Sadly I don’t believe we will ever witness singing like this ever again. This beautiful lyric duet from an opera requiring bold dramatic singing from both of the leads has always thrilled me. And let’s not forget Solti’s masterful conducting allowing his singers the latitude to caress Verdi’s music with their style and technique. Thanks Michelle
I've said before in these comments that I came by my love of opera as student when I took voice lessons and learned how hard it is to do what they do. This was when 'simulcasts' were a thing. Some readers may not know what that is: public radio & television jointly broadcast the video & audio portions of a musical performance so one could listen with an audio system of better quality than that provided by television speakers (in my mother's home that was a Philco Console Stereo!). Live From the Met was one such broadcast often simulcast. A very famous Met performance (one IIFC that was voted one of the greatest Met performances in a listener's poll) was Leontyne Price's farewell performance of Aida. I happened to be home the night of that simulcast because it was 3 January 1985 and Christmas Break from school. I remember telling my family that I was commandeering the living room for the evening. It remains a very special memory. Some of this performance is on YouTube & here is the ovation following 'O patria mia' -- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xzqP4k1V7FQ
This piece is one that I remember from my very first 'music appreciation' class in uni, before I knew that later in life I'd circle back to singing in a more focused way. Even at the time I felt it as a thrill in my central nervous system. Thank you for this exquisite version.
Sadly I don’t believe we will ever witness singing like this ever again. This beautiful lyric duet from an opera requiring bold dramatic singing from both of the leads has always thrilled me. And let’s not forget Solti’s masterful conducting allowing his singers the latitude to caress Verdi’s music with their style and technique. Thanks Michelle
Beautifully sung
I've said before in these comments that I came by my love of opera as student when I took voice lessons and learned how hard it is to do what they do. This was when 'simulcasts' were a thing. Some readers may not know what that is: public radio & television jointly broadcast the video & audio portions of a musical performance so one could listen with an audio system of better quality than that provided by television speakers (in my mother's home that was a Philco Console Stereo!). Live From the Met was one such broadcast often simulcast. A very famous Met performance (one IIFC that was voted one of the greatest Met performances in a listener's poll) was Leontyne Price's farewell performance of Aida. I happened to be home the night of that simulcast because it was 3 January 1985 and Christmas Break from school. I remember telling my family that I was commandeering the living room for the evening. It remains a very special memory. Some of this performance is on YouTube & here is the ovation following 'O patria mia' -- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xzqP4k1V7FQ
This piece is one that I remember from my very first 'music appreciation' class in uni, before I knew that later in life I'd circle back to singing in a more focused way. Even at the time I felt it as a thrill in my central nervous system. Thank you for this exquisite version.
That singing is divine, honestly. The pianissimos alone take my breath away.
Angel Blu is appearing as AIDA in the new Met production and should be thrilling.
Also saw dreadful AIDA at Newark Symphony Hall. Tenor stopped singing in Act 1 and walked off stage w/Jerome Hines etc.