Kiri Te Kanawa as Tosca "Vissi d'arte"

[DavidoffGustav]

Heard her live a few times, probably one of the most beautiful instruments in the 20th century.. like spun silver live.. recordings don't do her justice...

[operamyheart]

This is gorgeous and incredible singing of Tosca for a lyric. Brava Kiri!!!!!!!!!

[musiqmarquis]

WOW! The pianissimi are beat!

[Peeve103]

Absolutely beautiful! Lyrical, dramatic but controlled. This is a sublime performance and a wonderful interpretation. My favourite by a country mile.

[JoelBWeisberg]

I readily admit that this aria, mi fa piangere, ogni volta. Ma, Kiri, mi fa

piangere senza sosta. Incredibile!!

Brava!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Kiri.

[cuddlebear51]

B O R I N G!!!

[jamesotek]

I am a Callas fanatic to the bitter end, but Kiri's performances of Vissi D'Arte are beautiful, powerful (sometimes too powerful) but without a doubt on par with Callas...feel the goosebumps!

[axel24601]

Fantastic!!!

[zzzxtreme]

i like kanawa's version of this song more than callas'

[SVENSKSOPRAN]

She feels sort of more like the countess in character, even here

[SVENSKSOPRAN]

I guess tradition might have made conductors used to let the monkey out of the cage a bit too often, like so often the case with Wagner (?) but also...it takes time to get accuainted to the different demands of of the repertoire...it took Placido a few years to make Wagner sound right...different stylistic approaches

[SVENSKSOPRAN]

Would be interesting to know if it actually carried throughout the role

[angelitornado]

I agree with the last poster. I have never heard Kiri perform anything I didn't absolitely love! This is no exception.

[jasmineblossom84]

I don't know why people get so upset when singers step "outside" of their specialty roles and sound good in others. I thought this was wonderful.

[owlclarke]

I like the way she plays the part, it seems more intelligent than some other interpretations1 She portrays her as a beautiful/flawed character, which I think is interesting and brave! An it is sung beautifully and listen to the ovation!

[LaBelleHelene]

Oh my God!! Onegin65 can you post anything more from this production?!, please...

Is there any DVD I can find, I can buy? Could you post any more infos?

I just love Kiri and I was not used to hear her singing Tosca but she's superb!!, as always...

By the way, who is playing Scarpia? And Mario?!

Please give us more heavenly moments just like this Vissi d'arte... Thanks for posting...

[verdiguy]

Hello.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the good

Baron is the Swedish baritone Ingvar Wixell.

It looks like him and he has the same lean

Scandinavian sound.

Hope this helps.

[gvjps123]

Te Kanawa had a lovely voice and sang very well but Tosca was not the role for her.