carrera larguisima, voz intacta, Roberta Peters un milagro de la naturaleza
Roberts Peter's stunning vocal technique..
Roberta Peters did sang Lucia at the Met and her Edgardo was Richard Tucker. She sang those choleraturo passages with great accomplishment.
Coloratura - just for the record
Did Peters have cholera at the time? Sorry to hear. The poor dear.
It's really cute to see how old-school Peters must have been. Look at her making her dress pretty to leave the stage:-).
Roberta Peter's early RCA recordings are so much fun to listen to
❤Роберта пела очень красиво. Тембр голоса ангельский.Вечная, светлая память.❤
When I saw the artists arrive onstage I couldn't help but think about a great "bon mot" I read about Rossini -- apparently composers and their associates referred to the obligatory end-of-the-act ensemble as the "row of artichokes." It's refreshing to realize they didn't take themselves too seriously.
Roberta Peters grande soprano ligera que brillo tanto tiempo en el Olimpo de la Opera
Merveilleux
Miss Peters: " Who is the boss here?".
Peters was 53 in 1983 and her voice is still as gorgeous as her jewels and dress. I always thought she was a bit too eager for approval, and she sucked up to Bing all the time, but the voice and looks are undeniable.
peters was still a good singer even in this age.
you should listen to her high note in the end of "happy birthday to you" of this gala... break out from all others
The legendary Roberta Peters sings Lucia here.
Bravo!!!!!!!!
Roberta PETERS (1930-2017) R.I.P.
I didn't realize that Roberta had passed...very sorry to hear. She was blessed with a beautiful singing voice and a long life.
@@Hako2004It wasn't until a few years ago that I heard of Roberta's passing. She was one of the first opera singers I enjoyed listening to.
this is great version no singers are big stars but sing it great peters getting old but great here
What are talking about? Embarassing? Roberta ends here on the Db. Sutherland ends the sextet on the Db, and always has. Roberta only had notes up to the high D at this point in her career, which her accompanist noted when asked. Sutherland ended her Met Lucia's on the high Eb, and only transposed a portion of the first half of the mad scene. Maybe you should check you facts before posting. Btw, Roberta was a huge Sutherland fan and said "I admire her very much".
RPeters should be recognized for being heard "above" the others, because she "projected."
Beautiful….its that simple
FABULOUS!
Roberta Peters beat the SHIT outta of those other losers!! That high note at the end was incredible!
Hank Austin Peters was very underrated! Arnold Bourbon Amaral
Hank Austin why use such language?
I agree, Hank! Beats the S-H-I-T outta those wretched losers that no one has EVER heard of!!!
magnifique
@jsmoir1 Thanks for the comment.
Robert Nagy Jr.
BRAVO
I don't know the singers here, any of them at all, but it is exactly the way Opera should be, beautiful and adorable
I think Dano Raffanti is singing lead tenor? Nice voice.
I don't care for this tenor at all
Aprés 35 de carrière Madame Peters (lucia dans la lignée des lyriques légers fin XIXem début XXem) peut, sans problème, se comparer à elle même! Chapeau bas!
Stunning Stunning Stunning!!!!!!!
what more can anyone say ?
Yes, every one of them.
Boneygne (sp?) always takes tempos a bit too fast for my taste...
What do you all think...?
Agree let it languish
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I agree with Tenorbravo (below) and I think that Bonynge's tempo is more Alive and exciting than others.JRT
Love the Bonynge touch at the end, giving Peters the last word (note..)!
espetacular
Do a google search for Mr. Schexnayder-- he has a music school down in Texas and makes appearances, also teaches University courses. He and the tenor were not very nice to Peters-- I can tell they tried to drown her out but she held her own. Bonynge took the sextet much too fast at the end--they were all gasping for air. Maybe Bonynge, husband of Sutherland, allowed her the extra note at the end. She is not the type to do that unless permitted to do so--the conductor or music director would have a "talk" with anyone who did it without permission. Well done, dear lady! I have done minor community theater and the extra beat is allowed only with permission or else.
I was expecting Señorita Cucaracha!
Such a naughty comment but oh so true. And how about her impertinently longer-than-everyone-elses held out last note?
Hat kiváló szólista rendszerint túl sok egy színpadon. A Lucia szextett akkor áll jól össze, ha megtalálják a szólamok közti egyensúlyt. Ez itt sikerült. Bravo. Apjaura jó csapatban játszik.
