Caballe sings High Note for 15 Seconds from Don Carlos in 1969!!

[Lindow]

Well, it is definately agreat vocal stunt but dramaticly it's a bit of a show off. The kind that Callas would have raised both eyebrows over:-).

[goldenthroat86]

@Lindow You mean like the time Callas sang the world's loudest, longest (and unwritten) high Eb at the end of the triumphal scene from Aida?

[Lindow]

@goldenthroat86 Somehow I knew that was gonna come back at me, but: Callas did it to put one very loud very obnoxious college who had been bothering the entire cast with his demeanor in his place and even asked her colleagues before she did it. I don't think Caballe asked anyone before she did this, but I could be wrong.

[bigjoetube]

Montserrat the magnificent!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[gustavsantdo]

Comentarios tan absurdos cómo "es lo único bueno de Caballe en toda su carrera musical" o "la voz de Sutherland es pura monotonía" son dignas de un auténtico pedante....

[marquettefootball]

Only note ever held longer: Giovanni Jones, conducted by Bugs Bunny (Leopold) in the classic cartoon.

[rozhin1980]

amazing, sounds like a sparkling brilliant!

[richiedrr]

As Steve Blier said, the High C that ate Chicago -- Wonderfu.

[GuilleBellamy]

Creo que esto es lo único ralmente bueno que ha hecho Caballé en toda su carrera musical.

[parodycreator25]

@GuilleBellamy ¿qué hay de Norma, Aïda, Violetta, Tosca, Cio-cio San, Mimí, Lauretta etc.? supongo que eres fan de Sutherland :P jajajaja

[GuilleBellamy]

@parodycreator25 Vaya... supones bastante mal. Creo que ambas voces (Caballé y Sutherland) son voces vacías, muy virtuosas en los agudos, muy líricas y todo lo que tú quieras, pero carecen totalmente de dramatismo. En cuanto a Sutherland, aún no comprendo como esa señora ha podido tener la fama que tuvo sin articular palabra en el canto. Es pura monotonía. Leyla Gencer, por ejemplo, supera a Sutherland en todos los aspectos, y ha muerto sin ser homenajeada al modo de Sutherland.

[parodycreator25]

@GuilleBellamy concuerdo en un 100% contigo en cuanto a Sutherland, a esa señora la sobre-homenajearon, nunca le vi por qué todos la alababan tanto; en cuanto a Caballé, ha tenido tiempos mejores, al igual que todas las cantantes habidas y por haber, ha tenido papeles que los ha hecho mejores que otros; y a las "otras" sopranos las toman por inferiores, por ejemplo Renatta Scotto, fue una gran cantante especializada en Puccini, pero la gente prefiere a la monótona Sutherland :(

[GuilleBellamy]

@parodycreator25 La única voz que ha conseguido abarcar maravillosamente todos los papeles ha sido, naturalmente, Callas. Y sí, Renatta Scotto y Puccini van de la mano, aunque el papel de Isabel de Valois en en Don Carlos de Verdi también lo consigue formidablemente :D Sutherland es mediocre.

[parodycreator25]

@GuilleBellamy Callas fue maravillosa en todos los papeles que cantó (especialmente en los primeros 8 años de su carrera) mil veces merecedora de todas las alabanzas que se le dieron a Sutherland, personalemente mi top 3 de Sopranos del Siglo XX es:

1. Maria Callas 2. Montserrat Caballé 3. Renata Scotto, y Sutherland está en último lugar, después de Florence Foster Jenkins.

[GuilleBellamy]

@parodycreator25 jajajajaja, Foster Jenkins es la mejor de todas <3 jajajaja. A mi no me gusta colocarlas en un estricto orden. Creo que cada cual tiene sus papeles y su estilo. Naturalmente, Callas sí es ejemplar, pero la única.

[parodycreator25]

@GuilleBellamy en un ESTRICTO orden tampoco, por ejemplo, prefiero a Kabaivanska en Tosca más que a Scotto, y prefiero a Scotto en Gianni Schicchi más que a Caballé, y prefiero a Caballé en Aïda más que a Callas; etc. en fin cada rol tiene a su cantante ideal, sin importar a quién prefiramos siempre puede haber otra que lo cante mejor.

[goldenthroat86]

I counted 17 seconds :)



[goldenthroat86]

Damn, Monserrat...You scary!

