M. Caballe & F. Corelli "Spectacular End" Don Carlo 72

[Englishtenor2]

Isn't this how everyone would sing it if they could?

[TheWisemonkey8]

Ah... 4:51 ... opera legend!

[alexandrevlad37]

Bien cantado por supuesto, pero este final con la nota larga.......de muy  muy mal gusto..............

[OLIVCHEN77]

Its not written- but who cares....When you have high notes-and the situation allowed it- then DO it.

Now we have mostly "Water & Soap" artits which can't do this kind of stunts anymore.

But- this is like Callas Eflat inAida, or Sutherland in Olympia!

BRAVA BRAVA E ANCORA BRAVA

PS: She did that in Verona 1969 too-

[luiscar89]

@OLIVCHEN77 Oh yes Olivchen77 you got it right. I don't give a fu... if this note was never written on the score, at least it brought a lot of emotion to the performance. It's kind of frustrating to see all those modern singers (Anna Netrebko, Violeta Urmana, Juan Diego Flórez and all that bunch of mediatic soap opera singers) boring me to the bone. I remembeer what Leyla Gencer said a couple of years: "gli americani vogliono una musica d'acqua e sapone"

[luiscar89]

@OLIVCHEN77 She was so divinely right. No offenses, but one houndred of this soap opera singers/water and soap don't even bring a 25% of the emotion that one of those retired opera singers used to bring just standing on stage without all those ridiculous mannerisms so fashionable. Water and soap singers bypassed the fact opera is about THE voice.

[OLIVCHEN77]

@luiscar89 ABOSLUTELY RIGHT! Greetings from Constance

[montsyblackmadonna]

I keep coming back to this every single week since it was posted in 2007.This singing is a thing of wonderment,beyond words can express,you just have to listen,and be transported.

Montserrat Caballe is the voice of the ages.I believe even if we could go back and listen to every great singer since atlantis,we would never find her equal much less anyone who could surpass her.

[LuigiScattagomazza]

M. Caballe - has no equal. 

[leugim1961]

ella ha sido la mas grande, ha podido hacer lo que hicieron otras que no han podido hacer lo que ha hecho ella. La historia la pondrá en su sitio.

[donniedarkoYT]

Haunting

[dsenRuskin]

To correct my previous post, this was not the night of the ripped costumes. I quote Corelli's biography, Prince of Tenors: "... a hysterical Corelli bumped into (Caballe) backstage right before Tu, che la vanita. Blinded by stage fright, as he passed, his elbow punched her in the stomach, leaving her dizzy. Her anger at Franco's outrageous and unapologetic behavior gave fire to her aria...inspired her to hold her floating, conclusive note of the opera a little longer than normal...Revenge!"

[Orfeus80]

I think that's just a story to make a biography interesting... besides Caballe held the final note for the same length on other Don Carlo performances. Verona 1969 and Barcelona 1971 to name a couple.

[clashguy]

This taught us that it's better not to mess with la Caballé !! :-)

thanks dsenRuskin for the anecdote

[dsenRuskin]

Is this the performance following the attempted sabotage against Caballe documented in both Corelli's and Caballe's biographies. Corelli's wife was suspected in the incident, in which Caballe's costumes and wig were hacked to pieces just hours before the performance. Some say she held that note as a way of saying, "I will prevail!" And she did! Love her to pieces!

[malfada22]

I was at this performance. Here piananissmos were unbelivable. Ehs made your knees week.  Corelli was also fantastic and gorgeous

[VictorExinLife]

Dios Mio!!!!!!!!....es el final mas asombroso que jamas he escuchado. Pasa por encima de loscantantes, la orquesta, y si quisiera terminaba ella sola la Opera. INCREIBLE.....que lastima que no oir nunca un final de Pace, Pace Mio Dio como este, seria casi milagroso.

[Pywacket2]

What lungs she has. How does she sustain that note, full-throttle for what? 15-20 seconds?

[supermen26zg]

THE BEST SOPRANO OF 20ct,!

[TheWisemonkey8]

oh yes... she was. What a couple Corelli and Caballe make. What a sound... 4:53

makes me smile every time.

[ubedajils]

Bravissimi!!

[leontyne2]

Again, Madame Caballe shows us how the voice is everthing in opera. No one singing today can come close to her glory!

[calaf75]

yes, you're completely right!

[paulostroff99]

Spectacular! Caballe and Corelli-two of the very finest ever! Bravo! Brava! TY.

[oprah22]

whats the aria called

[Joeleole]

Ma Lassu ci Verdremo

[MisterSoprano]

Caballe - the one and only!

[svaljr]

Caballe soars unto heavenly highs with Corelli's earthy ardor. Baautifully paired. For the Gods, for the Gods!

[superdooperstupor]

Spectacular, iindeed. Elisabetta would have been a good role fro Leontyne, too. She recorded the aria, but that's all so far as I know. You are a treasure trove for opera fans. As always, Bravo Onegin.! (There's an opera that bears your name--

composed by some Russian guy.)

