Eva Marton 1983 - Turandot - "In questa reggia"

[@luisnx01]

Marvelous...

[@luisnx01]

As a matter of fact, today I'm seeing Turandot in San Diego, CA

[@flicfan416]

SO sad that there isn't one, single Turandot worth listening to these days. Marton would be considered gold today.

[@MrYonexguy63]

saw marton as turandot twice in boston in 83/84. after 30 years STILL the most impressive singing ive heard from a live human being. glad to have the audio bootleg recently too - but the experience remains undimmed.

[@MiguelArcangel-zi7xd]

Gloriosa y brillante soprano verista de voz enorme, potente. Timbre envolvente. Una diva de los años 70-80. Enorme ovación !!

[@luismanueltena]

Bravoooooooooo

[@nestorfabianpz]

Incredible! I know there are many Turandots out there, but I just love her. She is truly an Ice Princess as far as attitude and understanding of the role goes, but she is warm and a vast explosion of energy and vocal power. Wonderful, in my opinion the best I've heard!

[@anne-louiseluccarini4530]

I must agree with you. That aria has a fiendish tessitura - she makes it a glory. (Particularly with a jolly seaside café backdrop...) The triumphant ending brought tears to my eyes.

[@RenaudE320]

She is very good yes, I personally prefer Ghena Dimitrova 😊

[@lirahbaril5807]

Every couple of years I have to come back and watch Eva Marton’s version of this amazing masterpiece!I do not know a lot about Opera.But the musical arrangement and tempo makes my hairs stand up.The “Iron Lung” one must have to belt this out.Eva’s thunderous vibrato over the orchestra.Omg wish I was there.Bridget Nilsson the Queen! was my favorite she the first opera singer to put me in tears.When she is in the green dress that C#6 went to the straps here.Eva is the only other last and captivating Turandot performer worth listening too.BRAVO!!❤

[@callasladivina]

Same here! ❤ Treat yourself with the back story of this performance. Do a little online research. You will love it even more 😊

[@laprimmadonna2341]

❤❤❤❤❤Bellísimo vídeo…los que escuchamos a Eva en vivo sabemos que pasarán muchos años, para volver a ver una artista como ella, una voz inconmensurable como la suya…perfecta Turandot…genial. Gracias

[@SymphonyBrahms]

Brilliant! Eva Marton was one of the great Turandots, along with Nilsson and Callas.

[@anne-louiseluccarini4530]

More beautiful voice than Callas.

[@denitsachristo4250]

And almost as beautiful as Ghena Dimitrowa's 😊 both exceptional!

[@JRSoubasse]

Beautiful woman with a beautiful, massive dramatic voice. One of the great Turandot’s and dramatics of her time. ❤

[@joaosousaoficial2562]

Grande grande Eva Marton ! Beautiful voice !

[@АльмирБигушев-ш5ц]

Эва Мартон - Блестящая Туоандот Всех Времен. Никто и никогда не сможет её превзойти. Таких голосов нет. Природа, где Богатство на Века. Это Мощь, Сила, Сталь.

[@simisimi9]

OMG, SHE WAS THE FIRST BTURANDOT I EVER HEARD, YEARS AGO, AND FOR ME, THE GREATEST THEM OF ALL....AND I HAVE HEARD A LOT..!!!!

[@troygregory2874]

Her talent is glorious. That junior high-looking set though. 😳

[@nickbigd]

Yes I've always wondered what production the set was pulled from for this concert. Surely they had better.

[@nohaylamujer]

I don't know why people are saying she's not hitting the high C. She is! She IS skipping the consonants (a la Caballe) but she's doing the C all right.

[@dany3lixXo]

+nohaylamujer For sure! She hitted the high C all right. :D

[@matthewgroom8689]

Now that's how you sing it!!! All hail the legend that is Eva Marton. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@operaoaf]

Thanks for your post. I wish I had been sitting high up in the balconies to hear this superb musical dramatist unleash Turandot's furor. She is truly a diva with a huge presence on stage.

