MARILYN HORNE una voce poco fa MET 1974

grandissima interpretazione della HORNE al Metropolitan nel 1974

[@LassonDavid]

A musical and theatrical triumph: such a formidable Rosina that poor Dott. Bartolo doesn't have a chance!

[@franciscolobobatista7889]

Wow, this High B at 6:00, incredible... Like a trumpet!!!

[@jeanielovetri9157]

God bless this woman. Her artistry, her musicality, her creativity, and her golden, unique voice. She is also a generous, kind and accurate vocal coach. So wonderful to have this to remind us what she was like at her finest. Brava, Jackie!

[@seanbeat8661]

Thank You Marilyn. I Met You, and here i understand what Music Intelligenz is! 👏👏👏

[@Lechatnoir3]

I can’t stop listening to this aria. Someone send help

[@vinalandsford6966]

I’m addicted to it too. All hope is lost… 😀

[@kagitsune]

And at 4 in the morning!! 😂

[@AlessandroPasotti]

Magnificent!

[@esterbruno8604]

Stellare! Marylin, grandissima! ⭐💛

[@pegchandler2527]

What a goddess of the voice she was! Technique and breath control beyond compare!

[@xtineonutube]

Oh Marilyn, Marilyn - that perfect phrasing, those diamond notes that just seem to fall out of your precious mouth - there will NEVER be another one like you. You are truly the greatest mezzo that ever sang Rossini. He would be ecstatic like the rest of us!

[@baritonebynight]

+Kantele Maki I was very lucky to hear Ms. Horne live in the late 1990s and the year 2000. They were some of the greatest musical highlights of my life.

[@legato699]

Exactly my thought ;-) I couldn't have better words.

[@jasonhurd4379]

Not greater than Berganza, Simionato or Supervia. Sorry.

[@francoaragosta4285]

@@jasonhurd4379 You ar SO absolutely RIGHT, Jason. Berganza remains unsurpassed, and Frederica von Stade was exquisiten the mezzo repertory as well.

[@siegfriedweber7956]

@@jasonhurd4379 I agree. Teresa is the greatest "Mezzo". Super!

[@MsSelena27]

Love her so much 💚🎵💃 Great how she really milks the low notes too!

[@philbertherndon5909]

Marilyn at her finest! I had not hear this version before but it tops all versions I have heard before. Another of those voices that leave you with having experienced something marvelous and once in a lifetime. Viva Marilyn!!

[@wehrlepascal7109]

Marilyn Horne the best Rossini-Singer ever!!!!! Thank you Domenico Tassi for the wonderful tape!

[@siegfriedweber7956]

No, that´s Teresa Berganza! No doubts!

[@purisermonisamator]

They both are superb , but as for me, I do prefer Supervia, who was the finest and the most exquisite singer of Rossini's music.

[@tezjag3]

Beautiful.

[@dariuszgrabowski8665]

PHENOMENAL !!!!

[@user-fw3el4gr3o]

A melhor interpretação que já ouvi até agora(e já ouvi algumas)desta aria! Bravo!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@faroukbongo772]

Ms Horn's version of this song is absolutely Beautiful. I downloaded this song by mistake- a rather fortunate mistake I should say. This song brings back soo many memories!

[@delfinulalbastru]

Extraordinar!!!

[@domenicodore9873]

Da brividi

[@mariarosariodiazvalderas4490]

no puedo menos que regresar a esta amada maravillosa voz...

[@MMotta-mk8uq]

Grandiosíssima!

[@dorachiabov8572]

Che voce! Un' interpretazione bellissima.

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

Incredible embellishments! Really something stupendous!

[@delroyroberts9244]

Rosine Horne.From B5 to G#3! That trill! reminds me of her grest singing partner.

[@twainhouson-frederick1847]

Dame Joan Sutherland

[@amazon0971]

The best mezzosoprano ever. Thanks for the amazing post!

[@causabon99]

Stunning, absolutely stunning.

[@vanmusician]

I heard her sing Rosina here in Vancouver, and was also at opening night of the historic first Norma she sang with Sutherland here in 1963. I also heard her here in L'Italiana in Algeri and Trovatore.

[@MMotta-mk8uq]

Impecável!

[@ekaterinalenkova6080]

Incredibile l'interpretazione per un contralto! È favolosa!

