2022-23 | HGO Tosca - Vissi d'arte Aria

Butler Studio alumna Tamara Wilson, one of the most recognizable sopranos in opera, performs this beautiful rendition of “Vissi d’arte” as the titular heroine in Tosca.
Catch the final two performances of this stunning production at the Wortham.
Limited seats available ➡️ www.HGO.org/Tosca
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[@AlexSzell]

Dear Ms. Wilson, I was in attendance on May 5th. Your performance brought tears to my eyes. You have a most amazing gift. Thank you so much!

[@j.wesleyjohnson214]

She is AMAZING

[@HTX_Son]

Saw this on opening night! Longest mid-performance ovation I’ve ever seen! Definitely stole the show!

[@luisnorbertogomez7058]

Maravillosa

[@brianjackson8394]

What a powerful voice!

[@draganvidic2039]

Wobble…

[@brianjackson8394]

@@draganvidic2039 how do you detect wobbles?

[@tristanhnl]

@@brianjackson8394 , most people throw around these terms while having *NO* idea what they even mean. I have a feeling draganvidic is one of them.

[@peteradaniel]

Vissi d’arte with dynamics!! Beautifully sung with breath control and a huge voice. Phenomenal. Brava. So Isolde and Brünnhilde next?

[@draganvidic2039]

Wobble

[@meisterwue]

​​@@draganvidic2039and not Isolde or Brünhilde...nonsense. her Tosca, ok, for today's ears, but listen to other sopranos, You know the names...BTW, Mrs Wilson is overcharged here.

[@marioj34]

Splendide ❤❤❤

[@save312]

Vibrato un po’ fuori controllo però non male nel complesso

[@wotan10950]

Wonderful rendition. I saw Tamara onstage as Elsa in Lohengrin and, TBH, I think her voice is better suited to Puccini than Wagner.

[@draganvidic2039]

Nothing suits a wobbly voice

[@menorrhee5618]

​@@draganvidic2039 I guess you know what you are talking about ! Haha

[@davidsimmons654]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Creationseed9]

:)) i would run away if i had a Tosca like this :)))

[@draganvidic2039]

Or cover my ears

[@draganvidic2039]

Wobble. This need to be corrected. (Will not be I guess…)

[@menorrhee5618]

Well....

[@tristanhnl]

Why are you going around to everyone's comments writing "wobble"? Do you need to be that insecure to the point that you must assert your own opinion on top of everyone else's? Yeeeesh LoL

[@jasonstearns2666]

This soprano has a wobbly voice and a spread vocal technique. And she is very hard to look at.

[@draganvidic2039]

Yes

[@indeserto]

yes

[@menorrhee5618]

Not at all guys... she is purely speaking ! Her voice is perfect and she has so much tanh the voice to offer... please open your eyes : she is also a great actress ! ❤ Tamara ! Thank you for the purety and the power of your art ! Please keep going ! This is flawless !

[@jasonstearns2666]

Whose grandmother is she anyway?@@menorrhee5618

[@j.wesleyjohnson214]

​@menorrhee5618 her acting skill is phenomenal! She brings a realness to the aria

[@BellaFirenze]

Vissi per la pasta, vissi per la pizza...

[@smurf902]

Wanted to like it so bad but the pitch is so scattered and wobbly throughout, it is a distraction. And way too slow

[@larryflennoy2901]

Let's hear YOU sing it

[@kiimmaritz2827]

1:11 1:13 she looks like she will drop to the floor any moment..too disturbing to look at..the voice not a Tosca

[@jamesa0330]

too slow and the soprano looks like she's sweating and laboured and about to have a stroke.

[@mugrad25]

Cmon brah

[@joaocampelo3725]

Because this aria is hard af

[@KatherineGregorySoprano]

She’s bout to get rap*d in the opera bro it’s called impeccable acting

[@draganvidic2039]

Yes opera parody…

[@indeserto]

not if you have the right voice and good technique.@@joaocampelo3725

[@jonlacayo92]

For all you haters out there, that wobble is called vibrato and that’s how opera is suppose to sound. It’s a result of a low larynx and a supported breath traveling through good vocal cord closure. Modern opera goers are just so use to having tight voices bring stuffed down their throats you don’t understand what opera is actually suppose to sound like 🥲

[@ralphoperaphile]

No; her vibrato is excessive - the oscillation of the pitch variation is too wide and makes for uncomfortable listening. Furthermore, she is so overweight that she is likely to suffer bad health and the strain of singing could be dangerous.