This piece belongs to opera treasures! I love this opera and especially final a lot! I always burst in tears... It´s great to hear Joseph before his terrible desease when his voice was the highest quality! I´ve been in love with him all my life and I struggled when he was so ill... They both are so great! Thanks for posting it...
And still what you hear these days does not come close to the Caballe and Carreras days -- days of magic if you were lucky enough to see them live -- pure magic
MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ y JOSÉ CARRERAS conforman otro grandioso Dueto de Amor, el mismo que diversas parejas de grandes solistas han igualmente interpretado con absoluta maestría y con un profesionalismo sin límites. Este dueto marca el cierre impetuoso de la Opera ANDREA CHENIER, original del gran compositor italiano Umberto Giordano y basada en textos sobre episodios reales de la Revolución Francesa, aunque los hechos narrados y los nombres sean realmente ficticios. La magnificencia de las dos voces, la fuerza expresiva de la música, junto con el vigoroso respaldo de los timbales y de los redoblantes en los pasajes más intensos de este cuadro final, hacen de este cierre uno de los más grandiosos jamás escritos en el catálogo de dramas históricos tipificados en las notas vibrantes y arrolladoras de este final.
This is thrilling. Everything that has been said about the chemistry of the two singers is true. And how nice to see the WHOLE video, including the audience reaction at the end. So many youtube opera vids end when the voices do - cutting out the musical finale and the ovation/reaction. In many ways the best bit about this video is the way the camera focuses on Levine at the end of the piece, from 7.50-8.17. It's just - as I say - thrilling!
wow! what a treat! Tell me something....did Jose Carreras'' voice carry well at the Met? Some people had commented that his voice didn't carry too well at the Met? I'm sure that's utter nonsense! I saw his Carmen from 1987 at the Met on dvd and it sounded like his voice carried well then
wow!!! that's great! I wish I had seen him at the Met in La Boheme and Tosca with Birigit Nilsson. I did get to see him once at Radio City in his Tribute to Mario Lanza concert in 1994. What a night and I was about 100 feet away from him but not close enough to get an autograph. :(
Philip Condenzio So was I. Fantastic event, my partner and I came over from London for it. The sad thing is that we can never see anything of this quality again.
I agree. and JC pushed his lovely lyric tenor into a place where high notes were very difficult for him, all to make a bigger sound. I loved his voice just the way it was. He need not scream for me.
Non voglio giudicare due grandi cantanti per diversi motivi non perfettamente in forma ....per altro la Caballe e una delle mie cantanti preferite....suggerisco solo di ascoltare questo duetto cantato da Corelli e Antonietta Stella in una vecchia incisione....il primo che ho sentito e per me insuperabile.....
I was at this performance. Madame Caballe had not been singing at the Met for some months, and their was great anticipation as to whether she would show. When she walked on the stage, there was a sigh of relief and of course the audience went wild!
I was there, also. A glorious moment. Almost as glorious as when Kiri lost her way with Mozart and Levine recovered her. Wonderful memories. Thank God for them.
I'll never understand why Carreras pushed his voice to try to become something he wasn't at all, and in the process always sounded (esp later) like he was trying to hoist it out there beyond its capabilities. He is not naturally a big voiced. I always wished he had stuck to lighter fare.
We must enjoy looking at the best years of Jose Carreras he gave us a lot, even knowing that it was not allways the best repertoire for his voice, but...Alfredo Kraus expert in treating his ow voice, recomended, to have a long carrier you should sing with the interest, keeping the capital. Carreras although admiring Kraus, did not share his opinion and said: I would rather sing whatever I like, than singing all my life Traviatas, Rigoletos, Lucias, don Pasquale and similar. What a pity that Carreras obstinate to imitate Pipo Di Stefano in his erroneous repertoire and voice technique, we should follow his marvelous early recordings
Watch how they interpret and become transformed by the music at the end. Their stances change, they can't help but act a bit according to the opera's plot (the characters are going to their deaths). Great music interpreted by great artists!