[BassoCantante19]

And Dimiter Petkov singing the high F# at 0:04 goes unheeded???

[goldenthroat86]

@BassoCantante19 It is quite good, isn't it!

[gregory37510]

sono 17 secondi da 0:5 a 0:22

[TheRicardo3375]

listen to her and Corelli...58 seconds.....high note

[lallanzinho]

0:16 Caballé with Lasers! :D

[joaopedro12]

WHY WHY do i bother even try to sing, montsi just crushes the opera house

[cubanbach]

SORRY that was not 15 seconds!!!!!  IT WAS 17 SECONDS!

[LacrimaLunaMortua]

0:16 lol

And Erna Sack in Voices Of Spring? That's even a higher note

Anyway, Caballe rules

[fishgul69]

sing that note!

[continoism]

sono obnubilato........bellissimo!!­!

[BalletBabyBoy]

La Caballet...La Divina!

[BroadwayFanatic5197]

Pic @ 0:16 LOL

[luwaig1]

stupendaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Cre8tvMG]

OK, so that old line about the fat lady singing really has something behind it. This is amazing talent!

[VocalPowa]

@Superdaaaniel Christina does 20 seconds of vomiting. This is 15 seconds of mind-blowing perfection.

[anibaldk]

What kind of an idiot dislikes this!!!??

[Weihafan]

I was so lucky to be there in Verona in 1969 - this was one of my greatest experiences in opera ever!

[MrFalconford]

thankyou Montserrat Caballe

[calaftheeast]

Amazing breath control, but that was what Caballe was famous for of course. She did not have the biggest voice nor the most powerful among the legendary sopranos, but she had a god-like breath control and musicianship as seen here.

[magchristineschaefer]

oh I have to cry!

[rey982]

The world best vocal

[alejimenez76]

who takes this picture at 0:16!!! my god, she looks as Stalin in a mecanic eyes!! lol

[boyswatc]

ma quanti polmoni ha????impressionante!!!!

[Bremen25]

My eardrums rolled over and died, because they know that this is the most incredible thing they've ever heard.

[janejones11]

Insane ! 

[wnesbitt1]

Spine-tingling.

[eddiesamuel1]

Whoa!!!

[thomastmwc]

the picture from 0:16 - 0:17 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHHAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAA

[symyu]

@thomastmwc DAMMIT! I FELL OFF THE CHAIR LAUGHING OUT LOUD!! HAHAHAHAAAAAAA PRICELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thomastmwc]

@symyu :D

[deville49]

In 15 seconds at a little funny...

[tomasburi]

Astonishing! I guess it's b5(?) I'd also recommend: watch?v=mVYVxoRMFxw#t=1m52 :-)

[robertmckinn]

"Hmm, whatever shall I do today?

Oh, I know, I'll hold a note through the entire CRETACEOUS PERIOD."

[siriusminx]

Stupenda Caballe!!

[Drelnis]

This is such an amazing note - I always turn out disappointed when Elisabettas hold the note only for a brief few seconds. Although I must admit the photo at 0:16 is amusingly disturbing.

[TheWisemonkey8]

This is the don Carlos with Domingo... yes? Very good! The Corelli Don Carlo last note is a musical miracle!

[liguten]

Il n'y en avait qu'une pour faire cela!!!!!!! VIVA CABALLE

[johnb340]

Viva Caballe!

[tenorvoicefan]

Die letzte der großen (im positiven gemeint) Diven!

Was eine Frau, welche eine Stimme!

[WestVoice]

Wooooh!

[avalokiteshivara]

Ri demais da 5ª foto!!

[Wotan123456789]

I have the complete recording and its an amazing one! Not only Domingo joins her, but Cossotto, Cappuccilli and Inbal.

If I a right she does the same at her Met Don Carlo in the early 70s

[MariaCallasLegend]

@Wotan123456789 I have also the whole rec!!You are very right!!

[Randidan]

@Wotan123456789 hehe! Knowing Caballe, she could probably have held it for 30 minutes!!!

[Wotan123456789]

@Randidan I think so too. I am a firm believer of the scientific theory stating that Caballe has three lungs.

[Randidan]

@Wotan123456789 hahaa!! I hadn't heard that one! very good! Actually, though, it's not that unusual in a well-trained singer -- they don't actually use that much air... It's fun to hear them "show off" now & then!!

[tetrazzini]

@Wotan123456789 thanks I'm not the only one !