Oralia Dominguez: "Liber Scriptus" - Requiem (Verdi) - 1969 

The ideal kind of voice for the "Liber scriptus" with such a well developed and beautiful chest register!), and I also appreciate her expressiveness very much.

The BEST mezzo in Verdi’s Requiem .

Sung as if Verdi wrote it for her voice

I was 18 years old when I took part of a huge 200 choir to sing Verdi’s Requiem in Guadalajara, Mexico. Oralia Domínguez was the Mezzo who’d sing this very part and at the time I had NO IDEA of her artistic stature. A one point when she was singing “Luz Aeterna” the lights of Teatro Degollado went off and the place was totally dark. She continued singing and when the lights came back, the concert continued as if nothing had happened. The conductor used the ten fingers of his hands to point to the actual measure in the score for all musicians to follow. Thank you for sharing this video.

Beyond words. How can anyone give thumbs down to this vocal splendour?

Maravillosa

Un vélours de Voix Sans égale…… BRAVO ORALIA…..

And now we have the woofy, wobbly and unfocused voice of Anita Rashvelishvili who is marketed as the world’s top mezzo...

Now that’s singing ❤️😊

Absolutely rock solid from the bottom of the voice to the top. Even, clear and warm singing of the highest order. I especially love how she doesn’t push the bottom of her voice but there’s no doubt that she could deliver and then some. Thx for sharing this exceptional singing!

Impressionante la ricchezza della sua voce! 🤩🌟💕

Oralia, pure gold!

What vocal presence she had.

I see Martina Arroyo seated behind her!

This is simply phenomenal!!

Thanks, we are fortunate to have this What a beautiful and expressive voice.

Fabulous Oralia!

Tod el fragmento és fenomenal pero el final es apoteósico!!

Oh, por Dios, pero qué extraordinario!

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Why was she not. Super star of opera like so many others? She sounds ideal for heavy Verdi and Wagner!

¿Por qué Oralia Dominguez no fué tan famosa como Cossotto? Fenomenal

Sie singt grandios,die alte Schule..Simionato..Buades..usw...fantastisch!!!

Wow...stunning

😂😂😂 rido perché vorrei tanto sapere il nome di chi ha messo il pollice verso, vorrei proprio vederlo in faccia per poterlo insultare......un mezzosoprano con questa voce noi oggi ce lo sognamo.

You have an absolutely amazing channel full of gems. Oralia divina! Thank you

Epoustouflant !

Magnificent ❤

Verdi would approve 😅

Que voz !!!! No conocía esta maravillosa cantante lírica , me he quedado muy agradablemente sorprendida !! Gracias a RU-vid por este video , de ahora en adelante buscaré más vídeos de esta gran señora !!

So much better than Horne or Cossotto

Thank you SO MUCH for posting this, I constantly circle back and find my self listening to it, such a great artist.

My God! Is complete???

Good Lord! Is that Martina Arroyo sitting at the back? This is a spectacular lineup.

Very impressive. Who sings this way now? No one, I guess.

Staggering!

Great post! Thanks. Do you happen to own full video recording of this performance?

A complete Verdi Requiem with her would be most welcome. Is there a mezzo of her type around today?

Solo Ebe Stignani y Florence Quivar pueden llenar la cuerda de mezzo en esta obra