Carmen Vienna State Opera 2010 Anna Netrebko

[musicarius]

I have never heard Anna pronounce French better than in this performance.

[znamoperu]

I will say it again: this is her repertoire!

[znamoperu]

Or beter yet: It also should have been so far...

@znamoperu

[trevorwrowell]

Anna Netrebko is such a huge talent and I have nearly all her recordings...However.... she is now too old to play Micaela. Her voice is too rich and full and no longer has the youthfulness of Mirella Freni from 1955 - 1975 especially recordings with the likes of Jon Vickers. This is the truth and as much as I love Anna's recordings I am afraid she missed the boat and she should have début this role when she was 28 - 32 when she would have probably overtaken Freni as the greatest ever Micaela.

[Erline1612]

I am proud of she is my natives Her voice PERFECT.

BRAVO ANNA

[tamaria6564]

Amazing voice id love to hear her with Lanza

[Dymension]

It's a little loud. She's pushing without needing to. She sounds a little like Freni at times....

[weekendpartier]

@Dymension sounds like some people are jealous of real talent -

[Dymension]

@weekendpartier No, some people just hate to see great talent go to waste by yelling....

[HeidelbergSoprano]

@weekendpartier I think so to ;) So many haters with only youtube as their place to hate :/ LOSERS!

[clausbm]

Just so very well. missed her in La Boheme at the Royal Opera Copenhagen. Hope she comes back. Then I will, with luck be there

[nekonorma]

She is such a miracle!! Great voice, great act, great performance and great character.

[MrSkylark1]

This is not Micaela. Throaty and bellowing

[MyNatalie31]

@MrSkylark1 I agree. I love Anna Netrebko - but not as Micaela! A 'gentle soul' Anna ain't! :-))

[MrSkylark1]

@MyNatalie31

Yes, this singer is also developing a wobble from pushing the voice. Suggestion to listen to Florence Quartararo, to hear the "Art" of "Singing" no longer in existence today, indeed for a long while.

[MusicVocalism]

@MrSkylark1 Acutally watch her 3 part interview on CNN and she talks about her repertoire changes after having her baby and how her voice grew b/c of having the baby and that she is doing this repertoire that suits her fach to prevent the development of a wobble :)

[MrSkylark1]

@MusicVocalism

Pitch problems and dragging the tempi, as heard here, indicate vocal decline. Changing the fach will not help. Listen to FLORENCE QUARTARARO, just one artist of the old school, who is a prime example of the fact that singing is an art, not bellowing, which has been and is, the standard of the international world of opera.

[MusicVocalism]

@MrSkylark1 Or that could be just b/c she has the bronchial aliment affecting her breathing :/

[MrSkylark1]

@MusicVocalism

Do not believe that is so. It is purely from bellowing, the standard of opera today.

[MusicVocalism]

@MrSkylark1 Whatever stops your tears :)

[MrSkylark1]

@MusicVocalism

Suggest listening to ELIZABETH RETHBERG as well. THAT is the "ART" of Singing, long lost to the public

and impressarios/conductors/voice (?) teachers because all are accoustically challenged.

[MusicVocalism]

@MrSkylark1 Thank you for the suggestion I've never heard of her but that's my fault :)

[MrSkylark1]

@MusicVocalism

Also suggest FLORENCE AUSTRAL, NINON VALLIN, TETRAZZINI. Happy listening.

[MusicVocalism]

@MrSkylark1 I feel quite uneducated now I have never heard of these singers, Thank you so much! =]

[MrSkylark1]

@MusicVocalism

Please do not feel that way. You have a whole career in front of you which will develop if you "listen" to the singers indicated. They will "teach" you how to place the note and sing on the "interest." Work on Concone. If you find yourself tiring after 1/2 hr with any vocal instructor, leave because they do not know what they are doing.

[MusicVocalism]

@MrSkylark1 A million thank yous for the amazing advice! :)

[MrSkylark1]

@MusicVocalism

You are welcome.

[gagicamisto]

Анечка!!!

Молодец!!! Царица!!!:)))

Счастья и долгих лет!!!

[Torteization]

wow, bin begeistert.



[dbhs18]

Anna sings great ! We are thrilled !!! GO AHEAD !

