Anna Tomowa-Sintow: "Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani involami". Errnani. G. Verdi

[@acitipo]

Que hermosa voz de soprano lírica de bellísimo timbre, y grande volumen. Una soprano del más alto nivel.

[@TheRosahamburgo]

Incredible how she sings such a complicated aria with such a relaxed body and voice and with an absolut control of the air. Thank you very much.

[@ЛюбомирДамянов-х3р]

Such mastery is achieved with a lot of work and talent.

[@danafripp4120]

Couldn't have said it better. I'm in awe of her poise and freedom. It's beautiful.

[@timbruneau6602]

SUPERB technique!!!! Stillness of both body and spirit. FANTASTIC SINGING!

[@queenslanddiva]

Anna Tomowa-SIntow was the first soprano I ever heard sing this and it is still one of the best, in my opinion. And I love having the lyrics underneath. I've attempted this difficult aria myself (with varying degrees of success it has to be said!!), so having that prompt there is lovely. Thanks for this upload.

[@ЛюбомирДамянов-х3р]

One of the best Bulgarian opera performers forever..... Thank you Anna Tomowa-Sintow

[@Ulysses88047]

Wie immer großartig !Für mich die beste Interpretation dieser Arie ! One of the BEST Opera performers of the world !❤

[@drtremolo1]

Ponselle ?

[@josecarrerastema8654]

Grandissima Artista

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Tra le ultime che hanno "cantato". Splendida.

[@Rodrigo-rx3nf]

This is the finest interpretation of this aria, and the most tasteful as well.²

[@enthusedtosing9655]

First "squared" comment I've seen. A good and honest invention.

[@giuseppinascapparone5912]

Un grandissimo piacere riascoltare questa splendida voce. Grazie!!!!

[@grantyoungblood7895]

I remember the live broadcast in 1983.... Brava diva!

[@Rodrigo-rx3nf]

ASSOLUTAMENTE PERFETTA

[@jbaumboy]

She is absolutely awesome in this! Brought the house down as well from what I heard at the Met. She is fantastic in Capriccio by Strauss as well.

[@ctmagnus760]

Damn right! What a technique! Wow!

[@meto2854]

This is the finest interpretation of this aria, and the most tasteful as well.

[@Rodrigo-rx3nf]

Totally agree

[@sutherland9]

It is a fine interpretation but I would recommend listening to Rosa Ponselle and Leontyne Price in this aria. I don't think Mrs. Tomowa-Sintowa reaches that level of vocalism.

[@duncanrichardson2167]

This is a live performance and IMO this gives it a special place in the canon of recorded performances such that I rate it as number one.

[@charlesdotson4766]

Anna does a fantastic job with this aria!! I would also recommend listening to Leona Mitchell sing this aria. It is phenomenal!

[@charlesdotson4766]

Leona Mitchell owns this aria as well! Im not taking anything away from Anna Tomov Sintow as she sounds wonderful in this piece. I've always loved her voice especially as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni

[@AntW11]

She is gorgeous!!!!!

[@eberlinpascal2837]

C'est très très bien chanté ! Admirable !

[@kiimmaritz2827]

Love it could nearly still sing all the high A and C+

[@stefanoolcese]

Truly, indeed fantastic. Everything is there. Cannot think about a better performance than this. Chapeau!

[@wotan10950]

I remember watching (and recording on Betamax!) the whole concert. IIRC, she had been singing non-Italian roles at the Met, and prepared this difficult aria to show Levine that she could sing Verdi very well. She then sang Aida at the Met, and other roles too.

[@ian.marais1202]

Oh the superb Sintow. Beautiful voice, beautiful rendition.

[@klauskastner1930]

Anna ist eine ganz grossartige Sängerin! Brava!!

[@danafripp4120]

I could cry, this is so magnificent...and she's so utterly peaceful her delivery!

