Mado Robin - Mireille - Gounod

[smejia20]

1) Yma sumac (BEST VOICE EVER)

2)Mado Robin

3)Erna Sack

[belette171]

Vidéo très émouvante pour une voix unique...

[Joyeeplee]

sorry but this is not in Mireille of Gounod

[ioSonoCallas]

@Joyeeplee Si la valse de Mireille n'est pas dans Mireille de Gounod je me demande bien où peut-elle être? Charles Gounod a composé cette valse à la demande de la créatrice du rôle Marie Caroline Miolan-Carvalho qui créa d'ailleurs deux autres oeuvres de Gounod: Faust et Roméo et Juliette! Et bien entendu c'est aussi à la demande (presque sur ordre de celle-ci) que Gounod inséra L'air des bijoux dans Faust et la valse (Je veux vivre dans le rêve) dans Roméo et Juliette! ;)

[RobinPratt]

Please contribute your vocal interpretations of the aria and then we'll talk.

[TheMightyRecom]

dumpert :P

[TheVerdiBaritone]

I love her voice! Her unhinged JAW is a necessary part of the technique for producing the voice's highest notes.

[jgraif]

hey...let's just dump her into the "waste basket" of gifted performers who threatened the art music know-it-alls. lanza is in there. it's ok...today we have bocelli!! enough said.

[chtigermain]

Elle avait une voix vraiment extraordinaire!

[charleswhiterhodes]

Please just enjoy her. She was quite unique. celebrate that.

[geekbaritone]

this is early days of TV dude give it a break we're lucky enough that it existed in her own time for us to be able to watch it now.

[acitipo]

Ninguna de las celebres sopranos de coloratura que conocemos en el ultimo siglo han hecho las notas sobre agudas que Erna Sack y Mado Robin han hecho. quizas han tenido mejores timbres que estas, pero la sobre agudeza no ha sido alcanzada por nadie. en el ultimo siglo, gracias a las registraciones y peliculas somos testigos, indudablemente son rarezas pero existieron.

[toddydelahov]

maravilhosa!!!!!!!!!

[hugothebear]

I must be getting old - I am tired of the endless "magnitude" debates about which singer is greater than the next, more often than not based on perfectly human prejudice for which ever singer has a personal appeal. Where does lovely Mado fit on the greatness table... who cares, she was charming and put in those mad high notes because she could, not they weren't written but all part of the fun of Opera. It is wonderful to hear a singer just celebrate the joy of her art.

[MastersoftheOpera]

@hugothebear Well I'm 30 and not old and "new" to opera (my first opera was in 2001). For the past decade, I've heard many 20th century singers and own many CD's of full operas. I love them all. No singer is better than the other and they each have a diverse but brilliant interpretation. As for Maria Callas, I recognize her greatness but there are so many equally great singers from all over the world

[baltoman24]

An astounding artist- sadly she died, from leukemia, I think, around 1960. Her recording of Lakme was the only complete recording available when I began buyng records (vinyl lp's) and I will always cherish it. Brava! and thank you.

[F93HD2]

Quando spalanca la bocca per fare il sovracuto finale è davvero impressionante!Ci troviamo di fronte ad autentici doni di Madre Natura!

[mirlitonneux]

The absolute rendition of this aria. Actually the only one that really moves me. It's not only about coloratura technique, or high notes. Mado Robin must be credited for her diction, her deep understanding of the character, and the incredible tenderness of her voice. And neither the weird staging, nor the poor quality of the record, would change anything about it.

[Smartissimaforever]

She is FANTASTIC!

[Noshirm]

BRAVA, Mado! And as for those of you who don't care for her voice, scram. Bunch of poseurs seeking to pass yourselves off as art critics!

[fll7181]

loves it loves it loves it! i cannot get enough of Mado Robin!!!

[MastersoftheOpera]

She looks like Birgit Nilsson singing coloratura in black and white! yes the video is campy and bad but her singing is not. It's pure coloratura with brilliant technique. Mado Robin was a mistress of the art of French coloratura

[Rsutherland8]

The good: her legendary upper range

The bad: the accomodations the conductor had to make.

