Birgit Nilsson "In questa reggia" from Turandot

[garam21th]

미친 잘하네

[nanai16951]

Divina!

[Fredderickism]

I love this woman's voice, never heard nothing like it.

[baritonobelcantista]

LA MEJOR TURANDOT... HE DICHO!!! BRAVA BIRGIT

[Serinia4melodic]

i hate dramatic voices but hers and very few others are beautiful. a real gem. her voice is huge but also beautiful. now we only have huge and very ugly voices..

[MrTommasocastello]

assolutamente la migliore del suo tempo!!!!

[pega17pl]

diference between Nilsson and Callas at e.g. Turandot: Nilsson sings with same power, same forced emotions, same volume her voice is able to generate like Callas but without this shrill overtone we call at German "gellend"

[mariusfelix]

@pega17pl So, nennen wir den "gellend"? Den schrillen Oberton der Callas? Wir...auf deutsch? Ich nicht...."gellend" nenne ich nur das Gerede der youtube-Experten...

[XmusicalXdramaXgirlX]

Who was the tenor?

[rdeccp44]

The great Nilsson was spectacular as Turandot, and her voice was

the largest one I ever heard live. No one else could even begin to compare to her

in that regard, either male or female...

[smlly990]

Wow!!! Makes me tear up so beautiful and so powerful!!!!

[sihebbsampo]

Absolute exceptional!

[trschaefer]

One gets the feeling that the vocal demands of the role are not even a concern for Nilsson. Such a voice!!

[juju1305]

love it. Nilsson was an incredible singer. Her tone is so sharp and powerful. Ideal for this role.

[allanaki]

I HAVE SOME ORIGINAL PLAYBILLS 28X38 CM OF TURANDOT FROM TEATRO ALLA SCALA WITH BIRGIT NILSSON TO SELL DATED 1970. IS ANYBODY INTERESTED ?

[houghtonga]

Be carefull judging singers of this era unless you were lucky enough to have heard them live. Recording technology could barely cope with higher register of the dramatic saprano voice - eg the Solti ring was recorded at 3 paces from the mic during high notes. Nilsson was disastisfied with the limitations of the technology of her era and felt that with her expansive top the overtones in her high voice were lost due to the loss of volume. The true Nilsson and Flagstad voices were not preserved.

[angryjalapeno]

@houghtonga, I envy all those who heard her live.

[FloriaTosca90]

Grande interpretazione di entrambi! Giusto qualche incertezza di pronuncia

[FrancescaHuemer]

you're born with a voice like this. you can't create it.

[ALEXISVASSILIEV]

C 'est sublime... Et basta! AV

[billyflynn2]

Take note today's opera 'singers'. 

[MrRichardfkessler]

She owns it like no other singer before or since. She is a force of nature all her own.

[munequitodeebano1]

NO one has achieved and will never achieve to sing Turandot like NILSSON.

[Webarton]

I would of loved to see Nilsson and Pavarotti in there younger years.

[senilangakali]

LOL...the dialect Queen has disappeared...!

[Gerardeus]

@Shanniquitie: ¿Tienes al menos la más mínima idea de qué es el papel de Turandot? Para tu información TURANDOT NO ES BEL CANTO, es una ópera DRAMÁTICA, como lo son las obras de Verdi, y por su puesto, Wagner.

¡No vengas con ese tipo de comentarios si no sabes dónde estás parado, por Dios!

[egymagyar1111111]

who is Calaf? would you post his name deserves it, pls, thanks

[phil2u]

@egymagyar1111111 Gianfranco Cecchele; he was superbe.

[canzonettasullaria]

Gianfranco Cecchele

[tjallew]

@egymagyar1111111

lucky La Nilsson Hade Maistro Correli the one and only to do thise

Dimitrova was not that lucky she destroid the tenor's completly

by'e the way New York Time's wrote it took 3 Tristan to survive one

Isolde as Las Nilsson

[yodavidnavarro]

Don't try to fighr cause I don't like Wagner that much. But Turandot requires more power and endurance  than any other italian opera.

Bel canto great? Off course! There's no other period in music than 19th century italian opera.

[betulo2008]

Sin duda la mejor Turandot . Que agudos tan seguros e impresionantes y sobretodo da todo el carácter que pide el personaje.

