Elina Garanca "Nacqui all'affanno" La cenerentola

[nadze13]

simply the best

[bpetii1]

I like Elina Garanca! She is one of my favourites! She has beautiful voice and her technics is good. One thing I dont like it. Elina Garanca is a little bit moderate to me, i think, she could sing with more passion, with more emotion, dynamic. But I like her, and her high notes are really good. Lower voices are sometimes a little bit nasally, but it doesnt matter to me. I just like her.

[MrAndredekock]

6 years on from the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition and the voice has certainly developed beautifully. But despite the comment above about machine gun coloratura, Bartoli's agility is perfect, with every note accentuated and her trills are excellent as well. Here Garanca has fine interpretive skills, but technically, although her agility is pretty good and in fact one of the best of the current mezzos, NO-ONE can touch Bartoli on that score. Her top note was in tune this time. So brava.

[pagerbear]

I've always liked Elina's singing. I've only seen her live once, in Cenerentola at the Met. I am sorry she has moved away from this high, fast-moving repertoire, because it suits her so well.

[meprew2]

wow! What technique! This is amazing! Thanks for posting Onegin65!!

[JLP078]

Well, on top of Elina, I must admit, I am in love with that blonde woman with glasses playing flute !!!!

She made the full Baden Baden concert and she is more than very good and very charming !!!

[bparno]

what pure delight.

[JLP078]

Une réelle maitrise de sa voix plus la présence scénique que n'avaient pas la divine Callas ou autres Caballe un peu trop rigides à mon gout !

Garanca et Netrebko apportent un sens nouveau à cet art si difficile qu'est l'Opéra et qui participe à le faire mieux apprécier à des jeunes !!!!

Bravo et merci !!!!

[JLP078]

Yes she is a mezzo i agree but a "high" mezzo that's for sure !!!

Her voice is so deep even in high tones !!!!

She is just great !!!!!

[bronislavai]

She's not a mezzo!!!!!!!! She is a sopran! And the voice is nothing special, her timbre is not beautiful!!! Technick is no snging!!!! I am wondering about that noise around her!!!!

[Maggielicious21]

@bronislavai are you gonna post that in all of her videos?

[wolfgangtheophilus]

@bronislavai , sorry, she,s a mezzo

[a96577]

Che brava!!!!

[dragomir9p]

thank you for making the piece even more enjoyable with your discussions

[edgrow]

I love her version so much! Amazing technique and ornaments. What a special voice: a rich mezzo middle and bottom, and a free and easy soprano top.

Her placement has gotten much better over the past few years. Her Italian is sitting nice and front without being too bright. And the passage at 2:13? Sublime. She deserves the success she's gotten recently. I just hope I can see her Carmen sometime.

[MediterraneanArtsExp]

Elina is simply amazing!!!! i got the pleasure to be in the cast of Carmen at Royal Opera House in London where she perormed Carmen ! One of the best artist met in my Life...extraordinay singer and actress as well !! all the best to Elina

[DonRolini]

Such a nice rich sound its almost as if she is the Mezzo version of Kiri, and that coloratura is far better than what she performed at the Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 2001!! She just keeps getting better and better! love her voice!

[andreea94a]

Her technique is amazing

[spn1007]

I agree that this is one of the most pleasant and respectful opera discusions I've read on youtube. Thanks for that. On another note, I heard Garanca on Siriux XM Metopera radio this week for the first time as Cenerentola. And now I have a new opera obsession (as if I didn't have enough already)! She's truly wonderful. I hope I can see her in Carmen.

[MediterraneanArtsExp]

I M agree with you...i m in the cast of Carmen at royal opera house in covent garden and elina is simply beautiful !!!

[anselgoya]

me gusto su voz,me recuerda a la tebaldi.

tiene un completo dominio escenico y que belleza.

su frasceo me genera un placer.me gustaria verla en la italiana en argel.

