I'm relatively new to opera, and saw this opera a few years ago and it blew me away! You do such a favor by explaining what makes this opera so unique. I was stunned to learn after seeing it that their were actual arias in the opera, because my experience of it was that it was simply wall-to-wall sound waves breaking over and over and over and over. Thanks for supplying the Nielsen link as well - my next stop.

The best Carmen for me

Climate Greta's mother 😂

Climate Greta's mother 🤣

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Esta senhora devia ouvir Alfredo Kraus nesta ária

You are so brave. I was typing this about to say you are so tough on yourself, but hearing the end. Girl you already know. You have high standards which is not a bad thing. Opera Yoga. #youareawarrior ❤️

i m in love

I really love this video. You provide so much information and insights. And your emotions in the end made me cry too. Thanks, Anna!

Love this❤!

Hi Anna, you do this really well! What I’ve always been wondering about: opera singers from all sorts of nationalities have to sing Italian and German, sounding as closely as possible to the native tongue. Most succeed really well (not all, unfortunately), but how do you do that? Special pronunciation classes? Go live in Italy for a couple of years? Would be great if you can cover this in one of your KZfaq videos. Keep up the great work!

Amazing. I stumbled over this aria while doing some research on Klaus Nomi. His interpretation of this aria literally blew me away...and I say this as a metalhead. Klaus Nomis voice is so unbelievably brilliant and clear, his body language minimalistic but so expressive. I put this on my funerals playlist. 🫢

Perché tanti rumori ,tanto parlare per confrontare due grandi così diverse?

Sabine is definitely the BEST Lyric Coloratura alive and singing today. Everyone else is past their prime while her’s is just beginning

you called the line in the bass an ostinato wouldn't it be closer to a ground bass (very common with purcell)

Anna, you are great and also beautiful but we want a critique of the performance not the whole opera. Had to leave kiddo, too many interruptions.

Caballé=Casta Diva. She is the perfection and the elegancy

Do opera singers sometimes improvise? Like at that point in time at 23.03 you could very well slide from G#4 to G#5 and could even sound better. For example As Dimash did in O Sole mio : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qcCDh85j2uCyeXk.html

What he is able to do almost seems impossible. That is true greatness. What a treasure. Now I'm interested in checking out Aretha Franklin's attempt at this difficult aria.

Pavarotti was a fan of G. Di Stefano but in Rigoletto he was even better. Di Stefano was a great tenor but not the greatest while is voce was really the number one.

It's so cool to see your reaction to Waltraud Meier's Isolde in Munich. :D Definitely my favorite performance as well. Have you seen the Bayreuth 1995 production with Barenboim, Meier, and Siegfried Jerusalem? She was in better voice for it there, but the acting is better here in the Munich performance. Her Liebestod could have gone on another hour in this one and she would likely still have everyone entranced in place. (Mind, Zubin Mehta set a brutally slow tempo here, especially at the start... Amazing she didn't turn blue in the process).. - If you have time, would love to see you watch Astrid Varnay as the Kostelnica in Jenufa in Munich 1970. Cheers!

Anna - your enthusiasm for opera is contagious. Love your content and your knowledge - keep it coming!

Interessantes Video! Nun, für mich ist Corelli die Nr. 1 in dieser Arie, in dieser Rolle! Der Calaf des 20. Jahrhunderts! Unangefochten! Ihm am nächsten kommt sein "väterlicher Freund" und Lehrer Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, der für den ersten Calaf (Premiere 1926) vorgesehen war! Ich mag Pavarotti wirklich sehr, habe ihn viele male live gesehen, hier bleibt aber FC der "Prinz der Tenöre"! Ich habe auch Corelli live gesehen/gehört, er hatte eine enorme Bühnenpräsenz und fast magnetische Ausstrahlung! Und seine Stimme, mein Gott seine Stimme! Danke für Ihr Video, war Inspiration für einige vergleichende Musikstunden!

Great song, great reaction. Of course I've heard this before! I watched Bugs Bunny growing up so I have a rich understanding of classical music and opera! I am a Baritone singer and there's no way I could sing this. Too many Italian words too fast.

