Absolutely beautiful looking woman and she possesses a lovely voice. For me Bartoli is my favourite in this role....she has such fire and passion. I can see Elina as the Cenerentola for the beginning of the opera, but Cecilia verve and passion and accuracy make her stand out and generates huge excitement in me when I watch the finale. To each their own opion, of course. And I wouldn't knock Garanca, she can sing a hell of a lot better than me :>)
Absolutely beautiful but doesn't have the "charismatic" delivery of Bartoli or Larmore. We like our opera stars to be divas and this delivery is very ingenue. This lady could be dynamite, the full package performer, if she would put more fire into her personality... Still,
@elgozador I agree! When I listen to her "samson and delilah aria mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" compared to let's say Grace bumbry, one can't not notice the lack of fire in Elina's rendition. Very beautiful voice and techninque but yes a certain shyness about it... Maybe that's what makes her charm? Btw as anyone noticed as beautiful this lady is?
@Mavicman - let's not forget the supreme Frederica von Stade in this role, who was perhaps the owner of this role before Berganza. This performance by Garanci is also stunning, as her performances of everything tend to be!
@sarahistrue wait a minute.... I thought Tereza berganza was before Von Stade??? I think Berganza and Grace bumbry are the best mezzos in the whole world! Gee, why opera tend to be that dramatic? LOL
This is a beautiful voice and I'm sure in 10 years it has grown and developed greatly, but unless she has a transformation in her agility, which she slurs her way through, and her trills which sometimes work and sometimes not, she is NO competition for Bartoli and her final note was FLAT!
@cuoredeinidi what is wrong with ppl nowadays? The best that I've seen in recent years are either old (Baltsa, Horne) or underrated (Larmore). It seems physical beauty is also affecting the opera world... Stupid choice.
@cuoredeinidi if personality is the hallmark of singing (which it is) then Garanca is one of the most boring I've ever come across, beautiful tone and a great colour... but it is SO darn dull. There is no joy (Didonato), sweetness (Von Stade) or over exuberance (Bartoli... who else? though her machine gun quality is an acquired taste)...
This was Ms.Garanca's second major international competition- and one which doesn't encourage it's participants to show a lot of staged action/emoting. Considering that she was only 25 at the time, I think that she was remarkable.
I saw Viveca Genaux jump into this in Tel-Aviv, over 10 years ago, when Martine Dupuy got drunk and threw a fit after the first act. THAT was an event, and before VG became the big name she is today. It's always nice to see and hear them before they become high and mighty.
Beautiful voice. But i prefer Bartoli's rendition: Elina has nothing of the brightness and joyfulness of the brilliant italian Mezzo. Other roles would suit Elina better than this.
great! but she does not have bartoli's pure tone, accuracy or expression. mavicaman says that bartoli "huffs" her way through this aria, but the slight breathiness that bartoli sometimes uses just adds to the expression and is quite beautiful. i suppose it's a matter of your taste. oh, and I agree with much of cuoredeinidi's response to mavicaman.
What about to compare alive singers? Let's forget Callas for a moment and let's focus on those who still sing... Garanca is one of the best mezzo at the moment!
Los tres agudos finales no pueden ser aceptados en una cantante profesional. Le falta cuerpo en el registro alto y lo disimula cantando a media voz.y todavia pretende cantar Carmen! Es una mezzo inventada ya que no abundan, si hasta Netrevko tiene más color en la voz..
a coté d 'elle bartoli fais la chèvre..et c' est désagréable...malgrès son ancien remarquable talent!! et la Elina est très jeune...le Met la rendue divine..
She is so beautiful to watch. Who can say that about Vivica Genaux or indeed Cecilia Bartoli (wonderful as they are)? All those facial contortions make me so uncomfortable but her face is so serene as if it's just the easiest thing in the world!
the tops are strained, the voice is not on the support and thats why she had a wobble on the very high notes. She opens her mouth too big as well for the total tops, if she had better placement she wont need to open so big. The notes go white at the top and loose resonance and uniformity to the rest the voice. Else its not bad, but im not writing home about it.
She sings beautifully - any comparison to Bartoli is unwarranted, it's a totally different approacht to the piece. But she looks so ample in this recording, was she pregnant?
The Garance is currently the best performer of this aria. Excellent coloratura and without losing their clarity in the text and respecting the score and direction of Rossini.
@SKNinHawaii BORING???? What universe are you living in? I think it is YOU who should stick with Carmen -- until you get some more experience with other operas. You obviously don't have an affinity for Rossini -- but don't blame this exquisite artist for that.
@SKNinHawaii@NayHarris If I am an artist and I know I am not near to the great predecessors or current world's best Rossini singer, I wait to sing and work harder to better my skill before I sing in public. What I said was not from my luck of affinity for Rossini, but the luck of quality. As an audience, I feel important always to listen the quality and not to be blinded by my own passionate liking of ertain artist. Even my favorite artist has flows choosing wrong repertoire.
