Dame Kiri Te Kanawa - Final Trio - Der Rosenkavalier - MET - 1982

[veeerooniicaaa]

Hermoso !. Gracias por el video !

[voceangelo]

I had to beg, borrow and steal to find a copy of this opera in its completion. I finally have, and I think I wept harder than I have in my life seeing Madame Troyanos alive and healthy and vibrant and watching her opening this trio with her loaded "Marie Theres'. Thank you for putting this up.

[Lindow]

It's amazing how camera-perfect Kiri's acting is in this. She is completely focussed - there isn't one moment where she loses that. I would love to have been there to see wheather any of it read in the house. But for the camera it was perfect.

[Dymension]

They're not lesbians. Octavian is a boy.

[RonaldBarone]

so they all in love with each other? No wonder they are talking ( singing ) at the same time... Jesus Lord... Lesbians can be difficult even when they are done in opera.

The funny part is, they wont sing about TUNA, or any type of fish ( if you know what I am trying to say ), neither they are saying things like... let me lick it or let me see your cherry.

Any way, besides the horrible taste in clothing(lesbians lol), they are singing beautifully, but I rather see Rosie O'Donnell in the middle

[sairamnagarajan]

@RonaldBarone That's the most ridiculously brilliant comment I've read in ages

[andrea585ny]

@RonaldBarone CONGRATULATIONS!!! You've just won the MEATHEAD OF THE YEAR AWARD

...and I thought Neanderthals were extinct

[RonaldBarone]

@andrea585ny where is your sense of humor? I love opera us much as you do if not even more... I eat music, I dream music, I breath music... but that wont make me someone better than every one that think life is a miserable place where I don't have the right and pleasure to laugh.

[andrea585ny]

@RonaldBarone Sorry Ron, I realize it was a joke but I'm a lesbian and sometimes those kind of

comments rub me the wrong way. Had a few slurs hurled @ me on Thursday and it kinda put

me in a mood. I don't think the world is a miserable place rather a wonderous place where we

have the moving and beautiful talent seen in this video. Why do you get to express humor in

your way(vulgarity) and it's ok but if I express humor in my way(sarcasm) it's not ok? Just breakin

balls my friend :) Cheers!

[RonaldBarone]

@andrea585ny I can make fun of lesbians.... I AM GAY lol

and as a gay man I do what gay men know how to do the best

JOKES LOL

[andrea585ny]

@RonaldBarone Kinda figured you were gay. You f-ng fags take the

hardest shots at us lesbians LOL

[RonaldBarone]

@andrea585ny Talking about jokes.... let me go to the Renata Tebaldi's videos and tell their fans Maria Callas was called the Divine for a reason.... she was the best lol

It drive them crazy hahahahahahahahahahha

[andrea585ny]

@RonaldBarone Don't do it dude! You'll end up face down dead in a ditch!

[RonaldBarone]

@andrea585ny And for the record I ADORE, I LOVE, I RESPECT not just the woman, but the artist MADAME KANAWA is. I met her in Naples Florida... she heard me singing at Naples Royal Conservatory, she is friend of my former teacher.... she is adorable, a real LADY, well educated that talks softly, and she makes sure her point gets crossed when she talks. Very perfectionist, she has eyes that can look inside your soul, but you know, there are some qualities of ppl have that are beyond our talent.

[andrea585ny]

@RonaldBarone Very cool that you met Dame Kiri. She seems like a lovely woman

and is of course a phenominal singer. I'm a Troyanos lover - her soulfulness and

beautiful voice move me beyond words. I agree completely, some performers have

a special quality that goes beyond mere talent. Kindest regards, Andrea

[SandrineSoprano]

She is the greatest. That role suits her so well.

[daphneoneal]

Saw this in a 1990s Met re-broadcast. Sublime does not express it. Phoned PBS to try to get a DVD copy. They said it was not available to he public. Thank you SO MUCH for posting this....

[390204]

@daphneoneal The dvd is now available - in the 'Levine 40' set of 12 (or 10?) operas issued to celebrate James Levine's 40th anniversary at the Met. You can order the set from Amazon.

[gustavoanmosura]

Absolutly marviellous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[elzebra1973]

Wow!!! y más interminables wow!!!

[lastofthedogmen]

Ok... this is the best version I have seen. You can argue about Schwarzkopf.. technically but this is FUN.. I like it! That poor girl at 1.12 what a pout hehe.. I got so many people 'into' opera via this aria. Gorgeous, absolutely sublime.. soddit I'm crying AGAIN!

[Operaman41]

I love all three of these ladies!!!

RIP- Tatianna may light perpetual shine upon you!

[2Dawgz]

I saw this performance at the Met. It was a life changing experience.