Hi Who the heck are all you Voice Trashers? It makes me sick to read all these judgemental, condescending jibes. These are great artists! Warriors of our Art. To put them in the muck of public disdain is beyond dishonorable. I also have heard them both live. Stunning voices. But, NO ONE can stay at a youthful peak forever. And this is live, Not a studio polished recording. They are wonderful artists. And as for the closet tenors throwing mud...I have done this duet many times. IT IS HARD!!! It takes everything in you to roar through it. All you Queens of the Night with your slings and arrows, leave Jose alone, and go take a voice lesson! You might become better informed!
@russpenney5775 in what key did you sing this many times? It truly IS a lot more difficult without the downward transposition they used here. To be fair, I don’t think Jose COULD have sung this in the higher key. Although Tucker often took this down, it was a choice. He sang it often in concert in the higher key and nailed the final (unwritten) B every time.
He is Catalan as I know and his first language is Catalan, too. So I am sorry I´d like respect his origin. That is why I use his originan name which is written on one on my CDs with Catalan songs....
There are some cuts in this duet, and I don't know if this was necessary. Jose has in this point already put strain on his voice.Diction here comes before cantilena line, perhaps because he strived toward a declamatory drammatic style. So, some dryness that was in the voice becomes more pronounced. And probably some subtle changes in his health before the full blown leukemia that came a few years later are already affecting his voice. Still, a very good performance.
siento decirte que como profesor de canto en el Conservatorio el timbre de carreras FUE mas bello que el Placido...otra cosa que como temperamental LA PERDIO hay que ser sinceros, y decir la verdad.
Beautiful. But the comment about Anna Netrebko running around is ludicrous, she can and stay in character, imagine Montserrat Caballe running around. Ha ha she would have knocked herself unconscious with that huge bosom of hers. But the voice is glorious nevertheless.
While Carreras was woefully lacking in vocal amplitude and ring not to mention his struggles with the top notes he was at least pretty, Caballe was approaching her declining years while her waistline was in ascent! A lyric tenor--Gigli comes to mind--can handle Chenier even in a house the size of the old met but a Gigli is in a different league than a Carreras since HE KNEW HOW TO SING. When this fiasco was sung(?) Carreras was years from the illness he suffered in the late 90s.
How dare you be so insensitive montse had a cancerous pituitary gland which had operated only 15 % for years .It meant she ballooned in weight ,and it made her bad knee ,very painful.She had 7 major operations in 8 years .keep your uninformed nastiness to yourself 🤮
You obviously have had a lobotomy! Colpito qui m’avete- Nemico della Patria- Com’un bel di di maggio-Credo in una pozessa arcanza……. You cannot be a true Opera lover, IMPOSSIBLE!
I was at the Met for this performance. Miss Caballe should give lessons on operatic acting. She is the mistress of restraint. The character comes from within, and from the music. She doesn't have to run around and do cartwheels as the singers of today do. They think they are acting: i.e. Anna Netreko. No, Monserrat was totally in character and conveyed the essence of her role just by raising an eyebrow, or turning her head slightly.
we are so fortunate to live in an era that enables us to sample such a huge variety of great music by a centuries worth of glorious voices. Caballe is certainly up there with the very greatest of sopranos and Jose is all style and beauty if not perhaps quite at her level. Just so enjoyable to hear them. three cheers for Utube.
Well I enjoyed it as did the audience. Some of the comments on here are so uninformed. Carreras had leukaemia once in the late 80's he did not have spinal cord transplant but a bone marrow transplant.
