Equally Divine La Superba and Dame Janet Baker blend Magically

[@heikepopeike]

I needed this. Got annoyed by trivialities today. These beautiful voices just put my mind back to balance.

[@LohengrinO]

exactly my feeling too...

[@Flyghumlan9]

Yes. Good singing has a therapeutic quality.

[@latinoamericanasas3722]

Oh dear, I feel just the same!

[@RobertPullen59]

The following is taken from the warm, generous tribute that Dame Janet paid to Montserrat published in the December 2018 edition of 'Opera' Magazine' just on Caballé's death in October of that year..... “The only occasion on which I had the honour of singing with Montserrat Caballé was the recording we made of Cosí fan tutte. It’s an experience that even now remains in my memory quite clearly and wonderfully. The delight and pleasure of working together was unforgettable. Her reputation obviously went before her, and I think she felt my admiration and heroine worship. But at a deeper level we got on extremely well… Being so close to the sound she made was an extraordinary experience.”

[@debbiejohnson2789]

Oh yes indeed, that was a lovely tribute t the great Montserrat from the great Janet Baker. Another nice thought is that they were both born in 1933 and each had long lasting marriages!

[@mesamies123]

Their voices can make me believe in God.

[@kenfarmer3728]

Two of my favorite singers together for a Mozart aria that is also one of my favorites...Wow! It doesn't get better than this.

[@klaudialewicka01]

When I first heard Caballe's heavenly pianissimo, or Baker's Parto, parto from La Clemenza di Tito, I knew: that is how it should be done, but no one will ever replicate that. Every second is unique and I feel blessed for every shiver I experience and for every sound I hear

[@iwasglad122]

Dame Janet.....need we say more.....

[@AntW11]

thank you for posting. I will now listen to my cd that has been languishing in a shelf. i have had this recording for many years and today I am listening to it with an even greater appreciation for the quality. cheers

[@jeffbarnett2348]

This is the discovery of the year for me. Thank you so much for posting this. How exquisite these voices, this singing! There are still surprises!

[@hildegerdhaugen7864]

I have no word, it is so beautiful.

[@LohengrinO]

indeed

[@fabriziodiberardino3448]

Qui poi andiamo oltre j.olimpo. Qui una delle mie preferite e l unica che mi è stato possibile di vedere più volte in Europa.la nostra superba, compianto,voci e musica tutto un connubio,sincronizzazione perfetta👏👏👏👏👏🍷🍷👑👑👑👑👑👑🎶🎶🎶🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@Johnmell100]

Stunning!!!

[@thomasglorioso8769]

I didn't know these two sang together. Bliss! xoxo

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Thomas Glorioso AND COTRUBAS AS WELL. GOTA LUV IT! ARNOLD BOURBON AMARAL

[@hectorhouse1671]

Voces de gran belleza + técnica vocal sólida + ensamble refinado = Perfección

[@elsaasta5164]

Un' armonia di voci... D'indicibile raffinatezza...c'è tutto il legato...il fraseggio...il recitativo ed oltremodo la bravura di questi indimenticati e memorabili talenti !! Grazie Lohengrin O per le tue tante ricerche e per la tua sensibilità !!!Elsa Asta.

[@juanjosedubal]

Lohengrin O sos muy groso subiendo éstas cosas! Muchas gracias. 😌

[@mrslucibel]

Janet Baker said that people were surprised that she was asked to sing Dorabella because they thought that she had no sense of humour! They were wrong of course. I’ve just listened to her singing Doppo Notte with Raymond Leppard, staggering and wonderful.

[@treesny]

See the BBC video of Britten's version of The Beggar's Opera for a delicious deadpan comic performance by Janet Baker in the role of Polly Peachum. :)

[@j.markbaker2172]

Her "Dopo notte" is, without doubt, one of the greatest bits of singing that ever emanated from a human throat.

[@arnoldamaral7406]

I have this on CD. BOUGHT IT LONG AGO & FAR AWAY.ONE OF MY DAUGHTERS FAVORITE DUETS. TY LOHENGRIN ARNOLD BOURBON AMARAL

[@latinoamericanasas3722]

Very impressive. Thank you for sharing!

[@mariagimenezgonzalez5270]

Absolutamente maravilloso

[@davidmolina7543]

Sublime.

[@magdaschweitzer1472]

Heavenly!

[@davidallen3687]

Divine Dame Janet!

[@gustavocancela7407]

Para Mí ésta es la mejor versión de Cosi... Un elenco rarísimo y de un alto rendimiento Todas las otras grabaciones son divinas pero ésta es la mejor

[@PeterBrodie]

Gustavo Cancela, sabe quién está el bajo?

