Shirley Verrett: LA LUCE LANGUE, Macbeth, Scala Milano

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[@jmiller05]

She looks absolutely divine. What a stunning looking woman she was.

[@adamlaliberte3439]

Would pay every cent in my bank account to hear Shirley’s Lady Macbeth live

[@TheWiseMonkey8888]

0:17, 2:34 & 6:33 ... A lump in my throat every time wow :D

[@nicolimperi9758]

Me too

[@gyorgy11]

Those eyes can kill ... the way she widens them at key moments.

[@sea1song]

Will there ever be a better Lady Macbeth? Not in this lifetime. Brilliant.

[@pierre-emmanuelansart3777]

Verret dans cette production est absolument époustouflante! L'orchestre est magnifiquement dirigé. Une grande leçon de chant.

[@PeterBrodie]

It's not just her musical command - it's the demonic acting and how her voice portrays her evil contemplations! Truly great!

[@Paulkazey1]

Ms Verrett was one in Million.

[@MrRambaldo86]

Cappuccilli, Verrett, Abbado, Strehler......questa produzione è sicuramente una tappa importantissima nella storia dell'interpretazione operistica.

[@vinemp]

Appunto.

[@alebrove]

Che classe, che talento, che artista! Meraviglia pura!

[@manlioerta7221]

Straordinario : Cappuccilli , Verrett : una meraviglia da far rinascere Verdi.

[@rekeuischarles2577]

Goosebumps all over....Brava Verrett😘

[@giuseppinascapparone3303]

Stupenda, da lasciare senza fiato.

[@fbbomber]

Edizione di macbeth capolavoro, interpreti, regia, coro orchestra e direzione eccezionali, meravigliosa 👍👍👍❤❤❤❤

[@fdh1004]

Wow. What a posting and what a soprano. A perfect Lady Macbeth. How could it get better? Thanks for sharing it with us. (Also, wonderful video and audio quality.)

[@fandetenor]

ho avuto la fortuna di sentire dal vivo sia la verrett che la dimitrova in questa parte; entrambe indimenticabilissime!!!

[@sarahaprincesa]

Sono senza parole mamma mia

[@paulettamayerhofer2061]

Ms. Verrett great!

[@heladosmontenero]

Sono senza parole, meravigliosa ! grandissima!

[@davy91101]

Why the original video tapes have never been remastered and this performance released on DVD is one of the ongoing mysteries of the recording business. Verrett and Abbado alone would justify the release but Cappuccilli is in fine voice and involved. A fabulous performance.

[@foropera]

davy91101 the only original tape was spoiled by an underneath noise of football match comments recorded before but still audible in some of the arias like "la Luce langue"...So very stupid.

[@katester7]

@@foropera so that's what that is!! Wow what a bummer. Thanks for providing here at least!

[@jefgong]

Thanks for posting such a perfect take of that legendary production. So happy.

[@santiagodejesusgallovargas6622]

that is pure talent

[@jumoart4220]

Wow! Stunning! What a great artist! ❤️❤️❤️

[@rogalesi58]

one of my favorites, best with Callas

[@MrRambaldo86]

Carlo Pietroniro grandissima anche la Callas in questo ruolo....a dire il vero non so tra Verrett, Callas e Gencer chi sia la miglior Lady Macbeth....sono sicuramente le migliori!

[@TIBETANMELOMAN]

@@MrRambaldo86 Sorry, I disagree! Verret still is the best Macbeth, as Cllas still is the best interpreter of "Casta Diva"!

[@marcoscorvo2514]

Calin Scutareanu I disagree with you, Callas was, is and will be the best Lady Macbeth.

[@pablodemarcos5379]

@@MrRambaldo86 Dimitrova... 🙏

[@henryv69]

Stupenda

[@Luceoriensis]

Grandissima!!!

[@RattusYu]

I could hear a faint audio in the background of another program running. Anyway, has anyone heard Gwyneth Jones sing this in her early years 1964? That was wonderful!

[@alessandroraimondi6410]

Quanta e' brava mamma mia, un sogno

[@0505romana]

Shirley Verrett owned this role. This was such an achievement for a mezzo-soprano like her. What a great perfoamnce this is!!! I wish i could see the whole performance!!!!

[@foropera]

I think it was interesting to read once in an interview of Dolora Zajic that she would never sing again this role, as strong as she is yet. This means that it's a killer role, demanding more than a mezzo to sustain most of all the grand ensembles, and the sleepwalking tessitura in general.

[@mariaruskova6054]

@@foropera Will anybody tell Netrebko about that? The poor woman thinks that making scary faces is enough to sing Lady Macbeth.

[@dasingaman1]

Well actually, if you want to be technical...she sang mezzo soprano... but she wasn’t mezzo soprano. She herself has said in interviews that she was trained as a soprano. She’s very secure in soprano tessitura because she’s a dramatic soprano.

[@davideferrari5702]

Meravigliosa...

[@larrychan622]

This performance is so profound, it almost defies reality.

[@dchswroboe7569]

one of the best arias in history

[@valentinosalvini4975]

Questa è la vera Lady!

[@Chilair1]

Id say from about 5:05-5:42 im having THE TIME OF MY LIFE. 😍

[@veronicamelendez8102]

La vera lady Macbeth 👑stunning performance ❤️

[@fernandocordeiro7656]

LADY MACBETH La luce langue, il faro spegnesi Ch’eterno corre per gli ampi cieli ! Notte desiata, provvida veli La man colpevole che ferirà. Nuovo delitto!!... E necessario !! Compiersi debbe l’opra fatale. Ai trapassati regnar non cale ; A loro un requiem, l’eternità !.. O voluttà del soglio ! O scettro, alfin sei mio ! Ogni mortal desio Tace e s’acqueta in te. Cadrà fra poco esanime Chi fu predetto re.

