The best spanish mezzosoprano TERESA BERGANZA sings Sesto´s aria "Parto, parto ma tu ben mio" from La clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang amadeus Mozart. Conductor: Serge Baudo Orechestre Philharmonique de l´ORTF Salle Pleyel, Paris May 2, 1967
A true classic. The first great Sesto before so many. And this performance is surprisingly "modern", with a brisk tempo and some appoggiaturas here and there; the orchestra is just as immaculate as La Berganza.
These masterclasses were such a great experience for me!!! Unfortunatelly I could be there only 1 day (but THANKS for this one day!!) She´ll be in Warsaw also next year, so I´m looking forward to this. So, I´ll be there surely as long as Teresa
I adore Her singing and I was very lucky to attend Her masteclasses in Warsaw last year. Yet, this video made me think about how her technique was changing. Always beautiful sound and unique timbre and lightness, but here she doesn't seem concentrated (maybe nervous a bit?) and she does some strange things with her mouth singing coloraturas. All this summed up is quite comforting I must say :) Even the greatest learn all their life. Do you know how old she was when the video was made?
Those ‘strange faces’ she’s making during the coloratura section helps her get the notes out. It’s an actual technique! She’s up at the top of her range an the mouth shapes help her sing her highest notes.
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the direction is so to say "wooden", hard. In Mozart more than with every other author the conductor must love the music he/she's playing and show it with a continuous exchange with the singer/s This does not sound very technical, I'm sorry, just try imagine poetry read by a schoolchild and the same read by a sensitive actor/ress: both read the same words without mistakes but one gives you emotion, the other doesn't
@Njamh Pues nada? no le paso nada!!!! yo tengo el disco y otra presentacion 5 años despues cantando la misma aria, perfecta siempre 5/5. Posiblemente el audio no sale bien, pero su voz esta perfectamente colocada en la "mascara"
@Barbapippo I am a great admirer of Berganza, a very fine singer and one of the finest mezzos. But I wish you wouldn't be so careless with superlatives. There are many fine mezzosopranos and, for example, Cecilia Bartoli sings this better, in my opinion. Anyway these kind of comments and comparisons are not very helpful as it's just a matter of taste!
Frank Pam You have just said it. There are many fine mezzos, even, I would add, a few fine mezzo coloraturas. But there is only one "best" -- by definition. And, in my critical opinion, Berganza was it. I have yet to hear her equal even today.
@MrFpam I am not careless at all, I really consider Mrs. Berganza one of the finest singers of any time... but if you prefer that soul-less doll of Bartoli, well, it's your business, :)
I don't agree. I think she's correct, including the expression. I think the problem is the conductor. I think he spoils it, with no clear sense of mesure.
Can't love this aria. Even Ms Berganza, with all her class, sense of style, spotless technique can't make me. Perhaps she was also too busy singing on her own fighting an uninspired conductor (in Mozart the conductor is important!)