[@ercheche8486]

Best ever rendition none like this one , no Callas , no Price , No Mitchell, just her in this one, and specially in this performance , easy, beautiful , soft , colour, fiato , legato , all in one

[@violingirl2]

LOVE HER! Love her "La Mamma Morta" interpretation as well!

[@gerriedeharder9409]

Incredible BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@norbertolara7]

Grande Tomowa! Un solo detalle sobre este video. La partitura anexada en la parte baja del video es una partitura transportada 1 tono más abajo que el original, no corresponde a lo que está cantando Tomowa en el Video. Pero muy buena la intención educativa de ponerle la partitura. Saludos!

[@rinconcete.alejandromartinez]

Norberto, tienes razón y pido disculpas por ello. Anna canta en Mib, que es como, creo que está en la partitura original de Verdi. Yo encontré esta trasposición un tono más bajo, en Reb y sin más la incorporé equivocadamente. Gracias por tan excelente aportación crítica constructiva y por el elogio final. Saludos.

[@ssjj6070]

Holy cow! Perfection

[@Tenortalker]

A gorgeous voice and fine musicianship!

[@КаринаСимонянц-ъ8л]

Голос уникальный.! Браво, браво.!

[@operwu9618]

Literally amazing.

[@loralayons1120]

Bellissima Anna!!!

[@Rodrigo-rx3nf]

you can hear clearly every single note

[@kathrinlorenzen8165]

For those of us who is considering to sing it - Careful, it's one tone higher than written in this score :D

[@20150alex]

Прекрасно всё!!!

[@pattipage2122]

Fabulous!

[@vanessawyndham8791]

Spectacular!!!!!!

[@mikaylahatfield3776]

Just wanted to point out that she is singing in the key of E flat rather than the D flat that is shown above. Just stating that in case there is a musician interested in performing this song. 😊

[@jbaumboy]

I know, it was reeking havoc with my perfect pitch...LOL

[@rugby8-Philadelphia]

It's written in Eb

[@rogerpropes7129]

Your orthography is wreaking havoc with my perfect spelling.

[@SilfredoSerrano]

Wrong. It's in Bb. The music below it shows the key of Ab. Remember when there are flats, it's always the penultimate flat that determines the key. In this case the Eb refers to the 5th of the chord, the tonic being Ab. Still bring it up a whole step and it is actually sung in Bb. I've never seen it in Ab.

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

Very good!

[@Paddy818]

That’s how it’s done!

[@tenorjamestaylor]

AMAZING!!

[@operabilia]

I was there (MET centenary gala in 1983) and that was quite something (except for those ignorants who clapped hands before the cabaletta!)

[@golden-63]

Lucky you! I saw it live on TV and I remember this performance specifically. She schooled singers more famous than herself that night!

[@rogerpropes7129]

There is a clip of this by Leontyne Price where she actually puts up her hand to caution the audience not to clap there.

[@operabilia]

@@rogerpropes7129 Thanks, she's had the guts to do it.

[@corneliuswhite5139]

Letter perfect!😉

[@antoniogiusti9939]

MERAVIGLIOSA!!!!!!!

[@SilfredoSerrano]

Funny, the music underneath the video has it in one key, but it is sung in a different key. It is in Bb, but the music underneath shows Ab.

[@madalinatudoran4366]

This is good ! Anna Moffo Excellent ! Diction and ease .

[@romearomeo]

Splendida

[@fredojoaquim4764]

Lovely.

[@arnoldamaral3814]

Voice Voice & more Voice. This is Opera. 🇫🇷🏃💙 Arnold Bourbon Amarral

[@ГеннадийТулес]

Интересно, что хотят услышать те, кто поставил дизлайки?

[@GarthAstrology]

This was one of the high points of the Met Gala, but why is the music in A-flat major when she's singing in B-flat major?

[@marinelamircea899]

Rinconcete - mulțumiri ce surpriza. extrem de placuta. a avut o voce atât de frumoasă și de. o calitate excepțională - nu am mai auzit o de ani buni și. mi a făcut mare. placere cu mult drag !!! ( multi ani acel dirijor îmi scapă numele James Levine ?? - a ținut conducerea muzicală de la MET )

[@Shahrdad]

There's no one in her league now.

