Is this Caballé's greatest moment? Norma: "In mia man" duet w/ Jon Vickers @ Orange, 1974

[@willhobbs7765]

I was there that night - it was one of the greatest performances I have ever experienced. I’m so glad it was captured on film.

[@karinwijnberg9489]

My God. There are people who actually saw and heared this....LIVE ... Just unbelievably beautiful...

[@janubbenfreesetomson3670]

But not with these voices

[@daphnewilson7966]

Yes! To imagine being there! Yet I am so grateful to be here now!

[@mariusvanderlinden732]

Can you imagine, this live in 1974 under very windy conditions, without any help of technical things like microfoons, just life ONLY her voice. I was 10 years old on vacation in France and we where flabbergasted. Yes Callas is a queen NR 1.2 but she is THE QUEEN nr. 1. That's it without any further discussion.

[@neusbarrera6401]

The first time I went to the Opera was in 1970 in Barcelona’s Liceu and I saw the first Norma Caballe sung with Cossoto and since then I’ve attended all Caballe’s performances in Barcelona and also in other Opera Houses! I miss her and I always will be thankful to Caballe because she was so generous with her hometown!!

[@David19553]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Extremely good. Live long and prosper.

[@willhobbs7765]

I was there that evening - on of the most amazing performances I've witnessed in my 70 years of opera going. Caballe, Vickers, Veasey, the chorus, the orchestra, the conductor and the audience were all on fire. I don't know if it was that crazy Mistral that inspired every person there but it was a miracle of music making. Thank god it was recorded for others to enjoy.

[@LucieOgilvie]

Don't thjnk of myself as an envious person...but am now!

[@hermajesty52]

She sang Don Carlo in the same theater on a similarly blowy evening in 1984 with the great Giacomo Aragall, Bumbry et al. . Worth seeing.

[@ГаляМих-т2ю]

Любимая запись на видео, можно слушать и смотреть бесконечно и завидовать тем, кто 50 лет назад находился в Оранже...

[@juliegoodchild-dowley9449]

Wow, i listen to her loads, this is the best ever

[@golden-63]

*Montsy is absolutely on fire here! The sparkling crystal top, the chocolatey middle range, the spectacular chest voice, the passion and bel canto style. She is at her very best in this LIVE performance.*

[@patrice4081]

Il faut rappeler qu’il s’agit d’une représentation en plein air,lors de laquelle le Mistral soufflait en tempête.J’y étais et je n’ai jamais eu aussi froid de ma vie,mais j’ai assisté à la plus belle interprétation de Norma qu’il etait possible d’entendre.Caballé et Vickers étaient survoltés.Un souvenir inoubliable.

[@elisabetht9216]

I really envy you for being able to see it. I listen to it over and over again.

[@bozidarsicel3884]

This is Caballe's the greatest moment ever!!! It's hear wrenching and unbearable tragically deep and at the same time tremendously beautiful.

[@marcopaolocastagna7842]

Si percepiscono tutto il furore e la disperazione di Norma. Grandiosa interpretazione anche dal punto di vista della recitazione

[@mikeziemann]

She was simply amazing. This recording renders her voice really well.

[@eddiebuenaventure3666]

She herself considered this her best performance of Norma. The Casta Diva (with the Mistral wind coming in from Africa) is one of the greatest moments of opera.

[@francoisherisson2910]

Sorry to say, but the Mistral is a wind from the North, very cold, I can assure you! Definitely not from the south!

[@perlesbaroquesuniques]

@@francoisherisson2910 they wanted to say - sirocco 😃😃

[@philipc67]

The Mistral is a cold Atlantic wind.

[@catm]

lol, Mistral is a North wind, exactly a corridor wind which follows the Rhone valley from the North, cold in winter but not in summer, we can have 40° in Orange with a strong Mistral

[@continuousself-improvement1879]

It seemed everyone involved, from the performers, to the orchestra, to the audience, and even the wind knew that moment was magical, and may never be repeated again in history.

[@David19553]

😇🖖....even the wind knew that moment was magical, and may never be repeated again in history. Excellent. Poetic.

[@salvatorebianco4436]

Come bellezza di timbro, purezza di canto, tecnica sopraffina, Caballe' unica.

[@thorsten1955]

Breathtaking. What a luck that this performance has been recorded.

[@eziomarotta513]

MONTSERRAT NORMA SUPERBA! !!!!!!!! SEI SEMPRE NEI NOSTRI CUORI

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Sì, sempre! Non la dimenticheremo mai!

