Early Caballe sings Donizetti with Extreme Vocal Beauty

[@tamarakennedy4976]

Her high notes seem so ethereal as if they fell softly from a cloud you cant hear any struggle any beginning or ending just angelic and very beautiful,,her high notes float on air...and go right directly into my soul...she makes me cry...and that is no easy feat my friends.

[@thomaslucia3059]

Sills is my personal favorite...but Caballé truly had it all: power, line, timbre, incredible beauty and that pianissimo is hard to equal.

[@Ulysses88047]

The voice was young, sparkling and so beautiful ! Wonderful recording ❤

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Years ago I bought her recording of La Traviata. I had never heard of her. I put the record on and listened enraptured. A truly beautiful voice. Caballe is one of the greatest sopranos in history.

[@ESilva-gw9ig]

Breathtaking. Amazing control and such a beautiful voice, heavenly. This is bel canto as we don't hear any more these days.

[@PeteBMan]

You mean you don't like the throaty shouting we're offered today? That's true talent. Just ask didonato or however that harpie spells her name and she'll tell you she's super talented

[@bsw614]

This is the voice and the musicianship I miss most. No equal.

[@marcela21884]

Montserrat was so beautiful inside and out. Such an outstanding voice that thanks to all the wonderful recordings will live forever !!

[@jphubert]

Stunningly beautiful and significantly different from later in her career. Thank you for giving this to us.

[@robertmarkmegna2706]

Absolutely heavenly! I was lucky to hear her in recital twice in the 1980's and she was deeply moving and exquisite!

[@juandefreitas]

Caballé in her prime ...one of the queens of the bel canto style.

[@thebest41or2]

Monserrat Caballé, strong voice, powerful projection, high notes yet at the same time sweet, warm and un impacting. Love her ❤️

[@patm4727]

If when I die I hear something that sounds like this, I’ll know I’ve made it to the right place. The voice of an angel.

[@eberlinpascal2837]

Magnifique .Il y a tout , beauté du timbre ,legato ,extrême raffinement de la ligne vocale ,style impeccable .Grande virtuosité ,grande élégance .

[@brianparks3417]

She was a gift to the universe.

[@daphnewilson7966]

That says it. Her and Fritz Wunderlich. I was privileged to hear her at least once, Turandot in San Francisco. Fritz, only thnks to the gift of recordings.

[@PhilipKoch-q4d]

I was there for that Turandot. San Francisco opera House. She was sensational. wasn't that Leona Mitchell as Liu? who was the tenor? she not only sang beautifully; she acted the role perfectly.

[@carmeloserafin5101]

E' impressionante il controllo dei fiati con suoni creati che sembrano uscire da una cornucopia di perle rare...Chapeau..a chi ci ha regalato questa Testimonianza.

[@georgedebruyns3805]

Bravo Caballe,Freddie was right,the greatest voice he ever heard.RIP my love.

[@canugizabit2810]

he also said that she was the most beautiful woman he had ever met

[@mauriciorestrepo4207]

Se fue una de las más grandes,extrañaremos su técnica, su excepcional voz, milagro de la naturaleza . Hoy x hoy ninguna soprano llega a cubrir ese inmenso vacío en la ópera.

[@gleong]

I agree that Caballe was one of the very greatest singers of the last century. I think impeccable technique and phenomenal floating high notes made her unique. However my absolute favourite 20th C soprano was another Spaniard, the fabulous Victoria de los Angeles, whose voice I think is the MOST beautiful of all. I fell in love with her voice as a young boy of 12 in 1958 through her recordings.

[@roseannereddy9687]

Ah, Victoria and her angelic, fragile, heartbreaking voice... Montsy and her beautiful, soaring, musical virtuosity! Who can compare the two? They enchant me in different ways.

