Florence Quivar is Ulrica (Ballo in Maschera)

[JairFerreira1947]

As a singer and as an actress, Florence Quivar is really excelent, but I think that the best Ulrica is the Bulgarian Contralto Mariana Pencheva, who has a darker voice and more impressive low notes.

[rockandbluesboy]

Lei è Ulrica... il personaggio è stato scritto e fatto per lei!!!

[creolediva]

Awesome every time I watch it!

[Refrigescere]

Can't get enough of that!

[babs22hh]

u betta sing that low G

[TheFrankozzi]

This is my favourite Ulrica. Eccezionale.

[lahmorga]

SUBLIME

[Jdario8]

bravisima, esat aria me pazcina, peor mas en la voce de esta gran , exelentisima cantante, q privilegio poder escuchar y ver esta interpretacion!!1

[Sadiesexy]

love this rendition.

[debs4mysweetbaby]

she is amazing! I had the great good fortune of singing in a production of Mahler's Das Klagende Lied in 1989 (or 1990?) with the NY Philharmonic and Florence Quivar .. she was just spine tingling.. what a gorgeous voice and brilliant talent :)

[helenequenel]

I adore the costum. Sweet voice, but interpretation...

[madamemimi29]

Magnifique, une profondeur et une noirceur dans la voix qui convient parfaitement à ce rôle.

[yaletenor]

what is up with the met and that puny applause! Shame on them!!  That was so fantastic!!!

[musikenergy]

@yaletenor I agree. Perhaps they were smoking crack? That's my only explanation for them not standing to their feet!

[PigeonPeople]

@musikenergy yeah

[MrAndrealisa]

She's great!

Amazing, incredible voice!

[ZsaZsadoll]

Amazing Personally my favourite Ulrica whats not to love!

[fiercejarret]

WTF?? That audience should have gone crazy for that aria?? What's up with that tiny applause??!!

[caspiman]

Yes. Wonderful and underrated!!

I would love to hear her Azucena, Amneris, Dalila, Fides and other dramatic mezzo parts.

Seems like Ulrica low G scratches her bottom abilities... :-)

[fiercejarret]

And what about Princess Eboli!!

[Archsorceror]

Now here was a performance! Tonal perfection, brilliant phrasing and what a STUNNING voice! Bravissima!!

[stickershomeplus]

Florence Quivar is not only a wonderful artist, but a down to earth person. No egotistical diva here. There don't seem to be REAL mezzos anymore of her calibre - only sopranos who can't sing their high notes anymore. Theres' also too much emphasis on looking "camera ready". I guess eye candy is more important than artistry these days.

[TSquared2001]

This lady is criminally underrated.

[mariasarda]

Très belle voix, bien conduite, fruitée, charnue, homogène sur ses passages... Franchement, bravo ! Cet aria est difficile car il ne laisse aucun repos à la chanteuse et exige un contrôle de tous les instants... Magnifique voix qui rappelle un peu Leontyne Price parfois. Une grande voix.

[SweetFiness]

Thats probably the best I've ever heard this aria done!!! What control and beautiful lower register, good acting too!! Mezzos dont sing like this anymore. Brava

[justinian693]

Perfection, I have sister that's 2 years older than me (27) that's currently with the dallas opera, that sounds like this.... well, her lower register are more like andersons'

[Fallingstar423]

She's wonderful, but sometimes swallows her voice and it seems like its too...

throaty, and has that moose-like quality.

[mm9913]

you could have stopped at wonderful, what does too throaty mean, the voice moves through the throat and a lovely sound results, and where does one go to hear a moose sing??

[MuscleMikal]

Very underated artist!!! Beautifully sung!

[catiriana1979]

Florence Quivar has one of the most amazing mezzo voices in the business. As we all know in classical music POC don't get their roses first.

[benderpm]

Beautiful...............!~

[dare57]

Her voice is astoundingly powerful.. amazing instrument

[ezayi]

I never understood how could people at the met react this way when such a fabulous mezzo soprano sang this way. I think she deserved MUCH MORE than this weak clapping. STUPID PEOPLE!

Just wonderful... BRAVISSIMA!

[cantanteporsiempre]

I agree, this is frustrating

[Operafiend22]

Dear ezayi, totally agree with you! And isn't it amazing at the sh*t singing they give standing ovations for.

[ezayi]

Right... but Im one of those that never stands up especially when I someone doesn't deserve it.... like lately at the met... most of it... SHIT!

[raycanto76]

RICH>>RICH>>RICH

Love Quivar's voice.

[sagarzon]

absolutely amazing. NO words. A powerful contralto.

[mm9913]

she's actually a dramatic mezzo, incredible extended bottom as well as a high C.

[albertthrelkeld]

The thing here that is so attractive and exceptional in Quivar's singing is that she has a strong, rich and focused bottom register and she doesn't have to resort to the pushed register breaks as do so many mezzos in order to be heard and dramatic in the lower mezzo tessitura.

[eeli1]

Absolutley incredible, soaring powerful top and lush rumbly bottom. Beautiful.

[tjaphrodite]

yesss she's the best, I wish they had her Eboli and Azucena on video

[courtneybaritone01]

U should hear the 1992 w/ her and Leona Mitchell from the MET. WHEW WEE! She sings her face all the way off!!!!!!!!! The one disappointment was Sherrill Milnes

[mm9913]

Florence,Florence, what class, what art, so great in this role. Hers is a carefully crafted series of career choices, note how she entends the last low note for added effect,thanks for this post.