Montserrat Caballe "D'amor...Miserere...Tu vedrai" Il Trovatore (Role debut)

Manrico - Umberto Borsò
Gran Teatro del Liceo
Carlo Felice Cillario, cond
January 13, 1966

[@tolo2002]

Aunque en años posteriores refinaría su interpretación en varios detalles, es notable cómo en esencia ya se había hecho con su concepción de Leonora desde el primer momento y, por supuesto, ahí estaban el soberbio legato, los pianissimos etéreos y el elegante fraseo (aparte de un agudo seguro).

[@colincruise1928]

Less than perfect in several details of this performance - but what attack and passion she shows here! I love this stage of Caballe's theatrical endeavours when she gasps audibly or laughs madly (the 'live' 'Lucrezia Borgia' towards the end) - here she vocalises little shouts of emotion from time to time. But was that her coughing in an orchestral passage of 'Miserere'? It is fascinating to hear this first sketch of a difficult role she was to refine over a few years. Thank you, Onegin65.