[@gleong]

@@roseannereddy9687 HI you misunderstand me. Not comparing at all, just saying that my favourite soprano growing up was VdA. I remember what a sensation Caballe was. I was studying in London 1975-1976 and people would camp outside the box office just to get tickets for Caballe, so great was her fame and the British opera lover adored her. It was a wonderful time. One could be at the Salisbury Hotel and two stools down was Dame Peggy Ashcroft scoffing a sandwich before curtain up. And those lovely Sunday Night Recitals at Covent Garden and I remember one night I had tickets for Tereza Berganza, only to find out she was ill. My disappointment turned to intense pleasure when the soprano replacing her was Margaret Price (who I had not heard of before that evening.). Another story like that was at the concert performance of Donizetti's Rosamunda d'Inghilterra at the South Bank Concert Hall. The Rosamunde (whose name is long forgotten) was announced as indisposed and at last minute, young Australian soprano at the beginning of her career Yvonne Kenny stepped in. She was a revelation. Sorry i have gone on.

[@debbiejohnson2789]

@@gleong oh Greg, I really enjoyed hearing your recounts if those wonderful times. So great that you got to be there for all of that. How smart and lucky you were!

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Victoria de los Angeles was fantastic. I have the recordings of La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, and Pagliacci that she made with Jussi Bjorling. Two incredibly beautiful voices singing together.

[@gleong]

@@SymphonyBrahms Oh yes, those wonderful recordings. The sublime Beecham Boheme was one of my very first three complete LP opera sets as a 12 year old. My next three VdlA complete opera sets were Faust (which she was supposed to have made with Bjoerling rather than his compatriot Gedda), Carmen (with Beecham again and Gedda) and a less convincing Traviata, slightly dodgy coloratura in Sempre Libera, but still incredibly heartbreakingly beautiful and moving, especially in the act 2 duet with the elder Germont (was that Mario Sereni?)

[@richmusic9521]

Voice made in Heaven

[@carloslopez5766]

Of all the sopranos of the last century, Caballe was the one with the most beautiful voice... Sutherland had an unsurpassed technique, Callas was drama personified, Sills was the greatest coloratura and her voice in soft passages was really beautiful... But Caballe was the only one with a really beautiful grand voice...

[@PapagenoHannover]

Pues tienes toda la razón!!! Belleza pura y sublime unida a una técnica suave y perfecta!

[@luispuig6949]

Well said Carlos. All of these great women had their own reign on stage and recordings, but Caballe was genuine beauty.

[@vxhorusxv]

For me, it's Caballe and Price in a dead tie. Very different voices, but they're both meltingly beautiful.

[@auntsusie5949]

For me,Caballe and Price,both great singers.

[@thomasmulroney9926]

No matter how powerfully she sang, her voice never lost its beautiful tone.

[@agnolatam1]

Única e irrepetible, maravillosa voz y arte inigualable. Por siempre en mi corazón

[@romearomeo]

Che morbidezza. Stupenda Montserrat Caballe 💖💖💖

[@smtaz7631]

Beautiful just simply beautiful.

[@sharonstromley9350]

This woman had the most beautiful voice I have ever heard. Never strident, harsh, breathy or a tad off which was possible as singer age. if she were paid for each perfect note, she could have owned the world with a gold fence around it. Brava!

[@magicmonkichi]

Agreed, that laser point top note at the end...worth every moment in gold!

[@juanjosedubal]

She was 41 years old by the way!

[@jmiller05]

Prime Caballe's Donizetti was magical, and extremely musical.

[@LohengrinO]

2:34, 3:54, 5:00... very beautiful singing

[@jmiller05]

Even the final crescendo is exciting singing... I love Caballe's early performances when she was actually performing a role, as opposed to later when she was merely trying to showcase certain techniques that were nothing to do with the music.

[@richmusic9521]

Absolutely Agree 🙏

[@shirleyrombough8173]

jmiller05 - She was the perfect Donizetti soprano.

[@alexisarana101]

Te extraño Montserrat, tu voz de ángel que nunca olvidaré.

[@fclpjg]

This slipped under my radar. But am so happy to hear it on a Tuesday nite b4 a full day of work. Thanks to my internet angel n buddy...

[@nelelohrmann2943]

what a voice!!!!! oh, boyyyy!!! The world is so difficult now. Listening to this makes it a bit easier to bear...

[@grabiopera]

PHENOMENAL !!!!!!!!!!

