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Cheryl Studer sings Isolde’s Liebestod - “Mild und leise wie er lächelt” - TRISTAN UND ISOLDE - 2011
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8 November 2011 Antwerp Queen Elisabeth Hall For those who can’t do math, here at age 56, the soprano’s signature sound, dramatic strength suffused with her inimitable lyricism, and powers of expression, all remarkably intact.
Cheryl Studer sings the "Libera me" - Verdi MESSA DA REQUIEM - Munich, 1994
zhlédnutí 958Před 3 měsíci
7 July 1994, Munich, Philharmonie am Gasteig, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Georg Solti A solemn Easter Sunday to all.
Cheryl Studer sings the "Libera me" - Verdi MESSA DA REQUIEM - Salzburg, 1995
zhlédnutí 737Před 3 měsíci
9 April 1995, Salzburg Easter Festival, Großes Festspielhaus, Berliner Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Prague Philharmonischer Chor, Claudio Abbado At the very end, one hears that a few members of the public rushed to applaud. Abbado promptly shushed the audience into silence, and his shushing is audible. I recall a similar occasion, with Abbado conducting the Mahler ...
{Live} Cheryl Studer sings the SALOME Schlußszene - Salzburg - 1991
zhlédnutí 1,8KPřed 3 měsíci
“Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen, Jochanaan” In gratitude to Allons à l'Opéra for their courtesy and permission. 3 August 1991 Salzburg Felsenreitschule Staatskapelle Dresden Giuseppe Sinopoli Studer sang the role again in concert performances of the work with Riccardo Chailly in February of 1997, in Zürich. What follows comes from a review of a recent Richard Strauss relea...
Cheryl Studer, Sergei Leiferkus, Frederic Kalt - “Deserto sulla terra” & Act I Finale - IL TROVATORE
zhlédnutí 1KPřed 3 měsíci
Vienna, 22 October 1993 Read about whence this came (or read pinned comment) - czcams.com/video/9MamTn7FSaU/video.html
Cheryl Studer sings “Tacea la notte placida … Di tale amor” - IL TROVATORE
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Act I Cavatina Vienna, 22 October 1993 Read about whence this came (or read pinned comment) - czcams.com/video/9MamTn7FSaU/video.html
Cheryl Studer sings “D’amor sull'ali rosee … Miserere” - IL TROVATORE
zhlédnutí 1,2KPřed 3 měsíci
Act IV Aria and Duet, with Chorus Vienna, 22 October 1993 Read about whence this came (or read pinned comment) - czcams.com/video/9MamTn7FSaU/video.html
Cheryl Studer sings the “Csárdás” (“Czardas”) - “Klänge der Heimat” - DIE FLEDERMAUS
zhlédnutí 540Před 3 měsíci
In gratitude to Allons à l'Opéra for their courtesy and permission. Photo: Studer as Rosalinde in Fledermaus, 1997, Bavarian State Opera 17 December 1986 Paris Salle Pleyel Marek Janowski
Cheryl Studer sings “Simple Gifts” - APPALACHIAN SPRING - 2003
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‘Tis the gift to be FREE.
Cheryl Studer sings "Dich, teure Halle, grüß' ich wieder" - Hallenarie - TANNHÄUSER - 2003
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Cheryl Studer sings "Dich, teure Halle, grüß' ich wieder" - Hallenarie - TANNHÄUSER - 2003
Cheryl Studer sings Senta’s Ballade - DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER - Bayreuth 1998
zhlédnutí 142Před 4 měsíci
Summ und brumm, du gutes Rädchen … Du böses Kind … Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an 25 July 1998, Bayreuth, Festspielhaus, Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Peter Schneider Senta - Cheryl Studer Mary - Marga Schiml
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER Finale - Cheryl Studer, Alan Titus, Roland Wagenführer - Bayreuth 1998
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25 July 1998, Bayreuth, Festspielhaus, Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Peter Schneider Der Holländer - Alan Titus Senta - Cheryl Studer Erik - Roland Wagenführer The Finale from the year following: czcams.com/video/ks2Pa9TgUYQ/video.html
