Bell Song - Lakme Contest - Mado Robin

This contest is being uploaded on request. I only wish there were more vidoes of this aria. I have seven, not a very large collection, but there is some good and even wonderful singing to be sure! Again a score of 1-5 for singing/characterization:
Emma Matthews- 2006
Desiree Rancatore - 2003
Elizabeth Futral - 1996
Natalie Dessay - 1995
Mado Robin - 1957
Roberta Peters - 1961
Joan Sutherland - 1967

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Music

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• robin
• opera
• delibes

[melnaila]

The most beautiful voice. Une des plus belles voix hélas trop tôt disparue

[baltoman24]

Mado Robin may not have been as perfect as some of the star coloratura sopranos today, but she was an authentic and unique opera star! Her recording -on the London Richmond label was the first complete recording of Lakme I was able to buy- a great experience- also the great bass- baritone, Jean Borthayre was Nilakantha-thank you!

Brava Mado Robin!

[bonnies1234567]

Very good, but I still think this song belongs to Lily Pons.

[UYTRELLO]

I really enjoy Robin's singing!. I must tell I have an LP box of the complete opera by the opéra comique and there she sounds more controlled and diaphanous.

[stupidpooptube11]

wow she has good control.

[ritchiereech]

Thank you astrasburgo, you are very kind. :-*

[astrasburgo]

it's from a US VHS "Mado Robin-live" all Mado Robin videos on YT came from the French TV archives between 1955 and 1958 . But i hope we'll can see in the future more with Mado, for example the Russian TV archives. IN 1959 , Mado sang one concert for the sovietTv and this one was broadcasted in allover the country

[ritchiereech]

Where do you get so many rarities? :)

It is nice to go through all of your videos... :-*

[victor63]

I adored her ending !!!! Sutherland is still the one to beat overall !!!!

[SerchWagnerianBear]

As always her coloratura is great. However, other parts of the aria are real flat. 3.5/3.5