Just unbelievable. A couple of times the orchestra was in full swing and her voice, with no mic, could be heard, quite well, over the entire orchestra. Most of the time they just accompanied so everyone could just focus on her singing. Only a Diva can sing like that, and she must be a true mezza soprano.
To all the Broadway "snobs" out there: First of all, most of the "classic" Broadway stars--Mary Martin, for example--sang in what we would now consider to be "operatic style." Secondly, this performance is from 1990, live and on stage. You all are accustomed to today's performance, where the singers are miked and they're not performing in anything close to a large concert hall -- this is probably in Lincoln Center or Carnegie Hall. Most of these folks couldn't come close to projecting the way opera singers do. And she's also got a chorus here, so she has to singing over that as well. Ms. Von Stade actually was originally interested in performing on Broadway, and I bet she knows a hell of lot more about how to do it than any of you. This is not a Broadway performance, and she's not trying to make it one. I'm sure it's just a song she likes and she's happy to get the chance to perform it.
She sang this on an album of Show Boat with an all opera cast. Three or four CDs. I like it; some may not. Miss von Stade has a wonderful personality in person, not "opera snobbish" at all.
Show boat is one of my favourite musicals... and Frederica sings it perfectly! Gracias Frederica por su talento musical. Realmente le da vida a la letra de la cancion.
I've heard Lena Horne sing this, Ella Fitzgerald sing this, Julie London, and Ava Gardner (from the 1951 movie) sing this, and NO ONE belts out this song with more enthusiasm, verve, raw energy, and great musical range, than Ms. von Stade here. Her jazzy rendition here makes the blood surge with joy, and makes you want to get up and dance! Bravo!! I look forward to discovering more of Ms. von Stade's works like this and you should too!
Annette Warren sang for Ava Gardner in the 1951 movie. Horne and Fitzgerald were great talents, but no matter how much talent you have you can’t blast like an opera singer without years of training. Nobody has that kind of vocal size naturally. In the all-star recording of Show Boat made at about the time of this broadcast von Stade played Magnolia. Teresa Stratas was Julie, so it’s her song on the record.
Thank you so much for posting this. I saw it on PBS long ago and have been looking for a DVD ever since. This must have been a special night to be in Carnegie Hall.
As mentioned below, for real Show Boat fans, John McGlinn, a Jerome Kern, scholar put out a three CD set, still available, containing all the music ever written for Show Boat, including new material written for subsequent revivals and the 1936 film. On two disks he recreates the premiere production, with all the dialog. On the third he has the subsequent songs, such as "I Have the Room Above Her," written for the 1936 film and included in the 1994 Hal Prince Broadway revival. It also contains Kern's original closing number, "It's Getting Hotter in the North," which I think is a great song but did not make it into any Broadway revival or the two films. Frederica von Stade and Teresa Stratas are the leads.
Como o TH-cam tem preguiça, ou indiferença, eu informo: os autores da trilha sonora de Showboat, da qual faz parte essa maravilha, são Jerome Kern (melodia) e Oscar Hammerstein II (letra) - Rio, 25/7/18.
As far as I'm concerned Flicka can sing the NYSE index and I'd enjoy it. Can't help lovin' that voice :) Ava Gardner didn't sing in Showboat, but she did sing in Mogambo ("Comin' Thro' the Rye"/Burns).
In the original show, her character Magnolia is trying to emulate Qweenie the cook, who then launches into a very soulful version. after telling her that she has never heard "white folks" sing that song before. Magnolia then allows that she has heard Julie singing it, an undercurrent relating to Julie's hidden mixed race origins, All three sing it and then sing and dance the "shuffle", Magnolias' version of which comes across as racist to our eyes.
I love musical snobbery- Ms. von Stade shouldn't sing this because of her opera training. Hmm seems to me if she loves the song she should be able to do her rendition as she feels it. If I'm not mistaken Ms. Gardner's rendition was dubbed by another voice, so she was free to "act" while doing lip-sync. The 1953 version of the movie basically sucked - the 1936 version was truer to the Broadway version of :Show Boat" Opera training or not if it's good it's good. no need for Monday morning quarterback comments. And yes, I do have a musical education background, so snide comments are not needed or desired.
Guess what? I have a musical education background as well. Who cares? You're entitled to your opinion, just as I am entitled to mine. She can sing whatever she wants; the wisdom of those decisions, however, is completely open to debate. I don't think she has the chops to pull this one off. She has a beautiful voice, very well suited to the operatic roles she normally sings, but musical theater is different and I don't buy this rendition. Are we always just supposed to applaud everything everyone does? She gets her ovations often enough. This was a misfire for me. Oh well. She'll survive.
