Montserrat Caballe "Giudici! ad Anna" Live from Scala 1982

[FloriaTosca90]

Lovely!!!

[Smile6784]

beautiful



[gustopheles]

That high D isn't in the score?

[Onegin65]

@gustopheles Indeed, isn't in the score

[gustopheles]

@Onegin65 Strange, I've never heard a version in which it was omitted. I'm glad Caballe took it - I had no idea she could do that live.

[orfeo1993]

Caballe es punto y a parte mezclarla con cualquier otra criatura soprano es como tomar el nombre de Dios en vANO

[georgerannie]

Caballe you are just wonderful.

[voceangelo]

Is it true that Madame Caballe was still sick with salmonella poisoning when she did this performance? It's an incredible feat to know if she went on and then did that incredibly rare (for her) High D. I know she was booed (unjustly, I might add) during this performance, so it sounds as if she did it just to spite them for booing and whistling. In any case, brava a la diva!

[classicalgalNYC]

@voceangelo The opera goers at La Scala always boo =/

[jmiller05]

Bel Canto artists were always at conflict between the beauty of the line and the clarity of their phrasing and intonation.

Caballe doesn't always achieve a perfect balance, but her purity of tone is unmatched. Dramatic and effortlessly stunning.

[MadonnaImperia]

Impressive D. But I wish she wouldn't leave out half the consonants.

[Chasson0318]

She is legend!

[will1074]

Doveva arrivare a 49 anni per un acuto così ;)

[skitzo429]

this is unsual for her, she almost never sang high Ds, and especially at this age

[RVP57]

BRAVA CABALLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheSuperbaCaballe]

Caballe was bothered by the Milanese until the unspeakable thing; I send a high D, to make that it was not question of high notes, clear she was ill

[camarge]

I am not an expert,but keep going from one to the other of the great singers doing this piece,and The Caballe did something in here, that is just magic.

[camarge]

The critics and the papers lean heavily on her all during that week,and she was really pissed.Then she went ,that nigth, and produced her best performance ever ,risking everything.The thaeatter come down.

[ChrisStockslager]

What a great story! I think this is possibly one of the best moments in all of opera. It's just so gorgeous, and incredible! In this recording, you can almost see the snarl on her face as she cuts off that D. Callas' recording of this, of course, is equally stunning. You can just hear the stress building up until she practically screams out the last note. And Sutherland's concert version: Wow! She pretty much obliterates all of her oponents with that one single note that completely silences all.

[GeorgiNM]

Giudicare this Anna would certainly be no easy job, trust me!

[MastersoftheOpera]

She brought down the house! The likes of Caballe, Sutherland and Sills- the 3 reigning bel canto sopranos of the 60's and 70's we'll never see again. Caballe always had an exciting voice in bel canto

[Drelnis]

@MastersoftheOpera and to think we're going to see Netrebko in this role next year. I'm very excited to see how she'll pull it together lol.

[avalokiteshivara]

@Drelnis Creio que Netrebko ñ tenha preparo para cantar este nivel de papel...

[Drelnis]

@avalokiteshivara I had to google translate that, and we shall see how she turns out to handle Bolena, I am very eager to hear her row of trills.

[allanrosendo]

What a powerfull voice at 49 years old! Wonderful!

[velazquez2009]

Also, Callas breath initially is shorter, when she says giudici ad Anna, this conveys more the shock and pride.

[velazquez2009]

nice, but not as rich and diverse as Callas' rendition.

[rogernldw]

why??

[velazquez2009]

I think, but you can disagree with me, that Callas keeps up the total line more powerfully. Caballé, as Callas did, portrays the shock, the protest and then suddenly the strange acceptation wonderfully, but the second giudici is a bit overdone for a queen, Callas keeps ik just somewhat less expressive, but more implosive, more in accordance with Bolena´s character and this makes her acceptance of her fate more likely afterwards

[velazquez2009]

callas is more compact in vocal line, psychological more unified, without losing the expressive diversity.

