crstioherz - Diaz is an interesting voice. His low range is better than most basses. (listen to his Sarastro low E watch?v=pGxm8bdO-a8 ), but his high range was secure enough that he could stretch into low baritone roles.
I did notice that he tosses in an unnecessary high A at the end of the duet. Verdi wrote a D. Come scritto per piacere! The opera isn't called Sparafucile! Leave the A's to the jester!
My favorite version of this terzetto (possibly my favorite part of the opera - ! ) has always been and probably will always be the one from the Giuseppe Sinopoli recording, but this may be the best available on video. You can hear the emotion in Cotrubas' beautiful voice, Diaz is so much better than he usually is (or maybe he is just better suited to this role), and Jones is quite good as well.
En plus il y le La aigü de notre ami Justino... Que dire!!!!
clown84700 1 year ago
What a great top Isola had - whatever became of her?
DonPaolissimo 1 year ago
PERFECT!!! Terzett is very good, Maddaleno sings and look SUPER :-))) orchestra plays beautifull!! Levine is best director for this opera...
AchillesValda 2 years ago
very good performance.. Sparafucile is commonly played by a bass.. but besides that very good.. Maddalena is good looking.. haha
metalmusi 2 years ago
crstioherz - Diaz is an interesting voice. His low range is better than most basses. (listen to his Sarastro low E watch?v=pGxm8bdO-a8 ), but his high range was secure enough that he could stretch into low baritone roles.
I did notice that he tosses in an unnecessary high A at the end of the duet. Verdi wrote a D. Come scritto per piacere! The opera isn't called Sparafucile! Leave the A's to the jester!
linguine99 3 years ago
My favorite version of this terzetto (possibly my favorite part of the opera - ! ) has always been and probably will always be the one from the Giuseppe Sinopoli recording, but this may be the best available on video. You can hear the emotion in Cotrubas' beautiful voice, Diaz is so much better than he usually is (or maybe he is just better suited to this role), and Jones is quite good as well.
nclysander 3 years ago
Ileana Cotrubas and Isola Jones in the one video! Its brilliant. I would love to have seen this production. Thanks for posting it.
jenni4claire 3 years ago