Mado Robin --- Offenbach --- Doll Song

[tefalovett]

You should all listen Mady mesple, if you think this is perfect..

[TheVerdiBaritone]

Wonderful!

[3F93]

I don't like her. She could sing really high and could hit notes such Ab6 or Bb6, even D7 according to what I've read about her... and so what? She might have a very large and uncommon vocal range, but it isn't enough to make her a great singer, I personally don't find anything else interesting in her singing.

I love Ewa Podles, a contralto who can reach the very low Bb2 and the very high D6, but she has also a perfect technique, a powerful voice and put many feelings into what she does.

[illfurter]

Qu'il est difficile aux cantatrices de notre époque de rivaliser avec cette voix incomparable!!! Même les plus célèbres font pâle figure

[AmericanEvita]

The role of Olympia and this aria is tailor made for Mado Robin!

[xbcg9489x]

she is such a soprano coloratura, it's ridiculous! her voice just craves agility and high notes! to a certain extent, i'm not even sure of how much control she has over it! that voice just wants to be sickeningly amazing!! idk what it is! whatever it is, i wish i had it!!! LOL

[gwenaus]

I presume you've heard this, but I believe this is the true gauntlet being thrown down..., i.e. the last note!

[illfurter]

certaines voix sont uniques dans un siècle ou deux , rarrissimes et inoubliables. Presque des phénomènes extra terrestres! Merci Mme Bobin d'avoir enchanté ma jeunesse.

[796824]

The singers of the past did not force or try to manipulate their voices by covering, distorting what nature gave them, to increase volume as heard today unlike the spontaneous singing heard during the Golden Period of Singing. Listen to Robin in the Bell Song and Lucia

[primohomme]

This is proof that having an extremely high light voice doesn't make one a great coloratura singer.

[diradour]

@primohomme I agree Mado Robin is incredible indeed but you have to admit that those notes were in her voice, she was born with them so "just" because she sings an A or a Bflat over high C doesn't mean you shouldn't consider the rest such as expression or diction...So some do not have these notes but they sound as amazing as her and I don't have to give exemples...

[primohomme]

@diradour

I think you misread my comment...I said that just because she had a such a high extension that doesn't make her a great coloratura singer, her coloratura is sloppy.

[diradour]

@primohomme No I know my comment did'nt seem like an answer I just wanted to add an impression but I also agree with you.

[stingabe]

@primohomme RIGHT! DON'T SEE OR HEAR ANY OF YOUR STUFF HERE! HATER!

[NowhereToBeFound77]

She has a wonderful, unique range, but I must agree in the respects that her timbre and technique are rather young.

[Marcelosopro]

Não tem como negar.Ela é eterna e jamais irá existir alguem com esse timbre.Bravo Mado

[toddydelahov]

Mado Robin é a mestra!

[Noshirm]

Robin has no equals. Not Dessay, not Sumi Jo - none of these posers can hold a candle to this supremely gifted coloratura. Not even Sutherland can approach Robin in this aria!

[jeremiaheliseo]

tell me about it robin is very talented.even though i like dessay sumi jo sutherland as well but mado robin in my opinion is the best.

[mariasarda]

Le plus pur cristal vibrant... Une ode à la technique et à la joie de vivre !

[skitzo429]

her inhuman range is really the only reason this woman had a career, her voice is small and not particularly appealing, her intonation is lackluster at best, and her coloratura is sloppy.

[hotwaiter]

I disagree, her notes are very clear and you have to remember that her songs were recorded with equipment in the 1950s and such so it isn't good quality. she was astounding.

[skitzo429]

her range was astounding, her voice and technique were not. Ive heard a lot of recordings of her, and I dont have any reason to believe that this is not an accurate representation of her voice. In any case, the timbre is really the only thing that could even conceivably be attributed to the audio quality, the messy coloratura and shaky intonation are also as they were in real life, anyone can hear that. if she didnt have the range she did she never would have had a career.

[classictomatosoup]

I think I agree with skitzo429... Although I think that perhaps the tremolo in her voice and the spread vowels are stylistic and intentional. Are they poor technique given what we now know of the voice? Yes, but the time tremolo and a very 'forward' sound was fashionable... yes?

[cirej25]

shes probably the most "skillful"soprano who ever lived!

[olv640]

Je crois que c'était lors de l'émission Sept à huit sur TF1.

Mado est la première cantatrice qui m'a fait rêver dans les années 50.

Aujourd'hui c'est DESSAY qui a pris le flambeau.

Mado qui était la gentillesse même en plus de son talent en serait heureuse;

Elle dont la fille était muette.

La destinée est parfois cruelle.

[olv640]

La colorature absolue.

Après Mado ROBIN les autres sopranos de cette catégorie vocale sont inexistantes.

Nathalie DESSAY n'a pas caché son admiration pour elle.

Mado ROBIN était la reine des coloratures et elle reste inégalée.

[volcan313]

Dessay a toujours dit qu'elle détestait être comparée à Mado Robin...

[olv640]

Mado ROBIN était la reine des coloratures.

Ce sont les propres mots de DESSAY.

Elle a tout à fait raison.

DESSAY a sa voix,son caractère,ses qualités scéniques.

Surtout qu"elle ne change pas,nous l'aimons comme elle est.

