"Bella figlia dell'amore" - Rigoletto (1977)

Placido Domingo(Duke)/Cornell Macneil(Rigoletto)/Ileana Cotrubas(Gilda)/Isola Jones(Maddalena)sing the quartet from Act 3 of Verdi's Rigoletto. A 1977 Met production Conductor: James Levine

[@doughelms558]

That skip at 2:28 did irreparable damage to my nervous system.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Doug Helms LOL Arnold Bourbon Amaral Such beautiful quartet & Cotrubas is magnificent 👑💙

[@shishirth]

Perhaps one of the greatest operatic quartets ever written....

[@operabitch77]

i find this to be evidence that placi WASN'T EVER a baritone. this is one of the highest written roles that verdi composed for tenor! NOT only wouldn't pd be able to get thru this role but he also wouldn't be able to make such beautiful music. phrasing is so elegant and perfect for the character. many people who dont know about the voice blah blah all the time about him being a bari/tenor but really!! and what about singing edgardo in lucia at 19?? no pushed up baritone would even attempt it!

[@commandert5]

I will admit, well done as it is, this role did seem a bit of a struggle for him. But in the dramatic repertoire, there is none to beat him

[@etherospike3936]

3:09 Cotrubas' voice starts to sound like a church organ, I have only two words: DIVINE....

[@vitorlacerda620]

Etherospike Two words Divine? Ok

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Vítor Lacerda best lyric soprano indeed my friend. The 70s Cutrubus 👑 was considered by many opera aficionados the best Traviata in the world. Purchase her Traviata on CD you won't be disappointed. Arnold Bourbon Amaral 👱👴🌏🌎🌍🎻🎶🎵 MUSIC WITHOUT BOUNDARIES

[@nince021]

Hats off to Verdi for getting four voices to simultaneously play off each other so well.

[@zuraiashvili8647]

he was true Genius if there ever was one :)

[@marinellabakken5863]

@@zuraiashvili8647 Don't forget Mozart!

[@zuraiashvili8647]

@@marinellabakken5863 how could i forget Mozart :) i have been a fan since i was 3 :p

[@selini52]

@@marinellabakken5863 definitely the 2 greatest followed by Wagner

[@kuroisan]

Isola Jones is on the faculty at South Mountain Community College in Arizona. She works in the Communication, Fine Arts Division.

[@commandert5]

Isola Jones was made for this role

[@archiereece3229]

yes

[@archiereece8321]

those breasts

[@archiereece8321]

nice opera bosom

[@marja011]

È paradossale,ma il duca di Mantova non è proprio per Domingo (ma quanto era bellino, però)

[@operaloversabater3690]

Bravi tutti, but Cotrubas steals the show!

[@ezayi]

Everybody at their best... but LOVE Placido!

[@cepomwa]

who cares when the voice is good.

[@carlosbenedictobaquedano6386]

Domingo, belleza de voz lirico-spinto. Siempre da el máximo.

[@alejo25081973]

Voz Dramática, por eso no era tan fácil para él estos papeles. Pero supo aprovechar la frescura de su juventud para cantar a Mantua. Un papel que representó poco.

[@angeliamilanovic6476]

Sublime! La voix de Ileana Cotrubas est divine! Merci infiniment Ursula Sheehan! Pour les sous-titres aussi!

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Angelia Milanovic Cotrubas👑 Magnifique Adieu. Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@ivelosthewilltolive]

I remember this production very well from the 70's. I was intrigued at the idea of Domingo singing the duke. Although he certainly does not have a classic lyrical tenor, I still find him very exciting to listen too. The only problem is that he tilts the balance of the opera a little too far in his direction. But it was thrilling to hear him do the cabaletta to Parmi veder le lagrime, which at the time was usually omitted...

[@hswatnik]

gee, thats about as goos a quartet as I've heard in my 45 years of opera listening!

