Alessandra Marc "In questa reggia " Turandot

Whith Nicola Martinucci as Calaf. Teatro alla Scala di Milano. 2002

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Opera
• Puccini
• Turandot
• Alessandra
• Marc

[Operataurus]

Good grief. What is this need to create a hierarchy of brilliance?

Nilsson and Sutherland are gone. I love their work but who cares if they were better? Opera is a living art form. Its chances of survival are limited otherwise.

[anoperamusician]

There's absolutely nothing to address when somebody writes that Callas and Nilsson were screamers, and other similar silly things of rhe same league.

There's only a big, wide, triumphant ignorance.

So just live with it, if you like... I prefer not wasting my time, given that I tried writing seriously but received only offenses and deaf fanboy sentences.

Oh, there's nothing to win, of course :-) . Have a nice day too.

[Tarcisisu53]

Speaking of breathing, Lotte Lehmann breathed all over the place, often in the middle of the vocal line where you'd never hear anyone else doing it. And that included opera as well as song. A "short breath," whether natural or due to the moment, is nothing in an aria like this, where one can punctutate the orchestral texture as well as, sometimes, rest on it.

[Tarcisisu53]

There's no screaming at 3:43. She soars up! Possbily a bit short of breath here and there, but I mention that only in passing, as part of the live performance situation. You should always remember that live art is perfection created in the moment, which means the potential for less than perfect but human. Studio recordings are abstract perfection, abstracted from many takes. That's true if it's opera, music, theater, dance, any art form.

[MrJustin2782]

This has got me a little weepy. She's singing it, not screaming it, leaving room for vocal ornamentation, and it's wonderful, with of course, respect to those that defined the role in the last century. This is fucking amazing. ;-)

[MrSeveryan]

Alessandra Marc's voice is stunning. This production of 'Turandot', directed by Keita Asari, is one of the most spectacular ones I've ever seen. I've got it recorded on a DVD, and I advise everyone to watch it - you definitely won't regret it.

[assindiastignani]

@anoperamusician You got that right. Try to say something serious about music or singing and the crazies line up to vilify you. The Callas Queens are the worst. I don't waste my time any more either. What did the one opera queen say? "Sutherland had a much bigger voice than Nilsson." Good grief how do you even respond to that? And then if you write that you heard these people live and you know how they sounded, then you're an arrogant kwow-it-all. Meglio tacere

[ronboucher]

Marc's voice needs to heard live to appriciate it's full capacity. She stands equal to any of the lengendary singers. Folks, until you yourself can get up there and do it, and as well, just sit back and appricate those who can and do. They go to those positions through years of technical studies and successes climbing a very competitive ladder.

[SasaWest69]

I just met Alessandra this past week when she came into my clothing store to shop. What a lovely woman she is, and what an incredible talent!

[ascooby]

People must see her 1996 Richard tucker performance of this ARIA. THE BEST HANDS DOWN! What happened to it!

[operaclassicc]

Well the high notes are too shaky , and she suffers sto much on bringing them out . Nice tiber anyway

[hannahsthebomb]

SHE IS MY AUNT. :)