What marvelous singing from one pf the greatest sopranos of the last century and with Bernabe Marti, her tenor husband, a mentor to Jose Carreras. She was indeed a gracious prima diva. After one of her concerts, I said to her, "Mme. Caballe, you don't need me to tell you how beautifully you sang tonight"--to which she replied, "Oh, I do need for you to tell me so! I always leave the stage wondering if I have given my best." Her pride in Jose Carreras's singing is evident in the video of him singing "La dolcissima effigie" with her in "Adriana Lecouvreur." She could not help mouthing the lines as he sang the aria: th-cam.com/video/OfdFo-tigiI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=meahVZYg80QSq1Lh
Wonderful seeing Caballé Carreras together. Theres complicity between them. The voices match fantastically. Their chemistry is special. I think their duet was the best, Pavarotti sang magnificently but Leontyne price didnt interact with him in the Ballo in Maschera duet.
Como en su tiempo Tebaldi-Corelli, Callas- del Monaco…ahora Caballe-Carreras. Uno de los duetos de amor más deslumabrante de la ópera, Vicino a te…así se escuchaba este bello dueto hace 39 años. Hoy esta ópera es insípida…se ha perdido el valiente Andrea Chenier y la romántica Maddalena di Coigny…saludos cordialles.
a me non piacciono, tempi lentissimi e troppo melodici per un momento di enfasi dove dovrebbe subentrare il dramma della fine imminente...parere personale; ho altri interpreti di riferimento in questa opera.
@castorp278 he suffered a leukemia and had a spinal cord transplant, but that was after Karajan forced his voice to the limit like he did witl most of his singers like Agnes Baltsa or Katia Ricciarelli; but this man at least stills singing...
Glorious duet from one of my favorite operas sung by two fabulous stars. I met Caballé backstage after a Verdi Requiem at Saratoga and she was amazingly modest and gracious, a diva in the very best sense of the word.
I was there, too! I watched as she autographed Leontyne Price's recording of the Verdi Requiem. She graciously asked the requestor if she wanted her to sign her name or Leontyne's. She was thoroughly lovely. And what a great performance it was!
Le rappresentazioni di Pavarotti in questa opera si contano sulle dita..Se mi parla di Corelli e Del Monaco l eccellenza concordo con lei.Big Luciano strepitoso in Boheme..La
He's much too light for "Chenier" and as expected both are distant sounding with unclear diction. However, the singers attempting these roles today are I'm sad to say much much worse. To truly appreciate this duet one needs to listen to Tebaldi along with Tucker or Del Monaco (Met '60 and New Orleans '53, respectively).
I adore Caballe and her voice, on this occasion however I have a serious reservation: her pronunciation seems somewhat sloppy, exactly as it did on the DECCA recording of ANDREA CHENIER with Pavarotti, under Chailly. Shame, as this is my favourite opera, but otherwise splendid 👍👍
These two Spaniards obviously loved each other, and Carreras was so handsome here. But they can talk about Kathy Battle and Jessye Norman being difficult; in my personal experience, she was absolutely the most demanding diva I have witnessed on stage. She had total disdain for everybody including the orchestra and the conductor. The voice was magnificent, but I think Levine was secretly glad when she cancelled, which she did all the time.
What a huge voice Caballe had!
Happy birthday, Mr. Carreras! Thank you for all special moments you have given us!
SENSATIONAL !
Brilliant music and OMG, brilliantly sung! Her performances with Corelli were wonderful, too!
R.I.P. Montserrat Caballé.
76 years and counting ... thank you maestro
Amazing, such affection between them. Beautifully sung. Thank you
This piece belongs to opera treasures! I love this opera and especially final a lot! I always burst in tears... It´s great to hear Joseph before his terrible desease when his voice was the highest quality! I´ve been in love with him all my life and I struggled when he was so ill... They both are so great! Thanks for posting it...
i was there! A musical moment for the ages...
Pero que Maravilla de dueto!!!! realmente emocionante !!!
There aren't words to describe this. What class!
That's grand opera, folks. Don't hear that at the Met anymore.
Macho Voce Or anywhere unfortunately
And still what you hear these days does not come close to the Caballe and Carreras days -- days of magic if you were lucky enough to see them live -- pure magic
Tienes toda la razón Macho Voice. Saludos cordiales.
MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ y JOSÉ CARRERAS conforman otro grandioso Dueto de Amor, el mismo que diversas parejas de grandes solistas han igualmente interpretado con absoluta maestría y con un profesionalismo sin límites. Este dueto marca el cierre impetuoso de la Opera ANDREA CHENIER, original del gran compositor italiano Umberto Giordano y basada en textos sobre episodios reales de la Revolución Francesa, aunque los hechos narrados y los nombres sean realmente ficticios. La magnificencia de las dos voces, la fuerza expresiva de la música, junto con el vigoroso respaldo de los timbales y de los redoblantes en los pasajes más intensos de este cuadro final, hacen de este cierre uno de los más grandiosos jamás escritos en el catálogo de dramas históricos tipificados en las notas vibrantes y arrolladoras de este final.
Sheesh, this gives me chills, it's so beautiful. Their voices are direct lines to the divine.
OMG !! this is priceless
This is thrilling. Everything that has been said about the chemistry of the two singers is true. And how nice to see the WHOLE video, including the audience reaction at the end. So many youtube opera vids end when the voices do - cutting out the musical finale and the ovation/reaction. In many ways the best bit about this video is the way the camera focuses on Levine at the end of the piece, from 7.50-8.17. It's just - as I say - thrilling!
We were there. Never forget it as long as I live!!
wow! what a treat! Tell me something....did Jose Carreras'' voice carry well at the Met? Some people had commented that his voice didn't carry too well at the Met? I'm sure that's utter nonsense! I saw his Carmen from 1987 at the Met on dvd and it sounded like his voice carried well then
He sang brilliantly. That honeyed tone. Never anyone like him. If he were only singing today!
wow!!! that's great! I wish I had seen him at the Met in La Boheme and Tosca with Birigit Nilsson. I did get to see him once at Radio City in his Tribute to Mario Lanza concert in 1994. What a night and I was about 100 feet away from him but not close enough to get an autograph. :(
I was there too! One of the most exciting days of my life.
Philip Condenzio So was I. Fantastic event, my partner and I came over from London for it. The sad thing is that we can never see anything of this quality again.
DE PEEELOOOOOS DEPELOOOOS !!! MAGNIFICOP BRUTALMENTE EMOCIONAL PURO FUEGO EN LA ARENA
Why must some sad people complain? This is fabulous. Could the moaners do this? No!
It is because those who moan are top knotch tenors and sopranos? Mmmmmm?
She was one of his mentors in his young days. Must be nice to sing with her as her equal much later.
Thank you, God!
I agree. and JC pushed his lovely lyric tenor into a place where high notes were very difficult for him, all to make a bigger sound. I loved his voice just the way it was. He need not scream for me.
Never was this more evident when he did the Three Tenors.
Maravilloso duo final
Fabulous!
Magnificent - Thanks
Goosepimples....fabulous!
It certainly is...love this : )
Voci soavi❤
Great orchestra
Impresionante final
❤️ Une merveille
Non voglio giudicare due grandi cantanti per diversi motivi non perfettamente in forma
....per altro la Caballe e una delle mie cantanti preferite....suggerisco solo di ascoltare questo duetto cantato da Corelli e Antonietta Stella in una vecchia incisione....il primo che ho sentito e per me insuperabile.....
I was at this performance. Madame Caballe had not been singing at the Met for some months, and their was great anticipation as to whether she would show. When she walked on the stage, there was a sigh of relief and of course the audience went wild!
I was there, also. A glorious moment. Almost as glorious as when Kiri lost her way with Mozart and Levine recovered her. Wonderful memories. Thank God for them.
WoW!!!
Exquisite.
a reminder of just how large Carreras' voice was before his near fatal illness...
I hate nicpickers! They scare off others from the greatness of music.