[@Dr__Feelgood]

Marilyn is actually a mezzo-soprano who also has such a rich & robust contralto that beats most pure contraltos, which makes the rarity of the latter that often forces opera companies to cast mezzos into contralto roles something that wouldn't be a compromise & instead even be nore of a blessing if she was the mezzo tasked to do the job.

[@TotalTennisGeek]

mezzo

[@aran125]

Love her sound. So full, BIG, rich and deep.

[@adriana_Marie]

Oh my, Marilyn, no words, except that I adore you :)...

[@dodotassi]

the best

[@seanbeat8661]

People That do Not like it. do Not know what SINGING SHOULD SOUND LIKE! Poor You

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

Saw her do Barbiere, and L'Italiana - both with Rocky Blake 2 amazing performances by 2 amazing singers!!!

[@gillianomotoso328]

Ferocious and sweet, fierce and supple. Splendorous.

[@MMotta-mk8uq]

Simplesmente Magnífica!

[@patukott]

My, that cadenza ! No words left...

[@baritonebynight]

Love you Ms. Horne!

[@DavidHernandez-tu6yk]

Excelsa mezzosoprano, mi favorita

[@annesofiesoeby]

Omg from 4:40 is like riding the craziest rollercoaster in the world!! LOVE U MARYLIN!!!

[@mariaforcella3477]

Fantastic!!!

[@victordunson8980]

My god that was stellar.

[@maurobernardini143]

Un vero contralto.,ma anche un vero mezzosoprano ed un soprano lirico. Estensione pazzesca

[@maurobernardini143]

CHE SPETTACOLO!!!

[@francescaferrari9419]

SUPERBA! !

[@TaVo78]

whaaaat in the world is happening at 4:44 to 4:51 !!! what an incredible ride wow wow wow

[@mugrad25]

thought the same exact thing. never heard anyone sing like that

[@mariacasemyr]

Freestyle

[@leoniemikele6]

Wow. Wow. Super, super…the…everything. At a loss for words! :)

[@quintusburgers881]

All hail the greaterst mezzo soprano that ever sang Rossini!!

[@bobfisher3303]

That ever lived.

[@bodiloto]

Quintus Burges Horne = soprano corto .

[@alexanderzaphir721]

Listen to her Musetta with de los Angeles ,Nedda ,or the aria from Figlia del Regimento. She has alo sang Wozzeck ,Fanciulla.. If you don't have the GOP ,2record album with her rarities, you can find some of her soprano arias in YT. After Simionato's retirement, the.... throne was empty! 60''s had many spintas & dram.sopranos with easy top. She was intelligent enough to defend this repertory. But not enough to have....no harm . Big difference between the legendary then for her Prophete of RAI ,and the the other one of the 70's. You can cheat ,singing in other tessituras ,but not without issues. That's why she was good only in the belcanto singing ,with a lot of scales ,but she was never able to be good or even sufficient, as Carmen ,Dalila,Azucena ,or Amneris. Observe Milanov's reaction in the Met's Gala ,when she was singing a totally....artificial.....Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix. Baltsa did exactly the same thing ,but she was more intelligent ,had much more volume ,& she drove her placement in a way that offered her the opportunity to last more& better

[@jasonhurd4379]

Sorry, Giuliana Simionato is the greatest mezzo that ever sang Rossini.

[@purisermonisamator]

@@alexanderzaphir721 Bravo, Alexander! Very precise and perspicacious judgment.

[@grobanite4ever85]

my favorite mezzo

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

She was a true and glorious coloratura contralto! the embellishments in the cadenza were masterful and sung with TASTE

[@andity1]

+george prentice she is a mezzosoprano, not a contralto

[@mugrad25]

amen

[@mugrad25]

+Lady Bathory right but definitely a contralto extension with those low notes

[@andity1]

I think every mezzo has those low notes, but of course she is a dramatic mezzosoprano, so the low notes from her sound like contralto's, because only dramatic voices has the power to produce low notes like that

[@andity1]

Good point, but she's definitely from the lower mezzos, the range and the coloratura extension doesn't make her higher or lirical mezzo. About the notes, I said earlier every mezzo has low notes at least to G3, but not everyone's are so bigger and powerul like hers

[@kdlane4046]

Simply stunning

[@yaelpalombo4093]

❤❤🌹🌹

[@oooooo2062]

Una auténtica Contralto Rossiniana!!! Bravissima la Horne

Mezzo.*

[@oooooo2062]

Dante Alejandro García su registro abarca la contralto a la soprano

[@marcocampus7943]

anche secondo me è un contralto. peraltro il più grande del 900

[@davidmuller9938]

Dante Alejandro García She's a coloratura contralto, exactly which voice is needed for these roles.

