Leontyne Price "Libera me" Verdi-Requiem

[@tracyvignati]

All I have to say is SICK!!!!!!!!!!!! Absolutely RIDICULOUS!!!!!!! She is an unparalleled GODDESS! If you are a voice major and don't study her work, you should be slapped to sleep! Sopranos like these come once every blue moon. Effortless perfection! Thank you, Ms. Price, so much for giving the world your gift.

[@TomYpsilanti]

I'm not a musician but my own reaction is that she makes it sound effortless but that belies how she must have worked so hard!

[@bartoncarlin3245]

My perfect, glorious Leontyne Price. Hers was the first opera voice I ever heard. That was sixty years ago. It still thrills me to the bone.

[@brookeggleston9314]

It surely does; it most surely does!! 🔥❤️🔥

[@trilobit4]

It is the same for me. She amazed me with her incredible voice almost 40 years ago. The first opera love - forever love

[@Bailey2006a]

Amen

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

@@brookeggleston9314 , l'ha fatto!

[@sw5114]

To the soul and spirit as well.

[@rossconlan9309]

Incredible in so many ways. All the performers under the hypnotic spell of Verdi and Karajan. And Price a goddess. Thanks so much,

[@SebisRandomTech]

Absolutely perfect. Hard to believe this was recorded 52 years ago.

[@brookeggleston9314]

Not when you stop to remember that Ms Tyne is 93 years old!

[@mariomazzi7894]

She was 40 in this recording.

[@zhamiram6578]

There has been many greats in this but for me this is pure masterclass! Beautiful!

[@carlfigueiredo2095]

La Price's supremely beautiful high note at 7:14, which she holds with stunning clarity and purity, for 10 secs, is the "pure diamond" moment of this glorious performance for me! Thank you so much for uploading.

[@MadeleineBettina]

spine-tingling. according to my phone it's a high B-flat. it seems to float forever.

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

@@MadeleineBettina , quello che e' e'. Meravigliosa.

[@Bacchusmbt]

For me, one of the most beautiful moments in recorded classical music history. I’m not exaggerating. This is it. ❤️

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

​@@Bacchusmbt , non esageri.

[@karlwestlund2920]

@@MadeleineBettina Yes, it's a B-flat, marked pianissimo (pp). She makes it sound effortless. What a voice!

[@iwasglad122]

Leontyne Price - undeniably one of the best voices of her generation....but for me, she had the best eyes in the business! You look into her eyes and see the face of God - while hearing His voice. An almost inhuman combination.

[@sw5114]

What a heavenly description of the glorious diva.

[@Jake-nk4wg]

@@sw5114 Hear!!! Hear!!!

[@danafripp4120]

No lie. I've seen those eyes up close. It's like looking into Eternity.

[@Jake-nk4wg]

@@danafripp4120 The First Lady of Opera came to Knoxville, Tennessee; my mom, grandmother, and I attended. I got her autograph on a program, got to touch her hand and kept coming back time and time again to get more autographs on more programs. I saw those beautiful eyes also and would never trade the experience. :)

[@direfranchement]

🤨She has a great voice, but the rest is nonsense.

[@spencophany]

@9:20 she starts to kill it. And @9:52 - climactic ecstasy. She slays it. Glorious the whole thing. I get excited every time I stumble on this performance.

[@laurenceesposito3393]

By far my favorite performance of this. What a voice! And what dynamic and emotional range! It all comes alive magnificently. Brava, Ms. Price. I don't know how to express in words my eternal gratitude. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@vinemp]

Susan Dunn proved a FAITHFUL disciple of this performance... (Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses - 1987)

[@brynjarhoff-lr6hw]

This recording of Verdi,s requiem is after my taste the very best ever done. Listen to this singers..followd by a fantastic KARAJAN!!!

[@tina8796]

MIss Price is still with us. 97 years old coming up 😇😇

[@Bailey2006a]

What a Glorious instrument ... it is my favorite rendition of all the other sopranos who have assayed the Libera Me. For me, it is as close to heaven as I may ever hope to get, Bravo Diva!

[@sw5114]

Do more than hope. Make sure you get there to hear her once again, one day.

[@corey57255]

That camera swing to Karajan bringing in the Dies Irae is one of the most iconic visual moments in music history.

[@VeikkoHiiri]

Mr Karajan shows his own visuals whitch not help orchestra and choir

[@JoseAugusto-ov3ku]

You got the point. So selfish. The orchestra and singers ? Just nothing for him.@@VeikkoHiiri !

