PBS viewers voted this their ALL time favorite Aria's ever aired on Live from the Met. The quality of THAT broadcast of the 10 ten culminating in this, is the best quality I've been able to find--sound wise, especially---but they only show a few seconds of the applause at the end---which kind of misses the point for their most "ICONIC" performance EVA! They obviously have that whole performance, which was broadcast live, it in their vaults and if not in HD at least very good quality.
Her performance was stunning.I will never know how she keept it together with the audience giving her so much honour and glory.She is a true master.Look at the same performance from 1963----she is a living diva-the gift of her voice is a marvel,and I just love her.
this performance is the best yet, I had not seen it and the audiences' response with the standing ovation must have been very rewarding for Miss Price, will add this to my collection along with her Carmen
To this day..... I'll never forget this moment. When Price finally relents and drops to her knees, and the crowd wants to cover her in glory, I am reminded of how noble humans can be to each other in those rarest of moments. Beyond beautiful
The zoom in on her face at the end of this clip is one of the most powerful things I have ever seen. There is so much emotion in her eyes that it is impossible not to cry.
I don't know how she did it...I don't like crying, especially in front of others, because I pretty much consider it a personal weakness if I do, but I would have started BAWLING if I had been her! She's made me cry countless times, though.
I'm crying at work! You can see in the way she holds and finishes that last note that she's truly saying goodbye. Completely overwhelming. One of the greatest sopranos of all time.
I must come back to this performance every few months, just to get my jolt of PURE JOY at seeing this legend of opera history sing this as no other will ever sing it and then sit awash at the instantanous universal acclamation from that audience which gave her one of the most famous and probably one of the longest if not the longest in history ovations of thanks, joy, love, admiration, astonishment, reverence to her and her craft. It infuses me with hope, and a new reason for living. Try it.
Simply put, Price was a machine. She 'manufactured' sounds that mere humans could only dream about....her legacy is one of perfection and just plain ol' hard work. There will never be another Leontyne.
@SingcerelyStudios unfortunately THE MET apparently refuses to release this performance on home video! I DO NOT KNOW WHY!!!!!!!!!!!! But I have tried for years!
@cubanbach WE MUST KEEP AFTER THEM!!! It is so unfair to the OPERA WORLD and future singers to not be able to watch this incredibly stunning performance!!!!
This is the first time that I've realized that the aria is a lament. Not an aria, per se (from an interpretation standpoint). But for Price to sing this, at this her farewell, it's just 'mind-blowing'
Thank you so much for this! I remember watching it on TV back in 1985 and weeping! What an amazing way to end your career, with class, elegance & stupendous talent!! She is THE Aida!
No word can do justice to describe the Leontyne Price experience, because she's truly a Gift from God. The emotions one experiences with her artistry can't be verbalized
Oh I LOVE Leontyne Price i am going to sing this Aria in the Competition next month in June 2011 and i believe i am singing it well i need your blessings and love i am a young and up coming Dramatic Soprano and at this pointing time i believe that now is the time for me to go and share my Talent with the world i am 34 years now soon will be actually on the 16th November 2011
@startobesoon75 Hi! You did a very good choise!All you have to pay attention is the change of time/rytm (Verdi was expert in this!) and the hight C that must be strongly supported by your "down" belly with a very vigourous and a full, full breath, like you would like tho swalow all the air of this world.I know that you know what I mean.Good chance, and I would like to hear from you soon!
So much bloom on her voice, so much control, so much Verdian style still present at 58! It's a gift sopranos 25 years younger can only imagine having, and here, at an extremely emotional event, one of the repertory's most difficult and exposed arias is done without batting an eye. Marvelous at any age. And how on earth did she keep herself from breaking down? Anyone would have forgiven her for doing so. The lady is incredible.
Going through all the videos on here. I finally got around to transferring my video to dvd from this. I was fortunate enough to have been there in person for this. One of the most amazing nights in my years of going to the Met. As a child it was Price who inspired my love of opera and there was no way I wasn't going to be there for this. I didn't have an actual ticket in my hand till maybe 2 minutes before the curtain went up. Fun to relive just now.