[@mmjhcb]

GREAT singing. Truly great. I heard her with Sutherland in "Norma" and she outsang her royally.

[@herrbrucvald6376]

are you on something?

[@mmjhcb]

***** No, but I could be forced to toke up if I conversed with you for any period of time longer than this response.

[@Operafreak9]

I can believe that. Horne is exciting. Not so, Sutherland.

[@ilovemilnesandopera7662]

grandissima!!!

[@MaurizioAGatti]

fantastica

[@zolliteranopl5754]

Rosina Una voce poco fa qui nel cor mi risuonò; il mio cor ferito è già, e Lindor fu che il piagò. Sì, Lindoro mio sarà, lo giurai, la vincerò. Розина Недавно меня в самое сердце ранил голос - то был голос Линдора. Да, Линдор будет моим, клянусь, я его покорю! Il tutor ricuserà, io l’ingegno aguzzerò. Alla fin s’accheterà e contenta io resterò. Sì, Lindoro mio sarà, lo giurai, la vincerò. Опекун мне не помощник, но я хитростью возьму, и он нехотя уступит. Да, Линдор будет моим, клянусь, я его покорю! Io sono docile, son rispettosa, sono ubbidiente, dolce, amorosa; mi lascio reggere, mi fo guidar. Я и покорна, и я почтительна, послушна, мила и нежна; даю собой управлять, даю себя наставлять. Ma se mi toccano dov’è il mio debole, sarò una vipera, e cento trappole prima di cedere farò giocar.

[@65attila]

Stunning singing by IMO an all time greats.

[@gerardbellanger563]

Quelle voix mélodieuse et puissante. Quelle souplesse, soprano coloratur. Génial.

[@tompussina]

Foto con dedica. Mariuolo fortunato!

[@perolsen4271]

I doff my hat, and prostrate myself. Sheer, almost brutal, virtuosity.

[@purisermonisamator]

Excuse me, what do you do with your hat? Is it a stove-pippe one?

[@victordunson719]

The GREATEST Mezzo EVER

[@jasonhurd4379]

Sorry, that title goes to Giulietta Simionato.

[@vanessawyndham5744]

Amazingly ridiculous performance. It doesn't get any better than this. Brava diva!

[@earlmanzor560]

The B5 at the end is flat. But still very great.

[@eugeniohuerta8290]

BIELIS 🌹💐 me ha besado y me ha ha vuelto loca 😸🌈🌈🤣😘

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

Non era molto adatta a cantare Rosina. Non e' l'Assedio di Corinto.

[@dougt3652]

Despite a squally top and pushed/forced low notes, she ruled these roles. Her coloratura was excellent.

[@Dr__Feelgood]

If those low notes sound "forced" to you, I wonder what & who sounds "natural" then.

[@dougt3652]

@@Dr__Feelgood Teresa Berganza! I heard Horne in her entire MET career. Many rewarding performances but the extremes of her voice could be problematic.

[@Dr__Feelgood]

@@dougt3652 Thanks. I just listened to Teresa's own rendition of the same aria and even though it was just as flawless, there was nothing in her low notes for me to write home about. But I think even if Marilyn did "force" anything, which I still have yet to hear (had only discovered her a couple weeks ago, though), it's unfortunate IMO that people in general tend to often falsely presume that "natural" as far as anything under the sun is concerned (e.g. no preservatives = dangerous!; non-GMO = not a + & technically hasn't existed in human foods for the past 10k years; no MSG = not a + & MSG is naturally occurring in many foods) will always be "superior" to anything that is synthetic or processed or, in the case of the performing arts, any special ability that is molded by years of practice & recalibration of technique in using the instrument that wouldn't have been able to perform that way if left naive or even trained with the barest minimum. I have never heard her sing as much as you have, however, but if this performance is representative of the best that she can do, then anything less is irrelevant to me because there is no one who is able to do anything with robotic precision until their batteries need to be recharged. 😝

[@dougt3652]

@@Dr__Feelgood chacon a son gout. I find Horne’s use of chest voice to be vulgar and not at all ‘bel’ canto but more can belto. Her debut announced a singer that indulged in ‘show off my low notes’ antics. Adalgisa announces I’ve got chest notes. Her use of chest in Carmen showed a charmless person behind the music. But I repeat there were other parts of her artistry which were quite fine. I have ALL her recordings - both commercial and pirated. They get little play. I loved her Presenting Marilyn Horne disc when it came out.