+zolluuu I know how you feel about opera singers singing other than opera, however I think this rendition of Fredericka's was alright, i've heard worse from other opera singers like Kiri Te Kanawa, et al.
Perhaps so but, the music is so glorious that I can't really care. Von Stade tried to "flatten" her operatic voice with no success I loved the original and tolerated the remake.The lack of Robeson and the "use" of Warfield was un conscionable.
Virginia Abrahamse Well a very athletic icy cold rendition fit for a Johann Strauss convention of self congratulatory Teutons; give me Ava Gardner's heartfelt realistic rendition any day. Her one saving grace here is the beautiful flutelike sweetness of her tone.
Boo! Larry. She really got with it and that guy on the podium was a great accompanist. A difference between opera singers and pop singers is, I think, that opera people get into a song (and every song is a drama, somehow) and mean what they are saying/singing. Most pop people use a song differently.
Tori Weddell Tori you got it. She sounds like a cheerleader from Music Man, or Johanna Strauss; I expected the audience to start clapping rhythmically, and either Angela Merkel or His Imperious Travesty, Trumpius da Foist to appear at any second; whiter than white bluer than blue...
With all due respect to von Stade, it's just plain silly for her to sing this in concert. She is so stiff she can't pull it off. Opera singers often have this problem when they sing anything outside of opera. Their training has been so rigid they can't relax and sing with "soul", as it's understood in popular music.
I have to agree with you. Contrast that with the version Ava Gardner recorded which is on TH-cam. She doesn't have the perfect voice, but you really feel the emotional pull of the music.
Utter nonsense, apparently written by a musical snob....someone who can't or won't appreciate beautiful music and a truly outstanding voice doing it the rendition very very well indeed!
This is what we in Texas call 'a loving woman' !!
I dare anyone not to fall in love with Frederica von Stade.
I am still watching and listening and I still enjoying a great performance .
Truth is beautiful and this is beautifully true tone and technique- sublime!!
One of the best renditions of this song. Ms von Stade really belts it out, fantastic.
You bet: reminds me of Bev Sills' definition of bel canto: can belto!
What a beautiful lady with an angel’s voice, so poised, so classy, so lovely! IMHO
pure pure pure pleasure - I adore her: she gets the irrepressible joy of this song, its lilt and rhythm just right.
So true- lilt is the word.
Heartily agree
Just unbelievable. A couple of times the orchestra was in full swing and her voice, with no mic, could be heard, quite well, over the entire orchestra. Most of the time they just accompanied so everyone could just focus on her singing. Only a Diva can sing like that, and she must be a true mezza soprano.
Still puts a GREAT SMILE every time. Such a joy.
Great .what a wonderful .wonderful performance.
Wow ... just WOW! Superb What a delicious voice!
Absolutely beautiful voice! She makes the song believable!
Not just Frederica but the chorus too!
What a wonderful performance.
O Brave New World, that has such a creature in it!
Frederica is simply the best!
To all the Broadway "snobs" out there:
First of all, most of the "classic" Broadway stars--Mary Martin, for example--sang in what we would now consider to be "operatic style."
Secondly, this performance is from 1990, live and on stage. You all are accustomed to today's performance, where the singers are miked and they're not performing in anything close to a large concert hall -- this is probably in Lincoln Center or Carnegie Hall. Most of these folks couldn't come close to projecting the way opera singers do. And she's also got a chorus here, so she has to singing over that as well.
Ms. Von Stade actually was originally interested in performing on Broadway, and I bet she knows a hell of lot more about how to do it than any of you. This is not a Broadway performance, and she's not trying to make it one. I'm sure it's just a song she likes and she's happy to get the chance to perform it.
I believe this is from Live From Lincoln Center: Fricka and Friends www.imdb.com/title/tt0402673/
April 18, 1990
A-Men!!
I cannot agree more!!!
Well said ,shes just havin a good time
One word- Class.
A voice beyond words!!! Class.
Utterly brilliant - great voice
11 months later I still get a great kick and lift from this . Wnnderful
Pure musical counter depression: lift, lilt, aw just plain wonderful!!
What a beautiful rendition.
I like her very much.
She's incredible..
24/01 /22 .still enjoying a great and wonderful performance.