My son died in Iraq two years ago. Though we had a very talented soprano who performed at his funeral, one of his requests was that Ms. Price's version of this song be played if anything happened. Even though he excelled in three sports, he always preferred going to an opera than anything else. Even as a young boy, every Saturday we would go to the opera. It was like he was going to Disneyland.
Thanks for posting this- the best rendition of the song in my humble opinion.
@trainerstone i dont know if i am doing right or not writing this .. i was just crying moving by this rendition of Price until i read your comment about your son who died in Iraq and i fell down broken in tears ...i was not expecting that.. a deep pain thru my soul.....
This for all posterity is and shall remain a symbol of artistry. You don't have to like this artist, you don't have to appreciate her voice or what she sings here; but if you are delusional then you probably often miss and deny truth. Artistry being a form of truth is very evident here and will remain after all else has faded including life itself. Thank God for YouTube video. Jehovah Is Praised!
Oh, God!!! And THIS was a television moment-the people in the audience knew exactly what this meant to her - and responded as much to that as to her divine singing.Great beyond words.Blessed who shared such a moment, huh?Moments like this are very rare and hard to imagine in our times...if not impossible...
This was and will always be one of the most stunning moments in television, in opera, in music, in life, and in the history of one remarkable person's career.
Thanks for posting and many thanks to all other Users for those great, clever and purposeful comments, which I share all. This is a voice from Heaven and we are fortunate enough to have witnessed and loved it! Keeping the voice in such a state later in life is a miracle. Leontyne's breath control mechanism is exemplary and unique. A true miracle. This is one of the most breathtaking (!) rendition I've ever heard. Young soprani: just look and listen. Maybe your brains and common sense will learn!
Wow..I remember when when it was telecasted, this was the aria that stole the show. In my view point Ms Price was not only saying farewell to her country but to Opera as well. She was and still is a class act and this farewell performance confirms it.
Leontyne Price è "AIDA". E lo sarà per sempre: in teatro e su disco.Personalità,temperamento,irresistibile sensualità carnale. Dotata di una voce che cambia colore a seconda del registro: scura, talvolta opaca e poco dinamica nel registro grave, poi brunita, per poi svettare nel registro acuto con una limpidezza senza paragoni.
In questo live dell'85 al Metropolitan, la Price,seppur a fine carriera, sfoggia tutto il suo grande fascino e la sua splendida voce d'angelo. Davvero straordinaria!
Ms. Price is Aida!! No one can touch her is this role. My favorite soprano by far. She had it all. I was fortunate enough to meet her and she was most gracious. I do love Sills, Sutherland, Fleming, and Norman also. We are so lucky to be able to hear a voice like this on earth. I still tear up from this clip. Magical!
she's a strong woman!! but you can see that she's so emotional here and she's abot to cry!! so many years studying!! searching, and working hard for your art!!! an at the end of all!! the public pays you with this great ovation!! i just hope one day i'll be good enough to feel all the emotions she felt in this moment!... brava!! brava!! my favorite soprano and a true artist!!
It´s a very moving document. No need to speak about the fabulous singing in this farewell, but the emotions in her face, all the memories and the grateful applause from the audience- it´s moving.
A voice from Heaven! Beyond any other version I have ever heard. She had a Divine gift and certainly knew how to use it. May you be well and know how proud we are that you are an American!
If I were to go deaf after listening to her magnificent and glittering, rich voice I will know that I've heard the most beautiful voice worth listening to.
Ok, some of the posts on different singers argue about the "C". How good it has to be, not important, whatever. Man, when you hit it like she does in this recording, and at her age, it shows you that she is the GREATEST Aida ever~!!
Ditto to all the good reviews below - you all took the words right out of my mouth! The only comment I have is that I see this copy has been view the most, but, there's another copy of this piece where a PBS lady is talking at the beginning to tell you that the viewers voted this the #1 Opera moment, Leontyne's last Aida at the Met and her farewell to the opera stage in 1985 - that copy has less white noise in it - much clearer - you'll appreciate the difference in the sound quality.
I have watched this clip so many times and every time I see it ,it inspires me to sing!! She is OPERA GREATNESS AT ITS VERY BEST!! Thank GOD FOR THIS GIFT OF A WOMAN!! LORD HAVE MERCY!!!