[volcan313]

Où a-t-elle dit ça ?? (ça m'intéresse !). Je pense que Dessay, au début de sa carrière, montait aussi haut que Mado Robin. Je ne sais pas si elle l'a jamais dit...

[tenor003]

Non,elle ne saurai pas monter aussis haut que mado robin,elle montai j'usqu'au contre-si bémol... Natelie dessay a pleine puissance etais au contre-la dièse...

[BenitoAdolfScala]

Il faut vraiment être con pour faire des comparaisons. Nous sommes tous différents. Certains ont du talent, d'autres sont cons.

[AriaDivina]

Vraiment? Je n'ai pas entendue parler de ça, mais les gent fait des comparaisons toujours. On ne peut pas l'éviter, donc si on a comparé Dessay a Mado, si c'était moi, je penserai que cette une vraie honneur. (Pardonnez mon français écrit un peu mauvais.)

[tenor003]

Oui,elle est la voix la plus agile que je connaisse certe mais Natalie dessay a une plus belle voix..

[BenitoAdolfScala]

Toujours ce besoin de tout ramener à Dessay. ça t'excite les femmes pleines de tics comme elle ?

[tenor003]

Je ne compare rien a personne!! Et qui est-tu pour me parler comme cela?

[saxamaphoneguy1]

@olv640 C'est vrai! Mado Robin est ma chanteuse francaise preferee!

[so451]

@olv640

la colorature ne fait pas l'émotion ! ornement oui ..mais en ce qui concerne la richesses du timbre désolé je la trouve égrelette votre mado robin !!!!

ces prouesses techniques me font penser à une gymnaste de haut niveau mais pas à une artiste !!!

ce n'est pas la même chose...

[RAZBOUDINE]

@so451 on ne dit pas égrelette mais aigrelette,ce que n'est pas de toute façon la voix de Mado Robin.En ce qui concerne l'émotion c'est dans la musique qu'il faut la chercher : l'instrument qu'est la voix permet de la ressentir . Meilleure est la technique,plus profonde est l'émotion et celle de Mado Robin est incomparable

[so451]

@RAZBOUDINE

Vous avez raison ! mais .... On a le public qu'on mérite "aigrelet" et sans intéret !

[RAZBOUDINE]

@so451 on n'aigrainne pas des sottises,on les égrène.l'orthographe fait aussi partie de la culture et le gout des autres est toujours respectable.

[so451]

@RAZBOUDINE : " Que vous égrenassiez..."

Vous avez raison ! mais... apprenez à lire et à écrire bouffon !!!

[RaWrZzZz]

her voice is perfect for this song.

[luigipava]

brassimaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa mi piace qua

[BptAngel1976]

cool thanks im going to start checking out natalie dessay music now ty kibouo

[Kibouo]

Natalie Dessay also hits A above high C, but Mado does it in a more delicate tone, which is even more miraculous at that pitch - to have so much control over the voice.

[violasinger]

That is so true. Mado is truly unique, but Dessay is the only singer today that comes close

[KatherineXIX]

Holy shit! Did she ever do "Sempre libera" with a high E flat and then high A flat? I've always wanted to hear someone do that.

[BptAngel1976]

this is amazing can't stop watching it are there any other singers who can hit that high A at the end erna sack is amazing also great singers do they hold records for this ?

[thoukout]

Une chose encore : du b, du d, du c, je m'en fiche... ta voix est exceptionnelle tout comme tu l'étais

[thoukout]

Mado, on ne t'oublie pas.... Tu as bercé mon enfance et pour moi, aucune voix n'égale la tienne. Merci à tous ceux qui nous permettent de la retrouver ou de la découvrir (ce qui est encore plus génial) sur Youtube.

[dinhocielle]

Cleyverson - Brasil

Brava !!!! Bravissima!!! Magnifica!!!!

uma unica e singular interpretação da área Doll Song!!! ela é maravilhosa!!!!

[BptAngel1976]

this is just beautiful is that last high note she hits at the end c7 ? sounds just like a bird

[mariagalvany]

No its  high A

[carrietide]

Her stratospheric high notes make me shiver...Incredible .I don't think any other coloratura can equal her.Humanely it is impossible.She had THAT gift.

[adamortiz62]

i wish i could go that high!

[stingabe]

How in the HEll?? Awesome!

[Noshirm]

BRAVA! What a magnificent interpretation. Her "Sovra il sen" is splendid and frenzied. All Robins fans must hear it!

[pearlmuth3]

wonderful, love Peters in it also very much live in 55 met brdcst, great doll, Robin fine high notes could go to the sky, amazing in Lucia and Peerce told me it carried when he sang it with her in 54 in calif. and she did a B over C, Cleva was pissed. House exploded, Peerce did not lie to me, all true.

[ledormant]

She was Beautiful.

[Dhbrydon]

Shw was Lovely, I fell in love with her the first time I saw a picture of her

[meltzerboy]

For some unknown reason (to me at least), this particular aria is sung today more elaborately than it used to be. Usually it's the reverse, that is, the earlier singers embellished more. If you listen to singers such as Mabel Garrison (renowned for the role of Olympia in the 1920's) or Lily Pons (also a famous exponent), Peters, Streich, they sing it similarly to Mado Robin, with only slight ornamentation. Modern singers, beginning with Sutherland, such as Claycomb and Futral decorate a lot.

[skorpia1986]

extraordinar

[ioSonoCallas]

Exceptionnel!