[yodavidnavarro]

I think both (Dimitrova & Nilsson) were great singers with many outstanding qualities and a few weaknesses too. Birgit was a great wagnerian soprano and Ghena an awesome italian opera singer. But Turandot is an Italian opera that requires wagnerian power. So judging who's superior is a matter of taste. I think they were both great Turandots!

[TheLanilsson]

The one and only Turandot! She set the standards and no one has achived that level yet....

[s99jonte]

The ultimate Turandot

[belcunto]

she's looking superb for fifty... thank you for the music, Madame Nilsson

[rhapsodyaaa]

que agudos tam impresionantes

[dermotafan]

Callas, Nilson, Dimitrova the best in this role, in my opinion.

[Royalorgans]

Callas, Nilsson and Sutherland are the best. in my opinion

[Webarton]

I wouldn't say Callas ever was even in the same ball park as those other 2.

[troppofiato]

All these RAI performances were pre-recorded and the singers lip-synched during the filming. Although Nilsson is certainly better than most at this, there is still something phony about it. Operatic singing is such a physical act that when they are not really singing it doesn't look natural. The singing on the soundtrack is fantastic nevertheless.

[Mamasan41]

Do wish you could post the entire aria, no cut offs!!!!! THANK YOU for this! WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[bugsbunny66]

God bless her!

She is Awesome!

I agree she can't be beat in Turandot.

She once said that Isolde made her famous but Turandot made her very wealthy!

[VivaMariaCallas]

No one can touch her in this kind of repertoire....

[izifit1]

Encore une fois Birgit Nilsson nous éblouis par la maitrise de sa technique vocale. Un must de l'opéra

[billjhyt]

A spirited response which does not need to questioned by others. She touched me deeply too.

[plmbx]

On nearly every video I watch of really good singers, there are invariably arguments in the comments section of who was better than who. Is there nothing else to say? Look at the big picture, people! Must we have a grand heirarchy of singing and then beat other people down when they disagree? It's a terrible tendency among lovers of classical music in general. We are FAR too critical.

[oceans80]

Leontyne Price said something along the lines that the voice such a personal thing that its fans also take it personally, too much so. I agree, but would add tha for some reason female singers more than male singers enjoy (or suffer) the consquences.... every diva seems to have her armies of defenders, and attackers.

[AOG93]

I agree. I think there is not ONE best, and we shouldn't look for it. That's not what art is about.

[mcknighty11]

She has such a forward piercing sound! I just love it, she is definitely the Chuck Norris of opera

[moghedien13]

Amazing!!!! We are lucky to be able to count this interpretation among all the other great ones.

[Drelnis]

Of course, though I adore Sutherland (and basically own almost all recordings of) her Bel Canto roles, her Turandot (which I also own a recording of) is kind of weak. The interpretation was perfect though, very thoroughly thought out, but the voice is just not as sharp and not as clear and forwardly projected as of course, Nilsson, Turner, Marton, or Jones.

Anyone heard of Casolla? She's quite good too, but not as explosive as Nilsson, she'll always be the dream standard Turandot.

[Royalorgans]

The Best were Birgit Nilsson, Eva Turner and Joan Sutherland. Jones was good to but had to much of a wobble.

[fballiache]

So when somebody doesn't think like you do he must be on drugs or stupid?

Love your way of discussion.

By the way I had the privilege of seeing both LIVE. Something I'm not sure Royalorgans or tenor200 did. By the way, Price, Tebaldi and Flagstad didn't sing Turandot and sure you heard the others only in records.

[Royalorgans]

and by the way, Tebaldi and Price has a recording of this.

[Royalorgans]

Birgit Nilsson is superb on this aria

[fballiache]

great, but Dimitrova tops all

[vocede]

Ihre Stimme erscheint mir für Turandot nicht ideal, weil sie zu hell klingt. Sie ist deshalb eher für das deutsche Fach geeignet. Für das italienische Fach fehlen ihr dunkel weiche Klanganteile und somit Volumen aus der Nasenrachenraumresonanz. Das erreicht man nur mit einer ganz bestimmten Technik.

[Caredhel]

I don't know--I find that the "metal" suits the character, no? Though it's nicer to hear a richer, darker timbre with Puccini's orchestration. But hey--she got a LOT of work singing Turandot.

[Royalorgans]

Birgit Nilsson and Joan Sutherland is the best Truandots

[AngelaEdenMoser]

I bow down...

[mozzrt]

Get the recording from 'Die Walkure" 1959 Philharmonia orchestra with Nilsson and Hans Hotter. There you will find singing that blows you out of your window...Nilsson is at her absolute prime there. Her high notes are unbelievable.

