Copy of GREAT OPERA SINGERS discuss Tosca.

[@claudemichaud6966]

Tebaldi`s English is so adorable also she is so beautiful, that incredible smile.

[@iTube22100]

Tebaldi was highly overrated as a rival to Callas. She was a good singer like many others but far below Maria

[@sanfordpress8943]

Thank you for this wonderful presentations

[@barbaranorthwood]

Very enjoyable and the great ladies delightful. Thank you.

[@meiada]

Thank you uncle Loui to put this together!❤

[@beachfanatic2010]

Eva Turner is an adorable lady! One day I want to meet her in Heaven! My favorite role of hers was Turandot - she sounds timeless!

[@stevenmathers6661]

I met her very briefly outside the Royal Opera house, covent garden. She was emerging from the stage door after seeing her pupil (Gwyneth Jones) sing the dyer's wife in "Die frau ohne schatten" and I was waiting for autographs. I held the door and she smiled and said thank you.

[@davidallen508]

Thank you for this wonderful,insightful video.What an amazing array of dignified ladies.I have always loved Zinka Milanov’s silky tone,coupled with great dramatic expression.That still photo of her as Tosca is my idea of the perfect Prima Donna.

[@carolleenkelmann3829]

Thankyou for making this valuable piece of operatic documentation available for general viewing.

[@florinest]

Incredibly, three of the divas featured in this film lived to be 101 years of age or older, and Eva Turner 98.

[@chembaliszt484]

Zinka Milanov was such a special lady 😍

[@jamesryan6008]

When I think "Diva" ,Zinka Milanov immediately comes to my mind. Fortunately, she had the talent to back it up.

[@madeline.tsai.conductor]

Thank you so much for posting!! Having a great chance working with K.S. Grace Bumbry in Vienna, and review this video just now, it brought me tears! Ms. Bumbry is still very discipline in eating and daily schedule. She still offers lessons for many you singers. As a young conductor, I am truly lucky to meet her in life!

[@berrydivo3702]

I was indeed disappointed that one of the greatest Toscas of all time and my personal favorite was not a part of this wonderful video. Perhaps she was not available. Yet, a clip of Miss Price singing an excerpt as Tosca in English from the NBC-TV 1955 production would have been a great addition to this video. As you know, that TV production was Miss Price's first big break in opera, but she was the first black American to profiled in such a national manner in opera on television.

[@davidsimmons654]

berry divo agreed

[@lakehayden]

Agreed, and with some interesting choices…I wonder how you’d get your hands on that NBC footage, sounds like it could be rare? Would love to see more of price in everything, but I only seem to find interviews

[@emitch9213]

What a treasure of a film with all these ladies. Merrill was handsome and I adored him. 🌹

[@MySensualWorld]

The best part of the video is 106:20 to 106:55! Divine Caballe!

[@MrQwerty88]

So good. Thanks for uploading this. So many good things and people to see

[@lakehayden]

This is just fantastic 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@shirleyrombough8173]

Maybe we can come to uderstand Anna Netrebko's dilemma regarding being a Russian and an international singer. When ahe tries to explain she is revilied.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

This is just fantastic, agreed. There are too few opporrunities to see and hear successful women in opera.

[@michaelellis8263]

I liked Mdme. Olivera's comment the best. When she stated that each time she sang it was like the very first time.

[@ancientmariner7372]

I saw Leone Reysanek as Tosca. It was a transcendental experience.

[@bodiloto]

Grandissimo video ! Grazie . ❤️ il vecchio 7:23 - 7:56 La Verità sulla posizione giusta della voce .

[@ladyrotha5420]

What a treat! Thank you so much for posting this.

[@pedromiguel2675]

La beauté physique et l'élégance de la Tebaldi tout à fait en accord avec sa musicalité et sa facilité pour l'émission. Elle avait de même un don naturel pour composer un personnage sur le plan dramatique. La douce et charmeuse beauté de Ljuba Wellitsch; quelle beauté dans son âme aussi. Régine Crespin avec sa voix imposée si grave et enrouée et son autorité de toujours. L'élégante Licia Albanese était la dauphine d'Arturo Toscanini. La tenue seigneuriale et l'allure distinguée de Léonie Rysanek qui était de même une des beautés viennnoises. La magnifique Maria Jeritza était l'élue de Puccini pour le rôle. Galina Vischneskaja avait aussi une belle prestance et une voix superbe. Grace Bumbry avait une extraordinaire voix hors-pair. Merci du partage de cette vidéo bien spéciale. Elle nous permet de soupirer encore une fois avec des voix qui nous ont fait tant soupirer autrefois.

