Gruberova sings Giunia from Mozart's Lucio Silla

Another installment from the 1983 concert in Munich with Gardelli conducting. Edita sings Giunia's fiendishly difficult aria "Ah, se il crudel periglio". WILL THIS CONCERT EVER BE AVAILABLE ON DVD??????

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Gruberova
• Coloratura
• Mozart
• Silla
• Soprano

[leoperarm]

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE REUPLOAD LUCIA'S MAD SCENE? Unfortunately, Lohengrin's channel was suspended and he was the uploader!!! Please! Please! Please!

[operadude32]

@leoperarm I've uploaded the second part of the aria.  Don't know where the 1st part is. Sorry. What an incredible evening of coloratura singing.

[vexme2]

This is the sort of singing that causes one to reappraise one's view of eighteenth century vocal prowess. The very fact Mozart could imagine such a minefield of technical detail would indicate it existed around him. The singing on this video is the essence of artistry.

[operadude32]

True & beautifully written.

[vexme2]

Thanks. I watched the video again and I couldn't help thinking how Mozart must have composed this aria with a certain wry grin on his face. The other detail I missed before was how (almost) nonchalant the conductor appears while Gruberova is negotiating some of those most difficult terrain of the repertoire.

[operadude32]

My wish for a time machine is to hear the singers that Mozart created these roles/arias for and also Bach's singers...when ever did they breathe?

[robertdonkers]

She was in absolute unbelieve voice during this period. Which other singer can sing this difficult aria like this? She never breathes where others need 3 or more. She simply palys with the coloratuyra. With this she really set an unbelievable standard. All others simply sound inadequate after listening to this. During this concert she also sung Zerbinetta and more difficult aria which where all delivered at this amazingly high standard. One of the top sopranos of our time surely!

[Iareto]

Yeah, I had to repeat the section from 6:58-7:01 to make sure I hadn't just made up the perfection in my head. This is unreal singing. No one else sings it this well at ALL. She's in a class above.

[MisterPapageno]

Simply AWESOME!

[albertcombrink]

What a singer!

[LeNozze44]

@vexme2 Indeed. The child Mozart wrote that he loved it "daß die aria einem sänger so accurat angemessen sey, wie ein gutgemachts kleid." He truly must have had a great selection of singers if such a "minefield of technical detail" could fit anyone so well.

[DiegoMartinazzoli]

Insuperabile. Grande tecnica e vero BELCANTO

[MrHbc3]

@alexandriusgirl If you are referring to Dessay's recording with Louis Langree on her CD Mozart Heroines, I have that CD and have been playing each one after the other. I don't know what "hungry" means but I think Gruberova's tone quality is generally richer. On the whole I like Natalie's coloratura technique better, and like some of the things Gruberova does better, but overall prefer Natalie's. Of course I'm a big Dessay fan and hers was a studio recording. Natalie is a Gruberova fan BTW.

[MrConvivator]

Thanks I´ve put a link !

[duchable]

Great! Does somebody know where this was filmed? No halls in Munich look like that!

[brividokaldo]

God exists.

[alexandriusgirl]

Ps- CRAZY LUNGS!!! How can she do those super long coloraturas??? amazing..

[alexandriusgirl]

wow.. Natalie dessay's rendition to this aria sounds "hungry" in comparison to this one.. But I still like both. Just comes to show that roles can be expressed in so many ways and still be good.