I was there in the audience and have carried the memory in my mind for all these years of how Caballé joined in the applause for Pavarotti after "Che gelida." How wonderful to actually see it again!! (Not to mention the hearing!!!)
This had to be the one-night gala in March, 1976 at the MET in New York. I flew in and stood for the whole opera with the flu. It is etched into my memory forever. They were both so exquisite I cried buckets of tears.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for sharing this. The pic was blurred, the two extraordinary singers were overweight (Mimi was certainly not looking like a consumptive!) but the singing transcended all of this - and you recorded this for us to watch while our world falls apart with this Covid 19. Great art like this holds us in one piece against the chaos. Bet you never thought your video would have such a powerful effect! Thank you again!
Who cares about the little glitch in Pavarotti's top note. This is music sung straight from the heart, the way it is supposed to be performed. Both Caballé and Pavarotti are 'in the moment'. I love it.
I cried during and after this performance... I never heard and FELT anything like that in all the future performances I attended.....The sound simply engulfed me like a warm blanket... AMAZING! Long for voices like this again.
Amazing to see this video! I was there. In my last year of law school at Columbia ... a friend snared tickets. This was a one-time special performance pairing Caballe and Pavarotti. It was astounding from beginning to end. The applause was unending. My friend and I left after 30 minutes of applause at the end, and people were still screaming and shouting. I will never forget Caballe breaking character to applaud Pavarotti's unbelievable singing of Che Gelida Manina. One of my cherished opera memories.
I am very envious of you, but hope to get to The Met once this virus has subsided. I won’t be able to see these two operatic giants but I want to catch Mr David Hallberg’s farewell performances with ABT before he leaves for Australia.
No tengo las palabras exactas para describir en su real dimensión lo q este video nos da al privilegiarnos con este registro histórico. Gracias. De Lima Perú.
cuando Pavarotti canta "poiche va preso stanza, la speranza!" se me pone la piel de gallina. lo he oido cantar el aria unas cinco mil veces y en conciertos, operas, grabaciones de video y disco y siempre me pasa igual... y la Mimmi de Caballe es de otra galaxia "altro di me non lei saprei narrare..." divinos los dos!!! la señora del publico que grita "brava bravo bravisimo oh it's beautiful" es mi heroe! esa es la gente que debe acudir a la opera con ganas y amor por el arte
It was like Caballe brought her ‘A’ game after seeing Pav slaying Che Gilda Manina! I’d better give those $&@“ing pianissimos to show that I am worthy of this stage 😂 Mdme. Caballe you will always be remembered as a great soprano ❤️❤️❤️
one of the most beautiful arias ever written, and for mine one of the hardest to sing beautifully incredible simply incredible, thank you kindly for sharing
Ho avuto la fortuna di ascoltare Pavarotti all'Arena di Verona nel 1972 ( un ballo in maschera)e al comunale di Bologna nel 1974(La Favorita)....Pav... The greatest the only 🌟
Исполнители исключительные, но мне особенно приятно, что публика заслужила таких исполнителей, благодарно и восторженно откликаясь на уровень исполнения.
What a find on a Saturday afternoon-- I sighed--- I cried---I remembered times of hearing each in the theater and the sounds that inspired and still resonate in my heart. God-- there must be SUCH music in heaven!
She had been through a cesarean delivery in 72 then an abdominal surgery 74? for a questionable growth...she was such a gracious woman, no knew too much of constant medical challenges...76/77 her husband had a heart attack...her musical vocal gifts were always a path way to her heart.
I too was there and am so glad to hear from the many others who remember the performance as I do. Well of course. No one there could ever forget it. More a concert version, really, and when Caballé applauded along with the audience, the enthusiasm of the crowd around us grew even louder. The performance was first announced as La Bohème, TBA. Once the leads were named, the rush to get tickets was explosive. It was as if the Met delved into the secret casting dreams of its devoted audiences.
I just discivered this-how wonderful. We were there close to the front row. A never to be forgotten performance. Just saw the most recent La Boheme in Live from the Met in HD. It was good but I don't think any performance will match the 1976 one. This video made my heart soar. Thank you!!!