[@meto2854]

This is GODLY, SPECTACULAR, VISCERAL singing! Dear lord where are these singers today...I go to the opera house and fall asleep by the first intermission!

[@emitch9213]

You did unfortunately miss a Golden Age of the opera with starting 1965 to 1995..the singers were all top to a glorious number. Houses were full to see the greats of an endless time to the Opera coming to a unique period which we can only hope will someday return.

[@meto2854]

@@emitch9213 Indeed, I am so sad. I am only 24 yo but I LIVE for opera, I hope the art will recover!

[@emitch9213]

@@meto2854 And of course, I am, too, in such a great sadness that dear Madame Monserrat Caballe has departed. She was without discussion or argument a tremendous surprise to the world of the opera! She did transport the experience of the world of the opera to a level no one expected. It pains to see such a rich talent leave us. I am grateful that the films do exist. And we all hope the Golden Age does return. Further, Jon Vickers was a rocket voice, too.

[@sgnmath1234]

I fall asleep before I by the tickets.

[@sgnmath1234]

And hopefully dream of Cornell MacNeil, Joan Sutherland Richard Tucker and Birgit Nilsson

[@NewFutureFantasy]

I adore opera - especially when it's done like this. Caballe and Vickers are both magnificent, dramatically as well as vocally. Bravo!

[@stavrosanthias7876]

Simply sublime. Her upper register is legendary, but that lower register is like a mixture of honey and hot chocolate, smoothly sliding off a spoon. 🥰

[@TheSeeker246]

Omg, I always describe the tone of her voice being like honey and velvet. But your description of "honey and hot chocolate sliding off a spoon" is WAY more accurate!! I actually prefer her mid and lower registers, there's just such a sensuality and femininity to them. I adore her ...

[@dankurth4232]

That’s a great culinary compliment

[@moonshinesa8234]

Stavros, who on earth would melt chocolate and mix it with honey just to watch it slide off the spoon? At the beginning the emotion in her voice makes me want to cry.

[@giovanniarioli2971]

Assolutamente sublime ed insieme si è divertita. Superba, pianissimo in crescendo, e rondò. Meraviglia

[@santi7616]

yes !!! I agree

[@rupertchristiansen5826]

Oh my God. beyond anyone - nobody today can hold a candle to her

[@luanllluan]

The direction was sooo good. The way she entered from darkness was a master move.

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Yes, master move.

[@sgnmath1234]

This is singing!

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Yes, it is. What else?

[@cappycapuzi1716]

I don't recall ever seeing her more emotionally alive to a role!

[@giovannab.7675]

Cara, indimenticabile Montserrat, una memoria sempre viva dopo 4 anni dalla sua scomparsa da questa terra

[@chucknyc123]

This is an example of how great performers can make their colleagues even better. This had to have been the best Norma Caballe ever sang, and probably Vickers too.

[@terryhenson3350]

yes, and I just love these 2 together in this role. Not only do they sound magnificant together, they also look great together!! He was a large man with a large voice, which compliments hers greatly!

[@Ursaminor31]

Perfection

[@eduardooliverosanca4138]

Dios mío, que barbaridad!!! I feel so bad when I have to read how many people who does not know nothing about opera or singing, talking about today's opera and singers...please, please, listen to this, before talk and making and opinion. Opera is dead, and is dead, because the general people don't know a fucking thing of what they are talking about. Please listen to this, as simple as this...listen to this. Bravissimo!!! This was one of the best 2 or 3 Norma's of all times!!! Thank you for posting this...bravo!!!! Cojonudo!!!!

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Or listen to Callas/Del Monaco or Callas/Corelli.

[@sergiosanchezsanchez8712]

Yes, and María Callas. And Beverly Sills.

[@b13ne]

Luckily this was made fifty years ago. If it was now, such splendid singing would have been staged in a public hospital, Norma as a nurse and Pollione as her chief doctor, or even worse.

[@bcnmanhattan5022]

LOL.

[@elisabetht9216]

If they had voices like Caballé and Vickers they could be the toilet cleaner and the janitor for all I care! It is the voices and the music that count. But it does irritate me that in at least 50% of all opera performances (and plays as well) a halfnaked, mute young men, most often with little angelwings, appears behind a singer and nobody knows why as the composer/librettist never included him in the opera.

[@georgecarlson5836]

Sorry folks, I concede that Vicker's often displays as the thinking man's tenor, but holly cow, Mel, the voice sounds like the closest thing to a fog horn, & hence, lacks any vestige of pleasantness. It's even uglier in his recording of 'Fidelio'.

