Kirsten Flagstad's sensational Met debut as Sieglinde (1935)

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@draganvidic2039 8 ай бұрын

Such unique voice…😍 Monumental with almost motherly warmth and she just poured it out generously…❤

@susmateja 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful ❤

@gerhardrohne2261 8 ай бұрын

we hear an 40 years old experienced opera singer...

@ER1CwC 8 ай бұрын

I listened to Rysanek’s final Met Sieglinde recently; listening to Flagstad here is like listening to a completely different piece. She is pretty animated here too. If memory serves me right, the Met folks were apparently skeptical after her audition because it took place in a heavily carpeted room. So she had their jaws on the floor she sang in the auditorium for the first time.

@dramaticsoprano5168 8 ай бұрын

Animated yes, but she sings pretty much everything forte which is a little different to her 1957 take for example where she takes some of the lower parts more softly. For example, the C at 3:40. Maybe she was nervous about being heard in such a big venue. Although that said, this might be more so due to Bodanzky's conducting, he was quite notorious for his very loud orchestras.

@ER1CwC 8 ай бұрын

@@dramaticsoprano5168 I think we must also take into account the recording quality. But I would say too that one probably must exaggerate the soft dynamics a bit more in the studio, or else one will sound monochromatic. Callas, for example, is pretty effective in the studio because she was wiling to play to the microphone. It cost her vocally of course though, especially since those effects seeped into her live performances.

@Wotan123456789 8 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to hear Rysanek singing Sieglinde a couple of times and it was always such a feast. I am not comparing Rysanek to Flagstad; I am just saying that Rysanek was a stage animal, a magnetic figure that was as theatrical as a great actress. Rysanek's voice was also a huge instrument and it had something rather special among dramatic sopranos, her top never sounded like there was a limit, it was a very particular characteristic of hers. Rysanek sang Sieglinde for 40 years (1949-1989), after her first Sieglinde sang Brunnhilde for a few performances, went back to Sieglinde and never left that role. Both Karajan and Bohm considered her the greatest Sieglinde of the 20th Century.

@ER1CwC 8 ай бұрын

@@Wotan123456789 You are very lucky! I didn't mean my comment as a knock on Rysanek. I like her very much, pitchiness and all. It's just the approach is so so different than Flagstad. Flagstad here is like a monument, whereas Rysanek is wild. I do find it a bit curious that she became a reference Sieglinde though, as the role is pretty low. Every time she gets to sing through the passage and above the staff, it's like seeing a child get to finally eat chocolate.

@ER1CwC 8 ай бұрын

@@wotan10950 What year was that? I've been listening to her a bit lately. The pitchiness seems to have been most severe in the late 70s and early 80s. She was always prone to go a bit sharp, but less so earlier and later. She's lucky that flatness wasn't her problem. Sharpness can come across as excitement.