She screams SEXUAL ALLURE!!! A tiger on heat. Check out the rack on her. Apart from Isola Jones in the Rigoletto quartet- she has the best assets in opera- not a bad thing! Ahem yes...AMAZING performance! Fantastic
i heard in in recital, front row at carnegie hall, she had converted so to speak to soprano and it was a great performanc, but I never really understood why she made the change, If I had to pick a year, I would guess it was around 78. great post. thanks
God, I just love EVERYTHING she does with her voice, and her singing, acting, interpretation, artistry, etc.!!! She was truly beautiful -- how can anyone not fall in love w/ her? Her technique and voice is just awesome. I dont' want to hear anyone criticizing her. Tell me of any singer of her caliber nowadays? What a gift to the opera world! Thank you!
Her complete Dalila performances were recorded later in her career when her shifts in and out of chest voice were more problematic. In this clip (in her 1970s prime), her control of the register change is fantasti!. She is not afraid of using chest voice, but manages to moves through the changes without losing any of the vocal line or legato. Many singers are afraid of using chest voice, but Verret is a master class in how to use all of her vocal registers correctly in a bel canto manner.
Honestly, my favorite singer to this aria was, until now, Marilyn Horne (1979 an 1983 versions, here in You tube). But listening to this, it is impossible to classify Shirley as number one. She has all the sensuality this aria demands: both in the great voice and great body shape and movements. Just a real diva!
Everytime, I'm hearing this interpretation, the Dalila's charm is operating in all my mind and my heart. Like an irresistible whirlwind of shivers and passion which echoes with the call of tendress she's throwing out, with her beautiful voice.
A chaque fois, que j'entends cette interprétation, le charme de Dalila émeut tout mon être. Un tourbillon de frissons et de passions répond à cet appel à la tendresse qui est lancé...
Elena Cernei has greater beauty of voice but is too 'pure', Obraztsova has more passion but is a bit 'raw'. Verrett i9s the perfect combination of feeling, artistry, passion and beauty ov voice. Samson didn't have a chance...
This clip changed my life. I just can't thank you enough, Onegin65! She really was one of the greats!
Not to knock today's artists, but nothing can match the smoldering quality of Verrett's voice in this... I played Garanca singing this first to someone who knows very little about opera, and then played Ms Verrett, it was no contest, hands-down, Verrett just lives out the drama, it's so apparent, every core of her being was just shimmering and smoldering in this!
@rlee1976 it's a shame Garanca physical beauty doesn't match her vocal beauty. I can't listen to anything she sings without complaining about her lack of emotion. Verrett was one of the few who had everything, looks, technique, vocal beauty, and just the right amount of different colours... though who says physical beauty matters? ;)
She was lovely, absolutely lovely, and stunning, and everything that I would ever want to hear from a classical singer. What a beautiful voice and mark on the face of opera!
She is one of the few mezzos I(along with Marilyn Horne) who don't try to overpower the orchestra. She lets Saint-Saens' wonderful accompaniment be heard.
All her youtube Dalila excerpts are amazing, but this one, especially with Shirley a few years younger and soaring up to Samson's "Je t'aime" line... it's unbeatable.
Oh what a sad day it was when she left us, In every role she sang she excelled. She was the best of the best to ever grace the operatic stage. Thank you, Ms. Verrett!
beautiful in every way possible, she was a camera-ready tigress, so beautiful and seductive, I am truly saddened to know that i never got to see this woman in person
This performance is simply unbeatable! Here was an artist that understood what she was singing always, and studied to have the skills to deliver the message. I am blessed to have heard her Neocle at the Met, and will never forget how she transformed into a man for the entire evening....even the curtain calls (which were many),,, We have lost yet another great person and voice. How lucky we are to have these recording! Rest in Peace!
Descanse en paz querida Maestra, la recordaré toda mi vida con mucho amor, gracias por sus enseñanzas, sus abrazos, su sonrisa y sobre todo SU ARTE!!! LA QUIERO MUCHO!!!
