Raehann Bryce-Davis (above) sings Lady Macbeth’s “La Luce Langue” at a 2021 concert given at Antwerp. Alejo Pérez conducts the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen Orchestra.
Watch and listen here.
In 2019, Ms. Bryce-Davies sang the mezzo-soprano part in the Verdi REQUIEM with Oratorio Society of New York at Carnegie Hall; she was truly impressive.
Sondra Radvanovsky sings Lady Macbeth’s “La luce langue” from the Verdi opera.
Watch and listen here.
A year before her Met debut in the same role, Leonie Rysanek made her New York debut as Verdi’s Lady Macbeth in a concert performance with The Little Orchestra Society. Overall, she gave an exciting (if somewhat uneven) performance; she galvanized the audience with her thrilling singing of “La luce langue“.
Leonie Rysanek – La luce langue ~ MACBETH – Little Orchestra Society 1958
After hearing Leonie Rysanek’s voice for the first time on a Texaco/Metropolitan Opera broadcast of BALLO IN MASCHERA, I wrote to her and received the photo (at the top of this article) a few days later. She became one of the most potent forces in my enduring obsession with opera. I saw her many times at The Met, including her unforgettable 25th anniversary gala. She was my first Senta, Ariadne, Kaiserin, and Salome; her Met 25th anniversary gala in 1984 was one of the greatest thrills of my opera-going career.
~ Oberon
Oberon's Glade 