[@WFox-pt8eu]

Harry Watnik ur a boss

[@terrycloth6380]

One of the better performances of the quartet

[@edejan]

As beautifully as Placido Domingo sings this aria, he just looks like too NICE a guy to be the debauched Duke! And I also see that Isola Jones spread her "charms" in many, many productions of this opera. Thanks for the upload. I never get tired of hearing this quartet!

[@mrssslimer]

I do like the young Domingo. But the older one i do not. You can lay the lavina of hate on me for this. Go on,

[@pautalux]

bello ma... Attento Placido: péne è una cosa, pène un'altra... maledetti scherzi della tecnica vocale!!!

[@bernatriera5437]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ИлияИлиев-ь2и]

joeboo36 5 years ago wrote: I too would be a slave to Isola's charms. Me too...

[@archiereece3229]

those two

[@ivanatodorovic8073]

@@archiereece3229 the best " sextet " ever.

[@archiereece8321]

nice soft velvety bouncy charms

[@31.01]

Optima Forma For All Four Singers

[@enricotrombini2363]

la versione con Pavarotti, Sutherland and Isola è tutta un altra camminata.

[@alejo25081973]

Quizás su técnica no es la mejor. Pero su timbre, musicalidad y pasión para cantar y actuar es inigualable.

[@PieroDg]

Isola Jones, the best...

[@archiereece3229]

the breast singer ever

[@furiobassanelli]

Magnifico questo Quartetto con Domingo e la Cotrubas, ma in quello con Pavarotti e la Sutherland l'acuto finale della Tourangeau mi manda in estasi, mi commuove...

[@furiobassanelli]

ma Gilda è interpretata davvero dalla Ileana Cotrubas? A me sembra ancora la Sutherland...

[@arnoldamaral7406]

@@furiobassanelli VIVA COTRUBAS 👑💙 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@РаисаСоломатина-т2е]

Версия Паваротти и Сазерленд для меня большее упоение и наслаждение.

[@belleorleans]

Placido Domingo sounds like an angel from heaven...

[@Onofre859]

Amazing performance.

[@MetropeJocelyn]

Yet again, "merci beaucoup", dear Ursey,for posting all those videos! Should you have further famous arias - there are so many in Rigoletto - that you would like to share with us all,by all means feel free to do so.Take care!

[@poohbah2003]

Excellent!

[@kuroisan]

I only know she was performing for the Arizona Opera several years ago and took a job with SMCC about 6 to 8 years ago.

[@simonbrown6441]

Placid is then great squillo gets him through this beautifully

[@pepeelsordo]

I love MacNeil's vibrato!! Can you sing more straight?

[@vladimirdvoretzky4039]

How ironic, having in mind Placido's behavior!

[@marcosPRATA918]

Emocionante raridade. Som excelente ao vivo.

[@Tenorbravo]

This operistic area is FANTASTIC... I LOVE IT. THANKS.

[@zuraiashvili8647]

i get the feeling that Placido is really struggling here.

[@deadwalke9588]

None whatsoever but he did tend to push out on the higher notes than he really needed to. Other than that he had perfect tonal emission.

[@commandert5]

He did pretty well, but overall this seemed like an off night for him

[@detectivefiction3701]

I don't think the Duke of Mantua is an ideal role for him.

[@Sacha_Kudli]

@@detectivefiction3701 he said it himself

[@skateordie9628]

damn it what happened at 2:28? It breaks at the absolute best part!!😠

[@fabianmoreno8765]

por favor subir esta opera bellisima completa subtitulada en español. agradezco altamente de corazón.

[@Jaydoggy531]

Interesting you say that, in this DVD in the extra features - in his interview he actually says he's not a fan of singing it.

[@BrianJosephMorgan]

In John Dexter’s production.

[@RichCaloMusicWorks]

I agree with muchtoomuch1. The complete applause is a part of the performance.

[@billcarr54]

This is just magnificent, thank you for posting it.

[@JermirCaesar]

Pavarotti was much better at feeling up Isola.

