Elena Obraztsova - Un Ballo in Maschera - Witch's Scene

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
  • Elena Obraztsova as the Witch Ulrica in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera.
    La Scala, 1978. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    For a free English translation, please see the following:
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Комментарии • 75

  • @davidmuller9938
    @davidmuller9938 6 лет назад +55

    That low G slayed my everything. GREATest vooce

    • @iancaldeian
      @iancaldeian 3 года назад +1

      I have her singing Delilah

  • @papik2005
    @papik2005 5 месяцев назад +3

    The goosebumps all over my body! What a powerful voice of Divine Elena! Her Ulrica is just incredible.

  • @aetion
    @aetion Год назад +6

    What a cavernous voice, what a chest voice and she could sing soprano arias as well! There are plenty of here on YT.
    Thank you for sharing this gem of singing.

  • @lyside1
    @lyside1 17 лет назад +18

    la più grande ulrica....senza dubbio..impreziosita da una straordinaria cornice orchestrale che esalta le magnifiche nuances infere di una voce forgiata nell'acciaio....sovrana assoluta

  • @trilobit4
    @trilobit4 3 года назад +10

    Amazing chest voice ..... probably one of the best versions

  • @Zva26
    @Zva26 11 лет назад +53

    Obraztsova was a hot and gutsy mezzo soprano. She took the huge Slavic voice she had and laid it on the line. The results were always exciting and electric. Her singing of Ameris, Azucena, Ulrica, and Eoli were always stealing the show from the leading soprano and tenor. It's the Russian thing. Driving force, drama, a heavy Slavic sound with great basement notes. She gave many people some exciting evenings in her day.
    She's now in charge of a singing school in Russia.

  • @ercheche8486
    @ercheche8486 3 года назад +14

    i listened her singing this rol in theatre together with Tomowa Sintow , she was superbe, electrifying , the voice made tremble the whole theatre, full of dramatic vibration , acting as a cinema golden age Diva, something to remember

  • @mariahornosmiller8624
    @mariahornosmiller8624 4 года назад +19

    Obratsova es increíble. Que voz portentosa, dramática, electrizante. Debe haber sido memorable verla y oírla en vivo.

  • @vorspiel8
    @vorspiel8 2 года назад +10

    Tremenda Ulrica! La primera vez que escucho a Elena en este rol... Realmente una voz con peso! Que Sol 3 magnífico!!!!

  • @RBP1963
    @RBP1963 Год назад +8

    Obratzsova!! Really impresive as a Ulrica wow !!!❤

  • @schicchi1160
    @schicchi1160 17 лет назад +41

    I can't express how much I've been waiting for someone to put this up. THANK YOU! Obraztsova is one of the best voices of all time. A true dramatic mezzo with a gorgeous, harsh bottom and a flourishing top.

    • @АндрейАлексеев-б6ж
      @АндрейАлексеев-б6ж 3 года назад +1

      I asure you, Elena is the best from the best dramsoprano among others. I suppise it is contralto. In fact. Tremendous voice, I have heard her when she was alive twice.

    • @KajiVocals
      @KajiVocals 2 года назад +2

      @@АндрейАлексеев-б6ж She was NOT a contralto. True MEZZO. A high mezzo in fact.

  • @francoferrari1737
    @francoferrari1737 4 месяца назад +2

    Bellissimo brano, grande esecuzione, fantastici costume e scena!!!

  • @giancarlobelloni5725
    @giancarlobelloni5725 5 лет назад +20

    La più Grande Ulrica! Elena magistrale!!!!!❤

  • @evaosirus6055
    @evaosirus6055 5 лет назад +10

    This is my favorite video on RUclips!!!!!

  • @BaroneVitellioScarpia1
    @BaroneVitellioScarpia1 3 года назад +10

    The best ever.

  • @dubbelhenke854
    @dubbelhenke854 9 лет назад +23

    Rest in peace you spectacular wonderful singer/actress!!!!

  • @Rephrat
    @Rephrat 16 лет назад +17

    great Alto !!!one of the icons of the opera history !!!!!

