Jennifer Larmore : "Cruda sorte !..." (L'Italiana in Algeri)

[Snutih]

Watching this for the 102nd time....still loving it !!

[Hartmutvolker]

Nicht mein Typ von Frau . Sie hat eine gute Stimme! Diabolisch in der Ausstrahlung.

[operaanimelover369]

Absolutely beautiful both vocally and bodily. :) <3

[gtenore88]

è bbona ;P

[Dogaradodia]

Intergaláctico certificados! Larmore amor!

[cantanteporsiempre]

jajajajajajajaja, que bizarro

[raigekimaru]

this Isabella is not a little girl, but a voluptuous woman

[killerbunny123123]

well she seems to have some serious problems of pronounciation.....other than that she's an amazing mezzo

[bass109]

very nice like on america got talent women

[tysa888]

Pffff... and vulgar, as usual. Where does her "voice" come from, by the way ?

[ezayi]

@tysa888 If it sounds vulgar, pobably from your ass, you deaf dumbhead!

[megustaflamenco]

@ezayi She has a beautiful voice and unespected hights for a mezzo!

[ferdecla]

Mas o menos en la misma época de esta grabación la vi en vivo en el Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires cantar este rol en una puesta disparatada y maravillosa! Nunca escuché una Isabela tan perfecta y a la vez sensual y graciosa. Brava!

[Amicus1952]

Nice when it flows.

[dragn03]

she's so wonderful!!!!! BRAVA!!!

[meritrj]

بكتني

ههههههه

[lipera]

Jennifer has a truly beautiful voice which always me to a deep abyss and I tell u that with the biggest pleasure ever! I just love her...

[OperaBuff1935]

This is great! Anything Jennifer Larmore does is top notch, like the great mezzo and person she is. I saw Jenny for the first time in person in a recital in Chapel Hill, NC, USA and met her afterwards. I am really looking forward to seeing her in "Hamlet" with Natalie Dessay, Simon Keelyside, etc. - March 27 at a theater near you.- Live at the Met. Look it up in your city. Brava Diva, Jenny! You are the greatest!

[MariBEllada]

Великолепное исполнение! Красивейший голос, да что там голос- голосище необычайной степени наполненности и густоты.

[despina64]

Excellent

Du talent du talent du talent

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! Magnificent performance! Unforgettable Jennifer Larmore.

[olympicfreak678]

Does anyone have her Pensa alla Patria??????????

[divaluna06]

I love the way she does this aria. I sing it myself and I get hints and inspiration from listening to her. Lamore is one of my favorite mezzos, and one of the best of recent years.

[tempercat27]

beautiful simply beautiful

[raigekimaru]

you guys are on crack, this performance was amazing!

[melibre64]

è bravissima

[cantanteporsiempre]

wooooo

[vivacecilia]

Le manca il carattere psicologico ma la voce è perfetta veramente!!!!

[tenorerossiniano]

Ma direi proprio che quanto a psicologia scenica ci sia tutta... Ha proprio le fattezze della donna maliziosa rossiniana...

[CrystalFlames]

She is a beast.

And she reminds me of Katinka from Zoolander.

[raigekimaru]

@CrystalFlames

hahahaha! I was just thinking that! =P

[Njamh]

Brava Jennifer!!!!! one of the best versions of this aria. One of the greatests mezzos in history!

[lamsalgado]

She is lovely and talented ! I agree w you ! I love Jennifer!

[jovi1715]

la larmore avrebbe dovuto fare un corso cepu di dizione, prima di cantare... almeno...

[soaringsound]

Superbly done!! And this Atlanta girl's still got it. Just saw her in AtlOpera's 'Centerentola' and she was superb, but sounded so much smaller-voiced than expected. The hall? She was very covered in tone but had all the coloratura flying! She's also lost much weight and looked gorgeous - nearly, at 50, the age of the character.

[shazzer1976]

Could her weight loss have something to do with this?

[sagagossard]

are you deaf people? she is terrible.listen berganzas varsions.

[pweny]

So are you, sagacrap. Go suck an egg.

[tenore23]

Saga is not far from the truth. This woman's voice is a little too covered. She is not projecting and that is why she might sound smaller in a hall.

Is it horrible? maybe not.

The best version? Definitely not.

Berganza could teach her a thing or 2 about projecting and keeping the sound in the mask.

[millertj27]

The guys with the fake muscles are grotesque. These are supposed to be pirates??? Why can't modern stage directors stop perverting the composers' orginal creative vision? I guess there are different schools of thought on this, but I wish I could find more "traditional" stagings of opera these days. I think after Chereau's Ring of the 70s it was all downhill from there. I tried watching that travesty on broadcast TV when I was in my early teens and it turned me off to Wagner for many years.

[TrebleB4Mi]

I understand where you're coming from but I feel that alot of modern directors are really just trying to keep the public interested and engaged in this dying medium. Sometimes it's a hit and sometimes it's a swing and a miss but but I applaud them for trying to keep things fresh. I'm sure there are traditionalists who have these performed in period garb and with period instruments but I don't see them being as popular as the innovative modern versions

[nclysander]

I don't mind innovations, but it's nice if the staging makes sense and agrees with the libretto for the most part. Unfortunately few do these days, especially in Europe.

