Varnay is simply amazing amazing amazing. Despite her age, she almost manages to steal the show. Can't get over how wonderful she is !!!
@Johnny1206
13 жыл бұрын
This is the best opera on video!!! Varnay is a goddess!
@Mavicaman
14 жыл бұрын
Her ragged voice fits the role so well. This is a terrifying and beautiful production. I keep going back and back to it. Dark, depraved, dirty. It literally crawls with magnificent horror.
@jmiller05
10 жыл бұрын
Varnay was in her mid 60's here, but she's still so chilling and portraying all of Klytamnestra's sadistic mannerisms so well. The top is obviously gone, but the lower register is creepy as hell.
@aurele65
16 жыл бұрын
Quelle présence! Varnay a une voix de mémerre à cette époque mais elle est très crédible dans le rôle.
@kunsuker
15 жыл бұрын
Even Karl Böhm was dying at that time....
@NaylaZim
14 жыл бұрын
Varnay keep a good representation in the rule of klitemnestra,an diabolical personality
@dannymaestro
13 жыл бұрын
@lorchis1 Well, I think they are excellent as Klytaemnestra Varnay and Resnik. I don´t want to choose, they are both making an unforgettable performance...
@lorchis1
15 жыл бұрын
Not all is Varnay's fault. There are some videos from a Munich production where she doesn't have so many mannerisms, so the stage director must share part of the responsibility. Anyway, I think that Klytämnestra is always performed somewhat hystrionically and this is part of the character's appeal. I don't find Varnay annoying at all.
@darkprose
12 жыл бұрын
Yes, I don't find her annoying, either. I mean, look at the music Strauss composed for Klytämnestra! Some of his most nightmarish and disturbing, not to mention progressive, passages. I think the extreme horror of the film and the characterization is completely effective.
@basbaryton
15 жыл бұрын
Well, I can understand you! Varnay was old here, and the voice quality was no longer there. However the stage presence was! Rysanek for me had a lovely voice. However, it appeared to be difficult for her to sing in key. She was always somewhat sharp. So yes, I agree. Not great...
@lorchis1
15 жыл бұрын
Klytämnestra is a character role and the beauty of the voice is not that important here. But what is the problem with the voice of Varnay: there is any note so high that she can't reach, nor has she a wobbling voice like other elderly -and not so elderly- singers. Is it better Resnik in the Solti recoding, with her cracking voice and her changes of colour with different registers? Or Madeira, with her peculiar german pronunciation?...
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