[@danbarthy3819]

Superb! Bravaaaa!!!! I Love her voice !!!! For me, she's the best Turandot ever!!! 👏👌🔝

[@joaosousaoficial2562]

PRIMA!

[@peterj.wender1738]

I was seated in the front row at Ms. Marton's U.S. debut in the role of Turandot with the Opera Company of Boston in November 1983. The sound coming off the stage was so frighteningly authoritative (loud) that the audience remained frozen at the end of the aria and dared not applaud. One thought one had heard the loudest sound a singer could make - until the next line: "Stragnero, ascolta", which was louder yet. There was no deficiency with the high C during the run of five performances. In Ms. Marton's defense, the odd arrangement of the missing interlude line for tenor, with the melody missing and the key modulation washed out, may have thrown her off normal sequence and ill served her as preparation for the final modulation.

[@elliotjcohen9917]

+Peter J. Wender Thanks for sharing your memories of "Turandot" at OCB. I stage managed that production and it's revival in 1986. :>)

[@wotan10950]

Peter J. Wender I agree with the volume of her voice. I saw her share the stage with Nilsson, and Marton actually had a much bigger sound. Her issues were with singing even the highest notes in the mask, and rarely singing below forte. Her prime, which was quite great, didn't last very long.

[@MrYonexguy63]

that first boston Turandot is my all time greatest opera experience by a single singer, shocking.

[@SilfredoSerrano]

I have that Turandot on CD. James McCracken was Calaf and it is magnificent!

[@nwdixieboy]

@@wotan10950 this has always been my instinct about her voice and where she went wrong. I would have loved to have heard her in her prime. There is an Die Frau excerpt on KZbin where she sings a C sharp that is absolutely phenomenal. She was at her Peak then and it's really thrilling

[@mscott3918]

Supposed faults or not, you're unlikely to hear anything of this calibre in an opera house now.

[@nickbigd]

Agreed

[@mscott3918]

nickbigd Thank you for that. No one seems to want to undertake proper training these days, they just want to squeeze out a thin high note and be an overnight sensation.

[@nickbigd]

I saw Ms Marton perform this role at the Met some years later, but I was so young and hyper critical then, I don't think I realized how lucky I was. It's really a bygone era.

[@mscott3918]

nickbigd Isn't it just. My first Boheme was with a new, up and coming young man called Jose Carreras!

[@philipcondenzio5987]

I was there and her this live! Feels like centuries ago. She was stupendous.

[@LauperTribute]

What a power house . LOVED IT

[@tinamangus3773]

The high C is spot on. I suggest listening with headphones. So often unprocessed recordings do sound either flat or squeaky because technology often was not pairing the rich voices of these artists of the past, and with headphones you might notice that you get more overtones making the sound more in tune. Nowadays, artists have their performances often edited and processed in a studio before publishing online. Some might even use amplification it seems. Not like the past.. what a pity that artists like Rosa Ponselle have left recordings where you have to imagine the part of sound missing due to ancient means of recording. Headphones make a difference I believe.

[@anne-louiseluccarini4530]

It was spot on. I am listening with headphones! I don"t think they made her pitch the C, though.

[@dogabirlik]

No words.. Shes not even a human.. This Performance is marvelous. 🎉👏🏼👏🏼❤

[@tfleiter]

Still my all time favorite. She was the first Turandot I ever saw in the way over the top MET production at the age of 19. I have seen this very production numerous times at the MET since then…but Eva Marton made it basically impossible for everyone coming after her to be more memorable. Opera at its best…thanks for posting this.

[@johnsonharold3463]

One of the greatest Turandots. Brava!

[@bethfiori4708]

Her regal bearing and powerful voice are fantastic for the role.

[@SymphonyBrahms]

The great Eva Marton. There's no one like her today.

