Karita Mattila - Manon Lescaut - In quelle trine morbide

[MegaVivi75]

Fantástico.

[musoph21]

i actually prefer her version than to callas...

[sebreathnach]

Too bloody bourgeois! She is much too loved, too comfortable by half, to feel the frost of love lost. Give me a Callas any day, the wounded deer with the mostest! This isn't an aria, but a hymn to the secular condition of very finite love...

[Rephrat]

Callas died many years ago. Matilla is 48 years old and STILL singing like heaven,not fulling around with tycoons and jet sets guys.

[Sarrettronni]

This is perfection! What a beautifu,l shimmering, effortless instrument she has! Brava!

[Canuckoperafan]

Love the gleam in her top notes! I think she is better here than on the telecast yesterday. The voice now is still beautiful, but not quite as full and rich as it is here.

[jeanhenley]

Mattila was fabulous today in HD, though perhaps this aria was not as memorable as this video clip. The energy in her, the movement, the restlessness, the foolishness, and the consistently superb singing. A true joy.

[kazakhman52]

Tomorrow, live from the Met in your local cinema..... Karita will sing Manon Lescaut

I simply cannot wait

[htshoward]

She sounds quite good here. That B-flat was effortless. I cannot wait to see her in HD live from the met in a local theatre. Nice!

[Timishead]

Gabba02 where can I get a DVD or a copy of this?

huge fan!

[gualtrapa66]

please, it's possible to find this DVD

[Gigglingatagas]

I think Mattila's decidedly "blonde" voice suits the jungendlich dramatische/spinto soprano rep perfectly; Senta, Chrysothemis, Manon Lescaut, Jenufa. She's better than 95% of singers today, in my opinion.

[Dymension]

This is in 1999. She doesn't sound so good right now...

[gvjps123]

She sounds better here than she did from the broadcast of this opera from San Francisco where imo, she was in poor voice. Her low notes are quite weak for someone who sings such heavy repitoire.

[CONTESTAR]

I hear no weakness in this performance. Actuaally I am completely impressed!

There are lots of "scepticals" if this is an italian sound...

Well, what is an "italian sound!?" This is beautiful by any means... I dont want to hear louder low notes here. It would not be tasteful...

[Lflennoy]

She did a great performance of this in Chicago at the Lyric Opera. I was so glad to have been abel to see and hear her in this role. She takes it to the Met soon.