Marilyn Horne as "Samira the Turkish Entertainer"

From Corigliano and Hoffmann's The Ghosts of Versailles, Metropolitan Opera 1992

[@janettucker3196]

It's great to see and hear Ms. Horne having so much fun on stage.

[@reginaquetzalli6123]

This opera is such a trip! I just LOVE it!

[@brunasortino2836]

That's why she is the best!! She can sing anything and have any audience's jaw drop. Love love love Horne!

[@operabilia]

Crystal-clear diction, perfect enunciation as it should be! So many singers today can't be understood due to faulty or weak diction. A perfect example to be followed. What an amazing performer! Thanks for the post.

[@gsm212121]

She's glorious, in anything! She could sing the phone book and get a standing ovation.

[@crazyorganist1609]

gsm212121 she could

[@crazyorganist1609]

Outstanding. Love the music

[@carmeloserafin5101]

basterebbe questo numero per metterla nell'Olimpo dei cantanti d'Opera di ogni epoca e futura....pur con un fisico in difficoltà....lo studio di un repertorio Enorme le fa spolverare ...una tecinica da manuale di dizione e eloquenza...chapeau!

[@eloyguevara9447]

LO MAS DE LO MAS..................................IMPRESIONANTE...............................UNA DIOSA........................CON CACHONDEO...PERO SIN PERDES JAMAS...EL ENFASIS......................DE LA GRAN ACTUACION...INTERPRETATIVA.....Y VOCAL.....................PODEROSA.........QUE LA CARACTERIZA.....................APARTE DE SER ..........DE UNA INTELIGENCIA................Y CUALIDADES............UNICAS........................COMO UN CUADRO................DE ORO...............Y DIAMANTES.....................OTRA GIOCONDA................VOCAL.........................QUE POCOS PUEDEN TENER.......................

[@rhianonallen2947]

I was at the premiere. Great fun.

[@magicmonkichi]

Amazing technique, stage presence, humor, she's got it all~! And this just shows it all of, in da best way ;) :D thanks for posting ^_^

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Maravillosa interpretación de Marilyn Horne.

[@chtellez]

This is a great scene and performance by Marilyn Horne, but who is the violinist/singer? He was fabulous too...

[@alexmonaxo2292]

So nice. Thank you Armonia

[@greatmomentsofopera7170]

The DVD is so difficult to get hold of. Was available for a few months back in the early 2010s as part of a 40 years of the Met Levine boxed set. Now no longer available. Insanity. Can anyone post the opera on youtube?

[@reginaquetzalli6123]

I have the VHS but I can't watch it anymore. :(

[@greatmomentsofopera7170]

Regina Quetzalli there are companies you can contact that turn vhs into files or into dvds

[@MicahandModesta]

Opera can have some of the most seriously WTF moments ever! :D

[@stevenparada8619]

it's not appropriate for youtube

[@ThomasDawkins88]

@@stevenparada8619 What on Earth in this is inappropriate for KZbin?

[@andrewvincenti2664]

@@stevenparada8619 😂😂😂

[@joansutton]

What a great video in every way1

[@thadieu]

and the violinist is amazing! (oh wait, he sings too?)

[@viorelbadiceanu8150]

Yes, he does... and he is way better than .... hihihi.... (forgive me, but that's what I feel)...

[@bolero4554]

لمٰذا هجرتني, حطّمت قلبي Limaza Hajartani, Hatamta Qalbi Why did you desert me, you broke my heart

[@MaestroWenarto]

oh I need all the lyrics...can't find it

[@joseortunogarcia9560]

Brava! Bravissima!

[@baritonebynight]

They just don't make 'em like Ms. Horne anymore!

[@crazyorganist1609]

They certainly don't

[@bellini7verdi]

DE FABULAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@shundongli4707]

the libretto says it's in Arabic!

[@anniegarnett9456]

What’s the name ofthe opera?

[@Muttonchop_USA]

Ghosts of Versailles

[@stevenparada8619]

XD

[@nadideelmas6652]

Söyle güzelim😂

[@herrbrucvald6376]

Great voice and singing. Bad opera pastiche. And can't stand Islamic culture....

[@konan123]

!mrdunn brucvald you mean oriental culture ?

[@pega17pl]

Islam has no culture. It's oriental culture cultivated by the caliphs.