I have watched this clip so many times and every time I see it ,it inspires me to sing!! She is OPERA GREATNESS AT ITS VERY BEST!! Thank GOD FOR THIS GIFT OF A WOMAN!! LORD HAVE MERCY!!!
I have watched this clip so many times and every time I see it ,it inspires me to sing!! She is OPERA GREATNESS AT ITS VERY BEST!! Thank GOD FOR THIS GIFT OF A WOMAN!! LORD HAVE MERCY!!!
I have watched this clip so many times and every time I see it ,it inspires me to sing!! She is OPERA GREATNESS AT ITS VERY BEST!! Thank GOD FOR THIS GIFT OF A WOMAN!! LORD HAVE MERCY!!!
wow this is amazing. I've never heard anything like this before. Gave me chills. Not fun to watch late at night when you're home alone. Kind of spooky. SIMPLY AMAZING.
I lost track of how many times I slapped my forehead during this performance. Absolutely stunning, totally without parallel. There may well never be another one like her.
@JohnnyMarsden "Never be another one like her"..... safest bet anybody could make. Anybody who comes accross with her voice can consider him/herself a lucky human being.
I always thought Price's technique just kept getting better and better the older she got. There is an OUNCE of vocal decline. She sings that high C with a purity like no one will ever hear again -- just such ease of singing.
Possessing for decades one of the most beautiful voices anyone ever heard, and practically owning the role of "Aida," how did Price manage to get through this night?
This brought tears to me eyes..her still emotion throughout the ovation is haunting, and peaceful at the same time. She is the Grand One. There will never be another like Miss Price..
"The longest ovation at the end of an aria..." You're making that up. She had just as long an ovation at the end of the ACT III Trovatore aria in 1982. I remember Caballe got five minutes in Vespri in the 70s. etc etc. How about "one of"?
This ovation was not at the end of an act or an end of an opera. It was at the end of an aria in the middle of Act III. Caballe received her five minute ovation at the end of an act, as did Price at the end of an Act in Il Trovatore'.
As you know "D'amor" in Trovatore comes in the middle of Act III. It was after that, in 1982, that Leontyne received a long ovation--longer than this, I'm pretty sure. Anyway, what is your source for saying this is the "longest"?
Price received a 42 minute ovation in Il Trovatore at the Met in 1961. Thats the longest in Met history. Pavarotti has the record in Germany, 67 minutes and 165 curtain calls
Note that the 42-minute ovation was her *debut* at the Met--her first-ever performance there. So, you might say, a bookend to this night. And at the time, it was quite unprecedented.
She is 58 years old here right? She is Flawless! The high C is sung more easily than any other singer ever sang it... the legato and phrasing beautiful and so steady...
Almost a quarter of a century has passed since this performance. At age 57, this was her 44th Aida at the Met, and certainly not her best. Even so, she rose to the occasion during this taxing aria. Mr. Henahan's review of the performance in the NY Times on January 5, 1985 says it best: "there were powerful reminders of the Price that we remember best and want to remember, a Price beyond pearls. She is, in my view, the greatest American soprano of any age. Bravissima!
PBS viewers voted this their ALL time favorite Aria's ever aired on Live from the Met. The quality of THAT broadcast of the 10 ten culminating in this, is the best quality I've been able to find--sound wise, especially---but they only show a few seconds of the applause at the end---which kind of misses the point for their most "ICONIC" performance EVA! They obviously have that whole performance, which was broadcast live, it in their vaults and if not in HD at least very good quality.
paulb47NYC 4 days ago
WOW
Her performance was stunning.I will never know how she keept it together with the audience giving her so much honour and glory.She is a true master.Look at the same performance from 1963----she is a living diva-the gift of her voice is a marvel,and I just love her.
Thank you,
Henry
California
cowboy45longcolt 1 week ago
Parabéns:)))
crepegeorgete 2 weeks ago
this performance is the best yet, I had not seen it and the audiences' response with the standing ovation must have been very rewarding for Miss Price, will add this to my collection along with her Carmen
9446robert 2 weeks ago
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Happy Life Anniversary, Today, February 10th, Miss Price !!!!
