Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson- Je vais mourir-Les Troyens-2003

[Labienus]

I also saw her live for the first time in Les Troyens-an opera I adore. I was so stunned by her performance that it literally changed my life. The applause for her here and the end of the scene was one of the great ovations I've ever heard-I stayed in NY to see her again a few days later in the radio/matinee-is that where this is from? She was also a superb actress, a real stage creature, and created a total character through voice and acting I heard her maybe 6x more before her tragic death

[adesiana2]

Everything she did stands out. Could anyone put a recording of her Waldtaube in Gurre-lieder on YT?

[luisamiller81]

thank you so much for posting this! I first became acquainted with Ms Hunt Lieberson's gifts when I went and saw Troyens at the Met in 2003. I remember Olga Borodina canceled and there was much talk as to who they would engage to sing Didon. I was introduced to Ms Hunt Lieberson in this production and I was so sad to learn of her passing a few years after this triumph. These clips are a great service to those not fortunate enough to have heard her instrument yet. 

[voltore1]

Beautiful. More plangent that Janet Baker's hair raisingly intense version but just as valid.

[basenjidiva]

Such a warm, luscious timbre! Beautiful and compelling rendition of this aria!