Carol Vaness as Elettra (1999) Tutte nel cor

Mozart: Idomeneo

Elettra's Act I 'Tutte nel cor vi sento!' + chorus 'Numi pieta!'

Carol Vaness (Elettra)

Chicago Lyric Opera 1999. Conducted by John Nelson

Distraught that the Cretan Prince Idamante, the object of her lust, is treating her rival, Princess Ilia of Troy, so well that he even freed Ilia's fellow countrymen from 'prisoners of war' status (this story occurs after the fall of Troy), Elettra (Princess Elektra, daughter of Agamemnon & Klytamnestra) is so enraged that Mozart has her fury transformed into a nasty sea tempest that nearly drown the returning King Idomeneo's fleet! Crashing waves in the strings, piccolo miming the wind whistling through the masts... Quite an amazing piece of sonic sea scape painting!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Mozart
• opera
• Idomeneo
• Elettra
• Carol
• Vaness
• tutte
• nel
• cor
• rage
• aria
• smorg

[elias12186]

What a great character! Elektra is intense, perfect for opera...

[vitroz]

Viva Vaness!

[mabemawi]

Superb! Vaness as Donna Anna or Elettra will never cease to enchant me, such powerful emotions and yet such agility and grace: bravissima!

[vitellia]

It's amazing how gorgeous and EVEN her voice is throughout the whole entire range from top to bottom. Too bad, though, that the dynamics throughout the aria also remained so even and the same. I'm sure there are some passages marked piano somewhere in the piece.

[Tristiano]

the voice is so good here. frankly I hated the way she sounded early on. The sound was sooo unwieldy and messy. She became tighter and cleaner with excellent attacca etc.

[Xtrakoolness]

amazing! im glad i got to meet her

[sefo68]

excellent!

[spsp2sp3sp3dsp3d2]

Quite an amazing piece of music indeed. Nice use of images to illustrate the music.