She sang this on an album of Show Boat with an all opera cast. Three or four CDs. I like it; some may not. Miss von Stade has a wonderful personality in person, not "opera snobbish" at all.
Just wonderful! Loved it! What great voices!!! Thanks so much for sending this to me. Cheers, Jack.
Stunning
What a lovely woman!!❤❤❤
Ah yes, MaLord!!
This was a fantastic performance.
Show boat is one of my favourite musicals... and Frederica sings it perfectly! Gracias Frederica por su talento musical. Realmente le da vida a la letra de la cancion.
Wonderful von Stade!
My favourite mezzo, my favourite Cherubino, Voi che sapete.
Brilliant!
Wonderfull song. Thank you.
I've heard Lena Horne sing this, Ella Fitzgerald sing this, Julie London, and Ava Gardner (from the 1951 movie) sing this, and NO ONE belts out this song with more enthusiasm, verve, raw energy, and great musical range, than Ms. von Stade here. Her jazzy rendition here makes the blood surge with joy, and makes you want to get up and dance! Bravo!! I look forward to discovering more of Ms. von Stade's works like this and you should too!
Agree: as Bev Sills once said: a bel canto is one who- can belto.
Annette Warren sang for Ava Gardner in the 1951 movie.
Horne and Fitzgerald were great talents, but no matter how much talent you have you can’t blast like an opera singer without years of training. Nobody has that kind of vocal size naturally.
In the all-star recording of Show Boat made at about the time of this broadcast von Stade played Magnolia. Teresa Stratas was Julie, so it’s her song on the record.
She was 45 here? Damn, she looks soooooooo good.
Yes!
"I love my Mr. Man"! What a respect!!! (Rio, 4/5/19).
Sweetheart!!❤️❤️
I've just seen her give a fabulous master class ("a Flicka class" she called it) at the Cardiff Singer of the World event in Wales. What a great lady.
Just love miss von Stade singing song to the moon best ever
Federica divina....e anche il direttore e tutti quanti....si sente una bella gioia...
Thank you so much for posting this. I saw it on PBS long ago and have been looking for a DVD ever since. This must have been a special night to be in Carnegie Hall.
Me too!! But I think this was from Live from Lincoln Center: Fricka and Friends 1990?
As mentioned below, for real Show Boat fans, John McGlinn, a Jerome Kern, scholar put out a three CD set, still available, containing all the music ever written for Show Boat, including new material written for subsequent revivals and the 1936 film. On two disks he recreates the premiere production, with all the dialog. On the third he has the subsequent songs, such as "I Have the Room Above Her," written for the 1936 film and included in the 1994 Hal Prince Broadway revival. It also contains Kern's original closing number, "It's Getting Hotter in the North," which I think is a great song but did not make it into any Broadway revival or the two films. Frederica von Stade and Teresa Stratas are the leads.
A revelation for those (like me) who thought they knew the show pretty well. What McGlinn did was pure genius.
yes, that was lovely.
What a beautiful performance ^^
I love her so much.
I love you, Frederica!!❤️❤️❤️❤️🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
Magnificent 😍😍👌👌👌👌👌👌
wonderful !!!
un incroyable chic!
well done.
Um verdadeiro hino à beleza em perfeita globalização (Rio, 25/11/17).
THANKS, THANKS, THANKS...
and excuse me for my delay to be grateful for your download, but I have not been on TH-cam for weeks... unforgivable!
Nice
Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II (Rio, 23/jan/1920).
Dear Flicka, You are a soprano. I love you anyway.
Maravillosa voz. Dios la bendiga¡¡
I have Show Boat recording with Frederica. Tengo la grabacion de Show Boat con Fedrerica. Fabuloso!
Como o TH-cam tem preguiça, ou indiferença, eu informo: os autores da trilha sonora de Showboat, da qual faz parte essa maravilha, são Jerome Kern (melodia) e Oscar Hammerstein II (letra) - Rio, 25/7/18.
Show Boat deberia ser incorporado al repertorio operístico.
Maravillosa canción
TO think that she might have been lost to popular music; I'm so glad she chose classical!
Grote klassen heeft deze mevrouw
Удивительный голос, восхитительноڰۣ✿ڰۣ✿ڰۣ✿
Oh if I only knew Russian. Beauty in your selections so wondrous, Larissa. God bless the Russian soul.
Authors: Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II (Rio, 22/1/19).
I still reckon there is not a better version of this song .and I have tried.
She is good woman.
