The ease, the control, the moment! Even though I've seen it a thousand times, I have to declare that I don't believe there's been a soprano before or since that exhibited the breath control displayed here. She made the aria totally her own, and I'm now noticing there was not a cough in the house during this aria, like as if everyone were holding their breath, offering her the respect she deserved to say goodbye. When this first aired, I think I cried for a week.
Es maravillosa, su voz y fina interpretación. La cantante preferida de mí profesora de canto. No es mí registro pero sí la técnica. Pero hoy, 9 de julio de 2022 he recordado este aria porque me siento así por mi amada Argentina. Hoy es el día de Independencia de Argentina y estamos cautivos y muchos no se dan cuenta. La libertad está en nuestro interior. Espero que se den cuenta. Abrazo a todos los amantes de la lírica y la buena técnica vocal.
@@ser1sintiente53 ¡Feliz día de la Independencia para ti y tu amada Argentina! Lamento que actualmente gobierne allí una horrible tiranía. La Música y el Arte son nuestras emociones transmutadas a otro medio. Verdi capturó el anhelo que uno sentiría naturalmente por su hogar y su patria, en una obra maestra de expresión musical y Leontyne nos transmite de manera hermosa, memorable y brillante la gran expresión artística de Verdi de este doloroso anhelo por el hogar. Gracias por su excelente comentario y estoy apoyando a usted y a su país para que sobrevivan a este asunto de estado actual.
I was there that night. The audience would not leave after the final curtain call. The ovation just kept going on and on. They put down the fire curtain and darkened the theater, and the audience still wouldn’t leave. It is one of my most memorable moments of any of the hundreds of opera performances I have attended.
And to think this was her last performance, live on TV! The high C is perfect and the beauty of the last note is simply beyond words. I might be nitpicking but isn’t that the most beautiful note ever sung in the history of recorded vocal music?
I don't think there is a more stunning, arresting, moving, positively perfect performance in the world... It fills me with unspeakable awe. My heart stops when I watch this. And the ovation. Her poise, her humility, her strength, her absolute command. It's beyond anything...ah hell. There are no words. Thank you, Madame Price. You made the world a more wondrous place.
Her way of cutting off a held note always is stunning. A slow bow of her head at 9:11 with obvious controlled emotion, so beautiful. At 10:03 she sinks to her knees. Stays in character! Incredible strength.
What pisses me off is this dude "for Opera" unfairly and inaccurately criticizing her . She started as a lyric, developed into a spinto then later in life became a dramatic.. she owns this role and this aria . I love her half to death .
What a win for Leontyne Price! To be able to uphold such an impossible standard to the end of such a long career is a miracle. It brings to mind Zinka Milanov, and what good vocal estate she was in at the time of her retirement. But even so she had shelved Aida by 1958 and continued to sing for 8 more years in her "sunset roles:" Desdemona, Maddalena and Amelia in Simon Boccanegra. Price sang her last Met Trovatores (her debut role) in 1982, her last Met Forzas in 1984 and her last Aidas (sung during her debut season) in 1985. Price was only two years younger than Milanov when she retired, but because of her extraordinary high register she was able to retain these roles to the end of her career. This ovation also reminds me of the one Zinka Milanov received at the 50th anniversary of Giovanni Martinelli's debut gala in 1963. She was the same age as Price here and sang The Willow Song and Ave Maria from Otello exquisitely. I'm so in awe of these artists that were able to maintain their artistic integrity over such a long period of time.
How long did that ovation go on? Even still, it could never match her achievement. Probably the most beautiful phrase ever sung in opera in this aria, and this was the end of her opera stage career?! Unbelievable!❤❤❤❤❤
And far from anywhere near her talent or others for that matter…she is hands down the most talented black female soprano to ever live and her flawless met career history as well as this ICONIC UNMATCHED role of Aida and all of the racial obstacles she went through to get here? Kind of shocked at your ego to have the slightest negativity of one of the greats…
The ease, the control, the moment! Even though I've seen it a thousand times, I have to declare that I don't believe there's been a soprano before or since that exhibited the breath control displayed here. She made the aria totally her own, and I'm now noticing there was not a cough in the house during this aria, like as if everyone were holding their breath, offering her the respect she deserved to say goodbye.
When this first aired, I think I cried for a week.
Amen and Amen and Amen to that! This will be the standard of performing this aria in perpetuity.
Es maravillosa, su voz y fina interpretación. La cantante preferida de mí profesora de canto. No es mí registro pero sí la técnica.
Pero hoy, 9 de julio de 2022 he recordado este aria porque me siento así por mi amada Argentina.
Hoy es el día de Independencia de Argentina y estamos cautivos y muchos no se dan cuenta.
