Shirley Verrett & Piero Cappuccilli - Macbeth, Brindisi & Finale act II.

Improved light quality in this clip, but still a little ratio problem for the "readers" on smartphones and tablets I think. I cannot fix it better.
La Scala Milano, Giorgio Strehler, Claudio Abbado 1976

[@angelus2002]

Shirley Verrett at the height of her powers. Thrilling.

[@andyschnabel5225]

The coloratura is flawless... and then her characterization. So great!

[@Pre-Sto]

Yes, but it would be better if she would pronounce realy Italian. That is not Italian!

[@ritamarangoni112]

​@@Pre-Sto Accontentati, goditi la sua voce. Al giorno d'oggi non senti più nessuna di queste voci.

[@joshuamcpherson007]

Verdi's music, to me, captured the sweetness, and the agony, of the human experience better than anyone's. No one emoted through the music with more conviction and commitment better than Verrett. The combination of Verdi and Verrett was an enthralling tapestry of sound and emotion that unfolded like a supernatural world. Verrett will always be one of my favorite sopranos.

[@jirizika6266]

WOW! This is an example of true art. Golden age of opera performances. No silly inventions of the director that need to be complicatedly explained in the debates after the premiere, because they do not correspond at all with the libretto and music. Here ve have "just" a wonderful performance of what the librettist and composer created in the best singing and acting quality.

[@coppiainiqua470]

Look at these costumes! And the artistry with which they are handled! Is all this gone nowadays? And the the grandiosi Verret and Cappuccilli. Complete marriage of voice, musical insight, INTELLIGENCE and technique. Shall we ever ever witness such harmony?

[@dantewalston2755]

La Verrett is simply thrilling here, she truly was La Nera Callas, Lady Macbeth is truly the test for a female singer, range, flexibility and temperament. Verrett has it!!! Brava

[@jacquesliers177]

but don't forget that Verrett and Ghena are great exceptions, such voices are very difficult to find.

[@francisanthonypeters9002]

The great belcanto Shirley! Perfect trills! ❤ Cappuccilli is her great Macbeth partner! 🎶

[@giuseppinascapparone3303]

VERRET e CAPPUCCILLI, due giganti in questo ruolo. Il grande VERDI pare abbia scritto per loro questa splendida musica!!!

[@jacquesliers177]

I saw it but i go already 74 years to opera in the world. thanks Heaven.

[@antonioalhais8150]

still one of the BEST editions of Verdi's Macbeth!

[@marco-marchi]

Memorabile. Questo era teatro, questi erano cantanti, questi erano direttori.

[@giovanniarioli2971]

Aggiungo anche questi erano scene e costumi, Gae Aulenti, e regia Strehler

[@anthonyodowd8399]

Viva Verdi!!!!! This is pure class. The singing and acting are just incredible; when he sees the ghost for the second time and falls to the ground he is truly a man possessed and the look of terror on lady m’s face! Wow! Glorious singing, superb conducting and a view of the stunning la scala; it doesn’t get much better! Thank you for sharing!

[@luigigiovanelli8929]

Eccellente direzione di Abbado. E Strehler mostra alla grande cosa sia una regia d’opera. Shirley divina accanto ad un Cappuccilli superbo.

[@barrybernstein9049]

I should reiterate from what I wrote earlier . This is not only the best of early Verdi. It's one of the finest scenes he EVER composed !!

[@Antonio-qm3bi]

This is like e deggio e posso crederlo from il trovatore and the ensemble after that

[@danafripp1432]

Good heavens. I'm breathless. It's this level of artistry that made me fall in love with opera in the first place. I'm so thankful this performance was preserved. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@didierpizzolitto3706]

La Vérité de l'Art.La puissance de Verdi admirablement servie.Ca fait du bien.

[@antoniomattiolipalma7229]

In questo ruolo la Verrett è pienamente a suo agio sia per la linea di canto impeccabile, sia per la parte interpretativa. E' un'autentica regina della scena, capace di catalizzare l'attenzione del pubblico. Meravigliosa!

[@tanyadixon7980]

What an artist! Master-class in singing, taught by Shirley Verrett!

[@dsteely2588]

I wish there were still singers like Verrett and capucilli!

[@traxelable]

Don't we all???

[@gamekilleuse9185]

And Renato Bruson !!

[@dongoode2125]

And the incomparable Leonard Warren, for us old-timers.@@gamekilleuse9185

[@marcopagani7808]

I absolutely love this opera. The modernity and realism of this scene are astonishing! Just listen to the lady when she says "il delitto è consumato, chi morì tornar non può"... unbelievable!

[@liviugavril]

Și eu iubesc această operă.MarcaVerdi la cel mai înalt nivel.Bine că există înregistrările..

