Maria Ewing as Salome: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen, part 1

[bobsopera]

STUNNING !! Historical recording !

I have never see such dramatic acting/singing although I have been opera fan for over 35 years. Everything is coming together here, the play, the music, the stage and MARIA EWING über alles.

Thanks for posting jaason53.

[Salar73]

I saw or heard nobody else coming closer to this state of crazyness and her articulating is fantastic ... no wonder with such a mouth

[bigboy1black]

amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Greatfan2011]

How can I describe my fascination ? Mrs. Ewing IS Salomé. I am a great Nilsson fan and I saw her in the role when I was 13, and she was thrilling, but THIS is impressive, what a HUGE artist ! One can only THANK her for her intensity and the hours of work she invested in this MAGNIFICENT rendition of the role. On the technical part she is also a master. Sometimes she abuses reaching notes with a portamento, but that is little price to pay for this fantastic prowess ! Brava !

[AmericanEvita]

Following Ewing's career must have been terrific. She sang mostly Mozart mezzo roles at first in the 70's (Cherubino in the Ponelle Figaro movie under Bohm), Elvira in Giovanni, Dorabella in Cosi, Bizet's Carmen, then she sang dramatic soprano roles like Salome. To go from Cherubino to Salome is quite the accomplishment. As Salome, she was magnificent. Her smart ticket-saling move was to appear nude at the end of the Dance of 7 veils

[linow666]

great actress



[TeressaByrne]

Beautfiul singing.  Even more beautiful theatrical bravery, which is very rare. This is one of those performances which will go down in history.

[martello79]

what an animal........... grrrr...........

[fabiooliveira73]

Bravissimo!!!

[aterura33]

enorme como siempre esta mujer!

[darhug1968]

I first watched this many years ago on British TV. This was when you could regularly see opera, Sondheim musicals, foreign films and ballet on BBC2 and Ch4. Such a shame, if they spent a little less on DIY and cooking programmes, maybe we could see a little more. Not all change is for the better! Sorry, had to get it off my chest.

[peterstock08]

@darhug1968 Hear Hear!

[darhug1968]

What stamina, I was exhausted just watching this scene. She truly is amazing.

[borres88]

Enormeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­e.......María Ewing & Cecilia Bartoli las mejores Mezzo-sopranos actuales...

[dem24utube]

i MUST HAVE the complete version! Thank you for posting this!

Wow, Salome is one bucked up fitch...

[bobon47]

She is phenomen

[yumystery]

Wow! I'm not yet familiar with this opera but this aria gave me chills.

[Anibaal]

VICERAL

[NabiKohen]

I love her voice in this!

[53mica]

I heard her sing Mozart's Requiem in 1978 and have never forgotten her voice. I am not fond of sopranos, but her voice was something special and I am glad that she made a name for herself.

[Aetion]

Ewing is particularly well known for her sensitive interpretation of the title role in Richard Strauss's Salome, where Oscar Wilde's stage directions for the original play specify that, at the end of the so-called Dance of the Seven Veils), Salome lie naked at Herod's feet. Ewing appeared fully nude at the end of this sequence, in contrast to other singers who have used body stockings.

[Aetion]

Sorry, I forgot to mention the source: Wikipedia.

[fallenleaf25]

I think her performance as a whole was fantastic. She truly seems crazy and consumed by lust.

[timopragod]

But when she first started her career she was a wonderful singer. I will tell you this, when she first sang Salome in Los Angeles in 1988 or 89 (I think that was the season), she was in her best form. We were all astounded...... But, we knew that she should not make a diet of this role.. She took it all over the place and by 1992 she was starting to trick her way through the role (the whooping and hollering). It was a shame because she was a very special singer in so many lyric mezzo roles.

[Lauritz1]

Ya, ya, ya, so much whooping and hollering. Could she be less musical with all the screaming on pitch. Maria is a Lyric Mezzo Soprano and ruined her voice screaming and screeching through these roles for Soprano. She even looks like she is going to take a big dump in her drawers when she screams out the highest notes in this scene. She didn't do much singing after 1995 a mere four years after she started all of the Soprano nonsense. She is basically retired now with no voice left. Tisk-tisk-tisk

[voltape]

Fascinating, Maria. I love her,