{On Film} Ben Heppner sings Florestan's "Gott! Welch Dunkel hier!" - FIDELIO
zhlédnutí 48Před 4 měsíci
{On Film} Ben Heppner sings Florestan's "Gott! Welch Dunkel hier!" - FIDELIO
GENOVEVA - Cheryl Studer, Bryn Terfel, Johan Botha, Ulla Gustafsson - Robert Schumann
zhlédnutí 308Před 4 měsíci
Excerpts from Robert Schumann's opera "Genoveva". Berlin, 31 December 1994. Studer sings Genoveva’s Aria “O Du, der über alle wacht”, plus more. Claudio Abbado
Szenen aus Goethes FAUST - Bryn Terfel, Cheryl Studer, Johan Botha, Ulla Gustafsson -Robert Schumann
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Szenen aus Goethes FAUST - Bryn Terfel, Cheryl Studer, Johan Botha, Ulla Gustafsson -Robert Schumann
DIE WALKÜRE - Poul Elming & Cheryl Studer in the complete Act I Scene 3
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DIE WALKÜRE - Poul Elming & Cheryl Studer in the complete Act I Scene 3
Cheryl Studer sings "Abscheulicher! ... Komm, Hoffnung" - FIDELIO
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Cheryl Studer sings "Abscheulicher! ... Komm, Hoffnung" - FIDELIO
Cheryl Studer sings "Bel raggio lusinghier" from SEMIRAMIDE
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Cheryl Studer sings "Bel raggio lusinghier" from SEMIRAMIDE
Cheryl Studer sings "Regnava nel silenzio" - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
zhlédnutí 1,8KPřed 4 měsíci
Cheryl Studer sings "Regnava nel silenzio" - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Cheryl Studer sings a demented Mad Scene - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
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Cheryl Studer sings a demented Mad Scene - LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
Cheryl Studer sings Gilda’s Death with Endless Bel Canto - RIGOLETTO
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Cheryl Studer sings Gilda’s Death with Endless Bel Canto - RIGOLETTO
DIE WALKÜRE - Cheryl Studer & Siegfried Jerusalem in Act I Scene 3 - From “Schläfst du, Gast?”
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DIE WALKÜRE - Cheryl Studer & Siegfried Jerusalem in Act I Scene 3 - From “Schläfst du, Gast?”
CAROUSEL ~ Short introduction about the premiere at Theater Basel, December 2016 ~ Cheryl Studer
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CAROUSEL ~ Short introduction about the premiere at Theater Basel, December 2016 ~ Cheryl Studer
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER - Cheryl Studer & Wolfgang Brendel - Extended Ballade & Holländer-Senta Duet
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DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER - Cheryl Studer & Wolfgang Brendel - Extended Ballade & Holländer-Senta Duet
MISSA SOLEMNIS ~ Kyrie ~ Sinopoli, Cheryl Studer, Trudeliese Schmidt, Hans Sotin, William Pell
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MISSA SOLEMNIS ~ Kyrie ~ Sinopoli, Cheryl Studer, Trudeliese Schmidt, Hans Sotin, William Pell
MISSA SOLEMNIS ~ Agnus Dei ~ Sinopoli, Cheryl Studer, Trudeliese Schmidt, Hans Sotin, William Pell
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MISSA SOLEMNIS ~ Agnus Dei ~ Sinopoli, Cheryl Studer, Trudeliese Schmidt, Hans Sotin, William Pell
Cheryl Studer sings HOW GREAT THOU ART ~ September 2023 ~
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Cheryl Studer sings HOW GREAT THOU ART ~ September 2023 ~
{Film} Cheryl Studer singt die VIER LETZTE LIEDER von Richard Strauss ~ Four Last Songs
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{Film} Cheryl Studer singt die VIER LETZTE LIEDER von Richard Strauss ~ Four Last Songs
Cheryl Studer schenkt uns einen IM ABENDROT wie eine Stradivari - Vier letzte Lieder - R. Strauss
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Cheryl Studer schenkt uns einen IM ABENDROT wie eine Stradivari - Vier letzte Lieder - R. Strauss

