Kasarova radio alert

Edit: Here is the entire broadcast. The absolute highlight for me is her very brief Händel. I can not stress enough how well her voice fits .. and it pains me to not hear her enough in it..

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From VK’s fb fan site: Thursday 14/Jan/2016 live from Bulgaria, VK’s recital, i believe 1800H central european time (i could be wrong..) at this direct link. Also, she gave an interview in Bulgarian but with a realllllly lovely excerpt from her latest russian arias cd, makes me think we need to see her in one of these operas soon!!!

Edit: oh, here’s the official listing on Worldconcerthall: 17:00 hours GMT (1800h CET, 1200h Boston time, argh!)
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(and the program for the concert tomorrow, via 1 of her fan from fb site:
Georges Bizet – “Carmen” – Horus and stage patter, Habanera;
• Gioachino Rossini – “The Italian Girl in Algiers” – chorus, recitative and rondo of Isabella;
• Ambroise Thomas – Overture to the opera “Raymond”;
• Camille Saint Saens – “Samson and Delilah” – Aria of Delilah;
• Giuseppe Verdi – “Don Carlos” – Horus and scene Aria Princess Eboli (Song of the veil)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – “Eugene Onegin” – Waltz;
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – “Maid of Orleans” – Aria of Joanna;
• Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov – “Snow White” – Dance of acrobats;
• Modest Musogski – “Hovanshtina” – Aria of Marfa;
• Ruggiero Leoncavallo – “Pagliacci” – Choir;
• Francesco Cilea – “Adriana Lecouvreur” – Aria of princes de Bouillon.)

ps— could someone fire up the capturing machine please!! i might have a meeting, argh argh.



105 responses to “Kasarova radio alert”

  1. Thank you a thousand time for this discovery and this share ! just what I need these days! Best Y

    1. 🙂 🙂
      (ps- might you capture please? 🙂 )

      1. Sorry, chaos chez moi so will not even get to listen.

        1. ack, sorry to hear! i’ll set 3 alarms so we can listen later..

          1. I’ll do my best in an hour’s time with Audio Hijack pro…

  2. I up, with running commentary:
    – loove hearing the applause just before any performance. the suspense!
    – gosh, hearing this makes me wish she would sing in the full opera more often!
    – oh, the good news with having the chorus this time: Her Verdi’s aria will be accompanied!
    – here comes Carmen!! to the applause!
    – am waiting for this Carmen to settle in a bit…
    – “prends garde à toi…”
    – very rhythmic..
    – i love the incorporation of the chorus.. she has sung so many of these recitals without them..
    – coming full circle to the vintage 1996 Isabella who took over Italia
    – either the laptop speakers are strange or my ears? she sounds quite laboring without orchestra support… think it’s time to look for the headset.. probably terrible speakers..
    – oh jeah, shitty speakers.. should have had headset 1/2 hour ago… muuuuch better and warmer sound!
    – so lovely she has quite a few fans attending the concert live and posting photos on her fb site!!
    – even the sound of walking is suspenseful!! and ramping up with percussion..
    – that was a very lively overture!
    – now to Delilah, fingers crossed the tempo is faster than Moscow? yes, i think so…
    – “reponds à ma tendresse”… love the music.. that must be a clarinet?
    – woh, interesting ending there! i getting used to hearing her again 🙂 . interesting how she pauses right after “reponds” in that phrase, i haven’t noticed the breathing pause there before.
    – the contrast in her voice between that in the lovely song in Bulgarian Soul cd to now: the “ping” and more importantly the “ease” I’d say. It’s also the contrast of intimate (the recording) vs huge hall (today) that’s responsible for the less “ease” I believe.
    – oh hahha, that says a whole lot my knowledge of Verdi.. YES, THIS IS NIIIICE, the Veil song!! WITH CHORUS!!
    – hands up for piccolo lovers!

    1. oh, not too late, she’s pausing, 2nd half coming!
      Edit: she sang Carmen, Delilah, Isabella.. next up tossing baby into the pit! (i think..)

        1. ps2- of course you recognize that’s her talking.. and now clip of that lovely cloud song from her bulgarian soul cd

          1. ok, there’s talking, eh? or am I wrong? I don’t understand anything…

          2. intermission, it’s a radio broadcast, so they’re running clips of interview and her Bulgarian Soul songs.. . 2nd half coming soon 🙂

          3. ah, I see, music has thankfully started 😀

          4. and i just realized it’s not tossing baby into fire! but this, with chorus!!

          5. the bloody difficult veil song. Hope she gets through it well. I almost never like it sung by anyone.

          6. hm, ok. Don’t know about the high notes.

