Montserrat Caballé - Roberto Devereux - Final aria

[Giupeppeism]

come sempre quando canta non si capisce l'80% del libretto. la voce è sempre bella ma non ha lo spessore vocale per interpretare un grande ruolo come Elisabetta I. di gran lunga migliore è la Kabaivanska che ha reso maggior spessore alla grande Regina. ma l'unica Grande Elisabetta I, resterà insuperabile, è la Grande Leyla Gencer!!!

[PapagenoHannover]

Que majestad y que humanidad en uno. ADORABLE.

Impecable voz y apariencia escénica maravillosa...

[SymphonyBrahms]

Sills is my favorite in this role. But Caballe sings it brilliantly! As she does everything. Caballe is wonderful.

[steffeng40]

Let's hope for Devia.

[sevoflurane]

It is a crime that she never recorded this opera!!!

[GeorgiNM]

@sevoflurane Absolutely True, or at least the whole final scene, not just E Sara and Vivi Ingrato...

[DiomedesDioscuro]

Regretteably, anything is possible, mainly since Dessay recorded Musetta and declared that Violetta was not as difficult as she thought...

[dorothy76]

This is the real thing. La GRANDIOSA C A B A L L E . I remember when we did this together in Belgium

[opera75frfr]

Sans doute certains excès dramatiques dans une voix de poitrine qui ne lui va pas bien. Mais qui cahnte Devereux aujourd'hui? Pas gruberova en tout cas. L'école belcantiste est encore admirable ici!!

[superbafun]

Pues a mi me encantan esos graves de pecho, me parecen muy dramáticos y con un efecto increíble. Los agudos me suenan perfectamente, nada estridentes...y me gusta muchísimo en toda la escena...Me hubiera gustado un agudo al final, pero por lo demás....genial

[mrc1961]

Mdme Caballe should sign the text and not just vocalizing, as she does in the specifica piece.

Still great voice, but the rest is very poor

[gencerito]

mi pregunta es ..PARA QUE INSISTIA LA CABALLE EN HACER ESOS GRAVES DE PECHO QUE NO TENIA NATURALMENTE?¿ ADEMAS POR QUE LOS AGUDOS SUENAN ESTRIDENTES?¿.....1977? AÑO DE SUS TURNADOTS.....NADA QU VER CON EL AUDIO E SU ROBERTO CON MARTI EN LOS SESENTA.....ESTYO ES MANIFESTACION D UNA VOZ CANSADA......

[amlirco]

A Sovereign like Elizabeth who throws the Crown, i.e. the Royal Duty... so unrealistic even absurd. To my mind Caballe shows quite poor artistic approach; some vocal impediments can be noticed as well as a frustration of the overall rythm.

[carcamoster]

Esto no es una recreación histórica del caracter de Isabel, toda el argumento es insostenible desde el punto de vista histórico, es simplemente una opera y el hecho de tirar la corona no es mas que un simbolo.

Con respecto a la soprano creo que realiza una interpretación francamente buena, por no decir excelente.

[amlirco]

Indubitablemente la interpretacion vocal es excelente con unos perturbaciones del ritmo (mi opinion). Mi argumento fue que Elisabetta es un caracter muy especial que no se puede interpretar en la manera de siempre, de heroina cualquera del belcanto (nada mal pero no me cuadra). Por eso, el plan historico y la idea de la Reyna - pilar de una Imperia pero tambien un desastre en la vida emocional por culpa del reynado mismo - es decisivo. Yo creo que simplemente opera ya no es opera.

[2jasan]

Soy el mismo del dia anterior, solo que me meti por error en la sesión de un amigo.Pienso que el hecho de tirar la corona solo es un símbolo de las renuncias personales por el trono y no me parece tan fuera de lugar pero para gustos están las diferentes interpretaciones. Reconozco no conocer a fondo esta aria pero en cualquier caso yo aprecio los desajustes típicos del directo, aunque admito poder estar equivocado:)

[amlirco]

Entendido. No estoy completamente de acuerdo pero... esto es lo bueno. Sin "simplemente" en todo caso, eh :)

[2jasan]

Jajajaja "simplemente" te ha llegado al alma.Tienes razón la buena ópera nunca es simple por eso como todo ser humano, Isabel tambien puede mostrar en un momento determinado reacciones diferentes a las que serían lógicas e incluso contrarias a su propio caracter. ¿Que te parece como argumento para defender a Caballé?:)

[amlirco]

Todo en defensa de la Caballe es bienvenido. A mi me gusta mucho como canta pero el mensaje no me llega siempre y por eso estoy un poco en plan de critica, como te he dicho pecado porque canta de maravilla. Tienes razon, en momentos de estres uno puede reaccionar en la manera inesperada hasta una Reyna desesperada, pero aun asi no me cuadra. Kabaivanska sabia decir mucho mas. Su reaccion es de Reyna pero tambien humana, el destrozo personal estremece, incluso la voz es mucho mas dramatica :)

[2jasan]

No he escuchado a Kabaivanska en este papel, en cuanto pueda hacerlo te doy mi opinión:)

[2jasan]

Acabo de escuchar a Kabaivanska y creo que hace una interpretación vocal fantástica, aunque prefiero Caballé. La actuación me es dificil juzgarla por que se ve desde muy lejos, como una manchita moviendose, si da la sensación de que todo el movimiento escénico es mejor, aunque no se si eso es mas cuestión del director de escena.En cualquier caso creo que nuestros gustos son bastante similares y se puede disfrutar y mucho con las dos :)

[MusicaParola]

Muy acertada observación; además, el texto mismo apoya su osadía: "Dov'era il mio trono s'innalza una tomba. In quella discendo, fu schiusa per me. Non regno, non vivo. Escite! Lo voglio. Dell'anglica terra sia Giacomo il re." Además, soy tan anciano -aunque me conservo bien- que presencié el evento en febrero de 1601. Isabel hizo exactamente lo que hace Caballé. Me consta. :)

[olgamarga]

¡Maravillosa,gracias Coloratura "One"

[ziapengyfence]

This is awesome! It is fantastic!