The hilarious: A) Her hair (from a distance looks like curlers under a net)

B) her mouth - unhinges like a crocodile.

C) The children observers seen once and never again

D) Her 'ladies in waiting' - esp the one seen directly behind her. She looks like she smells a dead fish. Maybe she feels ridiculous with that bow in her hair.

Folks, this is CAMP!!! pure and simple and for that, a gem.

[fan2jnrc]

Leave her the fuck alone with her hair and her mouth!

My God, please give us back someone with this hair and this mouth, and with THIS voice!

After her, Fleming Dessay and all the others can go back where they came from!

[Rsutherland8]

fan2jnrc - Actually, I love this video and have played it many times at parties. Indeed what she does well is pretty great. She has most definitely earned her place in history.

But I also find the video makes for great camp.

For instance, who are those children? I don't believe it was for a grant from some foundation promoting minorities; Mado Robin was pretty wealthy, from what I understand.

And you've got to admit, the woman behind her is rather a trip.

[Rsutherland8]

Oh and in terms of making comparisons to Dessay and Fleming: I can find no positive reasons for making any such negative comparisons...none.

They all had their strengths and most importantly, they bring joy (and hopefully support) to what is a small and dwindling breed - the opera lover.

For that they and Robin deserve kudos from all of us, in my book.

[fan2jnrc]

1. This is camp, it's true. But all in 1958 was camp, from Marilyn Monroe to Elvis Presley, if you see all that with the eyes of 2010. Then, what does it really mean...?

2. Oh, and yes, yes, I admit that : the girl behind her is rather a trip...

3. Dessay or Fleming can't sing as well as Mado Robin. Her voice is the more awesome.That's just a reason for making compaisons. When you hear Robin, Dessay or Fleming in the same arias, you've no choice : you have to make comparisons...

[Rsutherland8]

Absolutely comparisons are fine and inevitable: But can you help me understand how comments like "(whomever) can go back where they came from" are valuable in any forum?

Something like "I find Robin to have a brighter voice and cleaner attack than Fleming and feel it is better suited for this rep" is a valid opinion. That would show a modicum of respect for both Fleming and her fans.

Saying one sings better is vague, uninformative + entirely subject to the preference of the individual listener.

[toddydelahov]

@Rsutherland8

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[stingabe]

@Rsutherland8 dude, thats not her hair. its a hat!

[jgraif]

@Rsutherland8 why did you even bother to list "the good"? you make it seem as if all the other crap outweighs it?

[ernest671]

The sopranos with the best upper range were Mado, Erna and Yma, right???

[manggerry]

@ernest671 I AGREE WITH YOU. AND THEY SING EFFORTLESSLY.

[LordHettrick]

@ernest671 Yma who? I got Erna Sack, but I don't know the other...

[manggerry]

@Rsutherland8 you made me laugh when you said mado robins mouth unhinges like a croc. its also like a hyenas mouth yawning on a lazy, hot afternoon. and the lady behind her seems to be fainting by mados overwhelming high notes.

[IshtarPiccolo]

@Rsutherland8 Someone doesn't know about singing in a high range. You HAVE to unhinge your jaw.

[LMBS7]

Extraordinaire belle voix!!!

[musedirec]

what a busy mouth shape!! an occasional beautiful "aah" vowell opens things and lets her voice shine. i don't need freakish high notes. i need eveness of line without mouth wiggles

[EmeraldSky33]

@musedirec

The mouth wiggles bother me, too.

[acitipo]

Realmente sobreagudos unicos, en el pasado Erna Sack, Ima Sumac, hoy creo que la Damrau podria acercarsele... porque la Dessay despues de las dos operaciones, se ha inclinado a otro repertorio menos de sobreagudos

[astrasburgo]

Toute la bonté et la beauté dans le regard à 1:23

[walchiria08]

si proprio belli i picchiettati al min 1.45!!!!proprio ma proprio brava....

[scotsw12]

It's high, it could break glass, but it's drivel!

[amneris54]

toute mon enfance

ma mère l'adorait

[helenequenel]

Ouf! de la fraicheur! de la légèreté! on respire!