ChagoWilson 2 weeks ago
I had never seen this... I am in tears... enough said.
TheAleph74 1 month ago
To this day..... I'll never forget this moment. When Price finally relents and drops to her knees, and the crowd wants to cover her in glory, I am reminded of how noble humans can be to each other in those rarest of moments. Beyond beautiful
tenorbear60 1 month ago
The zoom in on her face at the end of this clip is one of the most powerful things I have ever seen. There is so much emotion in her eyes that it is impossible not to cry.
Judill 2 months ago 2
One of the greatest night's in my life at the MET.
buffoward 2 months ago
I don't know how she did it...I don't like crying, especially in front of others, because I pretty much consider it a personal weakness if I do, but I would have started BAWLING if I had been her! She's made me cry countless times, though.
She was simply wonderful.
MaikoZafiro 3 months ago 2
by sheer luck someone gave me tickets to the gala...a moment I will cherish forever...
atlantepr 3 months ago 4
priceless simply divine such clear and beautiful chills up and dow the entire frame of my body
elzievwalker 4 months ago
I'm crying at work! You can see in the way she holds and finishes that last note that she's truly saying goodbye. Completely overwhelming. One of the greatest sopranos of all time.
chiedu72 4 months ago
I wonder...what must it have been like to be there... In the arena...I HONESTLY think I would have passed out once she hit the C!
thevuitt0ndon 4 months ago
There will NEVER BE another Price! This performance brings tears!
thevuitt0ndon 4 months ago
IM sobbing. This is the most incredible thing I have ever seen. Never will there be an artist more committed to the art of opera.
asx5252 4 months ago
Awesome.....
Beuthedoll 5 months ago
I must come back to this performance every few months, just to get my jolt of PURE JOY at seeing this legend of opera history sing this as no other will ever sing it and then sit awash at the instantanous universal acclamation from that audience which gave her one of the most famous and probably one of the longest if not the longest in history ovations of thanks, joy, love, admiration, astonishment, reverence to her and her craft. It infuses me with hope, and a new reason for living. Try it.
cubanbach 5 months ago
Simply put, Price was a machine. She 'manufactured' sounds that mere humans could only dream about....her legacy is one of perfection and just plain ol' hard work. There will never be another Leontyne.
MisterCrazyLegs 5 months ago
4 people accidentally hit the dislike button
Savedpianolover 5 months ago
When she retired, she said: "I'm so glad people ask me WHY I reitre rather then why NOT."
The wisest thing an opera singer can do :)
1717PRO 5 months ago 4
Pourquoi s'être retirée? Elle est splendide!!
opera751 5 months ago
WHERE DO I BUY THE ENTIRE VIDEO OF THIS PERFORMANCE?????
SingcerelyStudios 5 months ago
@SingcerelyStudios unfortunately THE MET apparently refuses to release this performance on home video! I DO NOT KNOW WHY!!!!!!!!!!!! But I have tried for years!
cubanbach 5 months ago
@cubanbach WE MUST KEEP AFTER THEM!!! It is so unfair to the OPERA WORLD and future singers to not be able to watch this incredibly stunning performance!!!!
SingcerelyStudios 1 month ago
This is the first time that I've realized that the aria is a lament. Not an aria, per se (from an interpretation standpoint). But for Price to sing this, at this her farewell, it's just 'mind-blowing'
Chasson0318 5 months ago
such a great American artist!
dwperkins 5 months ago
Precious the Price...
1114heart 6 months ago
A Divine experience...
lopezbon513 6 months ago
Now that's how you receive an applause.
Godsrebornedchild 6 months ago 2
Thank you so much for this! I remember watching it on TV back in 1985 and weeping! What an amazing way to end your career, with class, elegance & stupendous talent!! She is THE Aida!
Thank you again!
antinea3 6 months ago
Goosebumps! OMG! Drinkin' in the adoration @ the end. Classic!