Il più grande Mezzosoprano nero del secondo Novecento. Voce inquieta per definizione: interpretò quasi tutti i più grandi ruoli di Mezzosoprano, molti celebri ruoli di Soprano, e addirittura due parti di Contralto: quella, temibile, di Ulrica nel Ballo in maschera, e il ruolo minore (del quale dette un'interpretazione magnifica) di Federica nella Luisa Miller, entrambi incisi per la RCA. Rimarrà per sempre nei nostri cuori!
@WiseMonkey888 Indeed! I'm devastated. Verrett was an iconic and intensely hot singer, a true artist in every sense of the word. Rest in peace. Awake in glory.
This how this aria should be sung! ABSOLUTE PERFECTION! The acting is superb; just enough sex, and just enough 'fuck you bastard and tell me what I want to know!' YOU GO SHIRLEY!!!
10 years after this, her register started to go, as can be heard in the 1981 video of the same aria, from San Fransisco. But here, 1971, she is...I can't find words. No mezzo since Verrett has produced such spectacular notes! Only Stignani in the 40s can - possibly - be compared to her. Small wonder they worshipped her at Covent Garden, but it pains me that she was shrugged off in US when she really was in her prime.
She did a little mistake at the beginning with the first "Verse-moi", she says "Verte".It's easily forgiven because her French diction is impeccable! I really like her rendition of this aria, rich and exotic. She's my second best. The best for me is Maria Callas's.
She can be just marvelous in both soprano and mezzo roles. Beauty, pianissimi, legato, strengh, sensitiveness, chest voice, high notes, interpretation... Thanks god there are only 500 charecters here for this post. I woul be listing 1 million good adjectives to her.
Verrett was one of the greats, period. Gorgeous, elegant, extremely gifted in all aspects of music and theatre. This little clip speaks volumes about the color of her voice, not her face. Yes, her legacy is smaller because of prejudice, but any artist who came on the scene after her can eat her shorts, this is true opera royalty (as she is hitting the A). Simply magnificent. She and Vickers are pure golden lava together.
No rendition equals Verett's rendition of "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix". What class, what elegance, what an actess and what a singer !!! She definitely is Dalila personifed. I don't think anybody can even top that performance...
Oh my God! I have to rave again , what a fantastic, spectacular , glorious voice, so incredible rich and full of warmth and the most amazingly beautiful overtones. Onegin65 thankyou for this. Have Dalila ever been sung like this? She is a miracle.
She is fantastic! What a wonderful glorious 'warm' and rich voice. Horne and Obra are colder and shriller. Sadly in the next decade her two registers falls apart. But in this earlier version she is second to none.
Maravilloso video, que voz, que técnica y que sensualidad...Me siento profundamente conmovida y orgullosa pues tuve la fortuna de ser su alumna en POPI 2003, donde presentó su autobiografía la cual tengo autografiada...Gracias Shirley por tu voz y por compartirnos tus increibles vivencias!
As cek111 commented, I cannot stop the tears. This woman just tears my heart out. Have you heard her Favorita with Alfredo Kraus? If not, it needs to be next on your list.
I have been watching all these BBC Telecast clips of Verrett, Caballe, etc. Thank you BBC for capturing these wonderful artists in their absolute prime. Verrett's singing here is just so breathtaking.
what the fuck shirley verrett, do you really have to be perfect and make all of us pee our pants at the very sound of your voice? jeez, quit being so amazing.
Seriously! She is so good in these clips it kind of takes your breath away and almost makes you uneasey. How is it fricking POSSIBLE for someone to be this stunningly good. I swoon for this woman.
I wonder who got the idiot idea of such a setting and costume: either you do a real scene (with the tenor as well) or you leave all that aside and give Ms Verret a beautiful evening dress to match her superb looks and magnificent singing: she's actress enough not to need all that kitsch to give us the image of sensuos Dalida
Scenografia e costume datati:Verrett elegantissima.Versione memorabile, ma la mia preferita resta quella della Callas, che aveva una sfumatura ferina...
How could someone write such a beautiful melody? And of all the versions I've heard of this aria, I'd say this is the best one. The darkness and richness of her voice are absolutely natural.
