Ariadne auf Naxos - In Rehearsal (Part 2)
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- Опубликовано: 12 янв 2010
- Behind the scenes look at the Metropolitan Opera's 1989 production of Richard Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos", featuring footage of both Jessye Norman and Kathleen Battle in rehearsal with James Levine.
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A few years ago I had the pleasure of working with Kathleen Battle at Roosevelt Univerisity as a chorister for her Underground railroad concert at the Auditorium Theater. She was highly professional, very meticulous but kind and personable. It was a high point in my career. She is one of my idols.
I had the pleasure of meeting Jessye Norman early in my career when i was still a student. She was at Carl Fischer Music store where she autographed my album. Her presence was regal her voice rich she gave me some advice. She is also one of my idols.
dee lightful I, likewise, had the opportunity to sing with Kathleen Battle when she did her Underground Railroad concert here in Dallas, and I share your sentiments. It was an experience I will never forget and am so grateful to have been a part of. I never got to meet Jessye Norman, but she is still one of my favorite artists.
How lucky you were to sing with one of the great voices.
She sings so well that it doesn't sound like a human being is singing. What artistry.
But only a human being could sing it without sounding mechanical
🥰🥰🥰 Battle
Norman 🥰🥰🥰
I attended Ariadne with that cast. I remained catatonic for a couple of minutes after the end. Most powerful experience of my life.
That’s exactly what happened to me and I went to see it never hearing of it, just semi stunned
It’s also the effect of the actual opera composition. It’s so modernist and Art nouveau of it’s time. Stylistically the tonal and atonal blends are strange and yet majestically overwhelming. Most people are catatonic after Ariadne. It’s a very weird show.
@@orion8835 that was also my first time at the opera, and at The Met. I sat in row 13, very close to the stage. The sound was... most impressive!
I went to school with Battle. She never sang opera then. Her teachers would let her do lied and small things - Mozart mass. No pushing. Everyone appreciates the voice. But she's also a great musician. Levine is jumping all around at the piano - she's with him every sec. and just breezing through these difficult intervals, high notes, etc. One of the great ones.
she didnt study singing as a career... lol
No, she came from humble beginnings. Teaching was safer...
and?
I think they had her singing lied because then her voice was probably smaller and needed to mature to the various styles. it sad she doesn't sing as in public as she use to.
Christopher Williams well I think it's normal to start with smaller things and then discover one's repertoire as one progresses one's career
Watching rehearsals like this is more fun and more instructive than watching a finished performance. Thanks!
Here is me -obsessively looking for Battle videos after watching her met recital live just a few hours ago. What a heavenly sent angel. The purity of the voice at age 75 is still unparalleled!
I'm so jealous you heard the recital. She was always one of my favourite singers, and I heard her in many recitals and with orchestras. I hadn't heard about her return to the Met. The clip that was posted from that performance is unbelievable. She still sounds so fresh in her 70s. Almost unheard of in classical singers.
@@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg yeah my opera friend told me about it and by the time I was trying to get a ticket it’s almost sold out in the orchestra section. I was lucky enough to find one ticket @ 5th row on the far right side. An experience I’ll never forget!
Rest In Peace Jessye Norman, thank you for everything. 😔 9/30/2019
Norman was the only one of the three not fired by the MET.
@@Muttonchop_USA You mean Levine? I know about Battle but who was the other one?
Levine
A truly magnificent high E by Battle...
My two absolute favorites. ❤Jessye Norman's Ariadne reduces me to tears every time. Her voice was pure magic.
She’s the best soprano I ever heard at the Met. Just stunning and powerful.
James and Kathleen were each the best thing that ever happened to the other's career, I think. What a blessing to be able to watch them create together.
Kathleen is so adorable.
Ms. Norman is a force of nature.
Ms. Norman is exquisite here. What a loss.
jessye showing out in rehersal
Jessye seemed so sweet and gentle 😩 with such a huge voice
yea true.. it's said that Norman's voice was like huge tidal waves of projection.. you should listen to her sing Isolde on here.. how she cut through that heavy thick orchestration....she sung the hell outta Isolde!
@5:26 the camera guys says "JESUS" under his breath after Battle's aria. Hilarious!
HL Watts, thanks for sharing that. I will listen for that.
RIP Jessye Norman. "Ein Schönes War" is just magical.
Yes magical and those sounds coming from her mouth could only come from the Divine realms..
3:12-3:33 melts my heart every time. I have yet to hear a voice more beautiful and don't think I ever will again.