          7. ok, i have to say, it’s GREAT!! by my ears! my fav of this concert so far. Yes, i noticed the high notes, but i’m fine w/ how she navigated “around” it. what’s missing is the soprano! i was thinking they could extract one from the chorus.. but perhaps the line is too difficult. overall, i like a lot how she navigates and phrases it, as well as ease of the coloratura..

          8. yea, the coloratura wasn’t bad. Maybe I just never quite get the aria. It should be a soprano aria or something. It just sounds odd with the low voice. I don’t know what I want from it 😀 but haven’t heard it yet. I think I heard Troyanos and someone once that came closer to what I could like but that’s it.

          9. i thought it’s more that you need a “typical” Verdi mezzo with “large” dramatic voice, and with such they always plow right through the coloratura making a mud pit of it..
            by soprano, i mean she’s missing her soprano in that duet! so the mezzo’s line is left hanging a bit where the sop entered…

          10. aha, isn’t that a trouser role? the kid who plays the lute?

            yea, either you’re getting the big voice or the proper coloratura. What the hell was Verdi thinking?!

          11. – yes, the trousers! i love the version from Covent Garden (with my fav Elisabetta.. M.Pov..something..)
            – what was just that, Tchaikovsky i think?
            – it’s quite a “festive” mood the orchestra! i think jumping around like this is a bit more difficult to get into the mood..
            – her voice hasn’t changed since i heard her as Romeo.. which makes me think she should really sing more Romeo *with* baroque bands: more room for expression and not trying to get past the huge and high orchestra..

          12. nice thing, I’m not the biggest R-K fan but that was cool.

            she must have her reasons for not singing Romeo anymore…

          13. Maria Poplavskaya? I liked her in that role, too, but apparently she’s gone downhill or something. I’ve never seen her in anything else and even that one I couldn’t sit through the whole thing becuase of Verdi 😉

          14. yes, that’s her. and my intro into Verdi.. i was able to sit right through.. but might have skipped all the male singing.. coz i only remember how great she was.. and the charming soprano in trousers 😀

          15. my favourite bit of the evening! Let’s see what she will do:

          16. yea, Don Carlo’s role is really annoying. 5 bloody acts?

          17. stealing from 1 of fans who’s attending live and posting on her fb fan site:

          18. that venue is ugly as hell! 😀

          19. looks huge!
            what was just that? sounds very dark and dramatic.. i like it, she plunged down into the chest notes, very expressive! more so that navigating Verdi’s highs..

          20. It was from Adriana Lecouvreur, Principessa de Bouillon’s aria. Please, please, I hope she sings that in proper production again! 😀 I was happy with it.

          21. oh, that’s the end already?
            i love the reception! she’ll come out and sing “Kalimanku, Denku” 😉

          22. well, it’s her home turf, eh? That’s why she could afford the chorus and stuff.

          23. how charming, her teacher!

          24. ah, i see. I’ll cheer to her teacher as well. If the teacher didn’t encourage her I wouldn’t be here today 😉 haha.

          25. it’s only fair to have some Handel on top of that dramatic repertoire 😉

          26. sh*t. who else thinks Händel is reallllly for her!!!! argh argh why all that dramatic stuff…. daaaaaaaang she has soooooooooo much rooooooom to express… brings tears to me eyes hearing this..

          27. yes, right from the initial long note I thought the same. High notes for Handel = way fine. High notes for Verdi = errr…

          28. in-haus reporting: “she’s in tears.. very emotional moment”

          29. she’s quite an emotional person, it seems. Good for us, else she’d be a shit actress 😉

          30. oh, that’s quite a gear shift, are we back to radio clips??

          31. i think so. isn’t this the first song on her Bulgarian album?

          32. yes, but she could also get the entire choir on stage 😉 . but the voice is much different, as well as how “clean” the sound is. i’m still thinking about her Händel… snif..

          33. reminds me there’s an Alcina in Wiesbaden this year, with a bunch of people I don’t know.

          34. the radio is still running.. now onto some solo piano and her singing.. could be from the russian arias cd…
            Alcina: new crop?
            back to radio: is this really from her latest cd? then her voice is JUST FINE singing this rep and Händel!

          35. yea, i was about to go take a shower but the song was nice. I have no idea what this is. Although a bit wrist-slashing.

            I guess new crop for Alcina?

          36. ok.. time to go back to bed.. i might steal more fan’s photos here later.. but one last bit from her media interview earlier this week: “She said that her biggest mistake was to change the TS to S in her last name”.

          37. thanks to the commenter tonight who ssaid it 43665856 times, I learned the correct prononciation 😀 I will adjust from now on!

            but the biggest mistaje was the switch to dramatic repertoire 😉

          38. for the heck of it, check out this hilarious interview with Poplavskaya. What a character!

          39. “Ah, if I lose my voice, I will open office as immigration lawyer!”

