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She must have really adored Toscanini to have his portrait there! It's strange, a lot of opera singers who have worked with him seem to really respect and admire him - some, like Milanov, had his picture somewhere prominent in their houses!

Utterly magnificent! We have nothing like this today. Unbelievably beautiful voice with incredible appoggio rock solid breath support and a full open throat. No wobbling, no ingolata, not a single inconsistent vibrato to be heard anywhere. Just a tremendously lush, velvety powerful outpouring of glorious sound from beginning to end, top to bottom. Just as incredible on the bottom as the top. The characterization brought to profoundly intense life. One of the greatest Amneris portrayals ever.

Amneris Increíble esta grana ópera del Genio de Verdi ❤

Zinka told me she loved Leona Anderson.

Entre milavov et tebaldi mon cœur balance ^^

Yup, she wins this role

I was very lucky to drive Madame Milanov to her last concert in Trenton New Jersey she was in her late 60's and sounded great but never put Callas in the same catagory as Milanov or Tibaldi

Who's singing Lohengrin? Is it Placido Domingo?

Tebaldi, Callas, Milanov, Dimitrova for my taste, but they were all important Giocondas.

Phenomenal Zinka Milanov, one of the most beautiful sopranos of the 20th century! At the beginning of her career she also sang Smetana's Libuše in Bratislava! Thank you very much for this valuable video.

Zinka was a great Verdi soprano and has yet to be matched. I saw her many times at the old Met

It is easy to despise what you cannot get !

❤🇱🇨!!!

legendary artist

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Wow I love how they attack the music! So many singers sound like they are giving everything and just about managing to get through this. These two have mastered their roles and then decided how they want to embellish or adapt. The speed is thrilling too. Thanks for the upload

I just don't know why people are comparing these two giants. Dolora has given us many great years. She is in her 60s here there are bound to be weaknesses here and there in the voice. it's called aging.

Disagree 100%. Dramatic from a to z. Thank you for your reply. I don’t intend to establish any sort of argument with you .

Wow... She's amazing

This is an excellent delivery of Gluck's music completely within the bounds of the Classical style which demands more than just loud and angry sounds but also elegant delivery of the music. This role is one of the most difficult in the entire soprano repertoire and one hopes that she will continue to refine it without destroying her voice on it.

Zinka MIlanov no solo fue la más grande soprano verdiana, también fue una gran turandot, en su buenas noches era una cantante de otra galaxia, en cuanto a norma las versiones grabadas no dan una semblanza de lo que realmente hacía, en la grabaciones en vivo por ejemplo canto una norma en el Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires que desde el punto de vista del canto fue maravillosa muy superior a cualquier otra cantante aquí mencionada, traten de escuchar alguna versión pirata que circulan en el mercado, en ellas podemos apreciar la inmensidad de su canto, trinos , filados sul fiato, un legato único, y sino la han escuchado entonces no opinen gratuitamente, de esta eximia cantante, y tengan la valentía de ubicarla en su tiempo para calibrar su estilo, canta en el estilo de su época de la misma forma cantaban dentro ese contexto las grandes cantantes coetaneas, lo genial de Milanov es su canto y el canto es música y en eso Milanov es insuperable, es verdad Callas fue una intérprete estupenda pero su canto deja mucho que desear y su variación en los colores de voz no es una virtud sino un defecto, escuchen Elisabeth Rethberg, Renata Tebaldi por decir algunos nombres y distintas épocas y verán que no tienen un arco iris de colores. y recuerden que la ópera es por sobre todo música, y si quieren ver grandes interpretaciones vayan al teatro de prosa

The best is not here: the 1957 studio recording. There she delivers the singles greatest high Bb I ever heard from a Dramatic Soprano.

Excelsa la mezzo- soprano "TOdO TERRENO" facinante en todas sus interpretaciones, de Santuzza a Rosina, pasando por Amneris, Azucena, Isabella (LÌtaliana in Argeri) Les Hugonotes , etc. etc. la lista seguiría mucho más. Para mi humilde opinión en la mejor y más completa mezzo-soprano de su generación . Armando Cerutti - barítono

IS IT NOT OF INTEREST......THAT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA OWNED THE ALLEGIANCE OF ...ROSA PONSELLE....ZINKA MILANOV....AND RENATA TEBALDI.... PROBABLY THE THREE GREATEST VOICES OF THEIR GENERATION. JUST LISTENNING TO THIS SENDS SHIVERS DOWN MY SPINE......THIS VOICE PORES OUT LIKE A RIVER OF GOLD.

Tous ces extraits sont très intéressants mais ni Carmen, ni Traviata, et surtout Norma ne sont des rôles de soprano dramatiques pourquoi nous faire entendre ces artistes dans ces rôles ???

Even when the voice of la divina was in decline after 1956 she was still so much better than the rest!

I can't get sound

Wow.....another reason to be proud of my people the Croatians !!! Bravo Dunja !

One of the great sopranos!!!!!!👏👏

Voce e artista meravigliosa che rende giustizia a questo magnifico brano di Verdi e a tante altre parti di belcanto.

Apologies for this rudimentary question, but is the tenor in the Dimitrova excerpt Pavarotti? I think so, but I'm not sure because he is in the distance. Either he is standing far away from the mic, or he is just being swamped!

I love Callas, but also admire other sopranos of that time period. I have recordings of many of them. One can have a favorite without hating on the others. And Callas’ VOCAL prime was indeed between 1949 to 1956. In 1957 one could hear the beginning of the problems with her top notes that would only worsen over the years. Except for those very high notes, however, the rest of her range remained intact and her artistry never wavered.

Señores míos la CALLAS es la OPERA dúelale a quién le duela élla y solo élla es l'UNICA SOPRANO ASSOLUTA ASSOLUTTAAAAAAA Jamás alguien siquiera ha logrado llegarle a los TALONES siquiera!!!!!! Hé DICHO!!!!!!!

What year was this?

Does she make a mistake at 5:11?

Was this a Met broadcast?

but the note is flat, definitely

We have almost lost great singing in our time! What is wrong? Zinka was sensational!

A college freshman in NY, I saw her in Tosca Dec., 1959 (with Boerling and Warren no less). Treasured always!

That recording used here of Milanov singing Vissid'arte was so beautiful. Where is it from?

Sublime, and it is not enough to describe the beauty of the voice,fire in the interpretation and the great elegance, nuances and thrilling high notes. Terrific

Real voices…

maravillosa Zinka trinos maravillosos y legatto incomparable, comparables a los Callas y Caballe

Wonderful document ❤

It would have been a good idea to give the name of the singer and the work for each extract. It's extremely frustrating to hear them without any other information.

Milanov una gloria de la lirica de todos los tiempos

The great Milanov in one of her best!!!

The great Milanov in one of her best!!!

Zinka Kunc, Dame Joan Sutherland, Maria Callas. The greatest ever. Period!

Callas forever.