Marilyn Horne - Handel - Rodelinda - "Vivi tiranno"

[TRPULLIN]

BRAVO...!!!!

THE BEST MEZZO PERIOD.

[luisjo1962]

The best mezzo-contralto of all times

[MrFalconford]

I would like to write that many comments regarding this form of entertainment and what seems amusing to some for reasons I have a hard time understanding in that I hear a prayer, and that's what I hear. Some say diva I say goddess. It is a faith based prayer that for some reason in this century has been turned into a form of amusement or entertainment. Like art ie: painting,drawing,sculpture a form of decoration. Art is much more and we have a long way to go.

[OLIVCHEN77]

Gott sei Dank- eine wirkliche Stimme-keine dieser Schmalspursaenger die wir sonst in Handel hoeren. Sie ist einfach fantastisch. BRAVA!!!!!!!!!!

[oceanodefuego1]

¡No, la maestra Bartoli también es excelente! Con esa vivacidad y agilidad vocal para la coloratura, además, son excelentes ambas. Para todos sale el sol. ¡Bravo a ambas!

[bellini7verdi]

aqui no pinta nada la bartoli.............anda que ya les vale...........que tendra que ver una reina con una aydante de camara.............

[msandisue]

Bartoli is wonderful but there is only one Jackie!

[phizzstar]

Let me know when she comes back to Chicago, you lucky guys. She did a recital here some years ago and I had to be there. She moved this one guy so much until he started to cry out loud. She gives hugs and kisses, what a good hearted person she must be. Wow!.

[baritonebynight]

@phizzstar That recital was 1999 I believe, because I remember a man crying and another one shout "You're the greatest!. That was her final solo classical recital, but she continues to perform american folk songs and music theatre on occasion. Most of what she does these days is teach private lessons and master classes. She is just as amazing as a teacher as she is a singer. She is the reason I started singing...and she's a class act all the way.

[11455RN]

Fabulous!!!!! A GREAT ARTIST END OF DISCUSSION

[immortellino]

She is absoluthly fantastic! Her singing is the best answer to fans of Bartoli, what is real coloratura mezzo-soprano. No chemisrtry, just great natural voice, excellent technic and great temperament.

[publicidadymedios]

Bartoli is also great!!!

[radufefceac]

@immortellino

Bartoli is also a great voice, you are mean.

[phizzstar]

How I wish I had the chance to meet M. Horne for just five minutes. Isn't she great?

[JoKe7890]

@phizzstar me and my friend go to MSM in NYC and we have met her twice this year....she gives hugs and pictures....one of the greatest people alive :)

[nochedebohemia]

Che meraviglia!!! Grazie Marilyn!

[AUDIOPHlLE]

This is great but is posted elsewhere on YouTube in far better sound.

[Fiumita]

La mejor para la coloratura. Brava!

[laverne1239]

Just amazing!!!! Thanks for the post.  Jimmy has hair. Is this the Met Orchestra?

[Rattywotin]

Its hard to say , Horne or Sutherland, the best singer of the century!! Coloratura mezzo or coloratura soprano, together they made a force never to be equaled

[oscardegliorazi]

this is not her best realization of this aria.

However she's really great

[timananda]

Absolutely breathtaking. Covered in goosebumps!

[DrGarri]

This video changed my understanding of Baroque music and with that so did my life. It was the first time I heard this type of music alive and full of drama, I would have never imagine that I, myself, would one day sing the role of Bertarido on a professional stage and that Marilyn Horne herself would become my mentor, teacher and guide. Thank you for posting this, it brought tears to my eyes. I could never be grateful enough to this great singer and even more wonderful person.

[baritonebynight]

Brava Ms Horne!

[VinylToVideo]

I'm going to repost this with better audio synced to the same video.

[wironalga]

Just as if Handel himself wanted this aria to be released. A perfect communion with the true spirit of the baroque. What a delight

[benjaminvox]

Divina.

[meltzerboy]

Yes, I have heard Ewa Podles and she, like Horne, is magnificent and (unlike Horne) a true contralto in vocal texture rather than a mezzo.

[Musiker110]

Vivi tiranno,

Io t'ho scampato

svenami ingrato

sfoga il furor

Volli salvarti

sol per mostarti

ch'ho di mia sorte

piu grande il cor

[meltzerboy]

Just the other day, I heard this aria sung by the legendary countertenor, Russell Oberlin, on an old video clip made about 1961. It was a beautiful and skilled performance; but not exactly in the same league as Horne's. She is perhaps, in a vocal sense, a reincarnation of the glorious Handel singing of the castrati. Such vocal richness, amazing technique, and artistry are not to be heard nowadays.

[jonjon71]

Have you heard Ewa Podles?

[susandheg]

What more can I add to the preceding comments?  Ms. Horne is amazing!

[Musiker110]

Absolutely amazing...Marilyn is my idol!!!

[jimthewriter]

Brava!

[Heartlessiceboy]

This aria it's so hard to sing, if a female is going to sing it better be Marilyn Horne she's amazing!

[Gibran11]

This is AWESOME!!! WOW!!!

[greve]

I am very greatful to you putting this on here. Have been searching for this spectacular singing of Marilyn Horne for years.

It's magnificent!!!

[bplatt1069]

Majestic and commanding in every way: musicianship, dress, and poise. She and Senesino would have either been very great friends or terrific rivals; nevertheless, she's a diva whatever the century!

[Hjadlowker]

Now that's baroque for me! A real singer, with real voice, wonderful technique, great phrasing, and stamina... and no sqweaky cats in the orchestra!

[andreasscholl]

This is La Horne at its best!!!

Hail La Horne.

[bravazingara]

totally true!!!!

[WiseMonki]

simply magnificent... thanks for this great post. :).