A lovely voice, but although I understand the criticisms of Bartoli I have never heard anyone in this style excite me like she does - huffing or no huffing Bartoli is electric. I actually like some of her lapses of technique as they, to my mind, assist in the characterisation.
@oznoddy Bartoli is a lovely singer -- but it's like comparing apples to oranges. Bartoli is not an opera singer -- she's a concert artist -- and one of the most engaging things about Garanca is her top-flight acting. Also, to my ears at least, Garanca handles the fioritura more fluidly. Also Garanca's chest voice is so beautiful and her registers seem beautifully balanced to me.
@oznoddy - It is interesting to contrast this singer with Bartoli. Garanca is so relaxed she seems almost half asleep. Bartoli seems to be positively manic.
Béatrice Uria Monzon,Cecilia Bartoli,Di Donato,Jennifer Larmor e Elina Garanca cantano come mezzosoprani ,ma in verita dal vivo tutte hanno la voce di ...................SOPRANO ,e ancora ...
J'adore Garanca ! Quelle voix miraculeuse de rondeur, de legato, de dynamique musicale ! Et merde à la Bartoli qui est une sportive de haut niveau, certes, mais qui n'a qu'une technique et aucun goût.
Yes it was! By the end when Alagna started to sound tired she was just getting warmed up! And that's even more astounding because it was the most physical role of Carmen I've ever seen! She's amazing...
I love all the comparisons with other singers here. Personally, I find this rendition absolutely stunning. She has it all. Callas' voice was in shreds when she recorded this but it was exciting. I don't even compare Garanca to Bartoli. Bartoli is so prone to huffing her way through this, and other arias, with her heavy "H." Perhaps THE singer we should all remember in this role is Teresa Berganza. IMHO, the Cenerentola crown has been passed from Berganza to Garanca. Brava Garanca.
T uba Semmigsen es la mejor en esta aria....voz medulosa, firme, de excelente coloratura, ....los falsetes agudos son magistrales. supera a la Bartolli tambien, desde luego cada una tiene sus encantos....pero me gusta la voz rellena, brillante, que atrapa.
l'ho sentita Tuva buona voce ma gli acuti sono striduli (screeching)...per cantare Rossini Verdi Bellini Donizetti ci vogliono fuoriclasse (Horne Berganza Bartoli), mio caro... ma anche questa Garanca a parte la bella voce su Rossini...arranca (climb with difficult)...
" anche Questa Garanca arranca" è carina come frase, c hai fatto la rima, bravo!Mi trovo a Londra in questo periodo e sono nel cast della Carmen di Bizet, Elina interpreta Carmen e considerando ci troviamo alla Royal Opera House e ad ogni replica piovono non meno di 10 minuti d applausi per Elina, converrai con me che x fortuna è il pubblco a scegliere.Dice bene quel detto"Chi sa fare una cosa bene, la fa.Chi la sa fare a metà la insegna, chi non la sa fare affatto, la scrive"
Mio caro purtroppo è come dice il detto, che ti piaccia o no ma è cosi !!!
Non so per gli altri ma con Elina Garanca e Roberto Alagna il pubblico della Royal Opera House è generoso e meno male!Fossero tutti critici come te non canterebbe più nessuno! :)
I wonder if Garanca is really done for this repertory : she does it very correctly, of course, but the vocalization is a littlé heavy. That's a great voice, more adapted to Verdi, in my opinion...
La cosa straordinaria è che nei melismi non si perde la continuità della melodia sottostante, dal momento che appoggia la prima nota di ogni quartina, e ogni nota appoggiata di ogni quartina è diversa dalle altre, fraseggiata in modo superbo. Sono queste le cose difficili della musica, e i dettagli che separano l'arte dal circo equestre.
sentito quando canta 'figlia, sorella amica' ? io sento tre parole esattamente uguali..dov'è l'accento che le differenzia? e la vocalità della cabaletta perché è così 'triste' , i francesi direbbero 'morne'?? oltretutto manca in assoluto di nettezza e vigore (le note sono strascicate) e l'ultimo acuto è anche gridato...
intendiamoci è una bella voce, ma non c'entra con questo Rossini... e forse con Rossini in genere... che esige tutt'altra tecnica e tutt'altro stile
Bellissima voce, bellissima interpretazione. Bellissima anche lei, non si smetterebbe mai di guardarla. Forse per valutarla correttamente bisognerebbe ascoltarla senza video...
Eine wunderbare Stimme, singt eine komplizierte Rossini Arie. Kenne keine lebende Sängerin, die es besser könnte. Eine virtuose Stimme, eine Weltstimme.
I think she's good, first beacause she sang it LEGATO and not staccato, thing wich I think is very important beacause, how LA CALLAS teach, the respect to what composers had write is very important, what I don't like is-and this is in contrast with I saied before-that she changed some phrases like to do variations on the theme-. The last thing and I stop to be boring -XD- is that she could work on the diction-another thing that Maria teach-but she has more temperament than another people
NO CANTA MAL...pero creo que, una de 2 o le falta pulir más su tecnica para que su voz madure y se consolide en color de mezzo ó de plano no es mezzo....que muy personal eso me parece, que es soprano :( ni modo...sus graves no se escuchan tan solidos, y menos en esta pieza.
