Tatiana Troyanos as Eboli "O don fatale" Don Carlo

[drtmuir]

Magnificent, the best word for her. I miss her so much, she was such a tremendous presence in such a wide range of repertoire-- I thought that was what a mezzo was supposed to be!

[thomassmile]

She's superlative

[FrancescaChiejina]

Damn she was nasty wit it! Get it!

[chelseaguy52]

thank you for posting this, so rare, and i missed her, being so young.....my family thought I could not understand opera, let alone a foreign language. please...do not make that mistake for your children, nephews, nieces, grandchildren,little pals, take them or gift them a chance at the opera!!!even if it community opera company, start them off...or with a gift of a video or a dvd!

[Mike98861]

She's my new favorite mezzo, her voice has such a stunning violet color to it.

[thomassmile]

INCREDIBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bcndn63]

I watched this performance on Live from the Met- sometimes you're at the right place at the right time...truly one of the greatest nights of opera. Troyanos, Plishka, Domingo, Scotto,Milnes,Hines. This is the performance with so many great highlites here on youtube...check out the duet between Philip and the Gran Inquisitor...Hines' performance is hair-raising!! Troyanos Rules!!!!

[cmmenah]

Temper, anguish, art, voice, pain, love, regrets, a whole palette, my God!!!!!

[BravoLucero]

Such a powerful performance. She owned this role. What it must have been like to be in the house that evening she did this.

[JoseLery]

Bring me tears... A M A Z I N G

[TommyHaegin]

She is a very beautiful woman, I did not know that. And a great rendition of this most difficult aria. See how she is literally out of breath before the very final notes.... this is REAL work too... Brava!!

[Bernardette2323]

This is the way it should be. Historically, La Princesa de Eboli had only one eye, which made her even more misterious in the already misterious Spanish Court of Philip de Habsburg. !Bravo Tatiana!

[yes4albert]

Isn't opera just incredibly fabulous when done like this? Don't you just live for it? Brava, diva.

Was Levine conducting? He really brings out the lower instruments in Don Carlo, perfect for such a brooding, dark opera.

[egymagyar1111111]

this is what surpass Stignani and God Bless Stignani

[Jeanne90275]

Troyanos was terrific!

[VoyArrasando]

I know a performance is grand when it brings the ghetto out in me, I think if I had been in the audience during this performance I would've screamed out loud "you better sing that shit tatiana!!!" lol sorry

[andrea585ny]

I love your comment! No need 4 "sorry" I'm LMAO!!! Thanx for the chuckle :)

[yes4albert]

LOL. I feel you, boo. I have to keep the opera and ballroom separate myself, lest I call out, "Work, bitch" after a fabulous performance like this.

[rlee1976]

Amen to dat! She SANG dat, she didn't sing it, she SAAANGGG dat shit!

[erer2930]

@VoyArrasando That's too funny.

[SiEtIn1]

@VoyArrasando lulz! i too would be snapping my fingers and nodding my head in aprovval going "uh huh dats muh gurl tatiana there" . All this with pouty lips of course

[pweny]

Wow!

[johngotwalt]

hurling the eyepatch was extrememly effective in the house -- an exclamation point, if you will. At 1:17 she propels herself from the balls of her feet for vocal emphasis.

Also, forgive me, TT, but she was TERRIFIED to enter the stage area from the wings (as was Corelli). We had to get behind her and literally push her out onto the stage. Hearing her, though, you'd never know it.

[johngotwalt]

the droopy eye was given at birth --

she was a tall, regal, handsome woman who wore Blackgama

and was most comfortable in the  company of women

this aria is more affecting than that of Agnes Balsta, who recorded in one uninterrupted cut under von Karajan.

TATIANA RULED !!!

Know her utterly seamless Carmen ?

[corellithebest]

She is magnificent, of course, but I wonder what the matter was with her left eye? Sorry to ask. Anyway, I enjoyed her singing and acting.

[rrgallo]

Princess Eboli, the character, is sometimes depicted as a one-eyed woman, thus the eye-patch..Nothing wrong with Troyanos...Bumbry on the Deutsche Grammophon video of the same production also wears it.

[jplaura02]

One of the greatest Eboli's I have ever heard. Perhaps only Verrett is greater. RIP dear supreme artist!

[niallguinan]

What a legend.

[DivaDeb1234]

oooh,,,,nice B flat and the approach is gorgeous !

[herrwertheimer]

brilliant.

[usedalittle]

What production and year of this performance?

Her Eboli was magnificent. I was fortunate to hear her sing this role with the Dallas Opera about a year before she passed. One of the most memorable opera performances I have ever heard.

[dacooldl]

1980 at the Met, John Dexter's production. It's still in the repertoire; last year it was revived with Patricia Racette, Olga Borodina, Johan Botha and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Miss Troyanos really was something, a truly singular talent. We'll never see her like again.

[poliuto]

Onegin,eres un rey.Quien canta Carlo?

[Onegin65]

Vasile Moldoveanu