Gundula Janowitz sings Puccini (vaimusic.com)

[@Gaff8132]

Beethoven, Mozart, Puccini, Wagner...is there no end to this incredible singer's range? Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

[@draganvidic2039]

Yes she’s off in Puccini, Verdi and Wagner. She is better in Mozart and light Strauss despite a rather undeveloped voice.

[@joselatorre1696]

@@draganvidic2039 Her voice has excesive tremolo in any register and does not produce harmonics, it sound like a squeezed lemon.

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

Only, she has no control at all over her vibrato…and sings loud because she is afraid to sing piano. Always. She had also a very insecure intonation. Many times too high. See Carmina Burana with Jochum, for instance.

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

@@joselatorre1696 así se habla, mi amigo. Esta cantante fué increíblemente sobrevalorada. Tenía todo tipo de problemas tecnicos y musicales. Si piensas en compararla con Victoria de los Angeles, Renata Tebaldi, Mirella Freni, queda en ridiculo.

[@joselatorre1696]

@@leonardoiglesias2394 La voz la emite de.mamera enfilada, seca, y con una musicalidad teutona, es decir lo canta todo igual como si estuviera solfeando, y en los agudos siempre se queda corta, es incapaz de apoyar la voz en el sonido de la orquesta.

[@MrRancidrob]

I don't think I've ever heard her sing Puccini before. I found it stunning and restrained - no histrionics, thank you.

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

She is only afraid because she has no control at all over her vibrato and is afraid to sing piano.

[@waltergee1769]

Elle pouvait tout chanter!

[@alessandrobarbieri1448]

el mejor vissi darte grabado hasta el momento

[@alexakerr1]

what a discovery. i had no idea gundula janowitz had sung this aria. and she is perfection. truly profound. thank you!

[@dannytownsend3710]

Janowitz also sang Mimi. With that perfect voice she could sing anything. Most soprani would kill for that exquisite voice over such a range. There is always passion in her performances without histrionics and unnecessary word-pointing

[@robinrubendunst869]

And yet this did not move me in the least. The voice was pristine, yes, but just too girlish and sweet for this passionate Tosca aria. And here the vibrato sounds a little fast. A remarkable interpreter of Mozart and Von Weber, but for my verismo or spinto repertoire money, I’ll take the a fuller, more dramatic voice, like Callas.

[@tibele1000]

Thank you, thank you for the privilege of hearing so much beauty!

[@151dgold13Tx]

Con razón era una de las favoritas de Karajan para sus grabaciones, DIVINA!

[@bernardkulche]

Purity - with a decent vibrato, very rare.. I heard her long ago in the Concertgebouw in Lieder from Schubert and Strauss, will never forget it..

[@quietdepths]

bright, pure and angelic.

[@Markethuskha]

It´s heavenly!

[@dianelady52]

And here I was thinking Elizabeth Schwarzkopf was the absolute best! This lady is as brilliant & thankfully different enough so she can be top of my list with E.S.... I cannot believe the control she has and this is one of my favourite songs. I love it.. Thank you for posting.. Yet another singer for me to explore. Dont you just love YT? Learn & discover something new everyday. I may not be able to sing but my repertoire of music is building up nicely thankyou!

[@DAVID-kd3qy]

On You tube there is a wonderful radio recording of Schwarzkopf singing Marietta's aria from Korngold's DIE TODE STADT. One of the finest performances of all time.

[@kathrynmcmorrow7170]

God, just great.

[@ThomasMurphy55]

WOW!

[@JmmrtnzYT]

Me dejó HELADO el final!! qué voz!!!

[@natalinatollari9266]

Meravigliosa!!!!!

[@johngotwalt]

OMG

[@flicfan416]

This is TOTALLY her repertoire. She sang everything from the Countess to Sieglinde, she can sing Tosca!

[@draganvidic2039]

Haha NO WAY…

[@ER1CwC]

I like this Vissi d'arte, but the rest of Act II would have been very hard work for her.

[@ploplisphilin]

This is usually sung so badly nowadays that it is a pleasure to hear the notes sung with an evenly produced voice. After all it is a prayer/reflection and does not have to have cheesy emotions gasped throughout.

[@Pitheco1]

Que voz cortante!!! Que linda ária....

[@oceans80]

To me, comparing Callas and Janowitz is like comparing Horowitz and Gould - all so different, so wonderful...

[@tjhiemursiddjiwatman2732]

That's right. Their voices are beautiful in a different ways.... Thanks for your opinion. Very wise opinion. 👍👍🙏🙏

[@michaelmiller1215]

Wow

[@stephenmiller9791]

I'm blown away. I knew she did Wagner, but this wow!

[@marcellodeangelis573]

Non è tra le versioni migliori, ma sorprende la potenza della voce e l'ottima modulazione nel momento topico 2:23 - 2 34 !

