Ghena Dimitrova - La Gioconda - Suicidio

Ghena Dimitrova singing Suicidio.

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Music

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• ghena
• dimitrova
• ponchielli
• la
• gioconda
• suicidio
• soprano
• opera
• aria

[bodiloto]

Dal vivo LA Dimitova era LA REGINA e GHIAUROV era IL RE

[1s2k3s]

Ghena Dimitrova is one of greates bulgarian opera singer.

[corellithebest]

@assindiastignani You made a very good point there. Gioconda is a complex, extremely demanding role, requiring a versatile artist, able to combine dramatic heaviness, contralto lows, gentle lyricism and skillful coloratura. I like your comparison of that final coloreatura acrobatisc in Vo farmi piu' gaia witg Gilda's Caro nome. Indeed, Gioconda requires a voice capable of handling both Tosca and Gilda.

[AMMAGA1]

Браво!!! Оперная легенда.Моя любимая Джоконда. Потрясающая певица! Браво! Браво!!!!!!

[Tenortalker]

What the great Dimitrova does here is to knit very successfully the Lower medium part of her voice with a suggestion of chest notes. The effect is cohesive and beautifully expressive. Nothing in the score says that Gioconda has to boom away on the low notes. Callas is naturally wonderful in chest voice and brings us to the brink of the abys in this aria. However many sopranos have ended up with a hole in the voice through trying to copy her. Ghena had a more intelligent approach! Brava Ghena!

[assindiastignani]

@Aetion I hear what you're saying, but you must remember, this aria comes at the end of a long evening, and still to come are a big scene with Enzo, then the trio with him & Laura (where Gioconda has broad, high, very lyric phrases to sing dolce e piano "Date un ricordo alla Gioconda") and then that miserably difficult scene with Barnaba ("Vo' farmi più gaia") where she has to sing like Gilda. I think the sopranos try to be a bit careful with the chest voice in "Suicidio."

[genanikolay]

Diese Interpretation ist einfach atemberaubend! Vom Anfang bis Ende perfekt. Hatte noch nie so was Wunderschönes gehört! Gott, gäbe es doch heute noch solche Sänger!

[lamusicahera]

@vocede I agree with you - today we have to many liric sopranos who would better cut all the dramatic or spintoroles ¨

I am many time shocked who sings today at the big houses this HARD REPERTOIRE ¨

[scarpia1965]

Es gibt noch eine Ausnahme: Violeta Urmana. Sie hat sich aber leider inzwischen vom Mezzo zum Sopran getrimmt. Die Qualität hat ein wenig gelitten.

[vocede]

Der Dunkelfaktor in ihrer Stimme ist sagenhaft. Bei Livevideos bekommt man eine super Lehrstunde wie sie das macht. Wo gibt es heute eine vergleichbare Sängerin mit so viel Volumen in der Tiefe und Mittellage?

[scarpia1965]

Stimmt. Sie war eine Göttin. Ich konnte sie einige Male live erleben. Sie war faszinierend.

[operamusicfan]

You should see the video of her singing this live. She has an impressive lower range.