Zinka Milanov about her MET career and Tosca (1983)
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2020
- Croatian soprano Zinka Kunc Milanov (1906. - 1989.) was a student of Croatian soprano Milka Ternina (first Tosca in Covent Garden and Metropolitan Opera). Here she talks about her 30 years long MET career, her beginning of international career and role of Puccini's Tosca. Short excerpts cut out from documentary "I live for art: Tosca" (1983).
- Hudba
The original, one of a kind. I loved and honored her work. The great dramatic soprano. Singular, direct and honest. No one like her
@Randall Finch "no one like her"
Not "no one likeD her".
Look for her 1957 recording (here on CZcams) of Tosca with Jussi Bjorling and Leonard Warren.
It's absolutely incredible.
I liked to know what you find of "incredible" in her 1957 RCA Tosca ? Because her voice is veiled and her upper register totally worn out
@@walteranibal8425 aunque no me preguntaste a mi, comparto que es una excelente grabación... si no fuera por la Milanov, fuera de tono, sin energía, aullando en el registro superior y gruñendo en el registro bajo, pero la orquesta y todos los demás realmente están bien. Me asombra el sonido para lo antiguo de la grabación.
Come on Croatians,where are you there should be at least a million views for this.
Wonderful and truthful.
Thank you !
Great Zinka!
Bravall
Zinka Molotov was unique.
It's pretty interesting that she sang In questa reggia for her audition. Turandot wasn't just a one-off thing she encountered during her youth. I also can't imagine any opera company nowadays just putting on another opera due to the indisposition of another singer. Planning has its virtues, but so does flexibility.
"Shes not supposed to be on the floor"
When asked to tell the plot of Il Trovatore, she said " how can I ? I only sing one role". She was funny, but not always on purpose.
True. She was a legend...
I wish she had sung Wagner
@omarsomehow69 Sorry. I almost never leave any comments, so I haven't noticed any notifications. .
Do you know if any of those Croatia performances were recorded?
@omarsomehow69 I hate to agree with you, but any such recordings would've been found decades ago 😅
Yes, Zinka, but please tell us how you really feel about Jackie. 😉😜😂
She might as well have stood up and left. 🤣🤣🤣
@Noack Somewhere Marilyn Horne. For a full explanation, please refer to the Met Centennial Gala. Zinka's opinion of Jackie's singing is too difficult to put in words.
@omarsomehow69 Callas had a bigger voice than Tebaldi and Milanov, period. Callas was a dramatic soprano, Milanov and Tebaldi were spintos
@@judygarland7186Who cares? Bigger does'nt always mean better. Renata Tebaldi had a better, more lush voice than Callas.
@@RamonaVanDerMerwe-ws4yb then why isn't Tebaldi capable of singing 5% of Callas' whole repertoire if she had a better voice?
Milanov tells a little white lie at the end when she mentions many people telling her should have stayed longer. There was no way that was going to happen. Albanese and Milanov, both of whom sang at the final gala at the Old Met in April 1966, were at the end of their careers and Bing did not see either of them transitioning to Lincoln Center. Milanov intuited this and retired. Albanese tried to hold on but Bing offered her such meager fare for the 1966-67 season that she decided to quit as well. As early as 1960 Bing was telling Milanov's brother that it was time for her to stop.
Madame Albanese continued singing in the 80s and 90s czcams.com/video/rgx9oddI7mg/video.html
Wonder why no one wished her luck when she left the Met...
Pure jealousy, pettiness and their own resentment of their limitations!
Because the truth hurts sometimes. And when certain people hear the truth, they grow jealous.
When Bing was mugged he held a press conference to say he wasnt harmed and only lost a $10 watch. Zinka was in a snit then finally told him " the manager of the Metropolitan does NOT wear a watch worth only ten dollars."! She had her standards and sense of decorum.