[cantanteporsiempre]

Wonderful, she sings a lot better after the pregnancy. A new, beautiful and very strong mom, congratulations!

[AOG93]

Wow! Her voice has really gotten stronger and a bit bigger! Will she follow in the steps of Mirella Freni...?? Pam pam paaamm...

[fendibag17]

I actually think she would sing the role of carmen better than Micaela. Carmen would be a good role for her better than some of the others she chooses.

[Jetzali]

MAravillosooooooo!! bravo!!! hermosa Anna ....

ya era hora de verla en Carmen!

[6sushi66]

Last note wasn´t very clean:)

[violetavalery]

Not bad. This is aria is very difficult to sing, and she gives subtleties to her singing. I find some similarities with Maria Callas in her Masterclasses at Julliard, where she gave some examples of how to sing this aria.

Yet, there is a vibrato in some parts of Anna's singing which I don't like. If she cannot control that, I wonder what will happen to her voice in the long term.

[choochooboi]

Yes Anna!!!! She sound wonderful. Her voice has gotten bigger.

[sopera123]

the tempo is slow, but Anna's voice is definitely stronger than ever, maybe even in her prime. Love it, so glad she chose this role, unlke many sopranos who chose to do Carmen instead.

[sopera123]

the tempo is slow, but Anna's voice is definitely stronger than ever, maybe even in her prime. Love it, so glad she chose this role, unlke many sopranos who chose to do Carmen instead.

[nekonorma]

I went to see this Carmen twice in May, 2010. Nadia and Anna was soooo great!!

[aclimalover]

No, I don't like it. I prefere this aria sung by a lyric soprano not a dramatic.Beside her french did not improve at all.If you know the words fine.if you don't ....well good luck.

[xarenir]

@aclimalover While I find it very nice when the singers have good diction, if your talking about actually understanding the aria through the singing, good luck whoever it is! Even with really top notch diction, it is usually almost impossible to understand more than half the words unless they are being sung in your native language. And though I like it, you're right. A dramatic voice IS too strong for the role.

[Javyctenor]

She has really improved her French pronunciation!!!

she's gorgeus!!!

[jewelmarkess]

Just great. Hers is in fact a strong Micaela, an interesting interpretation. Beautiful siging. I love the production too.

[33blueberries]

LOL, "Es ist sehr unheimlich hier", haaaaaaaaaaaahahaha...

[operafan85]

I heard her in this production in Vienna in 15 May... Great!

[sincrotto]

Un'interpretazione alla sua altezza ma diversa dalla tradizionale, dove Micaela è una ragazza semplice e fragile, senza quella forza e determinazione che dimostra la Netrebko con la sua passionalità.

[opernair]

Super! This is one of her best roles (like Iolanta, Mimi)!

Timbrre, legato, music - simply perfect.

Thank you for posting it.

[opernair]

Super! This is one of her absolutely best roles (like Iolanta, Mimi).

Simply perfect.

I was really happy to hear it.

[trisvirilaiva]

Anna was really great! Her Mikaela was totally different and unusually strong.This was a performance which had two good things -conductor and Mikaela, maybe even more- third good was Dzefirelli set design and directing, which despite of picturesque and his ability to create great scenes of mass smelled a bit of naphthalene, and nowedays looked a little bit old-fashioned...

[amlirco]

@trisvirilaiva For sure Anna Netrebko outshouted everyone. If this stands for standard I agree with you.

[aeru9]

I ike it really... I think Netrebko is working with her problems... It`s really good and it`s really ok, that she is changing repertoire. Mimi, Micaela and some light-spintoroles are the good rep for her. I`m still waiting of her first Wagner, but please, in a better german than this french...^^

so or so, great performance!!!

[pavelrysavy]

Bravo Anna pianisimo

[Zimtschaefchen]

I must admit she was the (only remaining) sparkling highlight of this production!!

Great voice and very convincing acting.. she was the most authentic singer last night!

So sad that Garanca cancelled her performance, I really did not like Krasteva as Carmen, was too much cliché and no remarkable singing in my opinion..

Danke fürs Hochladen und liebe Grüße ins Nachbarland! :)

[amlirco]

@Zimtschaefchen To sing Carmen in a classic way does not mean necessarily cliché. On the other hand Krasteva is fool-blooded mezzosopranile wild Carmen with wide range of devices to colour the personage quite uniquelly, while Caranca looks and acts like Ice Queen sometimes totaly lost between the personage itself and her persuit of the character, vocally she DOES sing rather cliché w/o daring to go beyond the minimum.