[@rogalesi58]

beautiful, thank you

[@debradorfman7940]

Montserrat forever! 💝💝💝

[@iTube22100]

This video is a proof, if needed, that there's no other Tosca than Maria Callas... forever !!

[@davidvscalvim2836]

If anything, your comment proves that she is YOUR FAVORITE Tosca.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

I agree. And the only Scarpia is Tito Gobbi. (sp?)

[@shirleyrombough8173]

It is so wonderful to see these divas and to listen to their words. They swemed to agree that Tosca was a woman and must not be played by a girl too young to understand her passions.

[@paragod333]

So the other sopranos should just give up on the role and no one will hear the opera live again. Sound foolish to me. Did you ever hear her in person?

[@pedromiguel2675]

Réponse à @ tube22100 Cette appréciation est tout à fait surfaite et arbitraire. Vous devriez mettre votre cible à tâcher de vous sortir la Callas de la tête.

[@sanfordpress8943]

Ljuba!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WhaT a great lady

[@tharold8639]

Welitsch was a fabulous and beautiful Tosca.

[@matthewtravisano1097]

Only Montserrat Caballé can hold that B-flat at the climax of “Vissi d’arte” and transition out of it ON ONE BREATH

[@LABARITONESSA]

CHE CLASSE LA GINA CIGNA! ADORO!

[@unclelouie3828]

Caballe' sang this Tosca at the Met. NYC. I taped it there.

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

Omg. I would love to see the whole clip. It sounds better than the other versions I found on KZbin.

[@vcartei]

Do you haver with Caballé and Pavarotti (1985)? I have been looking for this everywhere without success. Could you publish this for us?

[@PedroZamagna]

This is all that was recorded?

[@emitch9213]

Did you tape for the Met or personally? Have you published for public? Or is the family trust protecting rights? I would love to see her and would appreciate seeing her at the Met. Please consider that you could share. Thank you!

[@unclelouie3828]

@@emitch9213 I have many videos which I have taped myself. I put 'everything' on KZbin. Before I 'croak' I want to make sure my videos are available to everyone- rather than wind up in a dumpster.

[@Feisenbach]

1:26:20 LOL Love the little scream! What a great singing actress! :-D

[@fan2jnrc]

And 1:27:44 Amazing. Coo - o - Ooo - oOOo - siii...

[@chembaliszt484]

Who is that singer?

[@ccalcote9125]

Zinka Milanov was Amazing 👏

[@davidsimmons654]

I wish Madame (Leontyne) Price was in on this discussion too, that would’ve been a nice take

[@liedersanger1]

David Simmons Yes, she would have added another point of view you can be sure! And she was a great friend of Merrill's, but not surprising she didn't take part. She was very very careful about how she exposed herself. Only the best formats.

[@davidsimmons654]

David Perkins precisely!

[@ginopietracupa4305]

Leontyne Price was never Tosca in the theater, the recorded it twice but in the theater Price only sanf Tosca tow seasons 1962/63 1963/64 and no more

[@davidsimmons654]

Gino Pietracupa that’s incorrect she sang 9 performances at the Met... theirs a live album on Apple Music. It’s here on yt

[@ginopietracupa4305]

@@davidsimmons654 you read well my post ? I said Price sang Tosca only two years : 1962/64 and no more, that's why Price is not reference at all in that role. She may be reference in Aida but not in Tosca

[@mka7741]

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[@operaanimelover369]

Thanks so much for uploading this. :D

[@sanfordpress8943]

Dorothy ! I love you

[@judyjones2475]

Montserrat is the best ,beautiful,visi darte x

[@sharonrenzulli9941]

The Italian sopranos have lovely,, emotive voices- not like the belters of today.

[@MySensualWorld]

Yes, indeed!

[@barahona68]

Sad personal story that of Regine Crespin! I feel sorry for her.

[@iTube22100]

Licia Albanse died at 105 yrs old and Magda Olivero 104 and 6 months !! They both died in 1914 when Puccini was still alive O.O

[@humbugone1715]

I only have one bit of advice......watch it until the absolute end. You can thank me later!

[@ann-mariedvardsenalexis8491]

OMG so good

[@sanfordpress8943]

She's from Montclair, NJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@2906nico]

Wonderful! How fabulous is Gina Cigna?