    • @tatianailina8794
      @tatianailina8794 2 месяца назад

      She was Russian mezzo soprano ,not contralto ,but her chest voice was developed very well.Lot of overtones !

  • @esterbruno8604
    @esterbruno8604 3 года назад +6

    Questa è OPERA! BRAVISSIMA ELENA!!! 💕💕💕

  • @jocmuc1
    @jocmuc1 13 лет назад +16

    wunderbar,
    die singt wirklich alles oder nichts
    und es ist nie nichts, es ist immer alles
    grandios

  • @Nibelungenfrau
    @Nibelungenfrau 15 лет назад +9

    wonderful - very strong and beautiful voice - thank you for these video - I was yesterday in the Stadttheater Berne in Un Ballo in maschera. Nice.

  • @stefanocautavera
    @stefanocautavera 3 года назад +8

    Excellent!

  • @cinziavidali411
    @cinziavidali411 3 года назад +9

    Che voce!

  • @egrosz
    @egrosz 17 лет назад +13

    Beautiful ,dramatic Verdi aria!

  • @datzi4ka
    @datzi4ka 16 лет назад +19

    Ah,that woman!!!Ah,that woman!!!She's just unbelievable!!!!

    • @МаксимАнтонов-й3ц
      @МаксимАнтонов-й3ц 5 лет назад +2

      Вы так правильно говорите. Елена Васильевна замечательна! Во всём своём творчестве и очень особенная.

  • @aiolosgr
    @aiolosgr 17 лет назад +14

    Absolutely the BEST Ulrica i' ve ever heard!
    I wish she had performed Lady Macbeth, i am sure it was well into her vocal range!
    She has the voice of a real dramatic mezzo soprano, but she also has a surprising strength in the upper and lower range.

    • @greatmomentsofopera7170
      @greatmomentsofopera7170 4 года назад +3

      Podles...

    • @NLidar
      @NLidar 4 года назад +2

      @@greatmomentsofopera7170 Finally someone says it! Has anyone sang Ulrica with more infernal depth?

    • @WotanKlingsor
      @WotanKlingsor 4 года назад +2

      @@greatmomentsofopera7170 Exactly! Ewa Podleś is absolutely fantastic! ❤️

  • @OperaPress
    @OperaPress 12 лет назад +18

    FANTASTICA!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @marklee7864
    @marklee7864 5 лет назад +11

    She is an Art.

  • @luciamacchion442
    @luciamacchion442 2 года назад +5

    impareggiabile ulrika

  • @AB-rb2hk
    @AB-rb2hk 2 года назад +2

    Meravigliosa Elena. Il Sol grave (Silen-) è incredibilmente profondo. Ma il successivo Do (-nzio!) è letteralmente portentoso, così imperativo, sonoro e lungo, perché giunge dopo che ha dovuto impiegare tonnellate di fiato per cantare in quel modo il Sol grave.

  • @user-ie7cx8fr6n
    @user-ie7cx8fr6n Месяц назад

    Нет ей равных,Великая певица ,она Человечише 🙏💔

  • @0odalisca0
    @0odalisca0 16 лет назад +26

    The BEST ULRICA EVER !!

    • @lesindorf-835videos
      @lesindorf-835videos 4 года назад +1

      Really? ruclips.net/video/zD6skGztrTA/видео.html

    • @teodorsvobodniy
      @teodorsvobodniy 3 года назад

      @@lesindorf-835videos невероятно

  • @jonjon71
    @jonjon71 17 лет назад +5

    Dramatic and intense, but I still think Ewa Podles is the most spine-tingling in this role...

  • @operalover4004
    @operalover4004 6 лет назад +11

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Love it!!!!love her

  • @victoriusBP
    @victoriusBP 14 лет назад +30

    Lady of the Hell, yessssss, or Queen of the HELL!!!!! :))))
    Wonderfuuuuuuuuuuul voice!!!!
    The best soprano for me is Maria Callas, and the best mezzo is Elena Obraztsova!!
    I L O V E !!!!!!!!!!!