[@fabiodemello8998]

Sally True!!

[@phil2u48]

@@georgecarlson5836 It was certainly recognizable, unlike many (most ?) today. I never found the sound unpleasant, but it was strangely and unnaturally metallic.

[@Paddy818]

She's on fire in this performance from beginning to end!

[@debbiejohnson2789]

Yes, well Norma is really angry in this role and is the main one who is being hurt and scorned. Adalgisa is hurt too . Her performance was excellent as well, but as you said Montserrat is really on fire. to portray this and what a fantastic job she did.

[@debbiejohnson2789]

Plus, Norma being the high priestess is not used to being crossed. She really lets Pollione have it!

[@nathansells3772]

I'm absolutely obsessed with this performance. Such intensity it sounds like their souls are trying to escape their bodies! One of the most intense and beautiful things I've ever seen

[@debbiejohnson2789]

Nathan, I love your comment. You worded that so beautifully! I feel the same way!

[@ESilva-gw9ig]

This is the most perfect Norma ever. Glorious singing from the whole cast and an unsurpassed Caballe singing with laser beam precision and sheer passion. Bravissimi tutti.

[@debbiejohnson2789]

E. Silva, I like your comment! Thank you!

[@fzpe856]

Still Maria’s norma back in 1955>>>

[@Geoplanetjane]

Callas was the drama queen. Montse was recognized by her to be her musical heiress. The sheer beauty, control, and range of Montse’s voice is the voice as yet to be matched during the era of recorded music.

[@richmusic9521]

@E. Silva Extremely Well Said!!!

[@MatiasRico-n8w]

@@Geoplanetjanethe drama Queen ?

[@rekeuischarles2577]

Brava Caballe😍Love Caballe!

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Bravissima!

[@juanjosedubal]

So happie to listen to this again now!

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Yes, verie happie.

[@giovannab.7675]

Momento di gloria. Sublime, indimenticabile Montserrat

[@edithhenson6917]

This is some of the finest acting I've ever seen, ! The singing is absolutely first rate as well. What a stellar performance by these 2. They are on fire, ! ! !

[@alektanackov1362]

she had so many greatest moments i can't even count them alll

[@lettyc.5018]

At 41 years old she is untouchable.

[@luisnorbertogomez7058]

La más grande Norma de todos los tiempos

[@larrychan622]

This legendary performance was blessed by the Gods.

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Yes, it was. They were all in the audience.

[@xikimunki735]

Caballe gives us another incredible, haunting performance

[@dragantomasevic4192]

Nešto najbolje, najsnažnije, a toplo, puno snažne emocije, glasa snažna puna svih visina i dubina, sve to diva Montserrat Cabalie , neponovljiva.

[@MrQbenDanny]

When EVERYTHING in a defining performance works.

[@trrill]

MrQbenDanny Okayyyy????

[@micaelabonetti949]

Canto sublime, presenza scenica impressionante, musicalità eccelsa, da brivido tutti e due!

[@karlberlin5422]

Unglaublich und explosiv. Was für eine Darbietung. Grande Dame Montserat Caballe. And Jon Vickers perfect.

[@carlocolombo5799]

Ja, Vickers is perfect, ein sehr grosser Artist, aber die Stimme ist leider gar nicht schoen, mit dem Alter ist Sie ehrlich schlimmer geworden

[@BrianJosephMorgan]

Bravo, Vickers!

[@diogopais9135]

Absolutely wonderful, both Caballé and Vickers are fantastic! thanks for sharing!

[@debbiejohnson2789]

No finer portrayal of this role than this of Montserrat. I really like her within Vickers. He was a powerhouse too. So strong together, these two.

[@arnoldamaral3814]

The performance by our Montse was an absolute Tour de force only Hernandez comes close to matching Montse performance. 🇲🇫🌏💙🙏 Arnuald Bourbon Amaral

[@judyjones2475]

Hernandez though I love her , did not sing in a mistral

[@arnoldamaral3814]

Please explain ,Not masculine enough,etc. Thank you ,,,,,,,,,,

[@pdpapa8343]

La superba en su cenit, grandiosa, sublime, la heredera de Callas, impresionante, superlativa, difícil encontrar otra joya comparable a su voz.

[@sergiosanchezsanchez8712]

And Beverly Sills.👌🏻

[@johnkearns35]

@@sergiosanchezsanchez8712 how long does it take to regain testosterone after discontinuing ADT?

[@terryhenson3350]

If this isn't her greatest moment, then it is one of them. I keep going back to this. It is so fine!

