Maria Guleghina "Nel di della vittoria" Gala Tucker 98

[MrPendergraph]

A REAL dramatic soprano! Brava!!!

[luwaig1]

BUUUUUUUUUU

[mariasarda]

Straordinaria !!!!!!!

[Nowak87MN]

Hör dir die Callas an, dann weißt du ,wie du es zu singen hast. Allein der Sprach- Anfangstext ist schon mit falscher Betonung. Kann Madame keine Italienisch????

[tklogan111809]

does pitch mean anything to her? She's off. Opera singing is about precision, Ms. Guleghina, sorry.

[Bquillamus]

I think she did this well, compared with many others "great" singers

[feveroo7]

She sings better than MONSTERat

[oksana116]

WOW!!! Bravissimoooo!!!!

[Lindow]

If you listen closely paying particular attention to pitch you will hear that even in the first few phrases hardly any note is fully in tune. Great instrument but huge voices especially need to be handled with great care and precision.

[tklogan111809]

@Lindow you don't need to listen that closely or pay attention that particularly to know that she's off.

[Risenok]

Guleghina this drama soprano.

Don't compare it with lyrical or coloratura

[BravoLucero]

Huge amazing voice.She's not perfect. Nor was Callas as great as she was.

[TerrancePogue]

Maybe Fidelio, Ariadne, and Alceste... She needs to try more roles like that her voice cant take the tessitura of Lady macbeth, Abigalle, and Turandots Especially the higher register Especially at 4:28 didnt quite make it up to that high C.....and for roles like these 3 you need full blooded high b flats, b natuarls and high C's.... I really would like to hear her in something not as high and see how she manages....

[Gioachino82]

She pushes too much as always...

[Dymension]

Overall, I think she pushes too much when she doesn't need to and then her top fails....

[MastersoftheOpera]

I'm sorry but I'm afraid I have to agree with Guleghina's detractors.. I saw her in a recent Metropolitan Opera production of Macbeth and she lacks the "bite" that has always thrilled me in the fierce Maria Callas, Leonie Rysanek and Shirley Verrett. Even Grace Bumbry. Guleghina just doesn't have the right voice for Lady Macbeth nor the acting chops. Here, though, she is splendid form.

[MisterSoprano]

Maria is a very specific singer... Don't judge if you haven't seen her life... As Lady have heard her in 2001 with Nucci in Vienna (Verdi Wochen) and was superb.

[CatalinaDM56]

She should of tried some chest voice or something.

[dermotafan]

Musichaera, she is not ok compared to other singers you've mentioned. Probably ok under the current standards. This simply sounds provintial, compared to... you know who.

[desiderius82]

Like most viewers, I agree that her voice is admirable only for its strength and size. Unfortunately, what I hear here lacks other qualities that constitute a great soprano voice. It's interesting that she cracks at the same high C Callas does at the Hamburg recital (check related videos). But, wow, is that a devastating comparison!

A part I love in this aria is the preceding letter reading. It shows all the dramatic skills of the soprano. Here, it's just bad.

[CatalinaDM56]

And Callas cracked because she has laryngitis...what's Guleghina's excuse?

[8Goldie]

@desiderius82 I think that that they crack at the same place cause they have huge voices that are hard to control - i myself am a dramatic soprano and i crack on high C! It's very hard for that kind of huge voices to pitch the C! :/

[lyside1]

olttre ad avere  lo stile del piu rozzo dei muratori....tutto il mio rispetto per la categoria

[lyside1]

mi chiedo se questa donna abbia mai studato canto ....e se sa in cuor suo come si risolvono i sedicesimi...boh

[foropera]

Did you hear Madame Lidoine by Verrett and her first Norma in Boston? All the high notes are much easier than this singer here.

[Dymension]

Not only that, but Lady M is sung by both mezzos and sopranos...and boy did Shirley sang Lady M!

