La Favorita Contest - O mio Fernando - Agnes Baltsa

[dt195k2]

She has such a beautiful mezzo sound.

[bodiloto]

@dt195k2 Negli anni 50/60 i mezzosoprani e i contralti interpretavano questo ruolo.

Dal vivo Baltsa aveva la voce di soprano corto,perché dico 'corto'?

Perché quando ero giovane i soprani che interpretavano Lucia avevano voci più scure di quella di Baltsa e cantavano fa e sol acuti...

[MysteriousSymphony]

@bodiloto

Se voci scure cantavano Lucia avevano sbagliato repertorio.

[bodiloto]

soprano corto.

voce fuori ruolo.

[Zashorigin]

Brava!

[DonPaolissimo]

Perhaps am "imperfect" technique, but I always found Agnes "HOT" - exciting & intense. Also, quite sexy!

[Rospaint]

So strange, these comments about " la technique" and so on - here! It`s almost like speaking about doubtful technical skill of Bernini or El Greco.

[calixtha]

Quelle voix aigre et métallique!Et la technique aléatoire..

[ezayi]

Brava!!!

[rrgallo]

This was ti be issued by EMI on CD...but who knows what happened:::

[anacoreta68]

le queda bárbara el aria a su voz, es lirismo esto muy bella , me encantaba cantarlo, piombi gran dio, scrito in celo el mio dolor , divinoooo

[AlexVB622]

Just the best!

[gabrioxxx]

As usual a very vulgar rendition of this beautiful aria by Baltsa.

Her voice is broken in two:

a non existing low register and a screeching top of a short soprano.

[DiomedesDioscuro]

Great rendition, as usual by Baltsa. La mia favorita, indeed.

[Voolu]

See? Proof that it only takes one great performance to gain a new fan. Awesome!

[parsifalito]

Excellent! I only had the recording, didnt know there was a video too! WoW! Please coloraturafan, try to find the Werther you mention elsewhere!

[DivaDeb1234]

oh that reminds me ...

I saw baltsa in Werther at covent

gardents in 1987!!!! With Carreas

As Werther..She has been around a long

time! Does she still perform?

[parsifalito]

Yes, she still performs. I have recently uploaded some videos of her very last Italianas (!!) in Athens. I think that she s currently singing some Klytemnaestras in Munchen...

[MaxUriarte]

This is Konzerthaus in Vienna, february 1989. I was there. The conductor is Giuseppe Patanè and not Georges Pretre.

[tubouso]

Absolutely right. 2nd & 5th Febr 1989, Vienna Konzerthaus. Giuseppe Patané, ORF (=Austrian Radio) Orchestra. Choir of Vienna Economics University (W.U.Chor). Johannes Prinz Choirmaster who is today Choirmaster of Singverein. I was not only there, I sang. Highlight of my time with the choir!

[raadikk]

this is nice role, beautiful music, but it's rare to create so live and true person in belcanto opera. as always she is perfect

[dutchtallguy]

One of my favourite mezzo's. What a presence. What a dynamic voice. Brava Agnes.

[hupolepsis81]

La qualite technique du son est mediocre, mais on apprecie les nuances dans l'interpretation de Baltsa, a la fois candide et passionnee. Un beau cadeau de Noel.

[ernestlow]

I am so glad this recording has finally come to light. It took place more than 20 years ago at the Musikverein. It was Baltsa's only performance of Favorita and Pretre's last opera performance. Can Orfeo please release the recording? Thank you

[carhom]

Esta é uma das minhas divas,Brava.