SymbiantSound 6 months ago
No word can do justice to describe the Leontyne Price experience, because she's truly a Gift from God. The emotions one experiences with her artistry can't be verbalized
lopezbon513 6 months ago
There is no Aida but Leontyne.
amadeus5889 7 months ago
It was as if she was bidding farewell to the opera stage as well! Powerful!
godivapaw 7 months ago
so amazing, you are so amazing.
starmanbridges 7 months ago
Amazing ---agree with ShangoJamal--never heard like this before and probably will never be sung like this. Just superb.
deadpoet50 7 months ago
I wonder wether she realises what she brings to my life and that of many others. I thank God for her.
LPriceFan 7 months ago
Leontyne is a gift from God.
It is a privilege to hear her sing. God bless her.
SongsforRex 7 months ago
Wow!
Seedcovers 8 months ago
brava! brava!! bravissima!
o15committee 8 months ago 3
It really does bring you to tears!
blkprince02 9 months ago 2
stunning-no other word for it.
dm633 9 months ago 2
It doesn't get any better than this. Got to love this woman
smeisha 9 months ago
how can three people not like this? they must not have a soul. leontyne price in her 60s can outsing any aidas out there. she's just that amazing.
jorgepda 9 months ago
Oh I LOVE Leontyne Price i am going to sing this Aria in the Competition next month in June 2011 and i believe i am singing it well i need your blessings and love i am a young and up coming Dramatic Soprano and at this pointing time i believe that now is the time for me to go and share my Talent with the world i am 34 years now soon will be actually on the 16th November 2011
THANKS PRICE you are my inspiration
startobesoon75 9 months ago 3
@startobesoon75 Hi! You did a very good choise!All you have to pay attention is the change of time/rytm (Verdi was expert in this!) and the hight C that must be strongly supported by your "down" belly with a very vigourous and a full, full breath, like you would like tho swalow all the air of this world.I know that you know what I mean.Good chance, and I would like to hear from you soon!
liriango 9 months ago
So much bloom on her voice, so much control, so much Verdian style still present at 58! It's a gift sopranos 25 years younger can only imagine having, and here, at an extremely emotional event, one of the repertory's most difficult and exposed arias is done without batting an eye. Marvelous at any age. And how on earth did she keep herself from breaking down? Anyone would have forgiven her for doing so. The lady is incredible.
Aldobrandini 10 months ago 4
What an exit...and I dare you to watch the final 3 minutes of this clip and the many ferocious 'bravos' not find yourself weeping like a baby.
mca1218 11 months ago 5
FANTASTIC!
Mremerald3 11 months ago
Going through all the videos on here. I finally got around to transferring my video to dvd from this. I was fortunate enough to have been there in person for this. One of the most amazing nights in my years of going to the Met. As a child it was Price who inspired my love of opera and there was no way I wasn't going to be there for this. I didn't have an actual ticket in my hand till maybe 2 minutes before the curtain went up. Fun to relive just now.
Huss417 11 months ago
My son died in Iraq two years ago. Though we had a very talented soprano who performed at his funeral, one of his requests was that Ms. Price's version of this song be played if anything happened. Even though he excelled in three sports, he always preferred going to an opera than anything else. Even as a young boy, every Saturday we would go to the opera. It was like he was going to Disneyland.
Thanks for posting this- the best rendition of the song in my humble opinion.
trainerstone 11 months ago 8
@trainerstone i dont know if i am doing right or not writing this .. i was just crying moving by this rendition of Price until i read your comment about your son who died in Iraq and i fell down broken in tears ...i was not expecting that.. a deep pain thru my soul.....
MrLuis85698 3 months ago
I taped this performance from the TV in 85. Every time I watched O Patria Mia I cried. I played it so often that the tape broke.Thanks for posting..
isabellabarb1 11 months ago
This for all posterity is and shall remain a symbol of artistry. You don't have to like this artist, you don't have to appreciate her voice or what she sings here; but if you are delusional then you probably often miss and deny truth. Artistry being a form of truth is very evident here and will remain after all else has faded including life itself. Thank God for YouTube video. Jehovah Is Praised!
Jcarolinajr 1 year ago
Words Cannot describe how much I love this woman! What an artist....next to the word "artist" in the dictinary..is the name "Leontyne Price"!
ministertwan 1 year ago
Amazing! Her voice is so smooth and lovely. Perfection.