[11455RN]

Guleghina is finished she did not even get her 15 years of excitement as someone else has spoken of  finished let's move on all u opera fairies

[xafnndapp]

no no, non ci siamo.

[Dtenor87]

LOVE it raw power unhindered by placement B.S.

[Archsorceror]

I saw her perform Lady Macbeth at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden- I was very disappointed. Her voice is just not very steady and the coloratura was a disaster. The lower register is far from earth-shattering. True, she has a large voice but it is often unwieldly and rarely attractive to my ears. Perhaps the German repertoire would have better suited her.

[11455RN]

i saw Il Tabarro at the MET with her. Poor performance. She's singing too much. She's pushing and fighting. She needs to rest and re-evaluate. Her ambitions to become a superstar are over

[gustavoanmosura]

I supost you are singer four this critic........sure you sing better not?

[BetuliaLiberata]

only people who sing better can be judges? Please shut your pie hole

Guleghina is a derailing TRAIN inside a tunnel: A MESS!!!!!

[babydrane]

phrasing is poor and she seems to be singing to her own tune sometimes - like they didn't rehearse. nice sized voice though..

[boris1281]

Huge voices like her always tend to go out of tune! We, the contemporary audience, are used to mini-voices which can point the tone as an instrument. I, however, miss the huge voices, like Dimitrova's, Callas' and now Guleghina!

[FoggyRoad81]

No, the GREAT voices (like you mentioned) had so many other qualities you didn't notice the lack of tune. Guleghina doesn't have that visceral excitement.

[sopranobrasileira]

Brava...sembra la mia voce, grande...la prima volta che vedo una voce come la mia...per questo penso che vale la pena e é possibile sempre, con controlo, interpretazione, e tanto fiato...so esatamente come é difficile controlare una voce grande, le acuto principalmente deve essere uguale al centro e questo é un grande problema per soprani drammatici...

Sono tanto contenta e complimenti da vedo

[poupounakis]

Very ''strong'' voice i like her...but i prefer great Callas...and in this role...

[zuz84]

don't you find it's too fast???

[Operaddict]

This woman can sing. Ever hear her live? It is astounding.

[eternauta72]

What a shit...shameful! Guleghina is a bad copy of the great Dimitrova.Ghena Dimitrova is the Diva not Guleghina.I agree with pirocagrande mate, absolutelly.Guleghina is always pitchy in the top and in the chest notes even.I heard both at Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires and Dimitrova has more volume, control,voice beauty, quality and escenic presence than Guleghina.Guleghina always overpushes subglotically her whole voice not the only the top, and instead belting, she SCREAMS like a dying chicken.

[brotighan]

she's both good actress and brilliant singer!

[aircat29]

extraordinary.......brava!!!!

[Otellogv]

Isn't this site wonderful for everyone to air their professional opinion(!!)? I think that Ms Guleghina has a very powerful instrument and it must be incredibly exciting to hear in the concert hall or opera house. Lady Macbeth is a notoriously difficult role to successfully protray due to the character requirements coupled with the tessitura of Verdi's score. Not many have done it justice. Personally, I prefer Agnes Baltsa or Martha Modl as Lady Mac - both demons of Ladies in their prime!!

[Gigglingatagas]

I certainly wouldn't say that Guleghina is TERRIBLE. There is, in my opinion, tremendous potential in the sound. However, the unfortunate fact is that the top spreads so much and pitch is questionable above the staff that my attention is drawn to it. Also, as a matter of personal taste, I like a little chest for Lady M.

[troppofiato]

It is a sad commentary on the dearth of quality dramatic voices today that Guleghina is a star. She is loud. Period. No variety of color nor nuance. The voice spreads under pressure, and can't negotiate the simplest fioriture (why attmept early Verdi, then?). Worst of all she confuses histrionics with drama. She has no sense of style - she approaches Lady Macbeth, Abigaille, Santuzza and Tosca the exact same way. I heard she will sing Norma at the Met. Have to grant that she has hutzpa!

