...what can be said? Statuesque, beautiful, human, transcendent. Shirley Verrett was truly a gift to us all, her singing is SO emotive it strikes all. I could listen to her sing 24/7, and her speaking voice was just as wonderful.

How I miss this grand lady. She is pure class this is Opera. VIVA LA VERRETT. 🇫🇷🎵🎼🎶 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

Shirley... a real black Venus starring the skyes!! I bow in tears to your artistry... Please do accept my IMMENSE appaluse!

Beautiful by all means! An acting voice!

Uf, qué belleza, qué elegancia, qué fineza! Qué calidad de canto! Una época que no volverá.

God took His time with this one. Wow

Formidable, superbe, magnifique, elle était mezzo!! et la tout passe facilement merci Madame.

@marcandreg.4394

2 жыл бұрын

C'était une voix appelée Falcone donc elle pouvait chanter les 2 registres de mezzo et soprano une grande voix bref ! On l'appelait the black Callas !

J' ai toujours autant de plaisir à écouter cette Dame encore merci!!

Brilliant!!! She was definitely aSoprano.🌸🌸🌸🌹🌹🌹🌺🌺🌺🌷🌷🌷What an Amazing VOICE.

@sgnmath1234

2 жыл бұрын

Yet sang the contralto role of Ulrica in Ballo. Now that's versatility!!!

@davidmuller9938

4 ай бұрын

*Falcon, she was equally great in middle-low register

Absolutely divine! 👏👏👏

OMG … fabulous!! ❤

I love her! What a voice!

Великолепно...

I sang a concert with her around 1985 in Miami (chorus for the opening aria from Norma). She also sang Pace, pace at that concert. Memorable!

Brava the great Diva Shirley Verrett ❤

Outstanding performance. I saw her onstage in New York quite a few times, in both soprano and mezzo roles. All wonderful, but I preferred her singing in the mezzo range.

Действительно, великая. Вот так легко, без напряжения перепеть весь оркестр.

A voz dela era poderosíssima.

😢❤Increíble. Una maravilla

Brava!

Stupenda❤

too bad the video is out of sync, but it's irrelevant, it's only the audio that counts. magnificent performance.

❤

Une primadonna

Superb, she sounds like a wonderful mezzo-soprano to me! Marvellously vital, dramatic performance , but lacks the float on top of a soprano, in my opinion

@foropera

Жыл бұрын

She has some silvery sounds up there, in reserve and use them in other soprano aria like Desdemona. But its clear that her top will not float like a lyric soprano, like whilelmenia Fernandez or Dorothy Mainor. I feel on the other hand that this tension on some notes is artistically efficient, moving. She is fighting with her fate in the story.

@zhamiralamoan9184

Жыл бұрын

Listen to her Verdi requiem 😊

@foropera

Жыл бұрын

@@zhamiralamoan9184 I know since I posted in my channel her Verdi RequiemS. In Budapest, Dresden, Milano.

@mugrad25

Жыл бұрын

​@@foroperashe floated often as adalgesia in norma..but i understand what you are saying.

@artdanks4846

Жыл бұрын

I agree, she was best as a mezzo. I was disappointed when she switched to soprano. But still magnificent!

Sorry, but I don't like her in those roles-she was great as a dramatic Mezzo!

@DiomedesDioscuro

Жыл бұрын

Dramatic mezzo? Like in which role?

@bauchmann9971

Жыл бұрын

@@DiomedesDioscuro Carmen, Dalila, Eboli, Amneris etc...

@DiomedesDioscuro

Жыл бұрын

@@bauchmann9971 I take Amneris out of those as a real dramatic mezzo one she excelled in... much earlier. But wasn't she always a mezzo with a great extension towards the high register?

@bauchmann9971

Жыл бұрын

@@DiomedesDioscuro that is not the point-it is a question of tessitura. It makes a difference if you sing-especially with Verdi- the mezzo or the soprano part- She started as a Mezzo, which was good, but then she sang Tosca, Aida and even Mimi! (You can listen to it on you tube)

@DiomedesDioscuro

Жыл бұрын

@@bauchmann9971 I don't have the impression I would like her in the whole of Leonora's role more than others, but I think she's flawless in this performance.