[@Lenkov1934]

there isn't Raina Kabaivanska, one of the Great Soprano who sang Tosca for 40 years from 1971 and Leontyne Price too

[@tobiasandrews3778]

I love this! Guaranteed you’ll make it to 10,000 views just from me!

[@siglinde86]

Can someone tell me what the hell is that...? 46:39 and that Vissi d`arte at the end... WTF???¿¿?¿

[@unclelouie3828]

Those people are "stars" of the La Puma Opera Co. NYC. A LITTLE HUMOR HERE. got it??

[@siglinde86]

And what are they here?

[@BlakeJAskew]

Brain damage ...

[@elenawinellcomposer]

I guess they had to show the best and worst...

[@sanfordpress8943]

Caballe ! Divine .

[@marcomicheletti9957]

12:08, Gina Cigna 13:44, Magda Olivero 16:22 Olivero 18:44, sulla morte del marito della Olivero 20:13, Olivero e la fede 21:20, Licia Albanese

[@davidsimmons654]

Thank you!

[@luizfernandg]

All this to prove what we all already knew: Tebaldi reigns supreme!

[@ambarndpd]

@silver bud they could have mentioned her anyway , no? 👀

[@marilynmichaels8358]

Tebaldi is so over rated.. sings FLAT!! and emotionless. Nice lady though.

[@jamesryan6008]

When you're right, you're right.

[@aleksandarstavric2226]

Puccini's favorite Tosca (and first Tosca ever) was MILKA TERNINA - Not Maria Jeritza

[@alexanderzaphir721]

aleksandar stavric The incomparable Hariclea Darclee ,created ,Tosca,Iris & La Wally.

[@aleksandarstavric2226]

Legendary singer indeed but Milka Ternina was the VERY FIRST Tosca - not Hariclea

[@alexanderzaphir721]

aleksandar stavric everywhere is written about Darclee's creation of Tosca.Even her most famous pupil Stella Roman said that.If your sources are more accurate ..ok

[@donaldlevine1420]

Hariclea Darclee was the first Tosca. Milka Ternina was the first Tosca in New York at the Metropolitan Opera and in London at Covent Garden. The world premiere at the Costanzi in Rome on Jan. 14, 1900 was Darclee, Emilio de Marchi and Eugenio Giraldoni.

[@alexanderzaphir721]

Donald Levine the problem with a lot of persons ,it's not that they are wrong.In opera or in real life. Is that while being wrong ,they continue to insist ,considering...being right.Especially in opera, where they think that knowing Callas,tebaldi,Sutherland ,they know the field ,or the singers.Milka ,certainly could not imagine by then ,,that her most famous pupil ,later could become the queen of the Met

[@berrydivo3702]

oops that soprano was Leontyne Price

[@Dianaemanuel]

Poor Birgit! Having to sing that great aria prostrate on the floor!

[@Janen74]

She did because she could... But I agree with you that it's a mean director to have the singer do such a thing.

[@magnusbratt6067]

She did it "a la Jeritza" Also in Vienna at the same time.(Late 60:s) Useing the floor as resonas for her fabulous voice. It was her "Partygame" and the audience, including me, loved it! The pianissimo at the end was overwhelmingly.....!

[@voilosapete4731]

thank you! i hope you also have the movie il baccio di tosca...or do you know where i can find it?

[@lizcooper6849]

Try Amazon. I bought the DVD from there some years ago (Tosca’s Kiss).

[@sanfordpress8943]

If your anything but American you'll realize we gave great theater

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

Can anyone tell me where Caballe sang Tosca at 1:06:19?

[@judyjones2475]

You tube Google, many times ,best one of all x

[@unclelouie3828]

I Taped It myself at the Met. Remember the Met?

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

@@unclelouie3828 Do you have full footage of the performance? Her execution to reach that climatic high note is so impeccable, that I get shivers how open and free it sounds.

[@vintagesubliminals3398]

I love this documentary but you can't deny that it is sunny as fuck, especially Kiri te kanaka and Eva turner chatting and Eva going yes yes! Indeed! And renatas and lebitsch English is hilarious and of course the wonderful and charismatic Nilsson made me laugh too, but there's someone missing, it's Callas

[@MOV1983]

What the hell is that at the very end? Some idea of a spoof???

[@christhomas7748]

And then came Leontyne Price....

[@liedersanger1]

What year was this film made?

