Beverly Hoch was the very first Classical Music Singer I bought on my own. I was always exposed to Opera and Art song from a very young age because my Mother was a Singer of Classical Music who also owned a great record collection, but I discovered Beverly on my own. I see people here lamenting about why she is not famous. My guess is that she is probably a very sweet and gentle person in a world where your audience is as cut throat as your peers. So glad I am able to enjoy her here on youtube.
This is wonderful... just delicious joy in the art of singing - others ask why Ms Hoch is not more famous and I suspect the answer is a sad one. Too many modern opera pundits dismiss this ravishing charming signing as "canary or bird like " and favour singers who grimace choke and "Act" their way through music. I am all for a bit of acting but it is so very refreshing to find a voice and artist who is happy to take us back to the world of Galli Curci and Tetrazinni - thank you for sharing this
Finally! I found my colaratura heroine! I used to have a recording of her which got lost and I pined for it, but thanks to Youtube I can hear her again, she is phenomenal.
You must remember that this is a fundamentally different voice than both Gruberova's and Sutherland's. Also, Sutherland never sang this aria, so a comparison can't really be made.
She' s perfectt!!! it's a pitty that she doesn't record more CDs! When I listen her i remember the old great coloraturas, like Mady Mesplé and Rita Streich
Thak you so much for posting this. I haven't heard this for years, since someone stole my beloved Hoch cassette. Her voice is a marvel, a triumph of technique and beautiful natural tone.
She once did a concert in Holland for television singing scarlatti and handel, must have been in the early to mid 80ties. a programme called "young people of the concert platform". She was really outstanding, strange she did not become a bigger star.
I have her as the Queen and she is spectacular. It's a perfectly produced voice, no labor, no bad habits. She's a wonderful singer, and all LCs should watch and listen to her.
The best tribute I can make to the glorious Art of Madam Hoch is to compare her with Maria Barrientos.
I spoke today with a colleague of hers, and she happens to be a very kind, charming and elegant person too. The issue is that today, the taste of the public is in decay. They want to hear strain and effort in a voice,with neurotic,hysteric interpretations. They don't respect true Maestria which has to do with balance and craftmanship. And not with screaming ones guts out. Anyways, BIG BRAVA!!!
How very true, senaforever! I keep repeating the same thing, but I blame recording companies a lot. Money money money! Quick quick quick! I am always pleased to know there are people that value true artists, and not just pretty faces on CD sleeves.
Now THAT was just nothing short of mind blowing!!!I am willing to bet that Proch was on his knees and the audience ,on its feet! Brava Beverly Hoch, I salute you!
She's the soprano on what I think is the best Carmina Burana recording: Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony with Hoch, Mark Oswald and..... (I forget the tenor).
This is very close to vocal perfection applying to a ... certain kind of music !...
But what is most amazing (to me) is that this... certain kind of music still continues being TRUE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, with interpreters reaching this wonderful level of quality...
Incidentally, a charming lovely Lady, too, isn't she ?
Apart from HEMPEL or TETRAZZINI, or Lily PONS, does anybody remember Miliza KORJUS too ? (musically speaking rather far behind Beverly KOCH as far as I can judge)
There are moments in this recording which bring to mind the marvelous recordings of this piece made by Frieda Hempel, in particular the attention given to lovely, caressing vowel sounds and the seemingly effortless, exhilarating top. More please!
This performance will not replace the brilliant recordings of the song by Galli-Curci and Tetrazzini, but it reveals a pleasing tone and great technique. Pons also made a fine recording of the piece.
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!I never heard of her before - she is a total WOW. Such clarity in her runs and beautiful bell like tones - a total delight. Thank you, coloraturafan for introducing so many of us to another hidden star.
Great! Nice to see a pure coloratura voice properly used, and not abused. Loved having the flutist up there with her....I've always wanted to do that!
This is pretty much some of the most AMAZING singing I've ever heard...by ANYONE. Even if she had omitted the high A-flat. Her trills and runs are out of this world and her tone is sweet as honey. Absolutely WONDERFUL! Why she wasn't more famous is honestly beyond me. Her Nightingale is wonderful as well.
OMG! I have her cd and I can't believe the range, precision and agility of her voice. I almost thought she doesn't exist! Seeing her sing live amazes me even more! Bravo!!!
She's such fun! I've got her CD with the Hong Kong orchestra, but she only sings two of the variations there. I'm so happy to see all three of them here. Thank you ever so much!