Why you gotta call her that? C'mon, man...this woman did so much to command the respect of the world at a time when a black woman wasn't considered to be much. She leaves a shining example, and the only name you got for her is the b-word? Man, you are so sick. It makes us all wonder if we're really going anywhere sometimes.
KaminaOne, you are absolutely correct. Ms Verrett is one of the greatest divas to ever grace the operatic stage. And, she was well knowned and enormously HAILED and CHEERED for her Delilah! Pity on Wotanman!!
Merci à l'internaute qui a mis cette vidéo en ligne ! Tout simplement fabuleux. Tout est là, sensualité, beauté des registres, bref un vrai bonheur. Wahouuuuuuu
i'm right there with you on your feelings about Ms Verrett. Heard here live a number of times - "knocked "em dead in teh aisles every time!" CHeck out here ULRICA in Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" - THE BEST!
The fact that a black mezzo soprano became a opera superstar is important for the following reason: Black opera singers have a harder time making it than their white peers.
Such a beautiful musician, her expressivity is unmatched! And to be able to sing this aria reclined like that! Such support!
operaponies 1 week ago
One of the truly greats...and often undervalued for her fulll greatness. Miss her! Also a truly fine human being.....
gwirgalon 1 month ago in playlist C - Saint-Saens - Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix
God, this is absolutely exquisite singing. She really did have EVERYTHING. Thanks so much for posting it, Onegin65.
ian1856 3 months ago
sin duda, una de las grandes de la centuria, por ejemplo, su Mcbeth con Abbado de deutsche grammophon es una referencia discográfica,
wotancat1 4 months ago
She screams SEXUAL ALLURE!!! A tiger on heat. Check out the rack on her. Apart from Isola Jones in the Rigoletto quartet- she has the best assets in opera- not a bad thing! Ahem yes...AMAZING performance! Fantastic
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Hard to top this. Magnificent.
UncleCharlieOakley 5 months ago
i heard in in recital, front row at carnegie hall, she had converted so to speak to soprano and it was a great performanc, but I never really understood why she made the change, If I had to pick a year, I would guess it was around 78. great post. thanks
operalament 7 months ago
God, I just love EVERYTHING she does with her voice, and her singing, acting, interpretation, artistry, etc.!!! She was truly beautiful -- how can anyone not fall in love w/ her? Her technique and voice is just awesome. I dont' want to hear anyone criticizing her. Tell me of any singer of her caliber nowadays? What a gift to the opera world! Thank you!
ctcrjjs 7 months ago
Her complete Dalila performances were recorded later in her career when her shifts in and out of chest voice were more problematic. In this clip (in her 1970s prime), her control of the register change is fantasti!. She is not afraid of using chest voice, but manages to moves through the changes without losing any of the vocal line or legato. Many singers are afraid of using chest voice, but Verret is a master class in how to use all of her vocal registers correctly in a bel canto manner.
mjmacmtenor 7 months ago 3
rest in peace.
earlofthewest 7 months ago
every contemporary 'mon coeur' I have heard
is so clearly pale in comparison;
flawless beauty, flawless perfection. just to admire
SuperDrew72 7 months ago 3
Amazing i would love to see in person.
dashonta487 8 months ago
Honestly, my favorite singer to this aria was, until now, Marilyn Horne (1979 an 1983 versions, here in You tube). But listening to this, it is impossible to classify Shirley as number one. She has all the sensuality this aria demands: both in the great voice and great body shape and movements. Just a real diva!
Aldolinozinho 9 months ago
Wow!
Allotmenteer2 11 months ago
Everytime, I'm hearing this interpretation, the Dalila's charm is operating in all my mind and my heart. Like an irresistible whirlwind of shivers and passion which echoes with the call of tendress she's throwing out, with her beautiful voice.
Balzac671 11 months ago
A chaque fois, que j'entends cette interprétation, le charme de Dalila émeut tout mon être. Un tourbillon de frissons et de passions répond à cet appel à la tendresse qui est lancé...
Balzac671 11 months ago
Isn't this the best? I can't imagine this sung any better..
joserico282 11 months ago
DEA!
rossanacali 11 months ago
Extraordinary interpretation,and her voice is here at the top!