Komentáře

  • @alwaysnew189
    @alwaysnew189 Před dnem

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @scp3178
    @scp3178 Před dnem

    "Großes das ins Herz gedrungen" .15:15 Choir sings something similar to the 9th Symphony "Freude schöner Götterfunken" (Ode an die Freude). Beethoven anticipated his 9th Symphony in the Choral Fantasy. Lovely music.

  • @Juliet0307
    @Juliet0307 Před dnem

    Grandissima.

  • @ellenlyons7413
    @ellenlyons7413 Před 10 dny

    that voice, rings out so clearly and beautifully.....

  • @amedeofolco9988
    @amedeofolco9988 Před 11 dny

    Meraviglia. Solti eccelso.Ma non esiste il video completo della recita??

  • @pesur
    @pesur Před 16 dny

    This song remember me the Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov

  • @lluisagimenollampallas700

    Kissin maravilloso Abado perfecto director la orquesta i el coro fabulosko

  • @lluisagimenollampallas700

    Kissin maravilloso Abado perfecto i coro i orquesta magnifics

  • @rudolfsmolej9495
    @rudolfsmolej9495 Před měsícem

    ... Schneider unvergessen einfach wunderbar

  • @jackatherton0111
    @jackatherton0111 Před měsícem

    One of the most extraordinary recordings of a Nocturne you’ll ever hear, the equal of his teacher Ignaz Friedman’s legendary Op. 55 No. 2. The middle section gives us a glimpse of Tiegerman’s tiger-like ferocity, as Chopin intended, but the rest is pure poetry unblemished by the sort of “personality” imposed by a Pachmann, Hofmann or Horowitz. Tiegerman’s personality is unique and recognizable because it seems utterly perfect, especially in the relaxed atmosphere of his students’ amateur tapings; he may have resembled Godowsky in this respect. We read that Chopin varied the way he played various pieces and perhaps Tiegerman did too ( we have no duplicate performances) but in the moment his art sounds both human and inevitable, the realization of Chopin’s fusion of romantic effusions and classical restraint. I know of nothing like it. So few views. Thanks for sharing.

  • @FranzBlumVan1890
    @FranzBlumVan1890 Před měsícem

    La voix si belle, mais les paroles en français..... on preferer l'italien

  • @jackatherton0111
    @jackatherton0111 Před měsícem

    Not surprisingly Tiegerman plays more forcefully in this radio performance (and the Brahms B flat concerto Allan Evans recovered) than for the amateur home recordings pupils preserved. Like Percy Grainger, who considered this Chopin the greatest of all sonatas, the diminutive Pole displays the “emotional violence” one critic noted, yet the more plaintive and buoyant passages are not slighted. Another highlight in a small discography that seems to be nothing but highlights.

  • @sirdicaudore
    @sirdicaudore Před měsícem

    Wonderful!!!

  • @fabriziogarzi9892
    @fabriziogarzi9892 Před měsícem

    Strano che la Leider non avesse piu' il Do e lo dovesse raggiungere con un glissando dalla nota prima...risultando poi un urlo. Peccato perché la Leider aveva una voce stratosferica.

  • @Altonahh10
    @Altonahh10 Před měsícem

    Studer's timbre corresponds exactly to Elsa as I imagine her. She has an aristocratic splendor, a certainty in her interpretation, a legato that melts and resists every temptation to make the role more dramatic than it should be. And Abbado also conducts this to die for.

  • @ferraraenzo7
    @ferraraenzo7 Před měsícem

    Magistrale esecuzione del grande Maestro Claudio Abbado!❤

  • @joselatorre1696
    @joselatorre1696 Před měsícem

    Cheryl Studer ist die beste Elsa die ich je gehört habe.

    • @doGreatartistsgrowontrees
      @doGreatartistsgrowontrees Před měsícem

      Stimmt. Hier ist sie auch als Elsa, als sie 56 Jahre alt war. czcams.com/video/gYXI2cqlQAo/video.html

    • @joselatorre1696
      @joselatorre1696 Před měsícem

      Unglaublich! Sie behaltet immer noch eine klare, frische Stimme, mit einem beneidenswerten Legato.