[@Leanrosso]

YOU ARE PERFECTLY !!! NO ONE

[@cavaliothorson7755]

Since Maria Callas passed in the 70s I agree.

[@Shahrdad]

@@cavaliothorson7755 That's not a fair comparison either. What Callas could do in her prime, nobody else has been able to do, including Tamowa-Sintow. And Callas could never produce the classically beautiful sounds that Anna does here. Anna was a wonderful and amazing singer, but Callas was a genius. You can hear the difference just in the way they say Ernani involami. Anna sings it; Callas caresses it and almost whispers it in his ear.

[@cavaliothorson7755]

@@Shahrdad I'm actually not an opera connoisseur, I was more or less exaggerating in my previous comment. I've known about Maria Callas for a short time now and I'm blown away every time I hear her sing.

[@ohmk1395]

@@Shahrdad your comment really gave me goosebumps just to remember Callas, the divine goddess, the eternal artist!

[@lolo00265]

This is singing.

[@Lorenzo-be1nm]

lovely Tomowa Sintow... the score here is lower than the one she is singing in.

[@MartaBrivio1517]

La cadenza scritta alla fine dell'aria non corrisponde a quella cantata, e anche la tonalità differisce dall'originale. Lei magnifica!

[@jeffreymiller4814]

What’s up with the vocal score shown in the key of A-flat???? This aria is in Bb, and she sings it in that key.

[@rosannalogrecosoprano1410]

❤❤❤

[@Cuteo05]

She is better than Netrebko

[@gabrielvelascorios8892]

Far dar better!!!

[@chortkiv1]

without question

[@operabilia]

Why do you even mention the Russian here???!!!

[@SilfredoSerrano]

Lots of people are better than Netrebko

[@SilfredoSerrano]

Who isn't?

[@Xxx-xk3uq]

Truly fine

[@jeffreyhoward879]

Lovely, but shame the notation isn’t in the same key as the audio.

[@hanxiao8945]

Anyone could find the lyrics of this song. I found a lot of incomplete version.

[@hanxiao8945]

I missed a question mark

[@katarzynagrabosz2709]

❤️

[@operaloverhro3407]

Prachtvoller kaum denkbar, der Triller bei Ponselle, technisch unvergleich, die gesamte Arie bei Callas funkensprühend lebendig, bei Freni herzerweichend, aber gesangstechnisch ... , aber hier haben wir eine massstäbliche Vorführung.

[@dnsqhd1217]

😎👍

[@trojrox1202]

Lei canta nella tonalità originale. Le note però sono un tono più basso dell'originale... e...

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Non ne sarei cosi sicuro...hai trovato nel suo camerino lo spartito? Non mi pare proprio un tono piu' basso.

[@sutherland9]

@@fabriziomariagarzi5534 - Troj Rox ha ragione. la signora canta in si bemolle maggiore, come l'originale. Le note scritte sono piu' basse

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

@@sutherland9, ho ascoltato molte esecuzioni confrontandole e mi sembra che cantino tutte nella stessa tonalita', Callas e Sutherland comprese. La Tomowa-Sintow oaveva problemi di estensione e tenuta e arrivava al Re tranquillamente. Riascolti bene e comunque un tono per quest'aria sarebbe troppo e si avvertirebbe, stravolgendo l'esecuzione e l'ascolto.

[@patrickbridelance5815]

Le grave est fort laid !

[@debeauvoir20]

Just to point out she is singing top C's not B flats!!! See also comment about the key below.

[@keymonmurrah4420]

Sang!

[@franklynzhu6590]

BRA VA

[@tomorrowmely3624]

It is not "surta", but "sorta", from the verb "sorgere", that means to be born, to begin.

[@deborahwhitney9427]

Listen to Rosa Ponselle singing this aria. The definitive version.