Juliet0307 1 year ago
All'Opera di Budapest, l'ha cantata Ildikò Komlòsi, il 5 Marzo 2011. Non c'è niente di più bello!!!!
gabiratkai 1 year ago
Quest'aria è semplicemente meravigliosa!!!
gabiratkai 1 year ago
elle est née pour chanter cet air,elle est superbe,merci pour ce souvenir
ininacsot 1 year ago
It's just "right" when she sings.
ace456 1 year ago
Elena Cernei has greater beauty of voice but is too 'pure', Obraztsova has more passion but is a bit 'raw'. Verrett i9s the perfect combination of feeling, artistry, passion and beauty ov voice. Samson didn't have a chance...
mozzrt 1 year ago
This clip changed my life. I just can't thank you enough, Onegin65! She really was one of the greats!
Not to knock today's artists, but nothing can match the smoldering quality of Verrett's voice in this... I played Garanca singing this first to someone who knows very little about opera, and then played Ms Verrett, it was no contest, hands-down, Verrett just lives out the drama, it's so apparent, every core of her being was just shimmering and smoldering in this!
rlee1976 1 year ago 3
@rlee1976 it's a shame Garanca physical beauty doesn't match her vocal beauty. I can't listen to anything she sings without complaining about her lack of emotion. Verrett was one of the few who had everything, looks, technique, vocal beauty, and just the right amount of different colours... though who says physical beauty matters? ;)
dangmills 7 months ago
@dangmills I think Shirley was very sexy in this role and this performance. She was very attractive!
Cantormatis 6 months ago
Brilliant brilliant singing of a beautiful aria. Deep.
sairamnagarajan 1 year ago 2
Here is the Queen of' Egypt, but better.
At par with stellar Callas, a quasar she is, a major, major star.
Talent, dynamics, passion,elegance, volumes of voice, all encompassing stage intelligence.
Prejudice? From where? Why?
Ellevius 1 year ago
Stunning, and so much at ease.
Ellevius 1 year ago 2
This is a very sensuous delivery of this aria.
Very gorgeous.
Ellevius 1 year ago 3
one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard, hands down.
SangpourPlaisir 1 year ago 4
She was lovely, absolutely lovely, and stunning, and everything that I would ever want to hear from a classical singer. What a beautiful voice and mark on the face of opera!
mwdot12 1 year ago 4
She is one of the few mezzos I(along with Marilyn Horne) who don't try to overpower the orchestra. She lets Saint-Saens' wonderful accompaniment be heard.
kentondickerson 1 year ago
An amazing singer! She will be missed!
kosmopolitisch 1 year ago
She gives me goosebumps
vamsari 1 year ago
We will miss you! Wow, I am in shock. I did not know she passed away. RIP.
cincytuckyblk 1 year ago
All her youtube Dalila excerpts are amazing, but this one, especially with Shirley a few years younger and soaring up to Samson's "Je t'aime" line... it's unbeatable.
Nagennif1011 1 year ago
And to think such beauty can come from someone who started her career rather late, her late 20's, if memory serves me correctly.
ccaammiiittoo1 1 year ago
Oh what a sad day it was when she left us, In every role she sang she excelled. She was the best of the best to ever grace the operatic stage. Thank you, Ms. Verrett!
grandeopera 1 year ago
Why.......
DottoreJojo 1 year ago
crying...
FeeTurbule 1 year ago 2
Brava, Shirley Verrett!
RIP!
cagedbirdsings 1 year ago
beautiful in every way possible, she was a camera-ready tigress, so beautiful and seductive, I am truly saddened to know that i never got to see this woman in person
SiEtIn1 1 year ago
This performance is simply unbeatable! Here was an artist that understood what she was singing always, and studied to have the skills to deliver the message. I am blessed to have heard her Neocle at the Met, and will never forget how she transformed into a man for the entire evening....even the curtain calls (which were many),,, We have lost yet another great person and voice. How lucky we are to have these recording! Rest in Peace!
bedwardb 1 year ago
Tribute to one of the most beautiful Dalila from the second half of the 20th century. We miss you yet
Balzac671 1 year ago
My heart is truly saddened by the passing of such an iconic figure as Ms. Verrett. Heaven is truly blessed on today!
gj2855 1 year ago
Brava! BEAUTIFUL performance.
smc0603 1 year ago
Descanse en paz querida Maestra, la recordaré toda mi vida con mucho amor, gracias por sus enseñanzas, sus abrazos, su sonrisa y sobre todo SU ARTE!!! LA QUIERO MUCHO!!!