[nailycai]

I agree. I'm all for keeping the art alive first and foremost. Also it is fabulous to see the individual interpretation, so that the opera performed is always different, always new.

[jwogburn]

Brava. She is terrific.

[lalagonegaga]

Such a voice, such charisma, wow, she is fantastic. I might go so far as to say that she does this aria better than Horne and Podles (although I adore both of these ladies and consider Podles one of my favourite singers). Brava Jennifer!

[DreamingMsop]

don't mention Cruda sote, without Ewa Podles!

[armycasa]

Bravissima

[raigekimaru]

I'd say coloratura mezzo of spinto soprano if I had to guess.

[coloraturacontralto]

Well.... Jennifer Larmore is a mezzo (she says so on her albums) and the role is a coloratura contralto role. But because she can sing with a darker color it's still fabulous.

[agnellodei]

mezzo soprano ;) good low notes, good night notes, great middle.

[lljdma06]

She sounds like she's eating marbles, especially when she sings slowly in the lower register. Way too far back for my taste. When she finally has to put the voice more forward (to do the runs and sing higher)I like it much better. Costumes are out there! Wild stuff. Looks like a MacBeth I saw once on DVD with Thomas Hampson. MacBeth and Banquo looked like futuristic, leather-clad Matrix extras.

[cuncinews]

Gosh u really like it?

i though it was a parody..

anyway check VIVICA GENAUX out, she sings Rossini remarkably

[barborakozakova]

The best Rossini singer? And what about Cecilia BArtoli???

[pweny]

What about her? She's a singer too!

[Operafiend22]

Not to mention Marilyn Horne!

[jr1844]

barbora, yes Larmore. Depth, nuance, pacing, the whole package. Bartoli not bad, but really no comparison.

[rinceceol]

But Bartoli doesn't sing Isabella. It's really too low a tessitura for her...she sticks to Rosina and, of course, Angelina.

[lucerodeblu]

THE BEST ISABELLA... EVER!

[cjgeisler]

I don't understand why Isabella's part is considered contralto.

[susanreneewa]

Because it sits a good third below the other Rossini mezzo roles. It's a pretty low sit until the cabaletta.

[vitellia]

How delightful! Too bad she doesn't seem to sing much Rossini any more nowadays. I wish there were more commercialy available DVDs of Rossini operas with Larmore as she is such a delectable actress as well as an incomparable Rossini singer. I thank god for Larmore.

[pweny]

She's been touring in Europe doing Rossini and Vivaldi arias...I saw her in Sept. of last year do Rossini and Mozart in Los Angeles. She tore the house apart! She'll be back, fear not! La Cenerentola at Atlanta Opera this year!

[sschimel]

I adore her. I find her voice so feminine and warm. I think it's shame that she doesn't sing as much in New York as she used to. There's a cetain mezzo who's been around since the late 80s who gets a lot of attention, but who always looks insane (and to be brutal and acidic - Cecilia Bartoli). Larmore did a fabulous recording of Capuletti ed i Montecchi, with Hei Kyung Hong.

[scarpia1965]

Quiet well. Have a look at Ewa Podles!

[ceccopisa]

Molto bene!

[godivapaw]

Larmore sounds so tasty in this aria! YUM!

[TREX149]

QUE DECIR SIMPLEMENE UNA DIVA ,

[LindoroRossini]

Would it be possible for you to post Lindoro's arias from this production? I would love to hear them sung by Ford. As for Larmore, one word: sexy!!!

[operatube]

spectacular -- vocally and histrionically/. brava!

[jblacktree]

Because the rule on opera posts seems to be brutal and acidic candor, I confess I find this "big" "chesty" "dark" voice unpleasant and conveying an underlying unwitting pomposity which has made opera and its divas the target of every Groucho impulse in all of us forever. Sensuous? Naw. I agree with OperaBR, who said the production is funny. The costume is hilarious.

[agnellodei]

I agree, it's an acquired taste really.

[hookana70]

Her voice is absolutely gorgeous and big in this.

[OperaBR]

Great singing! The production is quite modern, but funny... Larmore has a great real mezzo voice! ;-)

[SinoSene]

I love the dark quality in her voice. She's great!

[2007andreas]

TDK TDK TDK superissimo!! This incredible integral performance of this opera has just been released on the DVD label TDK it's highly entertaining, superb singers surround the wonderful Jennifer Lamore in a setting vraiement génial;-)

[kingcantdecide]

BRAVISSIMA!!! Finally, a good american singer!!

[colibri1953]

Marvelous! She has quite a sensuous sound. And a delectable actress.

[Ravensinger]

This entire setting is just too cool! And well, her voice is incredible. That chest voice she has is to die for!!! Thanks for sharing this.

[vrsing]

I love every moment of it! She really brings the aria to life!