[@joyaepace]

I wonder if the audience understood that they just have seen and heard a performance that will be admired for many years to come?

[@MaríaAdrianaFragaEstévez]

No I'm sure nobody did at the time.Theres even a music critic that has chosen passages to be played at his funeral.

[@David19553]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Extremely good. Live long and prosper.

[@richmusic9521]

Phenomenal Talent! Beyond Beautiful! Her Voice is a Gift to Humanity! Thank you so much for Sharing This Masterpiece of Art! God Bless Signora Caballe 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@brzakovic84]

Complete mastery of vocal technique.

[@ransomcoates546]

To me the greatest moment in this legendary performance is her magnificent ‘Deh non volervi vittime’. Vocal and dramatic perfection.

[@sarahwilson5468]

Wow! What power...what beauty! LOVE you, Montserrat 💜💜💜

[@astridgunkel2230]

Norma comes on GOOGLE!!!!👆!MONTSERRAT SINGT NORMA!!!!!Docu.....new!!!!!

[@robert111k]

Es increíble cómo la misma persona y en la misma noche pudo cantar con intenciones, estilos y hasta vocalidades tan distintas, y todas ellas coherentes. Y, por supuesto, magníficas.

[@emitch9213]

Si, the making of the Grand Dames of Divas...she was incredible and Senora was on that night...💝🌹

[@suetyus6994]

My favorite opera singer her pianissimo is amazing..goosebumps gallore

[@sergiovanelli7420]

Quante volte ho ascoltato questo sublime e irripetibile momento ..sempre con la,stessa emozione...Caballe ..che voce piena sonora..che magnifica tensione e interpretazione..la discesa poi nelle note di petto..bronzea e sonora...senza appesantire ne muggire come certe sue qualificatissime colleghe...non mi piace fare paragoni..ma qui è d'obbligo..siamo su un altro pianeta..sicuramente in paradiso!!!!!

[@debbiejohnson2789]

It doesn’t get better than this, ever, before or after!!!!

[@charlesedwards5333]

The greatest

[@pdpapa8343]

Impresionante bellini en la ópera más grandiosa jamás escrita, y Caballé le hace justicia con creces. Representación única y sublime, glorioso registro y glorioso escenario

[@juanjosedubal]

Bellini wroute what Wagner dreamed. What a music.

[@laj2240]

She is magnificent!!! Unmatched!!

[@emitch9213]

I wish this was broadcast for the arts...but of course, copy right protection must be fulfilled..however. so many have not see what a great Norma IS in Monserrat Caballe with J. Vickers. They are in chilling voice this evening taping. Both knock their performance out of the park!! This is what is the great moment of opera!! Even the Roman's and Druids could hear voices of untimely despair of being unchaste to themselves, each other, and duty. RIP Caballe and Vickers. And thank you.

[@debbiejohnson2789]

E. Mitch, I love your comment on this!!!

[@aleksandartasic979]

What a beautiful comment

[@eziomarotta513]

La più bella Norma di MONTSERRAT in stato vocale di grazia !!!!!!!!!!!!!MONTSERRAT è splendida e meravigliosa per vocalità -interpretazione e prestanza scenica!!!!!!!!Il Il cast è di qualità notevole! !!!!!!!!!MONTSERRAT sei sempre nei nostri cuori! !!!!!!!!

[@The30051953]

condivido pienamente! La più grande Norma di Montserrat! da brivido!

[@flycatcher2296]

Great!　I want to hear her singing live before I die.

[@MilesReid5]

Alas, she died in Barcelona in October 2018. She was 85, I believe. Truly a fabulous soprano

[@flycatcher2296]

Thank you for trlking that. It's a shame I won't get to hear her singing live, but she will live on in our hearts and minds with her work. I would love to visit Barcelona one day.

[@flycatcher2296]

Sorry, I wanted to say thank you for telling that.

[@GenySh-zv2th]

Барселона не только Кабалье.Барселона это Гауди.Обязательно посетите! Барселона это произведение искусства!💓🇷🇺

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

Just phenomenal - I don't believe she has ever sounded most astounding.

[@zelimircabraja7529]

That was sublime

[@peterschwarzenbacher6904]

Wohl der authentischste Pollione aller Zeiten!

[@vale86301]

Assolutamente strepitosa Caballet!! Meravigliosa ❤

[@hervecarbuccia9929]

Purement phénoménal!!! A couper le souffle!!! Immense Montserrat🤩🤩🤩

[@anacletwilliams8315]

Mercie!

[@terryhenson3350]

I can never get enough of this!!!

