Gruberová vs. Caballé, Vivi ingrato

Let this video be a comparison of those two great Queens Elisabeths from Donizetti´s Roberto Devereux. Edita Gruberova and Montserrat Caballe show very different and very unique style of interpretation of this aria and you may feel free to comment and even vote for the best Queen Elisabeth. :) It is worth to watch my second video named "Beverly Sills-Vivi ingrato", just to compare those two divas with yet one other great Elisabeth.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Caballe
• Gruberova
• Donizetti
• Roberto Devereux

[operadude32]

Ages at the time of recording:

Gruberova 59 yrs old

Caballe 44 yrs old

2 incredibly talented women with unique interpretations.

It would have been interesting to post the 1990 performance from Barcelona w/ Edita as she was 44 then.

[dsenRuskin]

Like apples and oranges. Both stunning.  Very different!

[51zorrillo]

indudablemente son las dos geniales. pero......Montserrat supera en varios pasajes.

[viztory]

@operadude32

both are amazings in their own ways...:-)

[terryfisherkant]

Impossível preferir uma em detrimento da outra. São ambas divinais. Colocar ambas num só vídeo é uma ideia sensacional.

[Lederius18]

These are my two favorite sopranos, but there is none like Montserrat Caballe!

[brandkmy]

las dos son excelentes pero creo que la monsa posee mayor tecnica

[LohengrinT]

@MonsieurDarcy

The soprano assoluta that this role demands appears one every 100 years. It is quite interesting that Donizetti wrote a role that needs someone so rare in order to sing it . The defining assoluta roles are no more than 9 and this is one of them.

I do not argue that what Gruberova sings here may sound nice to someone who does not know the score - but how can we know the score since no one has sung it with accuracy ;)

Lets hope we are alive when the 21st century Assoluta appears

[MonsieurDarcy]

@LohengrinT I'm quite saddened to hear. Perhaps if you were right about this, one would have better luck in a decade or two to either wait for a really superlative singer or some very consummate technology that could produce a voice close enough to sing the role perfectly.

[MonsieurDarcy]

Despite the various accusations levelled at Gruberova here, I was moved to the point of tears hearing her. The psychological depth she brings to the role matters to me more than just to simply put it, sounding beautiful and having a flawless technique.

Of course with little surprise, those who are deeply entrenched in unequivocal opinion would do nothing to change their deep-seated conceptions, less to take in varied interpretations. Death of great art, as it is.

[LohengrinT]

None of them was a great Elisabeth Im afraid... there hasnt been any real Elisabeth in the recording history up to now. Their ambition led the two women to sing a role they simply couldnt sing (they didnt even have the required notes)

[opera7bubbles]

I had to skip to Caballé's because it was so painful to watch Gruberova scoop, swoop, and overact through one of the most beautiful bel canto scenes. No one can do this scene and really make you feel what Elisabetta is feeling like Sills.