señor yurorega: Es una de las mejores interpretaciones, pero no la mejor. Debe escuchar más interpretaciones de Celeste Aída, de las que abundan grabaciones y videos. Por ejemplo, tres videos, uno con Giovanni Martinelli, otro con Franco Corelli y otro con Plácido Domingo, además de películas en las que Nino Martini y Mario Lanza cantan esta aria, le indicarán que la interpretación de Nicola Martinucci, un brillante tenor que sobresalió en la década de 1980, es una de las mejores, pero no la mejor como usted cree. Si es la que más le gusta, contra los gustos no hay razones que valgan. Saludos,
Bruson was getting up there in years here but his is still one of the most beautiful, affecting, & musical performances of this great aria that I have yet to hear. A master singer indeed!
Absolutely beautiful, powerful, well-rounded, colourful, full range voice. However, I prefer a few more “valleys” among the “mountains” eg. “Un nido di memorie” could be reigned in a little to lead to a more dramatic ending.
Everything is perfect,except that Anna is a queen, not a peasant. To have Mazetto as her future husband is a disgace 😂. And this Don Giovanny is not as attractive as Peter Mattei😅. Anna was singing Tatiana with Matthei as Onegin at the Met.
OK they were no longer in their vocal prime here , but there is something beautiful about a mature man and woman singing of their memory of love on the stage where they both enjoyed their days of great triumph. It brings a lump to the throat and a tear to the eye.
Robert Merrill was a great baritone, as were Giusppe Danise, John Charles Thomas, Lawerence Tibbett, Leonard Warren, Cornell MacNeil and Sherill Milnes, but do not forget those old times baritones, such as Titta Ruffo, Gino Bechi, Riccardo Stracciari, Giuseppe de Luca and many others. As any opera singer, Merrill had some vocal imperfections, as his squeezed high notes. His voice was so rich. Although his law and middle voice was very powerful, his high vocal register was smaller in comparison with those of Warren, MacNeil Milnes or Bastianini. Also Merrill excels by his beautiful voice, his consistent vibrato and his expressive singing. Greetings,
The best version of this aria sang by maestro Gedda. Which year is it? His voice is much bigger, darker than in his younger days. He was simply unbeatable, unsurpassable, stunning, exceptional. It is possible to reach a similar level. But it is not possible to be better.
So beautiful! He came out to Portland in 1987 to fill in for our failed MacBeth. My very first performance in a professional opera chorus. Never forgotten! <3
This was/is not good. Anna Moffo did nothing to balance her sound with Robert Merrill's voice. She went against the definition of "duet" which is all about two singing in balance. His tone is highly agreeable...in the brief spaces where he can be heard. He was exactly on pitch, and he deserved to be heard. Excessive volume from Anna Moffo might possibly be forgiven, if those high notes had been blasted on pitch. She just blasted out with notes which did not belong...through a song which is supposed to be about two people in perfect harmony. Awful...just awful.
I think you are expecting too much technical control on her part. I don’t think she was able to choose her dynamics anymore. She is having difficulty phonating here. That’s why the middle is inaudible. Her voice responds at the top, but the only way she can get it to do so is to blow as much air as possible. That’s partly why the diction isn’t clear either.
Sinceramente, creo que es uno de los Prólogos mejores que he oído en mi vida, y no digo el mejor porque habría muchos italianos que mentalmente quisieran apedrearme. Y que quede constancia que he oído todos los recogidos en audio.