          40. ps- i was listening to the 1st half w/o my headset and sound was really shitty (due to my shitty speakers).. but laptop speakers missed the accompaniment of the orchestra and made it sound much drier so i heard her very laboring

          41. what’s coming is more interesting anyway 😉 can’t wait for last bit.

          42. so i’ve decided to dig into the past to relax, have you come across Shirley Verrett’s version? i really like it! the tempo gives a very nice swing, orchestra not too loud, soprano + chorus accompaniment! (so it must be a live version probably.. or recording of full opera..) , and i read in the comment box the range is quite large, hence the difficult high notes…

          43. ! this is worth listening to a few times. Appropriate timbre for this character and she coped surprisingly well with the coloratura, plus I liked the way she phrased it. Sometimes it feels like it’s just there (and makes me wonder what’s the point of it). Thanks for it!

          44. ja, i was really paying attention to what she’s “saying” instead of hearing “blur”. i think part of it is the tempo which allows for phrasing, but of course you need someone able to do it.. i don’t know how this character should sound but also really like her “clarity” + “heft” , just the sort of voice i’d listen to tentatively :D. and as i mentioned, the weight of orchestra is really balanced here! probably studio recording?, but it’s on the same “weight” as her voice instead of VROOM right over.. so we hear as well its phrasing. everyone too, soprano + chorus included.

          45. The way I see Eboli is someone kinda like Vitellia, a bit of dark and dangerous type, not an airy-fairy kinda woman, so the voice should reflect that. She might be young though I don’t see her as young as Elisabeta; someone who does what she wants. I agree, the balance with the orchestra is very good, the voice has that kind of heft.

          46. how about her? (same audio as first link so you don’t have to listen again, but just the pix 😉 )

          47. I think I have been won over!

          48. Had this stuck in my head since!

          49. hehe, now on mine, precisely when the soprano enters 😀

          50. ps- unrelated… but could you (and Stray, if you read this?) run this internet speed test and tell me what kind of download/upload speeds you have? am trying to figure out what i need in order to watch live-streams w/o interuption 😀 . for example, does anyone know if download speed of 50MBPS is good enough for live stream from Munich? (Stray?)

          51. dl: 6.81mbps, upl: 0.84mbps

          52. thanks. and you didn’t have issues watching stream from bayerishe staatsoper right?

          53. not generally, it breaks off occasionally but no longer than a few minutes.

          54. done picking speed 😀 , along with 100 other things.. the piccolo’s tune is pretty addictive too!

          55. ps- think i’ve just answered my own hypothesis: she can phrase regardless of tempo 😀 , but you hear a bit of different breathing.. and the coloratura suffered a bit..

          56. Be careful with that Shirley Verrett thing, that recording of Don Carlo will ruin an opera nerd for all others. (It’s this one, btw).

          57. i done reading the book of reviews on this 😉 , now i need to find a cd player somewhere.. and check if the (new) library has a copy!

    2. Okay but you know it said it just desired peaceful coexistence, and then it wrapped itself around my brain stem for the next 35 years.. If the library has it, make sure it is the second CD reissue, not the first, which was evidently remastered by a person with tinnitus.

      Failing all else, I can dbox it. Lemme know.

      1. but you have some weird weakness for Carlos 😉 , whereas i tried hard but not quite managing taming Elisabeta.. could we dbx? cos i wouldnt manage cd now…

        1. Haha! I think my weird weakness is for Verdi’s orchestration. Carlos has a nice vocal line, but so does everybody else 🙂

          Do you have a preferred format?

  3. Dear all!
    I am thrilled reading your comments during the concert! On my side of the world everything was fine until the broadcast broke up after first part and never went back to normal. I was almost crying my eyes out… it must be the very bad spell of snow across the Alps… what happened is that the arias never arrived to an end and I became ever frustrated as Faru Kasarova has somptuous shades in her amazing voice, great form indeed ! (just during the Carmen, very difficult to start a concert with this killer, one could hear her breath but it soon vanished later on) I love her Carmen and still think she is the best, as her voice is a fine description of a strong character in this role…and a deeply moving one. I will try to save some Mp3 from the choppy lot I have got… Ombra is fine… and was so good with that little notes of hers so sweet and touching… I wish I could understand her talk at the end… and the orchestra and choir were somptuous throughout.What a place for music!!!yes she could sing Eboli with great appeal, I do not understand why she is not on stage here. her voice is simply amazing… best to you all! Y from Provence

    1. thank you Yvette for the impression!! it’s too rare now that we get together “online” for VK’s (lack thereof) concerts! I did manage to save the whole show i believe, on 2 different methods! and I could pass it on to you if you’d like.

      1. you are fantastic! don’t know the time in Boston, but I expect you did not sleep much ! it is amazing if your sound was bbetter than mine? it seems to me I am the nearrest to Sofia over the Alps, and I never had such a poor reception! My system does not allow me to press ‘like ‘but I could click ‘like’ to all of you!!! thank you Ann !