[@alvisedoge4426]

Caballe' fantastica voce e che spettacolare tenore che era Vickers.

[@carlocolombo5799]

Alvise doge, Vickers è sicuramente un grande artista ed interprete, ma purtroppo la sua voce a grattugia con l'età ( qui non è di primo pelo) non è certo migliorata

[@MatiasRico-n8w]

@@carlocolombo5799doña talk about him he is a great great Singer and unique voice respect please

[@johndaugherty7779]

Just spectacular! What a pair of divine talent.

[@astridgunkel2230]

It was her greatest moment.....the best ever NORMA❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@anguskidd9886]

She did many great performances, but I would agree that this was very special

[@hectorhugomoyano9518]

BELLEZA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nadideelmas6652]

words are not enough for this magnificent performance.😍😍

[@gerardmignon700]

Quel couple !

[@ИванБорискин-ф3к]

Величайшая, гениальная Монтсеррат Кабалье, поцелованная Богом! Никто так фантастически, филигранно и великим мастерством не владел голосом! Божественное исполнение Нормы! Это эталон для всех! Вечная память Королеве оперного Олимпа!!!

[@coppiainiqua470]

Someone here in the comments called it visceral singing. It is that. Glory needs force combined with insight and musical intelligence, and technique. Here we have it all. Glory of opera, glory of abandonment into the score, and inner understanding. Thank you for the upload

[@carriemarti3282]

This is my favourite interpretation of this by Caballé. She has such a rich dark tone and the way she “spits out” the name Adalgisa is sublime! When she was on top form she was truly exquisite !! I doubt we will ever hear such a voice again. She was unique and rightly regarded as one of the best! No comparisons needed she is (like others) incomparable!!! The stars aligned for this performance it was spectacular!! I will never tire of listening to her heavenly voice!

[@christianzotter4224]

GREAT! Nothing else to say!

[@rafaelalfonsoq]

BRAVIIIIIII!!!!!!!!

[@MaríaAdrianaFragaEstévez]

Orange was great for everything.She was magnificent here and of course in Casta Diva with the wind as part of the cast.And everytime she sung O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi.It was her favourite aria for concerts.She was always magical.Even with Freddy.She worked her magic and he lived dix years longer.Brava Montserrat.One moment they say.A LIFETIME...

[@sergiovanelli7420]

Che emozione!!!!!! Sublime Caballe'!!!!!!!

[@perdelacruz7123]

Her voice here was big, powerful, passionate and beautiful - a rare combination!

[@diogomonteiro5067]

O trabalho de direção foi espetacular, o contraste marcante em chiaroscuro fez a cena toda parecer um quadro vivo de Caravaggio. A interpretação de Montessat Cabale é visceral, eu tb teria medo dela com um punhal a minha frente, e Vickers soa muito bem para uma papel em uma ópera belcantista.

[@emiliosalman6740]

Que duda cabe….por supuesto que es la gran Caballe…!!!!

[@marco-marchi]

Magnifica Caballé.

[@pauliberg3492]

godly spectacular , absolutely amazing..

[@Effgenandre]

GLORIOSA!

[@giulianocastro8417]

These two magnificent singers sublime as usual. Role models of proper singing and acting.

[@alextudor43]

Mon Dieu, j'entends des merveilles !

[@mikaelb7735]

It can not be better!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BellaFirenze]

0:19 / 7:23 Is this Caballé's greatest moment? The music of the work’s final part begins with a long, formal duet with Pollione, “In mia man alfin tu sei,” which delves into the low, dark (and exhausting to use) chest register of the soprano voice. As Norma’s rage intensifies, her vocal line bursts into a flurry of trills, turns and scales spanning nearly two octaves. Callas told Caballé that if she could sing this scene, she could sing Norma. Caballé could. This is not only her finest moment, it is the best performance of her long career.

[@luigipirsavele9373]

Meravigliosa. Interpretazione veramente superba.

[@marionimarshali1644]

Божественная Монсеррат! Такой уникальный голос и уникальное исполнение Бесподобна ! Еи нет равных и не будет некогда! Diva 🙏🌹

[@MrTrackman100]

Beautiful and powerful!

[@daskritterhaus5491]

wow wow wow wow just stumbled on this doing a YT search name of the piece. this is stellar stellar.

[@acoedsetnomaxela3136]

Qué maravilla!!!!!

[@arpasat]

Lindo demais. Caballe maravilhosa...

[@mr.gradencrowley]

WOW!!!

[@familypondman]

Great, both!!!!!!!!