Elena Obratzsova - Il Trovatore - Condotta ell'era in ceppi

[amneris54]

que d'émotion ,,,, mi vengono i brividi

[Poetapersempre]

Mamma mia,sono senza parole.E' una delle poche cantanti che riesce a farmi rabbrividire...

[leprincebeaumont]

Voce incredibile!!! E tecnica eccellente!

[MrOleg1951]

Великая певица-актриса!!!

Мастерстао,голос-выше не бывает!!!

[amneris54]

capisco tutto perfettamente

sempre brava leiiiiiiiiiiii

[LoganSrbin]

Just amazing, I was totally blown away after hearing this

[olympicfreak678]

Love the violist in the back with the shades on. lol

[tetrazzini]

Quelle classe !

[malamutet]

Grandissima artista!

[cantanteporsiempre]

Bravissimaaaaaaaaaaaaa,

[DrGarri]

AMAZING!!!

[maxpertile]

non capisco una parola...

[emilytransex]

@maxpertile DOVRESTI FARTI STAPPARE LE OREKKIE ALLORA!!!!!!

[maxpertile]

@emilytransex la tua gentilezza ed educazione sono quasi pari alla tua sensibilità musicale. Fine del dialogo.

[emilytransex]

@maxpertile LO SAPEVO...!

[Poetapersempre]

@maxpertile Amplifon?

[amneris54]

j'adore

je n'ajoute rien de plus

merci Gabbbbbbbba

[oncelostmain]

The conductor is her second husband.

[elamigosanti]

still married?

[oncelostmain]

No, he died at 1998, now she is single and leads Mikhailovskiy theater being 71 y.o., sometimes even try to sing, but not good

[craigpross]

ummm... you're right about Zuraitis being her late 2nd husband... but this isn't him.. The conductor for this concert was Sergiu Comissiona. There is a bit of a resemblance, though...

[kgarmaker123]

This is fabulous.. it is full of drama and real pathos.. She makes this old lady seem believable, and her pain is palpable.. BRAVA ELena.

[kgarmaker123]

THIS is Beautiful, stunning.. from a singer I love. Such drama.. and wonderful voice, tone just right... Damn this is great.

[doodlydoo23]

woah, her lower register is killer.

[bodiloto]

+  5 !!!!!

[paolettttta]

She is BEST!Always....

[LittlePasserotto]

la mia versione preferita di quest'aria

[Altonahh10]

For those of you who like her (like I do), there's a terrible Karajan recording with Price - and her. She gives an incredible insight in the craziness of Azucena, her love and dispair. More is not humanely possible.

[quovadis5524]

Out of curuiosity, why you called Karajan's recording terrible? Personally, I found there several very distinctive touches which I liked( like Di Luna's aria). thanks

[Altonahh10]

Because it's too wagnerian. It lacks smoothness even though some parts are extremely dramatic and breathtaking. But in general it's a little too much "on the brass side", technically the recording is horrible - sometimes extremely loud and unbalanced.

[weylwargot]

I totally agree. m'infiamma l'anima

il suo canto.

zerreißt mir das herz!

[Altonahh10]

Wahrscheinlich eine der zu Unrecht relativ wenig beachteten und viel gescholtenen Sängerinnen, nur, weil sie ein eigenes Timbre hatte. Auch ihre Amneris und vor allem Dalila finde ich umwerfend

[Altonahh10]

absolut. Einer der ergreifendsten Momente der Oper hinreißend gesungen. Absolut richtig!

[cbazler]

What's with the violist in the sunglasses?

[cantanteporsiempre]

lol

[mezzotica]

AMAZING!!!!! this is the next aria on my list to sing!!

[Chenko123]

She is incredible!!!! What a voice she had!!!

[matiasbustafan]

Maravillosa...

[persthlm71]

btw I strongly recommend her in Cavalleria Rusticana as Santuzza alongside domingo and ...well, what do you know....Barbieri ;-)

[persthlm71]

All I have to say that this is by far the very best Azucena I have ever heard! I had said to myself Barbieri was probably the best but Obratzova beats the Italian prima donna by far! What an energy she has....she sends chills down your spine!

[datzi4ka]

and just one more thing,who is talking to you???my anger is to that person:minnie888444,not to you,if you don't mind!

[datzi4ka]

the last thing I would do is to argue with you.I can see that you have strange ineligible operatic language and it's not obvious just for me!!!however,it's ok,I know enough for Obraztsova and especially for contraltos,I have that kind of voice myself,believe me I know,but my question is:who cares what difficulties did she have???SHE'S THE GREATEST,ONE AND ONLY! and that is all we need to say,isn't it?

[akhcarubehc]

i agree, who could sing, for instance, Azucena if not Obraztsova? One could feel her pain burning her child

[akhcarubehc]

i agree, she is the greatest. Who could make you feel the pain of a mother burning her child, if not Obraztsova's Azucena?

[akhcarubehc]

Oh my goodness!

[datzi4ka]

I wish I can have just about the same difficulties,pls!!!:)))

[sefo68]

difficulty on high notes? i don't think so

[minnie888444]

She has difficulty on high notes.

[operaclassicc]

she doesnt have difficulties but she howl ,because she has a very closed voice

[datzi4ka]

actually you have difficulty of thinking,have you!?!?!?!?!she's soooo good,that she can eat you alive!!!LISTEN!!!!

[rayuela23]

Very well said!!!

[operaclassicc]

hahahah you make me laugh you are an ingnorant that doesnt know what does it means howl in operistic language(this scares me ) !For your information i love obraztsova and for me she is fantastic the best contralto , cause she is a contralto and not mezzo but how can i explain to you this ........ i dont know

[Ronsat]

She still makes the hairs on the back on neck stand on end when I hear this. I was lucky enough to see her perform this role at Covent Garden.

[eternauta72]

Grande la Obraztsova!! la mejor Azucena de todas!! fijense po9r favor que mal que esta la cossotto en esta version de Trovatore... sino pueden verla en youtube, busquelan en dvd...

Verdi - Il Trovatore / Bonisolli, Plowright, Zancanaro, Cossotto, Washington, Giovaninetti, Verona Opera (1985)

si la consiguen, van a ver el papelon que hace Cossotto en ese rol a la casi misma edad de la Obratzsova...

[drdre333]

Far better here than in a "Stride" clip I just saw. Interesting too, as that clip was in a production, and here she's just with orchestra. Her interpretation is far more convincing.

[Kavaradossi]

Super!!!

[543johnson]

When I first heard Obraztsova I thought she did have a deep, powerful mezzo. When I saw her as Santuzza in the "Cavalleria" movie, I think she's a good actress, too. I'd like to get some of her recordings and videos.

[marokt]

I always loved Obraztsova. I keep feeling that she had ode more chamber in her voicve than all the other mezzos.

[leahannah]

Wonderful.

Who's the director?

[trumansf]

conductor u mean?

[leahannah]

yes the conductor; sorry!

[craigpross]

It's Sergiu Comissiona

:)

[PakoChile]

Well in Spanish is Director and in Italian is Direttore... so what's the trouble