[noncondition]

BAVA BRAVA BRAVA BRAVA BRAVA

[remedios65]

che re sovracuto!!! ma allora le aveva queste note...se non avesse abusato troppo dei pianissimi e evesse cantato piu spesso cosi

[zurriussII]

Such a powerful D!!!... Great Great Performance!...

[Misterkastel]

Assoluta,Superba!!!!God bless you....

[voceangelo]

Unbelievable! I've never Caballe above High C. She blew me away! Brava!!!

[MisterSoprano]

Amazing!

[emilytransex]

questa purtroppo fu l anna bolena dello scandalo xke la caballe all epoca non stette bene e rinuncio alla prima dell opera...e fu fiskiata in continuazione x tutta l opera e lei x la rabbia ha sparato questo re sovracuto meraviglioso x far capire a ki la contestava ke il problema non erano gli acuti ma lo stato di salute dopo di ke la caballe non affronto piu anna bolena in teatro xke si dice le porto sfiga cmq x me grande caballe!

[opera75frfr]

Du pouvoir de la rumeur!! Même ceux qui n'avaient pas entendu Caballé se sont précipités pour la déchirer en cette difficile année 82. Maintenant l'enregistrement est là, et on peut juger: l'ensemble est excellent, parfois sublime 'Al dolce guidami" est ovationné interminablement. Si l'on veut être objectif, il y a les quelques négligences habituelles concernant le texte, quelques vocalises imprécises,un accident retentissant juste avant "Al dolce", mais qu'elle récupère magistralement

[KILLERADVICE]

@opera75frfr

Oui, disons que c'est une drôle de soirée... où la somme des beautés l'emporte très largement sur quelques faiblesses. Et cet aigu final incroyable (et risqué) qui clôt définitivement le débat en faveur de Caballé.

[oloferne84]

Splendida!!! (e lo sarebbe ancor di più se non inventasse il libretto...)

[andrecueca]

caballe is jus wonderful

[superbafun]

Norma pertenece a Callas??...que tontería...Nadie ha cantado Norma como Caballe...En cuanto a guidici ad anna prefiero a Sutherland, pero Caballe hace un trabajo maravilloso, a su edad...Superba assoluta

[Hako2004]

Norma belonged to La Callas.....Anna Bolena was sung well by several sopranos, but owned by none.

[birgitnilsson]

This is a Maria Callases role and no one will ever take it away from her.

[ginodina]

Il me semble que la photo correspond à une représentation de Anna Bolena à Barcelone en 80 et le ténor était Luis Lima Seymour Alicia Nafé et Enrico Cesare Siepi.

[laurentius76]

super impressionant! j'ai dubidatif au début mais caballé ma super bien surpris par son énergie et l'émotion qu'elle dégage dans ce passage!!!!

[Yorgoswt]

Speaking of D´s, don´t forget her Arena di Verona Don Carlo;or her Pirata(EMI),sang with her wonderful husband Bernabé Martí, (who has stunning high notes & a most moving voice, w a touch of nostalgia, truly special);or at the live recording w Maggio Musicale Fiorentino(1967), etc, etc. She is a true force of nature, w a career unparalleled by any other singer in the whole history of music, (as the Dir. of the Viena Staats Oper says in the docufilm about her life, "Caballé Beyond Music").

[discoverer05]

No. Simply the best ever. By the way this is a high D and as far as I know Is the highest note ever recorded on Caballè singing. The second best Is the the D flat in the Mina's scene from Aroldo in Verdis' Rarities recorded at the very beginning of her career.

[Dymension]

There is another from Maria Stuarda with her and Brigitte Fassbender where she also sings a D.

[troppofiato]

Caballe also interpolated high D flats in live performances of Lucrezia Borgia and Trovatore. Also in her recording of the aria from the zarzuela El Rey que Rabió by Chapí.

[tenoroperas]

This is magnificent just marvelous i love you caballe in my opinion the best soprano of XX century

[BeauTenor]

Now THAT'S something you don't hear every day, for sure. Caballe above a C. Fabulous.

[gheeah]

unbelievable, magnificent M.Caballe, I adore this godess ( was that jose Carreras singing in the background?)...