FaVenegas 1 year ago
Geez I feel like I should stand up and applaude when it ended
soccerbabey 1 year ago
Il più grande Mezzosoprano nero del secondo Novecento. Voce inquieta per definizione: interpretò quasi tutti i più grandi ruoli di Mezzosoprano, molti celebri ruoli di Soprano, e addirittura due parti di Contralto: quella, temibile, di Ulrica nel Ballo in maschera, e il ruolo minore (del quale dette un'interpretazione magnifica) di Federica nella Luisa Miller, entrambi incisi per la RCA. Rimarrà per sempre nei nostri cuori!
99Isher 1 year ago
@WiseMonkey888 Indeed! I'm devastated. Verrett was an iconic and intensely hot singer, a true artist in every sense of the word. Rest in peace. Awake in glory.
Onegin65 1 year ago 13
@Onegin65 Thanks for all your great Verrett posts over the years.
FoggyRoad81 1 year ago
@Onegin65 She had everything: warmth, strength, gentleness and beauty! Im speechless... Many got technique but no heart... She had everything!
FeeTurbule 1 year ago 8
@FeeTurbule Indeed, she had everything!
Onegin65 1 year ago
Good night, my queen.
Rest in peace.
Awake in glory.
TheReturnOfStephan1 1 year ago 3
simply amazing.. one of my favorite pieces.. Sing beautifully whereever you are now
DaysGuy90 1 year ago 2
RIP
parrisani 1 year ago
She will be sorely missed.
urgrad03 1 year ago
RIP Shirley Verrett. You will live on in YouTube land.
thebronx2a 1 year ago
Shirley Verrett, requiescat in pace.
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Shirley Verrett, requiescat in pace.
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agrenadier 1 year ago
R.I.P. Shirley. I am so sad.
bcom11 1 year ago
@bcom11 I honestly don't know what to do with myself.....this is horrible.......
FoggyRoad81 1 year ago
Wait doesn't Sampson make an appearance in this aria?
betteronbrunettes 1 year ago
What she did with the tempo is just incredible. She managed the most seductive version I have ever heard of this aria.
edithmz 1 year ago 3
What a voice!
There will only be one Shirley Verrett!
I was lucky to be able to hear here in person 3 times when she was in her prime. What a wonderful experience.
Check out this figure on this gal! She was working it in more ways than one!
Ms. Verrett is truly an American Treasure! I just love her for all of the joy she has brought me in my lifetime.
Thanks for the video!
Brent
BrentAudi 1 year ago 3
ive never heard such line....i dunno what to say...
JoKe7890 1 year ago
aahh... Daliah was such a dangerous woman... geesh! that voice...
ParadiseofTruth 1 year ago
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Si, si... lleneme... absolutamente fenomenal...
ParadiseofTruth 1 year ago
Si, si... lleneme... absolutamente fenomenal...
ParadiseofTruth 1 year ago
Thanks for posting! So beautiful!
readerjoy 1 year ago
This how this aria should be sung! ABSOLUTE PERFECTION! The acting is superb; just enough sex, and just enough 'fuck you bastard and tell me what I want to know!' YOU GO SHIRLEY!!!
cdivo39 1 year ago 2
10 years after this, her register started to go, as can be heard in the 1981 video of the same aria, from San Fransisco. But here, 1971, she is...I can't find words. No mezzo since Verrett has produced such spectacular notes! Only Stignani in the 40s can - possibly - be compared to her. Small wonder they worshipped her at Covent Garden, but it pains me that she was shrugged off in US when she really was in her prime.
mozzrt 1 year ago
I wonder how this grand lady escaped my attention. She's superlative in every way. A Diva.
