This opera is cryng for a performance at the MET--its a masterpiece. They need to stop trotting out the same old, same old (ie Carmen, Figaro, Traviata, Magic Flute) and bring in other master works!!!
What's also remarkable is how clear the words come through, even with mediocre sound quality. Makes me wish there were more operas done in English at the City Opera or the Met.
For fans of Sills, this is a real treasure...I know she had sung the Queen in Coq D'Or but had never seen any footage of it till now...she's wonderful! Great to see this...she was a remarkable soprano..R.I.P. Beverly Sills
A superb production with Sills radiant singing. It is too bad that a good quality dub is not available from master tapes, if they still exist. The original was broadcast in shades of green, but modern processing might bring out the fantastic colors. But it is possible to dramatically clean up the B&W video and sound, and I will post a good version soon in stereo.
Sills always made the most of the text, vocally and dramatically. Her singing is not too shabby either. This role was also a great hit for Pons at the Met, and it was the last new role Galli-Curci added to her repertoire. She stated that the coloratura demands were different from those of the bel canto operas.
I was fortunate enough to see Baverly Sills in the New York City opera production of Le Coq d'Or (Golden Cockerel). After many years it became available on CD and now a DVD was produced by Encore.
Sills hated that costume. She called it an awful "wedding cake" in her autobiography. LOL!!
Interesting that this was the first. Think of how many thousands of unrecorded opera performances went unpreserved before TV and VHS. We're so lucky to have so much of her work in permanent form!
I suspect that her perfectly produced vocalism is what "Citizen Kane's" self-deluded Charles Foster heard in his head when Susan Alexander attempted Salaambo. Brava, Sills, brava, Bubbles. An era ended today, and there's a new angelic trill in Heaven tonight.
Unbelievable control of breathing, colors, range, hih and low notes, expressions, movements... She really was a singing machine with a great human heart!!!
This opera is cryng for a performance at the MET--its a masterpiece. They need to stop trotting out the same old, same old (ie Carmen, Figaro, Traviata, Magic Flute) and bring in other master works!!!
windstorm1000 1 year ago
What's also remarkable is how clear the words come through, even with mediocre sound quality. Makes me wish there were more operas done in English at the City Opera or the Met.
MUSICALLAN 2 years ago
what a masterpiece .whats the Met waiting for to do it for Dessay , damn it !
papoocanada 2 years ago
@papoocanada
Dessay ? It's a joke !
StCorentin 1 year ago 2
Yes; for fans of Beverly this is a pleasure to watch; a rarity and an opera that doesn't get produced anymore
MastersoftheOpera 2 years ago
For fans of Sills, this is a real treasure...I know she had sung the Queen in Coq D'Or but had never seen any footage of it till now...she's wonderful! Great to see this...she was a remarkable soprano..R.I.P. Beverly Sills
AmericanEvita 2 years ago
Great !
DivaDeb1234 2 years ago 3
Hooray for Tito Capobianco! What a wonderful production. It amazes me that I have had the chance to work with such a true genius.
IsingOpera 3 years ago
A superb production with Sills radiant singing. It is too bad that a good quality dub is not available from master tapes, if they still exist. The original was broadcast in shades of green, but modern processing might bring out the fantastic colors. But it is possible to dramatically clean up the B&W video and sound, and I will post a good version soon in stereo.
clementj1 3 years ago
Yummy!!!
godivapaw 3 years ago
this is amazing. wish she was still here, magnificent
europeobsession 3 years ago 2
She was amazing!
fuzmiq 4 years ago 3
Sills always made the most of the text, vocally and dramatically. Her singing is not too shabby either. This role was also a great hit for Pons at the Met, and it was the last new role Galli-Curci added to her repertoire. She stated that the coloratura demands were different from those of the bel canto operas.
meltzerboy 4 years ago
ABSOLUTELY.
Sills could act her ASS off.
bruceagogox 2 years ago 3
I was fortunate enough to see Baverly Sills in the New York City opera production of Le Coq d'Or (Golden Cockerel). After many years it became available on CD and now a DVD was produced by Encore.
pocomoco2007 4 years ago
S.S.S. = Sills Simply Stunning!
Beautifully sung - wow!!!!
operadude32 4 years ago 2
Sills hated that costume. She called it an awful "wedding cake" in her autobiography. LOL!!
Interesting that this was the first. Think of how many thousands of unrecorded opera performances went unpreserved before TV and VHS. We're so lucky to have so much of her work in permanent form!
foxyzzzzz 4 years ago
man, this is the really the first "live from Lincoln Center" on November 9, 1971. So glad that it exists, even if not in color.
kosboot 4 years ago
May you rest in eternal peace...
gclef2288 4 years ago
I suspect that her perfectly produced vocalism is what "Citizen Kane's" self-deluded Charles Foster heard in his head when Susan Alexander attempted Salaambo. Brava, Sills, brava, Bubbles. An era ended today, and there's a new angelic trill in Heaven tonight.
davideo321 4 years ago
magnificent! belle ^_^
donizettirules 4 years ago
Sills > Sutherland. She still sounds like a woman on her low notes.
hopeangel81 5 years ago
Sills is not better than Sutherland. They are different. They can both be enjoyed in their respective reps.
Iareto 4 years ago
This is just amazing. If possible, please post more of the Golden Cockerel with Sills: she IS the Queen Shemakha!
renatascotto 5 years ago
Unbelievable control of breathing, colors, range, hih and low notes, expressions, movements... She really was a singing machine with a great human heart!!!
lightbarytone 5 years ago
INCREDIBLE - Rimskij-Korsakov in english!!!
ViolettaValery 5 years ago
INCREDIBLE!!!!!
FABRIZIO82 5 years ago
This is such a cool clip! With those hips and that costume she really is the Queen of Shimmy-Ka! Go, Bev!
sharky123 5 years ago
Thank you Beverlysills you are just the greatest! I'm in love with beloved Bev all over again! WOW!
sillsfan 5 years ago