Kirsten Flagstad - Immolation Scene (Berlin Concert, 1952)

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2 жыл бұрын

Rare concert performance of Brünnhilde's Immolation scene from Götterdämmerung (1952), remastered in great quality. The same night she also performed excerpts from Elektra, Tristan und Isolde, and Der fliegende Holländer.
I do not think this performance has been uploaded before but may be wrong. The concert took place at an outdoor venue so Flagstad wasn't afraid to fully unleash her giant voice, which was still in magnificent health in her 57th year of age. One of the most remarkable Immolation scenes ever recorded for sure.
Conductor - Georges Sébastian

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@jimbuxton2187 2 жыл бұрын

The most beautiful and powerful soprano voice in all of history !

@michaelroberts6894 Жыл бұрын

Flagstad was the perfect singer😮of😮her day. Never touched by anyone else!

@viverito 2 жыл бұрын

There is so much metal in the voice and perfectly even from bottom to top. Equally incredible is just how effortless it sounds.

@rubinskyceliberti4444 Жыл бұрын

What voice!; Timeless!

@teodorojaranilla5008 Жыл бұрын

UNBELIEVABLE!! IMPOSSIBLY GREAT!!!

@dubbelhenke854 Жыл бұрын

The greatest of them all.

@MarioHernandez-qr4vx 2 жыл бұрын

The Greatest!!!!

@lesliemitnick8842 11 ай бұрын

There exists even today a mystique and majesty of the voice of Flagstad that puts her in her own galaxy. She stands as the beacon of great Wagnerian sopranos. She preserved her voice until close to the time of her death ten years after this performance. The top notes above A evaporated, but the rest of the voice remained untouched by the years. She was THE Golden Glory of Wagnerian Opera, and she made some wonderful stereo recordings of songs of Norway and Sweden in 1960. She surelyh took per voice with her when she departeed this earth.

@ChristainSTARS 2 жыл бұрын

A paragon of singing , a vocal titan.

@dramaticsoprano5168 2 жыл бұрын

Her voice sounds unbelievably titanic in the second half. And to think it was an outdoor concert with 0 acoustics and no hard walls for the sound to reflect.

@flohilde3677 2 жыл бұрын

@@dramaticsoprano5168 Rasponi Lanfranco recounted she had auditioned for MET in St. Moritz. The hotel she had sung was heavily draped and walled, so Bodanzky and Gatti-Casazza had not been super impressed with her voice which could not demonstrate the size in such an environment. Interesting point =P

@lindagray-vq9uo Жыл бұрын

I agree, the greatest, most even Wagnerian voice of all time. Expressive, clean, articulate singing. 17:38

@renehalm7318 2 жыл бұрын

Une des plus grandes du XXème siécle

@Shahrdad 2 жыл бұрын

She was 57 years old here. . .

@elsalohengrin7777 Жыл бұрын

Really. really amazing!

@jean-christopheMiquel-ef3ur 2 жыл бұрын

Merci pour le partage. Il est sidérant de penser que ce concert de Berlin fut donné outdoors.Excellente prise de son et beau travail de restauration. Certainement une interprétation de légende, servie par un orchestre inspiré et comme électrisé ,et dans laquelle se conjuguent merveilleusement la puissance héroîque de la voix ( ce qui ne peut étonner de la part de K.F. ) avec parfois des accents douloureux plus retenus, d'une bien émouvante résignation.

@Operafiend22 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful post 👍 thx

@MMotta-mk8uq 2 жыл бұрын

Voz poderosíssima.

@dramaticsoprano5168 2 жыл бұрын

Before uploading this I had assumed the tape speed was correct recording because the recording is recent for Flagstad standards, but after manually checking today, it is about 3% faster than it should be. This makes it a little over a quarter-step too sharp, hopefully not too much of a difference, but in reality she would have sounded a little richer and deeper.

@robertssje 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@elsalohengrin7777 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading anyhow! For me r´thegreatest female Wagner Voice in all times!

@vivianbelissima 2 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏

@Serhii_Uk 2 жыл бұрын

Everything is very good and amazing Flagstad and of course the great Wagner. One thing is not clear why we need a conductor who does not understand Wagner and does not hear the vocal capabilities of Flagstad?

@elsalohengrin7777 Жыл бұрын

I think the Best conducter was for her Furtwängler! a great Team!

@Serhii_Uk Жыл бұрын

@@elsalohengrin7777 I agree. Listening to their joint recordings, one gets the feeling that they had a special relationship, and this applies not only to Wagner's music. Once, I made a post on FB and commented as follows: "I managed to look beyond the edge of perfection, beyond which there is nothing." "kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ibOaaMh32svGm3U.html

@susannevollmer2347 2 жыл бұрын

Flagstad and Frida Leider in the immolation scene!💟🤧👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👈

@jaimeegusquiza8753 Жыл бұрын

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@Come-Dians Жыл бұрын

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@winifredtrout1 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder where Richard Strauss got his inspiration from??!

@davidramanzini1605 2 жыл бұрын

Il pitch si può correggere. Comunque sia Sebastian è stato sempre un direttore piuttosto brutale. Fu scelto dalla Potnia Meter per il concerto parigino del '58.