[@crybabyland]

Her phrasing here makes this Libera me so fantastic! Beautiful voice! I truly believe her fits Verdi like no other soprano.

[@TSquared2001]

She said that too in an interview.

[@liedersanger1]

She never said Verdi's music suited her better than other sopranos. She said Verdi, along with Barber and Richard Strauss, were the composers that suited her voice best. She was right, although her Puccini and Mozart were almost as good.

[@nathaliecastagne9181]

@@liedersanger1 0

[@yvesdekerpoisson7637]

extraordinaire Léontyne,interpretation insurpassable,50 ans après,elle me donne encore le frisson....

[@cl8594]

I've heard many different wonderful renditions of Libera me but I think Leontyne owns this one.

[@aeliuscaius]

Incredible technique and voice - it sounds so natural and wonderful.

[@christianlibrul]

Thank you. I've been a loyal fan since seeing her in 1973. When I met her briefly after the recital, all I could say was, "Thank you." I have many of her recordings. Got another one last week. And every time I listen to her I still say, "Thank you."

[@rachelbroom758]

Sublime singing, wonderful conducting and such a classy elegance about the whole performance.

[@laurenceesposito3393]

Miss Price!!! Always just marvelous. That glorious sound, dynamics and her command.

[@jondavwal13]

God, she really was amazing. Nothing else to say. Sometimes just the pure ability to sing is enough.

[@FillipeMendel]

Leontyne has an angelic voice, Pavarotti did the fold like in no other performance until today

[@europamale]

This is superb singing with extraordinary technique and composure! From 7:00-7:25 is unparalleled singing!

[@ronalddade3017]

MYYYY GOD!!! HOW GLORIOUS!! FLAWLESS with ARTISTIC PRECISION!! A VOICE of PEARLS, EMERALDS, RUBIES, and DIAMONDS RESTING on a DUVET of LUSCIOUS SABLE!!

[@laurenceesposito3393]

Talented genius at work here. No one can touch her on this. No one. Cannot get enough of this.

[@beppobrem6298]

What a stunning voice! So wonderful!

[@JohnFrederickFurth]

This is the definitive performance of one of the all time great soprano moments in music. How come we don't have great opera singers like Leontyne Price any more?

[@marlenehartley7742]

Lack of good voice teachers.

[@elisecurran9497]

People want movie-star looks in tiny bodies, instead of VOICES!

[@Nogales790]

There are many very good, even excellent, opera singers at present, but greatness comes along only once in a while. That is why she is such a treasure!

[@thomaslloyd4086]

I recommend you listen to Michelle Bradley, Latonia Moore and Betty Garces. All fabulous black sopranos and Supremely talented musicians.

[@_malcolm]

The training is horrendous these days.

[@romelwilliams4649]

SIMPLY DIVINE!!! The Diamonds, Rubies, and Pearls of the Soprano Voice!!! A GIFT from GOD!!!

[@trymenot81]

I picture the angels heads bowed in silent worship whilst she sings her solo after 4:40. I burst into tears as I tried to write this. Heaven is going to be something worth the grace expended. Truly hope to see you all there.

[@spencophany]

You just made me long to go

[@trymenot81]

@@spencophany For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.” (Romans 8:19). Yes dear brother, all creation longs with us...

[@cl8594]

Exquisite.

[@leoedwards6289]

After President Kennedy was assassinated, she sang this at the Met and I was there. It was one of the most moving musical experiences I ever had; it was as if Heaven had opened up and we were allowed to hear an angel sing.

[@trymenot81]

I wrote my comment before reading yours.

[@jeanettenorman7052]

Wow - how wonderful for you to actually see her in performance

[@pmkw4162]

Wow, thanks Megan for bringing this lady to my attention.

[@zacharylavender1568]

Choral music in its purest form! Absolutely magnificent!

[@ezravonhindenburg1240]

MAGIC. EXCELLENCE. GOD'S ANGEL. DIVA. LEGENDARY. LOVE. TALENT. CLASS. GRACE. BEAUTY. UNTOUCHABLE. UNSTOPPABLE. UNMATCHED. BLESSED.

[@rosies3622]

Brava! Leontyne Price's voice blows me away! And what a bonus to see her singing this, too. Michael Harper, countertenor and Principal Vocal Study Tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music, UK, just played this as the guest of 'Inside Music', BBC Radio 3.