La libertad está en nuestro interior. Espero que se den cuenta.
Abrazo a todos los amantes de la lírica y la buena técnica vocal.
@@ser1sintiente53 ¡Feliz día de la Independencia para ti y tu amada Argentina! Lamento que actualmente gobierne allí una horrible tiranía. La Música y el Arte son nuestras emociones transmutadas a otro medio. Verdi capturó el anhelo que uno sentiría naturalmente por su hogar y su patria, en una obra maestra de expresión musical y Leontyne nos transmite de manera hermosa, memorable y brillante la gran expresión artística de Verdi de este doloroso anhelo por el hogar. Gracias por su excelente comentario y estoy apoyando a usted y a su país para que sobrevivan a este asunto de estado actual.
I was there that night. The audience would not leave after the final curtain call. The ovation just kept going on and on. They put down the fire curtain and darkened the theater, and the audience still wouldn’t leave. It is one of my most memorable moments of any of the hundreds of opera performances I have attended.
Oh wow, thanks for sharing. I know it had to be so powerful to see and hear her in person. (Edit because I thought I typed "her" and not "it."
And to think this was her last performance, live on TV!
The high C is perfect and the beauty of the last note is simply beyond words. I might be nitpicking but isn’t that the most beautiful note ever sung in the history of recorded vocal music?
I don't think there is a more stunning, arresting, moving, positively perfect performance in the world... It fills me with unspeakable awe. My heart stops when I watch this. And the ovation. Her poise, her humility, her strength, her absolute command. It's beyond anything...ah hell. There are no words. Thank you, Madame Price. You made the world a more wondrous place.
UNICA!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Her sound and her characterizations were one of a kind . She is a great artist
LEONTYNE PRICE PERFECTION
It was fitting that Leontyne's signature role should serve as the vehicle for her final operatic performance.
Her way of cutting off a held note always is stunning. A slow bow of her head at 9:11 with obvious controlled emotion, so beautiful. At 10:03 she sinks to her knees. Stays in character! Incredible strength.
What pisses me off is this dude "for Opera" unfairly and inaccurately criticizing her . She started as a lyric, developed into a spinto then later in life became a dramatic.. she owns this role and this aria . I love her half to death .
Hes annoying
What a win for Leontyne Price! To be able to uphold such an impossible standard to the end of such a long career is a miracle. It brings to mind Zinka Milanov, and what good vocal estate she was in at the time of her retirement. But even so she had shelved Aida by 1958 and continued to sing for 8 more years in her "sunset roles:" Desdemona, Maddalena and Amelia in Simon Boccanegra. Price sang her last Met Trovatores (her debut role) in 1982, her last Met Forzas in 1984 and her last Aidas (sung during her debut season) in 1985. Price was only two years younger than Milanov when she retired, but because of her extraordinary high register she was able to retain these roles to the end of her career. This ovation also reminds me of the one Zinka Milanov received at the 50th anniversary of Giovanni Martinelli's debut gala in 1963. She was the same age as Price here and sang The Willow Song and Ave Maria from Otello exquisitely. I'm so in awe of these artists that were able to maintain their artistic integrity over such a long period of time.
Her flawless technique afforded her a longevity as pristine as when she began. What an amazing ambassador of this craft.
I cry every time I listen to this treasure.
Her technique was astonishing. I've watched this dozens of times, but each time I see it, I find something new to marvel at.
Just listen to the applause and once you've done that you'll know all that needs to be known... Thank you Onegin65! I will never tire of hearing this!
How long did that ovation go on? Even still, it could never match her achievement. Probably the most beautiful phrase ever sung in opera in this aria, and this was the end of her opera stage career?! Unbelievable!❤❤❤❤❤
65 WHERE!!!!!!
A miracle....
Juste incredible. Glory to her.
CHARACTER, EVEN WHEN CRYING ON THE INSIDE !!👏👏👏👏👏👏
Yes!! So much personal emotion and she was Aida until the end!
Muy deepest thanks to Leontyne the artist and the human being😌
Thank you!!!
I am still holding my breathe. It’s like angels singing and reminds me of my homeland heaven
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm far from thinking her career was flawless, but... what a farewell!
And far from anywhere near her talent or others for that matter…she is hands down the most talented black female soprano to ever live and her flawless met career history as well as this ICONIC UNMATCHED role of Aida and all of the racial obstacles she went through to get here? Kind of shocked at your ego to have the slightest negativity of one of the greats…
@@jessemt96 I don't judge people's singing by they skin colour. You could consider doing the same. Thanks.
Which careers were flawless, in your view?
@@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg I don't know, to be honest.