Elena Obraztsova - Un Ballo in Maschera - Witch's Scene

[jocmuc1]

wunderbar,

die singt wirklich alles oder nichts

und es ist nie nichts, es ist immer alles

grandios

[victoriusBP]

Lady of the Hell, yessssss, or Queen of the HELL!!!!! :))))

Wonderfuuuuuuuuuuul voice!!!!

The best soprano for me is Maria Callas, and the best mezzo is Elena Obraztsova!! I L O V E !!!!!!!!!!!

[EGOISTES1]

вот это гоолос,вот это игра,вот это да -у меня нет слов!!!

[Snuti]

CHeck out Ewa Podles' version here on youtube ;) "the depths of the female voice"

[amneris54]

toujours un faible pour la Obraztsova

[fabiocasadeiturroni]

I read in Galina Visnevskaja's biography (Rostropovich's wife) that she was a clever and bad spy of communist party in Bolshoj Theater... anyway... the voice is gorgeous.

[ertzike]

@fabiocasadeiturroni

maybe therefore she was allowed to sing abroad...

[PonselleLover]

To me, there is no photo finish : Ulrica IS Obraztsova - or the reverse is you prefer IoI

[MrOrgan26]

je pense que obraztova est la voix idéale pour Ulrica ,timbre noir ,large tout a fait celui d'une diseuse d'aventures appelant le diable .....

[Nibelungenfrau]

wonderful - very strong and beautiful voice - thank you for these video - I was yesterday in the Stadttheater Berne in Un Ballo in maschera. Nice.

[musedirec]

a strange voice between dramatic mezzzo and contralto. like most truly great voices, she can do it all... a kind of mezzo assoluto. the only young one around today is giada amparan. she also has a do it all kind of voice...very powerful and more beautiful

[v35vico]

Bravooooo, Lady of the HELL!!! :))

[datzi4ka]

"More to the bottom - more vulgarity it gets." and that,that's the best part!!!No comment!Case closed!!!

[johnny7472]

Bravo..i..never.really.cared.f­or.her.voice..but.this.role.wa­s.perfect..for.her.!

[caspiman]

More to the bottom - more vulgarity it gets. But not so bad in relation to the rest of her works.

[0odalisca0]

The BEST ULRICA EVER !!

[levante83]

simply the Best!!! I adore her, she is just incredible!

[operaclassicc]

the best ulrica ever

[Rephrat]

great Alto !!!one of the icons of the opera history !!!!!

[141407078989]

She can sing contralto very well... her color is different here, like it very much!!!

[datzi4ka]

Ah,that woman!!!Ah,that woman!!!She's just unbelievable!!!!

[Dymension]

The best! I agree with all of you!

[jonjon71]

Dramatic and intense, but I still think Ewa Podles is the most spine-tingling in this role...

[ariodante76]

I am privileged to have heard Podles' Ulrica at Houston Grand Opera, a couple of weekends ago.

[ariodante76]

There is some majestic power here, but I prefer Giulietta Simionato as Ulrica.

[141407078989]

is she here on youtube singing Ulrica??? I'd like her better too

[operaclassicc]

I love simionato but  Ulrica is not for her ,!

[PonselleLover]

I know I'm not going to make me friends saying that, but only hot air is coming from so praised Zajick's throat comparing to this. Maybe Obraztsova is not as refined, as subtle, but in that time of scrawny and morbid voices, who can be insensible to this sonorous typhoon ?

[bravazingara]

is doesn´t get more ulrica than this hahha... I admire hwo she fears NO note at all

[mm9913]

I agree, perhaps the most georgeous low note I have ever heard, reminds me of Norman when she drops to the bottom of her register.

[lyside1]

la più grande ulrica....senza dubbio..impreziosita da una straordinaria cornice orchestrale che esalta le magnifiche nuances infere di una voce forgiata nell'acciaio....sovrana assoluta

[schicchi1160]

I can't express how much I've been waiting for someone to put this up. THANK YOU! Obraztsova is one of the best voices of all time. A true dramatic mezzo with a gorgeous, harsh bottom and a flourishing top.

[aiolosgr]

Absolutely the BEST Ulrica i' ve ever heard!

I wish she had performed Lady Macbeth, i am sure it was well into her vocal range!

She has the voice of a real dramatic mezzo soprano, but she also has a surprising strength in the upper and lower range.

[egrosz]

Beautiful ,dramatic Verdi aria!