[@tylercesario1427]

Can we talk about how she memorized it as well? She’s a genius!!!!

[@jamesupton4996]

It is a liturgical text.

[@tylercesario1427]

@@jamesupton4996 I know it’s a liturgical text. That’s what makes it harder to memorize…lots of repetition plus it’s been set a million times.

[@grandisdavid]

That's not what is admirable, it's quite common for professional singers and instrumentalists. What is incredible is her music making and vocal technique. Memorization is small pickle in comparaison.

[@zhamiram6578]

That part! Lol

[@Poempedoempoex]

It's really easy to memorize

[@hayerwhophtow6700]

Très étrange de voir une video dont presque tous les musiciens sont probablement déjà morts...surtout quand il s’agit d’un Requiem. Le chœur et l’orchestre de La Scala sont toujours merveilleux dans les innombrables enregistrements qu’ils ont fait de cette œuvre. Karajan est aussi superbe. Ce précieux quatuor soliste est l’un des meilleurs de toute la discographie. Ô chance inouïe d’avoir un tel témoignage de leur art lors qu’ils étaient tous jeunes et beaux et avec leur voix au zénith. Ne vous contentez pas d’écouter que la Price, tout le DVD est superbe.

[@carlocolombo5799]

Oui, je crois que ce Requiem de Karajan avec, outre la Price, la Cossotto, un tout jeune Pavarotti, Ghiaurov, choeurs et orchestre de la Scala temple incontesté du lyrique dans les années 50/70, est parmi les meilleurs des très nombreux enregistrements de cette oeuvre, avec celui de De Sabata (Tebaldi, Rankin, Prandelli, Rossi-Lemeni) et de Giulini (Schwartzkopf, Luchetti). A noter la remarquable maestria de Price qui chante sans partition (ainsi que la Cossotto) avec une totale assurance et beaucoup d’élégance. Chapeau bas!

[@salstiha]

❤​@@carlocolombo5799

[@Shahrdad]

Gorgeous singing, and I always thought she was also an incredibly beautiful woman.

[@Aubury]

Her voice is made for this role, Verdi showpiece work. Stunning..

[@mtom77]

Leontyne cantava con così tanto trasporto che riusciva a far amare l'opera a chiunque...❤❤❤

[@railisissonen7661]

WonderfulL---Divine Leontyne Price! Goergeous interpretation great Von Karajan!!!

[@สายสมรเก่งงาน-ฅ3ร]

Simply the BEST!!!

[@corneliuswhite5139]

When you want to hear the Gods sing...this is it!

[@ClaudiaLopez-vt5jz]

La voz de oro maravilla!!!! Insuperable e irrepetible....❤❤❤

[@esmeraldaalvaradotorres9565]

One of the best vocal technique in the history of the opera!

[@TSquared2001]

That choir and Leontyne are putting on a clinic.

[@cinzano1985]

I love how Pavarotti with his distinct voice goes with the high note at 11:48. Never heard that in another performance. It enhances the angelic voice of Leontyne so much. Climax big way!

[@danawinsor1380]

You're right! I had never heard that in any other performance either. Now I'm wondering why. I'm going to look at the score and see if that note is in the original. It doesn't matter though, that moment as you pointed out is "climax big way!"

[@1968KWT]

Happy Birthday, La Splendissima! 🎈🎉🎂🥳

[@carmeloserafin5101]

qui l'artista sublime e generosa....sembra andare oltre e von Karajan annulla l'orchestra e lei sfodera una cavea di suoni ...figli dei gospel...ma anche dellla lezione gregoriana del venerdì della Tenebre; raggiungendo in maniera naturalissima tutte le insidie stilistiche ...poichè nel suo repertorio ha molte le opere di Verdi...dove non ha mai deluso per lo studio e la modernizzazione dei ruoli...Voce strumento...assoluto.Émouvant...Chapeau...e Herbert l'aspetta e la mette su un piatto di suoni ...angelici.

[@brookeggleston9314]

It just hit me! Check 8:25. This was taped in an empty house! It was live, but there was *no* audience! Imagine performing for an audience you could only see in your mind. Performing *this well!!*

[@patrickjohnsonjr8264]

Wonderful singing from every one the best conductor mr von karenon

[@MissMiffed]

That INCOMPARABLE voice.

[@caroll6261]

Brilliant and amazing. Ok, I really am speechless🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🌠🌟✨🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

[@Cat-no8ts]

Wow! Effortless effort! Ms. Price is majestic and the conductor was marvellous! The orchestra and the background singers were superb. A rich banquet of talent, indeed!

