Mary Stuart curses Elizabeth - Janet Baker - LIVE (1973)
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December 13th, 1973 Live ENO Maria Stuarda
Mary Stuart: Janet Baker
Elizabeth: Pauline Tinsley
Conductor: Charles Mackerras
In the early 1970s several major sopranos essayed this role, but Mary Stuart has never been more present as a character than here, which Baker sings in the "Malibran" version. Baker is on astonishing form vocally, and her pointing of the text has so much authority that you almost feel it's been written in English, especially when the legato is so brilliantly maintained. I have posted other excerpts on this channel.
Here Baker turns what is not Donizetti's most interesting vocal line into a truly thrilling moment of vocalism. The way she colours the word "crown" is incredible, and her intensity is spine tingling. (I know the photo I used is the wrong period but there weren't that many photos of Baker looking angry on stage!)
This live 1973 recording comes from Baker's prime and is even more thrilling than either the famous Chandos live CD (also with Mackerras) or the filmed version she chose to sing in the final year of her operatic career. Baker was never considered a bel canto specialist, which makes her mastery here all the more impressive.
This is fantastic. Really unsurpassed. It is truly outstanding Baker's ability to make the text sound as if it was written in english. The passages of "how dare you speak of dishonor?" and "you've dishonored the crown of England" are, perhaps, the best singing of this piece, ever.
Agreed. In her understated way she was one of the most miraculous singers of the 20th Century. This passage not understated of course!
@@greatmomentsofopera7170 Indeed! I have always placed her really high in any ranking of the best singers I've ever heard. There are pieces that after you heard her interpretation, all others simply fade. Really superb singing.
Pedro Ribeiro I’ve uploaded other clips from this outstanding live 1973 recording on this channel too!
Although Baker was never considered a "Bel Canto Specialist", there's no doubt whatever that she could have been! Especially since she was truly a "specialist" of EVERYTHING she sang! Such a truly diverse artist!!
She was the greatest in this scene. The dripping poison with which she spits out the line, "Shameful daughter of a harlot, how dare you speak of dishonor!" gives me thrills every time.
Me too.
Wonderful! My mother saw this opera some years ago in Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival, and apparently when they got to the bit where Mary calls Elizabeth una bastarda all the people in the theatre cheered!
OMG !!! This is magnificent 😍😍😍😍
Glad you enjoyed! The other clips I’ve uploaded from the same performance are also superb!
Great moments of opera thank you for posting 😍😍😍
Another tour de force indeed. She was so incredible my friend thank you again Arnold
Well, as an italian I must say that english or not, Baker's Stuarda is magnificent.
I had this first run of performances on cassette and saw it live, superior to the second run. Love it
She is fantastic in this recording. Do you know exactly which scene this was? I was looking for it in the score. . .
Matthew Lydick very glad you enjoyed it. I have two other clips of her in the same performance on this channel - even more exceptional!
Maria Stuarda is sometimes played in three acts and sometimes in two. They are identical musically, just described differently. In the three act version this section is near the end of act II, in the two act version this is near the the end of act I scene 2. In the score it is more likely to be described as act I, scene 2 as that was what Donizetti originally wrote it as.
Well, with Gencer in one league