Tchaikovsky - Pikovaya Dama - Palina's Aria

[federricoilgrande]

che grande artista :)

[ImperioCANDIDO]

AMAZING VOICE !!!!!!!

[HeidelbergSoprano]

Borodina forever she is just amazing :)

[allajavoronkova]

NOT "PALINA"...IT's POLINA...

[Trebleguy123]

1:52 and 3:16= Perfection. I don't think I could ask for a better high notes from a mezzo, nope.

[billyguns2]

What cannot be heard here was Borodina's sound floating out into the opera house, something I will always remember. This is Tchaikovsky's greatest opera, and my all time favorite opera; it never fails to excite and spark my imagination.

[papoocanada]

one of my all time favourite operas,Tchaikovkii's masterpiece .....not Onegin

[shamskarobey]

She is absolutly fabulous

[cantanteporsiempre]

A goddess!!! And she looks beautiful with that outfit.

[sashaverner]

so beautiful !! this voice is amazing, awsome ! I love Borodina !

[MainstreamMusicSucks]

Matt Barlow > All. Accept it, bitches.

[Maksiprofi]

Верхняя нота интонационно низка.

[BDSCalgary]

I am glad things are back in their original languages. I would much rather hear Verdi's "I vespre Siciliani" in its orginal French (there was never an official "Italian version" of it). As to this aria itself, it is so lovingly sung, with such emotional content, and with such a personal stamp, I can't imagine hearing it any other way. Nor can I imagine why in times past people settled for anything less. In my English Score, the aria is completely uninteresting. English does NOT suit the music.

[BDSCalgary]

Even funnier, I have a recording from the same period of Eugene Onegin where the Soprano sings Russian, the Baritone sings Italian, the chorus is in German (using the standard score I have), and the rest of the cast in French (using the French score). In North America, scores of these operas were almost exclusively in English, and that is the way the operas were performed until the early 70s. In NA I have only seen Picque Dame in English, until most recently.

[BDSCalgary]

Quite often Russian opera was NOT sung in Russian outside of Russia. I have two full scores of Eugene Onegin: one in German, the other in French. Both standard scores used in the 1800s in Western Europe. Even the Maid of Orleans was sung outside of Russia more Frequently in French. I have a live recording from Covent Garden of Boris, and excepting Chaliapin, no one is singing in Russian. Everyone else sang in Italian.

[Fiumita]

Maravillosa Borodina en este papel

[lamsalgado]

Unbelievably beautiful! Wonderful Olga! Is Gontcharova on the stage too? One of ladies seemed Gontcharova...

[jaynekn]

most beautiful thing ever

[cenodus]

This is a truly amazing performance - so true, with tremendous emotions, yet so sober. I have seen only clips of this production online [the MET 2001-2?] Does anyone know whether this is available on DVD? Please let me know.

[IfYourMomWereATaco]

beautiful singing, but i don't believe for a second that sound would ever come out of that piano. its way too small

[cantante189]

BRAVAAAAAAAA!!!! Ya ljublju vas, Olga :)

You gave me chills. I dream of singing with you one day.

[141407078989]

she's awsome!!!!!!!! loooooow mezzo almost contralto with better high than lots of sopranos and better lows than lots of tenors... she'd be terrific singing Amneris or Ulrica or Carmen, hasn't she allready play them???

[Dymension]

Yes. Many times over, with the exception of Ulrica. Does anyone know if she's done Ulrica?

[bravazingara]

carmen yes, several times i saw jher in that role last year at the MET

[altocontralto]

You should listen to her Dalila.... wonderful.

[larepimtb]

It is Polina not Palina

[coloraturacontralto]

It actually depends on what language you look it up as. For a very long time you could only find this opera in French. Which is why often you will see the title as "Pique Dame" and the aria listed as "Pauline's aria." There was a huge movement to bring Russian opera back to it's Russian text. Prior to that it was normally in Italian or French... but yeah... it's mispelled for both of those languages too.

[Lenochka1107]

I researched a lot about Tchaikovsky's "Pikovaya Dama". This opera since it was created was in Russian as to perfomance, as to spelling, except couple words in opera wich are used in French. So, "huge movement to bring russian opera back to its russian text" is not right.

[Lenochka1107]

Hm, I would like to read that sourses wich gave you that idea. Maybe there was a variant in French translation or in English, wich some theaters coud use, but all the time since this opera was composed it was perfomed ant it is perfomed nowanddays in original language - russian. Even learning a little a bit history of Bolhoy Theater in Moscow and Mariinsky in Petersburg will let you know about that.

[Lenochka1107]

Well, this debate keeps running on cicle..

I just want to mention I am Russian musician and is quate elighted in music history, especially russian music. Are you canadian? However that's nice you learn this role, Paulina's Romance is a materpiece in opera music.

[jewish1972]

thats a good idea, russian is, although very difficult, a very beautiful lang.

[vitroz]

Borodina is one of the very few greats in the opera world today. may god bless her

[huhas1]

Incredible, so beautiful and touching.

[bravazingara]

Borodina is a marvel of our days... at everything I have listened (on records only, to my sadness) her sing. But, you can SEE how an artist transforms her or himself when she sings in her native tongue... it´s just undescribable.... unique. The words come from inside her, form her heart and the deepest of it. I hope to hear her live one day-...

[billyguns2]

I heard Borodina perform this live at the Metropolitan Opera; you could have heard a pin drop. It is one of a handful of the greatest musical moments I have ever experienced; and Maestro Gergiev created a marvelous atmosphere with the orchestra as well.

[sajolene]

what a beautiful setting and voice....when was this recording done?

[catbali07]

Meraviglioso.

[godivapaw]

What dynamics!!!!  WOW!

[Voilosapete]

Great Video, great aria, great Borodina!!!Made me fall in love with this aria for just another time...

[skotoseme]

i'm about to play this for the third time even though i'm not sure i can take it emotionally...it's just too beautiful. thank you for uploading this.

[cfilipow86]

i could not agree more

[vitroz]

God bless this legend of a singer!