[@siglinde86]

14:20 Gina Cigna says "I'm 83 years old" She was born in 1900 ; )

[@operabilia]

One great is missing: Maria Jeritza on Tosca, although she appears in Grossfürstin Alexandra. And BTW who is the wrecked Tosca at the end in a B&W exerpt? Painful.

[@siglinde86]

Not only at the end.... look at 46:39 ... I think was something recorder early in the VHS and this Documentary is over that... can be? crepy damn.... haha

[@operabilia]

Yep, I think it must be a Florence Forster-Jenkins type of vocal joke! And the last "Tosca" tops it all, she has got nothing: no voice, no musicality, no style, no presence ... hilarious.

[@siglinde86]

haha yes, must be something like this, but at least... she sings with passion.

[@operabilia]

Yes!!!

[@brandonburrell8517]

Cute poodle.

[@spencermichaels5545]

Hello Uncle Louie, is this channel still active? I am a student with a personal interest in collecting and preserving rare and obscure media, and I'm interested in where you got your La Puma Opera and Frantic Fran videos (mostly on your other channel UncleLouie687). In particular it seems that Fran had a whole show, although I can only find two episodes on your channel and a few clips on her tribute site. Is there more, perhaps, you're willing to share?

[@unclelouie3828]

Hey Spencer- La Puma videos I taped myself. Frantic Fran? That is all I have of her. She was taped on my old Betamax. She had a public access show in NY many moons ago. What you see (two episodes) is all I have of her. Amazing there's someone "out there" who is even interested in F. Fran. ps- I don't know what name I'm using now. I don't upload anything anymore. Most of my 'gems' are all there (different names) because youtube phuques everything up. Amazing I got to see this.

[@unclelouie3828]

LA PUMA I taped myself. Frantic Fran (she's gone now) had a cable TV show in NY- in the 80's. I taped this on my Betamax. She was, well, what can one say. Love Frantic F.

[@unclelouie3828]

I taped most of the non-commercial 'stuff'. La Puma? Early video camera. Frantic Fran? Cable TV. NYC.

[@bubbadeaux1671]

What the hell was that at 46:38???!!!!

[@MOV1983]

Bubbadeaux, Exactly! What the hell is that? Also at 1:25:06 ?

[@unclelouie3828]

That was Trump's sister.

[@sanfordpress8943]

It truly isnt all about Europe

[@unclelouie3828]

I wish most of these comments/people would just enjoy the film for what it is (with a little of my humor thrown in) and shut the fuk up. Have a nice day.

[@tobiasandrews3778]

I thought it was HILARIOUS!!

[@RonaldBarone]

Maria Callas

[@sanfordpress8943]

Welitsch! The only Salome

[@lizcooper6849]

The woman at the end ruined what was a fascinating documentary. If it was meant to be a joke, it wasn’t remotely funny. Having her in the same film as Eva Turner and Birgit Nilsson just makes a mockery of two of the greatest dramatic sopranos who ever lived.

[@unclelouie3828]

Go take a dump.

[@lizcooper6849]

If that is your considered response to a legitimate comment, you need to educate yourself. End of chat.

[@ina5587]

Where is Mirella Freni?

[@kbhprinsesse]

A lyric soprano can't be a great Tosca. Freni wasn't great in the role, just like Gheorghiu isn't great in the role.

[@jorgealbertolettera4027]

Caballe maravillosa!!!!!

[@unclealand]

Rolling her R's to excess during conversation is so affected.

[@stephenkolarac5305]

Merrill says tusca instead of Tosca LOL

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Renata, Eva, and Zinka were one to talk without substance.

[@sanfordpress8943]

Substance?

[@sanfordpress8943]

Robert merrill,was so sexy

[@jorydillard3766]

Kirsten needs to go back to diction class.

[@sanfordpress8943]

Kirsten had a great career at the Met. Not your taste. OK. Whatever

[@sanfordpress8943]

As an American , the great sopranos were traubel,steber, Farrell, price and Sills and verrett and Marion Anderson Not in that order, but we had greatness.

[@brunobalzano7566]

Maria + Montserrat + Renata. Stop.

[@herrbrucvald6376]

Cigna's high notes are bad, flat...sorry, it's true.

[@jefolson6989]

Tebaldi too, was always a hair flat on high notes. Just enough to make me crazy. Saw a clip with Tebaldi and Bjoerling who sang a tad sharp. I guess they cancel eachother out!