Elena Obraztsova - Cavalleria Rusticana - voi lo sapete

[albert99933]

Брависсимо!!!!!!!!!!

[888contessa]

моя любимая

[Musicadoro]

She has the most beautiful mezzo-voice ever!!! Love

[alfabetab]

Really great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ykaiilah]

Whoa, after listening to 4 sopranos in a row sing it, what a difference!! So juicy!! Brava!!!!

[kullifulusi]

@ykaiilah You should also listen to Leyla Gencer's voi lo sapete.

[Khazira1]

Воистину совершенное исполнение! Спасибо!

[DrGarri]

She is the poster of true verismo, how lucky we were to have you!!!

[boricuamuzik]

Such a powerful voice mixed with grace and passion. A great combination for excellence. Probably the best mezzo ever. At least in my book.

[rrrrrrrffff]

Listen to Simionato and Arkhipova!!! They are the best!!!

[gala927]

....да воще этот концерт великий. я как сейчас помню - сидела и не могла оторваться от телека.

[Siberiaeterna]

MAGNIFIQUE!

[TheVivaopera]

great elena!i like this woman

[zgopify]

Probably the most artistic of them all. She is not to be believed, what passion!

[victoriusBP]

ELENA IS THE BEST!!!! FOREVER!!!! I LOVE!!!!!!!!

[malamutet]

Meravigliosa interprete verista.

[ditogam]

Deeply moving and touching, fantastic performance. Thank you and Kievest for kindly sending.

[Kievest]

SENSATIONAL!!!

[paulostroff99]

Awesome

[EscapeToNowhere11]

Love her! Her performance is divine! <3

[dhartman6]

Spectacular!

[mga440]

OMG!!! What else can you say? Amazing? Perfection? They seem so inadequate to express the excitement and passion that Obraztsova brings to this music.

[dhartman6]

GOOD GOD!!!! FABULOUS!

[bogart251299]

estupenda obratzova!!

[DrGarri]

I always come back to see and hear this clip, this reminds me what heart and talent together can achieve. She always breaks my heart with her incredible rendition of this most difficult aria!

[romondesbert]

superbe voix mais on dirait la grand-mère de Santuzza et non pas la jeune fille qu'elle est censée incarner !

[kjmix1]

All I can think of is WOW!

[AminaBellini]

I agree with you, WOW!!!!! this is a great performance!!!!!

[Boneggio]

STREPITOSA!!!

[missflump]

Quite possibly the best version of this aria ever. So exquisitely sung.

[Vladarama]

i love her...so engaged and alive

[as6146273]

Obraztsova is the best Santuzza ever, she and Domingo sang the most fantastic, the most "siciliana" Rusticana! After them it seems to me always "plastic"

[anuchid29]

Does she still sing?

[syrinx79]

I think mostly in recital and possibly some opera.

[royksopp21]

yes she sings old duchess in Tchaikovsky's "Pikovaja dama"

[xav71176]

countess

[natali200880]

Волшебно!!! Уникально!!!

[rmegna]

Magnificent from start to finish! A legendary singer of the highest order!

[Boneggio]

GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Piacevole]

She's Great!!! Her Ulrica is just amazing:)

[PonselleLover]

Simply a hurricane that blows it all up on its way. MG ! I'm shaking with body chills !

How I would have liked to hear her live !

[oprah22]

what a huge and powerful voice...wow i love it...just stunning

[mariokalogeropoulos]

BRAVISSIMA!

[CandyHaleLinton]

Simply STUNNING..and what a beautiful top she has..I never realised quite how beautiful before now. Thank you for posting this fascinating concert

[DivaDeb1234]

Whoo hoooo

Great , thanks !

[Andron3]

BRAVO!!!

[PonselleLover]

A devastating vocal tsunami that devastates my heart.

[wenarto]

LOL - vocal tsunami is right

[sleepwalker100]

Cursi...

[elamigosanti]

this is at the time when she was filming zeffirellis "cavalleria rusticana"

[viverito]

A small little respectable voice! :)

[chubblove]

although not a fan of her later voice, i have to say i rank this lady as first rate in this aria. Excellent.

[AmatureComposer]

I understand that this clip is an answer to Cossotto's clip of the same aria.

Well, Obraztsova had as well a huge voice, range and clear diction.

What she didn't have is beauty and purity of tone - her vibrato is so wide it is hard most of the time to say wether she is on pitch or not.

[Iareto]

I very much disagree with the beauty statement. Cossotto's voice is all steel to my ears. She's very good, but I'll take Obraztsova any day in this.

[ChuckNYC71]

She is amazing, isn't she? Ferocity, passion, control, wow.

[Weillfanatic]

Gorgeous.

[Gigglingatagas]

One of the most exciting voices, if not the most beautiful. Heavy, and über-dramatic - sometimes her chest voice reminds me of Maria Callas in its ferocity.

[coryisawake]

SO YOUNG!

[edgutgar]

brava!

[metropolitan1966]

Fantastic! What a voice! Brava. Love the Russian female voices.