[@arnoldamaral3814]

,🐖🐖🐖🐷🐷🐷

[@archiereece8321]

i would LOVE to feel up Isola

[@diegomr6969]

una leyenda placido! gracias por tu musica q incluso hoy dia seguis tirando! maestro

[@WINCHANDLE]

ye fools who think there is no God....furthermore, no one in the universe can match this exquisite beauty. There aint no aliens out there

[@Nater389]

Pavarotti was better at feeling and he sang this much better.

[@marianomunoz686]

No le va a Placido el duque. Voz engolada y al límite en los agudos, además de falta de delicadeza para esta Partitura. Kraus y bergonzi los maestro en este papel .

[@bernatriera5437]

Ya pero...quién se puede resistir a interpretar al Duca ? Creo que es el sueño de cualquier tenor. Saludos.

[@zegermans750]

Hi my name is Isola Jones and my only qualifications for playing Maddalena in about every Rigoletto production in the 80s is being a decently acceptable mezzo and having gargantuan boobs

[@archiereece3229]

i love them

[@martythetickler]

The 3 Tenors all had their best roles. Pavarotti was Calaf, Domingo was Othello, Carreras was probably the Duke. Not taking anything away from Domingo, dude's a pretty damn good Duke, but my favourite role of his is Othello.

[@sergiovitaglianostendardo8877]

p

[@bolleke702]

BrokenWolf1990 Pavarotti never sang Calaf life. It's not because he made Nessun dorma more famous with his microphoned open air concerts that he owns calaf. In fact Domingo was the best Calaf of his generation.

[@xXFedericoChannel]

pavarotti never sang calaf life?? no domingo in the worst of his generations

[@Milordvega]

Pavarotti best as Nemorino or Rodolfo in La Boheme.

[@latzezaravramov]

If I am not mistaken this is Toronto Opera production of 1977 .Was there done that got the bumper sticker And come off your high purch EH.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

latzezaravramov No my friend . Live from the MET 1977. I have the DVD & the quality of the DVD so so much better than this up load. Cotrubas is steller as Gilda & so are the rest of the cast. Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@colino72]

Not good for Domingo's voice.

[@carlosmonzo4102]

Domingo ya se "empeñaba" en aquellos años, en cantarlo "todo"...... le daba igual que un determinado papel fuese adecuado, o no, para su voz. Tiene que cantar "el Duque" tirando de riñones. Siempre al límite, forzando. Por supuesto que canta bien, es un gran cantante (no caigamos en la estupidez, aunque no nos guste....), pero debiera haberse ceñido a un repertorio más adecuado. Inevitable compararlo en Rigoletto (il Duca) con Kraus, Di Stefano, Pavarotti y algunos más.....

[@leonardevans8691]

He dudn t continue with the Duke for very long. The tessatura was a bit to high. But he sungs it well here.

[@Jaydoggy531]

That skip isn't in the DVD. It seems to have been a mess-up in the upload or the file itself. The submitter would have to fix this.

[@Welverance]

@maxpertile gran bel commento! grazie del gancio davvero molto utile!!!

[@zegermans750]

@Babs22h shit I listen to bumbry, battle, price, and verette all night long

[@aguacun]

hahahahahahahahaha!

[@mgparis]

Gorgeous production and heavenly voices, thanks for posting The only thing that bothers me is Isola Jones's audible American accent, pity

[@Prickler32]

Sounds like a hater to me

[@vitorlacerda620]

I Have to say, Placido really good singer, great performance but Pavarotti do It best with isola jones

[@liettennabenna]

Com'è bello rivedere e riascoltare queste performances ormai quasi perdute. Grazie per il post.

[@bjorling4ever]

Domingo at the time was a real tenor.

[@СветланаЗайкина-л4б]

💖🌹❤️

[@mariarosaesergiomarycib2492]

Bellezza assoluta questo quartetto

[@Jaydoggy531]

Nope, this is at the met. I own this DVD. Not the best recording in my opion. This was 70s recording after all. I didn't like Ileana Cotrubas's Gilda, even though she is a great singer.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

You prefer whom ???