[pirocagrande]

Verret had half of the volume but it was so intense, the blend of colours, dark and edgy and stage presence. Guleghina is just LOUD all the time. It is a BIG VOICE, that's all..and the coloratura is terrible. For this role I'd call her SLOPPY!!! She's great for the Puccini stuff. Dimitrova had a bigger voice and sang WAY more polished and in control than she does.

[foropera]

I do agree with you on every thing except the volume: Verrett had not half of her volume, you are kidding. I heard both of them. Verrett was filling the hall so fully that you got goosebumps.

[pirocagrande]

I am soooo jealous of you beacause you have heard Verrett live...how was she? really mesmerizing????

[foropera]

During 10 years! Yes, at her opening night of Macbeth with Bruson, we all had our hair raised on the head! It was like a battle, she was imposing herself again at 53, and holded all the high notesmore than in 1975 at la Scala. That's from that point that I can speak of of a real big voice, when you feel the sound against your eyes. Jones was louder, but not much. And without the agility of Verrett.

[pirocagrande]

I am MORE attracted to those singers that make you believe in the character as opposed to voices like Guleghina's that in my opinion has ONLY VOLUME nothing else. Dimitrova had such a huge voice (I heard her live in the MET in 1997) and had such elegance and control of her voice. But this one, she is terrible for this role. I bet she'd be good for Tosca or those verismo roles that frankly are less "exposed" and easier to sing. They only really demand on legato and stamina.

[pirocagrande]

I am so sad to hear that this woman is the leading Lady Macbeth at the MET...it's really a shame for that theater. She's always, ALWAYS flat on the high notes..she can barely get to them, be it on Lady Macbeth, Abigail...it's always OFF!!!

[waterfordwinstons]

Thank you... someone that knows what he is Talking about...

[pirocagrande]

All this roles like Abigaille and the Lady, she does not reach the top notes..NEVER!!!!

She concentrates the intensity of the voice on volume rather than on the accent of the words-L'accento dramatico. So if one is satisfied with VOLUME..well..it is a full plate.

[JuliePoulie7]

She has a beautiful instrument. Her high notes get a little strained but that can be explained by the fact that she doesn't use her upper face enough. She would have a few more notes, and easier and more resonant if added just a bit more upper face. This doesn't take away that she has a powerful and beautiful instrument though.

[AlexiHolford]

Goodness, some of you people are so critical. I just heard Guleghina perform Macbeth at the Met and she was icredible.

[ksususuk]

I did too - just yesterday in fact. she was amazing.

[Samurai9]

The world of opera is very tolerant of loud sopranos.

[linhx582]

Is that dress to prevent her from chewing on her ass?

[altodivo]

first top C is a horror! Wha happened?!?!

[Dymension]

She pushes, that's what! Tosca should be a walk in the park compared to Lady M and she sang herself hoarse in the second act of that opera...

[altodivo]

whats up? Has she got no technique? Or does she sing too much/often? Or is it just a desire to be exciting and in doing so going too hard? It WAS a glorious sound in the 90s from what I know. I've hear live Nabucco clips with e-flat to strip paint off the ceiling. Now the top seems ragged. Maybe she still has good evenings? Huge voices can be hit and miss (ie, Jones, Marton)

[schicchi1160]

We need this Guleghina back. It's a shame she sings so poorly now. It could be she never really sang healthily but damn is this voice is exciting! It's a real hit or miss with her. Norma was a train wreck but she rocked the Tucker gala. Then again we're talking the difference between 15 mins and 3 hours.

[altodivo]

I think its a question of whether you want to sing reliably (and safely) for 40 years, or sing spectacularly, and recklessly for 15. I think Guleghina has picked the latter option...

[11455RN]

she has not even had 15 great years

[FoggyRoad81]

totally agree, Guleghina had a moment she blew out her voice and is now a joke. Verrett owns this music.