Cristina Gallardo-Domas "Con onor muore" Butterfly' Death

[jmahlon]

You replaced the live audio with her studio recording of this aria... Pretty pathetic. This woman burned her voice out so fast she was barely a blink on the international stage and will forever be an example of how not to sing.

[Oneguin65]

@jmahlon I do not do anything about it, you jerk

[WalkyrjeWolfherz]

Such a beautiful scene, Cristina is the best chilean soprano :D

[bowserjrgirl]

Oh, and the first sub title was written wrong, it's "he who can not live with honor, must die with honor"

[bowserjrgirl]

It brought me to tears, which is rare, well done!

[Tegzee]

Stunning! Shameless death scene, spoiled by the mad flapping at the end. What a voice - Bravo

[ades876]

más cruel no pudo haber estado este final... muy crudo....

[sillyboydeux]

How come the sync is off? It looks like an old silent film and they're running a vinyl cylinder next to it. Seriously, she's fabulous, I won't miss her next turn in this. I saw Daniela Dessi in this back in 2003 and she didn't have 1/10 the voice of this lady. Isn't Benjamin supposed to be 5 or 6?. I hope his hearing's ok. Superb actress and singer, truly.

[SaludFalla]

Con todo a la Gallardo-Domas por esta producción al ROH se le otorgó el Premio Laurence Olivier! Que es el equivalente a los oscares de las peliculas. Habrá sido por algo...sin duda su interpretación es única en este como en otro de sus roles.

[liamandsarah]

Does anyone know who directed this?

[asisecanta]

Antonio Pappano

[wotanman]

Are yawl sure that ain't DJ Peaches?

[khothye]

She is great, but I think ser tecnique is not finished.

[vixoxxzz]

she looks crazy...not a loving mother...listen to la Scotto and compare the two interpretations... a world apart.

[sparkedfireworks]

So you wouldn't be crazy if your husband for whom you waited four years for, comes home with another woman, your only the girl on the side, and wants to take your child and send you to be a geisha? you would be fine with that?

She was a loving mother. *was*. besides that, its in a theatre. it's not meant to be on TV or a movie, all of her movements are precise and yet very exaggerated. They have to be.

[DeyaIV]

yes! but she looks a little bit crazy, I think she exaggerated her theatrics facial moves, don't you think?

[sparkedfireworks]

Except this isn't supposed to be movie-like. This is opera, it's meant for even the people on the highest tier to understand so everything has to be exaggerated.

[DeyaIV]

Yes! but still...she is too much!! but I like opera, yo he visto varias obras de Opera, y ninguna como esta de tan exagerada, I hope you can understand, but I could not translate in my brain very well. I am not an expert on opera, but since childhood I have been able to watch it and appreciate this kind of art.

[gomongio]

@DeyaIV if you don't know or understand much of opera, please don't judge one of them of "exagerated"...

btw, i didn't like her realisation and acting...

[DeyaIV]

@gomongio I did not judge, just did comment from my point of view, that is all.

[gomongio]

@DeyaIV ok, no problem then.... misunderstood ur comment...

[wieke45]

Indrukwekkende opvoering van Christina.. Binnenkort te zien live in het MET. en Kinepolis.

[wieke45]

Jammer dat Christina vervangen werd door Patricia Racette in de MET.

[sercub1962]

Cuando Butterfly decide suicidarse lo hace como un acto supremo de amor hacia su hijo, pues reconoce que es la mejor opción para el bien del niño. En mi opinión y desde un punto de vista vocal esta interpretación muestra una Butterfly histérica y no a una madre amante que se despide para siempre de su hijo. Es mucho, mucho grito. De la actuación prefiero no opinar porque obviamente debe someterse a las indicaciones del director de escena.

[rinzunza]

Pienso que es interesante ver diferentes estilos en la interpretación de un rol tan conocido como este, cierto que es inevitable comparar con los otras también bellas interpretaciones, pero el merito de Cristina es indiscutible.

Respecto al histerismo ... pobre butterflay no es para menos...

[00af01]

todos los interpretes le dan una personalidad distita y propia a los personajes que representan en escena. en este caso, gallardo-domas crea a una cio-cio san un poco loca, solo basta mirar el aria un bel di vedremo de esta misma produccion. pero es su propia interpretacion

[melloli1]

justamente he ahi la gracia de gallardo-domas. ¿cómo está una madre que da la vida por su hijo, pero que sabe qe nunca más lo verá?.

NO todas las madres reaccionarian igual, pero muchísimas lo harían como esta mariposa...con una terrible desesperación que llega hasta el alma.

