Patricia Neway in a televised performance of Gian-Carlo Menotti's The Consul. It's available on DVD but not promoted very well - if you love opera - you should own it.
One of the most moving scenes in Opera. Menotti won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950 for The Consul. The show also won New York Drama Critics Award for Best Musical. This televised performance is from 1960
extraordinary singer an actress!!! Tears to my eyes...!! Now that is what Opera can an should be.....truly moving....she wasn't just singing notes Patricia Neway was living them! BRAVA BRAVA BRAVA!!!
cocktailcowgirl 3 months ago
@risaroo55 Ditto!! I want a copy!!
ARReith 3 months ago
Best performance of this aria I've seen. I know this aria very well but this is just a thrilling performance with great acting as well as singing. Very impressive indeed!
jacobinevanlaar 4 months ago
Best performance of this aria I've seen. I know this aria very well but this is just a thrilling performance with great acting as well as singing. Very impressive indeed!
jacobinevanlaar 4 months ago
Patricia Neway's 1950 recording of this aria is also available on YouTube and shouldn't be missed, because it captures Neway at the height of her vocal powers, but this video is nonetheless essential because it really gives a full picture of Neway's titanic performance, and it is truly astonishing.
cashelnd 7 months ago
Really unbelievable. . .the hairs on my arms have been standing straight up for the last ten minutes. . .
lamusicappassionata 1 year ago
stunning....thanks for posting
PranaMassage 1 year ago
Meravigliosa.
Epogdous 1 year ago
I'm obsessed with this scene and aria. I love her commitment to the character. Where can I order this?
risaroo55 1 year ago
Wonderfully committed acting and superb singing
barneswriter 1 year ago