Marilyn Horne Cruda sorte Rossini L'Italiana in Algeri

[elitap22]

Listen to Teresa Berganza: she's great too.

[Vanchy58]

Marylin Horne es única! Sus interpretaciones de las óperas de Rossini son extraordinariamente impresionantes.

[LynnLombardo]

Divine.

[Heytay123]

wonderful!

[rickmanista221]

Where did you find these recordings of this recital?

[ilnytska]

Just great!!!

[JLBorges2]

Elle chante admirablement Rossini, pas facile de par les roucoulade et l'amplitude de la tessiture nécessaire.

[MrSkylark1]

Listen to CONCHITA SUPERVIA

[Musicadivina1969]

Superlativa.

[Babs22h]

boring to watch

[bplatt1069]

@Babs22h None can compare in this repertoire. I'm not saying you aren't entitled to your opinion, but you must know you are in a small minority, at best. Do you know much about Rossini, bel canto, or coloratura singing?

[khatun1000]

How powerful!

[musicalopera93]

BRAVA!!!!

[ferrykalos]

Perfetta! Vogliamo parlare dello sguardo alrimo "femmina"? Dvvero meravigliosa!

[99Isher]

Grandissima! E trionfale nel finale! Perfezione della coloratura, immobilità dell'emissione vocale, grandissima pienezza delle note gravi e medie: tutto è perfetto. E all'inizio, la messa in voce su «Per te solo, o mio Lindoro», con canto sostenuto e legatissimo, è una perla!

[buttercup180]

Bravissima!!!

[prosdocimo]

Horne is THE BEST!

[donalfonsotube]

horne è sublime nel rossini serio,in vivaldi, haendel, quando non deve essere realista, allora

è veramente il più grande contralto del 900 insieme alla Ferrier

[luigipavabartolotti]

@donalfonsotube  la podles

[cleope79]

bella voce si..ma le movenze sono da panis angelicus...

[minobezzi]

Marilyn Horne fu il miglior contralto della seconda metà del 19° secolo.

[ubedajils]

Brava, divina.

[opera7bubbles]

Clearly the greatest Bel Canto mezzo to ever have lived.

[raxmeger]

awesome. what else...

[singsmysong]

I still think she is the finest singer ever, EVER!

[maxtanz]

grandiosa e solidissima

[Rattywotin]

This is colatura at its best, sopranos beware

[rheingold50]

And none of the goofy faces that Bartoli makes. Horne has a truly solid technique--not the odd production of Bartoli.

[tuberkelbazillus]

I would not compare the voice of Horne and Bartoli- they have both a completely different type of voice and therefore manage the coloraturas in a different way - but both of them with an excellent technique.

[rjw0886]

What a glorious voice! I will always love her!

[Alessandrine1974]

Une vraie voix de contralto va jusqu´au sol/ sol dieze 4 et le rôle d´Isabella a des airs qui dépassent le la 4 : ce n´est donc pas contralto mais mezzo .

De plus , Marylin Horne est en fait une soprano Falcon/dramatique .

[RAS3227]

She is so amazing! Does anyone know her range?

[Hako2004]

Well, she could sing a high C while in her prime, but seemed only comfortable up to high B.....to me anyway. Her low notes were very low. I've heard her go all the way down to the low D....Tenor's low D.

[RAS3227]

Thanks! I am just reading this. She is so amazing in both her upper and lower registers.

[michelecenedese]

Brava Madam Horne... simply amazing!!

[pelolu2001]

Un portento. Los pelos de punta.

[AleRoma1968]

Fantastica!

[foianodellachiana]

Divina.

[lungdoc]

No artifice here! Any discrepancy with other Rossinian "stars" likely to resort to exageration, demonic laughs, jerky contorsions, etc., is only the product of your imagination.

[bikiniboyss]

She is QUEEN of Rossini.

[meltzerboy]

I remember the audience used to wait for Marilyn Horne to sing this aria in her recitals; through voice and gesture, she always made it a fun experience. Sometimes she would sing it as an encore before "Jeanie with the light brown hair." Needless to say, her talent ran the gamut from Rossini to American folk songs, all sung magnificently.

[Arbus2]

Marilyn Horne tiene los mejores graves que escuché hasta ahora en una mezzo, su color es impresionante y su coloratura es magnífica. Rossini debe caerse de espalda cuando la escucha cantar sus obras con esa magia. Brava.-

[musikenergy]

Marilyn is more of a heavy lyric Mezzo, not coloratura alto. The reason why her voice with so much color can move like that is because of hard work and training along with natural ability. Marilyn and Leontyne are two of my favorites. Even after menopause, they sounded like they were in their prime!

[Liwah]

I disagree on the lyric mezzo bit. No such voice type is acknowledged but I'd say that, if anything, Marilyn is the mezzo counterpart to the Dramatic Coloratura Soprano. She's got a much bigger voice than the typical coloratura mezzo!

[musikenergy]

Marilyn is NOT a dramatic mezzo. She tried to switch over to dramatic roles and her coach told her not to. It caused her serious vocal problems. She said this herself in an article. Big voice does not mean dramatic. This often gets big "voice" singers in vocal trouble. Also the ability to sing runs or melismas well doesn't make you a coloratura either. Most defined coloratura mezzos are lighter lyric voices, and coloraturas are often defined as sopranos who sing roles like Queen of the Night.

[musikenergy]

I think the term coloratura is overused, but again its my opinion. I like to use the term Bel Canto singer instead. I know people who can sing the heck out of Rossini and other bel canto works who don't claim to be coloratura. I call these people hard workers who have worked to make their voices agile enough to pull runs like these off.

[Babs22h]

thougg the queen of the night has arguably been sung best by dramatic sopranos not coloratura sopranos... as there light sound may not carry the dramamtic intent of the vocal line

[CountertenorJ]

"Acknowledged" is a silly issue. The fach terms are there to help describe voices. If someone doesn't acknowledge it it is because they are incorrectly using the labels. I've seen adequate concert programs of lyric countertenors and coloratura sopranisti.

[tphowle]

workin

[ladynerva]

Gods, this is exceptional, amazingly masterful. 'Coloratura alto', fantastic, simply fantastic. She is the best!

And she is doing this so easily while this being a really difficult piece to sing!

[owenboi66]

Do you think I'm being too fanciful in thinking that this is perhaps the sort of sound the great castrati would have made? The sound is so solid and there don't seem to be any breaks in between the registers! She's a marvel!

[periodictable47]

Probably there would not be too much similarity. A castrato would probably sound more like a strong boy singer. Long ago I heard a fragmentary recording that was supposed to be of the last castrato - I think his surname was Moreschi. He sounded somewhat like a juvenile, somewhat like a countertenor. Horne's solidity and bridging of the registers is due to gifts and work.

[owenboi66]

There was a recent programme on the BBC where they tried to recreate the sound by combining a very higth tenor and a treble. It wasn't convincing. They played the Moreschi recording. Sadyly, he was quite old at the time. I guess there's only one way of finding out!