A lovely voice, impeccable technique, and a great trill. She came along when her type of voice and limited repertoire were not much in demand; she also had to compete with better known and more established coloraturas. There's much more to enjoy than the A flat above high C. Unlike the Callas recording (astonishing as it is), Hoch sings with great clarity and joy. I believe she's teaching in Texas. A great, but ignored artist.
i ve got 27 version of mozart ,queen of the night but my favorite one is the one she sing with the berlin philarmonic orchestra .....what a voice
madkangooroo 5 days ago
Amazing! Wow ....... such technique, such high notes .... a virtuosic display of coloratrura at its most breathy-taking!
hayyu2008 1 week ago
She is g and never heard of her until here...
Schtofenbach 3 weeks ago
Un air à "cocottes" assumé comme tel; et avec quel brio! ((les piqués sont bluffant de précision et de célérité!)
BEVER29 3 weeks ago
at times she looks like Bartoli
thomastmwc 9 months ago
this is a gem, oh my FUCKING gosh!!!
pardon my French / pardonez mon anglais (in order to do the French justice...)
thomastmwc 9 months ago
Beverly Hoch was the very first Classical Music Singer I bought on my own. I was always exposed to Opera and Art song from a very young age because my Mother was a Singer of Classical Music who also owned a great record collection, but I discovered Beverly on my own. I see people here lamenting about why she is not famous. My guess is that she is probably a very sweet and gentle person in a world where your audience is as cut throat as your peers. So glad I am able to enjoy her here on youtube.
susuemikado 1 year ago
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@susuemikado completely agree with you: she is probably a very sweet and gentle person in a world where your audience is as cut throat as your peers.
This is exactly what I have been thinking and couldn't express with words.
verdinfishy 1 year ago
amazing! how is she not more famous?
gustopheles 1 year ago
I don't think I have ever heard such high notes executed so effortlessly or so delightfully playful!!!! Perfection!!!
flowersings 1 year ago
This is wonderful... just delicious joy in the art of singing - others ask why Ms Hoch is not more famous and I suspect the answer is a sad one. Too many modern opera pundits dismiss this ravishing charming signing as "canary or bird like " and favour singers who grimace choke and "Act" their way through music. I am all for a bit of acting but it is so very refreshing to find a voice and artist who is happy to take us back to the world of Galli Curci and Tetrazinni - thank you for sharing this
hugothebear 1 year ago
hey can we have it again without the applause cut short! i could applaud the wonderful Ms Hoch forever.
jd7x7jd 1 year ago
Finally! I found my colaratura heroine! I used to have a recording of her which got lost and I pined for it, but thanks to Youtube I can hear her again, she is phenomenal.
lornabegbie 1 year ago
she is even better tuned than the flute... LOL!
gadella1985 1 year ago
Madam Hoch is one of the greatest singers EVER. Even at Galli-Curci's-Melba's-Tetrazzini's time she would reign as their equal.
Thanks for sharing, and thank you Madam for the inspiration.
SENAFOREVER 1 year ago
When she hit that A-flat above high C, I just TEARED! Who is this woman and why is she not much better known!
morindhe 1 year ago
WOW!!!!!!!!!
I've never heard coloratura like this!
scargo1013 1 year ago
There is an album called The Art of the Coloratura with the Hong Kong Symphony
and Beverly. It's stunning
CovenantChildrenInc 1 year ago
Génial ! Elle s'amuse, nous amuse, et arrive même à rendre cet air expressif.
512gontran 1 year ago
WTF!?!!HIGH G#?!?!
Webarton 1 year ago
Pity her very bad Italian diction, but....who cares, she is very good!
xafnndapp 1 year ago
incredible singing..I just love her!!!
verdiago1 2 years ago
Ke mostro di bravura!!!! Non conoscevo quest'aria... che cos'è???
helendonath 2 years ago
Mi ricorda Galvany, la sua coloratura non è aspirato.
coryisawake 2 years ago
Wow!!!!!!!! Coloratura!!!
I Like soooooo much!
His voice is like Roberta Peters, but is soo mature. Where is she nowdays?
uuuuuuuu i listen and cannont stop relisten, rsrs
yurib 2 years ago
@yurib Hoch's production was superior.
Webarton 1 year ago
Brava! Bravissima!
What time is this record?
