Irina Arkhipova - Scene of the Countess from The Queen of Spades by Tchaikovsky

[ALEXISVASSILIEV]

Oui elle est meilleure!  école! Merci! AV

[Wertumn]

Это лучшая Графиня. Лучше Образцовой ИМХО

[Ge11a]

@Wertumn 100%, слушала оперу много раз и в разных вариациях, но лучшей Графини никогда не слышала

[Kievest]

Arkhipova gives a complex and mesmerizing performance as the Countess, who

is at once terrifying and nostalgic about a glittering, opulent, courtly world that

has evaporated with time! She says she hates the world we live in as her

memories turn into fading apparitions, and she relives a past that was only

a dream! Thank you melomanka1962 for posting and to ditogam for sharing!

[543693The]

emouvante Irina ....

Merci

[vstasov]

Chilling! Thanks so much for this frighteningly magnificent footage. One of the greatest singers ever!

[melomanka1962]

1999 or 2000

[ditogam]

This is just GREAT, magnificent , thank you very much melomanka1962, can you provide the year?

[vstasov]

@ditogam Thanks so much for alerting me to this fantastic clip.