Aprile Millo "Le vergine degli angeli" La forza del destino

[pabloscara]

Per il mio gusto, esagera troppo con il tremulo, ricorso che non si dovrebbe utlizzare in tutto il brano.

[enriquecross267]

@pabloscara per il tuo gusto? Ce ne?

[pabloscara]

@enriquecross267 Non capisco cosa vuoi dire. Forse scrivendo con un po' di ortografia si potrebbe anche decifrare il tuo pensiero...

[acitipo]

MUY BIEN PERO MUUUY BIEN CANTADO !!!!

FANTASTICAMENTE CANTADO!!!!!!

[acitipo]

Muy bien, pero muuuuy bien cantado FANTASTICA!!!!!!!

[tebaldicallas]

Tebaldi taught Millo how to sing La Forza in Italy. Millo love Tebaldi she is her idol.

[tenorman123]

Amazing!!!



[beritopera1]

how divine BRAVO!!!!!

[georgerannie]

I just love Aprile--BRAVA.

[miuzefreak]

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VOICE ON EARTH

[boland7214]

SUBLIME!...THANK YOU MISS APRILE MILO!

[TreblesBasses]

BRAVA!!!

[DerKaiserOe]

Great performance! But the choir should learn the Italian pronunciation, this one sounds so an "English" one.. the soprano instead is brilliant.

[jaiba12]

My favorite!!!! thank you maestraa!!

[Anna99820]

belle

[tenorisimo1975]

Fantastica!!! Brava!

[montsyblackmadonna]

The most beautiful rendition since Montserrat Caballe !

[uncletibs]

and the pin dropped

[venetianformula]

Sublime! Non posso dire altro.

[1mezzosop]

This one made me cry!Magninicent!

[halavey]

Brava, my favorite also, Millo forever!

[robertdonkers]

In the eighties the Met soprano but what happened? Why did she not sustain her career at that level? She is so wonderful

[w7md]

She was scheduled to sing Leonora in La Forza at the Met in the 1996 season. The production was cancelled because of problems with the tenor learning the role. She was very unhappy with the management's decison and said so publicly. She wanted to do La Forza in NY. Ponselle whom she adores had premiered it with Caruso at the Met and Leontyne Price got to do it. Aprile Millo, as THE Verdi soprano of a generation, should have had the opportunity but probably will not.

[ezayi]

BELLÍSSIMA!

[amatopera]

A deeply moving, big voiced interpretation. Vibrato is a matter of taste. She has it, but so what - her voice is still great.

[fernandobicudo]

Wonderful singing !!!

[thornolie]

I am and always will be a die hard Millo fan! Her voice is like chocolate! Brava Millo!

[ciociosan]

BRAVA!

[pearlmuth3]

Not only on par but usually above all.

[palcofunesto]

a really beautiful of this most sacred music. the opera is transfigured in this scene and never looks back. how perfect this voice for this role.

[Anchetu]

great great artist on a par with any who have ever sung.

brava Millo.

[emmatoth]

Great artist!

Tears in my eyes!

Love U Aprile!

[oden60]

Brava Millo.Sublime!!

[pearlmuth3]

Yes, she acted fine here in the 05' Tosca in spite of Bartoletti going very very slow with the tempo that made Neil Shicoff hold on forever and the reviews where really pretty good, Millo, Ramey and Shicoff three big voices who did Puccini well.

[pearlmuth3]

Andante-- they all crack on occasion even Bjorling one of the greatest lyric tenors who ever walked on stage and I heard it and on his last complete opera studio recording he slightly cracked on the final high C in the butterfly recording, end of duet but it was a good C and they left it in the recording he was sick with heart disease at the time anyhow. How about talking about her many great performances over the years without any negatives after a compliment? Checkout premiere opera pod cast

[pearlmuth3]

Thanks we all know how great she is and some people just cannot stand it, strange I went through it with some crazy guy who actually impersonated me by using my you tube name by adding a letter and writing nasty comments about her IN MY NAME! He was then banned when I complained -- he hated Muzio and called Zinka Ugly. Jerrodo was one of his many names. So many crazies on you tube but now I don't get upset. Thanks for your reply.

