Placido Domingo & Agnes Baltsa as Samson and Dalila

[hiram242]

Very perceptive comment, and I confess to never having seen the matter from that angle. Of course, in the Bible Dalila is a Philistine agent so the whole thing may simply be an early version of the KGB "honeytrap". But she MAY have had real feelings and conflicts...

[Rospaint]

What a mysterious woman... What an artist!

[Tenorbravo]

Domingo and Baltsa...on this interpretation ...I AM SPECHLESS....

[MrWinsboy]

I agree Baltsa is the consumate actress; I saw her in 1983 at Covent Garden as Carmen: but does she really have the voluptuous quality of voice needed for Delilah.........listen to Resnik or Borodina......just a personal preference

[MrLenhard]

Charming!

[tomkellycartoons]

Oh! I love me some Agnes Baltsa!!! And Mr. Domingo, of course!

[cantanteporsiempre]

Impresionante como esta mujer puede cantar con esa voz de pecho tan alta. La mayoría de las mezzos si cantaran asi, estarían sin voz hace mucho rato. Baltsa likes suicide.

[xjavierss]

Totalmente de acuerdo con ud,sin embargo es curioso que actualmente goza de una salud vocal extraordinaria. A pesar de esta curiosidad a mi me encanta.Saludos.-

[elamigosanti]

she stills sings! she's singin in the 2010 season of Zurich Opera House

[tenorismo]

My favorite recording is James King and Christa Ludwig. Also the Highlights with Rise Stevens and Mario Del Monaco

[MasochisticLion42]

My ultimate favorite opera aria of all time. It's so beautiful...

[bobsopera]

Great Baltsa - one of the most dramatic sopranos ever. Thanks for all Baltsa postings.

[rogernldw]

@bobsoperaBaltsa is a mezzosoprano.

[Loismustdie26]

@bobsopera

Baltsa is very much a mezzo, but yes, absolutely fabulous, one of the top singers of the last 50 years. tears

[gotterhaus]

Baltsa, has a proper pronunciation of French, unlike the majority of singers, who read English in some syllables. Even for that, she is applaudable.

[richardmarseille]

Baltsa nous interprète une Dalila vulgaire abusant du vibrato quand tout doit être douceur - écoutez Shirley Verret.

[Johnny1206]

Baltsa had a very beautiful and peculiar voice!

[italianoperafan]

Thanks a lot for this... Domingo is "forcing" a bit - on the verge of its limits - but Baltsa is just magnificent. The "Réponds à ma tendresse", especially during the "reprise", is memorable. What an artist!

[55patri]

Domingo es un extraordinario Sansón, Baltsa también me gusta mucho, esta aria es una preciosidad

[tena2]

Coincido con usted.

[2007nc]

Agnes wow I am so touched by this performance. Have you ever seen a grown man cry you got one here.

[osvaldoutube]

Como cantante es buena, si. Pero ella siempre da la impresion de que hace un grandisimo esfuerzo para cantar. Eso se deba quiza a que no es una verdadera mezzo. Su canto en frances es loable.

[rugbyswissbear]

Although the video is not at a good technbical qualtity. Baltsa and Domingo are marvellous!

[urgrad03]

This is very interesting... I'm so accustomed to those "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" that ooze conspicuous sexuality that it takes a minute to get used to this sharper version. Baltsa looks conflicted by her plight here, which is much more likely how Dalila would have felt if there were ANY love in her for Sampson.

[MasochisticLion42]

Wow! You completely helped me to see that in this version! And you're right! I adore the way Baltsa does this. It makes her seem more reluctant to betray him. Your comment on this was genius! :]

[CONTESTAR]

What a pleasure to hear such smart artists!

Baltsa, being a mezzo-falcon as opposed to a real alto, has an edge to her voice.

Appropriately she turned that to her complete advantage by acting an edgy and eager Dalila rather than a laid back one...

Domingo, at home with the role and a partner with such insight, gives his absolute best!

[Homoclassicus]

Wonderful! I found Baltsa's interpretation very interesting, she acts a Dalila that is always pretending and never looks as if having much pleasur in seducing Samson. It's a less romantic but very intelligent characterization. And vocally Baltsa and Domingo are the ideal partners! Both have voices with ardour and incredible expressivity. Their presence on stage together is fiery!

[timopragod]

What Baltsa was able to do here was sing rich and sensual, but not sound old. Too many mezzos sound like my grandmother (granted, one who could sing well). How sensual is that? She's very sexy with her voice. I love that about her.

[simonchante]

Thank you for this posting. I want much more videos of Baltsa. She just gives everything she's got and she was always exciting as a singer as well as an actor. A wonderful versatile singer. She wasn't afraid to use chest voice or mixed chest. so many so called dramatic singers these days have no clue.

[Gipsymom]

WOW!!! This brought me to tears! They are both truly amazing. If you have not seen them in Tales of Hoffman, see it! I will try to upload it here.

[DragosCojocaru]

Wonderful! Thank you, wansob!

[LaBelleHelene]

I'm completely astonished!!