This is tipical mezzo with capability of singing soprano notes/higher noter then usualy mezzo sings. Mezzos like she were/are ment to sing Rossini, also Mozart, Bellini. Check also Marilyn Horne, Cecilia Bartoli,... This type of voice is very got f.e. for Adalgisa (Norma, Bellini). Btw. have heard her with Gruberova - a fantastic evening.
Realmente , pienso que Agnes Baltsa es la mejor Carmen del mundo , pero Elina es una cantante maravillosa, simpática y bella. - Rossini debe estar, desde lo alto, feliz con esta mezzo que también tiene amplitud para soprano.
She is extraordinary, but you should listen to Anne Sofie von Otter also, who comes immediately after Callas who is still the best performer for this aria!
She is beautiful and has a such a deep low notes and bright high notes at the same time, just enough of legato and staccato. Bartoli is very precise but the notes get out as dashed, cut in between. Callas is great but something everything is very legato and the precision is lost.
Just saw the Met broadcast on Saturday. She was truly amazing in the role. Lovely voice and she looked absolutely right for the role (more than could said for the Prince (Brownlee?) who was much too short) - although he did have a very nice voice
You know, I disagree. I thought the Prince was perfect. Ironically, because he was hiding that he was a prince, and then turned around and didn't even look like one. I loved him, I thought he was amazing.
Lawrence Brownlee has a beautiful voice and was quite well suited to the role. His ordinary "appearance" as the valet and his majestic, princely voice only added to the comedy and dramatic irony. On the whole, an intelligent and witty production and I look forward to seeing Brownlee and Garanca in roles in the 2009/2010 season.
I saw her in the Met production today as well. SHE IS A GODDESS! My husband and I both had tears welling up as she sang "Non piu mesta" simply because her voice was so incredibly gorgeous and her tone was as sweet and pure as any I have ever heard! And yes, she was beautiful to look at too!
Just saw her at the Met today in La Cenerentola and she was wonderful. Beautiful to look at, too. I'm not too crazy about Cecilia Bartolia (she drives me crazy and not in a good way), so with that consideration, I much prefer Elina's performance.
Hoy en el Met, con la Generentela estuvo espectacular, quien dice que es fria, (cool), no la vio actuar, porque una cosa es un concierto y otra una opera. Maravillosa. Ovacionada. Desde Argentina. Teatro 25 de Mayo de Urquiza.
P.S. iforgeti, thanks so much for posting this, the 2001 competition is my favourite if you have the other finalists it would FAB if you could post them on here too!!!
elina es la mejor!!!!!! adoro a esta mujer!
watekeman 3 days ago
Wonderfull ...in VoiceOver
vallesipd 1 month ago
Wonderful clear coloratura.. She does seem a little -- sleepy--- but maybe that's her way of staying relaxed ?
dbrel 2 months ago
Absolutely beautiful looking woman and she possesses a lovely voice. For me Bartoli is my favourite in this role....she has such fire and passion. I can see Elina as the Cenerentola for the beginning of the opera, but Cecilia verve and passion and accuracy make her stand out and generates huge excitement in me when I watch the finale. To each their own opion, of course. And I wouldn't knock Garanca, she can sing a hell of a lot better than me :>)
petenjohn1 3 months ago
Good singing. And beauty is nothing to be ashamed of, mate! She is one of the most beautiful women I have seen in my fairly long life, bless her!...
victorio1940 3 months ago
she was 25!!! in her beginigs..
ChIvA8994 3 months ago
she was in her beginings!!!she was 25
ChIvA8994 3 months ago
she was in her beginings!!!she was 25
ChIvA8994 3 months ago
she was 25!!! it was starting......
ChIvA8994 3 months ago
B R A V A ! ! ! ! ! !
overhetfeld 5 months ago
Absolutely beautiful but doesn't have the "charismatic" delivery of Bartoli or Larmore. We like our opera stars to be divas and this delivery is very ingenue. This lady could be dynamite, the full package performer, if she would put more fire into her personality... Still,
Great performance no doubt.
elgozador 5 months ago
@elgozador I agree! When I listen to her "samson and delilah aria mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix" compared to let's say Grace bumbry, one can't not notice the lack of fire in Elina's rendition. Very beautiful voice and techninque but yes a certain shyness about it... Maybe that's what makes her charm? Btw as anyone noticed as beautiful this lady is?
minkoss 3 months ago
@elgozador agree with you
bpetii1 3 months ago
@Mavicman - let's not forget the supreme Frederica von Stade in this role, who was perhaps the owner of this role before Berganza. This performance by Garanci is also stunning, as her performances of everything tend to be!
sarahistrue 6 months ago 34
@sarahistrue wait a minute.... I thought Tereza berganza was before Von Stade??? I think Berganza and Grace bumbry are the best mezzos in the whole world! Gee, why opera tend to be that dramatic? LOL
minkoss 3 months ago
Cecilia Bartoli.
