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She is fantastic!

This is so fine. Kathleen Battle had this way of cherishing each gorgeous note she delivered. So very special.

All the soloists are terrific - Price ofcourse, but Della Jones is tremendous in expression, range and vocal colours.

They sing with a naturalness of feeling and such beauty. I saw this production at ENO.

I was in a production of Rossini's Italian in Algiers with her some years ago . She had to sit on my knee at every performance - a buxom lass! She was so full of energy - her voice was incredible and she always seemed to find some new trill or turn to ornament and illuminate the music. We all a...

A wonderful artist, great voice and kind human being. She will be missed, but here her voice is united with Berlioz in a performance that will long remain in our memories. A fitting tribute. RIP

Georges Liccioni was my voice coach when i lived in France. A very kind and stylish gentleman as can be heard in his singing here. The Opera de Marseille have recently held an 'hommage' tribute afternoon in his honour. For many years he shared principal tenor roles at the Paris Opera with Albert...

Rita Gorr's rich timbre reflected the warm generosity of the lady herself. She once offered to teach a mezzo colleague of mine for free, having heard her in a small role in The Carmelites. My colleague couldn't accept as she was already the mother of three children and married to the principal v...

Surely the British Musical Theatre's greatest ever star!

I remember an article in which they said that the great Crespin, having triumphed in this role around the world ,was booed by the public at the Opera de Paris. That tradition is still alive because Mireille Delunsch was also booed at Palais Garnier a couple of years ago - her crime was having a l...

Simply the best!

Let's face it the song was ahead of its time in Eurovision terms. Joy and the backing singers did a great job. Some people feel the verses are not as good as the chorus - true perhaps, but in 2012 the song still sounds good which is quite a compliment!

Caballe was a very great Norma - this video is the proof. Josephine Veasey was a distinguished member of the Covent Garden Opera- her most famous achievement being Dido in The Trojans. This was not her regular repertoire perhaps, but she is still very good in it! What a privilege it would have be...

This was never the vocally easiest part of Traviata for Josephine Barstow, a role she portrayed to perfection. So glad that someone captured this recording though. Do you have the ' Addio del passato?' She was very much a Spinto Soprano rather than a coloratura which is why we must doubly admire ...

Her 'distinct' voice was her greatest asset- love it or loathe it. I always admired the way she 'moulded' the voice to the notes of Puccini and above all Verdi. A terrific actress, but just as special musically and vocally.

Two delightful artists whose performances gave great pleasure. The touching music of Puccini- what could be better!

Amazing how good her voice was in retirement when this was recorded. She was such a great artist , phrasing , vocal colour, diction it is all there.

It is a privilege to be able to see this film - part of Ponselle's screen test for the role of Carmen in a film that was never made? We can now witness something of her stage presence and what fine voice she was in! Thank you1

This is bewitching - such style, class and emotion. Bravo Rosa Ponselle!

This is Ponselle at her best, serene and vocally beautiful.

One of the most beautiful singers of the 20th century - a great voice used with passion and impeccable technical control. Too quickly forgotten after her retirement - this is stunning singing and derserves more than 809 views! Tell your friends about it. She passed away in 2010 - may she rest in ...

Your comment is interesting @1Thompsonmusic. It has been suggested in the media that she would be limited in range of expression in an operatic role. I think that this would not be true with production coaching, but i do doubt if she could sing a long , arduous dramatic role like Carmen. I prefe...

A very special light lyric soprano who was adored by her public worldwide and rightly so. She is an exceptional Marguerite. The English National Opera is a poorer place without her graceful presence. She alone deserved the title ' Britain's Favorite Soprano' as audiences could not get enough of h...

dziady1 I adore Ponselle especially in the arias from Norma and Il trovatore, but Callas was no off pitch screamer. She sang this role at the height of her powers , not when her voice had declined. Many, including the Opera Manager Lord Harwood who saw Callas in several roles, considered Traviat...

In her young years she had an excellent teacher - April Cantelo, a distinguished soprano who had also excelled in this repertoire. The technique that April gave Rosemary set her up marvelously for her international career. Her Susanna in Figaro (in Paris) was one of the best i have ever heard.

She makes you forget her faults - top notes not as they once were, but she never forces. The semaphore gestures look painfully old fashioned, but she transcends all this with her musicality and phrasing. She was a great artist and sang with true emotion.

Montserrat Caballe- so great as Mimi ' Il primo sole e mio' she sings. She is our very first ray of sunshine, for only a very great heart could sing with this sincerity of feeling.

A staggering achievement moving her large voice like a diaphenous dancer around Bellini's trills and roulades. No mere fireworks, but all at the service of expression. No wonder she triumphed. We will never see her like again. Brava Beloved Maria Callas!

She was such a great artist , so moving . She sang with simplicity and honesty. Her timbre was unique. Vanzo was at his best in this role, another fine artist.

Quelle voix pleine d'emotion et de timbre apres tant d'annees de carriere. Anne - Marie David triomphante!!

This performance shows just what a great artist Anne- Marie David is. Every aspect is there - presence , voice and total identification with the words. She brings her own style to the song. Surely Frida Boccara would have loved this performance of one of her hit songs.

Who can sing with more passion and heart than this? What a great instrument - someone compared his voice to a Stradivarius in resonance. Thank You John McCormack

I heard this singer as The Queen of the Night at the English National Opera many years ago. I was still at school at that time. I remember the high notes in her second aria were great, but the London Coliseum is a large theatre and her light , wonderful soprano was not really suited to that venue...

You may be able to contact him via the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Although retired as Head he holds the title Ena Mitchell Visiting Professor of Singing. Regards and have a good event.

She certainly has a beautiful voice, fabulous actress and wonderful in Musical Comedy. I would have loved to hear her in more Operetta - Jill All Alone in Edward German's Merrie England for example or Mad Margaret in G and S's Ruddigore. Opera is another matter- there are not that many roles fo...

I think she was great - really charismatic on camera. I read she had a hard life later on. She had a mental health problem , the chap she was with took her money, even ended up sleeping rough at one point. A lovely talent, such a shame! The audience clearly loved her.

I am always amazed by how timeless Flagstad's singing style is - not at all old fashioned. She simply goes to the heart of every phrase with that phenomenal natural voice. Listen to the youthfulness of her upper register - this is a singer in her fifties remember. So beautiful, thank you for post...

Adele Leigh was a delightful operatic soprano. Popular in London and Vienna. She made many recordings. Sir Harry's voice is full of heart- very moving to see and hear him here.

One has to remember that for Clara Butt this would be 'modern music' - contemporary classical. She does some moving singing here with lovely interpretive touches. This must be close to the singing style that was in vogue at the premiere. Including some swooping portamento notes which may sound ex...

The glorious, warm voice of Alfreda Hodgson in a golden performance of Brahms' song! She was particularly kind to and interested in the development of young singers. She would have made a valuable contribution to singing teaching had she lived longer.

I heard her in Mahler's Kindertotenlieder...

Con and Dec are still very much alive- singing, making recordings. Dec is also greatly involved in Toastmasters International Public Speaking Clubs - he passes on his professional stage skills and mentors Public speakers. High quality, totally professional and wonderfully tuneful- can anyone...

Moving and very human as La gioconda. She offers us the character, but that high note is unfortunate. Otherwise, even with a voice that lacks the dimension necessary for this music, she might have carried it off through conviction alone.