Elīna Garanča - Sextus's aria (Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito)

[@Singer-lx4jj]

This is the Garanca voice I love (2007 to 2012). So so melodic and beautiful. Obviously her mezzo has become deeper and richer with age, which makes her a better singer, but this voice is just superb to listen to!! Just brilliant.

[@kerbicz]

This concert was held in 2008. The high point of Elina's artistic journey IMO.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

One of my favorite mezzos of the current generation. Mozart is my favorite composer.

[@pedromiguel2675]

La voix est magnifique. Beau légato et beau timbre dans toute l'étendue de la tessiture. Le style est soignée jusqu'aux moindres détails. Au point de vue vocal c'est une performance de grande qualité. On en est convaincu d'avance rien que d'apprécier la présence d'une femme splendide comme l'est Elina, d'une prestance hors du commun. Hormis cela, Sextus est un jeune officier romain, qui partage la condition d'être ami personnel de l'Empereur Titus et fiancé de la soeur de l'Empereur, la Princesse Vittélia. C'est justement cette double emprise qui le compromet avec cruauté dans la conspiration contre l'Empereur. Sextus cherche à être loyal avec lui-même, tout en restant fidèle à son amour et à sa grande amitié. L'air "Parto, parto" est un modèle merveilleux de beauté lyrique. Grande nouveauté : l'introduction de la mélodie déssinée par la clarinette, dont la sonorité joyeuse s'enchevêtre avec la voix de l'Alto. L'instrument était très à la mode en ce moment. Mozart avait connu et établi des liens d'amitié avec Anton Stadler, son créateur et avait écrit à son intention la célèbre Quintette et son Concert en La majeur KV 622, contemporain de La Clémence de Titus KV 621. C.M. von Weber, apparenté avec les Mozart, étant cousin germain de Konstanze, se souviendra de l'exemple de l'illustre musicien salzbourgeois introduisant le solo de clarinette dans les deux airs d'Ännchen de Der Freischütz. Un Mozart exténué, malade et déjà proche à la mort a ressenti pourtant cette belle envolée d'inspiration pour écrire ce merveilleux opéra, qui étant son oeuvre posthume ne manque pas cependant d'une particulière fraîcheur de jeunesse. Il serait nécessaire quand-même une présence sur scène un peu plus masculine que celle d'Elina pour incarner Sextus. Sur le plan vocal l'interprétation est merveilleuse, mais sur le plan dramatique la version est assez blanchie. Merci.

[@alcidesvilhena2366]

Elina Garanca, voz belíssima! Sempre magnífica!

[@enzosiviero1173]

Voce straordinaria mimica eccezionale un’artista unica e poi è eccezionalmente bella ! Per me è meravigliosa ❤️

[@mabemawi]

Just stunning. At every level. STUNNING, STUNNING, STUNNING.

[@leoniemikele6]

Wow, it's just to die for. So luscious, so exquisitely musical. Brava, Elina.

[@Moustik2011]

What a beautiful and solid voice! She reminds me of Dame Sutherland : rich and solid voice, completely mastered. I am a fan as of right now!

[@szegedification]

Fantastic musician with a beautiful voice.

[@Silvio3997]

Semplicemente Grandiosa!

[@use-c7o]

Великолепно! Очень выразительно и современно!

[@RosieRocka]

thanks for this video, its so great to have the lyrics, and Elina is my favorite mezzo.... very good THANKS

[@ksudenisova7334]

My favorite singer ))

[@tigridija]

Pasaules klase , mūsu lepnums ! Burvīga gan pati , gan balss . Skaisti ! Latvija !

[@frufruJ]

The "č" is pronounced as "ch" in "China". Or in "Chichon", for that matter :-) The thing above the "i" is a length mark. Thanks for your comments.

[@juanmiguelayesta]

I adore her!!!

[@elijaguy]

superb singing.

[@aeksandr100]

bravo!

[@richardcumming-bruce6390]

If Aphrodite could sing, this is probably what it would look and sound like!

