Turandot - In questa reggia, The Riddles - Ghena Dimitrova, Nicola Martinucci - Arena di Verona

Fabulous

Es una prima de la opera per tutta la vita

Expected it would be thrilling but to me it is shrilling...

Ghena Dimitrova - the woman who destroyed her voice with the wrong technique. You can see her constantly swallowing and clearing her throat throught the aria. The signs of her destroying her vocal chords.

Absolutely Mind blowing singing, such a astonishing voice and presence.

Quanti anni son passati, fu una serata memorabile. Poi l'ho risentita e vista al San Carlo di Napoli. Una meravigliosa voce!

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What a fantastic production Dimitrova was superb but who was the scene stealer the dancer witg the sword he added so much to the production ---who was he ?

Exciting

Maravillosa. Se me eriza la piel

Grandissima, vocalità insuperabile era perfetta x l arena

Dimitrova is astounding, absolutely breathtaking - - the perfect Turandot.

Shine bright in the sky Gena, you will be remebered!

I'm sorry, but for me only DIMITROVA 🥵😍🥰❤️🌹🌹💐💐

Ghena’s Turandot is magnificent, she does power, iciness and passion to perfection

Not having been able to see her perform live is one of my biggest regrets.

Meravigliosa Ghena 🧡

I love the staging, especially the Sadako Turandot :D

How wonderful💌💌

I was fortunate enough to be at this performance. It was truly incredible. I got to see Dimitrova sing Turandot 3 times, once here and twice at the Met in NYC.

No good dramatic sopranos left. Everyone sucks. NO one can hit high notes. Singing in tune is a big ask these days. :( Makes me so sad. Ghena forever. This is the best recording-incredible metal in the voice. Her Lady Macbeth and Abigaille are also unsurpassed.

WOW ! - wish I had been there !!!!

❤❤❤❤Brava!!!!!Ghena…inigualable!!!!!!!!

Great performance by Ghena Dimitrova from Bulgaria.Thank you!

Amazing! Gorgeous voice, great power! Today no one can sing this. The last great Turandot.

i don't know.. i don't understand the excitement of the commentators here.. pretty everyone criticize netrebko for the "wobbling high notes" and so..
but what is that!! it's a trash, and not the high notes..
according to my taste, is it better to hear netrebko then..

Spaventosa 😱 !!!

Assurément une des plus grandes Turandot.Vocalement époustouflant. !!!

Voce Immensa ! Meravigliosa Turandot ❤️

We don't hear voices like this anymore. I wonder why....

sadako sings

Ah God a God given power. A Force of Nature!

Grandissima

She was the Met operas last great Turandot. No one today can fill her shoes not even draped in a Ukranian flag!!!

Oooof ! C'est magistral. LA voix pour ce rôle

I'm worried for Calaf too, she might eat him!! But seriously folks this is a great performance, she's no oil painting to look at this point in the show either, but happily, it gets better.

Ghena Dimitrova, quasi tre ottave di estensione. Una voce tutta sul fiato che parte dal registro di mezzo-soprano per arrivare agli estremi della tessitura di soprano con grande sicurezza e precisa intonazione. Va detto che il lavoro ch'ella ha fatto con la nostro impareggiabile soprano Gina Cigna, deve esser stato sicuramente importante e decisivo per giungere a tale traguardo. Ma l'energia, il senso del teatro, l'incredibile presenza scenica, la stupenda musicalità, erano già in lei quando è partita dalla sua Bulgaria per tentare la fortuna nella nostra Italia (paese fino qualche anno fa patria indiscussa del melodramma e del belcanto). 
Senza gli "strani esseri" dalla magica voce che chiamiamo cantanti, credo che il destino di quest'arte si faccia sempre più incerto. E sopperire al problema usando "effetti speciali" quali regie pirotecniche, scenografie spettacolari e/o computerizzate, conductor-star, pompaggio pubblicitario o altro, credo funzioni solo per metà. 
Siamo in molti ad augurarci che l'Italia dedichi più attenzione a questo suo profondo tesoro culturale; e il fatto che recentemente si sia scelto di candidare l'Opera Lirica all'UNESCO, come patrimonio immateriale dell'umanità, potrebbe essere un passo in questa direzione.

Seing the ridiculous jokes on Met's stage in this grandeous piece, I can't help feeling the literal pain from Ghena's absence. There's noone like her, and nobody ever did it that way, not Birgit Nilson, not Eva Marton - nobody. But they all belonged to a generation where ABILITY was A MUST before even touching any of these roles, not to mention step on these theatres' stage.
Ghena was the best in Turandot among them all.

It's good that there was her.

I'm lucky enough to have seen her in this role - stunning! I also saw Gwynneth Jones too. I slightly preferred Jones (she can act!), but both were LOUD.

I’m a big fan of Dimitrova…. Last week I’ve been to the Sydney opera house to listen to Turandot and the dramatic soprano was ANNA-LOUISE COLE she was very good! Amazing singing and acting too!!
I’m going to go in the next days a second time!!

Zefireli....Marton Éva....mindenek felett...

This is what I love about Ghena’s Turadot. She is imposing, stoic, icy yet passionate and has a huge voice. She doesn’t seem stressed or strained when she sings. She’s the perfect Turandot.

Indimenticabile Dimitrova👏👏👏👏👏

I’m worried for calaf

Ai tuoi piedi ci prostriam, Luce,
Re di tutto il mondo!
Per la tua saggezza,
per la tua bontà ci doniamo a te,
lieti in umiltà,
a te salga il nostro amor!
Diecimila anni
al nostro Imperatore!
A te, erede di Hien-Wang
noi gridiam:
Diecimila anni al nostro Imperatore!
Alte, alte le bandiere!
Gloria a te! Gloria a te

The last legitimate dramatic soprano

Ghena Dimitrova ho avuto la fortuna di ammirarla tante volte all Arena di Verona.
La sua Turandot areniana resterà indelebile nell orizzonte mondiale della lirica
Grazie di ❤