How ecstatic this moment...how sad I have missed Caballe over and over...Although, my toddler daughter sat on his lap with visit to his dressing room with her daddy, another tenor. Pavarotti tremendous talent. Caballe and Pavarotti together is vocally unimaginable to me to be in audience. I don't think I would be able to sit still.
Formidable! With what respect and admiration these two singing Geniuses listen to each other. And it is to be impressed with that powerful clean long "C"... Caballe's pianisimos do not cover Pavarotti's voice (in the high notes the female voice dominates the male voice), on the contrary they formed an absolutely organic duet. It is unrepeatable like concerts by Paganini or Chopin. We only have that very poor quality video, the gift of the generosity and daring of that viewer who was lucky to be present the birth of a Masterpiece!
That lady really liked what she heard and was saying it out loud. What's wrong with that? Was she distracting to the performers and the performance? No. These two performers had he ability to stir up something in people. I'd rather be sitting in a rowdy crowd who likes what they hear than one that sits and politely claps.
My dear Uncle Louie, thanks a lot! Вы своровали для нас у всепожирающего Времени ещё один кусочек счастья. Я превратился в вас, слушал и смотрел, и мне вдобавок не надо было держать камеру! Какая красота!
Cada um em sua plena identidade vocal e artistica, me sinto como a senhora que grita sem parar, pois esse tipo de emocao e algo indescritivel!Brave sempre!(obrigada pelo download do video,um presente de domingo!)
Voces irrepetibles, sublimes. Pero hoy en día a los cantantes se les exige que, además, han de ser actores y otro detalle que no quiero comentar. Cuando uno de los dos está cantando, el otro parece que esté haciendo la declaración de la renta o rellenando la quiniela.
🌿Remek delo 21.veka i svih vekova proslih i buducih koji ce doci!!!🌿Velicanstveni ,jedinstveni✨ Luciano Pavarotti ✨i ✨Montserrat Caballe✨🌏✨🌞🌟🌟🕊️Bozanstveni!!!Vrh!!!Nema dalje!!!♥️
No. The tewnty stone divas were always there and always will be should their voices and skils worth it. In the _bel canto_ era, when heroines had to be credible because opera was just opera, singing theater, enterteinment, not elitist “high culture", they were almost all pretty women like today (Colbrán, Pasta, Malibran, Sontag, Grisi, Cinti, Dorus, Meric, Tacchinardi, Patton... ) BUT then there were Pisaroni (ugly), Ronzi (fat) or Alboni (extremely fat, even fattier than Caballé).
Pavarotti is magnificent and you get the Caballe magic. I saw them do it at the Met. Scotto was the Musetta! What a night to remember!
I was there in the audience and have carried the memory in my mind for all these years of how Caballé joined in the applause for Pavarotti after "Che gelida." How wonderful to actually see it again!! (Not to mention the hearing!!!)
The most impressive singing is at 5:49... virtually impossible... ;)
Superbes ...!! inoubliables.😍💖..
What an enormously beautiful experience! Pavarotti at its best and my beloved Caballé! Thank you for recording this precious moment ❤
Both at the peak of their powers. And dear God! Caballe - was there ever more perfect Mimi. My tears say not.
You know what’s so wonderful about this ? I took my late mother to this performance and it’s so heartwarming to see it again.
Thanks cool...thanks for sharing
La Caballé applaude Pavarotti in scena...che donna meravigliosa e che voci eccelse avevano entrambi! Un prezioso documento
This had to be the one-night gala in March, 1976 at the MET in New York. I flew in and stood for the whole opera with the flu. It is etched into my memory forever. They were both so exquisite I cried buckets of tears.
You are CORRECT. It WAS the One Night Gala and my FIRST attempt at Video-taping at the Met. That's why the camera shakes.
uncle louie bless your beautiful soul, sir! We would not have witnessed such beauty if you didn’t record and post on TH-cam ❤️
Peter H Lucky you Good for you 👍🏻
uncle louie I wonder if you got anything of the Price-McCracken-Horne Aida in that year?