[@prosdocimo]

I mean... I don’t understand how someone like Netrebko even dares get close to this role when she is 1/20th the singer Verett was.. I mean the coloratura here is flawless

[@dudeforcaster8630]

Was thinking the same thing, and sad how the critics and her rabid fans go on and on about how great she is....i feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

[@dantewalston2755]

I blame the opera managers and house directors for even asking her to tackle these roles, even the bel canto roles that she dares to touch are inane!!

[@allegra55]

It is about politics...Netrebko is russian...

[@jacquesliers177]

You are absolutely right but can you actually indicate me a descent Lady Macbeth? It was she or Ghena Dimitrova

[@jacquesliers177]

@@dudeforcaster8630 YES you are tight.

[@Nightmarigny]

This is astonishing.

[@konan123]

Wow verrett is incredible here the best lady for sure

[@colettebusquet4091]

S.Verrett-THE Lady Maxbeth with P.Cappuccelli one of the best forever.. also with L.Nucci 💕🎶🎶🎶💕

[@andyschnabel5225]

She is so regal here!

[@brrehusebye7298]

Amazing and electric! Verrett and Capucilli - woof!

[@jacquesliers177]

and Cappuccilli most probably the best Verdi baritone of the last 50 years. I saw his debut and development in the world. Amazing, believe me operafriends.

[@angelus2002]

To think some would have been lucky to have seen both Verrett and Callas in this role at La Scala as only 24 years separated the productions. Such lucky people. Thank you for posting this fabulous clip

[@ceciliarocco5407]

David Campbell

[@roberthiwat2839]

What can one say after watching and listening to this film, This is Supernatural Singing!!!!!!!!! Bravi!!!!!!! This literally helped me transport to .........

[@larrychan622]

Shirley Verrett & Piero Cappuccilli's vocal and acting skills are unsurpassed, that goes without saying, and those qualities are enhanced by the exceptional staging and direction. One of Verdi's finest masterpieces.

[@angelonardella9771]

Bravissima e bellissima voce quella della Verrett!!! Anzi: meravigliosa!!!

[@JorgeAl]

Amazing scenery and costumes...and voices...🎭

[@DavidButler-ox4bv]

I had this on vinyl as a schoolkid, never thought I'd get to actually see it. Thank you foropera and KZbin!

[@manuelabielefeld6809]

OMG, same here! Can't believe my eyes 😊

[@mayena]

Macbeth opera premiere was in 1847. Based on the real life monarch of Duncan i of Scotland (1001-1040).

[@barrybernstein9049]

The very best of early Verdi.

[@viba1657]

Ширли Верретт -- для меня лучшая леди Макбет. Дерзкая с мощным голосом, великолепной техникой - так гармонична с ролью❤❤❤

[@peterwylliejohnston]

Utterly marvellous!

[@fbbomber]

Soltanto la più grande edizione dell'opera, cappuccilli e verret superbi, dal punto di vista canoro ed interpretativo, ghiaurov e luchetti magnifici. Abbado meraviglioso

[@viba1657]

Я восхищена Ширли Веррет! Она настоящая леди Макбет. Она создала образ , в который веришь! Спасибо ей и Царствие Небесное !❤❤❤

[@josephhapp9]

Everything working for perfection. Thank you.

[@BIGDANY1000]

What a performance!!!I was there every night of this production, no others singers so good after them

[@carlomaria1989]

Do you mind telling us about the sleepwalking scene?

[@brrehusebye7298]

It must have been both electrifying and magnetic experience! A real strong memory. Everythime i watch it, i got shivers. The unity of music and stylished acting are fantastic.

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

BIGDANY1000...e sentirai tutte le recite di fila di Netrebko e Salsi?...

[@giudiciadanna4550]

Se vogliamo vivere ancora tranquilli e sereni dimentichiamoci di queste recite di un tempo. E' purtroppo tutto finito malamente. Cappuccilli grande baritono, Verrett quasi come la Callas...Luchetti e Ghiaurov di contorno...Abbado al posto che gli competeva , Strehler in luogo di Emma Dante e di Michieletto o di Livermoore.......no, non vogliamo dire di piu', tutti hanno capito benissimo.

[@giuseppinascapparone5912]

Esattamente tutto così! Lei ha interpretato benissimo il mio pensiero, sono pienamente d'accordo!

[@ritapapiri]

Il 7 dicembre ci saremo capiti definitivamente...temo....

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

@@ritapapiri , ci siamo purtroppo capiti da tempo...