[@robertogiuntoli4257]

Sublime, una meraviglia

[@marcela21884]

Her voice.was perfect . I dare anyone to find a flaw in her voice

[@liguten]

La voix la plus apaisante et la plus envoûtante que j'ai jamais entendue!!! RIP

[@wallshootout5616]

Unglaublich schön und interessant interpretiert!!Die Stimme eines Engels!!

[@michaeldunkley5453]

Just learnt of her such tallent what a life what a voice

[@riccardobarreca8066]

È una preziosa e rara testimonianza di Monserrat Caballé. Giovane, incredibilmente brava e anche bella.

[@canislupus8995]

That single word 'beauty' is not approximately sufficient to describe that crystal-clear voice that sung this difficult aria with such overwhelming ease. A true masterpiece of arts. Thank you very much for this real treasure of true belcanto.

[@LohengrinO]

weeeell Beauty replaces actual demands of the score in the case of Montsy, always, the greatest Cheater in the history of Opera, but what a Cheater!! :D

[@juanjosedubal]

@@LohengrinO She was beautiful sound queen!

[@dankurth4232]

@@LohengrinO So you say, she made the aria her thing? Weeeell, yes

[@youtuber5305]

- I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

[@smtaz7631]

Just simply beautiful

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Maravillosa, única..!!!

[@Diosquepenademundo]

Siempre, en cualquier etapa de su vida profesional como soprano; sublime, dulce y eterna.

[@aetion]

Great, just great. Thank you.

[@zs1968]

Caballe is Giacomini s favorite soprano. Listening to this, I understand why.

[@grabiopera]

FANTASTIC !!!!!!!!!

[@777theodora]

Plus belle voix du monde , pourtant je naimais que Callas. la je suis en extase, c'est une voix divine..

[@Herur22]

Glorious.

[@salvatorebianco4436]

Unica! Inconfondibile! Mai come lei nessuna!

[@phamlam9022]

very great singing here, reminiscent of Callas' at some points. Bravo La SuperBa !

[@mirellatonarini8585]

Immortale.....che gran dono

[@josedelgado9693]

Each great singer is unique there is no such a thing as a perfect soprano and also it depends on the repertory. In italian repertory Caballé,Callas and Sutherland remain superb.

[@Leanrosso]

LA MEJOR EXPLICACION DE TODAS LAS POSTEADAS AQUI.

[@marcela21884]

There is no point in comparing. Each great artist is unique. But must say that Mme Caballe's voice was made in heaven and returned there...

[@imyjr333]

Of course, when it comes to technique, Sutherland was magnificent, but after I got over how fast she could sing, she bored me to tears. I remember a performance of Sonambula where I had to restrain myself from leaving because how boring the whole thing was but restrained myself waiting for Ah Non Giunge at the end. I did stay, waited, and when the famed cabaletta came, the lady delivered. Sonambula is a very pretty musical work and deserves better from an artist than just a bravura finale that makes the audience scream.

[@tamarakennedy4976]

Cabelle was perfection....her performances opened and revealed heaven to those of us who here on earth search for that beauty in another soul...the fact that she never considered herself as above others in the performances and operas she performed in was key for me...her mission was her passion and dedication to opera not just the art and artists including musicians but moreover her unrelenting command that each and every musician and artist bring to life the intent of each composer....it was the responsibility of every single individual to dig into the deepest part of their soul to ask themselves Can i do better Am i communicating to the very best of my ability to communicate each and every pause every note the intended emotion this composer was pouring his soul into conveying to each listener....that was her true dedication out of complete respect for the fine art of opera....every single person made up one whole performance she never thought or treated her cast or musicians as if their duty was to showcase her personally, on the contrary....everyone had a duty and responsibility to honor those who came before them as well as ensuring the beauty and beckoning of opera was never lost fused forgotten or weakened....her loyalty is and always will ensure opera will never require trendy here now gone tomorrow gauche renditions to draw fan base but will always be seated as the finest of the finest of the human spirit.

[@myrnasuarez8048]

BREATHTAKING !!!💐💐💐

[@joaquintermes2854]

Bellísima voz, una técnica inigualable y, sobretodo, inteligencia para saber cuando cantar según que roles. Así no se destrozó la voz como les pasó a muchas otras.