[jmccracken1963]

@dapontefan And yes, I AM aware that a number of Saturday-afternoon Met radio broadcasts were telecast on TV, too. A classic case in point is the DON CARLOS of March 26, 1983, one week after the Saturday matinee broadcast of DER ROSENKAVALIER in 1982-83, as is the following season's simulcast of LA FORZA DEL DESTINO on March 24, 1984. As a side note: when the Met finally released a TANNHAUSER telecast from 1982-83, it was cobbled together from 2 performances because of Cassilly's vocal woes

[sanjosemike]

So exquisitely beautiful that it is almost physically painful.

Is there another way to describe this music? sanjosemike

[clairemichelstetter]

What a tease...not to be able to hear it!!!!

[brigid88]

brings tears to the eyes, this does! brilliant!

[franco96544]

I do not understand fans of Pavarotti: the voice not the best, ugly scene presence, bad actor... I get the full record of this from DD UNIVERS.. In my opinion is a good one thanks Kiri.. and Troyanos.. The scene is awull, very dark mainly in the secon act...Thes record is SOLTI-KIRI-HOWELS... the scene is . beautifull..UNIQUE!

[greytart]

@franco96544 he's a miserable bugger too; he really hates it when the audience join in..

[jrakg]

A pity, only, that the volume level is so low. - John Austin, Australia

[dapontefan]

The has refused to make this performance of the opera commercially available. Does anyone know why?

[jmccracken1963]

@dapontefan I suspect that, in part, because Luciano Pavarotti sang POORLY in the Italian Singer's little scena in Act I. Other than that, I can't understand why not; the rest of the performance is, indeed, wonderful, magical, and marvelous.

[dapontefan]

I hate to disagree with an expert, but I recently listened again to my audio recording of the Met's Saturday broadcast. While Pavarotti may not have been quite at the top of his form, he certainly did not sing it poorly. I'd look for some other explanation.

[jmccracken1963]

@dapontefan If you have an audio recording of a Saturday matinee with Pavarotti as the Italian Singer, it must be 3/27/76, because Pavarotti DID do that Italian Singer. This telecast was on Thursday, 10/7/82, and Pavarotti DID sing the Italian Singer, but he may have been in poor voice that fall, because he cancelled three of his appearances (including Opening Night on 9/20/82) - or it may have also been nerves over singing Idomeneo for the first time.

[dapontefan]

@jmccracken1963 My recording is of the 10/7/82 Met afternoon radio broadcast, recorded off the air. I believe it's the same performance as the YouTube video. I still think Pavarotti sounds quite good.

[jmccracken1963]

@dapontefan That IS the performance from which the above excerpt is taken, and it WAS televised, but it was an EVENING performance, as were MOST (though not all) of the Met telecasts in that era. The Met's regular Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts for 1982-1983 began on December 4 with LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR, and DER ROSENKAVALIER was broadcast on March 19, with Giuliano Ciannella as the Italian Singer (he did all the spring performances, including the tour)

[miu5423]

its act 3 honey

[ImpossiblyLost]

I love Kiri and Tatiana, this is the opera wherein I first fell in love with Kiri

[gumpgarbonzo]

One of the most beautiful opera snipetts ever. Kiri rules! I'm totally in love with her.

[jphilipps89]

@gumpgarbonzo Scwarzkopf is better.

[lamusicahera]

She has sung with an golden feminine fantastic sound and her voicetimbre and acting are this ROKKOKO which is needet for this role - brava!

Never to forget!

[ceb2633]

My pearly gates music. Incredible!

[uniqueattack]

how lucky the audience was that night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[matticus201]

Indeed!!!

[naturalactive1]

Simply sublime!!

[moniquetb]

kiri was  a great soprano in het time...

[DivaDeb1234]

Probably the best trio combination I've ever seen / heard.

[DivaDeb1234]

I love Judith Blegen...!

[CrystalFlames]

Just about the video quality, I have my computer up to max volume, and I can hardly hear it.

[grunfeld2312]

dude, get better speakers

[olympicfreak678]

Ya, it's the video, not the speakers.

[sanjosemike]

Why rush the trio?

The music and this performance is so sublime that it envelopes us into a mood of tears for Marschallin's loss.

And, as some of you posted, you can see it clearly in Kiri's face.

But the trio....may it live forever in all our minds and hearts.

sanjosemike

[theblueangel28]

Te Kanawa is giving a performance, and telling a story, the other two are doing a recital. they all sound flawless, but looking at Kiri is watching a completely different show

[uniqueattack]

she looks and sounds gorgeous

[OperaBaritoneJoe]

well at least Barbara Bonney I think this Octavian is much better also like this production more, but Sophie is forget able.

at least not as good as Barbara Bonney

[OperaBaritoneJoe]

correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think Kiri Te Kanawa sounded as good in Royal Opera House Covent Garden in 1985 this is earlier to bad she could not of done this at this age with Anne Howells , Barbara Bonney.