@@unclelouie3828 Thank you so much for this. Thank you Grazie 🌺
This was my "first" video recording. Surprised I could hold the camera that steady. In '76, it was a "monster" camera.
Great work! Thumbs up!
I was there too. One of the greatest performances I ever heard.
Somebody’s head is in the way, but thanks for trying
Excellent sound quality!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for sharing this. The pic was blurred, the two extraordinary singers were overweight (Mimi was certainly not looking like a consumptive!) but the singing transcended all of this - and you recorded this for us to watch while our world falls apart with this Covid 19. Great art like this holds us in one piece against the chaos. Bet you never thought your video would have such a powerful effect! Thank you again!
Caballé being Caballé, humble and generous. Pavarotti being Pavarotti. What a duo.
That beautiful float at @5:56 always gets me
Amazing!
MONTSERRAT CABALLÈ è la più grande cantante di tutti i tempi !
This was beyond perfection.
may be
Exactly: beyond perfection.
Who cares about the little glitch in Pavarotti's top note. This is music sung straight from the heart, the way it is supposed to be performed. Both Caballé and Pavarotti are 'in the moment'. I love it.
Nothing else to say.
Bravo😊😊😊
didn't even notice it,
It's a little pushed but still...that voice in his prime is like no other. The legato is textbook bel canto. Stunning.
La más grande cantante de ópera aplaude al grandísimo Pavarotti. Momemto sublime.
Yo apenas lo noté y eso lo hace más bello
Boy he was on here! Simply beautiful. One of his fantastic roles. And Caballe just astounds.
I cried during and after this performance... I never heard and FELT anything like that in all the future performances I attended.....The sound simply engulfed me like a warm blanket... AMAZING! Long for voices like this again.
Amazing to see this video! I was there. In my last year of law school at Columbia ... a friend snared tickets. This was a one-time special performance pairing Caballe and Pavarotti. It was astounding from beginning to end. The applause was unending. My friend and I left after 30 minutes of applause at the end, and people were still screaming and shouting. I will never forget Caballe breaking character to applaud Pavarotti's unbelievable singing of Che Gelida Manina. One of my cherished opera memories.
LurayFarmer lucky:)
Where was this?
@@mistychenoweth9716 Metropolitan Opera in New York.
I am very envious of you, but hope to get to The Met once this virus has subsided. I won’t be able to see these two operatic giants but I want to catch Mr David Hallberg’s farewell performances with ABT before he leaves for Australia.
Wow did not expect to get this emotional watching this on Sunday morning. Just amazing sounds, such legends.
Fantastic. What a great operatic decade that was!
Without question
Bravo Puccini
Bravo Pavarotti
Brava Caballè
I never have enough of these 2 jewels at their prime. Bravoooooo
And he kept it in the original key, making the top note a high C.
Gorgeous. Hands down the greatest by far of his generation and one of the giants of the last century.
Incomparable ! Indimenticabile! Two legends! Lucky who was able to see them!
Thank you god give us Caballe's voice for human
Incredible,beautiful singing from these Gods of the Opera
No tengo las palabras exactas para describir en su real dimensión lo q este video nos da al privilegiarnos con este registro histórico.
Gracias.
De Lima Perú.
Wow. I'm sure I heard this performance or one with the same cast. Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end. Pavarotti at his best.
cuando Pavarotti canta "poiche va preso stanza, la speranza!" se me pone la piel de gallina. lo he oido cantar el aria unas cinco mil veces y en conciertos, operas, grabaciones de video y disco y siempre me pasa igual... y la Mimmi de Caballe es de otra galaxia "altro di me non lei saprei narrare..." divinos los dos!!! la señora del publico que grita "brava bravo bravisimo oh it's beautiful" es mi heroe! esa es la gente que debe acudir a la opera con ganas y amor por el arte
Holy F$&@! I have never heard Pav sing like that on tv! He was really in top form during his early days 😱
God, I wish I would have witness this in person:)
It was like Caballe brought her ‘A’ game after seeing Pav slaying Che Gilda Manina! I’d better give those $&@“ing pianissimos to show that I am worthy of this stage 😂 Mdme. Caballe you will always be remembered as a great soprano ❤️❤️❤️
Great performance ! Brava CABALLE & PAVAROTTI.