Savedpianolover 1 year ago 3
Ethereal, Ms. Price's voice is a gift from above , w/o a doubt!
ieluvchess 1 year ago
It's settled. Nobody will ever beat that. Period.
brolobear 1 year ago 3
I will never forget watching this live on TV. Thank you for posting it. It is a historic moment. .. incredibly moving.
ArmenRa 1 year ago
Oh, God!!! And THIS was a television moment-the people in the audience knew exactly what this meant to her - and responded as much to that as to her divine singing.Great beyond words.Blessed who shared such a moment, huh?Moments like this are very rare and hard to imagine in our times...if not impossible...
Garbo1964 1 year ago 4
This was and will always be one of the most stunning moments in television, in opera, in music, in life, and in the history of one remarkable person's career.
donconhar 1 year ago 11
Thanks for posting and many thanks to all other Users for those great, clever and purposeful comments, which I share all. This is a voice from Heaven and we are fortunate enough to have witnessed and loved it! Keeping the voice in such a state later in life is a miracle. Leontyne's breath control mechanism is exemplary and unique. A true miracle. This is one of the most breathtaking (!) rendition I've ever heard. Young soprani: just look and listen. Maybe your brains and common sense will learn!
GoldenAgeSunshine 1 year ago
I've lost count as to how many times I've seen this, yet it remains, to me, a lesson in the art of magnificence.
sketL 1 year ago 4
Wow..I remember when when it was telecasted, this was the aria that stole the show. In my view point Ms Price was not only saying farewell to her country but to Opera as well. She was and still is a class act and this farewell performance confirms it.
maestro1ization 1 year ago
@bigjoetube: Please refrain from using the great diva Price as a platform for your religious beliefs. We're here to listen to her.
joepass87 1 year ago
she is the best Aida
vandenwer 1 year ago
THE BEST AIDA OF ALLTIMES!
anothertry75 1 year ago
my fav part is 6:22 til 6:46 omg so beautiful her high notes are so breathe taking!!!
immature0916 1 year ago 2
Leontyne Price è "AIDA". E lo sarà per sempre: in teatro e su disco.Personalità,temperamento,irresistibile sensualità carnale. Dotata di una voce che cambia colore a seconda del registro: scura, talvolta opaca e poco dinamica nel registro grave, poi brunita, per poi svettare nel registro acuto con una limpidezza senza paragoni.
In questo live dell'85 al Metropolitan, la Price,seppur a fine carriera, sfoggia tutto il suo grande fascino e la sua splendida voce d'angelo. Davvero straordinaria!
ranfi365 1 year ago 10
that note @ 6:34 is Just heavenly makes me wanna cry!
immature0916 1 year ago 4
This is a voice created by God! There can be no other explanation! Simply heavenly! It makes the angels jealous!
kredfish 1 year ago 5
Ms. Price is Aida!! No one can touch her is this role. My favorite soprano by far. She had it all. I was fortunate enough to meet her and she was most gracious. I do love Sills, Sutherland, Fleming, and Norman also. We are so lucky to be able to hear a voice like this on earth. I still tear up from this clip. Magical!
niceguy6967 1 year ago 3
Onegin, you are my God, and Leontyne my Goddess. I love u both!!!
DavidGarciaVaz 1 year ago 2
she's a strong woman!! but you can see that she's so emotional here and she's abot to cry!! so many years studying!! searching, and working hard for your art!!! an at the end of all!! the public pays you with this great ovation!! i just hope one day i'll be good enough to feel all the emotions she felt in this moment!... brava!! brava!! my favorite soprano and a true artist!!
rockandbluesboy 1 year ago 4
totally heart warming!
MrJamesnjenga 1 year ago
the emotions on her face are priceless!
breakaliciouskid786 1 year ago 3
wow and double wow
omo5oshun5 1 year ago
It´s a very moving document. No need to speak about the fabulous singing in this farewell, but the emotions in her face, all the memories and the grateful applause from the audience- it´s moving.
lassisimo 1 year ago
A voice from Heaven! Beyond any other version I have ever heard. She had a Divine gift and certainly knew how to use it. May you be well and know how proud we are that you are an American!
jplaura02 1 year ago
All I can say is, "Wow!"
