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HOLY CRAP! Who found this? One of her very greatest roles! THANKS.

@MissILoveMusic44 she's saying "Come, Malika".

@checkorbet12 She was, without a doubt, one of the greatest Susanna's I've ever seen or heard...the voice and manner were perfection. The rest of the cast wasn't bad (the Figaro was sexy), but she was the star.

In fairness to her, I always forget where I am in this boring aria...sorry, it's just not my favorite Verdi aria. There's video of Maureen O'Flynn (a very accomplished singer with a fine career) making the very same mistake.

I think Minko is absolutely brilliant...when was the last time you heard this aria played with such variety and sensitivity to dynamics?! The inner harmonies are given life and movement and the whole thing takes on a gothic brilliance that one almost NEVER hears. Miklosa sings the crap out of the...

@karlakor I believe they all stand for Marian Anderson as well.

Arlene Francis was the shit! I adore her.

She sings the whole thing out of tune.

@pedrofribeiro good note, but not an F#.

@violetavalery Nope, not Callas' teacher...her teacher was Elvira de Hidalgo.

yep...pretty awful.

@veggiesoup I agree. He takes what is already a really fine song, and turns it into something breathtakingly sad and beautiful.

A couple of things: her trills were tighter and faster back then, particularly in that thrilling (and rather silly) upward descent at the end of "caro nome"...AND her high E was better than her high Eb, which I think is really interesting.

did you study with jeffry gall? you sound very much like him.

So, this is really embarrassing...BUT WHAT IDIOT allowed them to do it.!?

Pendatchanska is awesome...too bad we never get to hear her here. Imagine, this is the kind of singing one used to hear at NYCO not that long ago...now, they're pretty much defunct.

@ludvan64 I find it hard to believe A. that joanie would be seen as ugly, even today, and B. that a voice of this extraordinary quality would be overlooked in favor of big tits...opera hasn't changed THAT much.

Damn Pavarotti...he does that stupid thing where he hides the fact that the last note sucks by hiding behind the soprano...he does it even more egregiously with Voigt in the same duet.

@PabloPena108 A world class asshole statement...His new album is stunning...Some of the most achingly beautiful music I've heard in a very long time.

@CountessEntwistle Brilliantly said, and absolutely true...love it.

"It pulls pus outta the body"???? Seriously? no science here, at all.

How incredible the young Voigt was in this music! MY LORD...it's amazing stuff.

Nicely done, but the variants are strange and not in style.

This is actually an awesome look at the difference in the style of French spoken in France and Quebec...language is so beautifully fluid, I have never understood the snobby attitude Parisians show towards Montrealers in regards to language...tabernacle!

I believe this aria was written for a specific basso in Handel's stable of singers who was famous for his wildly rangy voice...it's a lovely aria, if a little nutty.

Claibert's version is fascinating! Nicely rendered, and at times a little strange...i like it...it is a mad scene, after all.

I love how she's acting circles around the guys on stage and they just stand there and bark...silly.

The musicality remains sovereign, and while the voice is worn, she doesn't really disgrace herself either. The big high note is rough, but what came before was actually remarkably poised and steady. And NO soprano, I mean NO SOPRANO, sings the middle section with such heartbreaking elegance...she...