Jose Carreras and Anneliese Rothenberger sing La Traviata

[easypad]

Frau Rothenbergers Tod berührt mich auch nach Monaten noch zutiefst. Umso trauriger bin ich, das es keine Möglichkeit gibt, einmal ihr Grab zu besuchen. Die Verantwortlichen, die sie bestattet haben, geben leider keine Auskunft darüber, wo sich das Grab befindet. Selbst wenn Frau Rothenberger sich eine stille Beisetzung gewünscht hat, ein anonymes Grab war sicher nicht in ihrem Sinn. Sie hat die Menschen geliebt und die Menschen haben sie geliebt. Warum tut man ihr so etwas an?

[leonardovittori1]

This is a reminder that Carreras knew how to sing correctly, with the correct closed sounds in the right places, .. but later he decided to open the voice in the passagio, with deleterious effects.. Now he is 63 yrs old and has a hard time singing a high G. Let alone anything above it.. Its a real shame too.

[Agorante]

@leonardovittori1

You don't suppose it had anything to do with leukemia do you? During the marrow treatment he took immune sytem supressors and got fungus growths in this throat. I've noted that people who have mushrooms growing in their larynx tend to sing worse afterwards.

Spare us the passagio BS.

[kgarmaker123]

@Agorante Carreras recovered from Leukemia, and, sang wonderfully after that, but he always tended to open through the passagio.. probrably sounded better to his ears, but it is NOT good vocal technique and it ruins voices.

[Tenor5274]

Carreras truly had a gorgeous voice!!!! Not only that but he was handsome too.

[gondorado]

May she rest in peace.

[revmiguel2000]

I loved her voice - she is surely among the heavenly choir.

[hswatnik]

rip a. rothenberger-

[horstb29]

R.I.P. Anneliese Rothenberger

[halali01]

Für alle Musikfreunde die traurigste Nachricht des Jahres.

[bildsymbol123]

Mit Anneliese Rothenberger geht auch die eigene Jugend. Wir haben schöne Aufnahmen, ein Autogramm. So etwas bleibt dann.

[nobisotti]

@bildsymbol123

wie wahr...wie traurig...wie dankbar wir sein dürfen, sie erlebt zu haben

[bildsymbol123]

Mit Anneliese Rothenberger geht auch die eigene Jugend. Wir haben schöne Aufnahmen, ein Autogramm. So etwas bleibt dann.

[rothenbergerfan]

@bildsymbol123

Ich hatte das Glück, Frau Rothenberger persönlich kennenzulernen bei der Verleihung des Echo Klassik. Sie war charmant, liebenswürdig und liebenswert. Außerdem habe ich auf meine Briefe sehr nette und teils ausführliche Antworten von ihr erhalten, auf die ich stolz bin. Und natürlich sind da unzählige Aufnahmen, die mir ihre Stimme lebendig erhalten. Dafür bin ich dankbar!

[Randicass]

@bildsymbol123

Du hast absolut recht ! Ich habe die Rothenberger noch in der alten Met im Rosenkavalier (Lorin Maazel) noch gehört/gesehen. Wir sind mit ihr groß geworden damals ...

[Klarinette3000]

Eine große Künstlerin hat uns verlassen. Danke Frau Rothenberger für die wunderschönen Stunden, die Sie uns bereitet haben.

[C1r5a19]

R.I.P. Anneliese Rothenberger

[otacs2]

R.I.P. Anneliese Rothenberger, she died today...

[80smusiclover37]

Frau Kammersaengerin, Anneliese Rothenberger - eine der groessten Deutschen Sopranistinen und eine ganz tolle Frau obendrein!!!!! Solche Anmut gibt's heute gar nicht mehr, leider!

[branko1b]

she is wonderful (as always), beyond the point of commenting here... but could he sing THEN(!!), he had the talent AND freshens (i find this much better than his recoding with Scotto) i agree with tenorsanyone - it is possible that the "power of youth", is underestimated in singing in general (??) ... another issue is a tendency not to bother when one "has made it" - like del Monaco (also with Rothenberger) just couldn't care less even finishing words with right vowels...