+Armon Golliday Agree bro... I love this woman... I could have the worst day... But just need to put my earpods on and listen "Die Nacht" sunged by battle´s voice... Simply gorgeous and it melts my heart so
theres no words for a loss this great...RIP Jessye Norman...now you shall sing at the feet of Jesus
John 14: 23: "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."
Watching Jessye in rehearsal is pure joy. Her voice can’t be duplicated.
Such a beautiful voice, so youthful sounding even in older age. I don't like comparing people but can appreciate the uniqueness and talent of this lady
Just listen to how Jessye's voice soars, while she's SITTING DOWN.; She's just got it! Even Levine thinks it's "unbelievable" of her. Brava!
An incredible, incredible voice. One of the best in the world & that ever was.
It's nearly impossible to believe that one human being could have so much talent.
Damned hard stuff.... crazy hard. Strauss.
I Love how Kathleen Battle laughs and her facial expressions! My Diva! Angelical Voice!
its when you see it in rehearsals that it hits home how absurdly difficult it is to sing that stuff
i mean, who writes that stuff??!! so crazy. what were those men thinking?
(thank God they did)
And this is the 1916 revision, the EASY version! The original version, from 1912, was a whole tone higher and far more complex harmonically, making the 1916 one look like a nursery rhyme. Frightening.
Enormously difficult for the tenor as well!
Hearing 'Ein schoenes war' sung so intimately - literally hearing Madame Norman's vocal cords- is such a present. Thank you for putting this up. She is glorious.
The joy of Norman and Levine (how I miss them both!) in this notoriously difficult opera. The story I think is brilliant combing the difficulties of musician life,commerce ,demands of art and general audiences etc.!.How wonderful this was filmed . Imagine if we had Astrid Vernay and the older singers in some old tapes .However where there ever singers like Battle and Norman -their training, culture, technique ,musicaliy has never nor will it be bettered . In the film Aria isn't it curious so many directors chose Leontyne for their performers. It seems unlikely that so many from different backgrounds and nations etc. would chose one soprano.Must be another selection story behind that ...
Been meaning to watch these for so long, very glad to have finally done so!👏🏽 Norman is a force of nature but I never realised what a technician Battle is ❤️This role is surely the brunnhilde of coloraturas
Then you need to search for Battle's multi-part rehearsals for her recording with the trumpeter Marsalis on RUclips. You see her at home with her family and a lesson with her first voice teacher. Wonderful. It is all difficult coloratura passages!!!!!
In the rehearsals with Marsalis, she wears the same earrings as in this Ariadne rehearsal......."Lord, let me win the Lottery"......☺️
Happy 72nd Life Anniversary
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Our Dearest Soprano, Kathleen Battle
Man she is gorgeous!
Miss Kathleen Battle is the cutes thing ever in opera hahahahaha
Kathleen Battle and Jessey Norman 🖤❤🌹
What red blooded man wouldn't fall for either of them, straight that is, so nice to see these superstars in the rehearsal process vulnerable and working it all out a rare treat!
James Levine, evidently
Jessye's breath control is remarkable
Chloe Walker - Her technique is not so great, however.
how so?
+MrOu83, breath control is a part of technique, a *big* part. So a statement like that doesn't make sense. Yes, Jessye has been known to flat some high notes, but what singer is perfect? On the whole, Jessye is an example of exemplary technique.
I always compare her to the Reri Grist line that was unbroken in in the monologue. Katherine took a breath, which is fine, but Reri and many others didn't. Either way she is still one of the sweetest voices and most well recorded voices in opera history. None of these naysayers will ever be able to negate that truth!
This is Kathleen Battle. Not Jessye Norman. smh
omg... what breath control.... go jessye...... I dont care what nobody says she's Ariadne
Yes, she OWNS this role! Her voice matches perfectly with the German text and Strauss' beautiful music.
No wonder singers love Maestro Levine.
The HEIGHT of OPERATIC EXCELLENCE in EVERY POSSIBLE WAY!
Ein Geschenk, diese drei exzellenten KünstlerInnen bei der Arbeit zu erleben! Danke fürs Posten!
Her german pronounciation is perfect! Of course her singing too.
Better than Levine......
You better know it! It's a diction lesson listening to her sing with such beauty, expressiveness, authority, and conviction. Her Ariadne is the BEST I've heard!
He goes : "And the first phrase is fabulous"*
...love her half smile as an answer 💥☺️
*you bet it is ! 😀
Thank you for sharing this video!
What a treat this is!
Thanks!
thanks for adding this to YT again. I've been looking for these clips since forever!
Ach, if only we had this kind of footage of Levine working with all the greats.
I luv the hand gesture" I ain't done yet, folks"
I LOVE JESSYE !!!
This was so delightful!