DottoreJojo 1 year ago 2
Simply magnificent!!!!!!!!!
sevcik2 1 year ago
yesssss!!!!!
jovanathan 1 year ago
She did a little mistake at the beginning with the first "Verse-moi", she says "Verte".It's easily forgiven because her French diction is impeccable! I really like her rendition of this aria, rich and exotic. She's my second best. The best for me is Maria Callas's.
sweetaliena 1 year ago
@sweetaliena was it a young maria?
couturesixfour 1 year ago
@couturesixfour No, the 1961 version she did with the conductor George Prêtre.
sweetaliena 1 year ago
Simply great!!
theo4760 1 year ago
Belle prestation de la cantatrice SHIRLEY VERRETT , un magnifique air de CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS , beau timbre de voix , merci youtube
raymondfredenucci 1 year ago
O mon Dieu!!!!!! que dire...
lelecoloco 1 year ago
incomparable diction, et que dire de la voix !!!
stephanedp 2 years ago
sublime! monumental!! incomparable!!!
traxelable 2 years ago
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juanmlleras 2 years ago
Bravoooooooo.....Bravissimoooooo!!!
MangoDelicious09 2 years ago 2
Wonderful! No other diva like her. Viva Verrett!
nuevayorkcritica 2 years ago 4
Always 100% She is wonderfull.
tenorismo 2 years ago 4
splendida voce!!!grande verret!!
SuperGil90 2 years ago
What poise, beauty...a true STAR of the opera stage and one of the greatest singers ever...
Bigman240 2 years ago 3
What a sound. I am speechless... so much meaning in the voice. Speechless. Thanks again Mr. OneGin. Warm and kind regards to you and yours.
TheWisemonkey8 2 years ago 3
Great. A real mezzo. Love it. Thanks for posting.
beenredundant 2 years ago 2
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Manque de sensualité et de subtilité dans l'interprétation, cette chanteuse passe toutes les notes en force.
DanBdx68 2 years ago
Shirley sings so well in this aria...and I thought Jessye Norman had the best recording. She is so seductive and beautiful in this clip.
yeah0304 2 years ago
Wow!!! She and Jessie Norman, absolutely best!
iwuabrodya 2 years ago
Mmmm...Shirley, you did it again...that's a fine singing black woman. She made her mark on history, all right. Thanks for posting.
UrsulanChild 2 years ago
Perfect!
Lenochka1107 2 years ago 2
She can be just marvelous in both soprano and mezzo roles. Beauty, pianissimi, legato, strengh, sensitiveness, chest voice, high notes, interpretation... Thanks god there are only 500 charecters here for this post. I woul be listing 1 million good adjectives to her.
A Diva (indeed capitalized)
LazarNewDeal 2 years ago 3
Verrett was one of the greats, period. Gorgeous, elegant, extremely gifted in all aspects of music and theatre. This little clip speaks volumes about the color of her voice, not her face. Yes, her legacy is smaller because of prejudice, but any artist who came on the scene after her can eat her shorts, this is true opera royalty (as she is hitting the A). Simply magnificent. She and Vickers are pure golden lava together.
sillyboydeux 2 years ago 28
Noone beats her in this aria. She is the best Dalila of them all.
zgopify 2 years ago 4
Impresionante Shirley, maravillosa, no tengo palabras.
Tita398 2 years ago
For me, this IS Dalila. Quelle Magnifiqe!
Swedchap 2 years ago 3
she is HOT
Chilair1 2 years ago 4
Poor Samson - one look at this beautiful woman and he would have given her the hair clippers and then her voice !!!!!
65attila 2 years ago 5
No rendition equals Verett's rendition of "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix". What class, what elegance, what an actess and what a singer !!! She definitely is Dalila personifed. I don't think anybody can even top that performance...
rayangreene 2 years ago 3
Absolute perfection! This is a singing lesson in control. I only wish I could have seen her appear live more often! BRAVA DIVA!
bedwardb 2 years ago 4
Oh she is divine!