[arcangelx96]

i love the coloratura

[dt195k2]

Elina sings this aria as well as anyone - it depends on one's taste e.g. Joyce, Cecilia, Agnes etc. I like Elina in all registers.Cecilia's voice got lost in the Met when I saw her but is good on CD. We're lucky to have Elina, Joyce and Cecilia as current mezzos. I also read Angela G. cancelled her 1st 6 Met 2009-10 Carmen's and Elina is taking them over! That's good news - can't wait to hear her. Alagna will remain as Elina's Don Jose.

[bltmz23]

For the first time, discussion on youtube is wise and intelligent! Thanks!

[italomelomane]

Non più mesta accanto al fuoco ....dov'è il gorgheggiar ? io non lo sento. Altro che agilità è pesante come un carrarmato. Non mi piace.

[evangelineireland]

When I can sing this aria as well as she does, I know I've succeeded at life :)

[adriano104]

Preciosa mujer y preciosa voz, vocalmente impecable.. Ahora bien, me sigue pareciendo una soprano lírico. Por qué se empeña en cantar papeles de mezzo? Sus graves suenan artificiales y su centro no es ancho como las mezzos auténticas. Sorry, I still think she is a soprano, and should stick to soprano roles.

[luvxl]

her low notes are good! listen to her Charlotte or to the dress rehearsal of Carmen

[adriano104]

Don't misunderstand me: she sings beautifully, but her voice is too thin No matter if her low notes are good, but they change the color, and to enjoy mezzo pieces is necessary a much thicker voice: just compare her Dalila with that of Obrastzova, for example.

[evangelineireland]

But surely thats just a variation within vocal grouping? I mean you have dramatic soprano's and light sopranos - so isn't the difference between Obrastzova and Garanca just a difference like that?

[adriano104]

Yes, there are more dramatic and dense mezzos (Obrastzova,Verret)and lighter ones (Baltsa,Berganza),and darker tones (Podles),coloratura (Horne), Light sopranos,CAN sing more dramatic roles, and may sound NICE, but it's not enjoyable.Some sopranos sing mezzo roles (Callas!), and viceversa (Bumbry!),but mezzos need thicker middle voice than Garanca's which simply seems too thin (at least in these recordings) to be enjoyable in mezzo roles... Thanks for raising such interesting subject

[evangelineireland]

oh I see - so you think she needs to choose her roles more wisely?

Thanks for clearing things up :)

[adriano104]

Well, I can't assure that, because I haven't heard her in person, but I tend to think that she should choose more soprano roles, yet maybe she feels more confortable in these mezzo roles, or her managers take those decisions. Take a look at my own videos(adriano104), you'll see that I sing baritone, bass and even tenor pieces, because I'm not professional and can afford singing whatever I like and feel confortable with, which maybe is not the case with Garanca (but obviously I'm not as good!)

[luvxl]

She does chose her roles by herself, for she is before all an amazing musician :o)

I still think a lot of mezzo roles fit her beautifully (Romeo, Charlotte, even Angelina, no one gives me shivers the way she does as those characters)

Anyway, just out of curiosity, do you have examples of soprano roles you would suggest for Elina?

[FrikkieJacobs]

for the first time in the history of youtube two people have had a discussion about singers that didn't end up in a pissing contest. thanks for that! it makes watching opera on youtube a nicer (and indeed more educational) experience.

[adriano104]

Thanks a lot for your positive comment. In fact, I enjoy listening to singers and all types of voices in various repertoires. To me, singing and music in general is the most wonderful thing in the world, and therefore I also enjoy discussing various aspects and examples of voices and performances, but try to be respectful to other people's opinions, since after all, it's an art and every person has his own sesitivity, experience and opinions..Thanks again

[michaelmartind]

I saw her in the Met HD broadcast. The best Cenerentola I've yet seen or heard! Bravissima!

[guiradobrasil]

Brava Elina!!!! FYI suzanneetmoi, Bartoli will NEVER put this role away, because she's been just amazing in this role, no other singer can possible sing this coloratura and rapid divisions as she does, true virtuosity, no matter you like her or not. Poor Cecilia, always the target of so much criticism... well, Callas was too...