[@joselatorre1696]

La "potenza" che ascoltiamo qui viene data dal micro, in sala la voce suona troppo secca, non produce degli armonici.

[@coraberger4947]

No. La ascoltavo varie volte live con Strauss. Aveva un spettro di frequenze che produce senza fattica un volume che riempì completamente gli auditorii grandi e difficili come Berlino DOB e coprire tutte le voci altri durante ballava eccessivamente ancora nelle frase più lunghi e alti nella Arabella contro un forte tutti d' orchestra. Senza Micro. Anzi non ci sono microfoni capaci di registrare tutte le sue frequenze nel sala.

[@theogoldberg8919]

Canta con il sorriso. Mi piace!!!!

[@fareastfour]

Viel.en Dank fu^r diese Stimme! Fru^er habe ich sie nicht geho^ren. Aus Petersburg.

[@jhb134]

@bernardkulche - You're right ... and her part in Beethoven's "Fidelio" with Jon Vickers, on video, is exceptional.

[@jasonhurd4379]

John B If you are talking about the Bernstein video from the Wiener Staatsoper, the Florestan there is Rene Kollo, not Jon Vickers.

[@edwardamosbrandwein3583]

@@jasonhurd4379 No, not that one: the one conducted by Zubin Mehta and also featuring Theo Adam and William Wildermann.

[@jasonhurd4379]

@@edwardamosbrandwein3583 Thanks for the info. I'm not familiar with that one. I will have to track it down.

[@MarcellusWallace420]

Yea me too and its great because Janowitz covers all the German stuff and Mozart that Callas didn't sing.

[@masterpiecelolo]

she is the best for this song.

[@belengenicio8606]

No puedo creer lo que leo...

[@stephenbooth9677]

Glorious even exquisite, even if she does look like Dusty Springfield!

[@DAVID-kd3qy]

Don't you dare mock Dusty, Mister!!!

[@TheBerg123]

@darjie77 No, because she bleeds Mozart. But her other other repertoire are undeniably outstanding.

[@BaroneVitellioScarpia1]

Why her vibrato is so fast here?

[@Yves_Ka]

it was always fast in the upper region - I found it terribly irritating

[@Robertahausen]

ditto........ :'-D

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Al massimo nella Tosca poteva fare una pecorella all'ultimo atto assieme al pastorello...una assoluta curiosita'. Nel Fidelio pero' non era migliore.

[@MATTHEWDECORA-m1f]

Undulating Janowitz IS Carmina Burana to me.

[@ransomcoates546]

That voce bianca is all wrong for Puccini. She also has a very small dynamic range. It’s in tune, though, which seems to be optional today.

[@philipwaghorne7082]

RUBBISH!!!

[@philipwaghorne7082]

SHE IS FANTASTIC WHATEVER SHE SINGS

[@andreaguarino8207]

She's a great artist but it's not her repertoire and the pronunciation is not correct. I am Italian, sorry

[@sergeymedvedev2493]

As far as I know, she avoided singing foreign music, with few exceptions, and it was right. She is really great in Mozart, Wagner, Strauss and so on, but Italian music requires another style of singing. She was wise enough not to waste her time the repertoire where she would be uncompetitive. But as a little part of the stage concert it's a good gift for the audience.

[@wallenstein72]

In fact, Janowitz frequently sang italian repertoire, if not abroad from german speaking countries. But on stage she sang Odabella (Attila), Maria Boccanegra, Elisabetta (Don Carlo), Aida, Mimì and many times the Verdi-Requiem.

[@thomastmwc]

but she did it quite well

[@belengenicio8606]

Es un ejemplo de cantante que canta muy bien un repertorio Mozart, Strauss etc.... pero Puccini escribió sus operas para otro tipo de voz.

[@Lindow]

Well, as beautiful of a voice as she had this quite obviously is not her cup of tea. I guess it's really a matter of ones nature. Hers was probably more of a refined kind to be singing Italian repertoire.

[@foropera]

It is better here than in Verdi Requiem, but...this fast vibratello is quite strange. Un grelot sur la voix. And her timber is too silvery, not warm.

[@gjc82071]

This is nice, but personally, I prefer the way Maria Callas does this piece. There is something, not so much vocally, but more...more emotional maybe...or just plain different, emotionally, when Maria sings. Whatever it is, and I can't completely explain it. I just know it when I hear it, and this woman, as great as she is, doesn't have it. Not to me anyway. I just like Callas better.

[@jamesings]

You like squeaky and shaky voice of Callas over beautiful and controlled voice of Janowitz? That's called auditorial malfunction influenced by Callas celebrity appearance

[@mazzone1]

not a Tosca voice at all.

[@leonardoiglesias2394]

Schrecklich….dieses zittriges unkontrolliertes vibrato…

[@jasonhurd4379]

Like a robot

[@Markethuskha]

It´s heavenly!