  • @TheJohnblyth
    @TheJohnblyth Před 2 měsíci

    Yes, this is how I would prefer to hear this music played.

  • @yaelpalombo4093
    @yaelpalombo4093 Před 2 měsíci

    😍😍😍

  • @10.6.12.
    @10.6.12. Před 2 měsíci

    She is totally awesome .

  • @lucete7240
    @lucete7240 Před 2 měsíci

    TO EVERYONE WHO SAYS THAT FRIDA LEIDER HAD SMALL VOICE

  • @manuelprietohernandez4820
    @manuelprietohernandez4820 Před 2 měsíci

    Una gran wagneriana, sin duda.

  • @user-ir4zp7iw4l
    @user-ir4zp7iw4l Před 2 měsíci

    Where can I find the score in Italian

  • @wewper
    @wewper Před 2 měsíci

    She's really in her element in this, just as she is in possibly the best ever studio recording of Die Fledermaus' cousin, Die Lustige Witwe.

  • @petersborrelinniehove7939
    @petersborrelinniehove7939 Před 2 měsíci

    Dankjewel, Claudio Abbado!

  • @andreasbettau5951
    @andreasbettau5951 Před 2 měsíci

    Verdammt gut !

  • @masatoiwamura9227
    @masatoiwamura9227 Před 3 měsíci

    Is this one from Munich?? 1995 with Meier?

  • @judy6238
    @judy6238 Před 3 měsíci

    Studer is ASTONISHING in this. A dramatic masterclass ❤

  • @peterschmitz8364
    @peterschmitz8364 Před 3 měsíci

    der ferne klang aber immer noch hörenswert

  • @infundomaris
    @infundomaris Před 3 měsíci

    Cheryl Studer's voice was finished already in 1993. All her live performances from that period (and even from before, 1989 Guillaume Tell or 1990 Vespri Siciliani) were shaky, with poor high notes above B.

  • @user-mm4ub1rr9d
    @user-mm4ub1rr9d Před 3 měsíci

    Ich kenne dieses Lied mit verschiedenen Interpreten, hier gefällt mir er besser..

  • @draganvidic2039
    @draganvidic2039 Před 3 měsíci

    Studer had a lyric soprano but was forced to sing out of her natural fach. This is a good example. She did well maybe but she’s no Bjoner or Rysanek for example. Studer should have stayed in more lyric soprano roles. But who wants to do that? 😜

    • @doGreatartistsgrowontrees
      @doGreatartistsgrowontrees Před 3 měsíci

      Nonsense. Studer was not just a “mere lyric”. There is ample evidence to contradict you. Whether you want or care to acknowledge it or not is another matter.

  • @phyllispetras3369
    @phyllispetras3369 Před 3 měsíci

    WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @mercedescorcheroquesada
    @mercedescorcheroquesada Před 3 měsíci

    No me cansó de ver y oír a mis dos GRANDES ABBADO Y BEETHOVEN ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @INOBT100
    @INOBT100 Před 3 měsíci

    28:41 "Stride la vampa"; it's like the aria was designed note by note, bar after bar, for Baltsa's voice!!! ❤

  • @guillaumebelanger6556
    @guillaumebelanger6556 Před 3 měsíci

    Where was that recorded?

  • @guillaumebelanger6556
    @guillaumebelanger6556 Před 3 měsíci

    Fantastic! Please, post the whole Requiem.

  • @jamessmithson9803
    @jamessmithson9803 Před 3 měsíci

    Unbelievable performance! The feelings shown by Maestro Abbado were heartfelt.

  • @ivanmanzella
    @ivanmanzella Před 3 měsíci

    Magnifico!!

  • @giovannisinopoli8541
    @giovannisinopoli8541 Před 3 měsíci

    super !!!!

  • @davidedevoti5823
    @davidedevoti5823 Před 3 měsíci

    Amazing!!!!!