[19andoverlol]

The music ends on a sixth! How awkward.

Great piece, though.

[melloli1]

Simplemente FANTASTICA!!!

[offtobroadway]

love the set ESPECIALLY

loved her singing...I just didn't like the look that they gave Butterfly

[mdieterk]

Not an attractive voice; more importantly, not nearly enough light and shade in the singing.

[FabyEDDMAC]

M'ha fatto piangere!!! Brava. Grande interprete!

[Fundudehh7]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew she sucks alagna dick

[Fundudehh7]

on one part, i paused it and i heard her voice crack

[octavian]

I saw her in this same staging at the Liceu in Barcelona, and she was just GREAT. It´s true that there are better voices, but she touched me DEEPLY.

This scene is a bit overacted, but we´re talking about theater after all. I completely agree with MmeFigaro. The key word is MELODRAMMA.

One of the best opera performance I have ever seen!

[MmeFigaro]

another comment. People who made here a negative critic to this artist, who with such humility and such a passion interpret this Butterfly are really ignorant. She is really great, and is ovious that her acting is due to the regist. And the wonderfull is that she makes it with such naturality, although the regie is not good. She makes it divine! Artists like Gallardo Domas keep Melodramma alive, dispite all. Thanks

[MmeFigaro]

GREAT!!!

[Fallingstar423]

It was wonderful until she did her little staggering around thing.

[ezayi]

This is the Villazón in feminine. Too much, so much it is overacting. So much moving that at the end she doesn´t say a shit. And to those guys that deny her going down, obviously you didn´t hear her a few years ago. She is REALLY burning. Too much, too soon.. this role is too big like many others.

[natashkk]

I like her voice, I think it's really beautiful. But I didn't like her acting: too affected and dramatized. I know it is the highest point of the opera, but I think her death should be acted more statically. It is just my point of view, though.

[glasskimono]

i agree, but you do have to take into account that she's having to convey strong emotion to an entire audience.

but it is a bit dramatic.

but i think overall she did wonderfully.

[scorpioncarmen]

The ritual suicide of japanese women is supposed to be cutting the throating instead of the gut, traditionally.

[jmahlon]

she's burning out fast...here is evidence as to why.

[rrkrum]

and she's not NEARLY old enough to have her voice in such shaky condition...

[pekiitaa15]

area musical preciosa!

es hermosa

aunque el niño deberia actuar mas porque asi no

tiene sentido! =)

[Lavro504K]

Potente y Bellisima voz . A estos sordos que dicen que su voz es "She is singing flat most of the time - it is painful to listen to. This is unnecessary and unacceptable in my view" yo les digo que Gallardo Domas canto Suor Angelica y Mefistofele en el Colon de Buenos Aires, que es un teatrito bastante más grande que cualquiera de los que están acostumbrados a transitar, y la escucharon hasta en la costa de Punta del Este. BRAVA GALLARDO DOMAS UNICA EN SU REGISTRO E INTERPRETACIÓN!!!!!

[woytynowska]

Wonderlul. She sings Butterfly in April in Wien, and I suppose that I will be present there...

[marrieter08]

oh my, sublime performance

[mariavelasco]

Brava!!!!

[owenboi66]

ihackett - what are you talking about? I heard her last night in Zurich. She sang Manon Lescaut - and I can tell you she has a huge voice - when required. She can also sing very quitely and beautifully. Exactly what is required in Puccini. You can't judge her from a youtube clip.

[ihackett]

I saw her at Covent Garden, from the amphitheatre, I would have cast a bigger voice (not necessarily a more beautiful voice)for that size of theatre . Sure a smaller voice sounds large in a medium size theatre. . Puccini orchestration is like Wagner, often the instrumentation is the same pitch as the voice.

[owenboi66]

It's true, the house in Zurich is not large. Still, I was amazed at how she rode the orchestra in the big g moments. More than could be said for Neil Shicoff, unfortunately. I also found her acting very convincing - which is important to me.

[ihackett]

She is singing flat most of the time - it is painful to listen to. This is unnecessary and unacceptable in my view. She does not have a big enough voice for the part - she should stick to Donizetti and Mozart. Casting directors - Let's have the real verismo voices back please!!

[cek1111]

Yeahm Your view is not good..

[nikolaimedtner]

wonderful

[gamesport88]

Very beautiful acting!

Just like I remember at the Met!

[christiancoloma]

Amazing,thanks por posting.

[blevarela]

My God, how obliterating! Easy to see why Gallardo-Domas basically owns this role right now. Her voice is perfect for Puccini. Thanks for posting...