Eglise Gutierrez - Linda di Chamounix - O luce di quest'anima - 2009

[Cissy97]

The timbre is too dark.

[MrAndredekock]

When it comes to the true bel canto repertoire I inadvertently always find myself comparing a coloratura with Sills and asking the questions: Is the interpretation as convincing and moving as Sills' always was? Do the embellishments flow with the score? Is the agility fast and effortless and do the trills really curl your toes? Ms Gutierrez sang a beautiful and really moving rendition here, but she didn't live up to the high standards set by the queen of coloratura (in my opinion) Beverly Sills.

[raunchy9305]

She was absolutely amazing in Cendrillon in Santa Fe. That was the first time we had heard her in person and she blew us away. The costumes were like Edith Head on drugs LOL, outrageous Mae West outfits and she seemed to really enjoy them. I understand she recently sang that in London in the Santa Fe production. Of course the amazing thing about that production is that Joyce di Donato sang Cendrillon in it as well. What a cast and what a great Pelly production.

[ISISOSIRIS1200]

Brava!!!!



[rlee1976]

She lost a lot of weight, she looks really great!

[DirectorOpera]

Brava,Eglise Gutierrez,I heard you in London,you were amazing.I am looking forward to seeing you in Cedrillon.

Who ever criticize you so badly ,they would like to be on your position now.

Live recording is like that Er adesso:)))

And who cares if they make bad comment,you are still singing everywhere and working.Brava,complimenti davvero

[brolobear]

I feel inclined to agree that the cadenza was way too slow...by the time she was done, I'd almsot forgotten that there was an aria that had come before it. That said, the tone was fresh, the coloratura clean...but it wasn't memorable in any specific aspect to me.

[violettamimi1]

Bravaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

[Richiesutherland]

I have enjoyed Ms. Gutierrez' singing n the past. I find this clip very disturbing. There is so much breath in her tone in the middle! Also, it seems as if all the high ornaments have to be sung in a marking voice--no full tone on any note above A at all, including the final C. The cadenza is a perfectly good one (iy is Sutherland's note for note after the first phrase) if it were not sung at half the speed at which Joan sang it!

[jovi1715]

Beh.. ama davvero il rischio la ragazza!

[guiradobrasil]

No Eradesso, I don't think the cadenza is horrible, I guess the problem is YOU who unfortunately like many other people to around youtube saying awful things about wonderful artists, a real shame!

[eradesso]

@guiradobrasil guido, i, like many people on youtube, appreciate many artists too and we are not afraid to say we don't like something.

this cadenza is dragged far beyond acceptable limits. to me all that Gutierrez is good at is the trills.

[MrSkylark1]

@eradesso

The problem is that the voice is being covered. The singers of the Golden Era

sang with BRILLIANT 'SPONTANEOUS" CHIAROSCURO tone. If this young lady just sang with her true voice rather than trying to cover it constantly, then it would be something. Just listen to TETRAZZINI who sang before an audience of 10,000 WITHOUT a microphone. It's all about projection, NOT high notes or uneven trills.

[MrAndredekock]

@MrSkylark1 Isn't it just WONDERFUL that some BAD teachers are teaching the ART of GOOD COVERING! So Ms Gutierrez joins the ranks of the other BADLY COVERED singers, like Sutherland, Sills, Moffo, Gruberova, Freni, Caballe, to name just a few sopranos; Bjorling, Gedda, Krause, Pavarotti, Domingo, Vargas, to name just a few tenors. Then of course you were personally there when Tetrazzini sang to 10 000 without a microphone and so you KNOW that everyone heard her without a problem? OH PLEASE!

[MrSkylark1]

@MrAndredekock

This is precisely the reason the EMINENT critic PAUL HUME stated in 1973, "Singers (the ones you indicate except for Bjorling, who does not belong in the same category of the rest) and singing, are in trouble. It is "IMPOSSIBLE to hear ANY who CAN SING all the notes of the role in "TUNE, TIME and the

DYNAMIC MARKINGS the COMPOSER "specified." The applause given for SECOND and THIRD RATE singers for mediocrity is a strong indication that audiences do NOT KNOW GREAT singing...

[MrAndredekock]

@MrSkylark1 If your EMINENT critic EVER stood on stage and sang and EVER had a singing lesson in his life I MIGHT sit up and take notice! But as most are nothing short of frustrated wanna-be-singers and performers themselves who NEVER made the grade and spent the REST of their pathetic lives breaking down the ones who DID make the grade, Mr Paul Hume means NOTHING in my life and his comments even less! Get a LIFE and stand on the stage YOURSELF and perform and THEN make comments.

[MrSkylark1]

@MrAndredekock

Ah, alas, "He doth protest too much." Suggest listening to ELIZABETH RETHBERG, ANITA CERQUETTI, and VIRGINIA ZEANI, just to open the window to the real ART of SINGING. Also reading, THE TWILIGHT OF BEL CANTO by Leonardo di Ciampa 

[InBoccaChiusa]

She doesn't sparkle as Tetrazzini and Sills do in their own versions, but this is a good performance. He trills need a little work.

[eradesso]

uhm. is it me or the cadenza is horrible?

overall i am not impressed, it doesn't shine for interpretation nor for execution so i find it a bit "average".

[7inga7]

She is just abssolutely great.

[canariasesmusica]

She is absolutely great!!!

[donatello1]

Can't wait for her Lucia here in Miami...

[SENAFOREVER]

LA DIVINA Gutierrez indeed.

[Q2w3e4r5tion]

voce bitumata, bassa, che in alto è sottile e piena d'aria

bruttissima la cadenza

meglio di molte atre però

[ecabsop]

Brava my friend! Just beautiful as always. Perfection.

[annmilam]

Brava Eglise! Your performance is just wonderful and you are lovely in that unique costume! How I wish I could be in London to hear you in person!

[rlee1976]

@annmilam

That is her as La Fee in Cendrillon, however, NOT Linda di Chamounix, sorry to say! Go to her engagement list on her site...

[nickalternativo]

Bravo!!!! Your Linda di Chamounix in the oyal Opera House was sublime!!