  • @davidedevoti5823
    @davidedevoti5823 Před 3 měsíci

    Wow 👏👏👏👏

  • @YoannAuboyneau
    @YoannAuboyneau Před 3 měsíci

    Brava ❤

  • @doGreatartistsgrowontrees
    @doGreatartistsgrowontrees Před 3 měsíci

    Before proceeding with some observations, note that only seven months later, in May of ‘94, soprano Aprile Millo gave a disastrous performance of no less than her so-called “signature role” of Aïda in this same house without facing adverse consequences (such as a wall of booing) for her utterly degraded level of singing that night. But don’t take my word for it. Here is the evidence. czcams.com/video/K7hbcsxIqas/video.html And let’s not even mention the widespread and irrational opprobium and abuse that Studer was subjected to for her Covent Garden Aïdas. Read on. Here is one of those edge-of-your-seat performances that is as exciting as it is terrifying. In the interest of gaining a better overall sense of the performance, I have removed all audience participation/distractions pro and con. Because participate the audience did. A hostile claque (or claques) was out for blood .... and found it. They appeared to be angry at the production (by a Hungarian team with direction from renowned filmmaker István Szabó) which was set during the Nazi era and staged amid the partial ruins of a bombed out Vienna State Opera. Today, during the heyday and reign of anything-goes Regietheater (Director's theater), there would be no smoke. And where there's smoke there's fire. But the claque was also hostile to the principals. This is speculation but maybe certain Viennese willed themselves to make a connection between the production values, the once-upon-a-time damage to their cherished opera house from American air raids, and the casting of Americans as two of the leads? The atmosphere certainly had a frisson of danger and most of those involved hardly walked away unscathed. This performance also inexplicably lit the fire that culminated in the Munich "Der Freischütz" conflagration of five years later between Mehta and Studer (but not before his having prevented her from singing the role of Ariadne in Firenze, in breach of contract, two years before Munich; it had become evident that a pattern of abuse had been established by Mehta long before Munich). In any case, on this night Studer was suffering from a severe cold and her congestion is clearly audible in her middle register. Her famous top extension, however, remained open and free, as you will hear. Amazing, under the circumstances, that she could manage to produce from softest pianissimi to loudest fortissimi and thrilling swells of sounds. To me, in a present era chronically plagued by unimportant and boring voices, absence of individuality of sound and expression, blandness, docility, fixation with clinical perfection and extreme caution, her decision to throw herself before the firing squad, so to speak, stands as a profile in risk-taking and courage (some will say recklessness) for several reasons: 1. a demanding role in a high profile house; 2. a new, high profile production with live radio relay; 3. Leonora was a new role for her and was undertaken on short notice from the scheduled Michèle Crider, presumably with limited rehearsal, thus saving opening night; 4. No pre-show announcement indulging the audience about her state was made by the Intendant. But soldier on she did. It takes nerves of steel to say the least. In my opinion, Studer had the right vocal weight and tinta, flexibility, and coloratura chops to make a great, dramatic Leonora. Recovered from her cold, she sang one more performance on 7 November for conductor Michael Halász which is said to have gone splendidly. One can only hope someone managed to record it. The Manrico, Frederic Kalt, soon after disappeared from the scene. In retrospect, I believe that Kalt cracking royally at his end-of-Act-III cabaletta “Di quella pira” (for which he was rewarded with a cascade of boos) became a major factor and gave license for what came next for Studer, who was also subjected to the same following her “D'amor sull'ali rosee” at the start of Act IV. This for her having sung the aria’s closing phrase with a very soft pianissimo (there was a momentary lapse of about a second duration, God forbid, during her transition to that final phrase). But did it warrant the abuse? Moreover, was her "offense" sufficiently grievous for the heckling? Not in my not-so-humble opinion. Nor was she anywhere near the “disaster” we are told repeatedly. In any case, the theater's administration had to summon the police into the auditorium to help calm down the heckling. All that just before the “Miserere”. As for Baltsa, these Vienna Azucenas were her first and final.

  • @michaelinmass
    @michaelinmass Před 3 měsíci

    She certainly knew how to float the tone.