[lamsalgado]

She doesn´t it as if were nothing! And sooo wonderfully ! Brava Elina!

[suzanneetmoi]

Lovely! I can't wait to see the Met's production. Her voice is heaver than Joyce DiDonato- whom I adore- but it's sure great to see a mezzo with real power behind her voice "Sing out' . Makes one wish that Bartoli would put the role away forever...

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[ezayi]

Beautiful!

[carlo331]

Una rossiniana mediocre, non ha le agilità di forza, è al massimo correttina...ma se queste sono le nuove dive....stiamo freschi

[carlo331]

Ti faccio notare che il modesto mezzosopranino in oggetto canta in ITALIANO. Rossini, Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti e soci scrivevano su libretti in ITALIANO perché l'italiano è una lingua estremamente musicale e aperta al mondo.

E' la mia lingua e se tu non la capisci, prenditi un dizionario e traduci....Io mi esprimo come meglio credo

[luvxl]

la capisco perché sono latino, ma utilizzo l'inglese per commentare un video che tutti vedono.

La musicalità e la bellezza dell'italiano sono grandi. (come la voce d'Elina...)

Questa discussione è un'altra cosa

[kolorbassz]

I love!

[fcrim]

Beautiful! Hoping she will be great in La Cenerentola at the Met this year.

[musoph21]

Her G at the end was phenomenal! it was so clear and powerful.

[luvxl]

I'm in love :o)

She's my favourite mezzo and this aria is one of her highest performances. I do want her to keep singing Rossini, hope she's not really gonna stop doing it

[gtelloz]

She's stopin it anyway

[avellanedam]

¿Alguien tiene una grabación de Ewa Podlés cantando esta aria? De ser así, que trate de publicarla, debe ser una pieza magistral cantada por ella. Me gusta Elina, es muy bonita, tiene una voz hermosa y lohace muy, muy bien, pero el papel cantado por una verdadera contralto debe ser un espectáculo completo.

[Abarivanon]

si si... incava un altro po'...

tutta indietro in alcuni punti...

da rivedere tecnicamente!

[jacquesurlus]

Tout n'est pas perdu, il y a encore de magnifiques artiste qui émerge, en voici un exemple patent. Elle est faite pour Rossini,ses aigues sont lumineux et comme elle est belle. :-)

[aficionadoalaopera]

Indudablemente, tiene un gran futuro, aunque su voz "pesa" bastante, por lo que la coloratura no parece ser lo mejor que pueda abordar. Desde luego, no hace olvidar a la maravillosa Teresa Berganza, cuya versión de esta aria sigue siendo insuperable....

[syrinx79]

I've never heard of her. She's got a lovely voice, and isn't afraid to enjoy her low notes a little bit. :-)

[operagodess78]

Excellent 10/10 :))

[musoph21]

i like her upper register..she doesnt project well in middle voice

[alistrone]

Lei non solo è una bella donna ma anche brava, non sono d'accordo con almaviva2000!

[ChristinaLuiseNikita]

She's my favourite mezzo !

[zava0]

It's so amazing to see her singing coloratura pieces. She does it so effortlessly!

[arredifestivi]

in effetti almaviva non ha mica tutti i torti...

[Arbus2]

Absolutamente fantástica....no conocía a esta Mezzo, es maravillosa.-

[cantanteporsiempre]

boring just like Cardiff version!

[parker930]

WOW!!! Absolutely Wonderful Coloratura and Beautiful Tone. Not to Mention, Super Lovely to Look AT!

[almaviva2000]

La chiave di lettura di questa interpretazione va ricercata(anche per l'abito) nel favoloso mondo di Walt Disney. Imbarazzante! L'italiano non è buono e forse nemmeno ben compreso. L'interpretazione piatta (cfr. "tutto ..." e "perché ..."). Anche la tecnica è mediocre. Suggerirei di ascoltare lo stesso rondò fatto da M. Horne, T. Berganza etc. Ci sono anche delle giovani interessanti pubblicate qui, su youtube: cercatele. Per l'interpretazione si veda: M. Callas - master class at Julliard.