[@Kivimusic]

03:58!!!!

[@smurf902]

We do love a good glottal. We do. We love that for her.

[@dubbelhenke854]

She is truly fantastic!!

[@hummarstraful]

Watched the 1987 Turondot performance on Met On Demand with Domingo and was blown away!!

[@ranhat2]

Her 1994 Turandot with San Fran. Symph/Opera was spectacular. What a voice then and in this earlier piece. The 1994 is or was available on DVD, and worth it.

[@davidbeethoven]

it's really great

[@RBP1963]

She was great ! I saw her in Barcelona many times: Leonora of la Forza, Andrea Chenier, Turandot.. ❤

[@RogerSmallwood]

Superb ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@vincebossi46]

Gran voce,grande fascino, fuoco interpretativo......semplicemente splendida

[@hanzvan]

Marton is my favorite of all dramatic sopranos. Brava!!

[@pepesvalle3351]

Esplendor of a Real and Royal Diva! No more voices like this Godess i lov you forvever Great Diva Eva Marton

[@SilfredoSerrano]

She's really terrific. If she missed the C, oh well. She's sung tons of great high Cs including the Turandots from Vienna, Boston, Caracalla, etc.

[@joaosousaoficial2562]

SPLENDISSIMA.

[@gergelycsallo5133]

@opera revenger one of the greatest dramatic sopranos of the world.....

[@bigjoetube]

Superb Turandot.

[@mariezenaida]

This is the most lyrically sung "In Questa Reggia" I've heard yet...Nice phrasing!

[@josecarrerastema8654]

Spettacolare

[@connorannable8608]

My favorite Eva Martin find thus far!

[@s.baines3631]

Contrary to comments here, she is definitely doing the C! This is a difficult aria for a dramatic sop. Sublime singing. In command of her technique... What an artist.

[@michaelmiller1215]

Exactly! It was spot-on pitch!

[@smurf902]

She is but she just took a second or 2 to get there, she slid to it. Slide baby 🍼

[@babs22hh]

i know right!!! she really digs in!

[@maricarmenbarrionuevo5927]

Maravillosa

[@larvael32]

THE BEST TURANDOT EVER!!!

[@buenvendor]

Dame Marton, one of the great opera divas of all time.

[@stevenmathers6661]

I don't think she was a "dame".

[@MrJuanBampa]

Huge voice and in my opinion she was quite pretty.:), sexy!!

[@crip1421]

excellent

[@SingerGeneLeonard]

Why is Nebtrepko singing thing this role when we want a voice Marton to sing it!!

[@arnoldamaral7406]

I remember back in late 80s she performed Turandot in San Francisco. & after the Opera was over the reviews said " more shrill than thrill" Very sad that the they can bring you down & build you up. 😢🙏🎵🎶 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

[@akherousia]

This is like the best performance of this aria I have ever heard.

[@stefanovanali1667]

il top del top grande Eva

[@nohaylamujer]

god bless you, eva!

[@angelotoschi2183]

Ti ho sentito più volte. Brava!

[@marksmith3947]

Nilsson was a better singer, but frankly I find Marton in her element here, absolutely phenomenal

[@Winnepausakee]

General statement: not much on soprani...Moffo and exception. Heard Marton today for the first time. Last passage at 5.45 ran a chill across my shoulders and brought tears to my eyes....I have been turned off to Turandot over the years because of the soprano, whoever it was, basically screeching throughout the performance. This aria in this clip will make me rethink much. Exceptional....

[@henrygingercat]

damn this machine, I typed 'curdled'.

[@jotaone]

Mrs. NetrebKo please take note on how it is supposed for a REAL Turandot to sound and sing that aria.

[@MarkFarago]

She was the last Turandot.

[@candidaspinelli]

La Turandot più convincente ❤

[@mccellobennett1577]

As good as it gets. Birgit Nilsson was the only other singer I can remember who drove it out of the park like Eva Marton at this Met Gala. ❤🎉❤

[@connorannable8608]

By the way, notice the truly Chinese influences throughout the score.