[@brookeggleston9314]

Background singers? Lol! I think you mean the choir, or chorus!

[@Cat-no8ts]

@@brookeggleston9314 I'm sure anyone will get the idea. Even if it is a "choir", it's still the "background!"

[@brookeggleston9314]

@@Cat-no8ts True! It's just when someone says *background* singers, I think of the *Supremes* I don't think they could hack this job! Hope you are healthy and safe! ⚡🔥💙🔥⚡

[@Cat-no8ts]

@@brookeggleston9314 LOL No..., "Can't hurry love.." wouldn't cut it in this arena of talent! LOL Nevertheless, Ms. Price was superb! Best wishes to you, too!

[@FCOLAXCDG]

....her technique !!!!! ❤🇱🇨 thank you!

[@zenaniv]

What a jewel Ms Leontyne Price❤️

[@marioparisi2533]

Perfetta tenuta dei fiati, aderenza stilistica e...tanta tanta voce. Divina

[@patrickjohnsonjr8264]

Wonderful music

[@martyrrt]

Brilliant

[@novaa706]

Incredible!!

[@marlenehartley7742]

Perfection!

[@PedroFurtado]

Fabulosa e eterna!

[@haroldkingsantiagosongs]

This is superb. Love the conductor too. I hope I could sing with them one day. 🎤🎶❤🙏😇.

[@agneswenk2851]

Uli,das ist eine Sonntagsfreude.Leontyne Price mit Libera me ganz geosse Klasse. Ein toller Chor.Danke für`s posten.

[@carlocolombo5799]

A marvel., as well as the hole Karajan Requiem with the extraordinaries Cossotto, young Pavarotti, Ghiaurov. Please take note that Price sings without script, as well as Cossotto: unique!

[@Mattteus]

You forget sometimes how moving her voice was and then you listen to this

[@krrainey77]

Amazing woman. The best.

[@patrickjohnsonjr8264]

Leontyne price was truly to sing Verdi music 🎶

[@angelaripolles1623]

Que fuerza en la voz y que talento.... precioso...

[@lalagonegaga]

A few seconds after 7:09 I finally said farewell to my sanity.

[@vanessawyndham8791]

Me too 👍

[@brookeggleston9314]

Tyne can do that to you!

[@TotalTennisGeek]

You, I, and those two men in the orchestra!

[@brookeggleston9314]

@@TotalTennisGeek So far, that makes six of us!

[@phillipgabrielli1]

operatic music fans are so....OPERATIC!! But I have laughed over this comment for 5 whole minutes..and then I listened at 7:00 and peed myself !!

[@ЛюбовьСкок-й5х]

Классное исполнение арии, её талант безграничен.

[@jocelyngardner5711]

To be born with a powerful instrument. Aboriginal Angel sending chills

[@dramamajor1985]

4:48 has to be the best part of the whole requiem for me

[@marlenehartley7742]

One of the greats!

[@timothythomas1951]

Has Everyone in Sync!!! Handle Business Queen Leontyne!!!

[@marlenehartley7742]

VIVA VERDI!!!

[@nirvanapicchio2149]

Grandissima price e grande anche l'orchestra della scala.

[@Bacchusmbt]

7:13. Only Miss Price. ❤️❤️❤️

[@patrickjohnsonjr8264]

Wonderful to listen as meditation

[@DarellJHunt]

SING!!

[@Mattteus]

The bass drum is like thunder!

[@jessicastanley8913]

Ms. Price is so dynamic that you really don't have to have cameras on her all of the time. This is mass talent and Ms. Price would over shadow everyone. Just my humble opinion.

[@majelladrouet6028]

I think it's racist to cut to Karajan twice when she is finishing her sections, giving him the credit for her musical genius. Also I dig around KZbin desperate for live clips of her and all I find is Aida. Aida and Nabucco kind of passed me by as well. Frustrating and wrong!

[@ashleythorpe7933]

NO! Karajan would overshadow her, for sure! Conducting an ensemble THAT SIZE take a massive amount of talent and a lifetime of orchestral study and experience. That's MY humble opinion.

[@oruamavlis]

Leontyne’s Bb in pianissimo is inhuman! 😟

[@trilobit4]

It is hardly possible to reach this level and it is not possible to be better. Only a few recordings reach this level - Toscanini, Reiner, etc. I like this the most. But it is my taste only.

