Gertrude Grob-Prandl - Vocal Range (G3-D♭6)

[@AhmetOzturkk]

Just saw this, kind thanks! To any doubts, live audience member Robert Evans has reported her voice was twice as large as Farrell's (!) But, it is the super-bright kind of dramatic that sits a little higher in tessitura The tenor equivalent is Tamagno, or Agustarello Affre.

[@operaanimelover369]

I love Madame Gertrude Grob-Prandl's massive, ocean-like voice. She may not be a total vocal actress. However, her vocal size and excitement thrill me to a high degree!

[@babydrane]

She is amazing. The lower end needed work, obviously, but I love how young, energetic and oftentimes sweet she can sound singing at the volume that she does. If you love Wagner, give her a try so you can hear a fresher, brighter Brunnhilde cut right through heavy orchestration without barking.

[@KajiVocals]

Great video. Clearly aiming for a C on that last note but hit a D-flat in stead.

[@jmiller05]

I notice that she sings the low notes with a kind of nasal, conservative placement that seemed popular with Germanic singers. I think i much prefer the darker, heavier chest placement from Italian singers.

[@Orfeus80]

I love the combination of her wonderful German diction and energetic phrasing with her powerful voice. She's my go-to dramatic soprano in the German repertoire.

[@ER1CwC]

I partly agree, but I do find her vibrato quite bleaty, particularly in the top half. I think I’m in the minority here though.

[@Orfeus80]

@ER1CwC you're right, it gets bleaty but I'm a sucker for natural diction and phrasing. For this reason, Nilsson doesn't do it for me, so it's a compromise I have to make.

[@ER1CwC]

@@Orfeus80 How about Traubel then?

[@Orfeus80]

@ER1CwC I adore Traubel but I consider her a lower voice, comparable to Flagstad's. And I find myself preferring Traubel's phrasing and expression to Flagstad's monumental and lethargic, as you once called it, Lol.

[@ER1CwC]

@@Orfeus80 All fair points. I think that Flagstad had a special glow to her voice that did a lot of heavy lifting. I agree on the relative merits of Traubel, but she just didn’t have that.

[@pixelchords3201]

The most pitchy of the famous Wagnerians. She could even give Rysanek a fright. And yet I've heard people on KZbin praise her pitch... Nice A and B-flat tho.

[@michaelpapadopoulos5450]

Huge voice, but i find her consistently sharp.

[@JustinPollinger]

A lot of haters up in these comments 👀

[@Tsquare07s]

I notice you removed the Flagstad's vocal range video. Copyright?

[@dramaticsoprano5168]

Yes. I'll remake it soon though.

[@Tsquare07s]

​@@dramaticsoprano5168 Thank you.

[@Thearchivebeyondimagination]

A very german voice. More beautiful than i though.

[@pixelchords3201]

According to herself she trained in the Italianate way. I think you can hear it in the low notes and the in the fast vibrato on top. It is similar to pre-war Italian sopranos.

[@ПоэзияРоманаЛафоре]

I don't think she had a very huge voice. Yes, her top is very strong but average and low notes are not big. Compare them with the low voices of Astrid Varnay and Ellein Farrel.

[@ПоэзияРоманаЛафоре]

Nilsson had the same type of voice: huge top and week bottom...

[@dramaticsoprano5168]

I think it is a very loud voice but not a particularly heavy voice. Certainly, Varnay's was notably heavier. I'm not sure about Farrell. I've always thought Farrell and Grob-Prandl were quite similar naturally.

[@ПоэзияРоманаЛафоре]

@@dramaticsoprano5168 Farrel was heavier than Hertrude.

[@Thearchivebeyondimagination]

Верха Фаррелл просто отвратительны. Хуже чем у Варнай. Вне оперы, да, у неё есть нижний регистр. Но когда доходило до определённых опер, она всё это дело кастрировала. Пела ту же Джоконду так же, как она бы напевала какие - нибудь поп вариации 60 - х. Варнай очень хороша, велика, но не без проблем. И её нижний регистр можно объяснить разницей тесситуры и тем, что она курила 40 лет.

[@ПоэзияРоманаЛафоре]

@@Thearchivebeyondimagination У Варнай голос был просто шикарный, особенно средний и нижний регистры. Верхние ноты она тоже великолепно пела, хотя давались они ей не так легко, как Нильссон, Джонс или Гроб-Прандль. Однако, в моем понимании драматическое сопрано должно мощно звучать во всем диапазоне. Варнай, Флагстад в этом плане эталонны. Что касается Гвинет Джонс, Биргит Нильссон, Хильдегард Беренс и Гертруды Гроб-поандль, то их низы звучали слабо, сиедний регистр тоже не ахти. Все-таки драматическое сопрано обязано иметь мясистый низ и обьемную середину.

[@alleviation91]

I never liked this woman's voice. Pitchy, and bleaty, her borderline wobbly voice drives me through the roof. She also sounds like an up jumped lyric soprano, rather than a mature dramatic. I much prefer Traubel, Flagstad, Varnay, etc. Loud as all hell, though, and possessing suprising flexibility. Her musicality isn't bad, either! I just can't stand the sound she emits lol.