Grace Bumbry Vissi d'arte.avi

[@marcdahinden6131]

What a wonderful singer. R.I.P. Rest in peace Grace Bumbry. You will be remembered forever...

[@bigjoetube]

So wonderful that Bumbry sang this for the legendary Marian Anderson and 31 years later Gheorghiu sung it for Grace.

[@michaelmiller1215]

bigjoetube Georghiu's performance was nowhere NEAR the level of Grace Bumbry's!

[@bigjoetube]

@@michaelmiller1215 If you read what I said my point was Grace sang Vissi D'arte for Marian Anderson in tribute to her and Angela sang the same aria in tribute to Grace 31 years later. I wasn't comparing performances I was comparing the lovely gestures in tribute to both great ladies.

[@chocolatesouljah]

@@bigjoetube I heard your comment and recognized the symmetry, loveliness and full circled nature of the history of Ms. Bumbry's arc. 🥰💘🔥

[@donalddonney1595]

Sang, not sung

[@rosemaryallen2128]

A splendid synthesis of rich vocality and passionate emotion.

[@laj2240]

Marvelous! One of my favourite sopranos!!

[@DiomedesDioscuro]

What a singer, what a woman! I was definitely born in the wrong years to enjoy good singers. I find the transition from the beautiful long piano to the deep last "perché".

[@mlwhepfiorino3392]

Such clarity and strength❤

[@correasilvio2010]

Wonderful performance!

[@wTrevorh]

...because diversity in the arts--especially the opera world--only helps to further that art form. It was BECAUSE of Marian Anderson that Grace and many others, including Leontyne Price and Jessye Norman, felt more encouraged to get into the field. To this day, most of the world's major opera houses STILL lack black singers.

[@TreblesBasses]

AWESOME BUMBRY!

[@vwsmusic]

Oh my goodness, I've discovered the original Kennedy Center posting; thank you for possting this! Molto grazie.

[@SandrineAnterrion]

What voice!!

[@Packer165]

Beautiful!

[@machovoce6826]

Anderson is one of the greatest singers who ever lived. She excelled in contralto, mezzo and soprano repertoires, and could sing virtually anything. She is also in the company of four legendary artists here, a stellar and very appropriate assemblage.

[@DiomedesDioscuro]

I wouldn't say that the performance is flawless, but what a voice! The ending is particularly exciting.

[@kngiht84]

What do you think is flawed in this performance?

[@DiomedesDioscuro]

@@kngiht84 A little something at the very beginning, the "conobbi aiutai" part, but they're definitely small details.

[@feurzauber]

Bravissima !!!!1

[@mitrandirmagician7839]

Exquisita!

[@mariateresaschniebs4929]

Maravillosa!!!

[@Jake-nk4wg]

AMAZING!!! Thank you for sharing this gem!! :)

[@tonygomes6306]

Wonderful performance

[@Ikpemesio]

This is so beautiful!! 😭❤️

[@jonasmooka5124]

She looks so stunning 😍💖💗

[@corneliusbates460]

I just looooove her! Who is coming up that is similar to her. It seems like right now it is a soprano moment in opera

[@apostolic105]

Couldn't agree more.

[@claudiobatistaskylines2615]

Omgggggggg🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@michaelmiller1215]

Always the best performance of this aria, ever!

[@michaelmiller1215]

The circle continues- Grace sang for Marian; Angela Georghiu would sing years later for Grace when she was also honored at The Kennedy Center.

[@wTrevorh]

Lovely! It would have been more wonderful to see an young African American singer honor Grace at her Kennedy Center honor, though.

[@Jake-nk4wg]

@courtneybaitone01 What happened to the ending? Please upload the entire section of this tribute to Marian Anderson; I never saw before.

[@corneliusbates460]

So bold for her as mezzo to say hey I want to sing soprano arias. I hope more mezzos challenge themselves in this way

[@savioalves1234]

She was always a soprano, just like her college Shirley Verret... But those huge voices do really well singing baroque and mezzo roles to develope the middle thill they are ready to do the belcanto heavy diva roles.

