Zinka Milanov and Franco Corelli - Tosca - Act One Duet LIVE 

😂 she had good taste!

So glad you enjoyed it!

Larry Mitchell It is because she owned the role when she sang. She like Callas was fearless. Because she had the voice/ technique to back it ☝. Sincerely Arnold Bourbon Amaral

Hah!

Herur22 So what's wrong with that? I don't get it.

Milanov was reported to have described a young soprano..."she sounds like a young me "

"her tactless statements"? Her colleagues were tactless. When she left Met to attend her wedding, no one congratulated her or sent best wishes. After wedding, she returned to Met and was performing among the same colleagues. Some Tact, some manners.

@@christopherkorvin6322 and what is wrong with that?

The best!

He is always magnificent

You said it-she's not to everyone's taste,LOL Yes, I know about the floated pianissimo, but she had this old lady sound to me and I'd like to think there's more to the roles than just loud singing They must have made quite a pair on stage-and she was no actress

+Labienus Milanov's singing here is hardly "just loud singing." Yes, she sounds mature here, but hardly like an old lady -- and she was 51 years old at this time. And after all she was a real dramatic soprano, a big voice, and yet here as well as elsewhere capable of shaded, highly expressive singing, even here at a mature age capable of a sensually beautiful quality. She acted with the voice and by all accounts though not a sophisticated actress had a strong personal aplomb on stage that carried the day. Beyond that, personal tastes are of course personal tastes.

+Labienus Not being the most sophisticated or interested computer user I receive responses to comments but with not apparent way of responding-such as from galanis38 apparently defending Milanov, or not pleased with my comment. One part was " by all accounts though not a sophisticated actress had a strong personal aplomb on stage " I'm not sure what aplomb in this context means-but I actually saw her on stage, admittedly at the end of her career-she was no actress by any stretch of the imagination. Here if this recording was 1957-still in her great years-and my point was not that she was old, but her voice often sounded that way or old fashioned Recently I heard a Met radio Trovatore from a bit earlier, and though the basic remarkable dramatic voice was there, and some powerful moments, I was actually rather amazed at how sloppy her singing was, how she often "cheated" in difficult passages, how some of the high notes were brushed rather than sung, and how superficial her involvement in the drama was, and how lacking her handling of the text was

Roberta Huebner CLASSIC!

@@Labienus I beg to differ. Milanov and Tebaldi didn't have "aplomb" on stage, they had what I call 'stage savvy.' They knew how to move around, hold their ground, gesture in time to the music, and generally paint a believable picture of whatever role they were playing. I saw Milanov many times and was in Tosca and Gioconda with her when I was in the boys chorus at the Old Met in 1960-62. Milanov and Tebaldi were somewhat similar, both had the grand dame approach to acting. One didn't go to the opera to see either of them act. You went because they could sing the hell out of an opera. And Milanov kept her high notes more or less until the end. If you want to hear some first rate Milanov, listen to her recording of Hageman's song, "Do Not Go, My Love." She does everything right, more than right. It's an amazing performance. I hope you like it.

vk soprano another one with a just a big mouth and a voice that's all over the place. So much for perfect placement.

Imagine a Netrebko Norma!! She had the good sense to back out. For now.

Tobias Andrews But Turandot is fine for her essentially lyric voice...

No one is singing like this anymore

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At the Met they decided to call her Milanov, not Milanova.

My wife is crotion & she's as lovely as when I met her 48 yrs ago. Linda Butkavich 😘💘

Franco Corelli and Zinka Milanov appeared together again at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1962: March 9 at La Gioconda, and November 17 at Andrea Chenier.

Confermo, posseggo anch'io la registrazione completa, una delle migliori Tosca registrate seppure live

I read she was Kunc but changed her name to a more artistic one.

@@draganvidic2039 Nice... Anyway, I think Milanova is more likely for a lady)) Besides I had a cd where I saw exactly that form.

@@draganvidic2039 Well, in any case, in the Slavic tradition, women's surnames always have the letter "a" at the end in comparison with men's, except in some strange cases, but this time it's exactly like that.

No, this is how they say names in Russia, Slovakia , I’m not sure for Bulgarian language, but this is not true for Serbo-Croatian language. I know since I grew up in former Yugoslavia.

She was born Kunc. This is her maiden name. Her brother was Bozidar Kunc who was a composer, pianist.

Well she never had this velvety timbre

@@draganvidic2039 farrell had a magnificent vocal quality and line. Just extraordinary

@@sanfordpress54 We don’t have to agree

@@draganvidic2039 2 spectacular voices.

No arguement.

Hate is a strong word

Perhaps.

What do you mean “too much at the bottom” and “not too much at the top”? She has a very good figure!!

Am not talking about. Milanov!!she is petfect for. Tosca!!am talking about lyrics sopranos taking the role of. Tosca!!yes!!not too much at the bottom!!not too much on top!!got it?good!!!

Milanov was not a dramatic soprano. Lirico spinto at best.