Kasarova sings D'Amour l'ardente flamme

[magicmonkichi]

Brilliant...simply brilliant. Thank you for posting. ^_^

[sukararar]

it is very bad!

[olympicfreak678]

Ya, that's why everyone clapped at the end. Please.

[TrevorDaniels]

Everyone talks about Susan Graham...her interpretation is good as well as Callas'. However Jessye Norman interpretation is AMAZING

[Pokolond]

Why is this woman so famous? I don't understand one single word. Susan Graham... indeed!

[SDCmorg]

Imagine this... A diva B fan appearing at Susan Graham's clip and says 'Why is this woman so famous? blah..blah..blah.. Diva B is much better'.

Now... just how well would you think of the thoughtless but big mouthed fan and of his cherished diva B?

Susan Graham, of course, is most definitely not guilty of her fan's unsolicited conduct. Though you would do well to remember that there are plenty of people who believe in guilt by association a whole lot more than I do.

[Pokolond]

You're perfectly right and I'm sorry to have written such thoughtless words.

[SDCmorg]

OK. Thanks for apologizing! :o)

[phil2u]

actionsrlouder: The instrument is an English horn, not an oboe.

This aria belongs to Maria Callas who fully understood the character and the nuances of the text and music. Berlioz' Marguerite suffers from erotic delusions and borders on insanity.

[ligiamonteiro0]

listen to susan graham!

[actionsrlouder]

oboe player sucks!

[berlinman46]

I Really Love this Girl and Her Art she reminds me in some ways of Kathleen Ferrier does anyone else sense that ?

[SDCmorg]

I'm afraid I never had the chance to her Kathleen Ferrier live, but from the recordings, I say you had just paid Kasarova a grand compliment! :o) What mesmerizing artists these two are indeed. I wish Ferrier was around longer and made more recordings. She left us way too soon.

[DivaDeb1234]

I just don't understand why she smiles

when singing such sad text. She looks almost happy about losing her love forever!

[SDCmorg]

I think she really loves French music and she tends to let herself go with the music more in concert setting. :o) Besides, not all of the song is sad, really. She starts smiling when Marguerite lapses into her memory of Faust's physical presence, I think.

[DivaDeb1234]

I SDCmorg

I agree that here happy look matches that part of the aria but the beginning of the aria is totally Pathos and very sad,,,there is no question...and she is really smiling there. So she probably does just go with the music...There is just no reason, in my opinion to smile in the first section of the aria. Thanks for your reply..

[eddi1178]

Strepitosa!!!

[rbmezzo]

Kasarova is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MBWoland]

4/5... She is awesome, but the orchestra and the oboe really don't get the French style, I think. Come to think of it, she is probably more passionate than the French specialists would do this song. But I don't care. Such an alluring Marguerite!

[marindrinov]

Made in Bulgaria!

[scarpia1965]

Yes, just great. Like Kabaivanska, Dimitrova, Miltcheva, etc.

[operamusicfan]

Let's not forget the gentlemen like Christoff and Ghiaurov.