TheRealDellAnderson (April 25, 2008 at 11:59 pm)

I'm not really an opera snob, but I have to say that if video technology had not already been invented, it would have been necessary to create it for sublime, now immortal, moments like this aria. Kiri Te Kanawa mesmerizes, makes me forget that she is performing, and remains totally in character during the applause, underlining her amazing ability to channel human longing and approaching the divine.

Amethyst888 (February 12, 2008 at 1:47 am)

Ok, thanks for the correction..

RRydnew (February 11, 2008 at 6:03 pm)

is it just me but this note seems higher than when she sang it in 1992 Covent Garden preformance (the other Ave Maria video)?

RRydnew (February 11, 2008 at 2:29 am)

This was definitely the Arena di Verona. A copy of this preformance on VHS is in the public library media files here in Plano, Texas! Alantov was Otello.

HUMEPLEASE (December 22, 2007 at 11:06 pm)

this was at the Arena de Verona

Amethyst888 (December 11, 2007 at 4:07 am)

MET in 1974

Pellmelody (December 1, 2007 at 1:21 am)

Can someone tell when this performance was?

nessie96 (October 22, 2007 at 11:12 pm)

Kiri made her very unexpected debut in this very opera at the MET in 1974 when she filled in for Teresa Stratas...Jon Vickers was Otello...it was a Saturday matinee performance, and she simply blew everyone away...the other neat thing is that it was broadcasted on the radio, hence everyone around the country got to hear this very talented lady do her thing.

actionsrlouder (July 27, 2007 at 1:57 am)

You're right, but that was a glorious sound.

SeniarYdnew (July 16, 2007 at 8:06 am)

As my late girlfriend has put it before me, Kiri does it again! Smooth, flowing control and that "exhaled" last note. It gives me goosebumps. Thanks for posting this.