JuliaMilin 2 years ago 3
2:46-3:08 ahhhh
licoricestic 2 years ago 2
me encanto su interpretacion una voz epica sobre todoel final
histeringg 2 years ago
You probably mean the quartet from Verdi's Rigolertto.
mozzrt 2 years ago
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mozzrt 2 years ago
i mean a version like this:) in my school they are going to perform with for voices and a piano that's why i'm asking
cheers again
rinustalarin 2 years ago
fantastic!!!! you should also hear the callas singing this it is also pretty good:)
by the way does anyone know this song that is sang by 4 voices(bas, tenor, alto, soprano all together)?
cheers
rinustalarin 2 years ago
Oh my God! I have to rave again , what a fantastic, spectacular , glorious voice, so incredible rich and full of warmth and the most amazingly beautiful overtones. Onegin65 thankyou for this. Have Dalila ever been sung like this? She is a miracle.
mozzrt 3 years ago 5
She is fantastic! What a wonderful glorious 'warm' and rich voice. Horne and Obra are colder and shriller. Sadly in the next decade her two registers falls apart. But in this earlier version she is second to none.
mozzrt 3 years ago 2
Awesome! Thrilling! Yikes!
giugiu57 3 years ago
О,Боже!!!!Вот это красавица....!!!!Я в вострге!!!Очень красивая!Само совершенство!!!!!!
KatrinSoprano 3 years ago
I love her so much she is also one of my mentors i wish one day i can work with her she is amazing LOVE YOU VERRETT
madicks3 3 years ago 3
The most alluring Dalila of all with her seductive and beautiful voice.
grandeopera 3 years ago
Fa venegas quien es popi?
quikepiaf 3 years ago
Maravilloso video, que voz, que técnica y que sensualidad...Me siento profundamente conmovida y orgullosa pues tuve la fortuna de ser su alumna en POPI 2003, donde presentó su autobiografía la cual tengo autografiada...Gracias Shirley por tu voz y por compartirnos tus increibles vivencias!
FaVenegas 3 years ago 3
As cek111 commented, I cannot stop the tears. This woman just tears my heart out. Have you heard her Favorita with Alfredo Kraus? If not, it needs to be next on your list.
deckerwoodsmith 3 years ago
YES MA'AM!
What she's sellin', I'm buyin' again and again. Period.
urgrad03 3 years ago 3
So aptly put. Made me laugh. I'm the next customer!
UrsulanChild 2 years ago
I have been watching all these BBC Telecast clips of Verrett, Caballe, etc. Thank you BBC for capturing these wonderful artists in their absolute prime. Verrett's singing here is just so breathtaking.
lmspr 3 years ago 2
what the fuck shirley verrett, do you really have to be perfect and make all of us pee our pants at the very sound of your voice? jeez, quit being so amazing.
JuillHope17 3 years ago 25
Seriously! She is so good in these clips it kind of takes your breath away and almost makes you uneasey. How is it fricking POSSIBLE for someone to be this stunningly good. I swoon for this woman.
FoggyRoad81 3 years ago 3
@JuillHope17
Metropolitan opera theatre is proud to give you "Shirley Verrett singing Dalila"
Gentlemen are asked to dress corporate suites and highly suggested to wear condoms before of the performance".
Vendimi3 1 year ago
I can't stop crying.
cek1111 3 years ago 2
If there is the magic - this is it's purest form
I'never heard anything like this before...
ChoZone 3 years ago
just lovely!
STIV95128 3 years ago
Awesome!
sharperimage1234567 3 years ago 2
GEIL!!!
atzedeno1 3 years ago
Una delle arie più belle in assoluto dell'Opera cantata da una delle più belle, brave e simpatiche dive
neronnenn 3 years ago
A magic fusion between music and sensuality. Extraordinary voice: BRAVA!
Arsamene87 3 years ago 4
Да... Это просто восхитительно! Нет слов...