InfernoDaBaka 6 months ago
La voce è buona ma... qualcosa non mi convince.
Altra interpretazione quella della Cecilia Bartoli, forse migliore persino della Callas!
gary52100 6 months ago
como abra más la boca acaba con la mandíbula inferior en las bragas.
ubedajils 6 months ago
This is a beautiful voice and I'm sure in 10 years it has grown and developed greatly, but unless she has a transformation in her agility, which she slurs her way through, and her trills which sometimes work and sometimes not, she is NO competition for Bartoli and her final note was FLAT!
MrAndredekock 8 months ago
@MrAndredekock I agree. And I think her voice type doesn't fit to this role. It's hard to believe that this is an innocent and naive girl.
tomasburi 8 months ago
Garanca e una bella donna e di più canta!
Ah,che meraviglia!
Poi ha la voce di soprano?Ma che importa!
Bravaaaaaaaaaaaa...
bodiloto 8 months ago
@cuoredeinidi and trust me, no one can hold a candle to Price or Corelli, right? ;)
dangmills 8 months ago
@cuoredeinidi Very depressing isn't it?
dangmills 8 months ago
@cuoredeinidi I also forgot to add Anna Caterina Antonacci, Magdalena Kozena (she'll be singing this soon), and Tuva Semmingsen
dangmills 8 months ago
@cuoredeinidi what is wrong with ppl nowadays? The best that I've seen in recent years are either old (Baltsa, Horne) or underrated (Larmore). It seems physical beauty is also affecting the opera world... Stupid choice.
dangmills 8 months ago
@cuoredeinidi if personality is the hallmark of singing (which it is) then Garanca is one of the most boring I've ever come across, beautiful tone and a great colour... but it is SO darn dull. There is no joy (Didonato), sweetness (Von Stade) or over exuberance (Bartoli... who else? though her machine gun quality is an acquired taste)...
dangmills 8 months ago
Elina is soprano!!!! aria for mezzo coloratura!!!!!!!!!!
lixast 9 months ago
molto brava.. che voce bellissima!!
francescomaiorca 9 months ago
è bellissima!!
MsRosina88 9 months ago
This was Ms.Garanca's second major international competition- and one which doesn't encourage it's participants to show a lot of staged action/emoting. Considering that she was only 25 at the time, I think that she was remarkable.
suzanneetmoi 11 months ago 4
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suzanneetmoi 11 months ago
I saw Viveca Genaux jump into this in Tel-Aviv, over 10 years ago, when Martine Dupuy got drunk and threw a fit after the first act. THAT was an event, and before VG became the big name she is today. It's always nice to see and hear them before they become high and mighty.
ericle57 11 months ago
Beautiful voice. But i prefer Bartoli's rendition: Elina has nothing of the brightness and joyfulness of the brilliant italian Mezzo. Other roles would suit Elina better than this.
mrHayzooz 11 months ago
This woman is a singing goddess, no doubt about it!
imsoto 11 months ago 3
She is my favorite mezzo!
chubaboo 1 year ago 2
Embellishments are amazing... emotion needs some work
dangmills 1 year ago
que aburrido¡¡¡
TheBasilio 1 year ago
It is as if this singer is not present, neither on the stage nor in the music. She seems miles away.
jewelegg 1 year ago
great! but she does not have bartoli's pure tone, accuracy or expression. mavicaman says that bartoli "huffs" her way through this aria, but the slight breathiness that bartoli sometimes uses just adds to the expression and is quite beautiful. i suppose it's a matter of your taste. oh, and I agree with much of cuoredeinidi's response to mavicaman.
FunkTrunk5 1 year ago
Other than that last high B, which reminded me of a Callas wobble, this is amazing.
vivsters96 1 year ago
What about to compare alive singers? Let's forget Callas for a moment and let's focus on those who still sing... Garanca is one of the best mezzo at the moment!
MisSty2589 1 year ago 2
Los tres agudos finales no pueden ser aceptados en una cantante profesional. Le falta cuerpo en el registro alto y lo disimula cantando a media voz.y todavia pretende cantar Carmen! Es una mezzo inventada ya que no abundan, si hasta Netrevko tiene más color en la voz..
hugotenor 1 year ago
a coté d 'elle bartoli fais la chèvre..et c' est désagréable...malgrès son ancien remarquable talent!! et la Elina est très jeune...le Met la rendue divine..
nanard111 1 year ago
a coté d 'elle bartoli fais la chèvre..et c' est désagréable...malgrès son ancien remarquable talent!!
nanard111 1 year ago
I like the warmth and clarity of her voice.
