Angela Gheorghiu "Final Scene" Traviara Rehearsal Roma '03

[OperaMystery80]

Gheorghiu's a great soprano but although I find her Violetta exciting, it's too strong and sharp. This is a huge sound for the role of the fragile Violetta. I used to be ok with dramatic sopranos singing Traviata (Callas) but I now find that lighter lyric sopranos do it better; they might have more agile coloratura/trill, they convincingly sound like they're dying of TB. Nothing against Gheorghiu but this is Traviata and not Tosca.

[UtochkinaKaterina]

Great singing actress!!

[rockmyraccoon]

Its the lighting. That is why she looked old.

[milkchug928]

She looks old when she is in rehearsal but young when in the performance! It kind of scared me! lol

[lola191927]

mi è piaciuta molto...e pensare che a m di solito da fastidio il suo modo di attegiarsi. qui era "giusta"

naturalmnte sulla voce nienteda dire

[jackylen57]

Jolie interprétation !

[cartoonandanime]

stratas dove sei?

[bekila]

finalmente 2 video in cui mi piace completamente (intendo questo e in addio del passato, sempre alla scala)...oltre alla voce, che ho sempre apprezzato, qui l'interpretazione non è esagerata come al solito, ma giusta, posata

[Cinderella977]

hai ragione spesso gigioneggia, ma preferisco lei a certe che non si possono sentire nè vedere.

[starvirus1]

Myrto Papathanasiou is the best Violeta!she's the woman at the beginning of the video

[Homoclassicus]

I'm quite sure this video is from 2007. The tenor is Vittorio Grigolo, who sang Traviata with her in Roma this year... Btw, her singing is excellent!

[cwinger10]

beautiful voice

[OperaGhost1990]

Just like in 1994. MAGNIFICIENT.

[Mercurina89]

verissimo, la sua voce non è cambiata in tutto questo tempo ,ma è rimasta potente ed espressiva sempre!!!

[russlena]

pauvres porcs, je ne traduirai même pas mes sentiments face à un tel mépris de tant de travail et de sacrifices. Etes vous musiciens vous mêmes, critiques invétérés de ces fabuleux musiciens, qui parviennent a assembler le jeu de scene et la musique, et ce face à des milliers de spectateurs, que vous vous pisseriez dans le pantalon sur cette même scène, si seulement vous montiez dessus!!! Plus un mot rentrez sous terre.

[SirGeorg]

Well, so we've got different opinions, that's all. I respect your guts, and now thanks to eliev04, you know that there's a good reason for you to respect her techinique and voice.

[gvjps123]

You cannot really argue about whether a performer's acting is genuine or not. It is a matter of gut reaction ( like in life when you try to figure out if someone is telling the truth) and people have different gut reactions. Imo, this acting does not come from the heart.

[SirGeorg]

Considering my screenname, I cannot but agree.

[eliev04]

Their way of singing is not comparable. Georg Solti, who happened to know a bit about music, burst into tears the first time he heard Gheorghiu sing. If her technique was good enough for him, it should be good enough for both of us.

[MedievalFairy]

@eliev04 I agree. Everything is a matter of taste, but technique is something quite objective, and that lady has one of the best I've heard. Her ABSOLUTELY healthy instrument is clearly heard in every note.

[gvjps123]

Yes Sutherland was a poor actress. She also had one of the greatest voices and techniques of the century which is not something that can be said of Gheorghiu.

[SirGeorg]

I just wanted you so see what insincere acting is. (Even though Joan is a great singer!)

[CharlotteinWeimar]

Joan may not have been a great actress but she was an honest performer and incapable of insincerity.

[gvjps123]

What does Sutherland have to do with Gheorghiu?

[SirGeorg]

Beautiful singing, terrible orchestra and a conductor who's taken too many sleeping pills.

Btw, gvjps123, if you are struck by her acting being "insincere", take a look at Joan Sutherland's rendition of this scene, if you can find it, and think twice.

[gvjps123]

Her acting strikes me as so insincere.

[tklogan11809]

and yet, she's a star on many world stages and you are here, being your bitchy self in a YouTube chat room.