RichCaloMusic 1 year ago
My God!! My God!!!
DE1899 1 year ago 2
This is one of the finest moments of vocal artistry of the 20th century. .. never to be forgotten.
1Renbar 1 year ago 3
brava! brava! brava!
catherdbrady 1 year ago 2
holy. shit.
recordingautist 1 year ago
If I were to go deaf after listening to her magnificent and glittering, rich voice I will know that I've heard the most beautiful voice worth listening to.
secundadonna 1 year ago
Absolutely marvelous, just marvelous!
MrSpain29 1 year ago
No woman will ever sing like this again. It is really incredible.
bigjoetube 1 year ago 3
The singing is so superlative that it's difficult to believe that this is a farewell performance.
meinfb 1 year ago 2
Price is W O N D E R F U L !!
BRAVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
victoriusBP 1 year ago 4
Ok, some of the posts on different singers argue about the "C". How good it has to be, not important, whatever. Man, when you hit it like she does in this recording, and at her age, it shows you that she is the GREATEST Aida ever~!!
spizzell1 1 year ago 3
@spizzell1 You are correct except it was LIVE and the very last time she sang it on stage.
lungdoc 1 year ago 2
Ditto to all the good reviews below - you all took the words right out of my mouth! The only comment I have is that I see this copy has been view the most, but, there's another copy of this piece where a PBS lady is talking at the beginning to tell you that the viewers voted this the #1 Opera moment, Leontyne's last Aida at the Met and her farewell to the opera stage in 1985 - that copy has less white noise in it - much clearer - you'll appreciate the difference in the sound quality.
PCSerialMom 1 year ago
You can feel every word she is saying touching your soul
fayz44awad 1 year ago 3
Its gets me everytime when she drops. Makes so proud on so many levels.
tenorbear60 1 year ago
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I have watched this clip so many times and every time I see it ,it inspires me to sing!! She is OPERA GREATNESS AT ITS VERY BEST!! Thank GOD FOR THIS GIFT OF A WOMAN!! LORD HAVE MERCY!!!
amanasro 1 year ago
I have watched this clip so many times and every time I see it ,it inspires me to sing!! She is OPERA GREATNESS AT ITS VERY BEST!! Thank GOD FOR THIS GIFT OF A WOMAN!! LORD HAVE MERCY!!!
amanasro 1 year ago 2
I have watched this clip so many times and every time I see it ,it inspires me to sing!! She is OPERA GREATNESS AT ITS VERY BEST!! Thank GOD FOR THIS GIFT OF A WOMAN!! LORD HAVE MERCY!!!
amanasro 1 year ago
I have watched this clip so many times and every time I see it ,it inspires me to sing!! She is OPERA GREATNESS AT ITS VERY BEST!! Thank GOD FOR THIS GIFT OF A WOMAN!! LORD HAVE MERCY!!!
amanasro 1 year ago
bravissimo
esraerek 1 year ago
wow this is amazing. I've never heard anything like this before. Gave me chills. Not fun to watch late at night when you're home alone. Kind of spooky. SIMPLY AMAZING.
PHATBOYTREX 1 year ago 4
If god's name is Leontyne, I believe. Either that or god's voice is issuing out of her!
jalex11 2 years ago
I lost track of how many times I slapped my forehead during this performance. Absolutely stunning, totally without parallel. There may well never be another one like her.
JohnnyMarsden 2 years ago 4
@JohnnyMarsden "Never be another one like her"..... safest bet anybody could make. Anybody who comes accross with her voice can consider him/herself a lucky human being.
lungdoc 1 year ago 5
My God. She is truly The Queen. Thank goodness that I lived to see this.
Segeju 2 years ago 2
I always thought Price's technique just kept getting better and better the older she got. There is an OUNCE of vocal decline. She sings that high C with a purity like no one will ever hear again -- just such ease of singing.
castodivo 2 years ago 5
Possessing for decades one of the most beautiful voices anyone ever heard, and practically owning the role of "Aida," how did Price manage to get through this night?
unclealand 2 years ago 5
Simply the best! She is queen!
gvocalist07 2 years ago 6
O Patria Mia will never be sung like this ever again.