[@ManuelGonzalez-fi1ki]

¿Perdona? No cambies la historia. ccaballe malogró su voz relativamente pronto (1965-1975/6 a lo sumo de plenitud) porque desde pronto cantó Amelia de Un Ballo, y a eso le sumó otros como Aida, Turandot, Gioconda, de modo que una cantante mayor que ella como era Dame JOan - y más Grande - en 1980 "clavó" una espectacular Amina y en ese año 1980, caballe, más joven que la australiana, tenía ya la voz hecha añicos en Gioconda DECCA o en Santuzza EMI. Lo siento, pero la verdad hay que decirla entera.

[@joaquintermes2854]

@@ManuelGonzalez-fi1ki si tú lo dices.......

[@ManuelGonzalez-fi1ki]

@@joaquintermes2854 no es que yo lo diga, es que es la realidad. Otra cosa es lo que nos hubiera gustado que hubiera sido, como también pretender hacer de esta cantante la mejor del siglo XX: ni de lejos ...pero es que ni de lejos.

[@joaquintermes2854]

@@ManuelGonzalez-fi1ki yo no estoy de acuerdo contigo pero, ya se sabe, para gustos colores. Tampoco creo que estés en posesión de la verdad absoluta

[@juliocesarjara9071]

@@ManuelGonzalez-fi1ki silêncio! gɐy, nitidamente vc está com recɐlque seu viɐdo.

[@jasnajovanovic5940]

Beauty forever!

[@Jeanne90275]

Sublime. I think the best recording of 'Caterina Cornaro'' available is the one with Montserrat and Aragall in Paris, 1973.

[@m.d.7974]

La Callas était peut- divine mais ici Montserrat dépasse le vocal et la sensualité du chant de la Callas que j'aime aussi pour ses qualités bien entendu. De très grandes voix ils ne seront peut-être jamais égalées

[@ТатьянаКибис-д5р]

Слушать и слушать!! ВОСТОРГ!!! .Т.

[@mrslucibel]

Dear Lohengrin O, I would love it if your couldgive the dates of the recordings you post here. It would make what you give us even more interesting.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

sopranista La via I second that emotion! ☝👱 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@charleshudson5330]

Creamy. Velvety. Heavenly.

[@annaizabelgomes7967]

Caballe received a Divine gift.

[@LohengrinO]

indeed, to be able to sing everything without actually singing it

[@lindanorris2455]

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GORGEOUS!

[@Joel-G-C]

Montserrat Caballé and Alessandra Marc and Jessye Norman are my favorite sopranos

[@LohengrinO]

I would add Niki Minaj

[@Joel-G-C]

Lohengrin O really? Do you love her diva-ation of her situation?

[@LohengrinO]

@@Joel-G-C No I just think Niki Minaj had greater Coloratura abilities than Callas

[@annaattanasio338]

Mi piace la bella musica Sentire Montserrat Caballe è troppo commovente ❤❤

[@eloyguevara9447]

cuando hablamos de estrellas numero uno.......................no podemos decir...........ciertas cosas................han sido unicas.................y no por casualidad....si no por meritos propios....................................sutherland.................la voz mas alucinante..............................callas.......................renovadora.................e imponente...............tebaldi.............un lujo...............caballe.............................la gran voz................con posturas vocales.................de una belleza......................fuera de serie.......................las demas............grandes tambien.......................son otro trato gramatical...................................y ese es otro tema..........................

[@richardallen3810]

I met her personal makeup artist who traveled with her and he told me how great a person she was to work for. Her final days on earth alas were not good as she was very ill and hanging on to live. She is now in heaven and immortal.

[@alloydmorgan]

Très beau

[@salvatorebianco4436]

Unica! Inimitabile! Inconfondibile!

[@ОльгаХалилеева]

Ее голос божественный плывет над землёй.удивительно.

[@jillgooner]

thats amazing. nothing more to be said.

[@wasersomeliev2149]

Thank you very much forjthis mastrpiece!

[@lukegriffith2828]

Bellissima. In una parola sola.

[@alextudor43]

Encore des merveilles de Montserrat ! En quelle année ? Merci de partager !