[@direfranchement]

@@savioalves1234 Grace Bumbry was NOT a soprano, and she only had mixed results trying to push herself into soprano repertoire. Shirley Verrett had a very different voice. They both tried to switch roles, but one did it more believable than the other.

[@geminikid1617]

@@direfranchementshe’s an obvious Dramatic Soprano, singing Dramatic Soprano repertoire well into her 60s w/great success. A Dramatic Mezzo would be Fedora Barbieri.

[@direfranchement]

@@geminikid1617 She wasn't a dramatic soprano.

[@geminikid1617]

@@direfranchement she was. Dramatic Mezzo’s are far darker and lower.

[@caninbar]

I can clearly hear the difference between Bumbry and Price and Arroyo. I understand what you mean about the dramatic voice. Dimitrova is another example who also sang the mezzo repertoire. But it is clear that Bumbry excelled in the mezzo more than the dramatic soprano repertoire. Here hight notes were hit and miss like certain dramatic tenors for that matter. A person should sing where the voice is most comfortable and easy.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Disagree.

[@corneliuswhite5139]

Somehow with Bumbry singing this, one senses that there will be a stabbing occurring soon. 🤣😉

[@phillipreader515]

The orchestra is playing too loudly. It's trying to drown her out.

[@peterpiers5601]

+Phillip reader And yet her pianissimos are so well-placed that the orchestra never manages!

[@tanieshasimmons5212]

Who's the conductor?

[@cliffgaither]

Julius Rudel.

[@mrrkdino]

Why????

[@operamusicfan]

Who is the man that speaks at the end?

[@TheEldonfitz]

Harry Belafonte

[@wTrevorh]

mrrkdino, you're missing the point. Stop using a fallacy to justify your own opposition to my statement.

[@FoggyRoad81]

OMG was anyone else super tense when she approached "perche signor" and then super excited when she hit it, held it and only barely flew above pitch on the downward scale thingy? On the negative side does she have to bark it out like that, especially at the beginning. There are moments of style though.

[@cliffgaither]

Grace Bumbry doesn't "bark". Her voice has incredible natural volume & a majestic quality that only Milnes could compare.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Cliff Gaither Your opinion.

[@cliffgaither]

@@EmilyGloeggler7984 :: _That is true !_ But refute it w / your opinion.

[@c.j.williams3948]

You’re not at expert nor do you possess the years or experience as Grace Bumbry. She has more knowledge and experience on the human voice than you sorry to say this is perfection!

[@mrrkdino]

So rather than intergrate are you saying only a Black singer can honor another Black singer?

[@JrG-1992]

mrrkdino Who said that?

[@michaelmiller1215]

Grace Bumbry OWNS Vissi D'Arte, just as Pavarotti owned Nessun Dorma. No other rendetion comes close.

[@creutzfeldtjakob7]

Michael Miller leontyne price for me 😁😁😁

[@michaelmiller1215]

I agree!

[@user9xyz836]

Corelli owns Nessun Dorma.

[@caninbar]

She never really sounded like a soprano; always a pushed up mezzo.

[@borisercegovic934]

She was always a soprano, but with extremly good center which allowed her to sing mezzo roles.

[@beachfanatic2010]

She was a bad developed Spinto or lyric soprano. The top notes were bad most of the time.

[@beachfanatic2010]

@Devon Hawkins-Anderson She has absolutely no qualities of a dramatic soprano. None! Spinto yes but with a smaller voice than Tebaldi.

[@beachfanatic2010]

@Devon Hawkins-Anderson Dramatic soprano have are rare and their extremely metallic voice are very rare. Indeed, Tebaldi has a much much MUCH larger voice than Bumbry: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/qH3Mc2yoo512rMk

[@beachfanatic2010]

@Devon Hawkins-Anderson She was not. She was like a lirico spinto with lots of limitations. The voice was large bit not big, the coloratura was bad and the top notes were inconsistent. She barely hit a high C and when she did it was mostly screamed.

[@courtneybaritone222]

Happy Birthday Ms. Bumbry

[@courtneybaritone222]

There is an interview where she addresses the statement you just made. It is a very clever, sassy, true to form Bumbry response to what she herself deemed... Well I'll post it and let uou hear for yourself.