I'll never understand why Carreras pushed his voice to try to become something he wasn't at all, and in the process always sounded (esp later) like he was trying to hoist it out there beyond its capabilities. He is not naturally a big voiced. I always wished he had stuck to lighter fare.
He had a really big voice live...but not a dramatic one...
We must enjoy looking at the best years of Jose Carreras he gave us a lot, even knowing that it was not allways the best repertoire for his voice, but...Alfredo Kraus expert in treating his ow voice, recomended, to have a long carrier you should sing with the interest, keeping the capital. Carreras although admiring Kraus, did not share his opinion and said: I would rather sing whatever I like, than singing all my life Traviatas, Rigoletos, Lucias, don Pasquale and similar. What a pity that Carreras obstinate to imitate Pipo Di Stefano in his erroneous repertoire and voice technique, we should follow his marvelous early recordings
Edgardo Di Lamermoor A1898
After 1980 Carreras to heavy roles for him
God, someone in the world actually agrees with me. Incredible voice, but the brain and musicality... oh dear....sometimes I feel so alone! :)
I do !! talent, looks and a lovely personality... Nope, you're not alone !!
Watch how they interpret and become transformed by the music at the end. Their stances change, they can't help but act a bit according to the opera's plot (the characters are going to their deaths). Great music interpreted by great artists!
Hi
Who the heck are all you Voice Trashers? It makes me sick to read all these judgemental, condescending jibes. These are great artists! Warriors of our Art. To put them in the muck of public disdain is beyond dishonorable. I also have heard them both live. Stunning voices. But, NO ONE can stay at a youthful peak forever. And this is live, Not a studio polished recording. They are wonderful artists. And as for the closet tenors throwing mud...I have done this duet many times. IT IS HARD!!! It takes everything in you to roar through it. All you Queens of the Night with your slings and arrows, leave Jose alone, and go take a voice lesson! You might become better informed!
I am with you all the way! The lack of respect is miserable!
Well said indeed!
@russpenney5775 in what key did you sing this many times? It truly IS a lot more difficult without the downward transposition they used here. To be fair, I don’t think Jose COULD have sung this in the higher key. Although Tucker often took this down, it was a choice. He sang it often in concert in the higher key and nailed the final (unwritten) B every time.
He is Catalan as I know and his first language is Catalan, too. So I am sorry I´d like respect his origin. That is why I use his originan name which is written on one on my CDs with Catalan songs....
There are some cuts in this duet, and I don't know if this was necessary.
Jose has in this point already put strain on his voice.Diction here comes before cantilena line, perhaps because he strived toward a declamatory drammatic style.
So, some dryness that was in the voice becomes more pronounced.
And probably some subtle changes in his health before the full blown leukemia that came a few years later are already affecting his voice.
Still, a very good performance.
you make some very good points but just for the record...Carreras' illness started in 1987 fours years after this performance took place at the Met.
Listen also to Alain Vanzo as Chenier , live record 1970, more lyric than Carreras
‘La nostra mor-ah-ah’. She drives me nuts with this constant omission of consonants.
well, to each his own :)
1933haynes - I agree!
I would also add Corelli to that distinguished company of tenors.
Indeed!
@castorp278 no wrong choices.
He Had Lukemia TWICE!
siento decirte que como profesor de canto en el Conservatorio el timbre de carreras FUE mas bello que el Placido...otra cosa que como temperamental LA PERDIO hay que ser sinceros, y decir la verdad.
7:30
Carreras had *no* business singing this one, or any spinto roles. Still, I enjoy it.
Beautiful. But the comment about Anna Netrebko running around is ludicrous, she can and stay in character, imagine Montserrat Caballe running around. Ha ha she would have knocked herself unconscious with that huge bosom of hers. But the voice is glorious nevertheless.
Lui...così così...... lei...non si può sentire !!!....Pietà per le nostre orecchie !!!.....
It is not sung in the original Key!! Oh come on.. you both were young enough.
