Montserrat Caballe "Ernani, Ernani, involami" Live 1968

[gja822]

How this written aria could be sung? And so brilliantly!

[Maripudelmonaco]

MARAVILLOSA !!!

[jc2971]

A beautiful interpretation

[r7diego]

i just hear the interpretation of Leontyne Price and Joan Sutherlan, all magnificent but i like better Joan´s version

[liguten]

BRAVISSIMA!!!!! La voix du siècle!!!

[ininacsot]

que dire de plus que cette grande Dame a toujours chantée avec une classe et un sérieux extraordinaire,encore merci à Madame Caballe

[brianonio]

I love Miss Price on this, but here Madame Caballe is seriously good, wonderful!

[TommyHaegin]

I cannot understand who anybody could possibly dislike this rendition?? At present there are 8 people who don't like...

[pproust]

Clearly the finest rendition of one of Verdi's most treacherous arias (if not the most longest). It requires extremely wide vocal range, rapid register changes, notorious arppegio-like flexibility at the top of the stave, and excruciating coloratura articulation. Only Caballe manages the written notes a tempo, without the elephantine rallentandi of certain other famous sopranos -- and maintains beautiful tonal quality at every instant. A stupendous example of the art of singing.

[leoniemikele]

You can sing Rosa Ponselle sing Ernani on youtube, too, and it's remarkable. Not to take away from Caballe, because I love Monserrat.

[lipera]

The best Ernani Involami I've ever heard!

[Marals22]

it's my surname!

[lawally]

wonderful singing.... Shes amazing

[leprincebeaumont]

La Caballé degli anni sessanta era davvero brava e musicalmente a posto. Cosa che puertroppo non si può dire di quella successiva, che in pratica si riscriveva la parte dalla prima all'ultima nota!

[Pagudo]

To bestmaster3

What you say aren't truth. Sutherlan never sang Ernanion stage nor in no production.; only she recorded for Decca in 1985. Caballe recorded for RAI Ernani in 1968; only sang this opera onstage in one production: San Francisco 1984, five performances.

[lrmusica]

I don't agree, Caballe makes the best coloratura here, even than the Sutherland's recording on sixty.

Freni never could make coloraturas and generally all Verdi is outside his fach; in several interviews she herself declared that sung Ernani was one of his great errors.

Leontyne Price, of course, has the most suitable voice to sing all the score.

[Gary2837]

@lrmusica I like Miss Caballe; however, this aria is Miss Price's and no one could touch her in her prime.  So, I agree with you the entire aria seems as though it were written specifically for her and she performs it magnificiently.

[suffisance]

Seriously, if you have those high pianissimi ... what difference? :D

[klitenmestre]

Siempre una leccion de canto. Gracias Montserrat

[doremicde]

I think She isn't too bad, even if the better version of this aria is obviosely from Maria Callas

[tebaldicallas]

Great interpreation - love her voice.

[saverioorlando]

Bellissima giovane voce

[AulicExclusiva]

Very nice. The whole performance (with Christoff and Prevedi) was very good.

[nectenorboi09]

Interesting that she transposes this down at this early stage in her career... still, a brilliant recording.

[Andante735]

That is interesting, I'm glad you mentioned it. I have no answer...let me know if you come up with something.

[troppofiato]

This is not transposed down - it's in the right key. I have LP and CD versions of this performance - the CD is 1/2 step high!

[HomoAlba]

Que buenisima! Una diesa de canciones.

[55patri]

extraordinaria Montserrat

[Andante735]

One of the most beautiful voices in history dear.

[VivaMariaCallas]

Simply marvellous.

[gheeah2]

she enchants with her voice, the best and most natural I have ever heard...

[WiseMonki]

one of the greatest voices ever recorded... many thanks for post.

[darthseus]

Grandiosa como siempre Montserrat Caballe.

[lungdoc]

I am not Madame C's greatest fan but find it impossible not to like her here.

[MaCaCoGa]

@lungdoc They are envious, fans of another singer who can not appreciate art as a whole