Веррет - лучшая Далила.По-настоящему обольстительный глубокий и бархатный голос плюс потрясающая внешность. Brava!!!!!!!!!
amneris78 3 years ago
The best version of this. Thank you Shirley!
sonnet43 3 years ago 6
Great chest voice..............
benderpm 3 years ago 5
WOW! WOW! WOW!
Liwah 3 years ago 4
I wonder who got the idiot idea of such a setting and costume: either you do a real scene (with the tenor as well) or you leave all that aside and give Ms Verret a beautiful evening dress to match her superb looks and magnificent singing: she's actress enough not to need all that kitsch to give us the image of sensuos Dalida
idraote 3 years ago
But don't those extras transport you almost like a movie? And what a high note!!!
PecsMstr 3 years ago
This is Delilah. Beautiful!
MarthaMartian 3 years ago 2
great singing and beatiful scenography, looks like William Godward paintings =)
Crindoro 3 years ago
omg
mayaluvsmusic 3 years ago
Creamy delight for the ears! Shirley you are a STAR!!!
petelovesbevsills 4 years ago 3
Scenografia e costume datati:Verrett elegantissima.Versione memorabile, ma la mia preferita resta quella della Callas, che aveva una sfumatura ferina...
gattapoly 4 years ago
How could someone write such a beautiful melody? And of all the versions I've heard of this aria, I'd say this is the best one. The darkness and richness of her voice are absolutely natural.
turquestan 4 years ago 2
I agree... the melody is so intoxicating, and the orchestration too. Verrett really does excellently here.
drdre333 4 years ago
My GOD, such a stunning performance!
She's beautiful, extraordinarily talented and just look at the elegance of her moves(for lack of a better word)!!!
Perfection!!
StephanAOTTO 4 years ago
I agree. Shirley Verrett at her finest, both vocally and physically.
albertthrelkeld 4 years ago
Brava!
Orbazzano 4 years ago
Dayum. She vocally popped dat coochie! Sexiest.Dalila.Evah.
Mz. Beyonce needs watch this and take some notes. Nawty!
wotanman 4 years ago
OMG, I watched this again- she KILLS me at 1:31. You betta walk, b*tch!
wotanman 4 years ago
Why you gotta call her that? C'mon, man...this woman did so much to command the respect of the world at a time when a black woman wasn't considered to be much. She leaves a shining example, and the only name you got for her is the b-word? Man, you are so sick. It makes us all wonder if we're really going anywhere sometimes.
KaminaOne 4 years ago 6
KaminaOne, you are absolutely correct. Ms Verrett is one of the greatest divas to ever grace the operatic stage. And, she was well knowned and enormously HAILED and CHEERED for her Delilah! Pity on Wotanman!!
jdeleonmcduff 3 years ago 2
Brilliant!
cdivo39 4 years ago
Awesome! This woman is the greatest. I love the way she takes her time and sets up the last few notes. What a Diva!
lahlahdivina 4 years ago
Merci à l'internaute qui a mis cette vidéo en ligne ! Tout simplement fabuleux. Tout est là, sensualité, beauté des registres, bref un vrai bonheur. Wahouuuuuuu
marioj34 4 years ago
Wow!!!
fuzmiq 4 years ago
She has a beautiful voice!
jonytrapalhony 4 years ago
If you want a baritone listen to Obrastzova, so...
foropera 4 years ago
Mezzo or soprano? Wer'are slow and deep notes? Musically charming.
saverioorlando 4 years ago
AMAZING! Great timbre, line and gorgeous high notes. She is my favorite Black opera mezzo!
BlkMuscGent 5 years ago
i'm right there with you on your feelings about Ms Verrett. Heard here live a number of times - "knocked "em dead in teh aisles every time!" CHeck out here ULRICA in Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" - THE BEST!
ncpigmv 4 years ago
Black? Why do you feel the need to categorise her?
Liwah 2 years ago
The fact that a black mezzo soprano became a opera superstar is important for the following reason: Black opera singers have a harder time making it than their white peers.
BlkMuscGent 2 years ago 4
Now, that's what I'm talking about!
InformedListener 5 years ago
Just great!!!
doti82 5 years ago
She has a magnificent voice for dalila, and the looks to match it.
urierman 5 years ago