Wonderful! Thanks for sharing. I love Mady so much.
Yet I would like to hear this transposed a tone down, in the original diapason, which includes that at Mozart's time it was sung by more lyric voices...Sutherland would have done it beautifully, as her Non sei capace shows.
Magnífica! Isso sim que é uma soprano leegero, com aptidão as coloraturas! Parabéns Mady, vc é um exemplo eterno para nós, da futura geração da música erudita!
She sings my favorite Lakme, and I adore her recordings of Debussy songs, charming and lovely. Thank you for posting this, I've never heard her sing anything but French music.
her pitch accuracy is really shaky as the approaches the high G, she has the range and the timbre up there, but its not really in tune. no one can sing this like dessay.
For theatrical "acuracy" she has more stars than Dessay here to me. Now if you don't like Callas you might not be sensitive to that aspect, and more to the prettiness of the sound? Often time Instrumentalists listen to singing with a particuliar attention too vibrato and pitch, and it is also normal and their job! And Mesplé was a very good pianist.
haha 'theatrical accuracy' or not, out of tune is out of tune, and generally speaking singers are also expected to be in tune. Maria Callas is a completely different issue, i just think her voice is hideous, which is not changed by how good of an actress she was.
Please, try to appreciate Mesple for what she had. No singer is perfect. Sutherland had sloppy diction. Dessay was too light. Moser's voice lightened above C6, and her coloratura was sometimes inaccurate. Damrau is often breathless. Mesple may have been very French, and might not have had the High G, but everything she had beneath it, she had completely mastered. How many other sopranos do you know who can trill in the soprano octave?
Mesple had a bizarrely strong high G, which she would often interpolate in showpieces earlier in her career. She holds a very long G at the end of the Hamlet mad scene for instance.
Dear it was an F# in Hamlet and I do not believe that was a very 'strong' G at all. No one really can sing this aria to their fullest except possibly Dessay or Damrau.
actually, there is a not very well known coloratura soprano named beverly hoch who is amazing, and not only does she hit and hold the 2 high G's, but she hits a 3rd, improvised high G strongly at the end of the song that is amazing. and t
LOL! Edda Moser is (was) a wonderful dramatic coloratura soprano but, come one, her high Gs are kind of weak (no offence) other that that, her "popoli di tessaglia" is really beautiful.
One tone (excuse which?) is not the thing in a aria! THE BIG LINE OF THE MUSIC IS WHAT HAVE TO BE GIVEN FROM THE SINGER! And this is quite good.... old fashioned but I do like it more than Gruberova! And the voices of Moser and Mesple are not to compare! Many youtubeenthusiasts have to train more their ears!!!!!!!!! this means many years livevisits and much more homeworks with LPs and not this stereodigitallymastersingers who are live chickens!!!!! BRAVA MADY MESPLE!!
... Edda reaches clearly g in her recording. her g's are less impressive and less clear than Dessay, but has the note, something incredible for a dramatic soprano.
"Concerning the little history", as we are used to say in France, Mesplé achieved the Toulouse Conservatory of Music at age 13.
P.S.: she recorded this aria whan she was 35 years old, zauberkreis... but you know, even for Mesplé, a high G remains difficult to reach "live"; and in order to be fair with Sesto73, I am not sure at all that the Great Moser could have sung easily two Gs "live"...
Dommage qu'elle ait enregistée cet aire à l'âge de 45 ans! Je pense qu'elle serait plus à l'aise aux aigus quand elle était plus jeune. Grand merci pour le partage!
With or withour Edda Moser, Mady Mesplé remains one of the finest musician ever; she was and she still is a perfect musician, and one of the very few singer of her era which has been succesfull in many repertories: french, italian and german opera (from Vivaldi to Poulenc), operetta, french song. You may like her voice or not, but she has always been succesfull as a musician.
Yes, Madame Mesplé is not really the most appropriate voice for this aria.... but you hear the high G from Moser??? Is that perfect in your opinion? Moser has also very bad pronunciation in Italian!
I disagree. I find her Mozartian style quite fine. Mesplé possesses an Italianate legato and brilliant coloratura. She uses portamenti tastefully and varies dynamics in conjunction with the text. Her pitch accuracy is outstanding. (Have we listened to the same recording?) She makes this fiendishly difficult aria sound remarkably easy, though the high Gs in alt lack the "juice" heard in the notes immediately below them.
