June Anderson - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (1991) - sextet

[intelegentable]

I was impressed by June Anderson. I thought she had a good instrument that she used well and that was flexible, strong and interesting. I did think she was influenced a bit by Sutherland but had enough of a unique quality to stand out. Her Lucia was good as was her Semiramide, Gilda and Traviata. She was wonderful in Concert with Alfredo Kraus and I value that recording. alas faded away quickly but quite enjoyable while the voice obeyed. Where is she now? Teaching?

[sulekk]

Que voces...esto es musica para los 5 sentidos ..... gracias dios por permitir escuchar esto

[allanaki]

Pavarotti: sguaiato e dozzinale e con quella caramella in bocca fa davvero schifo. Cappuccilli : nonostante sia l'ombra di se stesso, è sempre una signora voce.. la Anderson : gusto vecchio, voce vecchia e sempre "da sotto", sembra un disco che gira male.

[2gther4ever]

Absolutely wonderful. The great voices of opera past! Thanks for posting...

[USoeyadi]

FANTASTIC

[martapoes]

not my alltime favorit, but pavarotti, WHAT a voice.....effortless!

[Baritone23]

@martapoes: effortless is rite. What it must feel like to know that the voice is going to work for you however u want it 2. Marvelous Pavarotti

[MastersoftheOpera]

@ MrMike5 & Fiddlemaster: Pavarotti was a notorious womanizer. Read detailed biographies/accounts of his life. He slept with other women - married or single - and was unfaithful during his marriage. His last girlfriend was years younger than him! He had a huge libido. Domingo, too, by many accounts. O those bad boy tenors! Just like every other man!

[MrMrmike5]

ahhh thanks for sharing?

[MrMrmike5]

3:53 the guy reaches for pavarottis hand and pavarotti avoids it

[Fiddlemaster56]

Wow he really does. I think he was just trying to applaud them more to compliment the group and he wasn't done....

....or perhaps he slept with Pavarotti's wife.

[MrMrmike5]

lol

[rossmcl177]

He avoids Capucilli's hand because he is applauding them. It's a generous gesture.

[MrMrmike5]

yeah i know its just funny

[babydrane]

Not liking June here at all. Wider than usual vibrato and sounds tired. Incidentally, she sounds like she's trying to be Sutherland. That's a kick!

[pagliacci7]

Just wonderful !

[iavorpatril]

Luciano e Piero - due grandi indimenticabili maestri!

[salcitra]

sublime

[LPortillo]

Ive seen several performances of Lucia Sextet (Di Lammermoor) but I have to say thet this is one of the best, not just Pavarotti is great but the Sopranos voice is perfect.

[sebreathnach]

Bravo!

[qawwi]

I love this piece, but it isn't the same without Moe, Larry, and Curly!

[captainredneck1983]

That's all you could think of too, eh?

[rexxcarz]

I also think of "the boys" with this piece, but between goofball live acts, and Bugs Bunny cartoons, a whole LOT of kids got introduced to major classical music that might have otherwise been overlooked. My mom used to have her Caruso records playing all the time when we would come home from grade school, and I developed a LOVE for Italian Opera that I relish today. I don't know what they are singing about, but the music is SO huge and complex, the voices so grand...nothing today comes close.

[rossmcl177]

It does help if you know what they are singing about though..... This is at a wedding - the blond woman has just been forced by the old guy (her brother) to marry someone she doesnt love. (the young bearded guy). Her real lover (Pavarotti) suddenly appears and denounces her. The black woman is her friend and the young slim guy is the priest. The action stops and they all sing about how they are feeling. It's awesome. :)

[josemiguel95]

@rossmcl177 Congratulations, on my opinion this is the only way to enjoy opera. If you don't understand what they are saying, there is no way to enjoy.

[rossmcl177]

thanks jose. :) I dont know if its the ONLY way but yes theres no doubt it enhances the experience.

People who dont speak the language of a particular opera may not know this, but most opera DVDs have subtitles - and most live performances have a screen with the English translation. And opera CDs usually come with booklets where you can follow the plot in up to 4 different languages! So if you love the music, go on - get the full experience. :)

[josemiguel95]

Yes, you are right. Maybe I exagerated when I said this was the ONLY way to enjoy it. At least I can say I have learned a lot everytime I buy a new opera CD with the booklet, so I can read the words. I can give you many examples, like the tragedy of Canio in Pagliacci, or the touching Vissi d'arte of the second act of Tosca, or the beautiful Di provenza il mare, il suol of La Traviata. Thank you for your reply. Greetings from Mexico.

[BenAliGtor]

@qawwi It was a Shemp, not a Curley, feature.

[moffies]

Alguien tiene la letra de es ta cancion POR FAVOR

[tedeschi11]

PIERO,PIERO,PIERO E SOLO PIERO

[longfoot]

This aria is opera's grandest moment.

[moffies]

Estos Parecen Angeles cantando Que Voces

[loveluciano1]

bravo luciano, you are the best never mind what some people say. i love you and forever.

[grubiforever]

pieroooo pierooo per sempre! grande baritono!!

[eurotastavins]

APOTÈSIC ¡¡

[1JTW]

Fabulous performance! cwecub's comment is quite disgusting!

[petie32]

Pretty good performance; done as a concert piece rather than in the middle of an opera. Luciano had to throttle back a bunch or he'd have blown the rest out of the hall.

[Agorante]

Huh? I heard Pavarotti and Cappuccilli live at Paris Opera about the time this video was made. I well remember the easy size of Cappuccilli's voice but not Pavarotti's. Pavarotti didn't have a monster size voice like Atlantov, or King, or Corelli. It was plenty big enough for his appropriate repertoire but nothing special. He was a quality not quantity singer.

[whnew]

Shirley Verrett's slightly husky but rich voice adds worlds to the tone color of this sextet.

[AristonMenHudor]

I see and hear nothing on this stage but Donizetti, the last truly great composer of the Opera. (Please don't argue with me... "non est disputandum", perche ho ragione.)

He put the beauty of his own soul into a sextet.

Why can others only ever see celebrities?

Art has nothing to do with celebrities.

All of you need to learn this.

[frldgf]

Dude, you say don't argue with me but by your train of thought your basically condemning verdi, puccini, even rossini if you're going by date of death. And that's just a few. I won't argue with you but I just want to be clear.

[fabriou]

all bravo singers...but nobody of them is great!

[adremoid]

obviously it is impossible to hace an alla stars sextet, mostly in Reggio Emilia which is not the Met.

[runbambirun]

Just wish Pavarotti would stop chewing gum in public.

[Mamasan41]

There is absolute GOLD on YouTube!!! Thank you so much!

[nickbigd]

it may be this clip - i have this on vhs and dvd and can hear the voices much more clearly. the whole concert is pretty good - good lucia/"verrano a te" duet b/w june and pavarotti.

[tklogan11809]

poor Anderson, totally drowned by this horrible orchestra. Great cast though, bravo Luciano, brava Verrett, and brava Dame June Anderland! and last but not least, bravo Gaetano!

[corasmino]

Drums are terribly out of time, for two times!

[ilmaestro18]

I know it sounds wrong, but it's actually in the score on both occasions for the drums to come on the downbeat the bar before you're used to hearing them. I also thought that this was a mistake until I heard at least a couple of other recordings with the same thing.