Leontyne Price "Son giunta, grazie o Dio" La forza del destino Met 1972

Met. Februay, 12, 1972

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Opera
• Verdi
• La
• forza
• del
• destino
• Leonora
• Leontyne
• Price

[secabun]

E' così che si canta! Davvero è stata lei la Divina Price!

[Trinite33]

The wonder of the consistent grandeur and splendor of that voice decade after decade and in role after role, recital after recital, recording after recording. Leontyne is a miracle of God's Grace, a pure, Divine gift to the world.

[FoggyRoad81]

@vergoti20 Back again I see to spread your usual lies about Price.

[MastersoftheOpera]

Leontyne was THE Leonora (of both Trovatore and Forza Del Destino) after Maria Callas. She was the leading Verdi soprano, with a voce dramatica di lirico spinto, with great musicianship and lush, full, voice from top to bottom. Hers is a voice that only came around one time. There are no more Leontyne Price type voices

[liedersanger1]

@InBoccaChiusa I've looked again--and I've known Ponselle's recordings for many years, including the ones she made in retirement--and don't see any sign of this aria. I hope I'm wrong! (Nor is it on YouTube.)

[InBoccaChiusa]

@liedersanger1 You may want to search YT under "Madre pietosa vergine," which is how it appears in the published recordings (on various labels).

[liedersanger1]

@InBoccaChiusa Are you sure there is a Ponselle recording of this scene? I'd love to hear it. I don't find it on YouTube. I know there's a Ponselle recording of Pace, pace.... and of the final trio. Thanks for any info.

[sirenadellopera]

My god.

[FoggyRoad81]

How is it this woman can keep taking me to greater and greater heights. I love the diction and the velocity of the singing (nothing ever drags in a Price performance). Can we talk about the total fearless forte high notes and the seemingly never ending breath? Has any soprano managed to do all the things this scene requires as well as Price outside of Callas?

[iskenderuna]

Mieaculous. Everything one ever dreams of.