Tosca "Vissi d'arte" - The Metropolitan Opera - Sondra Radvanovsky

Sondra Radvanovsky sings "Vissi d'arte" from Puccini's Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera.

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[LeNozze44]

@39Martyman OMG, SHUT UP! Yes, Callas was an awesome Tosca; did you really have to point that out? Do you think you're clever for bringing up Callas on a "Vissi d'arte" video? Well, you're not.

Sorry to get terse with you, but I'm sick of people essentially putting down other singers because they're not as passionate as Callas.

[9opera]

pure beauty.

[chaiter1]

@eurydike I heard her at the MET in Tosca in 2011. Simply great, magnetic in Vissi D'Arte.

[chaiter1]

I was present at the MET at one of her performances in Tosca during January 2011.She mesmerized the audience.Her Vissi D'Arte was a great piece of singing.

[Mr23541]

@LeNozze44 Sorry but you are probably not old enough to see and remember the incompatible Callas who made this girl appear very ordinary like a dozen or so others. I you were at Covent garden in 1964 as I was I firgive your ignorance

[MsChilbilmil]

BTW, please stop comparing everyone to Callas! She was unique, she was fantastic, but she is indeed dead. If you like comparing, then have a look at great divas of our time such as Maria Guleghina for example, still the best Tosca!

[MsChilbilmil]

Incredible how much a singer can change over the years. I am not talking about her appearance - happends to all women with time. Besides I never really enjoyed looking at her when she sang, because of the tortured faces she makes when she sings! But her voice always made up for it. Until now. (IMHO) her voice deteriorated quite a lot. I heard her live in Trovatore and in Cyrano, and I must say she was one of my favourite singers. But, I guess, the time has not been nice to her.

[robin678]

Was that the best "Vissi d'Arte" since Gorchakova at Covent Garden a million years ago???

[ferrykalos]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Peter0262]

I'm not a huge opera fan but I listen to a lot of Puccini. I like watching vidoes of those who are no longer with us but I just don't understand all the "Callas did it better so this is shit". Callas is dead. Opera is a live medium. Radvanovsky is alive, well and exceedingly talented. She also has an impressive bosom. ;)

[Federicopera]

I prefer Callas!!!!

[blauauge2]

her timbre is not as beautiful as renee flemings, but...her sound production is so much more natural like flemings.