Well I agree with you. But some listeners here just use the sound of their PC, and every one knows hat Youtube's sound is not the richest and clearest one.
On lui reprochera certainement de ne pas être Edda Moser, mais quand même! Quelle interprétation! De mémoire, c'est Tony Aubin qui dirige à la Radio vers 1965.
The highest notes are horrible ]:
LacrimaLunaMortua 3 weeks ago
j'aime bien.
VBF56PTDR 2 months ago
Como ela conseguiu vibrar a voz numa nota tao aguda????
Misericórdia, Senhor. Incrível demais.
augustethomas 2 months ago
I think Mady Mesplé sings this aria perfect!!!!!
/ Königin
apostelapollon 1 year ago
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing. I love Mady so much.
Yet I would like to hear this transposed a tone down, in the original diapason, which includes that at Mozart's time it was sung by more lyric voices...Sutherland would have done it beautifully, as her Non sei capace shows.
SENAFOREVER 1 year ago
Única!
Magnífica! Isso sim que é uma soprano leegero, com aptidão as coloraturas! Parabéns Mady, vc é um exemplo eterno para nós, da futura geração da música erudita!
toddydelahov 2 years ago
She is absolutely superb, no matter what she sings!
7inga7 2 years ago
She sings my favorite Lakme, and I adore her recordings of Debussy songs, charming and lovely. Thank you for posting this, I've never heard her sing anything but French music.
boomchuckaboom 3 years ago
her pitch accuracy is really shaky as the approaches the high G, she has the range and the timbre up there, but its not really in tune. no one can sing this like dessay.
skitzo429 3 years ago 3
For theatrical "acuracy" she has more stars than Dessay here to me. Now if you don't like Callas you might not be sensitive to that aspect, and more to the prettiness of the sound? Often time Instrumentalists listen to singing with a particuliar attention too vibrato and pitch, and it is also normal and their job! And Mesplé was a very good pianist.
foropera 3 years ago
haha 'theatrical accuracy' or not, out of tune is out of tune, and generally speaking singers are also expected to be in tune. Maria Callas is a completely different issue, i just think her voice is hideous, which is not changed by how good of an actress she was.
skitzo429 3 years ago
Please, try to appreciate Mesple for what she had. No singer is perfect. Sutherland had sloppy diction. Dessay was too light. Moser's voice lightened above C6, and her coloratura was sometimes inaccurate. Damrau is often breathless. Mesple may have been very French, and might not have had the High G, but everything she had beneath it, she had completely mastered. How many other sopranos do you know who can trill in the soprano octave?
forallyouknow 3 years ago
Mesple had a bizarrely strong high G, which she would often interpolate in showpieces earlier in her career. She holds a very long G at the end of the Hamlet mad scene for instance.
coryisawake 2 years ago
Dear it was an F# in Hamlet and I do not believe that was a very 'strong' G at all. No one really can sing this aria to their fullest except possibly Dessay or Damrau.
DonRolini 2 years ago
If I'm not mistaken, Dessay and Damrau "only" hit the G as Mesplé here, the only one that I recall that sustains the G is Edda Moser.
eradesso 2 years ago
actually, there is a not very well known coloratura soprano named beverly hoch who is amazing, and not only does she hit and hold the 2 high G's, but she hits a 3rd, improvised high G strongly at the end of the song that is amazing. and t
bimmerboy87 2 years ago
@ eradesso
LOL! Edda Moser is (was) a wonderful dramatic coloratura soprano but, come one, her high Gs are kind of weak (no offence) other that that, her "popoli di tessaglia" is really beautiful.
verdinfishy 2 years ago
to be honest, if one wants to hear horrible Gs, they should listen to Gruberova's ;)
eradesso 2 years ago
@eradesso Roberta Peters is worse
eugenelohks 1 year ago
One tone (excuse which?) is not the thing in a aria! THE BIG LINE OF THE MUSIC IS WHAT HAVE TO BE GIVEN FROM THE SINGER! And this is quite good.... old fashioned but I do like it more than Gruberova! And the voices of Moser and Mesple are not to compare! Many youtubeenthusiasts have to train more their ears!!!!!!!!! this means many years livevisits and much more homeworks with LPs and not this stereodigitallymastersingers who are live chickens!!!!! BRAVA MADY MESPLE!!