[anastasiaravelli]

e' migliore.....

[voncarmelo]

Unica !!!! Che voce, che tecnica!!! Superba!!!

[tenor220]

you're life will so totally never be the same again (Y). once you've discover the almighty Nilsson theres no going back.

[Brunildilla]

She was one of the best Turandot of the History of the opera.

She said once "Isolda made me famous, Turandot made me rich"

[ketillflatnefur]

and this from a farm girl who came from nothing and who was told she was not opera material by her first teacher who didn't teach her a thing and who suffered tuberculosis which almost ended any dream of ever opening her mouth in public.

[aims19742003]

Super!

[cantanteporsiempre]

woooo she looks amazing and with those nails!!

[rrgallo]

Was this an onstage performance?????

[leomaruli]

LOL, I did that too back in my college days! Except my roommates played dead metal and I blasted them back with Tebaldi's Turandot...

[pianinofortepian]

Die beste Turandot!Super Diva!

[Marroiamaxu]

Nothing compares to DIMITROVA...SORRY

[cornificius22vain]

who's the tenor?

[AulicExclusiva]

Gianfranco Cecchele.

[revwalsh]

WOW! Goose bumps abound. I have seen several productions of Turandot both live and telecasts as it is one of my favorites of Puccini. This aria always makes me jump out of my seat and cry. Literally! I just wish I would have had the priviledge to see Ms. Nilsson perform it as she clearly owns this role and absolutely no one does it better.

[Gigglingatagas]

OMG. I just peed a little. On top of the MOST sensational vocal rendering of this most infamous of beastly arias, the NAILS!!!!!!!

I couldn't imagine a Turandot I'd rather experience. The top of the voice is, simply put, unbelievable - like bolts of molten steel.

Other singers make me feel anxious during this aria (is she going to make it?!), but with Nilsson, there is NEVER a doubt. Supremely impressive.

[Operanut9]

My first trip to the Bayreuth Festival, I heard Nilsson outside the house singing Isolda. She is without peer in so many roles.A true marvel of nature and a noble human being.

[CherryBlossomskt]

Double Damn! speachless

[Royalorgans]

Queen of turandot

[Trackstar2000]

No one should have that much power. That is amazing.

[discipulo4ever]

NO ONE LIKE HER for this role. Her voice cut thru everything. You may need to be carefull if see it live since may come out bledding LOL. The ease that she has singing this no one has. In orther to produce this kind of sound you have to be superb. This tenor sound great since I don't know any other than Corelli that could be heard on her side in this role. Bravissima!!!!!!!!!

[tayneshia]

Flawless...

[marchesano]

The ruling Turandot of her time and greatest performing Turandot ever. Simply spectacular. I have never seen this performance before. Lovely.

[ortego11]

Brava, Nilsson, bravaaa!

[GermanOperaSinger]

The only Calaf who could make himself heard next to Nilsson on the C was Franco Corelli.

[OettingerCroat]

when those two sang together, the opera house SHOOK!

and i'm serious when I say you could hear Corelli outside of the opera house, let alone BOTH of them

[BariTenoreDram]

he is cecchele not corelli :D

[OettingerCroat]

I'm very well aware of this...

[wotanman]

The vocal definition of FIERCE.

[canzonettasullaria]

WOW! What a voice! Breathtaking!

[hwhap13]

Unreal!

Best voice ever!. Hands down...

[colibri1953]

Awesome. Perfect.

[longwoka]

Flawless performance... She's just the perfect Turandot.

[owenboi66]

It looks like the set of Flash Gordon - which I guess makes her Mrs Ming. With singing like this, who cares!

[Ludwig5554]

Resurected Birgit?

[birgitnilsson]

The production was hideous. One of my glorious performances, though...

[birgitnilsson]

Thanks a lot, Onegin65! The production was hideous. Nevertheless, it was one of my great performances.

[Greatfan]

After her Isoldes at Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, and minutes before taking a plane to Peru for a 4 days holidays in 1971 Nilsson chatted with her fans. She told us that she loathed this video. Miss Wallmann did not know how to do opera in television ! " was her comment. I guess she loathed her unbecoming make up. She looks almost satanic. BUT THE BEST TURANDOT, of course !

[MrCafiero]

Dear GOD, who can do this aria like this? God made her for this!

[yfrankliao1]

Incredible! Thanks so much for sharing this classic performance!