[alexis7845]

Oh boy... He 'probably' knew that already when he was choosing his nickname :-)

And BTW, that 'Russian guy' was Piotr Tchaikovsky... :-)

[lochness11]

One word--Corelli!

[amneris54]

yessssssss

[oprah22]

superb only monsti can hold those notes

[cozmin1984]

thank you grig035!

[hchristopher1]

My God what breath control she has. . . .

[Qonsbg]

Bravo Caballe! Nobody can do it betther than you in this role.

[aragall77]

Nobody!

[cozmin1984]

who is il frate?

[grig035]

Paul Plishka

[grig035]

Bad threading here, I'm afraid:

cozmin1984 had asked "who is il frate?" Well, it was Paul Plishka here, but although I posted my initial reply as a direct reply to cozmin1984's query, it got posted as the start of a brand new thread instead. Not sure why. Bad gremlins on YouTube, apparently. Anyway, full cast here (order of vocal appearance): Caballe, Corelli, Siepi, Macurdy, Plishka. Molinari-Pradelli conducts.

[HU1914]

This is incredible singing from these two giants in opera.

Listen to this duet just posted a few days ago of Leona Mitchell & Luis Lima.

[bloydaage]

I dont have any problems with such an ending in that kind of opera. This is just fantastic!

[yes4albert]

Amen. Isn't this the kind of thing we live for?

Turn me out...make me jump out of my seat. Give me something to remember the rest of my life.  Caballe gave it.

[montsyblackmaddona]

Montserrat Caballe is the most beautiful Elisabetta ever!To say that she has the voice of an angel,is just not adequate enough.Her voice is that of a goddess.

[leugim1961]

Sra Caballé, tendrá usted todos los defectos que se dice, ya se que no vocaliza bien etc etc pero ha conseguido lo que ninguna otra y es hacer algo irrepetibe, sublime e inigualable por nadie en muchas ocasiones. Respiraciones asombrosas, pianisimos y filados esquisitos, y mas y mas. La historia le hará justicia. Gracias.

[noncondition]

La historia ya le ha hecho justicia a la más grnade entre las grandes. Extraordinario comentario el suyo. Muchas gracias Montserrat, muchas gracias a Vd.

[leugim1961]

Gracias a ti tambien noncondition. Tengo absoluta admiracion por la voz de Caballé y pienso lo que decía en mi comentario, cantará mejor o peor que otras pero ha hecho cosas que las otras no han podido hacer nunca gracias a tener unas dotes extraordinarias y a haber estudiado mucho, es una señora que ha estado horas y horas en archivos estudiando.Tuve el placer de conocerla personalmente y es una mujer extraordinaria y con un amor por la musica inimaginable. Un saludo

[gyorgy11]

Agree completely. My voice teacher used to call Caballe a "bag of tricks"--but they were tricks such as no one else ever produced, some of the most memorable operatic moments. And here paired with Corelli, the tenor who (along with the immortal Bjoerling) has produced more otherworldly effects from the tenor voice than anyone else. Saludos a Uds. los dos.

[noncondition]

My God.

[arturovilla02]

two monsters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pywacket2]

Caballe holds a note at triple forte for 16 seconds. One of the wonders of the world. Brava! Bravissima!

[tenorismo]

No one like Him today . " Eh La Voce di Carlo Eh Carlo quinto , Mio  Padre".

[dessayfan]

Di solito non mi piacciono le gigionate vocali, ma qui resto a bocca aperta: il si naturale finale è elettrizzante!

[oprah22]

what is this aria called?

[kngiht84]

E dessa!...Un detto

[oprah22]

Holderlin = hater

[cleanears]

Magnificent! Franco = the best Don Carlo EVER!!! At that time there was Bergonzi, Labo' and Bjoerling's legend was living on... What great stuff we had back then!

[Houndentenor1998]

How wonderful someone remembers Labo.  I saw him in Turandot in 1966.

Bergonzi was great as Ramdames among so many other Verdi roles.

[wolfgang731]

Is it over-indulgent? You bet it is. Is it spectacular? You're damn straight it is! Who cares about the snobbery of purists? This is about theatre and drama and in those 20 seconds, Caballe creates a tableau that is unparalleled in its vocal power and musical intensity. In this role Caballe was unmatched. To this day, she remains my favorite soprano if not my favorite singer. Corelli is Corelli and like Caballe, his was unequaled in what he did best.

[Houndentenor1998]

Great comments from you!!!!

[Ruffiello]

Un!@#$ing believable! Thank you.

[MarquisDePosa53]

My fav opera with my fav Don Carlo. Hard to believe this was among his last dozen or so live performances. He went on to do a few more Cavardossis, a few Macduffs (his choice to everyones surprise), a couple more Calefs, a few Don Joses, a Gounud's few Romeos and a couple of Rudolfos. A Polione was planned at the Met in 75 but he opted out and that wrapped an extraodinary career. Yet from this recording we can hear that he was in fine voice on April 22 1972, his final Don Carlo

[Holderlin]

From 4:54 to 5:08. 14 seconds. Not so great: it´s not such a long time and it´s not such a high note. Her Lassu in ciel was a lot more amazing.