This version is easier to follow than the Sutherland one from BTH. This one sounds just fine. The individual voices stand out more clearly.
Senor Mucho, Senor Gusto, and Senorita Cucaracha
Mr.(Miss) paragod, I agree w/you. JRT
The orchestra is so loud we can't even hear the singers...
Who's the conductor?
Richard Boninged
Joan Sutherland’s husband
@broadwaybound47
Wow you're very lucky~! Does he still look this good too? *grins*
Rather enjoyed that; thought the baritone, base, soprano and contralto were excellent.
A good sextet. Listen to Carusu and Galli Curci, the ultimate version.
and at about 2:27, the tenor, Dano Raffanti, is much too loud and overpowers her. No, the previous entries were right, they wanted to drown her out.
mgbsecteacher I agree
@mmbriggs
What are you....tone deaf? Sutherland sang the sextet in this very same key...ending on the Db, right up into her last Lucia in 1988. She never, ever, ended the sextet on a high B natural. She sang the first half of the mad scene down a tone in 1982, the remainder she sang in the usual key...ending on Eb. You clearly have no business accusing others of having "no knowledge".
quant'era bravo Raffanti. Peccato
She looks like Judge Judy.
Just a comment on Roberta Peters' singing this sextet, I'm sure she was given this part in this Gala as a testament to her long career with the Met. She could never have handled this role even in her prime. She had a pretty voice, but not one that could have handled Lucia........imho of course.
she sang the role of Lucia many times at the MET...including the old met which hollow and cavernous! she had a very focused sound the reverberated within. the walls of the MET very well to be a lyric coloratura!
sure sure..........
I have an in-house from a night in -- I'm gonna guess 1967, in which she sang Lucia opposite Alfredo Kraus. The entire performance sparked, everything was ball to the wall, it's a great example of inherently lighter voices giving all they had and making it really work. Kraus was inspired, took the high D with her at the finale to this entire scene. The recording was from the side stage by the manager, the effect is as if you are on the stage in the middle of the singers. It's thrilling, and, indeed, Peters was more than up to singing it her way. She and Bing had a very special relationship, she needn't have sucked up to him. She was a very great singer, a perfect technician. A consummate professional.
Yo Bill Carr.. how much crack do you do in a day??? could not have handled Lucia???? you have no idea, do you?
she sang the role of Lucia all over the world and many time at the Met.
Non lo si capisce un cazzo.
not so great with the whole staying together thing haha
Poveratti was bad ,he overpowered everyone else.
Um, Pavarotti is not singing here.
A rather thin line-up when we have heard the likes of Pavarotti, Sutherland, Milnes and Ghiaurov smash this to pieces.
I'd like to hear singing as good as this these days.
A mediocre effort... The Mezzo is totally in the wrong position...
Little Roberta Peters attempting Lucia while Miss Sutherland was in the house. Why one could hardly hear the dear girl.
I actually didn't know where to look out of embarrassment while this was going one.
I was at this gala, and I too didn’t know where to look. The most embarrassing performance of the evening.
Roberta ok and more,but the ensamble is full of errors......poor conductor!
Christ, at the height of her career Peters could hardly have sung this role. I read the review in German magazines of the era and they were astonished that she would be permitted onto stages as anything other than a comprimaria or soubrette with a short top. Maybe Zerlina. Yeah, she does manage to extrude one high D flat the same way I extrude a turd, but she should have left singing about 10 years earlier when there were a few roles in which she was not an embarrassment.
You can barely hear Peters in the ensemble.
Needlessly and inaccurately harsh. If there were not much to recommend her art, we wouldn't know of her.
Robert Harvey. So you read a review by a German critic who didn't know what they were talking about it seems. Short top? Ms. Peters sang Zerbinetta, the Queen of the Night, and the concert aria Popoli de Tessaglia. Tebaldi had a short top with problematic high Cs and nothing beyond that. Ms. Peters sang very well for a very long time, giving recitals into her 70s. You must be good at extruding from your behind then because Ms. Peters hit that out of the park.
Lucia was Peters favorite role. She sang it many times to great acclaim and even recorded it. She might not be Joan Sutherland but no one is. You, though, are an asshole.
One word describes you. “Pompous ass”
Well two. 🤓