[@gustavocancela639]

El tenor Nicolai Gedda los otros dos son Vladimiro Ganzarolli e Ingmar Wixell Las dos hermanas son Caballé y Baker y Despina Ileana Cotrubas Dirige Sir Colin Davis Tal vez no hables mucho español y te agradezco el esfuerzo Para escribirme Que tengas un buen dia y cuenta conmigo

[@juliogonzalezcampayo3201]

@@gustavocancela639 Perdona, no es Wixell, sino el horrible Richard van Allan.

[@gustavodesantiago4040]

Caballe, the most beatiful soprano voice of XX century

[@brookeggleston9314]

Gustavo De Santiago perhaps, but she has stiff competition from Price! 🇬🇧✴️🇺🇸✴️🇬🇧

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Brook Eggleston YOU CAN'T COMPARE GREATNESS. WE CAN JUST ENJOY THESE GREAT GEMS MY FRIEND. 😳💃💃💛🎼🎵 ARNOLD BOURBON AMARAL

[@NLidar]

Theo, you won't believe what just happened :D I just arrived today to Vienna, and it was evening. I went with my friend to the famous Landtmann cafe and we have a nice dinner. Suddenly I hear some opera from somewhere close, and after a couple minutes I recognised the singer. Me and my friend rushed across the street to find a film festival where, low and behold, They were screening on a huge screen Wiener Blut with Ingeborg!! It was so nice and fun, everything just screamed Vienna. I arrive in Vienna, I eat schnitzel, I walk by the palace, I watch an operetta with Ingeborg ;D The true Viennese experience.

[@LohengrinO]

Ingeborg Forever...

[@NLidar]

Lohengrin O And you're the one who popularized her on KZbin ;)

[@LohengrinO]

I was the first one to post her on KZbin 10 years ago (the Lakme clip) but coloraturafan and the rest of coloratura maniacs flooded youtube with her recordings

[@arnoldamaral7406]

Lohengrin O I COULD OF BEEN THERE. BUT NO. I WAS IN THE OPERATING ROOM SAVING LIVES! 😷😤😩 ARNOLD BOURBON AMARAL

[@noriemeha]

If only permitted one opera singer, for me it is Baker. And she ceased to sing publicly the day she reached 50 years old. So sad.

[@LohengrinO]

she kept singing non publicly after?

[@smtaz7631]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@fclpjg]

I love this recording but I kept receiving lemons whenever I order CDs from Overseas vendors. Thanks once again...

[@LohengrinO]

lemon+red grapefruit+peach all in juice machine - amazing anti-oxidant shower for cells :D

[@fabiotrovato3203]

Equally :D

[@barahona68]

Is Ileana Cotrubas also in the cast?

[@matthieudegott3154]

Indded. And she is surely the best Despina on earth. Both cynical like the devil and delicious like an angel. Absolutely wonderfull.

[@jmiller05]

I adore, adore Caballe's Fiordiligi. This was actually amongst her most numerous of roles before she started exploring the Bel Canto and Verdi repertoire. She uses the whole expanse of her voice, doesn't deter from the low tessitura and her legato is so heavenly. Such a shame in a way that it's the only Mozart role she ever recorded.

[@LohengrinO]

Fiordiligi is Mozart's Assoluta role... it requires everything...

[@jmiller05]

Lohengrin O Yep, even in this duet she has to sing in a lower vocal line than Dorabella at one point.... This is Mozart's Norma for sure.

[@LohengrinO]

...and for another reason... every single melody in every single place in Cosi, is Divine... no second arias etc... everything is Heavenly Gorgeous in this opera... and that is why so few singers sing this Opera often... even Renee avoided it after her spectacular Cosi under Solti (with von Otter if I recall)... in fact I cannot think one huge singer who kept this role constantly in her repertoire besides Schwarzkopf

[@jmiller05]

Lohengrin O And it's a very exposed role, Mozart always somehow left the singer relatively naked no matter how dramatic the music... I feel like this about Mozart's other two most difficult roles- Donna Anna and Donna Elvira. All killers concealed within gorgeous melodies.

[@LohengrinO]

...and lets not forget his most difficult role of them all, more difficult even than Norma, Medea and Lady M,... the Queen of the Night!!! Only 60 sopranos coloratura have managed up today to sing this role perfectly...the rest really screwed up

[@lamb4mc]

Le Nozze di Figaro???

[@lamiremilamila]

Treyson Sherratt . No cosi fan tutte !

[@lamb4mc]

Remi-Charles Caufman Ah yes that’s right. I remember hearing this at a colleagues recital! Did Caballe do a lot of Mozart in her early career??

[@lamiremilamila]

Treyson Sherratt . I ve got her in come scoglio in cosi and dove sono in le nozze.