Cristina Deutekom - Aria & Cabaletta Abigaille, part 2

Cristina Deutekom sings the Act II Abigaille aria & cabaletta "Ben io t'invenni...Anch'io dischiuso un giorno...Salgo già del trono aurato" from Nabucco, during the opening performance of the 40th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 1977, conducted by Riccardo Muti (so no embellishments or unwritten top notes...) PART 2

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Music

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• cristina
• deutekom
• riccardo
• muti
• opera
• verdi
• nabucco
• abigaille

[corellithebest]

She seems to sing this horribly difficult aria almost without any visible or audible effort, especially the cabaletta Salgo gia'. And I like her voice timbre.

[Heraopera]

BRAVA!

BRAVA!

BRAVA!

[podkowalesna]

@lungdoc

Perhaps because she was just SINGING and not creating herself. And there are still singers who just SING and remain relatively unknown

[pointemeout]

it's what i tend to sometimes call "inappropriate perfection".

[robertdonkers]

Hi there, I think that large voices are still around but, like you said, one does not hear them often. The heavy tenor of the early previous century until the 60ties are simply not popular anymore in the operahouses. Too baritonal for many and the directors rather hear the light brighter tenors in the dramatic roles. Agree, a shame. I love deutekom but not so much her coloratura at times though, but each to their own. Do you still sing?

[TheChiambretti]

Peccato che una cantante con questi mezzi abbia fatto una carriera non sempre edificante ... ma di sicuro rimarrà un punto fermo nella storia della vocalità, specie per questo suo strumento senza paragoni. GRANDE !!!

[vinny5255]

Che bella voce!!

[cleanears]

She's wonderful: I expected more form that conductor though...

[lungdoc]

Can somebody explain to me why was she so under appreciated?

[Coloraturissimo]

I didn't know there was a video- recording of this performance. Christine ROCKS!! :)) Too bad Muti's conducting, she could have sung C at the end of stretta. Nevertheless-great artistry! Brava!