Violeta Urmana - Nel di della vittoria... Or tutti, sorgete

[@MonsieurLu77]

Uno dei piu grandi e belli soprani drammatici del novecento. Bravissima!

[@lalalalakkfffd]

Fantastic. ... full wonderful voice with beautiful high notes... absolutely gorgeous! Brava!!!

[@irenavisockiene3735]

Fantastika,nuostabu ir tembras labai gražus ir visa kita!

[@barleggero]

This is freaking amazing!!!!! Ideal Lady Macbeth!!

[@pagliacci83]

What are YOU talking about??? It's supposed to be an interval, not a scale. The vocal line jumps from a G to a high C...there aren't supposed to be other notes in between...that's the point.

[@pagliacci83]

What are YOU talking about? It's supposed to be a jump from a G to a high C. There aren't supposed to be other notes in between...that is the point.

[@romearomeo]

Fantastica!

[@GDARAKOS]

unica e brava complimenti complimenti

[@pagliacci83]

Listen to 2:10 to 2:14. When she goes from the G to the high C, her voice stops somewhere in between...I don't mean that it cuts out, but it gets "stuck." It is very obvious...it is not a clean approach to the high C.

[@armandonazarenocerutti9860]

Eso es lo que los cantantes llamamos un "semi-gallo" Por un segundo no le respondió la voz. A María Callas le pasó algo parecido en el mismo pasaje , en el recital que hizo en Hamburgo. Armando Cerutti - barítono

[@ezayi]

BRAVISSIMA!!!

[@raigekimaru]

@kgarmaker123 I am a big fan of Urmana myself, and I agree, this is a soprano role, but a really dark soprano role, the likes of which Maria Callas or perhaps Marissa Galvany would be good for.

[@jmiller05]

This is an Assoluta role. It has to be a composite of different colours, not just dramatic Soprano. That said, Urmana does a pretty good job, without complete control over the upper/lower register. The voice is thick and darkly-edged enough to do the role justice.

[@kgarmaker123]

@CatalinaDM56 In other words a voice that had a top middle and bottom , and a full voice from both ends. But it must be emphasized, It must still sound like a soprano... For instance Eva Podles can sing probably three octaves, with High C's and D's but she still sounds like a contralto. That is the glory and the meat of her voice is in the lower part of it. This voice( Urmana) sounds like her glory is in her middle no matter that she has the high notes.

[@kgarmaker123]

@raigekimaru Let me state for the record.. I really am a big fan of Urmana. And I agree with most of what you say about Lady Macbeth.. too.. the color of the voice should be dark... But this is a soprano role. ( for a voice like Callas, Urmana, etc.)

[@franceseattle]

Re: Verdi's comment: " the voice for Lady MacBeth should not be beautiful or technically correct." He said that in the context of his own time period pertaining to the singing of his day. I doubt that he had in mind the extremely dark and squalling quality of much of the Lady MacBeth singing of today. Wicked people often succeed because they do not look wicked on the outside, in fact, many are very attractive. Shirley Verrett gets this. She is still a queen, and of noble bearing.

[@pagliacci83]

Ok, I stand corrected. The more I think about it, I do remember that it is a scale...although I must say one does not notice the fast notes in between if the scale is executed well. If you listen, her "scale" even hesitates before the C and she has to force it up there. Shirley Verrett does it better in my opinion.

[@operachad]

The good for Sopranos is that Verdi himself said the voice for Lady MacBeth should not be beautiful or technically correct. In the role of Lady MacBeth it's OK for the voice sounding as if it would come "Off the tracks". Just listen to Mara Zampieri. Her rendition sounds as if she is psychotic. But it works. As does Urmana, Verrett, et al.

[@jovi1715]

L'ho vista in Tosca poche settimane fa... non mi ha entusiasmato, però qui è davvero formidabile. Un controllo vocale da far paura.

[@irenavisockiene3735]

Tikra liūtė ir pagal horoskopą!

[@luanllluan]

didn't heard any true low notes, but was a pleasant listening

[@raigekimaru]

@kgarmaker123 soprano or no (and I do think soprano), Lady Macbeth is not your typical damsel soprano role. she is a nasty villainess and in my opinion, it is really a mezzo's role in a soprano's range, the darker and nastier the sound, the better. that is why I prefer singers like Virrett, Bumbry and Callas. I actually think Violetta sounds too "sopranoish" here. a 5 year old boy from the audience should be able to point out "that's the bad guy"

[@firmirira]

ese audio pertenece a una funcion del Teatro de la Maestranza en Sevilla.

[@denyagantenbein2992]

firmirira no querida es covent garden en londres

[@irenavisockiene3735]

Ir kokia jėga balse!

[@isabelle070209]

Ouah ça c'est de la voix. Hâte de la voir dans Wagner. Elle fait déja Sieglinde. Enfin une grand Brunnhilde???

[@pagliacci83]

Her voice completely stops when she approaches the High C in the recitative. (!) Other than that, this is pretty darn good.

[@ginlemon29]

I prefer her as a mezzo. However here she has a great voice. Pity she could not sang in this way at La Scala (where she arrived without voice)

[@ezayi]

You´re right when you say this isn´t for him.... but disagree completely when you say he is a great singer.

[@draganvidic2039]

Not a beautiful mezzo(-soprano)...