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was that performance at the met? if so I was there

Sublime timbre, souffle, tenue parfaite. Mais seigneur, les vocalises de Mozart....

Maravillosa

By the time she gets to the last two pieces, both encores, she is singing as beautifully as she ever did, with nuance and feeling and purity of line. Rather heavy weather before then. I’m always impressed by how she always gives her all, and gets better as a concert goes along.

Hers was the greatest voice I ever heard ! She was fantastic ! 😊

I saw her in concert a few times at Hunter College in queens. I loved every minute. At the end of the written program the encores kept on coming. I believe it was longer than the written program. Will never forget it.

1:02:44 Venti, turbini

Wow. I had no idea Giacomini had such a sensational instrument. Marilyn Horne is singing the HELL out this crowned by one of her most brilliant B flats.

I was there! OMG I will never forget that day! Five of us music students from FSU had driven up to hear her concert. After the concert we went to the backstage entrance and I sent her a note asking to meet her pointing out that I had just won the Metropolitan Opera Regional auditions and she graciously received all five of us and someone in our group took pictures (which I have never seen. If anyone has them, please let me know!) She signed my program and I asked her if she practiced every day. She said, “If you don’t practice one day, you can tell; if you don’t practice two days, the audience can tell.” My favorite soprano in so many roles. Her Aida continues to be her legendary role. God bless Miss Leontyne Price for her great and exemplary role as a singer and as an American.

Wow! Thank you for posting this. I had never heard Ms. Verrett sing lieder before nor had I heard her sing in German. This was a revelation. Ms. Verrett was indeed "incomparable," as @mesamies123 called her.

I LOVE her voice!

I was at the first performance of this Rinaldo production when Samuel Ramey made his debut. That aria he did at 18:38 was pretty amazing!

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Shirley Verrett ❤

La registrazione ha 40 anni, l’opera ha 313 anni. Händel e Rinaldo sono perenni giovani: una musica prodigiosa, ispirata, evocativa di un mondo epico-cavalleresco già scomparso da tempo ai tempi di Händel. Questa rappresentazione, secondo il mio immaginario, costruito negli anni di liceo attraverso lo studio dei classici, incarna al meglio l’epica cavalleresca, la sontuosità, la meraviglia e il magico barocchi grazie anche alle voci “barocche”( io le immagino così) di giganteschi interpreti . Rinaldo è l’opera di GF Händel che prediligo. ❤️‍🔥

GRACIAS,HERMOSA OPERA,ELENCO INIGUALABLE E INSUPERABLE

Грозно звучене, това не никакъв мецосопран, а натиснат и безцветен сопран, при това с гърлено-назално звукообразуване.

Barocchissimo! con un grandissimo Samuel Ramey‼️

Horne so plummy and throaty and woofy diction. Verdi shows up all of her shortcomings, imho

Absolutely brilliant, exciting, thrilling .... I'm running out of adjectives here.

DOS GRANDES DE LA LIRICA DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS

Brilliant June simply one of the greatest never give the recognition she so much deserved

Pure class

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Leontyne Price canta molto male! Peccato! La voce e malata!

Noelle Rogers is also in this, she must be the lyric coloratura who is as good as Sutherland!

Horne:BRAVA BRAVA BRAVA

Glorious voice. Touches my soul. Loved her since I first heard her at 10 years old. Best thing that ever came out of Mississippi ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

MARAVILLOSA

Benita Valente was telling me this was a Canadian production performed there that the Met brought in for only ONE performance, and this is it! (Or one season only.) Even the orchestra is from Canada.

Handel is a far-superior opera composer to Bach (hee-hee).

Best gone voices from a nicer+ recent era. Time and eras can never be copied or reproduced...

Glorious

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Anydody says if is possible have this complete performance and put on you tube? Thanks for all!

Price sing air of letters from Onegin in Russian during a recital of scenes of operas for the RCA label more years later

A genuine and majestic soprano 💚🌟

She always began with an eighteenth-century piece to "line up the voice."

Still sounds lighter than some sopranos, excellent coloratura, as always, but not a truly dramatic Verdi mezzo voice. Compared to Zajick and Verrett it is kind of annoying.

The most beautiful voice ever at the height of her voice. OMG

One of the trully great artists.

Great voices, but too many regrettable cuts and misplaced lines.

This brings back wonderful memories as I was at this Ravinia concert. Thanks for the posting.

Estas dos mujeres, artistas VIVEN EN UN ENSAMBLE que es de los mejores que he escuchado. Absolutamente subyugante. Es impresionante. Por momentos parecen una sola. Y el director de orquesta, un grande hace lo suyo, vibra con ellas. Es algo tan emocionante que te conmueve hasta las lágrimas. Bianca & Montserrat un solo ❤.

Sempre un po sciatta la Montserrat.

Beautiful!!

Absolutely beautiful, Miss Price at her best!

Grandiosa representación, la Price, fantástica hasta en la madurez

Marylin Horne, a wise singer with a warm and deep voice! Great times with Caballé in Semiramide in Aix !!! ❤❤

Stunning artistry of one of the absolute greats of our time. She makes each song her own, and I only want her to sing them to me, ever! She is truly a phenomenon; the vocal equivalent of Vesuvius, pouring forth golden musical lava. I simply adore her!