This also prove how powerful and better he was (IS) than all great tenors.
one of the most beautiful arias ever written, and for mine one of the hardest to sing beautifully incredible simply incredible, thank you kindly for sharing
La Caballe' e' una Leggenda
What a thrill. Thanks for posting this beautiful video. I think it's charming that Mme. Caballe can be seen applauding after the "Che gelida manina."
Ho avuto la fortuna di ascoltare Pavarotti all'Arena di Verona nel 1972 ( un ballo in maschera)e al comunale di Bologna nel 1974(La Favorita)....Pav... The greatest the only 🌟
Dos monstruos de la opera juntos. Sublime, único.
This is what happens when two giants come together to deliver something so gentle. ❤
I am speechless
Исполнители исключительные, но мне особенно приятно, что публика заслужила таких исполнителей, благодарно и восторженно откликаясь на уровень исполнения.
i too was there and have wanted all these years to hear or see it again. Many thanks for reviving this glorious memory!!!
RIP Montserrat. Just saw opening night, Boheme at the Lyric last night, 10/6/18.
March 2016.... Just listen to that beautiful voice!!
What a find on a Saturday afternoon-- I sighed--- I cried---I remembered times of hearing each in the theater and the sounds that inspired and still resonate in my heart. God-- there must be SUCH music in heaven!
genial la caballé,....como siempre!!!!!!
LUCIANO'S VOICE SO POWERFUL;; EVEN ONE AS SKILLED AS CABALLE had to sit/stand DOWN STAGE so she could continue her part.. This was @ MET NYC 1976
She had been through a cesarean delivery in 72 then an abdominal surgery 74? for a questionable growth...she was such a gracious woman, no knew too much of constant medical challenges...76/77 her husband had a heart attack...her musical vocal gifts were always a path way to her heart.
Oh boy, what A GEM... two of the very best at their most ravishing. Thank you so much for sharing this!
I too was there and am so glad to hear from the many others who remember the performance as I do. Well of course. No one there could ever forget it. More a concert version, really, and when Caballé applauded along with the audience, the enthusiasm of the crowd around us grew even louder. The performance was first announced as La Bohème, TBA. Once the leads were named, the rush to get tickets was explosive. It was as if the Met delved into the secret casting dreams of its devoted audiences.
How I missed this?? I miss these two very much....what a time.
One of the most beautiful moments in opera.
He even made Caballe look petite, lol. Bravissimo!
I just discivered this-how wonderful. We were there close to the front row. A never to be forgotten performance. Just saw the most recent La Boheme in Live from the Met in HD. It was good but I don't think any performance will match the 1976 one. This video made my heart soar. Thank you!!!
Pardon me-I used someone else's name for my comment. B Carlin
How ecstatic this moment...how sad I have missed Caballe over and over...Although, my toddler daughter sat on his lap with visit to his dressing room with her daddy, another tenor. Pavarotti tremendous talent. Caballe and Pavarotti together is vocally unimaginable to me to be in audience. I don't think I would be able to sit still.
Formidable! With what respect and admiration these two singing Geniuses listen to each other. And it is to be impressed with that powerful clean long "C"... Caballe's pianisimos do not cover Pavarotti's voice (in the high notes the female voice dominates the male voice), on the contrary they formed an absolutely organic duet. It is unrepeatable like concerts by Paganini or Chopin. We only have that very poor quality video, the gift of the generosity and daring of that viewer who was lucky to be present the birth of a Masterpiece!
a gold jewel !!!
Emozione fortissima,voci uniche e sublimi!!!!!
This alone makes TH-cam worthy of my eternal gratitude.
That lady really liked what she heard and was saying it out loud. What's wrong with that? Was she distracting to the performers and the performance? No. These two performers had he ability to stir up something in people. I'd rather be sitting in a rowdy crowd who likes what they hear than one that sits and politely claps.
I was a professional opera singer for many years. Not only are we used to it, we LOVE IT.
@@WilliamBlakeHall me too..and I'd rather an audience react even negatively than just sit there untouched.