[@allenjones3130]

This finale to Verdi's REQUIEM is magnificently brought to life by Price, Karajan and the La Scala Choir and Orchestra.

[@RG-vd3pw]

Wow listen to the bass notes at the end!!!!

[@baritonebynight]

The is my favorite part of the Requiem. I only sang it once when I was only still a choral singer . When we got the this part, I would start lip syncing so I could listen to the soloist with the chorus.

[@zhamiram6578]

Lol me too!!!

[@nathaliebonargent8048]

QUEL CHEF !!!! on le savait ... mais quelle démonstration !!! il galvanise tout son monde ... choeur, orchestre et soliste ... incroyable maîtrise et quel résultat !!! un Libera Me de feu !!!!

[@myrabyanka5442]

Liberal me actual aria sublime. Just perfection.

[@LukeSkywalkerInMe]

A soprano goddes!

[@annpetty9209]

Inspiring!!! Ann Petty

[@emamoldovan8975]

Requiem ,Libera me ,tehnical performance vocals.grande chorus,good voice soprano ,the best conductor.

[@patrickjohnsonjr8264]

Excellent

[@ArmandoVello-to3qn]

Bravi tutti Price assoluta

[@Trinite33]

Leontyne Price, The Voice Of God !!!

[@brookeggleston9314]

Jean-Marie, my friend; I've *found* you on this beautiful day!! Our beloved Leontyne is 95, and as far as I know, still going strong. The Queen of Opera is as old as the Queen of the United Kingdom, and both are *glorious!!* Tonight, I'm going to listen to every video of Leontyne, that I have not watched before now. It should be an interesting and most excellent pursuit, since people are putting up music, day after day. This is likely to be a multi day birthday celebration 🥳🎉🥳🎉!! I trust you are well, and celebrating in your own way. I know that we are only two of many that are celebrating Tyne's 95th. Many, many *very* happy returns of the day, Miss Tyne, our friend!! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@Trinite33]

@@brookeggleston9314 Hi, Brook, Here is a song for the Queen. HAIL, EMPRESS, LEONTYNE Hail, Empress Leontyne, the Singing Machine, of all of song the Imperial Queen the most beautiful of them all to Grace God's Lyric Beatific Hall How Blessed we are to live in your time your vocal instrument perfect, sublime your humanity touching all music to heal the wounded heart in Song Mystic What God has given you, you give to us Lyric of Heaven Supreme, Glorious © February 12, 2022 by Jean-Marie de la Trinité

[@brookeggleston9314]

@@Trinite33 Well done, my friend, well done!! I knew that I would find you through Leontyne! I still don't have my verdammt glasses, which were ordered a month ago, so this is gonna be short. I will, however, get back to you when they finally arrive. It's easy to find you via Leontyne!! Blessings . . . 🌊✨👁️🗻👁️✨🐬

[@brookeggleston9314]

FOUND YOU AGAIN!!! I'LL WRITE MORE LATER! This time it only took an hour to find you!!

[@francoisecrameri6427]

Une "géante" Danke Addi !

[@charlesdotson4766]

The sound of Leontyne's voice is unlike any other! Its just extraordinary! Leona Mitchell's version is the closest ive heard to Miss Price's interpretation.

[@sw5114]

Leona had many great moments. Real Leontyne moments were a bit out of her reach.

[@gabrielfrota4190]

11:45 HOOOOOOLY FUUUUUUUUCK

[@vanessawyndham8791]

Incredible 👍👍👍👍

[@corneliuswhite5139]

Yaasss! And has never been replicated since.

[@riccardowarwick]

Well, I can hear Pavarotti instead of her...

[@Tye_silvertenor]

There’s one tenor in the choir who’s voice just cuts in the final moments before the high C. He is insane I wonder who it is!

[@Tenorosa]

Time stamp?

[@Tye_silvertenor]

@@Tenorosa 11:44

[@rogerwood5228]

Seriously? Sit down and enjoy

[@Tye_silvertenor]

@@rogerwood5228 I’m gonna assume this wasn’t for me. Because I was praising the tenor it sounded great.

[@carlfigueiredo2095]

Tyreese kadle: what amazingly sharp musical ears you have! Thank you bringing it to our attention. Stunning! This, for me, is the Libera Me that expresses the most passion, fear and trembling, joy and consolation! Bravissima La Price!

[@jpa1214]

Wow

[@brunopicaude3092]

At 7'43", that chest voice on a G !