Heraopera 3 years ago
Eda moser does not make it to the High G's in her recording. Gruberoba is the only one who I have heard to sing full voice high G's.
tenore23 3 years ago
... Edda reaches clearly g in her recording. her g's are less impressive and less clear than Dessay, but has the note, something incredible for a dramatic soprano.
carlosdevivo 3 years ago
edda mosers Gs sound like shes tearing her vocal chords out of her throat, its nto wonder her voices was already declining in her 40s
skitzo429 2 years ago
i heard she was undergoing a hormone imbalance too though. that might be another reason
moghedien13 2 years ago 5
Dessay does it firmly, though her voice is just really too light to be singing anything this big really.
Drelnis 3 years ago
mesples voice is lighter than dessay
skitzo429 2 years ago
"Concerning the little history", as we are used to say in France, Mesplé achieved the Toulouse Conservatory of Music at age 13.
P.S.: she recorded this aria whan she was 35 years old, zauberkreis... but you know, even for Mesplé, a high G remains difficult to reach "live"; and in order to be fair with Sesto73, I am not sure at all that the Great Moser could have sung easily two Gs "live"...
PopoliDiTessalia 3 years ago
cet enregistrement a été fait en public ??
123Niche 3 years ago
Dommage qu'elle ait enregistée cet aire à l'âge de 45 ans! Je pense qu'elle serait plus à l'aise aux aigus quand elle était plus jeune. Grand merci pour le partage!
zauberkreis 3 years ago
she hits the G well, just not the D, E and F before!!
silvr94 3 years ago
....it sounds like a car crash!!! Brrrrr... And the end of the aria sounds like a dog whistle!!!
(you have to hear this aria only with EDDA MOSER!!!) :-)))
Sesto73 3 years ago
With or withour Edda Moser, Mady Mesplé remains one of the finest musician ever; she was and she still is a perfect musician, and one of the very few singer of her era which has been succesfull in many repertories: french, italian and german opera (from Vivaldi to Poulenc), operetta, french song. You may like her voice or not, but she has always been succesfull as a musician.
PopoliDiTessalia 3 years ago
hehehe dog whistle :))))))
Yes, Madame Mesplé is not really the most appropriate voice for this aria.... but you hear the high G from Moser??? Is that perfect in your opinion? Moser has also very bad pronunciation in Italian!
liszt80 3 years ago
I still prefere Sylvia Geszty for Mozart concert arias. She is unsurpased.
wnwnrt 4 years ago
Can you share some of them here, so? I just know her name.
foropera 4 years ago
I will soon, have some CDs with her! Stay tuned ;)
liszt80 4 years ago
@foropera The is one cd of all Mozart's concert arias singed by her. I'll try to upload something. See you :o)
idaspe 10 months ago
Very "romantic" interpretation, quite "odd" and "frenchly" out-of-pitch... Sometimes not very good pronunciation. But still enchanting!
liszt80 4 years ago 2
Well, this is a 45 years old interpretation. And Mozart was found of Italian style as you know.
foropera 4 years ago
I disagree. I find her Mozartian style quite fine. Mesplé possesses an Italianate legato and brilliant coloratura. She uses portamenti tastefully and varies dynamics in conjunction with the text. Her pitch accuracy is outstanding. (Have we listened to the same recording?) She makes this fiendishly difficult aria sound remarkably easy, though the high Gs in alt lack the "juice" heard in the notes immediately below them.
BlkMuscGent 4 years ago 2
Well I agree with you. But some listeners here just use the sound of their PC, and every one knows hat Youtube's sound is not the richest and clearest one.
foropera 4 years ago
Cocorico! Divine!!!
MARMELADEHEART82 4 years ago
Beautiful voice and face! 8;20!
EnviedCure776 4 years ago
On lui reprochera certainement de ne pas être Edda Moser, mais quand même! Quelle interprétation! De mémoire, c'est Tony Aubin qui dirige à la Radio vers 1965.
Merci de l'avoir mis en ligne.
PopoliDiTessalia 4 years ago