BarbaraJaneP 1 year ago 4
I prefer Bartoli (just my personal taste)
matthieusarah 1 year ago
@matthieusarah I have to absolutely agree, Bartoli is amazing in every respect with this song.
nataraja87 1 year ago
For me Bartoli interpretation and pronunciation are better...Not very incisive it's sims like honey falling down from a tin...
catabavti 1 year ago
She is so beautiful to watch. Who can say that about Vivica Genaux or indeed Cecilia Bartoli (wonderful as they are)? All those facial contortions make me so uncomfortable but her face is so serene as if it's just the easiest thing in the world!
merelypart 1 year ago 5
Je suis amoureux de cette femme , quelle merveille !
michelbleu 1 year ago
@michelbleu alors nous sommes deux ;-) !!!!
TatCoz 1 year ago
hey please don't cut the applause - we need the applause!
jd7x7jd 1 year ago
the tops are strained, the voice is not on the support and thats why she had a wobble on the very high notes. She opens her mouth too big as well for the total tops, if she had better placement she wont need to open so big. The notes go white at the top and loose resonance and uniformity to the rest the voice. Else its not bad, but im not writing home about it.
paddaman1 1 year ago
@paddaman1
I really like this singer, but I have to agree with you about perhaps there being a problem with her top end. Still, nice otherwise.
rix657 1 year ago
This lady is Very good! Very good indeed!
TheWisemonkey8 1 year ago
WOW!!
missbiss1975 1 year ago
Igual que el agua... incolora, inodora e insípida.
ubedajils 1 year ago
She sings beautifully - any comparison to Bartoli is unwarranted, it's a totally different approacht to the piece. But she looks so ample in this recording, was she pregnant?
Baccalaureus79 1 year ago
BEATIFUL.. FANTASTICA----ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE.
Tenorbravo 1 year ago
Brava! Ma una volta sentita la Bartoli in questo ruolo ....
gmdewe 1 year ago
E questa voce veramente mezzosoprano? Mi sembra che sento soprano che non canta molto bene.
reribus 1 year ago
I just listened to Bartoli. Now Garanca. Both impress me, but they couldn't be more different. Wow.
mrbig4050 1 year ago
I love Cecilia Bartoli, but this is a whole different order of magnitude.
hiram242 1 year ago
The Garance is currently the best performer of this aria. Excellent coloratura and without losing their clarity in the text and respecting the score and direction of Rossini.
Brava! Elina, I hope someday to sing like you
Mariasonatta 1 year ago
after her magnific interpretations, she always give a nice smile!!!!
AminaBellini 1 year ago
Ok, I usually don't like the whole comparing singers things, but this is no where close to Bartoli. Garanca is very good, but not even close!!
spizzell1 1 year ago
She is boring!! Pretty voice and pretty singing and
nothing else!! She better stick with "Carmen" .
SKNinHawaii 1 year ago
@SKNinHawaii BORING???? What universe are you living in? I think it is YOU who should stick with Carmen -- until you get some more experience with other operas. You obviously don't have an affinity for Rossini -- but don't blame this exquisite artist for that.
NayHarris 1 year ago 2
SKNinHawaii 1 year ago
A lovely voice, but although I understand the criticisms of Bartoli I have never heard anyone in this style excite me like she does - huffing or no huffing Bartoli is electric. I actually like some of her lapses of technique as they, to my mind, assist in the characterisation.
oznoddy 1 year ago 2
@oznoddy Bartoli is a lovely singer -- but it's like comparing apples to oranges. Bartoli is not an opera singer -- she's a concert artist -- and one of the most engaging things about Garanca is her top-flight acting. Also, to my ears at least, Garanca handles the fioritura more fluidly. Also Garanca's chest voice is so beautiful and her registers seem beautifully balanced to me.
NayHarris 1 year ago 2
@oznoddy - It is interesting to contrast this singer with Bartoli. Garanca is so relaxed she seems almost half asleep. Bartoli seems to be positively manic.
gwbassoc 1 year ago
dull compared to Bartoli
expos73 1 year ago
this is impressive singing, but she doesn't seem to be terribly engaged with the text....
ajking26 1 year ago
Béatrice Uria Monzon,Cecilia Bartoli,Di Donato,Jennifer Larmor e Elina Garanca cantano come mezzosoprani ,ma in verita dal vivo tutte hanno la voce di ...................SOPRANO ,e ancora ...
bodiloto 1 year ago
Fully agree with mariasarda !!!!
Quelle chaleur dans cette voix !!!!
Bravo !!
PS : Un admirateur de Netrebko mais ce n'est pas le meme registre mais Mira o Norma quel duo !!!!!
JLP078 1 year ago
J'adore Garanca ! Quelle voix miraculeuse de rondeur, de legato, de dynamique musicale ! Et merde à la Bartoli qui est une sportive de haut niveau, certes, mais qui n'a qu'une technique et aucun goût.
mariasarda 1 year ago
@mariasarda Moi je l'adore aussi! Elle est la premiere mezzo au monde.
