Rosa Ponselle, "Ritorna vincitor!", Verdi: Aida (live radio broadcast, 1936)
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Uploaded by dantitustimshu on Nov 13, 2010
The great Rosa Ponselle in "Ritorna vincitor!" from Act 1 of Verdi's Aida, coming from the General Motors Hour radio broadcast on 27 September 1936 (Note: One bar is missing from the final section of the scene).
By Ponselle's own account, her radio broadcasts captured her true voice and she much preferred these performances to her numerous commercial recordings.
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The greatest. Miraculous singing.
troppofiato 11 months ago
Glorious singing !!!
horowitz109 1 year ago
@VivaMariaCallas Oops, just found out that she did perform Aida. Thank goodness for that!
VivaMariaCallas 1 year ago
It's astounding that Ponselle didn't sing Aida because of that high C in O patria mia... I can't imagine anyone with a voice as well suited to Aida as hers.
VivaMariaCallas 1 year ago
What is astonishing is the lack of appreciation by New York critics of Ponselle while she was at the Met. Often their critiques of the opera found some kind of fault with her singing, as if they couldn't bear to give her full approval. The fact that they were listening to the greatest voice of the century was lost of them. Incredible dolts, really.
saagua1953 1 year ago
so beautiful
BGSourgas 1 year ago
@meltzerboy Pfft. We all know the tone-deaf abound in the opera house, why not here? The beauty and nobility of Zinka's voice were absolutely peerless.
And Renata Tebaldi was a great Aïda too, for a while.
AulicExclusiva 1 year ago
@AulicExclusiva Except according to the anti-Milanovites, and there are many on and off YT! I love Milanov's singing of this aria and role, and so many others by Verdi and company. Except for her latter years, Rethberg had such a beautiful voice that one doesn't mind the fact she may not always be the greatest interpreter. I agree about Caniglia, a verismo singer of the finest order, who--like Callas with respect to her emotions, if not technique--thoroughly inhabits her roles.
meltzerboy 1 year ago
@meltzerboy NOBODY ever sang this better than Zinka. But Callas' desperate longing in the final preghiera is very moving, as is the sheer beauty of Elisabeth Rethberg's voice. A singer who could really live through the tormented emotions of this scena was Maria Caniglia: a really great Aïda.
AulicExclusiva 1 year ago
Tim, magnificent performance! Thank you. Maya
mayatatyana1 1 year ago