Teresa Stratas & L. Quilico "Dite alla Giovine" La Traviata

[jacquesurlus]

That's a pearl

The violetta of Stratas is upsetting, already frail and broken by life. It breaks our hearts by the dignity of his distress. The Giorgio of Quilico is extraordinary, a model of style and beautiful singing, a true Verdian baritone, a great singer underestimated.

[Operamagnifico]

Teresa Stratas was one of this century's greatest singing actresses and her Violetta was an especially beautiful and moving interpretation. The emotion of the voice, and the facial and body gestures meld together seamlessly. Like the other great singing actress of this century, Virginia Zeani, Mme. Stratas made few studio recordings and as a result, these live performances are to be treasured. Thank you for posting them.

[sillyboydeux]

Look at the way she holds her hands at 2:06, and then lets go and drops them to her lap to sing the 2nd verse, a gesture of total resignation in the subtlest of ways, a true theatrical genius, not to mention a superb musician.

[sillyboydeux]

Here she sings like the goddess she has always been. I cried for 1/2 hour after her death scene in Boheme, one snowy night in 1981. She goes right to the bones of the character, and is masterful in intonation, regardless of how she colors her voice. In 95 she returned to do "Ghosts of Versailles" and sang like a schoolgirl at Juilliard. Like Callas, she had total mastery of technique, but her dramatic capabilities were less mannered than Callas (remember, that was the 50s!). INOUBLIABLE!

[3tristan]

In één woord: schitterend en ontroerend.

Teresa op haar best!

[AmericanEvita]

Teresa Stratas was a great talent! There were onlty two real Canadian opera stars Jon Vickers and Teresa Stratas! Stratas has a youthful bloom to her voice but she could sing like Callas when she wanted to...I agree her voice was better in the 60's and 70's than the 80's when her voice became darker and shakier..but she had lots of real fire and talent...I love her Violetta...

[giordanomr]

Wow, el final es realmente perfecto, Thanks Onegin for this beautiful video!

[operaboy81]

I have always enjoyed her performances. She had a beautiful, more brighter sound to her voice when she was young. When you see her in The La Traviata film she has a darker timbre to her voice.

[jayboytheplayboy]

What a Canadian operatic legacy! They both look so young. Who was the Alfredo in this production?

[ptrkingw]

If no one has yet answered your query - Fritz Wunderlich.

The performance is available on CD Orfeo C 3449321

[Onegin65]

Oh no; this performace is a live telecast from Canadian Television, not complete opera. This one with Wunderlich is only audio recording

[ptrkingw]

Thanks

The scenery looks very similar to that on the CD. Is this the only scene that was broadcast?

[almaviva06]

don't forget Stratas' blood is Greek and not canadian... this explains many things!

[operavenger]

Superb! Thank you for both wonderful artists

[AlexiouValenti]

Thanks Onegin!!

I have the film with her !but I have never really seen her any where else!!

[asisecanta]

It's pretty easy to find comercial dvds with Stratas playing roles such as Despina (Cosí), Nedda (Pagliacci), Giorgietta (Tabarro) or Magda (Rondine), appart from the La Traviata one.