Sultry, sensual and captivating; like her brilliant and incomparable portrayal of Carmen with von Karajan. Bravissima!

Comparing great artists is difficult to support. For my taste, Tebaldi has nothing reliable above a Bb -- which makes her a short soprano. However, in something like Santuzza she is Monumental. Callas, yes she developed a vibrato you can drive a truck through --- However-- i think you are Way Off Base when addressing her acting and interpreting skills - Way off. ....just my thoughts. 😎😎😎

Lovely! The pp Bb in Pace is handled beautifully. Very nice job with In quelle trine -- probly my 2nd/3rd most favorite version.... 😎😎😎

La sua Tosca ti innamora

E un vero peccato quando grandi cantanti incominciano a sconfinare in repertori a loro vietati... Limitarsi a cantare ciò che le proprie corde possono fare e segno di intelligenza e maturità.

I met Leotine Price in 1957 when she was just getting known as having an autstnding voice. She was requested by several American composers to sing their works. She also sang Gershwin on Broadway. While at Tanglewood Leontine agreed to assist one of our rehearsals. She sat quietly on the stage waiting for it to begin. I was devastated when I heard that the rehearsal was cancelled. The next time that I met Leontine was in the week that she was to make her debut at the Met siinging the title role of Aida. That was a smashing success. I was asked to sing at a concert at a church up in Harlem, honoring her. Leontine got the right vocal teacher at the Juilliard School and at the right time in her career. Now she is one of the best known divas, retired and distinguished. Brava Leontine Price.

Was Karajan doing that out of spite?

Così si canta....altro che le solite Callas vociferanti e traballanti o le solite Tebaldi dagli acuti fuori tono e dall'interpretazione apatica e tristemente generica!!!!

This production was broadcast in 1964. It was wonderful. A recording must exist. Whoever has one, please put it on KZbin.

Bravissima! ❤❤❤❤

Wonderful performance with a splendid cast! Bravi, bravi!!!❤

глубокие естественные низы восхищают

Nice but no Verrett, who sings it so much better.

was that performance at the met? if so I was there

Sublime timbre, souffle, tenue parfaite. Mais seigneur, les vocalises de Mozart....

Maravillosa

By the time she gets to the last two pieces, both encores, she is singing as beautifully as she ever did, with nuance and feeling (25:35! or 25:52!) and glowing purity of line. I’m always impressed by how she always gives her all, and always gets better as a concert goes along.

Hers was the greatest voice I ever heard ! She was fantastic ! 😊

I saw her in concert a few times at Hunter College in queens. I loved every minute. At the end of the written program the encores kept on coming. I believe it was longer than the written program. Will never forget it.

1:02:44 Venti, turbini

Wow. I had no idea Giacomini had such a sensational instrument. Marilyn Horne is singing the HELL out this crowned by one of her most brilliant B flats.

I was there! OMG I will never forget that day! Five of us music students from FSU had driven up to hear her concert. After the concert we went to the backstage entrance and I sent her a note asking to meet her pointing out that I had just won the Metropolitan Opera Regional auditions and she graciously received all five of us and someone in our group took pictures (which I have never seen. If anyone has them, please let me know!) She signed my program and I asked her if she practiced every day. She said, “If you don’t practice one day, you can tell; if you don’t practice two days, the audience can tell.” My favorite soprano in so many roles. Her Aida continues to be her legendary role. God bless Miss Leontyne Price for her great and exemplary role as a singer and as an American.

Wow! Thank you for posting this. I had never heard Ms. Verrett sing lieder before nor had I heard her sing in German. This was a revelation. Ms. Verrett was indeed "incomparable," as @mesamies123 called her.

I LOVE her voice!

I was at the first performance of this Rinaldo production when Samuel Ramey made his debut. That aria he did at 18:38 was pretty amazing!

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Shirley Verrett ❤

La registrazione ha 40 anni, l’opera ha 313 anni. Händel e Rinaldo sono perenni giovani: una musica prodigiosa, ispirata, evocativa di un mondo epico-cavalleresco scomparso da tempo già ai tempi di Händel. Questa rappresentazione, secondo il mio immaginario, incarna al meglio l’epica cavalleresca, la sontuosità, la meraviglia e il magico del Barocco grazie anche alle voci “barocche”( io le immagino così) di interpreti giganteschi. ❤️‍🔥

GRACIAS,HERMOSA OPERA,ELENCO INIGUALABLE E INSUPERABLE

Грозно звучене, това не никакъв мецосопран, а натиснат и безцветен сопран, при това с гърлено-назално звукообразуване.

Barocchissimo! con un grandissimo Samuel Ramey‼️

Horne so plummy and throaty and woofy diction. Verdi shows up all of her shortcomings, imho

Absolutely brilliant, exciting, thrilling .... I'm running out of adjectives here.

DOS GRANDES DE LA LIRICA DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS

Brilliant June simply one of the greatest never give the recognition she so much deserved

Pure class

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Leontyne Price canta molto male! Peccato! La voce e malata!

Noelle Rogers is also in this, she must be the lyric coloratura who is as good as Sutherland!

Horne:BRAVA BRAVA BRAVA

Glorious voice. Touches my soul. Loved her since I first heard her at 10 years old. Best thing that ever came out of Mississippi ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

MARAVILLOSA

Benita Valente was telling me this was a Canadian production performed there that the Met brought in for only ONE performance, and this is it! (Or one season only.) Even the orchestra is from Canada.

Handel is a far-superior opera composer to Bach (hee-hee).

Best gone voices from a nicer+ recent era. Time and eras can never be copied or reproduced...

Glorious

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Anydody says if is possible have this complete performance and put on you tube? Thanks for all!

Price sing air of letters from Onegin in Russian during a recital of scenes of operas for the RCA label more years later

A genuine and majestic soprano 💚🌟