@sillyboydeux I am mon pitt 500,now called Vivegedda. Even her Bb wasn't easy. In this tacea, her first high note is already flat She had a great voice but her technique on high notes was a real flop. I sang Cavaradossi along with her as Tosca and the problem was evident during the whole opera.
Well, at least she sings the music with a full bodied sound instead of having to re-write the music to suit her by avoiding passages she can't sing, such as Devia and Gruberova do.
It was a pity she was not used earlier and more often by the Metropolitan. She had a vast range, a great great voice, and should have been a prima dona assoluta at the Met, but never was adequately appreciated.
This lady really did it all. She's singing Verdi's Leonora well here, she recorded the complete Donizetti Elisabetta in Stuarda about age 50, sang Wagner in the "Interrupted Melody" film and was likely the best opera singer to cross over to pop music. What a voice!
@sillyboydeux I am mon pitt 500,now called Vivegedda. Even her Bb wasn't easy. In this tacea, her first high note is already flat She had a great voice but her technique on high notes was a real flop. I sang Cavaradossi along with her as Tosca and the problem was evident during the whole opera.
vivegedda 4 months ago
@sillyboydeux
Well, at least she sings the music with a full bodied sound instead of having to re-write the music to suit her by avoiding passages she can't sing, such as Devia and Gruberova do.
primohomme 1 year ago
@sillyboydeux
Caballe never truly had the top notes, she has said it herself, she did sing a nice Db in some recordings, but her D6 was done with effort.
I think fleming is a beautiful singer, perhaps not perfect but her vocalization and voice are beautiful.
primohomme 1 year ago
@sillyboydeux
I think he means that she didn't go above high C, like when she sang Leonora in Il Trovatore she didn't sing the high Db's. Still, wonderful singer.
primohomme 1 year ago
Pretty girl, powerful voice.
JohnLennonsSexSlave 1 year ago
Problem is she never had the top notes really!
monpitt500 1 year ago
A very great soprano. sadly largely forgotten today.
saagua1953 2 years ago
Une belle voix. Caressante, nostalgique...
nadaniente115a 2 years ago
Une des plus belles voix du 20e sciècle. Merci pour cette magnifique vidéo.
77Opera 2 years ago
It was a pity she was not used earlier and more often by the Metropolitan. She had a vast range, a great great voice, and should have been a prima dona assoluta at the Met, but never was adequately appreciated.
saagua1953 2 years ago
This lady really did it all. She's singing Verdi's Leonora well here, she recorded the complete Donizetti Elisabetta in Stuarda about age 50, sang Wagner in the "Interrupted Melody" film and was likely the best opera singer to cross over to pop music. What a voice!
dt195k2 2 years ago