[@cescorosa61]

E ricordiamoci anche di Ronconi, che mai avrebbe firmato una messinscena vomitevole come quella appena vista in TV. Stampa prona ad esaltare in maniera sconsiderata (financo il Manifesto!), solito puttanaio alla prima, libretto fatto a pezzi, cantanti approssimativi, allestimento sgraziato, forzato. E protagonisti che rispondono piccati alle meritate critiche. Non è nemmeno una messinscena "scandalo", come si sarebbe detto un tempo, è semplicemente un orrore, reso ancora più orrendo dagli interventi digitali televisivi. Dicono che solo così il melodramma sopravviverà in teatro. Ma l'impressione è che sia già crepato.

[@ritapapiri]

@@cescorosa61 voglio essere ottimista:questa volta il pubblico si è davvero stancato di essere trattato come un bambino sordo e deficiente...oltretutto con i propri soldi di contribuente...Sconcerta l'arroganza e la faccia di bronzo della sedicente critica ufficiale.."Buare" la cabaletta inascoltabile della Netrebko fa parte delle convenzioni del teatro da che mondo è mondo..non è un gesto rivoluzionario...

[@AB-rb2hk]

Insuperabile la Verrett. Il ruolo di Lady era totus suus.

[@lambertogherardi1506]

Fantastico esempio di come si può allestire ed interpretare un sontuoso ed indimenticabile Macbeth.

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

Lamberto Gherardi, scriviamolo a Livermoore.

[@ferraraenzo7]

Sublime interpretazione!

[@DiomedesDioscuro]

Qué canto, qué presencia escénica la de Verrett! Qué no daríamos hoy por tener al menos una parecida! Pocas partes deben ser más exigentes para una soprano que la de Lady Macbeth.

[@divox9pqr]

At her best, and in her prime she was magnificent in this role.

[@m.p.988]

Interpretazioni canore e recitative semplicemente perfette, regali, eleganti, potenti, superbe, sconvolgenti. Che meraviglia!

[@mcalos2814]

Fanstastic quality..thank you. I don't understand why la Rai don't produce a DVD o Blu Ray with all this videos of Abbado' s conducting

[@foropera]

It is because in some parts we can hear a football match under the music...They made a mistake with the original tape.

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

@@foropera , vorrei avere tutta la Traviata della Callas e Visconti col sottofondo di una partita di pallacanestro!!!

[@ininacsot]

Que du plaisir, merci à tous, cette version restera parmi les plus belles de Macbeth!

[@susannevollmer2347]

Verret, Cappuccilli, Strehler, Abbado...i dont know who did the setdesign...a cast on an own level. A glorious production and evening at La Scala!

[@dongoode2125]

Acting and singing of the top quality! You can feel their passion....nothing is held back. Stunning!!!

[@nabucco4610]

Tutto meraviglioso

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

Grandìssimi voci.

[@ilonapetru8626]

wonderful

[@nabucco4610]

Grande Claudio

[@davidlloyd5286]

verrett superb

[@alwaysnew189]

gosh, this is sooo gooood

[@alfredoihldausend4093]

Que Macbeth más macho es Piero Cappuccilli como Macbeth. Técnica buena, vitalidad y voz sonora! Perfecto chiraoscuro. Qué bueno!

[@jacquesliers177]

Cappuccilli fu un tresoro de l'uso de la voce. Incomparabile. Accanto Bruzon e Leonard Warren.

[@Callasjunkie]

Thank you so much for taking the trouble to post such joy to us.

[@elviraseno5402]

Bellissimo

[@esterbruno8604]

Immensa! 💖💖💝💖💝💝💜💜

[@rogalesi58]

bravissima, ottimo fraseggio, un fantastico Cappuccilli

[@jacquesliers177]

Ho visto suo debuti. In Gent (Belgio) in Madame Butterfly, Il Barjazzo cuando fu in completo sviluppo, e tanti anni dopo in Verona, Don Carlo e Rigoletto. e alla Scala.

[@henri-francoisserrescousin412]

MERCI !!!!

[@viba1657]

Потрясающе!!!

[@enzopompeo6273]

Espero que alguien pueda remasterizar esta opera, magistralmente cantada e interpretada por dos grandes cantantes y dirigida por un joven, Claudio Abbado

[@Samuel6969ify]

Qui la Verrett supera tutte le precedenti interpretazioni della Lady , Callas compresa, grazie ad una voce strepitosa e ad una intelligenza interpretativa unica!

[@colettebusquet4091]

of course THE REFERENCE forever historic opus at the Scala where the existed public doesn't wait for the final and applauses chears as far as the middle of act II sending roses to them ! "etat de grâce"....

[@user-xe7rk2hm5b]

Супер!!!!