[strauss1987]

How fabulous.

I entirely agree--opera is about the singing!

[ChristophGF]

opera is about singers :)

I do not care at all of she acts well or not.... these skills absolutely amazing....

Best

Chris

[Chutson353]

I think she's good - not the best live but her recordings are better - and when the one note is as spectacular as this it DOES make the singer - as Mado Robin proves.

[iitouchmyselfatnight]

If she is not perfect, she is at least charming to watch and listen to.

[Richardclausen1]

I listened to the last part of her Mad Scene (Lucia) and was curious. I have to say, I kept wondering if Fellini filmed this.  A freak note does not a singer make - Yma Sumac proved that (otherwise known as Amy Camus for those trivia fans)

[ettorebastianinicom]

Mado Robin... le sourire et la mélancolie dans la voix. Et le souvenir d'une école de chant disparue, au détriment du répertoire français qu'on entend aujourd'hui maltraité et déformé par des chanteurs - souvent français, on en est arrivé là! - à la diction opaque et sans finesse. Je voudrais - vain espoir - que des chanteurs tels que Robin, Vallin, Thill, Vanzo soient de nouveau pris pour modèle. Le chant français en renaîtrait de ses cendres.

[timsuffolk]

I have Sutherlands version, and up until today I had never thought anyone else could really sing this difficult aria..........but she does it wonderfully well. I will always prefer Joan's beauty of tone, but this woman sounds fantastic too. I will try and find out more about her

[ladyred7777777]

ok why is this video not available anymore.

[lippilelion]

Incroyable fraîcheur dans la voix : Mado, for centuries you are 15 !

[Smallville180]

I would be too!!! Mado has a beautiful voice and such a wide range!!!

[ladyred7777777]

that girl in the back looks jealous

[unnannonelluretra]

bella voce

[cornucopia2]

Come sempre, inascoltabile e inguardabile, non c'è mai un senso in quello che pronuncia, un minimo di rispetto per il personaggio. Uno squittio continuo. Per fortuna,la Callas a suo tempo e la Dessay oggi han definitivamente spazzato via questo pigolare assolutamente inutile (e tutt'altro che perfetto).

[unnannonelluretra]

ma è un soprano di coloratura........la callas era un soprano drammatico,e normale che la Robin cantasse cosi',sta seguendo cio' che dice la partitura..................era una grande cantante

[cornucopia2]

Le grandi cantanti (olte la Divina Maria) si chiamano Verret,Caballé,Sutherland,

Gencer,Dessay,Kabaivanska... Se manca il senso del teatro,addio...!

[unnannonelluretra]

tutte grandi soprano ma la caballe'non mi piace,comunque in che senso dici quando manca il senso del teatro?

[cornucopia2]

Prendiamo ad esempio la pazzia di Ophélie nell'"Hamlet":guarda la Pendatchanzka (il video è su YouTube) e vedrai cosa intendo.

[eradesso]

concordo.. in inglese si definisce "show off" cioè ostentare ed è l'unica cosa che faceva la robin. ostentava i suoi acuti sparati come popcorn piuttosto che ben integrati nella linea per non parlar poi della staticità e dei totali e stravaganti cambi di melodia che faceva in qualsiasi aria.

In un certo senso un fenomeno da baraccone sicuramente piacevole da ascoltare ma molto fine a se stesso.

[luigipava]

ma lei sclera?-.-'' si nasconda

[astrasburgo]

J'adore cet extrait de 36 chandelles, pour moi le plus beau témoignage filmé de Mado Robin

[schaunard68]

BRAVISSIMO MADO!

[Octopop2010]

god i love the 50's besides the whole racist thing

[YingYingChang]

This is a real art of coloratura. See how she sings these running notes with ease. Not to mention these incredible high notes,these are truely technique demending.

[Noshirm]

Only the monumentally ignorant will fail to acknowledge Robin's genius. Her early death was a terrible loss to lovers of great operatic art. Detractors claim she was a freak - far from it. She was simply unusually gifted.

[gmmix]

I couldn't agree more with every word in Noshirm's commentary.