[@Dr__Feelgood]

@@dougt3652 I LOVE the boldness of flouting that unnecessarily more vulgar & inimical rule. 😈 It's a GORGEOUSLY RICH sound and that's all that matters. To me, the appearance of a crystal that dazzles better than diamond -- a material that's relatively not that rare actually and has been more of a marketing triumph than anything real by DeBeers -- makes it more impressive & precious than the faked "pricelessness" of what is nothing but carbon with a rearranged molecular structure.

[@serpinapergolesi461]

Penso che Horne e Callas siano le sole che ci consentano almeno di immaginare come fossero Farinelli e Caffariello. Sembra si tratti di "belcanto"... il motivo non può che essere questo.

[@gianfrancocartella3598]

AZZ

[@imadude8075]

What.,.,.,. Maria who from Queens?

[@rhapsode00]

Powerful but show-offish and draws attention to her singing rather than the dramatic sense and characterization. Compare Teresa Berganza's version in the 1972 film and you'll be unable to bear this hamming.

[@mihalyring6229]

Tokeletes

[@ReGremlin]

E cenDo trappole

[@Obrzempala]

liked Ewa Podles's version much better

[@MFuria-os7ln]

there's always one minority report...Who is Ewa Podles???

[@jasonhurd4379]

@@MFuria-os7ln Hoo boy. You ARE kidding, aren't you? Podles is only the greatest , most authentic contralto of the last forty years. Where have you been?

[@genlyai5055]

@@jasonhurd4379 Eva Puddles is one of the worst, wobbliest, most technique-free atrocities ever to pretend to be a singer. It's obvious where you spend your time--with your head up your own posterior.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

So nasal

[@garydubois2697]

Sounds forced and Mannish to me. Sorry

[@davidmuller9938]

Gary Dubois lol, she's a contralto so...

[@jasonhurd4379]

Gary Dubois Trust your ear. Try Berganza, Simionato and Supervia for true Rossinian greatness.

[@davidhumphrey3842]

@metropolitan1966 BRAVO........PERFECT RESPONSE!!!!!!!!

[@jodavitow]

Meh. People really over hype her. Nice chest voice tho

[@francoaragosta4285]

Always ASTONISHING, but her voice itself, lacks basic FEMININITY. In her lower register she sounds like MAN, and it has always come across as unseemly, freakish, and frankly a little FIGHTENING to me. No one could dispute her mastery of the material, her incredibly sharp, precise , splrndidly articulated fioratura, or her passion forthe art of singing, BUT -- and I know i shall get a lot of flack for daring to say this -- her VOICE lacked BEAUTY, and in the lower register it often sounded hyper-aggressive, and downeght UGLY to me.

[@Diva_D]

Yeah right... so unfeminine that she voiced Carmen Jones, whuch is such a masculine role... What a fucking asshole

[@Operafreak9]

I think, for the reasons you stated, de los Angeles will forever be my "go to"for this. Ultra feminine, sparkling, impish, and so graceful. She makes this aria sparkle like no one else I have ever heard. She was "angelic," to be sure.

[@purisermonisamator]

@@Diva_D , please, be more polite.

[@purisermonisamator]

Франко, ваше суждение верно лишь отчасти. Вы верно почувствовали интерсексуальность голоса Хорн (причём это касается не только нижних нот, но и всей певческой

[@purisermonisamator]

манеры певицы. Именно поэтому она, неубедительная в партиях Кармен или Далилы, была непревзойдённой в операх барокко - вспомните хотя бы её "Orlando furioso" Вивальди в Вероне. Я думаю, она сознательно ориентировала себя на подобный репертуар и культивировала в себе эту манеру. Потому и Арзаче идёт ей больше, чем Адальджиза.