Remember me Galli Cursi! But his voice is more dark.
yurib 2 years ago
her voice is like a instrument
ionutz1791 2 years ago 8
I am stupified!! WHAT a STUNNING performance THAT was!!!!!! Brava , Brava Brava and Brava again!!!!!!!!
petelovesbevsills 2 years ago 3
this is un_____believable...I'm dumbfounded
TheTetrazzinifan 2 years ago 2
holy shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TheTetrazzinifan 2 years ago
BRAVA!!!!!!!!!!!!
doremicde 2 years ago 2
I love it!!! Much better than Gruberova or Sutherland. Now I will listen to Galvany and Tetrazzini.
wattever333 2 years ago
You must remember that this is a fundamentally different voice than both Gruberova's and Sutherland's. Also, Sutherland never sang this aria, so a comparison can't really be made.
operamagnus 2 years ago
your comments are so boring, so unimaginative.
wattever333 2 years ago
And also very accurate and to the point. And, they have content. Why do I have to be imaginative to say what I just said in that comment?
operamagnus 2 years ago
She does difficult things so easily!
otfried 2 years ago 2
GREAT! What an agility!
mariokalogeropoulos 2 years ago 2
MERVEILLEUSE
LAPOUGEODE19 2 years ago
Very good, but in some part a bit too metalic for my taste. Try Dessay and Gruberova.
MisterSoprano 2 years ago
WOW!!! Bravissimo !!!
gramana 2 years ago
This actually leaves you speechless - that coloratura, those trills!!!!!!! Brava!!!!!!
7inga7 2 years ago
Golly, what a marvelous voice and technique. I've forgotten all about her, Thank you!
7inga7 2 years ago
Love it, if people perform what they really master, so agil and alive. To me it sounds in best Lily Pons style, so of course it stands for itself.
schattensand 2 years ago
veramente notevole... un perfetto controllo vocale, ottima tecnica e musicalità! davvero stupefacente!!!
istrion89 2 years ago
I´m IMPRESSED
nicotinette 2 years ago
SUBLIME!
ditoxy 2 years ago
She' s perfectt!!! it's a pitty that she doesn't record more CDs! When I listen her i remember the old great coloraturas, like Mady Mesplé and Rita Streich
khothye 3 years ago
Thak you so much for posting this. I haven't heard this for years, since someone stole my beloved Hoch cassette. Her voice is a marvel, a triumph of technique and beautiful natural tone.
butagirluk 3 years ago
She once did a concert in Holland for television singing scarlatti and handel, must have been in the early to mid 80ties. a programme called "young people of the concert platform". She was really outstanding, strange she did not become a bigger star.
robertdonkers 3 years ago
I'm dead. I'M DEAD! Listen to that staccato technique! Her speed is jaw-dropping, and the SOL-SHARP IN ALT!!!! SUSTAINED!
forallyouknow 3 years ago 5
I was fortunate to find a copy of the CD after having bought the LP in London when I was on tour in '87!
She is a GODDESS - I ADORE HER!
Her precision and placement blow me away!
Continued good health & prayers for you Ms. Hoch - a cancer survivor like my mother.
operadude32 3 years ago
Could not agree more. Its so crisp and exact.. she sounds like a flute.. superb
khykhy 2 years ago
I have her as the Queen and she is spectacular. It's a perfectly produced voice, no labor, no bad habits. She's a wonderful singer, and all LCs should watch and listen to her.
susanreneewa 3 years ago
The best tribute I can make to the glorious Art of Madam Hoch is to compare her with Maria Barrientos.
I spoke today with a colleague of hers, and she happens to be a very kind, charming and elegant person too. The issue is that today, the taste of the public is in decay. They want to hear strain and effort in a voice,with neurotic,hysteric interpretations. They don't respect true Maestria which has to do with balance and craftmanship. And not with screaming ones guts out. Anyways, BIG BRAVA!!!
SENAFOREVER 3 years ago 3
OMG, finally a voice of reason!
trrill 3 years ago 3
Thank you. And many youngsters like me tend to get fed up with new Dessay-like "pompierisme".
SENAFOREVER 3 years ago
maria barrientos ??
comey717 3 years ago
How very true, senaforever! I keep repeating the same thing, but I blame recording companies a lot. Money money money! Quick quick quick! I am always pleased to know there are people that value true artists, and not just pretty faces on CD sleeves.
sevoflurane 3 years ago 3
;-)
SENAFOREVER 3 years ago
@sevoflurane but beverly hoch is also beautiful on this video!
jd7x7jd 1 year ago
AMAZING!! Perfect soubrette.
babydrane 3 years ago
shes not a soubrette
comey717 3 years ago
She cant be a soubrette. Since she has an extension to coloratura
mariagalvany 3 years ago
Now THAT was just nothing short of mind blowing!!!I am willing to bet that Proch was on his knees and the audience ,on its feet! Brava Beverly Hoch, I salute you!
petelovesbevsills 3 years ago
She is simply amazing....:D I also love her interpretation of Alabiev's "Russian Nightingale "
ylink88 3 years ago 3
Amazing, and so easy, is she actually doing any work to get the notes and sounds?