ShangoJamal 2 years ago 36
@ShangoJamal neverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
cynd675 7 months ago
@ShangoJamal exactly why no one else should sing it ever again. they won't live up to it.
jeannaegirl 7 months ago
This brought tears to me eyes..her still emotion throughout the ovation is haunting, and peaceful at the same time. She is the Grand One. There will never be another like Miss Price..
4piglite 2 years ago 12
This has to be the best version of this song i've heard...EVER.
KMO325 2 years ago 61
A brilliant and touching moment. Brava diva.
vigwig 2 years ago 4
Bracing. Blinding. Overwhelming.
JohnnyMarsden 2 years ago 4
At her farewell performance. This was the longest ovation at the end of an aria in the history of the met. She deserved it. What a magnificent voice.
edcpaz 2 years ago
"The longest ovation at the end of an aria..." You're making that up. She had just as long an ovation at the end of the ACT III Trovatore aria in 1982. I remember Caballe got five minutes in Vespri in the 70s. etc etc. How about "one of"?
liedersanger1 2 years ago 3
This ovation was not at the end of an act or an end of an opera. It was at the end of an aria in the middle of Act III. Caballe received her five minute ovation at the end of an act, as did Price at the end of an Act in Il Trovatore'.
edcpaz 2 years ago
As you know "D'amor" in Trovatore comes in the middle of Act III. It was after that, in 1982, that Leontyne received a long ovation--longer than this, I'm pretty sure. Anyway, what is your source for saying this is the "longest"?
liedersanger1 2 years ago
From an hour long tribute to her on the program "Classically Black" on WILL-fm with Roger Cooper.
edcpaz 2 years ago
Price received a 42 minute ovation in Il Trovatore at the Met in 1961. Thats the longest in Met history. Pavarotti has the record in Germany, 67 minutes and 165 curtain calls
bigjoetube 2 years ago 2
You might want to check out Domingo - Otello - Vienna - 80 minutes - 101 curtain calls - 1991
LyricoSpinto 2 years ago
I know in the a Guiness Book Pavarotti has the record for must curtain calls @ 165. I dont know about the length of the ovation record though.
bigjoetube 2 years ago
Note that the 42-minute ovation was her *debut* at the Met--her first-ever performance there. So, you might say, a bookend to this night. And at the time, it was quite unprecedented.
JohnnyMarsden 2 years ago
@JohnnyMarsden 42 minute ovation???? What!!!
bolder2009 4 months ago
Just incredible. Price owns Aida and she is one of the best sopranos ever.
bigjoetube 2 years ago 3
I shall never tire of those 11 minutes for as long as I live...
cubanbach 2 years ago 7
My God she's fantastic; and to think she's not even in her prime here.
thecdnow 2 years ago 6
Ah, and here it is.
ChristophePhilippe 2 years ago
I too remember like it was yesterday. Too far away in NZ for me though and had to rely only on the wonderful recordings she made.
Forever she will remain as my all time favourite, magnificent and regal to the end. No passage of time can dim that spine tingling voice.
balletgirl64 2 years ago 2
Awesome!
I remember like it was yesterday!
Thanks for posting!
Brent
BrentAudi 2 years ago 3
She is 58 years old here right? She is Flawless! The high C is sung more easily than any other singer ever sang it... the legato and phrasing beautiful and so steady...
LohengrinT 2 years ago 7
Almost a quarter of a century has passed since this performance. At age 57, this was her 44th Aida at the Met, and certainly not her best. Even so, she rose to the occasion during this taxing aria. Mr. Henahan's review of the performance in the NY Times on January 5, 1985 says it best: "there were powerful reminders of the Price that we remember best and want to remember, a Price beyond pearls. She is, in my view, the greatest American soprano of any age. Bravissima!
InBoccaChiusa 2 years ago 7
Henahan's review also characterised her behavior during this ovation as "a master class in the art of the diva."
JohnnyMarsden 2 years ago 5
onegin65, .....
Du bringst viel Glück!
wisjoh 2 years ago
My god, she was still good in these years!!!!!
Stopped, not a year to late..in het great great prime.
Beautiful, but heartbeaking.
andreasscholl 2 years ago 7