[@gabrielfrota4190]

Where's her chest voice?

[@MrJohannLubbe]

You must be deaf

[@pantelclaude1278]

Je préfère Alexia Cousin...

[@enthusedtosing9655]

ok

[@MrOlogramma]

Brava, but Callas an other planet

[@shirley9529]

Horrible! She sounds like a chicken squawking as they are being chocked to death! Her Italian diction is the worse I have ever heard! She is struggling to sing Italian with a Russian-Ukrainian type accent! Everyone! Please do yourselves a favor and listen to the version of Leontyne Price singing the same aria! Not even Maria Callas has ever come close to Leontyne in any vocal articulation, or tone quality! Also, listen to Leontyne Price's other concert and operatic work on line, also! She is still alive at 93 years old, living in Maryland with her brother, who is a retired serviceman! He seems to be a wonderful and true and dedicated brother, who looked out for her by welcoming her to move in with him from her former NewYork House that had been deteriorating for many, many years! Long, Happy and Healthy may she Live!

[@enthusedtosing9655]

Madam, you're blurting out total BS, and not even involving Leontyne Price in it helps..

[@shirley9529]

@@enthusedtosing9655 Evidently all you have to offer is to tell someone that they are blurting out BS? This is a public forum! Anyone can say whatever they like and give thier opinion! Therefore, I could give less than a damn about what you think about what I wrote! I stand behind my opinion with expertise to match! And, I only debate with my equals! People like me do not respond to people like you, who evidently do not have education or knowledge to express themselves without profane and low class profanity! You sound like a very sad person with nothing going in your life, beside a huge chip on your shoulder! One way to pull your life out of the gutter, is to learn to respect other people's opinions and thier rights to those opinions! What rock have you lived under that you don't know who the greatest American Operatic Singer is? You must be a total failure and a nobody! Do not bother responding, because you will be blocked! Any response from you means nothing to me or anyone else! You Nobody! Pooof! Be Gone!!!

[@enthusedtosing9655]

@@shirley9529 Your first post is uneducated, and shows, to point out the least, full ignorance of history, or linguistics, or phonetics. (Sintow, with several slight vocal hurdles here and there, is magnificent in her rendition, and most certainly has _great_ Italian) Also it is rude and I won't stand self-entitled bigotry entering discussions of Opera. Trampling the work of an amazing singer, who gives, at 40+ years, with more than 20 years of career, a great interpretation of virtuosic material, with among others, a beautiful integration of a beautiful, creamy, ringing uppermost register within the rest of the voice. Also, Leontyne Price is possibly the first one who will tell you her own Italian diction is very far from perfect (and I like Price a lot, but you yourself decided to bring her into this) And as it is a public forum, I take your "Begone" and give it back to you, written down on paper and slightly soiled. You Madam are an aggressive bigot with racist tendencies, and opera is the last artform I would associate with you. And thanks for the life advice, it's amazingly well-educated and polite, and your wonderful good intentions gleam through magnificently. It also shows you are gifted in divination, a gift only matched by your assessment of people's Italian diction. Block whatever you like, BTW

[@Orfeus80]

Please go and ask Price why after so many decades on stage she didn't give a shit about the language she was singing and just kept on making hooty sounds? Would she be allowed to sing English so badly??

[@shirley9529]

@@Orfeus80 Your Pure Ignorance Is Showing! I only debate my equals! All others I teach, however, you are evidently not worthy of my time and professional expertise! Calm down! This format is open to anyone who wishes to expound an opinion! But, Please, Go and Educate Yourself and Stop Trolling until you can articulate something for the public to here. You accused Leontyne Price of "hooting!" Evidently you have never heard her, otherwise you would not mischaracterize her singing as "hooting!" Please, do not bother to respond, or attempt to mense words with professionals and learned experts in the music genre of classical music unless you are willing to listen and learn! Again, do not respond and waste my expert time time. I Cannot Help You!

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

Very good!