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Difficult chromatic writing that seems effortless as performed by a singer capable of anything. I think this is her best recording of the aria. The Met should revive it with Voigt.
jameswardable 5 months ago
Wonderful music!--dramatic--expressive--but one thing I would complain of. My friends, never--never--NEVER set Shakespeare's original blank verse to music. Not Samuel Barber--not Bach--not Mozart could add anything to Shakespeare! Oh no! Do what Boito did for Verdi--trim it down and simplify, so we can sing it, not speak it.
FlyHigh1987 9 months ago
A truly magnificent opera. Barber at the height of his creative form. It really ought to be revived this many years later. Carmen was also a flop at the first performance. The love duet tucked away in the heart of the opera is one of the finest melodies Barber ever wrote. He refused all entreaty to lengthen it! There was a disappointing Juilliard revival in the 70's: Ming Cho Lee's set was fire damaged the afternoon of the night I saw it. There'd been no time or money to fix it.
BillSalem 1 year ago 4
A regal, dignified, and defiant performance. Beyond compare. The top notes were effortless, sailing overhead like javelins.
altanotte 1 year ago 4
You cannot have the same experience with anyone else singing this piece.
Chilair1 2 years ago
Leotnyne Price's voice in all its glory. The premire of Barber's Antony and Cleopatra was said to be a disaster. Leontyne was trapped in the faux pyramid set and the production was ridiculous. However, Leontyne's gorgeous singing opened the season and the New Met Opera House in the later 1960's. A moment in Met history...
AmericanEvita 2 years ago 4
Hearing her sing "live" was extraordinary. The voice just surrounded you...thrilling!
arthurkrieck 2 years ago 5
This is one of the greatest voices of all time. I can't articulate the feelings Miss Price's voices invokes within me.
mebert10 2 years ago 5
Anyone with ears can hear this is legendary beauty of voice!
Chasson0318 2 years ago 6
Wonderful singing!.Barber obviously knew how to showcase all of Price's vocal strengths and virtues - and at the same time write wonderful music!
troppofiato 2 years ago 5
SHE IS THE GREATEST
tatters1232006 3 years ago 7
Thanks so much for posting this...but can I ask whatever happened to the video of Leontyne singing this live with the Juilliard orchestra? Please put that back online!!
operastud82 3 years ago 4
Bravo to Barber for writing such excellent music for the perfect singer.
HRH Leontyne I. Vivat regina!!
RSWire 3 years ago 4
Oh my, Leontyne! What God gave you!!!
Trinite33 3 years ago 4
Put on her crown!!! Hail to Queen Leontyne!!!
LeeVita19 3 years ago 9
Absolutely amazing!! I love this woman!
Liucalaf 3 years ago 4
Yes, Price is magnificent here. The range is perfect, showing nearly all aspects of her Glorius voice~~~~~~~~
benderpm 4 years ago 4
tremendous! this opera seriously needs to be presented again. and wouldn't anna netrebko make a stunning cleopatra?
zciweslab 4 years ago
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Great Singing! Lousy opera! Saw the opening in 1966 at the Met. A shame and a waste of talent. Spent megabucks for the Grand Opening of the new Met. Could have done better, which apparently was Rudolph Bing's decision.
Jim82738 4 years ago
The opera is one of the masterpieces of the 20th Century; Bing should have been shot for allowing it to be presented in a shoddy, mistake-filled premiere performance. There is no composer alive writing great, melodious, theatrical music like this! Do you have ice water in your veins? Price was amazing in this role; I love the way her voice arrives "on time!"
billyguns2 4 years ago 16