While Carreras was woefully lacking in vocal amplitude and ring not to mention his struggles with the top notes he was at least pretty, Caballe was approaching her declining years while her waistline was in ascent! A lyric tenor--Gigli comes to mind--can handle Chenier even in a house the size of the old met but a Gigli is in a different league than a Carreras since HE KNEW HOW TO SING. When this fiasco was sung(?) Carreras was years from the illness he suffered in the late 90s.
Oh, c'mon, he was terrific in this. (And I don't always care for his singing.)
I know this is late but Carreras had cancer in 1987 if you are going to rude about a great performance please get your facts right
How dare you be so insensitive montse had a cancerous pituitary gland which had operated only 15 % for years .It meant she ballooned in weight ,and it made her bad knee ,very painful.She had 7 major operations in 8 years .keep your uninformed nastiness to yourself 🤮
Dont bring Personal Appearances into it when talking about Performance,thats most Rude. I thought Carreras and Caballe performed splendidly.
So stupid your comment ! Caballê was an straordinary voice and Carreras too ! Why are you so mad ?
"Andrea Chénier" is one of the most boring opera ever composed. 3 amazing minutes in the complete work : "La Mamma morta". All the rest : noise.
You obviously have had a lobotomy! Colpito qui m’avete- Nemico della Patria- Com’un bel di di maggio-Credo in una pozessa arcanza……. You cannot be a true Opera lover, IMPOSSIBLE!
I was at the Met for this performance. Miss Caballe should give lessons on operatic acting. She is the mistress of restraint. The character comes from within, and from the music. She doesn't have to run around and do cartwheels as the singers of today do. They think they are acting: i.e. Anna Netreko. No, Monserrat was totally in character and conveyed the essence of her role just by raising an eyebrow, or turning her head slightly.
LOL! Caballe doing cartwheels on stage would have brought the house down - figuratively and literally
perhaps one of the very best duets ever written-here sung by 2 of its best interpreters.
we are so fortunate to live in an era that enables us to sample such a huge variety of great music by a centuries worth of glorious voices. Caballe is certainly up there with the very greatest of sopranos and Jose is all style and beauty if not perhaps quite at her level. Just so enjoyable to hear them. three cheers for Utube.
I adore his smile ...
Hasta siempre amada Montserrat!
Well I enjoyed it as did the audience. Some of the comments on here are so uninformed. Carreras had leukaemia once in the late 80's he did not have spinal cord transplant but a bone marrow transplant.
karen forrester 👋
Gran Dio! no puedo dejar de ver este video... me fascina! podría ponerle 1 millon de likes si me lo permitieran !!
One word - FAAAAAABULOUS !!
What marvelous singing from one pf the greatest sopranos of the last century and with Bernabe Marti, her tenor husband, a mentor to Jose Carreras. She was indeed a gracious prima diva. After one of her concerts, I said to her, "Mme. Caballe, you don't need me to tell you how beautifully you sang tonight"--to which she replied, "Oh, I do need for you to tell me so! I always leave the stage wondering if I have given my best." Her pride in Jose Carreras's singing is evident in the video of him singing "La dolcissima effigie" with her in "Adriana Lecouvreur." She could not help mouthing the lines as he sang the aria:
th-cam.com/video/OfdFo-tigiI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=meahVZYg80QSq1Lh
Wonderful seeing Caballé Carreras together. Theres complicity between them. The voices match fantastically. Their chemistry is special. I think their duet was the best, Pavarotti sang magnificently but Leontyne price didnt interact with him in the Ballo in Maschera duet.
A match made in heaven for us, poor humans..
I love to see these two together - I don't care what they sing.
Bravo Josep!
Bravo Montserrat!
