I attended this Ring -- Seattle 2005 -- the whole thing was beautiful, and she was stupendous. First Erda I've seen or heard with whom you can imagine Wotan staying long enough to beget all nine Valkyries. She was sexy, deep, wise, beautiful, preeminently musical. She was the Earth singing in the Universe. Just fantastic!
@greatmomentsofopera7170
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this wonderful comment. So hard to cast this role, and delighted she was as good in the theatre as she sounds on the recording...
@seanparrent
Жыл бұрын
I was there in 2005, too! My first Ring, and I still remember it fondly.
@vinemp
10 ай бұрын
Baybeh..YOU, I believe.
@greatmomentsofopera7170
5 жыл бұрын
Ewa Podleś, the great contralto of our age, sings the Rheingold Erda. Podles' exceptional vocal qualities are obvious - the enormous range, the swelling, surging sweep of the vocal line, the extremely dark colouring to the voice, and most obviously the baritonal chest register which is virtually nonpareil. But she is not merely a vocal phenomenon - what really sets her apart from so many other singers is her brilliant musicianship and musicality which allows her to wield her extremely unusual instrument to superbly expressive ends. She is often called a "force of nature", and the epithet is never more fitting than in this role which she might have been born to sing. Podles' Das Rheingold Erda has been posted several times on KZitem, but I think this is a different source.
@davidkelly2247
7 ай бұрын
Ewa Podleś RIP
@mjc5509
Жыл бұрын
This is the way ERDA'S WARNING should be sung.. MAGICAL
@baritoneblazzin1965
3 жыл бұрын
now THIS is what Erda is supposed to sound like!
@greatmomentsofopera7170
3 жыл бұрын
Delighted you enjoyed it!
@draganvidic2039
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely not
@WotanKlingsor
10 ай бұрын
@@draganvidic2039then go and listen to Erda sung by Waltraud Meier if you like a thin and white voice 😂😂
@baritoneblazzin1965
9 ай бұрын
@@WotanKlingsorThank you 💯
@hervecarbuccia9929
6 ай бұрын
Tout à fait impressionnant ! Quelle tenue de voix🤩 Difficilement égalable...
@arxsyn
5 жыл бұрын
her voice is huge! Dark, rich, imperious and imposing!
@draganvidic2039
Жыл бұрын
It’s not. Compare it to any dramatic voice of the past.
@WotanKlingsor
10 ай бұрын
@@draganvidic2039Ewa's voice doesn't have any comparisons. It's the biggest contralto ever
@baritoneblazzin1965
9 ай бұрын
@@draganvidic2039Ewa's voice is Dramatic... what's wrong with your ears... 😂
@geoycs
8 ай бұрын
Unbelievably awesome.
@pablodelcaminoalonso5988
8 ай бұрын
Tuve el privilegio de escucharla interpretando a Julio César en el Teatro Campoamor
@heidiskokcontralto8633
2 жыл бұрын
This was absolutely delightful. I'm so many ways. I'm a great appreciator. ❤️
@rosy3385
2 жыл бұрын
Sublime voix de contralto !!!
@SteveL2012
8 ай бұрын
Incredible. ❤
@jordipanadesribera6890
7 ай бұрын
❤❤
@Altonahh10
3 жыл бұрын
Erda must be sung by an alto, anything else does not do justice to the role. Podles shows why.
@greatmomentsofopera7170
3 жыл бұрын
She is mesmerising here.
@jordipanadesribera6890
7 ай бұрын
A.C.S. 😢😢
@davidbastardo4154
2 жыл бұрын
Could you please upload or share the full performance of this Rheingold?
@ernstjung6234
2 жыл бұрын
There is a video on youtube called here is why you don't like Opera with an excerpt taken from this.. What a shame.
@draganvidic2039
Жыл бұрын
But that video is correct about today’s singing…
@WotanKlingsor
10 ай бұрын
@@draganvidic2039but not about Ewa. She is stunning
@geoycs
8 ай бұрын
Is the entire opera available for purchase or download? Sounds fantastic.
@adriand6883
4 жыл бұрын
What production is the picture from?
@greatmomentsofopera7170
4 жыл бұрын
In the video description! Seattle 2005 :)
@adriand6883
4 жыл бұрын
@@greatmomentsofopera7170 OK. Not sure why I didn't see it. Thank you! 🙂
@draganvidic2039
Жыл бұрын
Mostly woofy. Exciting maybe. But she’s not a witch or troll and shouldn’t sound like one either.
@johnbennett1549
7 ай бұрын
Every video on KZitem on opera there you are saying something nasty. I'm sorry you weren't a successful singer, but get over it. Podles is one of the greatest altos of the 20th/21st centuries and she doesn't need a real troll's approval.
@DomLeVey
17 күн бұрын
@@johnbennett1549 Her sound was phenomenal. Those who can, do. Those who can't, criticize. Draganvidic, it's time to let the sunshine in, booboo kitty.
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