[@lavozporexcelencia]

Hola... Me gustaría conocer cómo se llama esta aria y de qué ópera de Donizetti es?

[@merchemartinezmacias668]

Vieni o tu, che ognora io chiamo " Catherina Cornaro" Donizetti

[@lavozporexcelencia]

Gracias@@merchemartinezmacias668

[@gvbrandolini]

Brava.

[@dankaa6livedona448]

Danita v Tom ŽIVOTĚ

[@dankaa6livedona448]

Danita OSOBNÍ Dárek

[@claudinevoirain5945]

superbe

[@gloriadigiuseppeantonio3693]

Superba ineguagliabile

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

Tonalitats, respiració, perfecció.

[@philipkoch6811]

Is this Maria Stuarda? Does anyone know which opera? What a gorgeous voice.

[@magicmonkichi]

This is from Caterina Cornaro by Donizetti :) ( Ah! Vieni t'affretta)

[@Berliozsan1]

What aria is this?

[@noaparkk]

Maravilloso, con absolutamente todas las letras!!!

[@woonimini]

나도 저런 목소리 가지고 싶다

[@antonidamk]

What is the piece?

[@27Lucis]

Where is this music from? Absolutely divine singing!

[@LohengrinO]

the opera is called Caterina Cornaro.. if you like this also check this one, it is drop dead Gorgeous: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGilp2eMr5ifqq8

[@ssvojano]

It is Caterine Cornaro opera, aria - Vieni, o tu, che ognora io chiamo

[@mka7741]

🍀DAME SUPERBA!!!🍀

[@mireilleassena]

What's the title of the aria, please ?

[@lucete7240]

Name of the song?

[@gustavsantdoable]

There are 18 persons that don’t like this Caballe performance. I think they like reggaeton or they are deaf

[@helgafalckenberg6635]

@gustavsantdo They must be deaf! Bc i like rock and reggaeton too But i hear art and beauty if i hear it And Montserrat Caballe is outstanding!

[@anairenemartinez165]

Now 32! If they CAN'T appreciate bel canto, not everybody does, be kind and quietly click on something else.

[@davidalbro2009]

I prefer my singing without endless scooping and guttural sounds. Just me.

[@jeffscop]

I never heard this before. What opera is it from?

[@jamesgalloway6180]

Sublime!

[@shenr2549]

what is the name of the first song?

[@LohengrinO]

Anakonda by Niki Minaj

[@shenr2549]

@@LohengrinO thanks!

[@sophiewelsh8619]

@@LohengrinO Hahaha 😂

[@ЛюдмилаАртамонова-й2н]

❗❗❗❗

[@raynardi2326]

Che sogno

[@johnbreuerwielrenner]

Meesterlijk

[@paullewis2413]

Within the post acoustic recording era there are really only three sopranos who can genuinely sing bel canto, the young Callas, Sutherland and Caballe. The rest I'm afraid are just wanna be's.

[@LohengrinO]

I dont see it that way... The 3 u mention were the absolute No1s, but not the only ones... but I really have come to completely disregard scooping in Bel Canto after hearing even dame Joan and Birgit THUNDERBOLTING scooping in their interview in the most INTENSE way

[@paullewis2413]

@@LohengrinO Who else would you include maybe I'm overlooking someone? btw I wasn't including mezzo sopranos.

[@davidalbro2009]

Um, I prefer my singing without endless scooping and a swallowed, guttural sound.

[@austriaco4132]

She is like Wunderlich - not my favorite singer but without doubt one ot the most beautiful voices of the century

[@ernistinedebeer8556]

🌹🌹🌹🙏🌹🫡🌹👌🌹✨️✨️✨️Sensually beautifull; profficiantly PERFECT; SUCH VOICE CONTROLE on high notes: effertlessly notes picked from clouds and effordlessly bounds back to the clouds and her dramatic parts is DRAMATIC "par excellance"🫡🫡🫡

[@LohengrinO]

my opinion: impressively flawed voice with countless technical problems and shortcomings of a very limited vocal instrument which out of sheer genius and musicianship managed to hide behind pianissimi of extreme vocal beauty