[@MrJapanese25]

New Russia State Symphony Orchestra, Karel Mark Chichon, September 2008, Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory

[@andrebontemp]

beautiful voice and physique if only most opera singers could have that look it would help people to like classical musique!!!

[@JessicaMan-b8c]

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@richardmoon1852]

Thkanks again.

[@diekkruger3137]

Jy is WONDERSKOON!!!

[@richardmoon1852]

thanks agalin

[@xresdkj]

MARAVILHA DE MULHER. EM TUDO

[@yvonnelenders5986]

Cecilia Bartoli also sings this aria very well.

[@urmorph]

What a voice! What stunning looks! Thyat's Karel Mark Chichon on the podium. He's her husband. What a lucky stiff! ;

[@rramosbroccetti]

I absolutely love her... But I hope its a technical issue what we hear in her last note... Its off by more than 1/2 step... Did anyone else hear this, or know about it??? Im curious...

[@neandertallane]

i think it was just the vibrato that gave this thought

[@charlesgilson9232]

Yep, sounded a fraction sharp to me as well, but not a semitone. And I love her too!

[@WilfriedBerk]

Karel Mark Chichon, conductor - orchestra ?

Rautaista ammattitaitoa kaikki. Elina Garanca kuuluu maailman huippusopraanoihin.

[@articulatedloco]

Why are so many of these videos out of synch? It's so easy to get it right. Th c in her last name is pronounced ch.

[@serenaluce]

@holborne235 Who "they" accept and where a man who sounds like a woman? In a pop show or transvestite show where a man imitates a woman for fun entertaining the crowd? Like Klaus Nomi or Artem Semenov? You compare apples with oranges. I have a valid point here that she sounds too feminine for men's roles, and to enjoy her singing I have to disattach from the image.But I heard e.g. great countertenor Jochen Kowalski in this aria, and it sounds right! Real CTs, not like PJ,don't sound like a woman

[@antoniopablopartidadeborbo130]

Ñ ñ ñoño por que el día que me fui de 9.30pm era que me 9.30pm un par del mundo en.

[@rndrps]

Sesto is supposed to be a young BOY not men anyway. That’s why mezzo voices more suited for such trouser roles. And who tells you audience don’t accept mezzos playing trouser roles? In fact Elina herself became famous because of playing Annio and later her Octavian and Sesto are VERY beloved among opera fans.

[@arthurgiorgo114]

Elina Garanca yes Casatorio Civil Arthur Giorgio yes Nov - Berlín Alemania - Elina Garanca good night wonderful Thank you lovely yes lovely yes l Love you Kisses Berlinale Germny - Poland yes NEW YORK CITY .U.S.A.

[@dmitrijkuznetsov8053]

Gut, gut, Sarantscha :) А какое у вас звание и должность в гэбне? ;)

[@olexandrkostuchenko7112]

Дмитрий , с этого места поподробнее, совсем не ожидал такой вопрос в оперной теме, да еще в обсуждении исполнительного мастерства Е. Гаранчи.

[@gafourov]

Who - I wonder washes the dishes ;)

[@Hithere-ek4qt]

The kitchen help.

[@parthoroy9141]

This aria goes great with a Tito's vodka cocktail

[@holborne235]

@serenaluce But they can accept a man who sounds like a woman? Come on. Sounds to me like someone has an axe to grind more than any valid point to make.

[@serenaluce]

I like her voice very much, but it's a MAN's aria, and she sounds too feminine for it. Why don't female mezzos at our time explore better WOMEN'S repertoire like Carmen which is sung by ANY voice from soprano to contralto, and leave castrati roles for countertenors who have advanced technique and sound like MEN?! That's why people are not interested in baroque and early classicism as normal people can't accept a singing woman and imagine that she is a MAN. We need a new opera reform now!!!

[@melyt2054]

My understanding is that the opera was written with this male role to be sung by a mezzo.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

It was originally written for a castrato, so either a mezzo or countertenor is required.