  • @annimerethenilsen8888
    @annimerethenilsen8888 Před 3 měsíci

    Why did she disappear?? because she was Jewish?! one of the very best opera singers in the world?i loved hersince i have found her.ld mama from north in Sweden,i am now 66,can only youtube,no internet!!she is one of the very best opera singer in the world!!!😢😂❤❤❤

  • @doGreatartistsgrowontrees
    @doGreatartistsgrowontrees Před 3 měsíci

    Before proceeding with some observations, note that only seven months later, in May of ‘94, soprano Aprile Millo gave a disastrous performance of no less than her so-called “signature role” of Aïda in this same house without facing adverse consequences (such as a wall of booing) for her utterly degraded level of singing that night. But don’t take my word for it. Here is the evidence. czcams.com/video/K7hbcsxIqas/video.html And let’s not even mention the widespread and irrational opprobium and abuse that Studer was subjected to for her Covent Garden Aïdas. Read on. Here is one of those edge-of-your-seat performances that is as exciting as it is terrifying. In the interest of gaining a better overall sense of the performance, I have removed all audience participation/distractions pro and con. Because participate the audience did. A hostile claque (or claques) was out for blood .... and found it. They appeared to be angry at the production (by a Hungarian team with direction from renowned filmmaker István Szabó) which was set during the Nazi era and staged amid the partial ruins of a bombed out Vienna State Opera. Today, during the heyday and reign of anything-goes Regietheater (Director's theater), there would be no smoke. And where there's smoke there's fire. But the claque was also hostile to the principals. This is speculation but maybe certain Viennese willed themselves to make a connection between the production values, the once-upon-a-time damage to their cherished opera house from American air raids, and the casting of Americans as two of the leads? The atmosphere certainly had a frisson of danger and most of those involved hardly walked away unscathed. This performance also inexplicably lit the fire that culminated in the Munich "Der Freischütz" conflagration of five years later between Mehta and Studer (but not before his having prevented her from singing the role of Ariadne in Firenze, in breach of contract, two years before Munich; it had become evident that a pattern of abuse had been established by Mehta long before Munich). In any case, on this night Studer was suffering from a severe cold and her congestion is clearly audible in her middle register. Her famous top extension, however, remained open and free, as you will hear. Amazing, under the circumstances, that she could manage to produce from softest pianissimi to loudest fortissimi and thrilling swells of sounds. To me, in a present era chronically plagued by unimportant and boring voices, absence of individuality of sound and expression, blandness, docility, fixation with clinical perfection and extreme caution, her decision to throw herself before the firing squad, so to speak, stands as a profile in risk-taking and courage (some will say recklessness) for several reasons: 1. a demanding role in a high profile house; 2. a new, high profile production with live radio relay; 3. Leonora was a new role for her and was undertaken on short notice from the scheduled Michèle Crider, presumably with limited rehearsal, thus saving opening night; 4. No pre-show announcement indulging the audience about her state was made by the Intendant. But soldier on she did. It takes nerves of steel to say the least. In my opinion, Studer had the right vocal weight and tinta, flexibility, and coloratura chops to make a great, dramatic Leonora. Recovered from her cold, she sang one more performance on 7 November for conductor Michael Halász which is said to have gone splendidly. One can only hope someone managed to record it. The Manrico, Frederic Kalt, soon after disappeared from the scene. In retrospect, I believe that Kalt cracking royally at his end-of-Act-III cabaletta “Di quella pira” (for which he was rewarded with a cascade of boos) became a major factor and gave license for what came next for Studer, who was also subjected to the same following her “D'amor sull'ali rosee” at the start of Act IV. This for her having sung the aria’s closing phrase with a very soft pianissimo (there was a momentary lapse of about a second duration, God forbid, during her transition to that final phrase). But did it warrant the abuse? Moreover, was her "offense" sufficiently grievous for the heckling? Not in my not-so-humble opinion. Nor was she anywhere near the “disaster” we are told repeatedly. In any case, the theater's administration had to summon the police into the auditorium to help calm down the heckling. All that just before the “Miserere”. As for Baltsa, these Vienna Azucenas were her first and final.