[tukilala]

Un querubin bajo del cielo y se llama Josep !!!! el mas guapo !!!!! no se puede ser mas guapo !!!!!!!

[elephantbarbiegirl]

What a handsome chap!

[stevevandien]

What a fabulous voice Carreras possessed in his prime, arguably more beautiful and exciting than that of the other "Three Tenors." I don't discount Carerras's brave and successful fight against leukemia, for which he deserves all the credit in the world. (As a cancer survivor, I can understand and empathize with him.) But his vocal problems predated that diagnosis, because he had plunged into heavy roles all too soon --

[easypad]

diese Stimmen werden ewig leben

[awareadams]

Rothenberger made a Deutsche Querschnitt of La Traviata on EMI---I have it in LP!!! It may be buried with me: its a Masterpiece and the German adds to make her Perfect. She was das Beste.

[tenorsanyone]

This clip provides a good example of the ravishing tone that drew such praise in the early days of Carreras' career. What a lovely, unforced lyric sound! Such a voice is always ephemeral, a blessing of youth. It cannot be spared by technique, and certainly not by the ravages of illness and age.

[Rapicienta]

Los mejores años de Carreras, el joven Carreras, que voz, que musicalidad, que fraseo, me encanta, y ella es magnifica, bellisima soprano, aunque me gusta más en el repertorio alemán, pero igual esto le queda lindo, lindo.

[robertdonkers]

Carreras such a beautiful voice. I presume this is one of Anneliese Rothenberger's programmes. Do not slant her. This wonderful singer, here a little older and very late in her career, brought opera to many people. I for one as a youngerster used to watch her programmes and was introduced thus to the world of opera, her singing with other starts like Mario del Monaco, Herman Prey etc. Rotherberger furthermore has help many many young talented singers with their career, giving them exposure .

[mcknighty11]

I agree 100% She is a very wonderful singer. And a great person, also very helpful to opera. I would imagine that this was in 75 or 76, so very early in Carreras' career. She still sounds amazing even though she was at the latter stage of her career.

[sospello]

Thank goodness for programs like this one so that we have a record of the work of so many fine singers. I only wish more had followed her example.  It is a pleasure to hear again the beauty of the young Carreras voice.

[Phaedrax2]

Aw - so sweet! (Jose', of course)

[wotansings]

A Venise : on ne peut pas mieux dire, ça fait plaisir!

[Rapicienta]

cuando carreras tenìa ese fraseo de en sueños.

[novice1959]

Beautiful singing by Carreras! Rothenberger, although she has a pretty voice, was a little too loud and overwhelms him a bit.

[inmylife9]

What a pity! nowadays there are no more men like him...he's one of the most wonderful vision I've ever had. (and voice I've ever heard, obviously)

[zerezita]

What a pity to have this woman as a partner in this wonderful rendition by Carreras.

[not2nys]

agreed, she is quite the hammer to his scalpel.  she worked better with del monaco... two hammers :-)

[venise1946]

Il s'agit d'une remarquable chanteuse! Il faut situer ce passage dans le cadre de son émission TV! Carreras est jeune, elle est déjà une femme mûre. Demandez à Placido Domingo ce qu'il en pense lorsqu'il chantait avec elle, dans sa jeunesse à Hambourg! De grâce n'exécutez pas aussi froidement une femme et une chanteuse de ce niveau qui a donné tant de chances à de jeunes chanteurs dans ses émissions TV!

[jackmoncarsz]

I agree ! She had a wonderful voice. And if a tenor cannot handle even a light soprano such as Rothenberger, it is his own fault. Anyway, I do not hear much inbalance. If there is, it is probably because a bad recording favours the thinner high notes of a soprano over the richer tenor notes. But I adore both singers, so I am happy to find a duet of the two.

[sutherlandfan]

Adorei!É tão raro algum vídeo de Anneliese Rothenberger.

[BlueSea23]

Very beautiful!

[gheeah]

a dream...

[gheeah]

oooooh, breathless, what a m, em, tenor...

[zhangneve]

m..em.. yea. He is too beautiful to be a tenor...

[gheeah]

he has both, beauty and the most heavenly voice ever...