[pearlmuth3]

Millo started very young singing heavy roles Aida at age 23 is very young for that part Lucky you heard her in 82 I heard her in 05 in Tosca and she was still singing very well but had a bad cold and sang over it anyhow. She has sung for a long time now and has that old school Italian sound and style I love so who cares what she does with her hands I go for voice. I heard Lopardo do Onegin on the radio and thought it was OK but then I heard him in the house and his sound was really much better

[Betcha22]

Millo sang Aida young but always well spaced. She is signing gloriously today as a mature voice that is the authentic Italian exponent of today. Do not be bullied by this freak Andante who is trolling ALL of her videos to tell us how much he and his assassin critics know so much. Yeah right.....NOT!

[MuscleMikal]

Aprile Millo and Arleen Auger, though worlds apart in quality and repetoire sung, are the only two singers I've ever seen who go to some spiritual realm when they sing. Auger always had this serenity about her when she sang, and alas, she is with the angels now.

Millo completely loses herself in the music. I often hear criticism of Millo's "over the top" acting, but remember, she is emoting for a huge theater and the acting has to be larger than life to be effective.

[marioj34]

Sublime. But what awaits the studios to make him record again certain integrals? rather what to water us insipid "stars"? I love you Aprile!

[Iareto]

I've not been able to get enough of Millo since the first time I heard her sing (the video that was up of her singing in Il Pirata). What a sound!! Gorgeous voice!!

[FoggyRoad81]

She's always a bit flat isn't she? Great sound though. This music is deceptively hard.

[Anchetu]

The first G is slightly under, first singing of the night, the rest is dead on. Must we always troll her videos to put her down? She is fabulous.

[bonanplu]

she is out of tone and she breaths when she wishes.

No foggyRoad81, her voice never had much sound.

[EnriqueCross]

hello Moreno, or whatever troll name you use to spit the same cr&p. she sounds great here. BYE<

[courtneybaritone01]

Let's start with this flat chorus! OMG! EEEEk

[wenarto]

she is ultimately sublime in Verdi's operas. Bravissima La Divina Millo.  5 Million stars.

[Andante735]

She's also a very nice lady. We were neighbors for a time, and I enjoyed our little chats, and her quirky, jovial personality. I''ve always been impressed by the voice, and slightly disappointed that it didn't develop into a more "specifically Millo" sound. Not meant as a detracation, I just think she overplays the grand dame persona at times. I shouldn't complain- she's the only singer who has a clue about how Verdi should be sung.

[MusicaParola]

The most gorgeous sound since Tebaldi. Aprile Millo is simply divine. Bravissima!

[BeauTenor]

Now THAT is Italianate singing. What a gorgeous, GORGEOUS voice. Perfect legato line, beautiful color. Just amazing, as usual.

[ellarinn]

Brava cara Aprile Millo! Che spettacolo.....

[mrrk]

A most moving performance. Such a great singer & still so underrated.

[Andante735]

I understand that she and Levine had a bit of a falling out several years back, which practically ended her schedule at the Met. She's been back sporadically, doing second cast performances. Not that Met is anything near what it used to be in my book. Her Liu was the best I've ever heard in the house, and her Aida was a knockout - including the Eflat alla Callas - naughty girl.

[PonselleLover]

If the Met doesn't want her, we want her in Paris, and we offer her first casts, not second ! When I saw her in 1992 in "Ballo", I had to queue up for 18 hours to get tickets and the première was broadcasted on a giant screen on the place de la Bastille, which was full.

[Andante735]

I don't believe they do want her. It looks to me like she's finishing out the performances that she was contracted to do several years ago. While she's the only singer who understands how to interpret Verdi, or make it sound the way it should, I've always hard a difficult time with watching her on stage. Some of the mannerisms and body movements just seem a bit too "grand" and manufactured for my taste, but she does know how to sing.

[PonselleLover]

Maybe you're right about her acting, though it seemed convincing to me when I saw her in Paris. But in this time of shortage of natural spinto voices, can the opera houses afford to ostracize a singer of Millo's caliber, mostly that the recent videos of her on YT show her in a vocal condition that would allow her at least ten more years of staging ! She's only 50 years old !