[lagnaha]

Not RCA prez!! Classical recording manager for EMI.

[orfeo2003]

I totally agree! I'm not a prosessional but I've listened to opera all my life. Schwarzkopf has never made me feel anything!

[lagnaha]

Excellent but Schwarzkopf for me.

[musicyh]

You can really feel the Marschallin's pain in Kiri's voice. Those eyes...and the dropped fan at the end. Yes, is this on DVD? I would dearly like to own it.

[gingerbadger]

Does anyone know if this performance is available on DVD?

[nessie96]

I had the immense pleasure of seeing these three ladies in this very production at the MET in a matinee performance the Spring of 1983. For me it was a truly life altering event that I will always treasure...Troyanos received a standing ovation at the end of the FIRST act, and it only got better as the performance went on....everyone who left the MET after the performance was walking on cloud nine....it was so fine you didn't want it to end.

[htshoward]

He FLIES through Liebestod from Tristan!  I am usually at odds with this tempi on most arias.

[domi2020]

Interesting comparing te Kanawa to Schwarzkopf in this performance but I will have to favour the former although granted her interpretation is not as intense or insightful but her voice and stage presence is much more attractive. Schwarzkopf is quite mannered in her approach but both Dames are wonderful in this role. Other greats include Lott, Fleming, Della Casa, Isokoski(sounds very much like Schwarzkopf, Soderstrom, Janowitz- if ONLY Margaret Price had sung this role! Pity.

[wisjoh]

THANK YOU; THANK YOU FOR POSTING:

It would be great if you could add the ensuing bit with Mmes. Blegen and Troyanos.

If you do add, please let me know.

Danke!

[yesys]

Kiri looks and sounds gorgeous, but her Marschallin is far too sweet. There should be more of a twinkle in the woman's eye when she is patronising Sophie!

[lucyliesinashes]

we never get these kinds of amazing performances and casts these days... but really, Levine needs to learn tempi. I'm so sick of him doing stuff way too slow, or doing them almost double tempo in Mozart!

[VivaLucia]

Holy smokes, this tempo is slow! I absolutely love Troyanos in everything :). And Kiri deserves kudos for singing this so damn slow. Glad I stumbled upon this, thanks for posting it.

[MissSheilaBeila]

It is so hard to NOT cry through this scene. Thank you so much for posting this.

[Lohengrin]

Kiri is a woman of regal beauty...

[billyguns2]

The singing is magnificent; to think that singing such as this once took place on the Met stage! That being said, maestro Levine does not and has never understood how to conduct the music of Richard Strauss. Forward motion is the name of the game in this music. It is not a matter of tempo, because there are many who conducted this as slowly or slower but still maintained the momentum. See Karajan, Bohm, Knappertsbusch, et. al.

[steinway1901]

Ravishing singing and playing. May Tatiana rest in peace. Bravo Maestro Levine.

[elizabethvonslussen]

Has Tatiana Troyanos passed away? Gracious Lord, I hope not. I liked her a lot. She was also with Dame Kiri in Bernstein's West Side Story and she was fantastic.

[148jules]

Troyanos passed away in the early 90s! The following is from wikipedia:

"Troyanos died from liver cancer, an affliction she successfully concealed from the vast majority of her colleagues, at the age of 54 in New York City. In an eerie coincidence, Troyanos was one of three female opera stars of international stature who succumbed to cancer in 1993 in or near her 54th year. The other singers were sopranos Lucia Popp and Arleen Augér.

[elizabethvonslussen]

Thank you for the information. Missing it gave me the impression that she had retired early. God bless her.

[LizN90]

She passed away right after doing Capriccio in SF, also with Te Kanawa. Apparently the two of them were friends--but I don't think Dame Kiri knew that Tatiana was dying. I have the performance on DVD, and it is REALLY good!

[elizabethvonslussen]

Thank you for your information. When the two recorded Westside Story with Leonard Bernstein where Troyanos sang A Boy Like That, I was completely taken. That was my first introduction to her and I got to like her a lot in the real opera.

[mattskib]

Three wonderful singers, all at the peak of their powers - thanks so much for posting this!

[domi2020]

sheer divinity!!! BEAUTIFUL TRIO INDEED! All 3 ladies at their peak in their singing careers!! It's amazing!!!

[LizN90]

Te Kanawa, Troyanos & Blegen. What a combination! This is fabulous! Thank you!

[LaBelleHelene]

No way!!, this is not possible... Te Kanawa & Troyanos... Am I sleeping?, dreaming?!!

Ohh, dear Lover, I guess I am... THANKS!! It's so beautiful...

[damekirilover]

Happiness is to share.......with love to music.

dameKIRIlover

[sirenadellopera]

@damekirilover :-)))))



[148jules]

They also duetted on West Side Story ... although not the best casting for that!

[sirenadellopera]

@LaBelleHelene :-)))))))))