[@hada9568]

Questa versione e la piu meglia.

[@catmaggedon1253]

❤️❤️❤️

[@vincenzoanzoletti6776]

I don't know why, but this passage at the beginning of this aria(3:24-3:32) always reminds me of a serpent and of its slithering, wonderful, in fact, Lady Macbeth is a snake, a demon. Does anybody share my impression on the music? Shirley is of course great, the best lady after Gencer and Dimitrova.

[@paulapalacios2784]

+Vincenzo Anzoletti I agree with you. I love this opera for lady Macbeth, I mean the music is just perfect for her character.

[@vincenzoanzoletti6776]

+Paula Palacios Yes, I agree with you, I love Lady Macbeth's character. I especially love this line of this aria: "Ai trapassati regnar non cale, a loro un requiem, l'eternità!(eng:Reigning doesn't fit the departed:for them a Requiem is (destined) and eternity!) So deliciously evil and ironical!!

[@paulapalacios2784]

ha ha ha, you're right. I like that part too, but I love this: "nuevo delito, nuevo delito e neccesario". I think that describes lady macbeth.

[@vincenzoanzoletti6776]

+Paula Palacios Yes, I think that simple line makes us understand that she wouldn't have encouraged her husband to commit crimes if she hadn't been greedy of power, she too has feelings of remorse but then her ambition wins her over, the "voluttà del soglio(pleasure of the throne) is too strong... I love that line(Oh voluttà del soglio, oh scettro, scettro, alfin sei mio!)(Oh pleasure of the throne, oh, scepter, scepter at last you are mine!)and the music that comes with it.

[@paulapalacios2784]

You're right. You can see it, also when she sings VIeni t'affretta... io ti darò valore; and (I'm sorry for my italian, it isn't good, my native lenguage is spanish, it couldn't be so hard, haha) "Or tutti sorgete, ministri infernali, Che al sangue incorate spingete i mortali! Tu, notte, ne avvolgi di tenebre immota; Qual petto percota non vegga il pugnal". That's blow my mind and hearth.

[@alvarojosetasconospina3583]

SUBLIME SIGNIORA DL CANTO ..GRAXIEEE...

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Esplendido Dúo

[@robertoramossempere7252]

¿Por qué cuando se está disfrutando de un vídeo con la Verrett en una interpretación magistral siempre hay algún cretino que tiene que nombrar a la Callas?

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Roberto Ramos Sempere, la Shirley Verrett era una fuoriclasse, assieme alla Callas le due piu' grandi interpreti di Lady. Questo si puo' affermare tranquillamente. Molte grandi voci ci hanno provato ma in genere sono state e sono Lady quasi sempre volgari.

[@frb1808]

The Black Venus! La nera Callas! Another interpretation second only to La Divina!

[@giuseppepellegrini5429]

Ah il Macbeth ! Wonderfull and terrible !

[@manolis.799]

Why do I hear people talking during it?

[@MarvPontkalleg]

I think that it isn't the audience the source of the noise, but since this is an old videotape recording the audio got messed up with other thing recorded on it (it happens also in other KZbin videos which are taken form old videotapes)

[@siglinde86]

Is not the audience... its a fail in the registration, really you cant listen the difference???

[@AllanRosendo]

The RAI recorded a soccer game on the same tape due to economics difficulties some years after this Macbeth... The video could be fully restored but not the audio...

[@ceciliarocco5407]

Manoli S.

[@Heb.2000]

lol

[@keymonmurrah4420]

Who's the baritone?

[@foropera]

Keymon Murrah : the famous Piero Cappuccilli. A legendary team in a legendary production who was revived during 4 years at la scala.

[@user-er3rn2cj8x]

Лучшая Макбет!!!

[@tonshaad1230]

What opera is this scene from?

[@kimmillard9445]

tonshaad1230 Verdi's Macbeth

[@Trinite33]

Great, but she cannot reach Leontyne Price in this aria; indeed, no one can!

[@marshamarshamarsha9051]

Jean-Marie de la Trinite Ms. Price did not perform this role. She only recorded the arias. Verrett was the reigning Lady MacBeth in her day and Callas said that she and Caballe were the only divas who were successfully taking up the mantle of the spinto adramatica roles. She was right.

[@Trinite33]

True, the great Leontyne never sang the entire role of Lady Macbeth. Nevertheless, her singing of La Luce Langue is matchless in beauty, humanity, and power. She reigns supreme in this aria as in others by Verdi which she never sang as complete portrayals on stage. I would rather hear Leontyne sing this single aria than any other soprano singing the entire role. To paraphrase Marcia Davenport: Leontyne has something all the other sopranos had, and she has something that none of them had. She is in a class by herself alone, unique and totally without peer in the annals of music. No one compares to her, no one.

[@davidhumphrey3842]

As I said when I looked at Prices performance after your comment ..... ARE YOU WELL???? This was not Prices "thing". She brought NONE of the things Verrett or Christina D. ('86 live ) gave to this aria. Not by a long shot!!! ....good try!

[@ilariabaghi6181]

L'accento e il colore della Verrett sono inarrivabili

[@Trinite33]

@@ilariabaghi6181 A ciascuno il suo.