I remember relaxing one Saturday evening back in the early 1980s watching Eva Marton in a live broadcast of 'Tosca' from the Sydney Opera House and suddenly the ABC Unions pulled the plug on the broadcast. I never forgave them.
I saw Marton on stage three times. It is great to hear and see her on DVD or CD, but live... She was more than a singer, she was a power of nature! Once my father went with me to see her. He doesn't like opera, but he put his eyes on her all the time. Like Callas, Marton had an energy that made every one to be impressed.
Sensational singer! Her Turandot, her Frau ohne Schatten and Fidelio in Salzburg, her Elektra in Vienna, her Tosca, her Gioconda, Fedora, Wally, her early Meistersinger in San Francisco...
some people have pretty negative opinions about her singing . but this event was people gathered and celebrate her career and she gave them a little appreciation. so don't be so judgemental . please.
Ya se la ve ubicándose en el escenario. Observa su público y con la brillantez de los grandes, así como asi... Entona su canto. Es tan maestra en su labor, en su experiencia, que canta sintiendo, expresando y contando una historia. Una de las mejores versiones que eh escuchado. Una voz auténtica, añejada pero sabía y elegante. Viva Eva Marton!! Maravillosa!
❤❤❤Eva eres maravillosa . Tuve el privilegio de escucharte aquí en el Liceu de Barcelona,, JAMÁS he olvidado tu voz, MARAVILLOSA …te extrañamos….brava¡¡¡¡
I think it depends a lot on your breath support and control and also on whether you have trained regularly or not. Bergonzi sang a longer aria of Luisa Miller at the Met gala of 1996 at age 72 and apparently effortless.
A sensibilidade do maestro que parou a orquestra no final para que ela pudesse terminar no ritmo e potência dela. Isso foi de uma sensibilidade incrível
@@George_Gurdjieff It's a matter of tastes, that's all. If you don't agree, I'm glad for you, it means we are two differents human beings with their ideas ;)
@@George_Gurdjieff In fact in my comment I said that I prefer her instead of Netrebko, which is younger but her "Vissi d'arte" at La Scala in Milan was terrible. I suppose there was a misunderstanding
@Gardis72: And just think, what an a**hole comment to make. Geraldine Farrah quit singing at 40. Some quit at the right time, some at the wrong time and some shouldn’t sing at all. But your comment is off base. Scotto sang what she wanted and it shortened her career.
Perche' si. Vanno ad inerpicare in romanze cosi' toste. Quando sanno. Che non sono piu 'in grado di. Sostenere il loro splendido. Passato. Operistico???????
No es lo que era antes por una cuestión biológica! Pero es auténtica, es ella, y eso la hace increíble. Lo cantó fantásticamente bien, de adentro, con el alma. 70 años son!
It was always a big Slavic voice. Her Turandot became a trainwreck and frankly many felt it made her top ruined. Her voice in the late 1970’s was really perfect. By the late 80’s it getting a bit weird over A natural somewhat on an edge of something screaming. The voice placement too far on the jaw and cried out. By the mid 1990’s it was just unwieldy. She stumbled around in Strauss roles then it was over. Here Martin still exhibits a world class sound even if she conveyed more of a mezzo soprano voice at that age . She worked hard and did a lot of performing so to even attempt one of her old roles in a famous aria was brave. But she always was.
Back in the day EM was a great Tosca but the aria was not her best part. In my view it was the torture scene, totally overwhelming the orchestra, Scarpia and everybody else. She tempted fate singing Vissi d’arte here. Had to cut the high note short ( sig-nor) and luckily the Maestro corrected it real quick. I doubt the quick cut off was planned because an artist of her caliber would not have sung it if she knew it was flirting with disaster.
I honestly did not like how this lady is this aria I think that her extraordinary capacity that had insurmountable in Turandot definitely diminished the age does not forgive
she suppose to know better that at age 70 nobody sing Tosca in public ... she is truly one of the greatest but for god sake she ran out of air in the middle...this performance is bull shitt.