Pilar Lorengar as Donna Elvira "Mi tradi" from Don Giovanni

[modi944]

I saw her at her Met debut in the early sixtes. I believe it was Don Giovanni. She sang her arias in German. Her voice was beautiful, large and very vibrant. Her voice as she approached the higher range became more and more intensely focused and was of a great great purity of tone. She was a truly great artist and sang with tremendous ardor and commitment.

[2001donnie]

Marvelous. Takes me back to my early days as an opera lover in the period of wide eared discovery. Back in circa 1968 I hear her sing in Faust with Alfredo Kraus in Philadelphia. She was magical as her thrilling voice floated out to the audience with that gorgeous throb and purity of pitch. She is among the all time greats.

[Minervas1968]

Ay, mi grandísima Pilar Lorengar...Incluso en alemán, está maravillosa...¡Graciasssss!

[promptersbox]

Stunning.

[Lindow]

This is sung in German. I believe it's from the same production at the Deutsche Oper Berlin of which there are other clips on here.

[rokbe4u]

Tankks you for posting P. Lorengar.

[igotplentyonuttin]

Seems not sung in Italian. Perhaps German?

[Vincenzo2010an]

@igotplentyonuttin it is in german,yes.

[eyh201]

Who was the conductor in this performance?

[Minervas1968]

Ferenc Fricsay

[Johnny1206]

Her voice is absolutely stunning!

[sschimel]

When I was about 14 or 15, I discovered opera and the first record my mother baught me whan I decided I wanted to become a singer was Le Nozze di Figaro with Theresa Stich-Randall, Rita Streich, and Pilar Lorengar as Cherubino. Amazing record.

[vitellia]

She sounds like Susanna or Sophie who grew super powerful,  so perfectly focused. I think I would've almost confused her with Schwartzkopf. I bet she would be even greater as Donna Anna.

[agathosj]

Great voice, great singer.

[hillevifan]

Could you please post her Ah Fuggi il Traditor (or whatever it is in German :) )

[xgianpatrick]

slow tempo, but wonderful voice!If you like her, try to find Wagner "Dich, teure Halle" (and Korngold Die Tote Stadt) on LP. WOWWOWOWOW! The bloom on the voice is snipped on the Grandi Voci cd remaster, though. Then...my favorite Butterfly duet...with Fritz Wunderlich live in Munich in German. I'm not a huge Butterfly fan, but it is absolutely ravishing...two of the most beautiful, sensitve, and yet powerful voices on record.

[blakemooney]

It's said that Mozart loved several women who sounded like Pilar when they sang. How they gleaned this from what is written by others about their voices and performances and his marriage to the sister of one such soprano, I don't know but I will agree since Lorengar is not only beautiful but her voice is amazingly enduring. Tragically, she left us much too early, somewhat like Mozart himself who loved women who could sing. Thanks for posting this.

[ariodante76]

I love Pilar Lorengar. We lost this vibrant artist too early. If you don't already own it, you should buy her two-disc Decca recital on CD. Among the many highlights are the Arabella/Zdenka duet (with no less than Arleen Auger), and Rusalka's Hymn to the Moon. Divine!

[gransasso101]

I hate it in German but she's a great singer

[wenarto]

i love Pilar...can someone post her "espana vengo" (concert) into youtube? thanks

[GABYCONSTANZA]

thank you. i loved her as elsa too. she really had did have a beautiful "timbre"

[erin129]

I agree, GABYCONSTANZA. her Elsa was simply stunning. My first Wagner recording ever was the Lohengrin (excerpts) with Pilar as Elsa, and I have never heard anyone come even close to her interpretation of the Dream (in my opinion, of course).

[ipbezdomny]

this is what heaven sounds like.

[JDOopera76]

awesome, gorgeous voice! :)

[altanotte]

Gorgeous! Passionate without being strident and out of control. The conducting was too slow and fussy however, and it was to her credit as a great singer that she pulled this off brilliantly. Thanks, and more Lorengar please!

[lungdoc]

Thanks you again Onegin. Lorengar had what I always thought was the most beautiful "timbre" of the all great sopranos. Even in German she can't help but to sound gorgeous. The slow tempo must have been a killer for the singer!