Thank you! Fabulous performance! Another RUclipsr uploaded this years ago and later took it down, much to my great disappointment. It's my favourite Nilsson recording as it captures her art and voice at the peak of her power and (in-scale) how she sounded in the theatre. At the very end of the aria, in the very last phrase, she raises her head slightly and out comes a cry of triumph that eclipses just about everything that preceded it.
Although my favorite soprano rendition of this aria is till Eileen Farrell's for the level of emotional involvement she shows, this is a spectacular performance of a very, very difficult aria from a composer who is rarely performed precisely because he actually assoluta quality of all of this leading singers [sopranos, tenors, bassi].
Remember that this is a live performance. No other soprano who has recorded this aria has sung it live on stage. Nilsson demonstrates her ability to be emotionally involved in the aria [her words, for example, are crystal clear] while providing a perfect reading of the music, including managing her enormous voice for the quick passages and the quiet passages. The more I listen to her recorded [live and studio] legacy the greater she seems.
@@MrQwerty88 I would not be so sure. Note the Asian characters in the upper right corner. Many singers during the 50s, 60s and 70s sang roles on stage in Japan, China, and Korea which they never sang onstage anywhere else. Western opera was just emerging in those countries as a sellable product [altho I am sure there were always some fans] and many famous singers took advantage of that to sing roles they could sing but would not have been offered in the West.
@@wilsonwatt9283 You can see by her mouth movements she's not really singing. As a singer I can confirm that's how playback looks. Compare to the concert version uploaded by user Paul Marchesano. Edit: At 7:09 you can even see her swallow while her voice doesn't stop
Note that in the second section she performs a perfect trill; she handles all of the fast runs completely, and she brings the emotions of the words into the performance both vocally and physically. So much for those who frequently say she was just a cold voice only suited to Turandot and Brunnhilde.
The attempted trill at 4:19? She only barely goes back and forth between the two notes, only like 4 oscillations which is not really any different than singing 4 quaver notes, up then down, up then down. I wouldn't say it counts
I think she is lip syncing it here. The finest Ozean I've heard is by Gertrud Bindernagel, followed by Margarete Teschemacher. Here is Bindernagel ruclips.net/video/zQUta-vP1Zk/видео.html
this aria is in the same category as Donna Anna and Brünhilde but unlike Mozart and Wagner Weber uses the voice to the ultimate. And is a better composer than Wagner who was an amateur.
@@meyerbeer13Glad to learn that. Your assessment of Wagner is world's best kept secret. His incomprable genius, in contrast, is no secret. Alex Ross's 700 page plus study of his influence over Western Culture would tend to affirm his status as incomparable genius more than an amateur.
Silly, just plain silly. Go scrub your ears out and learn to appreciate good singing. I adore Flagstad and think Grob-Prandl is seriously underrated but your comment is stupid.
@@lemgull7865 Yes, by the standards of the mid-late 20th century. This is not bad, but Birgit was never in the same class as Flagstad as a dramatic soprano.
Eine phantastische Sängerin. Gesanglich unschlagbar und dazu noch eine Textverständlichkeit die ihresgleichen sucht.
Nilson è sempre stato Nilson..la grandissima !
She owns this aria
C'est inouï tout simplement🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
Thank you! Fabulous performance! Another RUclipsr uploaded this years ago and later took it down, much to my great disappointment. It's my favourite Nilsson recording as it captures her art and voice at the peak of her power and (in-scale) how she sounded in the theatre. At the very end of the aria, in the very last phrase, she raises her head slightly and out comes a cry of triumph that eclipses just about everything that preceded it.
Such a great actresss and a great Soprano
Magnificent! Unsurpassed!
What a perfect voice!
Wonderful performance vocally and dramatically.
Es perfecta!!, Sin vibrato y excelente dicción, Birgite de un virtuosismo absoluto!!
Si La Flagstad es apabullante...¡La Nilsson, una fenómena! (Escuchar cantar así, es terapia.)🙏
Única, ABSOLUTA ❤
I never saw this video. It's simplely amazing ...
Phénoménale, quoi dire d’autre.....
Elle semble chanter avec une telle facilité...c'est en effet phénoménal!
Although my favorite soprano rendition of this aria is till Eileen Farrell's for the level of emotional involvement she shows, this is a spectacular performance of a very, very difficult aria from a composer who is rarely performed precisely because he actually assoluta quality of all of this leading singers [sopranos, tenors, bassi].
What a great clip. Not sure if it's actually live but I don't care
Extraordinaria
Remember that this is a live performance. No other soprano who has recorded this aria has sung it live on stage. Nilsson demonstrates her ability to be emotionally involved in the aria [her words, for example, are crystal clear] while providing a perfect reading of the music, including managing her enormous voice for the quick passages and the quiet passages. The more I listen to her recorded [live and studio] legacy the greater she seems.
I'm pretty sure this isn't live. It's mimed to a prerecorded track. Just like her filmed Lady Macbeth clip.
@@MrQwerty88 I would not be so sure. Note the Asian characters in the upper right corner. Many singers during the 50s, 60s and 70s sang roles on stage in Japan, China, and Korea which they never sang onstage anywhere else. Western opera was just emerging in those countries as a sellable product [altho I am sure there were always some fans] and many famous singers took advantage of that to sing roles they could sing but would not have been offered in the West.
@@wilsonwatt9283 You can see by her mouth movements she's not really singing. As a singer I can confirm that's how playback looks. Compare to the concert version uploaded by user Paul Marchesano.
Edit: At 7:09 you can even see her swallow while her voice doesn't stop
Note that in the second section she performs a perfect trill; she handles all of the fast runs completely, and she brings the emotions of the words into the performance both vocally and physically. So much for those who frequently say she was just a cold voice only suited to Turandot and Brunnhilde.
The attempted trill at 4:19?
She only barely goes back and forth between the two notes, only like 4 oscillations which is not really any different than singing 4 quaver notes, up then down, up then down.
I wouldn't say it counts
@@MrQwerty88What a fool you are. The score only asks for a short trill and she does exactly that.
I think she is lip syncing it here. The finest Ozean I've heard is by Gertrud Bindernagel, followed by Margarete Teschemacher. Here is Bindernagel ruclips.net/video/zQUta-vP1Zk/видео.html
Yep. Pre recorded and this was filmed later
What orchestra is?
I'm sorry I have no idea. The video I had saved had no information at all. No year even. I guess it could be found somehow
this aria is in the same category as Donna Anna and Brünhilde but unlike Mozart and Wagner Weber uses the voice to the ultimate. And is a better composer than Wagner who was an amateur.
Wagner didn't do too bad as an 'amatuer'
@@andrew1598 he didn't do good. He just spent a lot of time telling people he was good.
@@meyerbeer13Glad to learn that. Your assessment of Wagner is world's best kept secret. His incomprable genius, in contrast, is no secret. Alex Ross's 700 page plus study of his influence over Western Culture would tend to affirm his status as incomparable genius more than an amateur.
Ugly, just plain ugly. Go listen to Gertrud Grob-Prandl or the immortal Kirsten Flagstad to hear how it CAN be done!
Silly, just plain silly. Go scrub your ears out and learn to appreciate good singing.
I adore Flagstad and think Grob-Prandl is seriously underrated but your comment is stupid.
Nilsson is perfect !!! Amazing artist!!
She was the best , throughout the german repertoire !!
@@lemgull7865 Yes, by the standards of the mid-late 20th century. This is not bad, but Birgit was never in the same class as Flagstad as a dramatic soprano.
Eres una tonta con balcones a la calle.