[Zimtschaefchen]

@amlirco Well, I understand what you mean about this "ice queen" thing, Garanca and Krasteva are really two Carmens you cannot compare to each other. It's a question about what you personally prefer. And I for myself fell in love with Garanca's interpretation at the MET, because she did such a subtle seducement on the men around, was such a calculating and self-determined, irrepressible, strong and free woman. I found her interpretation way more complex and interesting than Krasteva's.

[amlirco]

@Zimtschaefchen An artist can always be different or innovative but the really complex thing is to be innovative while not changing the nature of the personage. And in my opinion Krasteva is more on track than Garanca. But as you're saying this is a matter of personal perception.

[Zimtschaefchen]

@amlirco Okay, I did not express myself well, OF COURSE Carmen has to be seductive and sultry! No doubt about that! This can happen in the "metretricious" way or more subtle, whatever. And it's not that I have anything against the classic role perception of Carmen!! But I didn't find Krasteva authentic and convincing. That's the point :) Someone said she's a diva of the old school, prefering pathos, heavy make-up and big gestures. Her Carmen is flat, she loses the deeper sensitivity of the role.

[amlirco]

@Zimtschaefchen Well, I don't find Krasteva's Carmen flat and she has hopefully long trajectory ahead to prove her authenticity and maybe who knows to convince you. One can always set labels: Ponselle’s old school but her Carmen is the liveliest one, some flamenco artist use heavy make-up but this does not mean they are not authentic, you know...; Krasteva is quite selective as it comes to the body language – intuitive dancer she is, she hardly uses any big or non consistent gestures.

[amlirco]

@Zimtschaefchen Having said this, Garanca appears to be quite restricted with her body language; OK this could be a choice someone can attribute to subtleness (however I wouldn’t describe Carmen exactly as a subtle person(age)). Garanca is so focused to be different (or just to sing properly I don’t know) and with so much of that subtleness that she risks to lose the point.

[amlirco]

@Zimtschaefchen In fact, in the last act Garanca's Carmen is non-existent, no one out there…, and “clever” directing and costumes (I refer to acclaimed MET staging) are taking care to ruin it all completely, it’s not theatre it’s pure pain to watch at: Carmen hands the ring to DJ !!?? You see, with Carmen one has to have balls otherwise the character eats the artist. That’s what I call flat.

[amlirco]

@Zimtschaefchen Carmen is a personage of extremes, always on the edge. And if you don't have extreme power, unceasing sweeping pressure and extreme vulnerability transforming one into another you don't have Carmen. To my mind, transition between these two states (if we want to simplify the thing) should be subtle but not the states themselves. Best regards!

[Zimtschaefchen]

@amlirco I did just realise that we are spamming a video where neither Krasteva nor Garanca appears.. ups ;D

So let's end it on this, I think everything is said.. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me! Kindest regards!

[amlirco]

@Zimtschaefchen Oops, how inappropriate rather of me than of you. Thank you too. Let leave Anna sparkle. Cheers!

[Zimtschaefchen]

@amlirco I love your scathing sarcasm! (;

[amlirco]

@Zimtschaefchen Just a healthy irony :)

[Zimtschaefchen]

@amlirco Krasteva at the Wiener Staatsoper was too meretriciously for my taste and I didn’t find her seducing at all, how she was fawning on Don José all the time, trying to allure with her intrusive dancing and her dark, rolling mezzo. Also she was often out of rhythm and tempo in her singing which was really painful. But please, don’t consider my answer to be meant offensive, everybody has one’s own taste and I respect yours :) Just wanted to explain my preference to you. Best regards.

[amlirco]

@Zimtschaefchen Well, I don't see why I should be felt offended in some way.

You see, dark rolling mezzo is what Carmen is all about. Krasteva is and Garanca is not. "Meretriciously", I suppose this is way Carmen can be described. Ice Queen concept does not fit to Carmen. Any "calculating" type of behaviour is not "free" or wild therefore is not Carmen. "was fawning on Don José all the time"... well, she was doing that as long as Don José was interesting for her, and this is again Carmen.