[@cescorosa61]

Scene di Damiani che ha sempre amato il palcoscenico vuoto

[@giovanniarioli2971]

Che meraviglia

[@fernandocordeiro7656]

LADY Si colmi il calice Di vino eletto; Nasca il diletto, Muoia il dolor. Da noi s'involino Gli odi e gli sdegni, Folleggi e regni Qui solo amor. Giustiamo il balsamo D'ogni ferita, Che nova vita Ridona al cor. Cacciam le torbide Cure dal petto; Nasca il diletto, Muoia il dolor. TUTTI Ripetono Cacciam le torbide Cure dal petto; Nasca il diletto, Muoia il dolor.

[@vinemp]

THEE recording.

[@Chilair1]

If its not callas or verett i dont really care to hear it!

[@user-ts3fs1xl4r]

Real Verdi!

[@santiagodejesusgallovargas6622]

the best lady macbeth

[@jaroslavakajerova4236]

the best lady Macbeth = Maria Callas insuperavel

[@santiagodejesusgallovargas6622]

callas she is not so good to personify this role she was not so good to personify , acting,Shirley Verrett me seems more believable

[@jaroslavakajerova4236]

esa es su opinion, you no puedo estar de acuerdo

[@12341234W1]

Santiago, how do you know, did you see Callas as the lady? I do not think so !

[@dudeforcaster8630]

As soon as i read your commment I knew the Callas queens (toxic bunch that they are) would come out of the woodwork. Don't you know that there has never been a singer in the entire history of the world as fabulous, amazing, breath-taking, tragic, blah blah blah as La Divina? Shame on you, shame I say. The cult of Callas bores me and her acolytes are indeed, very, very tiresome. Their unquestioning devotion leads me to wonder what is missing from their lives that they are so invested in these silly war of words. Ok Girls, let me have it!

[@rogerpropes7129]

Why Verdi is the greatest composer in history. (I do wish he had brought the bass Banquo back on as a ghost and added a part for him.)

[@fedoraromanov1081]

Queste sì che sono scene e regia moderne, non l'obrobrio di Livermore.

[@williesullivan3985]

Madame Verret is the ONLY singer to ever come close to La Callas in this role! Brava DIVA!

[@cescorosa61]

Orchestra, voci e coro compatti, tutto il contrario del Macbetto a La Scala 2021, dove ogni cosa va per proprio conto con una regia che distrugge ciò che resta...

[@jjh2456]

This and “Vieni T’afretta” are why this role can only be sung by a coloratura soprano.

[@MarvPontkalleg]

nope, dramatic coloratura

[@jjh2456]

Marv Pontkalleg It’s Verdi. A dramatic voice goes without saying, but you are correct. It must be a dramatic coloratura.

[@manolis.799]

An Assoluta....

[@wilsonwatt9283]

As others note here, this is not a "coloratura" role. It is a dramatic soprano role with coloratura demands and most lyric and light coloraturas avoid this like the plague, as they should or they harm their voice. Sutherland could have been a great Lady Macbeth but it would have revealed what a third rate conductor Bonynge actually was if she had done it. He prevented her from singing a number of roles which she could have made a great mark on because of this, although she always said it was "because they want me to sing those loony ladies." When lyric coloraturas take this role on [thing Scotto] they generally do it late or they leave it after very few performances. Nilsson was a good Lady Macbeth because she was a great musician but her technique led to a little faking in the fast, complex parts.

[@manolis.799]

Wilson Watt Sutherland didn’t have the lower register or interpretation skills necessary. She would’ve been a disaster as Lady Macbeth

[@PapagenoHannover]

Congeniales

[@nedimhasanagic5053]

Sjajna Vert i bariton Piero Cappuccilli izvode duet i napitnicu iz Verdijeve opere Magbet.Bariton Piero je gostovao u BGD 1970 kao Rigoletto

[@irenavisockiene3735]

Ačiū!

[@gvbrandolini]

Interesante

[@irenavisockiene3735]

Malonu klausytis tokius atlikėjus!

[@millieshain9707]

cái này chắc lâu lắm rồi

[@ceciliafederico2587]

Callas and Cappuccilli.. what a dream..

[@dudeforcaster8630]

You Callas queens really are a pathetic little cult, aren't you?

[@NLidar]

@@dudeforcaster8630 Nobody said Verrett isn't fantastic. What is YOUR problem?

[@dudeforcaster8630]

@@NLidarAh, after looking at your channel I see you are a fully paid up member of the coven, therefore any cogent or insightful comment I might make would be pointless, one cannot not argue with a zealot.

[@NLidar]

@@dudeforcaster8630 A channel that has more than 30 different artists that aren't necessarily Callas? The foolish phrases you write here say more about you than anybody else. And unlike what you think, no, you're not anything special.

[@NLidar]

@@dudeforcaster8630 ...you forgot to mention that you are probably unable to actually write a comment that is neither cogent nor insightful.

[@miuzefreak]

VERRETT IS INCREDIBLE! THE BEST!

[@giovanniarioli2971]

Ecco cos'era La Scala