Battle and Levine were very close friends (much more than with Norman). But these rehearsals were made to be recorded therefore the attitude. On the other hand Levine knew very well that Norman could cope easily with Ariadne while for Battle the role of Zerbinetta is the extreme of her capacities.
Battle looks and sounds as perfect as Norman to me : 2 voices that are so different and so perfect and adequat here !
Ps : i am nothing like an opera specialist ! 😀
Kathleen Battle is an heavenly angel! Sorry I never had the opportunity to see her in person! Thank God for her obedience to God's calling upon her life!
What a wonderful voice.
So brilliant. What a wonderful collaberation. One of my very favorite RUclips clips. Voice virtuosos - indeed. And love the way Levine strokes the egos of the divias. (a deleted version of this clip shows his complement to Battle at the beginning of her rehersal.) As another comment says - James knows how to make things work.
few comments: Funny how Levine is in looooooooooove with Norman and how you can sense the "I am walking on eggs" with battle. But also how Norman looks like a giggling school girl with her tutorial teacher, I looooved it, so touching!!!! And battle OMG!!! She looks like she could be Halle Berry's sister. So beautiful and she was 40 there? Wow... Overall James Levine is a genius! Brillant Video
Brava, Jessye and Kathy!❤️
Grossmächtige Prinzessin is hands-down the most difficult aria in the standard repetoire. The range, the high notes, the jumps, the difficult intervals, the speed in sections, and length. Nothing really comes close.
Simplemente,extraordinaria!!!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOOOOOOVEEEEEE Jessye Norman!
Ya! Thank You for this.
Hmmm, all these bloody comments of those who seem to know! The saying, "There're two sides to every story" still holds. Unless I hear from the very lips of Maestro James Levine, I will NOT believe that Ms.Battle was that difficult to work with. Ir I recall with clarity, it was Maestro Levine who persuaded Ms. Battle to abandon her teaching career to become an operatic star. Besides, KATHLEEN was said to be the maestro's favourtie opera singer. Hmm, 2 sides every story...in England and the US.
Video like this makes it difficult to believe the stories of her unprofessional behavior during the early 90's that precipitated her dismissal from the Met. She was such a natural beauty, with the sweetest, maiden-like voice, well into her 40's.
I saw her in Chicago in the nineties. She was outstanding. Always thought she was a naturally born Walkyrie
They just wanted to discredit her you make one demand then your a problem
I just had a great privilege and pleasure to hear her live yesterday (November 15, 2019) in a recital. Ms. Battle was as great as 30 years ago!!! Her voice sounded young and beautiful as always. Her professionalism is truly amazing! Moreover, after concert I was one of twenty people who met her backstage. She was extremely generous, friendly and grateful to each of us! She is one of the most warm-hearted persons I have ever met. I'm sure that we all will remember that night for the rest of our lives.
@@aucuneideejsp8891 true words. Best definition of her strongness
Miss u Jessye ♥️🎶
A singing angel,,,,
Thanks so much. For me its my favorit Ariadne and Zerbineta
If you enjoyed watching her in rehearsal, on RUclips you can search for her 7 part rehearsals with the trumpeter Marsalis. Her coloratura is also on full display. To watch these two, who both hold each other in such high regard is just wonderful to behold. You see the behind scenes with Battle as she visits her family at Easter and ends up singing a solo at church for the congregation she grew up with. You also see her in a lesson with her first voice teacher while at home with her family. You see them eat Easter Dinner.....you will be craving fried chicken soon after.......for sure!!!!
Hope you enjoy this wonderful 7 part rehearsal. PART 7 is the concert. Search: Battle Marsalis, on RUclips!!!
Exactly!!!!!!!! & can’t stop watching all of everything you have mentioned!!!!!! Love me some Wynton Marsalis & Ms. Battles collaboration with him is Heavenly Above the Heavens!!!!!!!!! Perfect Perfect Perfect!!!!!!!
@@sasharenee7348So, so glad you found and watched the series. You see her just goofing around, but you also see her being a master vocalist with ease. When I mentioned the series to you, I went back and watched it all again. The two of them have the most respect for each other as musicians, worship and most especially....family.
@@toddmurphy523 Hello Todd!!!! Yes Love My Sir Wynton & Ms. Battle!!! Supreme Beings in my opinion & wondering if Ms. Battle iwill be performing somewhere in Southern California?