[Noshirm]

Noshir here. Thank you so much! It is always painful to read criticisms of these great artists by those who neither understand nor appreciate their very real gifts. It is worse yet when responses contain personal attacks and even abusive language. It is so degrading, and really should have no part in discussions on SUCH music. Thanks again.

[PecsMstr]

Did you notice one of the women in the background? She is more funny to watch than listening to the high notes.

[Lohengrin]

dreadful voice! I very rarely call any voice dreadful but this is a nightmare!

[ioSonoCallas]

The nightmare it's you! You are jealous! Le cauchemar c'est vous! Le monde entier nous a toujours envié Mado Robin, même 47 ans aprés sa disparition. Certes sa façon de chanter est maintenant un peu démodée, mais son timbre, sa fraicheur et son étendue sont unique au monde, ne vous en déplaise!!!

[Lohengrin]

envy that freak? i generally do not admire coloratura sopranos but singers like Robin... she has every single flaw a coloratura soprano could ever have:) That is not music dear That is for circus ;)

[laurentius76]

yes!!! on adore mado robin!

[PecsMstr]

Very sad comment you gave. I love everything she has done. Not a dreadful voice - a INCREDIBLE instrument. The voice was born with a high tesitura (like Corelli) which made high notes easy - but the bottom suffers.

[gmmix]

Robin arrangements and performances are always a treat. Ellen Beach Yaw, who died c. 1948, was her equal in the high-note stratesphere. Young K. Dondalska is NOW doing the same thing. A Google check will lead you to her one and only CD, which is incredible.

[Orlandomatheus]

No words

[pawdaw]

That would be a high G........OMG!

[comey717]

what is that final note she hits

[mermodfreres]

Wow...I wouldn't want a steady diet of that high a register but that is just downright impressive!!

[FABRIZIO82]

Incroyable!Merci!!!

[hildemaro23]

Hermosisima voz. ¿alguien me dice que nota llega ella al final?

Can anyone tell me what is that high note of her?. Gracias

[abendempfindung]

Llega al sol sobreagudo

[dutchtallguy]

Truly a gem.... Such ease. I can hardly name any soprano of our time that could even come close to the art of Mado Robin, exept from perhaps Elena Mosuc.

[giottocimabue]

Elle chante la valse de Mireille, un opéra de Charles Gounod.En fait c'est un air ajouté,"alternatif

[laurentius76]

J'en ai la chaire de poule. Qui peux me dire ce qu'elle chante???

[drdre333]

It's a shame she wasn't a bit more musical, because it's really a charming instrument. There are a number of huge mistakes in her timing where she gets out of place. It happens though. It's a great clip, and interesting for singers to watch her technique. Thank you for the post!

[giottocimabue]

The Ammerican Wikipedia says that she had liver cancer like Régine Crespin and Edith Piaf..... Anyway Mado Robin falled sick before or after some concerts in Italy for the RAI and was immediatly operated on in Paris -Januar or Februar 1960 -for a breast tumor.

[meltzerboy]

I'm not sure. Some sources say leukemia, others say liver cancer.

[PecsMstr]

It was leukemia. She died while preparing for the 500 perf od Lakme at the Paris Opera.

[mrportobello]

What the hell is going on here? Who are the scared looking boys on stage? This seems really odd.

[meltzerboy]

As mentioned, Mado Robin died only two years after this video, from leukemia at the age of 42 I believe. A great pity!

This piece is sung delightfully with the required lightness and bravura, plus good legato and some tonal variation. Of course, the high note at the end is expected. It seems her technique was improving.

[Jabe88]

Wikipedia says liver cancer... not leukemia...

Are you sure?

[ioSonoCallas]

Unique au monde et pour l'éternité!

[matm68]

a very nice video

[giottocimabue]

Mado died only 2 years after this Tv show, it was a bad day in France,Mado Robin was so popular and loved

[crespinforever]

Thanks Coloraturafan. What a charm!!

[giottocimabue]

BRAVA COLORATURAFAN!! I find that's the most charming TV appareance of Mado Robin and it's from the very popular french Tv show "36 Chandelles",1958