[@simisimi9]

@nestorfabianpz YOU ARE SO RIGHT !!!!!!!!!!!

[@henrygingercat]

Only just made the top C but nice to hear her before her voice cuddled.

[@cstrum]

Her and Placido's performance of the Zeffirelli new production at the MET in '87 is without peer and the gold standard of this opera.

[@golden-63]

Nilsson & Corelli: Hold my beer...

[@stillstanding6031]

She was a fabulous Turandot. Not many at her level. Nilsson of course. Sutherland's recording with Mehta is impressive (surprise). They say it ruined her voice. Is that so?

[@nickbigd]

I couldn't vouch as to the effects of this particular role on Marton's voice over time. I saw her in the role in the late 80's and had no at the time how fortunate I was. Sutherland's recording with Caballe is a marvel but notably she never attempted the role live to my knowledge, a telling distinction.

[@optimal798]

She is not a princess. She is the Queen.

[@thomasgrass6357]

Gute Stimme, da können sich manche Wackeltanten eine Scheibe von abschneiden.

[@joseabraham8038]

AWESOME! what a pity about the last note, I am no high note junkie but I miss that final high c

[@DARKEMERALDFLAME]

GOD, WHAT A POWERHOUSE!

[@gregberg5559]

An amazing performance. Nope, she doesn't quite manage the high C (it is decidedly under pitch until the very end of the note.) But her sound and style are amazing.

[@brunoantony3218]

So relieved not to have a tenor ruin the whole thing by cracking like Domingo did in this scene 5 years later.

[@cantanteporsiempre]

at 5:35

[@martinjaviersalum7261]

Gran interpretacion. Si llega al do pero no dice la letra. En Queen de Caracalla de 1992 no llega al do final , en realidad no importa despues de toda la interpretacion.

[@hhardin8500]

Nina stemmed should be ashamed of herself thinking she can sing the same role as this vocal goddess!!!! No way... this is gorgeous :-)

[@Emil-d6q]

Probably, cause we're too scared... "la morte è una".

[@Jamessemaj12]

She could have held on to the B's and C's longer but amazing performance otherwise.

[@suzannacanales]

Bravissima. That is a Turandot not Netrebko!

[@sandorzsikla5800]

Sajnos a hang, pocsék.

[@wotan10950]

A great rendition, but I still think all those Turandots eventually wrecked her voice.

[@Yves_Ka]

They did - the voice was much more easily produced pre Turandot. Having said that I heard her live in her debut in Vienna (she was a lot better than here) and it was not only beautiful but very exciting. The voice was really even - gorgeous warm sound from top to bottom and flowed quite effortlessly.

[@SilfredoSerrano]

Actually, more than Turandot, I think Gioconda, Elektra and Brunhilde ruined her. Turandot is high tessitura and most girls will be heard because of that. With Giocodanda, she chested way to high. But Elektra and Brunhilde were just wrong, wrong, wrong.

[@PSailor]

Pity that she is yet again flat at those critical high notes. But powerful and moving nonetheless.

[@mscott3918]

Well, you know that she didn't have time to warm up? She arrived from Boston with about 30 minutes to spare. I was there and it was a pretty damn good performance. In my opinion as an opera goer for nearly 50 years, far better than anything you can hear now.

[@flicfan416]

Gli ENIIII-EEEEE-AAAHHH-no tre close enough lol

[@draganvidic2039]

Never a fan and not here either. Voice is too soft and veiled on top. I prefer more an icy timbre or at least som more gleaming metal in the voice.

[@mscott3918]

Dragan Vidic Looking at the comments here I fancy you may be in a bit of a minority. 😁

[@draganvidic2039]

M Scott I have no problem with that

[@johnsonharold3463]

One of the greatest Turandots. Brava!