KEAHUGHES 3 years ago
yes, amazing
222Opera 3 years ago
Holy mother of God!!!
This woman is a FREAK OF NATURE?!?!?
Why in the HELL did I not know about her before?!?!
gypzyjz 3 years ago
She's the soprano on what I think is the best Carmina Burana recording: Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony with Hoch, Mark Oswald and..... (I forget the tenor).
hermanzoon 3 years ago
This is amazing!
Like it more then Dessays version.
Wonderfull, and clear.
Pitty La Stupenda never sang it...:(
andreasscholl 3 years ago
This is very close to vocal perfection applying to a ... certain kind of music !...
But what is most amazing (to me) is that this... certain kind of music still continues being TRUE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, with interpreters reaching this wonderful level of quality...
Incidentally, a charming lovely Lady, too, isn't she ?
Apart from HEMPEL or TETRAZZINI, or Lily PONS, does anybody remember Miliza KORJUS too ? (musically speaking rather far behind Beverly KOCH as far as I can judge)
Myfriend1313 3 years ago
There are moments in this recording which bring to mind the marvelous recordings of this piece made by Frieda Hempel, in particular the attention given to lovely, caressing vowel sounds and the seemingly effortless, exhilarating top. More please!
4caeruleus 3 years ago
A wonderful post ... thanks
midas45 3 years ago
Amazing, I can't find any other words at the moment.
eelco67 3 years ago
...Holy crap...(in the goodway)...All I gotta say!...hahahaha. I wanna hear it again...
magicmonkichi 3 years ago
This performance will not replace the brilliant recordings of the song by Galli-Curci and Tetrazzini, but it reveals a pleasing tone and great technique. Pons also made a fine recording of the piece.
meltzerboy 3 years ago
I have her cd with this song on it, but it's even more incredible SEEING it!!!
bryantrains1958 3 years ago
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!I never heard of her before - she is a total WOW. Such clarity in her runs and beautiful bell like tones - a total delight. Thank you, coloraturafan for introducing so many of us to another hidden star.
cantorandopera 3 years ago
Great! Nice to see a pure coloratura voice properly used, and not abused. Loved having the flutist up there with her....I've always wanted to do that!
RossiniSoprano 3 years ago
10 e lode!!!
youfeda 3 years ago
This is pretty much some of the most AMAZING singing I've ever heard...by ANYONE. Even if she had omitted the high A-flat. Her trills and runs are out of this world and her tone is sweet as honey. Absolutely WONDERFUL! Why she wasn't more famous is honestly beyond me. Her Nightingale is wonderful as well.
Iareto 3 years ago 9
@Iareto high A-flat???
thomastmwc 9 months ago
I have the CD she made years ago with the Hong Kong orchestra. It's full of great singing.
What ever happened to her?
mrrk 3 years ago
This is almost pure coloratura singing.
Brava Mrs Hoch!
PopoliDiTessalia 3 years ago
Kudos to you coloraturafan for great finds like this! More power!
chrissalanguit 3 years ago
OMG! I have her cd and I can't believe the range, precision and agility of her voice. I almost thought she doesn't exist! Seeing her sing live amazes me even more! Bravo!!!
chrissalanguit 3 years ago
What a lovely voice. There's something joyfull and effortless in her singing. It's been a while since a singer surprised me so much.
Orfeus80 3 years ago 2
Conclusion: She is not human!
LuisTavinho 3 years ago 2
She's such fun! I've got her CD with the Hong Kong orchestra, but she only sings two of the variations there. I'm so happy to see all three of them here. Thank you ever so much!
augustovalenca 3 years ago
A lovely voice, impeccable technique, and a great trill. She came along when her type of voice and limited repertoire were not much in demand; she also had to compete with better known and more established coloraturas. There's much more to enjoy than the A flat above high C. Unlike the Callas recording (astonishing as it is), Hoch sings with great clarity and joy. I believe she's teaching in Texas. A great, but ignored artist.
osvaldito55 3 years ago 2
Hell yeah! Lol, I think that's my automatic reaction when viewing this video, she really was an amazing singer - more Hoch please!!!
nectenorboi09 3 years ago
do you have more of Ms Hoch's video? A wonderful but ignored artist.
lumosmaxima 3 years ago