Both my beloved favorites of all time. Perfect ❤
La tua voce ,mi porta tra le nuvole !!! Grandissimo Pavarotti ,manchi tanto ❤
Truly beautiful voice & stunning precision. If Gabriel sang he would be blessed with that.
Pav was the greatest Rodolfo ever in my book, even better than Bjoerling. Thanks for posting this.
I agree! That warm, lustrous lyric sound is exactly what Rodolfo should sound like to my mind!
I prefer Di Stefano, personally.
@@absdyna Leggero, Pavarotti was a leggero tenor, not a lyric.
@@xxsaruman82xx87 Lirico-leggero, so lighter lyric.
@Zubair Hossain I think he was a true leggero, his voice was no bigger than Carreras or Vallett’s
Montsy diva
This is the best opera clip I've listened to on TH-cam. Thank you
PERFECT !!!!
Outstanding! Superlative! Thank you for posting
Thanks for this! What a treasure!!
thanks so much for posting this marvellous video
Thankyou for this. It is superb. 😊
Кабалье божество!!!Спасибо за запись со спектакля. Это память которая зафиксирована не на студии, а в живом спектакле
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My dear Uncle Louie, thanks a lot! Вы своровали для нас у всепожирающего Времени ещё один кусочек счастья. Я превратился в вас, слушал и смотрел, и мне вдобавок не надо было держать камеру! Какая красота!
Déu meu! What a fantasy made reality! Thank you for this
Thanks you!!!! is excellent
I love them !! I love them !! what a gift !!!...privilege to enjoy !!! I love them !!!
Cada um em sua plena identidade vocal e artistica, me sinto como a senhora que grita sem parar, pois esse tipo de emocao e algo indescritivel!Brave sempre!(obrigada pelo download do video,um presente de domingo!)
El mejor tenor y la mejor soprano
Her pianissimi makes me cry
Idem per la Caballè
This is Fantastic!
This video is an incredible find.
Voces irrepetibles, sublimes. Pero hoy en día a los cantantes se les exige que, además, han de ser actores y otro detalle que no quiero comentar. Cuando uno de los dos está cantando, el otro parece que esté haciendo la declaración de la renta o rellenando la quiniela.
2 grandi cantanti
Dont like her manner, too pessimo
Insuperables Mimí y Rodolfo.
Esta filmagem é uma verdadeira raridade. Bravíssimos!
Muito obrigado por ter publicado este vídeo com algo tão grandioso! Thank you very much!
Magnificent
El más grande!!!!!!!
🌿Remek delo 21.veka i svih vekova proslih i buducih koji ce doci!!!🌿Velicanstveni ,jedinstveni✨ Luciano Pavarotti ✨i ✨Montserrat Caballe✨🌏✨🌞🌟🌟🕊️Bozanstveni!!!Vrh!!!Nema dalje!!!♥️
מפברוטי ועד פברוטי לא קם עוד זמר כפברוטי!!!!
piango di emozione
Wow wow wow just found this gem, thank you so much!!! Personal lament, wish the sound wasnt just on the left. Thats my bad ear ☹
me too !!!
You could just move the phone to the right....
Deux monuments de l'art lyrique . R.I.P.
Like going to heaven on their golden voices...
Wow!
The days of 20 stone Divas is all over. You have to look gorgeous as well. It finished when Montserrat Caballé died in 2018 GRHS.
No. The tewnty stone divas were always there and always will be should their voices and skils worth it. In the _bel canto_ era, when heroines had to be credible because opera was just opera, singing theater, enterteinment, not elitist “high culture", they were almost all pretty women like today (Colbrán, Pasta, Malibran, Sontag, Grisi, Cinti, Dorus, Meric, Tacchinardi, Patton... ) BUT then there were Pisaroni (ugly), Ronzi (fat) or Alboni (extremely fat, even fattier than Caballé).
I actually think Caballe was beautiful. She exuded star quality and a sensuality that is missing in a lot of 'stars' of today.
Te adoro mi osito santo ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
You got that right.
Os melhores dos melhores.
Rest diva rest
Esto es una joya!!!
Bravo publiko👍🍀!!!