Angeles Gulin "Suicido" La Gioconda

The great Spanish dramatic soprano in one of its better rolles in a performance at Teatro del Liceo. Barcelona, 1978

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Music

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• Opera
• Ponchielli
• La
• Gioconda
• Angeles
• Gulin

[corellithebest]

Her interpretation of this desperate and anguished aria is heartbreaking and truly human. And I like the warm, rich, theatrical timbre of her voice. I've never heard of her before, and it's a pity that she is not more famous and widely known! She would deserve it!

[mariadragoni]

Che bellissima voce commovente,splendida

[7inga7]

Super interpretation of this difficult area; so much pathos and heartbreak!

[Operaddict]

Heaven forbid that a soprano should just sing beautifully without pushing, squalling, screaming, and chesting her voice to the max. Almost every famous soprano who has ever sung this role in the past 60 years did the above...self-destructive vocal habits which made their voices ugly, strident, urgent, and un-listenable. Dramatic singing should not hurt. It should be beautiful, exciting and exquisite. This rendition sure is.

[Dymension]

The most important things are weight of the voice and technique. Scotto was very loud in the hall, but the weight wasn't quite right, and neither was her technique. That said, I have the San Francisco Gioconda and she does very well indeed, squally notes aside...

[KILLERADVICE]

Very good performance with a true expression : drama is alive, here !

Still a serious and beautiful voice.

Not perfect but we don't care.

It prooves another time she was an unrecognized artist.

Thanks Onegin65!

[denniscrystal]

jesus, what an outstanding performance

[michaud1]

I have heard Tebaldi at the Met, her voice was very poweful with beautiful legato and strong chest tone.

Gullin chest tones are weak, but she is better than small voice Scotto and high notes are better also.

[InformedListener]

It's interesting to hear a Spanish soprano's take on this aria...all of the characteristics of the "Spanish Sound" are present in her singing. There's a delivery of the text, so simple like the Spanish language is articulated. Her reading is different from the ones that I'm accustomed to, but I'll take it. Different can be good, too, once the basic requirements of the music are met.

[Asmorit]

With volume comes the responsibility of using it in a smart way. This is a comment that Birgit Nilsson made. A lady who used her big voice in an intelligent way and was never 'loud'.