Sondra Radvanovsky sing "Tacea la notte" from Il Trovatore

Sondra Radvanovsky as Leonora from Verdi's Il Trovatore Act 1. Opera de Paris. October 21, 2003

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• Opera
• Verdi
• Il
• Trovatore
• Leonora
• Sondra
• Radvanovsky

[ahimsainternational]

Can one celebrate the voice and wish that the set designer not mess with Verdi's setting?

[BTandler]

I saw/heard her last sat nite in SF. The most amazing vocal performance in my life.  She was ASTONISHING!!!!

[SHICOFF1]

@VINYLTOVIDEO I agree!!! She sings Aida in Chicago next!

[VinylToVideo]

Terrific voice and a very beautiful woman - Thanks for the post!

[ryaneffingbrock]

@HeidelbergSoprano Indeed! But only at major houses and usually only for the more complicated recitative sections, which are devilishly hard to memorize, especially for a busy, in-demand artist who would be working on two or three roles at the same time... and not during an aria that Ms. Radvanovsky has probably sung a thousand times in auditions, rehearsals and performances. The concept predates Opera. :)

[pinkpearldiva]

The singing is fantastic ! the stage setting is horrible and ugly to me. where is the beautiful stage setting of the opera nowadays ? For me, the beauty of the art is a picture can make me dream of the beautiful things, and escape from the cruel reality for a short period of time. A place that I can breath the fresh air for a little longer, that is the beauty of art to me. this is why the visual art on the opera stage setting is so important to the audiences.

[Robertgrade]

Miss Radvanovsky in fine voice, but the prompter was not in his best night.

robertgrade

[mezzomanUK]

So, what happened between this and last week`s Met braodcast which I had to turn off so shrieky was she!?

[dougebraga]

@marioj34 I totally agree with you, Mario! Finally, I 've found here someone who thinks exactly like I do!

[ryaneffingbrock]

can the prompter be quiet? i think she probably knows the damn aria.