As far as I'm concerned Flicka can sing the NYSE index and I'd enjoy it. Can't help lovin' that voice :)
Ava Gardner didn't sing in Showboat, but she did sing in Mogambo ("Comin' Thro' the Rye"/Burns).
Got me thinking: Frederica singing the Gettysburg Address; Lincoln would have swooned; Mary apoplectic.
There,'s only one Mezzo and thats Flicka!!😍
She sounds great!!!!It's the gayest I've heard it in time!!!
samuel ramey
She started out wanting to be a Broadway performer.
Isn't she darling?
In the original show, her character Magnolia is trying to emulate Qweenie the cook, who then launches into a very soulful version. after telling her that she has never heard "white folks" sing that song before. Magnolia then allows that she has heard Julie singing it, an undercurrent relating to Julie's hidden mixed race origins, All three sing it and then sing and dance the "shuffle", Magnolias' version of which comes across as racist to our eyes.
Forget the PC stuff. Ever been to a black church?
I love musical snobbery- Ms. von Stade shouldn't sing this because of her opera training. Hmm seems to me if she loves the song she should be able to do her rendition as she feels it. If I'm not mistaken Ms. Gardner's rendition was dubbed by another voice, so she was free to "act" while doing lip-sync. The 1953 version of the movie basically sucked - the 1936 version was truer to the Broadway version of :Show Boat" Opera training or not if it's good it's good. no need for Monday morning quarterback comments. And yes, I do have a musical education background, so snide comments are not needed or desired.
Guess what? I have a musical education background as well. Who cares? You're entitled to your opinion, just as I am entitled to mine. She can sing whatever she wants; the wisdom of those decisions, however, is completely open to debate. I don't think she has the chops to pull this one off. She has a beautiful voice, very well suited to the operatic roles she normally sings, but musical theater is different and I don't buy this rendition. Are we always just supposed to applaud everything everyone does? She gets her ovations often enough. This was a misfire for me. Oh well. She'll survive.
+zolluuu I know how you feel about opera singers singing other than opera, however I think this rendition of Fredericka's was alright, i've heard worse from other opera singers like Kiri Te Kanawa, et al.
Perhaps so but, the music is so glorious that I can't really care. Von Stade tried to "flatten" her operatic voice with no success I loved the original and tolerated the remake.The lack of Robeson and the "use" of Warfield was un conscionable.
This is for loverflicka. Enjoy!
Virginia Abrahamse Well a very athletic icy cold rendition fit for a Johann Strauss convention of self congratulatory Teutons; give me Ava Gardner's heartfelt realistic rendition any day. Her one saving grace here is the beautiful flutelike sweetness of her tone.
@@bobbywimsy6741 Who pissed in your corn flakes, bobby?
Flicka is so thin!
So nice to see an elegant, slim woman!
Boo! Larry. She really got with it and that guy on the podium was a great
accompanist.
A difference between opera singers and pop singers is, I think, that opera
people get into a song (and every song is a drama, somehow) and mean
what they are saying/singing. Most pop people use a song differently.
It lifts my spirits...............That`s all that matters
I love Ava Gardners version.
Why is a blonde white lady singing this song.
Tori Weddell because in normal land, no one gives a shit about it, and only in your wacko, intersectional world is it actually a big deal.
Tori Weddell Tori you got it. She sounds like a cheerleader from Music Man, or Johanna Strauss; I expected the audience to start clapping rhythmically, and either Angela Merkel or His Imperious Travesty, Trumpius da Foist to appear at any second; whiter than white bluer than blue...
Because she's singing it in the style of Magnolia, not Julie. Magnolia learns it from her friend in the story.
Beautiful rendition!!
Who cares what color she is??
With all due respect to von Stade, it's just plain silly for her to sing this in concert. She is so stiff she can't pull it off. Opera singers often have this problem when they sing anything outside of opera. Their training has been so rigid they can't relax and sing with "soul", as it's understood in popular music.
I have to agree with you. Contrast that with the version Ava Gardner recorded which is on TH-cam. She doesn't have the perfect voice, but you really feel the emotional pull of the music.
Jay Verkuilen Ms. Gardner did not sing at all, it was dubbed.
Cyril Price Actually there is a undubbed video on TH-cam with Ms. Gardner singing.
Utter nonsense, apparently written by a musical snob....someone who can't or won't appreciate beautiful music and a truly outstanding voice doing it the rendition very very well indeed!
With all due respect to you, your comment is just plain nonsense.
sounds like gershwin