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Sondra Radvanovsky sings “Vissi d’arte” from Puccini’s Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera. Buy tickets now for performances by Luc Bondy production of Tosca at the Met by 16 April 2011: www.metoperafamily.org
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I heard Radvanovsky sing Tosca at the Met at the end of January 2011. She was thrilling, spine-tingling and I highly recommend anyone hear/see her perfrom given the opportunity. You will not be disappointed.
Once again this aria is proven to be a remarkably difficult one… It’s hard to sustain a big, round and gentle voice, that along making it sound heartbreaking. IMHO this is one of the most difficult arias ever written. The vocal flexibility should be more than excellent. Light lyric voices don’t really go along with the character though. So, it’s beyond human to hit those notes and glide through. With Puccini, one also has to “hold it” and swerve. It’s more than car-racing or horseback racing.
@eurydike
I heard Sondra sing Aida in Toronto. She was fabulous.
@LeNozze44 ya quisiera ser la mitad de buena que la Callas. Qué mal pronuncia, apenas se entiende!
has anybody here heard Sondra Radvanovsky live ???? How is she?
Beautiful!
Brava!!!!!!
I’m sick and tired of people comparing each “diva” to the next! Callas is dead and yes she has a legacy, but her voice didn’t suit everything she did + What kind of role model is she if she wasn’t able to stay in the business for long b/c she was trying tooo hard to be versatility it damaged her voice
In conclusion every singer has their strengths and weakness JUST ENJOY THE MUSIC! ♪♫
Brava!!!, she is a beautiful Tosca, with a great complete intrpretation!!!! I knew, when heard her some time ago, that she will get to the top of the charts!!!Brava!!!, thanks for sharing.
@LordHettrick
Yes she was brilliant as Leonora and she truly sucked as Aida – why from time to time she sounds like an amateur while she has this “Rolce Royce” inside her throat (her words! loool) I will never understand.
Perhaps the fact that today’s singers with all the Promotions and Super Productions forget how to be modest and sit their asses down and actually study? And who on Earth ever called her Voice a Rolce Royce? Callas and Sutherland ever did? I dont think so!
arent they tired after all these years to be wearing copies of Callas’ Tosca dress? pay a top designer to have a new idea about Tosca’s costumes
They all complain how Callas comes up in every singer’s effort to sing Tosca…. Perhaps the fact THEY ALL LOOK LIKE CALLAS’ CLONES has something to do with it?
We are tired of seeing demented Sopranos hallucinating they are Callas (from Sills and Caballe all the way to Gencer, Scotto and Gruberova)
We need NEW IDEAS – IDEAS? KNOW WHAT IDEAS ARE?
@DrFernandoBicudo Listen to her live; you’ll change on that point. She was Leonora in Il Trovatore this year at the MET, and she was magnificent. The best in the whole production, no questions asked.
SOBERBIO E IMPRESIONANTE…
No passion this?!! are you crazy?!.
BRAVA! Sondra.
Awesome…
@StarRaft
It says THROUGH April 16, meaning it is running continuously through April 16. I don’t mean to sound rude, just clearing the confusion!
I had the privilege to see/hear her one week after this video, at MET.
She’s Great! She’s beaultiful! I love Tosca and especialy Sondra’s voice.
From Brazil, viva Sondra!!!
Elle est merveilleuse!
pure beauty.
Great technical skills, but lacks the most important element: emotion… An artist has to transmit what the composer wanted, not just exhibit technical achievements, but artistic ones…
We will respect the uniqueness of each artist, not to compare all the sopranos Maria Callas!! the voice of Sandra’s beautiful!.
I agree that crude was not written only for Callas, people think horrible squabble here, which is a place to appreciate the works of great artists. Love Maria Callas, and I think the rude way they referred to it down here!
Sondra Radvanovsky congratulations, a beautiful rough!
I am Brazilian and it was translated with electronic translator
@39Martyman This role was not written for and only for Maria Callas. Maria Callas is D-E-A-D. Too bad for you!! She had her turn, and now Sondra has hers.
I sang in the chorus of Tosca with Opera Colorado last April and Sondra played Tosca then. She was absolutely brilliant. And her messa di voce is so powerful. Sondra is amazing.
@39Martyman OMG, SHUT UP! Yes, Callas was an awesome Tosca; did you really have to point that out? Do you think you’re clever for bringing up Callas on a “Vissi d’arte” video? Well, you’re not.
Sorry to get terse with you, but I’m sick of people essentially putting down other singers because they’re not as passionate as Callas.
I have not liked what I have heard from several of the recent singers at the Met, but I really like Sondra. Very Nice.