Como en su tiempo Tebaldi-Corelli, Callas- del Monaco…ahora Caballe-Carreras. Uno de los duetos de amor más deslumabrante de la ópera, Vicino a te…así se escuchaba este bello dueto hace 39 años. Hoy esta ópera es insípida…se ha perdido el valiente Andrea Chenier y la romántica Maddalena di Coigny…saludos cordialles.
a me non piacciono, tempi lentissimi e troppo melodici per un momento di enfasi dove dovrebbe subentrare il dramma della fine imminente...parere personale; ho altri interpreti di riferimento in questa opera.
Sin palabras! Es lo mas bello que se pueda ver y oír !!!
You're right. It is Josep. And the "O" in Catalan sounds "U". I've heard enough Catalan in my life and that's how it is.
@castorp278 he suffered a leukemia and had a spinal cord transplant, but that was after Karajan forced his voice to the limit like he did witl most of his singers like Agnes Baltsa or Katia Ricciarelli; but this man at least stills singing...
@leontyne2 You are spot on Caballe-wise. Glad there are such people still!
G.M.
Glorious duet from one of my favorite operas sung by two fabulous stars. I met Caballé backstage after a Verdi Requiem at Saratoga and she was amazingly modest and gracious, a diva in the very best sense of the word.
I was there, too! I watched as she autographed Leontyne Price's recording of the Verdi Requiem. She graciously asked the requestor if she wanted her to sign her name or Leontyne's. She was thoroughly lovely. And what a great performance it was!
@eurydike Yes, I was there and the performance was great!!!!
Bello ma troppo raffinato a avere desiderato più fuoco,,!!
La Caballé, una Maddalena única... Vocalmente, el "Andrea Chenier" es Pavarotti!!!!
Le rappresentazioni di Pavarotti in questa opera si contano sulle dita..Se mi parla di Corelli e Del Monaco l eccellenza concordo con lei.Big Luciano strepitoso in Boheme..La
Bravi great artists!!!
BRAVI GRANTE QUALITA
Total class! Unlike so many, I feel blessed that I can love more than one soprano at a time!
Que bonito .Caballe voz aveludada e Carreras voz potente dourada❤🩵🎶🌹
BRAVO!! BRAVO!!
Grandi cantanti...qui però ci vuole voce volume....Del Monaco ...Corelli....Tebaldi ...
Aquí todavía estaba en buena forma vocal. Un timbre precioso.
@shyZolomouc you are from olomouc? really :-)))?will you come to hamlet today:-) ?
incredible singing!!! magnificent voices!!!
I am sorry for the mistake..... :-)
Hablo de Carreras. Caballe divina.
Grazies! Beyond words!
@sjpflute yes, Josep
He's much too light for "Chenier" and as expected both are distant sounding with unclear diction. However, the singers attempting these roles today are I'm sad to say much much worse. To truly appreciate this duet one needs to listen to Tebaldi along with Tucker or Del Monaco (Met '60 and New Orleans '53, respectively).
I adore Caballe and her voice, on this occasion however I have a serious reservation: her pronunciation seems somewhat sloppy, exactly as it did on the DECCA recording of ANDREA CHENIER with Pavarotti, under Chailly. Shame, as this is my favourite opera, but otherwise splendid 👍👍
bastiani47 I don't suppose many people noticed. I was there and just enjoyed the splendour of it all. Be thankful that Madame Caballe lived
@pproust Bastian probably takes a score to the opera and tuts over a supposed wrong note, just to try to look clever.
Mi dispiace dirlo ma....Tebaldi - Del Monaco non hanno rivali .....ne allora, ne mai !!......
These two Spaniards obviously loved each other, and Carreras was so handsome here. But they can talk about Kathy Battle and Jessye Norman being difficult; in my personal experience, she was absolutely the most demanding diva I have witnessed on stage. She had total disdain for everybody including the orchestra and the conductor. The voice was magnificent, but I think Levine was secretly glad when she cancelled, which she did all the time.
Shirley Verret says she was a very nice and fun person to be around. Everybody’s got opinions.
What was your role where you could see her behavior?
Only if you can handle not very tasteful bovine singing with a lisp.
ah, my favourites, they are the best...