[vrsing]

Absolutely flawless & natural coloratura. Fabulous!

[Zueignung89]

IMO she's one of the most promising artists of today next to Diana Damrau.

[Birgitt20]

And that's all folks!

[operasoiree]

amazing

[Alessandramarcano]

Hermoso...!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

ELINAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

[schambi333]

where is cecilia :(^^

[operera8]

Wow!!! me dejó boquiabierta!!!! que limpieza vocal, espléndida voz, muy correcta en su canto!!! M.A.R.A.V.I.L.L.O.S.A!!!

[pfenixignited]

I like her style. She doesn't get caught up in the "machine gun coloratura" syndrome. It's very linear and more melodic. Very nice!

[LeNozze44]

If you're talking about Cecilia Bartoli with her "machine gun coloratura" and mutant facial expressions, I couldn't agree with you more. I look forward to hearing Garanca at the Met next season.

[Simplenotion]

I always call Bartolis coloratura the "singing goat syndrom" ;-) it really sounds awful

[KatherineXIX]

Hahahahahahaha...I have never heard anyone describe it better. I do love her singing when it isn't coloratura...which is basically never...

[Sochilinda]

@pfenixignited I think is more because she is so young and still needs time to perfect this aria, she will have to sing the higher coloratures intead of the lower ones at some point, because that's the impresive thing about this aria. But since she has enough time to do that. Also Anan Netrbko doesn't sing the hight notes lucia di lammermoor, because tecnically she is not yet there.

[bpetii1]

@Sochilinda I don't completely agree with you. Anna Netrebko is originally 'only' soprano, and not coloratur-soprano. She sing coloratur roles because she has such a high notes that an average soprano couldnt sing out. Anna Netreko is between lyrical and dramatic soprano. She's not a coloratur-soprano, she just has very good high notes, and very good technics. So the problem is not with her technics. She is not a coloratura.

[bpetii1]

@Sochilinda I don't completely agree with you. Anna Netrebko is originally 'only' soprano, and not coloratur-soprano. She sing coloratur roles because she has such a high notes that an average soprano couldnt sing out. Anna Netreko is between lyrical and dramatic soprano. She's not a coloratur-soprano, she just has very good high notes, and very good technics. So the problem is not with her technics. She is not a coloratura.

[Sochilinda]

@bpetii1 well, anna herself explained that she coulnd't do the aria like it should be because it was still difficult for her. which is reasonable since she is not a coloratura soprano like we all know and you stablish yourself.

[bpetii1]

@Sochilinda Yeah it is reasonable, i think it , too. I think, she never was a coloratura. Btw. it is amazing that she could sing many coloratura roles despite she is soprano. I was just saying that her technics is very good. Im not surprised that it difficult to her. Because it is very difficult (or impossible) for a lyrics-dramatic soprano. Its understandable. We all know that coloraturas sing Lucia's role. Despite all this I love Anna Netrebko, her voice, her performance, personality.

[bpetii1]

@Sochilinda but it is not so important, im just told my opinion she has a really good techics :-) She just never was a really coloratura.

[crs92122]

Good performance.

Too many camera cuts and camera zooms, though. I usually don't notice these things, but here it was very distracting.

[Njamh]

Esas agilidades están desafinadas, especialmente las escalas ascendentes....

[willith1984]

I'd hit it.

[cdyexhibit]

She's definitely worthy of a meat injection.

[33blueberries]

Ha!

[carrotjuse]

so ar u, cdyexhibit! now bendover.

[leporello89]

Thank you for posting this video. She has a beautiful voice!!

[Mozmike]

thanks for your wonderful videos. they give great pleasure!

[rbmezzo]

¡Hermosa voz!