  • @operaclassicc
    @operaclassicc 16 лет назад +15

    the best ulrica ever

  • @user-co5wx3cb1d
    @user-co5wx3cb1d 2 года назад +4

    Лена лучше всех в мире пела эту партию

  • @henryv69
    @henryv69 2 года назад +4

    Stupenda

  • @PonselleLover
    @PonselleLover 14 лет назад +10

    To me, there is no photo finish : Ulrica IS Obraztsova - or the reverse is you prefer IoI

  • @baroqueandbeyond
    @baroqueandbeyond 17 лет назад +4

    I am privileged to have heard Podles' Ulrica at Houston Grand Opera, a couple of weekends ago.

  • @cmg1111
    @cmg1111 5 лет назад +7

    Love her ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @vorspiel8
    @vorspiel8 2 года назад +3

    Simionato, Stignani, Obraztova, Barbieri y Quivar son las mejores mezzosoprano verdianas que han existido en la ópera.

  • @datzi4ka
    @datzi4ka 16 лет назад +11

    "More to the bottom - more vulgarity it gets." and that,that's the best part!!!No comment!Case closed!!!

  • @vitalymatveev1084
    @vitalymatveev1084 Год назад +1

    Here is an example of an absolute vocal fearlessness and abandon. Elena is in her best shape, in total control of her voice, nailing the top G5 and jumping into the abyss of the bottom G3, without giving her a split second to calculate or think about how this or that note should sound. She is completely uncompromising and in the rest of the range between the top and the bottom, too, and obviously enjoys it. She shines in every phrase she sings, cutting through the choir and the orchestra like a wind instrument, like a French horn or a trombone. Some lovers of sophistication might accuse her of being less refined than others, who are more delicate. But Verdi’s witches were not meant to be gentle dames in elegant white gloves. They were supposed to be fearsome, ferocious creatures, who throw little kiddies into bonfires. Obraztsova was perfect for those cartoonish evil characters, in my opinion. Unfortunately, not for long.

    • @Hans-sg5rg
      @Hans-sg5rg 10 месяцев назад

      Didn't she have a long career?

    • @vitalymatveev1084
      @vitalymatveev1084 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@Hans-sg5rg Sure she had. Unfortunately, after she'd stepped over some certain threshold (when she turned 50), she declined rather quickly, in quality of singing. She still sung around, but could not match her younger version of herself. Nothing new.

  • @veljacasandor
    @veljacasandor 11 лет назад +6

    Jedino Fedora Barbieri moze da joj konkurise u ovoj ulozi,a ona ima totalno drugaciji senzibilitet...za mene su jednake,ogromne i neponovljive!!!

  • @PonselleLover
    @PonselleLover 17 лет назад +12

    I know I'm not going to make me friends saying that, but only hot air is coming from so praised Zajick's throat comparing to this. Maybe Obraztsova is not as refined, as subtle, but in that time of scrawny and morbid voices, who can be insensible to this sonorous typhoon ?

  • @ertzike
    @ertzike 14 лет назад +2

    @fabiocasadeiturroni
    maybe therefore she was allowed to sing abroad...

  • @baroqueandbeyond
    @baroqueandbeyond 17 лет назад +3

    There is some majestic power here, but I prefer Giulietta Simionato as Ulrica.

  • @bravazingara
    @bravazingara 17 лет назад +5

    is doesn´t get more ulrica than this hahha... I admire hwo she fears NO note at all

  • @amneris54
    @amneris54 14 лет назад +6

    toujours un faible pour la Obraztsova

  • @operaclassicc
    @operaclassicc 15 лет назад +3

    I love simionato but Ulrica is not for her ,!

  • @caspiman
    @caspiman 16 лет назад +4

    More to the bottom - more vulgarity it gets. But not so bad in relation to the rest of her works.

    • @evaosirus6055
      @evaosirus6055 5 лет назад +9

      caspiman if you want a tiny, unreleased sound then listen to any modern opera singer.

    • @larissamontero
      @larissamontero 4 года назад +7

      A Mezzo SHOULD sound dark and be able to use the chest voice, otherwise it is not a Mezzo.

    • @luisvillalobos3452
      @luisvillalobos3452 3 года назад +5

      @@larissamontero True!! I miss the huge beautiful chest tones of the old singers. Now is just collapse head voice and I hate that