  4. And my frustration is just too much… never managed Princesse de Bouillon sound just went off… I wonder if this concert will be on somewhere after this broadcast?

    1. i’ll check on fb and report. if not, i can always put on tube 🙂 . But for now, let me just edit my post and put the whole clip up for you (and any others who missed) to re-listen. The absolute highlight for me is her Händel.

    2. Sorry the broadcast misfired on you, Yvette! Here in San Diego it went quiet also, but came back after I reloaded the page. 🙂 VK was in tremendous form. She just about busted my eardrums with that unexpected finishing high B! Then, alas, I had to take off on an appointment. 😛 Thanks a bunch to An for spreading the info and capturing and commentary as well! 😀

  5. Thanks soosooooosoooooo much for all your work for me and friends. I will do sthg with the ones which are fine on my blog and for you too… just to show I was willing !!!!!

    1. 🙂 . THanks Yvette. I decided I couldn’t wake up for the meeting.. but did set 4 alarms for this concert… was well worth it.. i’m still crying inside from hearing her Händel..

  6. Her ombra tonight is something really special because her voice is so rich and her singing tecnique so good. It seems to me she has worked a lot on her low register to master her deep sounds and it could be felt in the Verdi’s arias and Bizet too. She is a tremendous muscian to my ears, she has got the Rita Gorr touch in her so rich and immense voice. Now I long to see her on stage again… what about this recial in Paris we were dreaming about?
    Thank you so much for the link at the top so soon and so good …

  7. Am I hallucinating or has she transposed the Veil Song significantly down in the main bit and then is basically singing a low harmony part in the chorus? Maybe it’s time she revamped her Verdi repertoire.

    1. no, i think that’s the mezzo line with the soprano skating just above (the line we miss due to lack of sop).. but i could b wrong, am clearly no Verdi expert…
      “revamp”: u mean ditch it? 😉

      1. ah maybe you’re right, maybe missing tebaldo is throwing off my ear. “revamp” meaning ditch that one and choose other stuff.

        1. couldn’t agree more 🙂
          here, i remember re-listening to this clip quite a bit back in 2013.. and investigating the sop in trousers (she comes in already at 1.20).. the contrast between her voice and the mezzo is good so you can hear well both lines exactly at minute 5.00. While at it, we can clearly see the difference b/t the Verdi’s mezzo vs VK in term of voice. (ps- i like the contrast in Convent Garden more i think.. but can’t find clip anymore)

          1. Yeah will have to haul out the score and see what’s what. But I think VK works fine for Verdi, just it may be Ulrica time.

            Are you in the ‘bridge tomorrow? There will be luting!

          2. bridge tomorrow? what’s that? 🙂
            i’m still awake now! projecting bedtime 2pm.. so am not sure how that will work for any human schedule tomorrow!

          3. In the ‘bridge = in Cambridge, bc this is going on.

          4. oh, good morning! may be i should take a nap tomorrow and try to make this! (though can be hard, just woke up 😀 ). you’re not in town for this right?

          5. I am, AK and I will be there, barring mishap.

          6. oh? cool! i’ll see you there then! just saw there’re some tix still available. rotten weather, so should be more fun inside 🙂 .

          7. That was fun! Thanks for coming out to play, and for Vietnamese food lesson #3 🙂

          8. and thanks for the short notice + ticket! was reallly nice to catch you again before i take off 🙂 . here’s a souvenir 🙂

          9. aww cute! Lute 4 Hands!

  8. A link with lots of photos, including with her teacher (Resse Koleva), with Stoyanova, and one with her mother! (courtesy of the VK club president Smorgie on fb).
    ps- Dehggi, what out for a certain dress 😉

  9. The tickets for Lucia with Damrau are going on sale tomorrow at 9am local time here. I don’t know if you’re still up for being in London during that period (7-25 April). Kurzak takes the lead between 11-19 May.

    1. i really don’t know :/ , i can’t even tell how long i can be gone or if there’s anything coming up.. argh.. but if i can escape for a short time (it will be short bursts it seems from now on…) i’d like to see Harteros in DR (if she doesn’t cancel, she’s been cancelling EVERYTHING..). On much shorter timescale, i’d really love to escape for NS in Liverpool (sacrificing A.Hallenberg at Wigmore…)

      1. DR in Berlin? There’s more Hallenberg than the March one (30 April and 23 May).

        1. yes, DR in Berlin, least likely she’d cancel.. i suspect she’d cancel the whole thing in Paris… and yes! i know, there’re more Hallenberg, i’d like to come to both, on short bursts 🙂
          (there’s also that thing at TAW…)

          1. The Hallenberg stuff goes on sale on 5 Feb.

          2. reminds me of the stalking of Wigmore hall last year 😀

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