Marisa Galvany - Santo di Patria (with Orchestra)

A magnificent performance by Marisa Galvany, her runs up and down the scale are just incredible and her high notes are solid. She makes Joan Sutherland sound like a soprano leggiero in this aria!
The voice was rough and controversial, but she is a very exciting artist.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• maria
• callas
• leyla
• gencer
• assoluta
• diva
• bel
• canto
• opera
• verdi
• coloratura

[peteradaniel]

Lucky Ms Galvany had so much contralto in her lower register, she could continue on that when her soprano went on holiday. Yes it could sound like Callas, in the same way Sass does and Aliberti and all those feral unmanageable dramatic voices which need decent training and maintenance. These voices tend not to last more than ten years and I think Sutherland's leggiero has the answer for that.

[primohomme]

@peteradaniel

LOL well Joan wasn't a leggero of course, but darker voices tend to sound fuller.

Marisa as well as the gals you mentioned had issues with their technique that prevented from being their best.

[diogo2505]

She makes Joan Sutherland sound like a soprano leggiero perhaps because Dame Joan is a soprano leggiero...

[primohomme]

@diogo2505

LOL, no, Sutherland was not a leggero, but the color of her voice was brighter than Marisa Galvany's whose low register could have passed for contralto.

[bear46no]

stunning artistry with both fire, life and sensitvity!!

[MultiZahl]

La grande Marisa Galvany !!!!!Eine grandiose Interpretation dieser viel gesungenen Arie.Wenige Sängerinnen singen am Ende der Arie ein F .!!!!

[emilytransex]

INCREDIBILE KE TEMPERAMENTO DRAMMATICO!

[Tosycyzkiewicy]

It is one of my favorite renditions of that aria, very fierce and dramatic, especially the words "di vendetta".

primohomme, I want to draw your attention to a beautiful version of that aria sung by the assoluta soprano Christine Weidinger. She sings also "Era desso il figlio" with twice repeated lower version of "con esso e morto" and crowned with a powerful high E flat. Both films are available on Youtube.

[Randidan]

@raigekimaru Intellectually???!!!! really??? The only ones I've ever found worth listening to (or participating in) nearly ended in fights...  even so, I'm also a firm believer in 'Vive la diffference'.

[raigekimaru]

@OperaMystery80

you make it sound like we're arguing or being haters, but it's not that at all. opera singers are the vocal equivalent to fine wine or tea. each has it's own unique flavors, color, aroma and distinctive characteristics. voices are the same, but, like tea, it's fun to discuss these different vocal characteristics and which you like better in certain roles. it's similar to how different types of tea are better with certain meals. opera is meant to be discussed intellectually

[hamb4]

Thank you so much for your reply./ While I cannot say it is my fav. She sings the shit out of it. pardon my expression, as there is no other expression for what I listened to again. The tempo was excellent, spot on. The rhythms in spots got away from her. but who cares at that speed. She had all the chest notes and did not loose speed as many would. That piece of music and truly rape the voice.

[OperaMystery80]

@hamb4 I agree with everything you say! We can still be mature, intelligent opera connoisseurs/cognoscenti and love many different sopranos, despite whatever flaws they have. No human singing voice is perfect. And I love to listen to all kinds of opera singers, sopranos, mezzos, tenors, baritones, basses. Each with different color and sound. If you overanalyze and critique too much, you miss out on enjoying the "meal". Galvany is sublime in this aria. I'm also fond of Dimitrova singing this.

[hamb4]

Dramatic , Leggero, Lyrico Spinto, what does it matter in the long run? All these women who sang it smiled on the way to the bank after the role. If it's in their fach then they sang it. If their voices can mange it they sang it. If you quibble over apples and oranges you will miss the sweetness of the fruit. Enjoy it. I always loved Sills in this role. A Dramatic coloratura would be perfect for this role. I love speed and agility with articulation also.