[Andante735]

Well, I haven't seen her on the stage in quite some time. I believe she's sincere, and truly loves her art. It's not only a shortage of spinto sopranos; we don't have any. If we do and they're worth noticing, I'll be very surprised. The only concern I have about her is the top of the voice. It was often problematic even back in the 80's, and I heard her crack on several occasions. That's not a dig, it's an observation. It's just interesting that she had that Eflat to hurl out in Aida.

[PonselleLover]

Right, the shortage is general. Or when I come across a good one - Tarachenko (a tenor) in "The Queen of Spade", Gordei in Turandot... - it's always in such a turn over of Eastern Republics singers, that I'm sure not to hear him or her again and it is so frustrating that I don't go to Bastille anymore. As regards Millo's top, having seen her only once on stage and known her only on records for the rest, of course, I never heard her crack. Great spinto 's top is often the weaker part of their

[PonselleLover]

voice : Milanov and Tebaldi's high tones were often screamed; even Ponselle's were straight and narrow. I think we have no other option than retreat to our records and listen with nostalgy the gods and goddesses of the past !

[Andante735]

I didn't mean to suggest that she "cracks" on a regular basis, or that there's a serious vocal defiency. I starting see her in the late 80's when she initially burst onto the scence. Her Liu was the most outstanding I've heard since Freni or Price, and her Aida was outstanding at that time also.

[PonselleLover]

Ah, ok. You're a happy man to have seen her in these roles and maybe more. I'd have liked so much to hear both her Leonora, her Aida... Some viewers evoke her "large vibrato", even a "wobble"... It never seemed obvious to me. Anyway, it's nice to speak peacefully with lyricophiles like you. On some Zampieri videos I've seen this afternoon, Italians are insulting one another. How pityful !

[Andante735]

I'm glad I had the chance to hear her in those roles. Just for the record, she does not have a wobble. Her vibrato may have gotten a bit "wider", but that's often the case as a singer ages - not that she's old. She never had a wobble. Well, I'm Italian, and I won't deny I can get pretty insulting, but usually it's for the right reasons:)).

[PonselleLover]

It must be in the italian boiling character IoI But I'm a latin too - I'm french. I happened to have some harsh controverses, once with Frank Lopardo himself who's for me the emblema of the decadence of the current tenors with his backward placed and throaty emission and who, according to me, should never have run a worldclass career, but it remained polite. Zampieri's - or Millo's - haters can criticize them if they want, but in a courteous way.

[Andante735]

Italians tend to be passionate about life, and when it comes to Opera, it's especially important to us because it comes from us really. Anway, I don't really know much about Lopardo or Zampieri - I've never listened or paid attention to them.

Nice to have frenchman around:)

[EnriqueCross]

I disagree with you. I love her acting on stage. Tis is opera and it is grand. You really are a piece of work, going to all her videos and spewing "informed" bile. Your taste are suspect when you troll there hon.

[Andante735]

So you feel entitled to misinterpret and manipulate what people write? Do you not see all the comments I've written here complimenting and defending her? Where is the so called trolling? Show it to me- where is it? It's not there, not one unreasonable comment. What exactly is your agenda?

[EnriqueCross]

Giving out YOUR address saying you are a neighbor is out of line/ Telling people who write they think she is as great as Ponselle, which is THEIR right if they feel it, while you chastise them in numerous videos.....tellign them they are worng and you know critics and bla bla, no one cares. Smells like troll in fact IS a troll.

[Andante735]

Just two things. I never said 6 years ago, I said for 6 years - 1985 - 1990. Also, I gave out my address, not hers. If you're having a good time referring to me as a troll and a liar, by all means go right ahead and continue. It's not going to keep me from coming here and discussing my opinions. It's no reflection on me ultimately, and over time will only appear like your creating a distraction and an embarrassment for yourself.

[EnriqueCross]

you said you are neighbors or best, were. I have notified Youtube. of your spamming her videos. You will disappear from her videos. She has a few trolls, who repeat over and over their little views of singing. By all means,.the idiot never weighs his words and spews them copiously. BY your answers, you sir reveal yourself a fool. Shhhh. Millo is singing.

[Andante735]

It can't be any other than pure insecurity on your part that any suggestion that she might somehow have a flaw is grounds for banishment; well, things don't work that way here or in the music world. I've never seen so much emotional immaturity in all of my life. I'm so done with this it's ridiculous. Just move on and enjoy life.