[Orfeus80]

Donizetti's Lady Macbeth. A cruel role but so beautiful. I haven't yet heard an ideal Elisabetta (I imagine Callas would make a great Elisabetta) but Caballe had a lot of great qualities for the role. By the time this was filmed she'd lost a bit of her freshness and easy top but it's still a fascinating account. My favourite Deveureux is her 1972 Fenice performance.

[tklogan11809]

I'd say instead that Lady Macbeth is Verdi's Queen Elisabetta. The similarities in the vocal line are staggering, Donizetti was a great master.

[Orfeus80]

you're right, Verdi wrote Macbeth after Roberto Devereux. It's just that Lady is more famous than Elisabetta. But the vocal line is indeed similar.

[coloraturafan]

I would say there are some wonderful accounts of this role Gencer (64) Caballe (65) Sills (69) Kabaivanska (88) and Gruberova (90)... But are there any sopranos for the role today? I believe Peter Gelb at the Met, said that there were no sopranos to do this role (keep in mind he wants Netrebko as Bolena)! Would we agree with that statment?

[tklogan11809]

Perhaps, because of Shakespeare. But having Sills on the cover of Times as Elisabetta made the opera just as famous, or more.

[sevoflurane]

I completely agree. It is one of those "murderous" roles only the young Callas could do justice to. In good company with Abigaille, Armida and the Lady of course! I must admit that for different reasons Caballe and Sills did a wonderful job!

[coloraturafan]

I am trying to understand what is "murderous" about this role? The creater of the role Giuseppina Ronzi de Begnis also created Fausta, Sancia di Castiglia and Gemma di Vergy for Donizetti. She was noted for singing Donna Anna, Norma and Maria Stuarda. I think the drama involved might entice some singers to push more then they should, but that doesn't make for comparison with Abigaile or Lady Macbeth (both roles call for extreme vocal resources) or does it?

[sevoflurane]

Murderous from the vocal point of view lol!

[coloraturafan]

I like the idea of an early Callas singing this role, I would say pre 1955. But I would also like to see other types of singers try it out. Of the singers who could do the role justice today: Ruth Ann Swenson, Mariella Devia, Elena Mosuc (possibly if she can control the wobble in her upper register) However, I doubt any execpt maybe Mosuc will attempt it. I think Devia has stated the role is too low, or too heavy. I think she has said the heaviest she would go is Borgia.

[sour7lemon]

Dessay could certainly take a great stab at this role, although it's probably too heavy for her too. She would make it quite artistic though! And the acting.

[coloraturafan]

Dessay is not the first soprano that comes to mind. Although, anything is possible. I am sure the Met would eat up Dessay in the 3 queens operas (I mean if she could do this Anna and Maria would be cake)!

[sour7lemon]

Haha this is true! I think Dessay one day could pull it off.

[Lohengrin]

omg and again omg! Wake up man, heavy donizzeti was written for singers with perfectly built middle voices not canary birds with atrophic middles. You are so naive as to believe that 5 notes up there and some trills are all that is necessairy to sing the 3 Queens? Voices like Dessay's singing the 3 Queens is the reason why Donizzeti has been considered trashy composer for so many years now Your beloved canary birds have totally molested his music Free yourself from the stacatti stupidity!

[CarelessMistake]

However this role belongs to Sills, and another queen Anna as well

[gondorado1]

what singers do you suggest? Dead or alive. Thanks.

[jerrya1979]

@Lohengrin I must agree. The light voices are great on a recording, but if you watch this back to back with the sills version, you can see the difference clearly. Sure the sills final note really sets the piece off, but this is fullfilling to the listener from the first "sangue," to the end.

[Drelnis]

@coloraturafan I definitely think Renee should have a hit (maybe previously, not at this age, though it'd still be great) at one of the queens. Dessay I think can still pull off either Bolena or Stuarda, I'd personally prefer Stuarda, but Bolena would be great as well (can totally imagine Dessay's Coppia). I don't think Dessay would want to sing Roberto Devereux because of the size of the role. But of course, if she can do all 3 and in the same season it'd be the greatest thing ever :D

[gondorado1]

Mara Zampieri, Soouliotis, Sills, Aprile Millo, so many talented and gifted sopranos.

[gondorado]

BRAVISSIMA!!!!!!!!!

[BeauTenor]

This is wonderful singing. Although I have a soft spot for Sills in this role, you really cannot argue with how great this is.

[drdre333]

Just when are you NOT uploading these great vids? lol

[agnellodei]

How marvelous, thanks for uploading!!!