  • @doGreatartistsgrowontrees
    @doGreatartistsgrowontrees Před 3 měsíci

    Before proceeding with some observations, note that only seven months later, in May of ‘94, soprano Aprile Millo gave a disastrous performance of no less than her so-called “signature role” of Aïda in this same house without facing adverse consequences (such as a wall of booing) for her utterly degraded level of singing that night. But don’t take my word for it. Here is the evidence. czcams.com/video/K7hbcsxIqas/video.html And let’s not even mention the widespread and irrational opprobium and abuse that Studer was subjected to for her Covent Garden Aïdas. Read on. Here is one of those edge-of-your-seat performances that is as exciting as it is terrifying. In the interest of gaining a better overall sense of the performance, I have removed all audience participation/distractions pro and con. Because participate the audience did. A hostile claque (or claques) was out for blood .... and found it. They appeared to be angry at the production (by a Hungarian team with direction from renowned filmmaker István Szabó) which was set during the Nazi era and staged amid the partial ruins of a bombed out Vienna State Opera. Today, during the heyday and reign of anything-goes Regietheater (Director's theater), there would be no smoke. And where there's smoke there's fire. But the claque was also hostile to the principals. This is speculation but maybe certain Viennese willed themselves to make a connection between the production values, the once-upon-a-time damage to their cherished opera house from American air raids, and the casting of Americans as two of the leads? The atmosphere certainly had a frisson of danger and most of those involved hardly walked away unscathed. This performance also inexplicably lit the fire that culminated in the Munich "Der Freischütz" conflagration of five years later between Mehta and Studer (but not before his having prevented her from singing the role of Ariadne in Firenze, in breach of contract, two years before Munich; it had become evident that a pattern of abuse had been established by Mehta long before Munich). In any case, on this night Studer was suffering from a severe cold and her congestion is clearly audible in her middle register. Her famous top extension, however, remained open and free, as you will hear. Amazing, under the circumstances, that she could manage to produce from softest pianissimi to loudest fortissimi and thrilling swells of sounds. To me, in a present era chronically plagued by unimportant and boring voices, absence of individuality of sound and expression, blandness, docility, fixation with clinical perfection and extreme caution, her decision to throw herself before the firing squad, so to speak, stands as a profile in risk-taking and courage (some will say recklessness) for several reasons: 1. a demanding role in a high profile house; 2. a new, high profile production with live radio relay; 3. Leonora was a new role for her and was undertaken on short notice from the scheduled Michèle Crider, presumably with limited rehearsal, thus saving opening night; 4. No pre-show announcement indulging the audience about her state was made by the Intendant. But soldier on she did. It takes nerves of steel to say the least. In my opinion, Studer had the right vocal weight and tinta, flexibility, and coloratura chops to make a great, dramatic Leonora. Recovered from her cold, she sang one more performance on 7 November for conductor Michael Halász which is said to have gone splendidly. One can only hope someone managed to record it. The Manrico, Frederic Kalt, soon after disappeared from the scene. In retrospect, I believe that Kalt cracking royally at his end-of-Act-III cabaletta “Di quella pira” (for which he was rewarded with a cascade of boos) became a major factor and gave license for what came next for Studer, who was also subjected to the same following her “D'amor sull'ali rosee” at the start of Act IV. This for her having sung the aria’s closing phrase with a very soft pianissimo (there was a momentary lapse of about a second duration, God forbid, during her transition to that final phrase). But did it warrant the abuse? Moreover, was her "offense" sufficiently grievous for the heckling? Not in my not-so-humble opinion. Nor was she anywhere near the “disaster” we are told repeatedly. In any case, the theater's administration had to summon the police into the auditorium to help calm down the heckling. All that just before the “Miserere”. As for Baltsa, these Vienna Azucenas were her first and final.

  • @parsifalpopp
    @parsifalpopp Před 3 měsíci

    Quel succès !

  • @DimitrisLian
    @DimitrisLian Před 3 měsíci

    Fantastic!