Marilyn Horne - Judgement Scene 'A lui vivo, la tomba!' 2/2

[OperaMystery80]

Marilyn Horn was immensely talented in the mezzo repertoire; her bel canto pairings with Joan Sutherland are magical; her Rossini & Bellini were unmatched in the 60's & 70's during her career. She experimented with repertoire that wasn't suited to her voice: Baroque, Wagner and Verdi. She can sing Verdi decently but Amneris calls for a dramatic mezzo with more thrust and a "darker" sound. Compare with Rita Gorr, Shirley Verrett, Grace Bumbry and Dolora Zajick, all of them were great Amneris

[DonPaolissimo]

I adore Ms. Horne, but she is out of her league here & in other ventures into Verdi, such as Eboli!

[Sadiesexy]

Love!

[egyboy67]

Who is the Ramfis???? He is incredible.... Horne, needless to say, is amazing.

[latinlov88]

@egyboy67 Ramis was the great Bonaldo Giaiotti

[lantis323f]

povera disgraziata! O_O

[mm9913]

Horne, always the pro, never oversang or dissapointed. Thanks for posting.

[BeauTenor]

@mm9913 I agree completely. of course, she never HAD to oversing...her voice was built like a TANK, and it was VERY big.

[operamusicfan]

Who was the Radames? I know Price was the Aida.

[LadyArmide]

Plácido Domingo

[operamusicfan]

Wow, what a cast. Thank you.