@@sasharenee7348 I have only seen her in concert once here in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I met her backstage and I had purchased one of her CD's that had just come out that day. She saw it in my hand and she reached out and I handed it to her. She was saying that she loved the dress that she wore for the photo shoot for the cover of the CD. She had a black Sharpie and instantly signed the CD in the lower ruffles of that dress. She hugged me tightly and thanked me for bringing her hot off the press CD. Unfortunately, I do not believe she sings in public any longer. I have heard no news of her in such a long time....😢
@@sasharenee7348 Another video you must see is a trio of powerhouse women singers. It will give you goose bumps. On RUclips search: Battle, Renee Fleming, Frederica von Stade...! It is the most glorious of vocal supreme. Let me know if you find the 15 min or so video.
Красавица с божественным голосом!!! ❤❤❤
Say what you will, in this she is exquisite.
La Battle for the win!
LEAVE KATHLEEN BATTLE ALONE!!!
@@deizel90 I don't know her well, but the few times I've met her (many years ago) were bad experiences. I'm prepared to believe all the stories about her are true, though I do agree that sometimes she can be nice.
I feel thaf being a black woman in opera was difficult for her. The default for opera is white, let's be honest. Ms. Battle was only protecting herself, so I don't buy her being aggressive for a second. Her "diva" attitude was a defense mechanism. Maria Callas was far worse than what ppl say about Battle. Callas was a brat and a diva.
@@chloel.8007 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I feel you my friend, I have been clinging to the same idea for my entire life, she was a full colour lady breaking the glass ceiling right after Marian Anderson and she didn’t do it alone, she was killing it with Norman, La Price, Verrett, George Shirley, Bumbry, etc…
Kathleen's speaking voice is so high pitched, it reminds me of Kristin Chenoweth....
At least Kathleen’s voice isn’t nasal. Lol
I think people forget that Opera singers are human beings not gods. They’ve got imperfections just like the rest of the world. The only difference is that their imperfections are on stage as well as real life.
Kathleen & Jessye hated&loved each other. People preferred to work with Jessye more but they're both living legends!
Люблю.
I'm learning that role and at 1:40, that's exactly how I feel about that phrase as well XD
@TheWisemonkey8 Thank you for your kind response. I'm glad you enjoy the postings.
1:40...so true! I'm learning this and I think that's probably the hardest part of the whole piece note wise. It really is like the lottery hahaha
They had already both recorded this entire opera in 86’ for DG. So this rehearsal is just a brush up versus a new role or something people.
Brava Battle !
best line: "but you give them all a singing lesson" :) wonderful footage
So adorable
She's so adorable it's just so hard to imagine she was such a nightmare behind closed doors.....
winrx p
@tneprescintr She was 40 or going on 41..Her birthday date is August 13,1948
you can say whatever you want about james levine, but he is a perfect director!!
Levine sounds so fatherly....like Tom Hanks
Goddesses!
Brava Norman !
Her spoken voice is soo funny kekeke
Ja ja battle jakaja
Love the way James strokes the diva egos..
He's so licking her ass to make her doing what he wants without upsetting her ehehehhe
@@francesco4090 - oh, she NEVER got upset!? 😂 She was a model of decorum ... Lol
Norman's speaking voice is just as elegant as her singing.
It's a compliment to her studies. I wonder if she ever switches in and out of her Georgia dialect?
She's perfect here.
It's as if I was watching a clinic take place.
Levine seems to be instructive with Battle, but Norman appeared to be his muse.
James discovered Battle, and their relationship is more like "FAMILY MEMBER" , they known each other forever. while him and Jesse are more like people who admire each others work, so they tend to gush over each other more, because they dont work or see each other that oftern
Bahia82 I have heard people said that had Levine been in NY Miss Battle would not have been dismissed by Volpe. Don't know how true that is.
65NART Correct he waited till Levine was on vacation to Fire her. He did inform Levine while he was away and Levine was strongly against it. It caused a riff between him and Levine for Years
😮❤
Esa Norman.....
@MusicismyheartXO They are marking in parts. Marking is used to save the voice...some will sing the notes but at almost a whisper...others wll bring everthing into the middle voice...dropping things in the upper register down the octave...bringing low notes up. I don't require any less support though. In my opinion, for some voices it takes more support to mark than it does to sing out.
A voice like honey but g-d, remember those damned shoulder pads?
that was the style!! lol
4:32 😮
@minkoss I didnt sense that - if anything I felt that you could see more blatantly the familiarity between Levine and Norman. I feel like maybe Batlle and Levine weren't as close as Norman and Levine - besides that, I feel that the interactions between Battle and Levine were both cordial and lighthearted.
I know this has nothing to do with anything, but can someone confirm this for me: Kathleen Battle was 39 in this footage????
We black folk are able to sing it "all".
Miss Kathy has the most big, beautiful pair of eyes I have ever seen and a set of healthy white teeth to match that voice of hers