NayHarris 1 year ago
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She is very boring. The voice is not beautiful.......and she is not a mezzo!
bronislavai 1 year ago
boring.
maewe 1 year ago
shes such a reserved singer ...i prefer bartoli
Babs22h 1 year ago
i sound in a school orchestra,i'm italian and i sound "non più mesta". elina is fantastic,but cecilia bartolini is the best
violino96 1 year ago
She is so talented! Amazing mezzo.
alejonightwish 1 year ago
I love her voice!!!!!!!!!
Yangsungeunzzang 1 year ago 2
esta señora Tiene serios Problemas con los agudos
rhapsodyaaa 1 year ago
@rhapsodyaaa yes, is true. in fact I preffer Cecilia Bartolini
violino96 1 year ago
@violino96 It's Bartoli ^^ However, I like Bartoli too; Garanca is boring in my opinion, but I'm not an expert
gill099 1 year ago
brava
olibria 1 year ago 2
Bartoli is above all :)
alixvhessen 1 year ago
@alixvhessen, well, yes... but that doesn't men that there are no others able to sing it pretty good, as miss Garanca does here.
Querzeo 1 year ago 3
i <3 her smile
saddamus1 1 year ago 2
Who cares whether she sings flat when she is so damn gorgeous !
dubitz11 1 year ago 3
@dubitz11 really?
MrCtblade 1 year ago
How do I turn off JAVA Script so I can listen to this???
BalletGurl7725 2 years ago
@BalletGurl7725 lol
munkustrap79 2 years ago
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bazirs 2 years ago
oh, and its 2001 - alsmot 10 years ago .. she was like age of 24 at that time?
a1a2fan 2 years ago
@a1a2fan Yes, she is now 33 yrs (mar, 2010). Now, she's still even more beautiful and her voice and technique became uniquely wonderful.
lamsalgado 1 year ago 5
Her 2010 Carmen was absolutely to die for!
norwichterrierfan1 1 year ago 25
Yes it was! By the end when Alagna started to sound tired she was just getting warmed up! And that's even more astounding because it was the most physical role of Carmen I've ever seen! She's amazing...
Strwbrrypi0006 1 year ago
5:45 flat on the Bb...and the next one....oops and the next one...
CatalinaDM56 2 years ago
Her B's are in tune.
Rcoppin91 1 year ago 3
I love all the comparisons with other singers here. Personally, I find this rendition absolutely stunning. She has it all. Callas' voice was in shreds when she recorded this but it was exciting. I don't even compare Garanca to Bartoli. Bartoli is so prone to huffing her way through this, and other arias, with her heavy "H." Perhaps THE singer we should all remember in this role is Teresa Berganza. IMHO, the Cenerentola crown has been passed from Berganza to Garanca. Brava Garanca.
Mavicaman 2 years ago 21
@Mavicaman I couldn't agree more! Garanca is the most exciting female singer alive today -- and by far the best actor.
NayHarris 1 year ago
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rix657 1 year ago
@Mavicaman Dare I throw in Frederica "Flicka" Von Stade into the mix of comparisons?
Desigovia 8 months ago 8
@Mavicaman
Both Berganza and Garanca are of the same vocal type - agreed.
Cissy97 7 months ago
che dire è brava... la Non mi piacciono quei suoni spudaratamente di petto! è solo un si sotto al righo... Sei un soprano??? Forse si....
callas83 2 years ago
Great!
Satriecoši!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
trisvirilaiva 2 years ago
Wow, seems effortless.
irregularverb37 2 years ago
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very bad B natural.
derprinzgustavo 2 years ago
@derprinzgustavo
I agree, it's not on pitch!
alecs1976 2 years ago
@derprinzgustavo It was quite painful eh?
dangmills 8 months ago
@dangmills it is quite disappointing =(
gustavojoris 8 months ago
Superbe chanteuse, superbe voix de mezzo lyrique : cette fille a tout... et l'excellence en plus !!!!
mariasarda 2 years ago 2
HA HA HA HA HA!!!
passerabianca 2 years ago
Musicalmente direi: CHE GNOCCA
peccoz 2 years ago 2
@peccoz concordo pienamente
glaucodichio 2 years ago
No words... Simply perfect for voice, beauty and tecnic.... 10 e lode
Cinnamon8684 2 years ago
T uba Semmigsen es la mejor en esta aria....voz medulosa, firme, de excelente coloratura, ....los falsetes agudos son magistrales. supera a la Bartolli tambien, desde luego cada una tiene sus encantos....pero me gusta la voz rellena, brillante, que atrapa.
mahanaim2009 2 years ago
so so - tuva semmingsen is the best at this aria
nitaseyboldsault 2 years ago
l'ho sentita Tuva buona voce ma gli acuti sono striduli (screeching)...per cantare Rossini Verdi Bellini Donizetti ci vogliono fuoriclasse (Horne Berganza Bartoli), mio caro... ma anche questa Garanca a parte la bella voce su Rossini...arranca (climb with difficult)...
mongemark 2 years ago
" anche Questa Garanca arranca" è carina come frase, c hai fatto la rima, bravo!Mi trovo a Londra in questo periodo e sono nel cast della Carmen di Bizet, Elina interpreta Carmen e considerando ci troviamo alla Royal Opera House e ad ogni replica piovono non meno di 10 minuti d applausi per Elina, converrai con me che x fortuna è il pubblco a scegliere.Dice bene quel detto"Chi sa fare una cosa bene, la fa.Chi la sa fare a metà la insegna, chi non la sa fare affatto, la scrive"
MediterraneanArtsExp 2 years ago
...Ah! le mot n'est pas galant mais qu'importe...
