Clifton Forbis, Eva Maria Westbroek - Die Walküre Act 1 - Der Männer Sippe...Winterstürme

Clifton Forbis, Eva Maria Westbroek - Die Walküre Act 1 - Der Männer Sippe...Winterstürme
Conductor: Bernard Haitink March 13, 2009

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Clifton
• Forbis
• Eva
• Maria
• Westbroek
• tenor
• soprano
• opera
• Wagner
• Walkure
• Siegmund
• Sieglinde

[sadnikroman]

So gefühlvoll, so emotional, so schön gesungen,....Bravo!

[vidiegoquam]

I cannot believe how good she is. Having seen Meier in the last Met Ring, I was afraid (indeed, pretty well convinced) that I could not but be disappointed in next season's lineup. Well... welcome, Ms. Westbroek! I love her ferocity, and I truly can't get over how rich that sound is (on YouTube!) And to see her giving Jonas Kaufmann's Siegmund a run for his money... oh, yes, please!

[tenorschofield]

Bravoooo!!! both sound great!!! , it is wonderful to hear this singers!!! Braviii!!!!

[angryjalapeno]

Westbroek is absolutely fantastic. Clifton is a powerful singer but all I mostly hear are vowels. James King on Bohm didn't give me chills in this aria; neither does Clifton. I guess it's individual preference. Now, Peter Seiffert gives me the chills.

[Scarpia90]

Clifton Forbis! A-MA-ZING! I hadn't heard such a voice in years, the real Helden-tenor of this century, at least, for me! She is really good too!

[addyvander]

Eva Maria, hartelijk dank voor deze prachtige uitvoering. Het is de mooiste die ik tot op heden heb gehoord. Een geweldige stem, we zullen nog veel van je horen !!

Ook dank aan Clifton Forbis en Bernard Haitink uiteraard.

[TheTenorjeff]

@vidiegoquam Agreed! If only we could see Clifton Forbis as Siegmund instead of Kaufmann..

[LJBSasha]

@visse264: to each his own. I personally do think that splitting the screen is an entirely legitimate way of sharing credit as well as showing off where an instrumentalist or group thereof (e.g., the tubas or horns) have important lines.

I can only be (a little bit) envious that you have a complete recording of the entire event (including visual as well as audio?) - is it available somewhere (and preferably for free)? Thanks in advance!

[visse264]

@LJBSasha Personally, I don't think a split screen would be preferable, it wouldn't be fun to watch. In this musical setting, also because of the story telling of the main characters, it is only natural to capture the singers, whenever they are singing. You could capture them in different ways of course, including some parts of the orchestra for example. I do have the entire recording of this event. Whenever possible, enough attention is being paid to individual members of the orchestra.

[montallio]

Apart from Westbroek, Mr. Forbes demonstrates a superb tenor voice. Very very good!

[LJBSasha]

I only wish that there was more exposure given to the instrumentalists (even if the videoframe were split so that one could on one side see the singer(s) and/or conductor and the instrumentalists on the other - especially if this be the Royal Concertgebouw Orkest of Amsterdam perchance (since it's Haitink who's conducting). Good the principal trumpeter gets to be seen, but others (notably the horns and tubas) deserve the same too!!!