Teresa Zylis-Gara - Dvorak, Rusalka, Song to the moon

[luisjo1962]

Bellisima, una Rusalka de sólida voz

[prince2000ful]

Just love her, Dear Teresa, with a voice like honey. Most underestimated during her time. I have already everthing wich you can buy with her on CD.

[prince2000ful]

You can´t find a better Rusalka.

[Albertmaximus1]

BELISSIMA! GRACIOSA!

[ezayi]

I can´r say anything else but... FANTASTIC!!!

[pourmoinyc]

The voice angels might have...such a beautiful rendition of a very delicate work of art.

Her voice flows like liquid gold mixed with honey and velvet adding to it a silver bell

in the high notes.Great breath control and interpretation.BRAVA!!

[vivegedda]

Wonderful!!

[xxxmaggiemissxxx]

Two weeks ago I was at workshops with Mrs. Żylis - Gara. I sang for her. She's really nice person. And her Rusalka is magnificent :)

[lamusicahera]

BRAVA!

This soprano is the perfect voice for Rusalka like Benackowa ...

Fleming has been at her beginning also very good as Rusalka - today she darkens to much ...

BRAVA TERESA ZYLIS GARA !

One of the really PERFECT SOPRANOS who are recordet !

[monpitt500]

One of the most beautiful soprano voices i've heard in my whole life!!!In this aria she has to be the best i've heard.What avoice!

[prince2000ful]

A marvellous voice.Have you listen to her in

Morro, ma prima in grazia? where you really can hear her fantastic skill in treating her voice and what pianissimos. Extra ordinary.

[prince2000ful]

absolutely the best one. With a splendid pronounciation. What I am missing is a little bit of dramatic emotion and sensibility in her voice.

It became sometimes too perfect.

[operalament]

saw her from the front row at a gala in new york around 76 i think, what a treat. thanks

[runupahill1]

I was downloading several versions of this aria but I had to stop watching this one. I was in a public library and people were looking at me because I was suddenly crying like a child. Thank you, woytynowska.

[swojnicz]

Pieknie. Intymnie, bez wysilku i bez patosu. Po prostu piekna melodia. Wlasciwe emocje w wlasciwym momencie. Muzykalnosc * * * * *

[STUDIOLAFENICE]

Sheer perfection...a desert island, a clear night sky, an ocean breeze, my beloved, a bottle of fine wine, Zylis-Gara recordings...

[beto8516]

Maravillosa ¡¡

Gracias¡

[royalzrus]

What a stunning version of this lovely aria. Thanks for posting it.

[7inga7]

This is a lovely version.

[AulicExclusiva]

Zylis-Gara had a very substantial career at the Metropolitan, New York, were she was highly admired in Mozart's music. She had a gorgeous, creamy voice and a fine musical sensibility. Too bad she made so few commercial recordings.

She sings this a bit faster than I am used to, but with her usual lovely manner. A treasurable artist, without question.

[BalletBabyBoy]

So beautiful! :(:(:(

[Lademoiselledepique]

J'aime beaucoup Zylis-Gara,dommage qu'on n'ait pas la video, on aurait ressenti un peu plus de sensibilité.

[JorPove]

Gracias Kaya por este magnifico regalo. En efecto la Rusalka que me ha impresionado mas es la checa Milada Subrtova ,pero esta otra cantante-totalmente desconocida para mi- no tiene nada que envidiarle en sentimiento y expresion.

[Timberfell123]

Pani Teresa Zylis-Gara,

To piekna kobieta, Taki piekny, anielski glos.

Bravo, slucham Pani iterpretacji przez 35 lat i moge dalej sluchac.

Wielki artyzm.

Arkadiusz

[jcriedijk]

The Oxford Opera Dictionary1979(abt.30yrs ago)said abt Teresa Zylis-Gara that she's a highly gifted & committed artist whose achie

vements have sometimes been under-rated.That could be right.I discovered her too late,her voice is beautiful and powerful,regarding the power she reminds me of Anna Moffo(1932-2006)

Teresa Zylis-Gara(1935)indeed needs more attention in the west.Her Rusalka is beautiful

and impressive.Milada Subrtova's version is maybe the best,but she IS Czech!Thanks for

posting

[johndlabella]

We don't live in a vacuum; the low caliber of operatic singing in general has caused me to lose - at least temporarily - some of my artistic sensibility. Case in point: This is a voice that can fill the complete arch of these phrases. She as the voice AND the technique to just get through this aria in a honest way; when someone does, it feels revelatory even if the interpretation is not on the Callas level. Is it revelatory or just gorgeous and well sung?

[woytynowska]

Matter of taste, I suppose.

For example, I generaly prefer sweet, but strong full lyric soprano, or lirico-spinto, than a hysteric-dramatic one... I prefer Mme Zylis-Gara then for example Angela Gheorghiu.

Callas is Callas, I love her, there's no doubt. But generally, voices like this are my favourite ones.

[johndlabella]

I'm with you on A. Gheorghiu - and I like your term: hysteric-dramatic, and will borrow it with full credits, if I can figure out how to say your name :-). Since voices/techniques like Zylis-Gara are rare, they are my favorite kind of voice as well!

[woytynowska]

You can say Kaya :)) it's my first name :)

[prince2000ful]

@johndlabella None could do this better!!! And absolutely not Callas! *This is something which doesn´t fit her vvoice,And I am a big Callas Lover.

Teresa Zylis-Gara is the best Rusalka I have ever heard.

[prince2000ful]

@johndlabella Dear you . None could do this better than Teresa. This is not an aria for Callas. I am a big Callas lover, but in this case I can say that Teresa Zylis-Gara is the best Rusalka I ever heard.

[KorneliaW]

nic dodac, nic ujac... przesliczna aria i wspaniala spiewaczka...

[barwyton]

Macie rację ... cudowna kobieta,wspaniały sopran,wielka artystka.Uwielbiam!!!

[Manya1759]

beautiful :)

[jeanpcollins]

Wonderful - gives me chills!

[woytynowska]

In Poland her admirators are many, and we will always remember of Her. It's a shame anyway that nobody of those "great people", politicians, seems to remember that She is still with us...

[scarpia1965]

You're right. She was one of the best Puccini-Performers ever.

[assindiastignani]

@woytynowska Not just in Poland. She was dearly, dearly loved in America, particularly in NY at the MET where she sang all the big Mozart, Verdi and Puccini roles in the 60's 70's. The best Donna Elvira, and one of the best Desdemonas, Toscas and Trovatore Leonoras I ever heard. She also sang a stunning Tannhäuser Elisabeth in the early 70's. She and her great countrywoman the "other" Theresa (Kubiak) were two of the pillars of the spinto rep. at the MET.

[operamark1]

@woytynowska Teresa Zylis-Gara was one of the two greatest Desdemonas I ever heard -- live or on recording. This is also a great performance.

[Glenmed]

A wonderful rendition by Teresa Zylis-Gara. Perhaps not the most remembered soprano today. But, in the opinion of no less a judge than Zinka Milanov, she was one of the best sopranos of the 1970s.