Mooorhe (September 30, 2008 at 8:43 pm)

I agree, I have a recording of Pavarotti doing Di quella pira in Vienna, 1977; Karajan drives the orchestra so loud you can hardly hear Pavarotti's Cs.

paulprocopolis (September 28, 2008 at 11:53 am)

I agree - Marton is clearly still in her vocal prime here, before all the shrieking and wobbling started. And it's great to see the young(ish) Carreras too. However, I'm still baffled as to why dramatic sopranos always seem to take seemingly unnecessary breaths in the two high phrases just before the tenor entry. In this respect they could take some lessons in musicality from their smaller-voiced colleagues(e.g. Caballe)who seem to cope very well without this indulgence.

Gigglingatagas (September 11, 2008 at 6:33 am)

I have to say that I'm not an avid Marton fan, but I have to admit that I've never heard her better than here. This role is particularly suited to the coloring of her voice. Certainly a Turandot worthy of history. Impressive!!

camillemolina (August 30, 2008 at 5:13 pm)

ms. marton is the only singer I know who can actually weep while singing. Check out the tosca, turandot, gioconda. I love that she's very feminine even at the height of her screaming roles. I love her!!!

OettingerCroat (August 19, 2008 at 5:10 pm)

well in that case I will gladly say that I was wrong, and that I'm very happy to hear that she is actually a cheery person!cheers from california! :-)

tehen162 (August 19, 2008 at 3:02 pm)

I don't have to ask anybody in Budapest about the regime in Hungary having lived there for 44 years. Politics have nothing to do with the characteristic of one's personality otherwise there would be only or much more depressed people in Eastern Europe and in the many present dictatorships than in Western Europe. In private Eva Marton is a cheerful woman with good sense of humour,talkative, friendly and very intelligent. These days she is a professor of Music Academy in Budapest.

OettingerCroat (August 18, 2008 at 8:50 pm)

- is she Hungarian? YES- was it communist during her childhood? YES (ask the citizens of Budapest in 1956 if they think it was communist)- does she seem emotionless and stern, at least during performances? YES- might it be a combination of these factors? Maybe.

tehen162 (August 18, 2008 at 7:03 pm)

"yes, she always seemed very emotionless and stern. must have been her upbringing in a communist Hungary."What nonsense!

a28594 (August 13, 2008 at 7:19 am)

Whats the point of having such a power house singer like Marton against a light voice like Carreras sing a Turandot together?

OettingerCroat (August 10, 2008 at 7:29 am)

its a fact that the Austrians like their orchestræ loud...