[haranoe]

@Holderlin 4:53 if you really want to be precise. 15 full secs.

[Amapola1964]

Does anyone know if a clip of the Verone 1969 Don Carlo when she first performed that amazing virtuoso feat exists?

[Pywacket2]

@haranoe Depends on your clock. :-) I say 16.

[Pywacket2]

I just counted. It's 20 seconds. Amazing.

[Pywacket2]

Actually, she's holding it for nearly 20 seconds. Talk about gifts.

[Pywacket2]

Only Caballe could hold that final note, triple forte, for what seems likes minutes. Stupenda, indeed!

[dessayfan]

Stupenda: cos'è quell'acuto infinito che tiene alla fine! Davvero incredibile!

[KILLERADVICE]

Almost incredible, yes !

[WiseMonki]

i could not agree more... it is miraculus!!!

Kindest regards,

[marioj34]

Corelli was the sensuality even in its song, solar, absolutely splendid. As for Caballe, it is absolutely single and does not have any rival in this role...

[baritolo]

Divina Caballe, soprattutto qui.

[yes4albert]

When I hear Elisabetta's music in my head, I only hear Caballe. She was sublime in this role.

[DOMITILLO1968]

Fab voice but where is the speech sound gone?.....I can't understand a word she sais....

[Dymension]

Dear, this is singing, not straight theater! The glory is in the music the composer composed to delineate the text...

[DOMITILLO1968]

Allow me to disagree. under no circumstances should a singer comrpomise speech/music sounds. Listen carefully to Corelli how more sublimily the text accompany the music...Most librettos are great works of art!!

[Dymension]

Absolutely, but the tenor voice and soprano voice are worlds apart. A tenor sings in the range in which he speaks. A soprano sings at least an octave higher than her speaking voice. Have you ever noticed that in Turandot, the leap to the B natural "Quel Grido", Birgit Nilsson never pronounced the

"grrr"? It was always "Quel ido"... This is about pedagogy..

[andrecueca]

i can understand everything she sais....i don´t see what people are complainting...

[Dymension]

I'm certainly not complaining. I love anything this woman does...

[BeauTenor]

I agree. In theory, one should sing as they speak. However, I always felt that was just a tool to encourage a singer to use the most natural, unmanufactured vocal production possible. From a strictly pedagogical standpoint, there are places in the voice where the vocal production is going to supersede the text in order to be sure the placement is correct. You're not going to close down a consonant up high and ruin your placement; it's too hard to get it back up there and keep the line.

[55patri]

Me gusta más el Don Carlo de Montserrat con Domingo

[andrecueca]

could anyone help me telling me the name of the duet? thank you

[xafnndapp]

"Ma lassu' ci vedremo in un mondo migliore"

[andrecueca]

thank you very much

[andrecueca]

thank you very much

[andrecueca]

she is sublime here....great

[twlldinbachdel]

Thank You. All I can say for sharing all this wonderfull singing.

[drdre333]

THIS is what opera is all about. There's an element of Diva-ism to be sure, but this is thrilling stuff, and works dramatically too. This is how people get excited about the operatic art! Great singers doing some great singing. Thanks for bringing this to YouTube!

[kngiht84]

Very well said, Caballe is one of a few+genuine bel canto singers who can sustain a note this long while still keeping the smoothness of that note itself. I'm sad that there are, indeed, very few people who can understand and appreciate what you have written.

[drdre333]

Thanks

[janejones11]

The sustained B natural raises the hairs on the back of my neck. One of the most exciting things I've ever heard!! Before the note, Caballe's voice sounds exquisitely delicate and limpid. This is some of the most gorgeous singing, I've ever heard from her. Corelli is far from his best, but he is as dedicated as usual.

[chubblove]

She was amazing, i think it is quite remarkable to be able to do that.

[motardbear15]

The is "no" more "one" Corelli today , and of course NO " more " Caballé !! Imagine Corelli today ......with the Video , etc.....

[billyguns2]

The greatest Elisabetta in the history of the opera, and the greatest tenor who ever lived in one of the greatest pieces of music ever composed from one of the greatest operas ever conceived!

[63Attila]

That is why it is called GRAND OPERA!!!!! BRAVA

[timopragod]

and this is LIVE folks! No studio tricks. people can say what they like about her, but she knew how her voice worked and how to make the most of the moment. Gone are the days!

[63Attila]

In fact there is another live performance with the same spectacular ending. Viva Caballe !!!!!!

[VivaMariaCallas]

True purists would cringe at this, but who cares about what they think?! 15 seconds!

[osvaldito55]

Who would cringe at this? This is verdian singing of the highest order. Two great artists.

[VivaMariaCallas]

Well, you know, some dislike any sort of prolonged high notes, interpolations, etc.

[haranoe]

@VivaMariaCallas Yeah, but if they really appreciated opera and fine music and singing that much, they wouldn't like Verdi at all in the first place.

[olgamarga]

La ópera es una de las grandes y Montserrat...

está bravíssima.

[LadyArmide]

Breathtaking!

[Pawobrat]

OMG the very end hight note is AMAZING!!