Al Covent Garden si applaude ben dieci minuti ! perdincibacco!
tuttavia confermo quello che ho scritto circa il Rossini della cantatrice.
(Carmen jamais n'à menti,
son ame reste inflexible...)
Non dubito punto del suo giudizio critico, la S.V. dev'essere molto competente;
cedo difronte ad argomenti così convincenti e soprattutto davanti a tanta squisita educazione...
mongemark 2 years ago
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MediterraneanArtsExp 2 years ago
Mio caro purtroppo è come dice il detto, che ti piaccia o no ma è cosi !!!
Non so per gli altri ma con Elina Garanca e Roberto Alagna il pubblico della Royal Opera House è generoso e meno male!Fossero tutti critici come te non canterebbe più nessuno! :)
MediterraneanArtsExp 2 years ago
...chacun a son gout...
tuttavia io non sono 'caro suo' perchè detto sinceramente non mi interessa neanche il suo conversare ....
...'' dell'usato più noioso voi siete ''...
mongemark 2 years ago
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bodiloto 2 years ago
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MediterraneanArtsExp 2 years ago
i'm impartial... but i listened to ms. semmingsen and Garanca is vocally on another level ... what makes semmingsen better in this aria to you?
mrportobello 2 years ago
this is true....i am very glad to say that i much more appreciate her tone now and her performances in baden baden are ones to watch if you ask me
primadivo 2 years ago 2
in my opinion her more recent performances of this are better, more refined :-)
primadivo 2 years ago
you are soo stupid cecilia is cecilia, eliana is eliana and what?
zasesdea 2 years ago 2
es buenisima
ligth95 2 years ago 2
I wonder if Garanca is really done for this repertory : she does it very correctly, of course, but the vocalization is a littlé heavy. That's a great voice, more adapted to Verdi, in my opinion...
taillia 2 years ago
eh..les italiens...elle est Letonne!!! arretez de comparer le dindon et la caille...elle est belle...blonde et chante divinement!!! capice!
nanard111 2 years ago
La cosa straordinaria è che nei melismi non si perde la continuità della melodia sottostante, dal momento che appoggia la prima nota di ogni quartina, e ogni nota appoggiata di ogni quartina è diversa dalle altre, fraseggiata in modo superbo. Sono queste le cose difficili della musica, e i dettagli che separano l'arte dal circo equestre.
ad80ad 2 years ago
sentito quando canta 'figlia, sorella amica' ? io sento tre parole esattamente uguali..dov'è l'accento che le differenzia? e la vocalità della cabaletta perché è così 'triste' , i francesi direbbero 'morne'?? oltretutto manca in assoluto di nettezza e vigore (le note sono strascicate) e l'ultimo acuto è anche gridato...
intendiamoci è una bella voce, ma non c'entra con questo Rossini... e forse con Rossini in genere... che esige tutt'altra tecnica e tutt'altro stile
mongemark 2 years ago 5
Bellissima voce, bellissima interpretazione. Bellissima anche lei, non si smetterebbe mai di guardarla. Forse per valutarla correttamente bisognerebbe ascoltarla senza video...
1964Tobia 2 years ago 2
Io sono d'accordo
rimaggio 2 years ago
stupenda !
italomelomane 2 years ago
Bravissima!!
DiegoMartinazzoli 2 years ago
Eine wunderbare Stimme, singt eine komplizierte Rossini Arie. Kenne keine lebende Sängerin, die es besser könnte. Eine virtuose Stimme, eine Weltstimme.
Bravo und DANKE !! Thank you ! Gracias! Спасибо!
bergmannsglueck 2 years ago 2
A far better singer than Netrebko.
DottoreJojo 2 years ago 13
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daniroland 2 years ago
Estoy totalmente de acuerdo
daniroland 2 years ago
Yes, you are right.
operafan85 2 years ago
Great... But there is another performance of this aria posted here on youtube, and that's even better. Check it out: Baden-Baden, 2007.
Ogniem 2 years ago
I think she's good, first beacause she sang it LEGATO and not staccato, thing wich I think is very important beacause, how LA CALLAS teach, the respect to what composers had write is very important, what I don't like is-and this is in contrast with I saied before-that she changed some phrases like to do variations on the theme-. The last thing and I stop to be boring -XD- is that she could work on the diction-another thing that Maria teach-but she has more temperament than another people
doremicde 2 years ago
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TempeSunDevils14 2 years ago
I love her...is very young, she has time enough to sing much better....but for me she is a soprano
chicasnoopy 2 years ago
NO CANTA MAL...pero creo que, una de 2 o le falta pulir más su tecnica para que su voz madure y se consolide en color de mezzo ó de plano no es mezzo....que muy personal eso me parece, que es soprano :( ni modo...sus graves no se escuchan tan solidos, y menos en esta pieza.
zoekataru 2 years ago
Anyway in my opinion Elina is the best, but
dont worry I dont have a gun
AndrzejIsinana44 2 years ago
What type of voice has she?
tazkorinthos 2 years ago
Mezzo...but she really does have a soprano timbre, doesn't she! It's quite phenomenal...she sounds very much like a soprano with a really low range.