I have learned a lot about Opera just watching this channel. I am grateful.

Is it sad that I recognize the movie??

Why on earth did he chose thia aria when it is unanimously acknowledged be reputable musicians the besr ever isFranco Corelli. Pav . sounds like A bathroom singer when taking a shower.

There is Corelli and the othets

I fell in love with Baltsa and opera as a 20 y.o. in 1984, my first opera, Carmen, at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens. Also (pre-illness) Carreras, Ricciarelli.

Just wow. There is nothing like opera.

I never thought of da capo arias as the composer saying “Here, surprise me,” but I like it!

Can you do Come E Bello from Lucrecia Borgia

They all sound fabulous in their own style but for me Caballe is the best Norma❤️

The Greatest Showman did Jenny Lind dirty.

Well, Mozart is much more than a thorughfare. He integrated the invention of Bach with the Even Tempered Piano. Which - as such - never a problem for the string player Mozart playing on the unfretted violin. We KNOW that, because Mozart worked Johan Christian Bach - one of Bach surviving children (infant mortality was rampant). Bach had actually written down what he had invented/discovered to his musician son (all Bachs were musicians), Kunst der Fuge is another example, so his children would have a head start. Bach was much, much more a teacher than Mozart. We have some notes from Mozart getting to grips with poliphony which Mozart knew, but never came natural to him, so he had to write it to maintain a context. Mozart also brought the "story" into opera. The liberetto was as important to Mozart as it was to Verdi - Mozart clearly knew that people did not want to be BORED and a greek God is BORING - whereas your hairdresser has great gossip. Mozarts story line was much to messy to be accepted by todays Hollywood. In "Nozze.." there are plotholes you can drive a freight train through - and he saves the plot by calling it "a day of confusion" so the audience is not wondering what is going on. as the characters in the opera itself have no clew. It was left to Beethoven to put hatred into music. Not to mention Wagner. With exception of Gershwin no american composer has really progresses beyound plunking a guitar (an instrument Mozart heartedly dispiesed.) With Haydn Mozart got into the horrible mess of the woodwind - and actually wrote the definitive work. KV622 concerto in A major.

Not ornamenting? Nonsens. We know that Mozart wrote the bare minimum in the score - that was the boring and time consuming part. We KNOW that Mozart ornamented freestyle. We KNOW that from a letter from Nanr, where she specifically ask him to write out the ornaments for her sake.

Maria Callas didn't like verismo She used to say , she only sang those parts because her audience wanted to hear her inthose roles She also said in an interview : " Puccini is not good for voice

There is Callas ...and others.....

Bravo! Hope there is a part 2 soon. All the best.

I would appreciate it, if you ki dly let us hear you singing.....❤

I’ve read that Callas admired Ponselle very much and studied her recordings carefully. This is a terrific video - your enthusiasm is infectious. Brava. Also: the group Italian facepalm? Hilarious!

Spoiler alert Zorastro doesn't die! LOL

I don't get the comparison with Henry Ford. I know he's famous, but what did he invent?

Hello, You have forgot Maria Callas. It is not fair. Gabriel D. -a big Callas fan from Romania

Amen for that 🙌🏻💖✨

But there eventually IS a resolution, a climax if you will, in this piece. The longing is almost palpable, brought to life by the musical notes; combine the wonderful tonality with singers and action on the stage -- undeniable drama and pathos. I'm not an opera fan, just attracted to beautiful music in smaller doses than a full opera.

Pavarotti not suited at all for this aria, despite the general (incompetent) public association of it with him. The standard on this aria has been widely recognized to be set by mario del monaco, with possibly corelli for those who prefer spinto tenors. For obvious reasons Caruso (possibly the greatest tenor) should not be inlcuded in any list of those singing nessun dorma 😂. You are doing an excellent job, brava!

Apart from the exceptional blend of chest and head voice and that gorgeous timbre, her phrasing, the perfect diction and the accents on the right syllables make Tebaldi's singing spellbinding. I keep returning to her performances not just for the beauty but also this unique storytelling.

Very interesting to learn to sing opera❤🎉😊 Eric Fong

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