SsteinwayS 2 years ago 2
She doesn't sound like a soprano at all..
AnaRitaCastro22 2 years ago 3
She doesn't sound like a contralto either. But when she TALKS ... boy... she definitely doesn't sound like a soprano.
SsteinwayS 2 years ago
I do agree!! She does have a soprano timbre with a low range. Anyway she is extraordinary!
guendy77 2 years ago
Yeah, she has more of a higher sound to me, but anyway she is fantastic! I heard her in interviews, and her voice is surprisingly quite low though...
SsteinwayS 2 years ago
This is tipical mezzo with capability of singing soprano notes/higher noter then usualy mezzo sings. Mezzos like she were/are ment to sing Rossini, also Mozart, Bellini. Check also Marilyn Horne, Cecilia Bartoli,... This type of voice is very got f.e. for Adalgisa (Norma, Bellini). Btw. have heard her with Gruberova - a fantastic evening.
MisterSoprano 2 years ago
Sorry, but no body was singing better "Non piu mesta" then Elina until now.
She has voice as woman should have, she sings with clarity and power full. In her performance she is an angel. I can kill any one who are oposit.
AndrzejIsinana44 2 years ago 4
For me Agnes Baltsa is much better. There is a fantastic performance of by her from Vienna. No need to kill anyone of different opinion.
tehen162 2 years ago
For me Cecilia Bartoli is way better!
AnaRitaCastro22 2 years ago
Realmente , pienso que Agnes Baltsa es la mejor Carmen del mundo , pero Elina es una cantante maravillosa, simpática y bella. - Rossini debe estar, desde lo alto, feliz con esta mezzo que también tiene amplitud para soprano.
daniroland 2 years ago
She is extraordinary, but you should listen to Anne Sofie von Otter also, who comes immediately after Callas who is still the best performer for this aria!
guendy77 2 years ago
Beautiful sound of voice, but lacking in the clarity and precision of the individual notes.
PEAinSwe 2 years ago
She is beautiful and has a such a deep low notes and bright high notes at the same time, just enough of legato and staccato. Bartoli is very precise but the notes get out as dashed, cut in between. Callas is great but something everything is very legato and the precision is lost.
fagottobrasil 2 years ago
I don't think I have ever heard, or seen, this performed with such ease and elegance. She is definitely perfect for the role !
dbrel 2 years ago
Lovely voice; lovely girl.
7inga7 2 years ago 2
Just saw the Met broadcast on Saturday. She was truly amazing in the role. Lovely voice and she looked absolutely right for the role (more than could said for the Prince (Brownlee?) who was much too short) - although he did have a very nice voice
Brunnhilde44 2 years ago
You know, I disagree. I thought the Prince was perfect. Ironically, because he was hiding that he was a prince, and then turned around and didn't even look like one. I loved him, I thought he was amazing.
Frienze7 2 years ago 2
Lawrence Brownlee has a beautiful voice and was quite well suited to the role. His ordinary "appearance" as the valet and his majestic, princely voice only added to the comedy and dramatic irony. On the whole, an intelligent and witty production and I look forward to seeing Brownlee and Garanca in roles in the 2009/2010 season.
bloorwest 2 years ago 2
I saw her in this role last night. The internet does her voice no justice.
Divadrummer 2 years ago
I also saw her in the Met production today... it was transferred over to Estonia live. And she was marvelous.
Vannikardinabeib 2 years ago 2
I saw her in the Met production today as well. SHE IS A GODDESS! My husband and I both had tears welling up as she sang "Non piu mesta" simply because her voice was so incredibly gorgeous and her tone was as sweet and pure as any I have ever heard! And yes, she was beautiful to look at too!
7up4me 2 years ago 5
Just saw her at the Met today in La Cenerentola and she was wonderful. Beautiful to look at, too. I'm not too crazy about Cecilia Bartolia (she drives me crazy and not in a good way), so with that consideration, I much prefer Elina's performance.
kiltlvr 2 years ago
Hoy en el Met, con la Generentela estuvo espectacular, quien dice que es fria, (cool), no la vio actuar, porque una cosa es un concierto y otra una opera. Maravillosa. Ovacionada. Desde Argentina. Teatro 25 de Mayo de Urquiza.
NoviaVampira 2 years ago
P.S. iforgeti, thanks so much for posting this, the 2001 competition is my favourite if you have the other finalists it would FAB if you could post them on here too!!!