Sarah Brightman - Lascia Ch'io Pianga

[beckshep]

I know that I have an untrained ear. Thank God. I think she sounds lovely. To the "experts" who left such silly critiques-Blah Blah Blah. No one gives a rats ass what YOU think.

[colibridelapampa]

FATAL!!! The italian is soooooooooooo bad!!! and that OOOOOOOOOO

No no no no!!! Stop her please!!!

[colibridelapampa]

No!!!

[unitedx]

There was one concert i have seen and she was one of the performers, although she's great but all i've heard from her singing was the "OO" sound w/c is really weird. I dont know she's different sometimes. I'm big fan of classical music.

[fabimezzo]

She just doesn't know where to put her hands... that's ok. It's plainly obvious from the shape and sound of her vowels that she HAS been coaching, She's in transition. She's obviously learning to shape the mouth and lengthen the tract. She has to learn to maintain the true sound of the vowel with the tongue despite the O or OO shape of her lips. That's it. She'll get there. Not that I particularly like her, but she does have a beautiful voice. She's learning to use it 'classically'.

[LadyMoralqua]

I prefer the Sumi Jo's version..

[PsychoLemur42]

I would prefer pretty much anything except for Charlotte Church's version to this. This is painful.

I might like it if she was intending to parody the stereotype of the hooting, screeching, swooping dramatic soprano. Honestly. The type of sound she is attempting to use isn't anywhere near appropriate for the Baroque repertoire.

I'm ranting a little, but I just heard Brian Asawa in concert, so finding something like this is a bit maddening.

[LadyMoralqua]

she has a beautiful voice..but she does the "E" like an "O" :S very weird, and it makes the lyric of the song sounds weird :s

"Lascia ch'io pioanga mioa croooda sortooo" :S

[suicidalphenomenon]

her breathing is so high in her chest.. but still nice

[TheSnippster]

I love all these comments. Sarah vowels are far too dark. Not very Italian. She has a good/lovely voice but her coaching in style and breathing tech are off the professional mark. What's with the hands? A bit of a 'Ham' performance but the quality is there. Not like Russell bloody Watson!

[clucaspik]

Why doesn't she sing it on horseback, or being lowered on a chandelier, like she usually does?

[suicidalphenomenon]

i think the outfit does it already :P

[flierboy90]

ha ha ha ha... that made my day.

[oregpeti]

Gyönyörű - mint az élet ...gyönyörű

[hifibert]

G r e a t l y !

[lena2000]

Why does she use microphone at the opera stage? (or any other stage, singing arias we don't use m. though, she looks ugly while she's singing, bleah!

[tennisfanhh]

cuz u sing without mic if u are singing in a opera house! which are smaller and with great acoustic

[suicidalphenomenon]

how can she possibly sing: let me cry, SMILING??

[georgiesue88]

does she get that she doesnt have to do 0000 lips for every vowl! christ!

[dahoogal]

the "o" diction ia a thechnique, Joan Sutherland used it too

[valqueso]

At last someone who knows something about thechnique. The o diction is perfectly accepted because it is a thechnique and I'm not surprised Sutherland used it too sine Sarah and her studied in the Royal College of Music in London as well.

[dahoogal]

Yes, and she worked with great vocal coaches, who have worked, with, Inva Mula, and other great opera singers.

[Villainesse1]

Joan Sutherland used a technique called covering which is a slight rounding of the vowels, this is something that is rarely taught anymore and is basically a "fake your way" approach to good singing. Although Joan modified the vowels slightly an italian AH was still very much an AH.. Sarah does not modify.. she changes the vowel to the point that the word is not recognizable..a big no no in the classical world.. but then again.. she is not a part of the classical world.

[crazyblonde0]

...yeah, her vowels leave much to be desired... If you sing a piece that is not within your usual repertoire, then hire someone who is a professional in the area to teach you how to do it right, or else don't do it at all.

[crob647gtx]

memories, memories....i haven't heard this in so long. Eden was one of my favorite Cd's for so long. I don't listen to it as much because over the course of about 5 years i wore it out, but its still nice to hear every once in a while. The oboe solo on this piece is incredibly tranquil and lends a special quality to this song. I think it's a little longer on the cd though.

[jehannedark]

oh please, couldn't she work on the text a bit more?

like... at least knowing what she was singing?

it's a bunch of desperately melancholic lines about the wounds and the bounds of love... not a silly child lullaby!!!

[supernury]

viva mexico

[supernury]

pos yo quiero saber qué le han metido a la tia por debajo del vestido para tener ese jepeto. Toma crítica

[GruntO331]

Great. Curious, those that have taken voice study know how difficult to "Hit" it just right. All rehersal, practice, and then on stage - it's the energy - the audience, what we can't see - that has such great influence. Sarah introduces classics to many younger peope. She's great.

[blueberry1935]

yes i agree with you. not many younger people appericate classics but sarah opened the door. and i am one of them....

[tvrCLOT]

Aeter: Lascia Ch'io Pianga wasn't made for Sopranoes, but for those women among us who easily reach low Alto-Tenor, it's quite lovely sounding. But, yea...I know exactly what you mean. She can't hit it quite right, she gets it for a split second, and then it leaves. But, anywho...SARAH! WE LOVE YOU!

[baobanshee]

i love this song!!

[aeternusdanseur]

I love Sarah, BUT! this aria was not made for the voice of a woman. I can't stand the way she picks up some notes...

[Orbazzano]

This aria was made for the voice of a woman. This is one of Almirena's arias in Rinaldo!

[aeternusdanseur]

How many women do we have records of during that time period? One thing is to have it as an aria for a female character, the other is to have an actual women play it ;) Indeed, there were few women who actually sang this piece, but notes from Handel himself prove this was not for a soprano but for a castrati.

[dahoogal]

but, castrattis played female roles in that period of time

[rebafanforlife84]

Very well done as always for the great sarah brightman, beautiful voice.

[deuscadaveris]

yes!!! I was wrong!!

[arturoherrera]

yes they need mics for big audiences lol like pavarotti and placido on stadiums haha..

[baobanshee]

Oh yeah.. I forgot it

[valqueso]

Besides my friend, opera singers don't use mic because they sing in Opera Houses, which are much smaller and with a better acoustic. Sarah's concerts are made for stadiums and arenas. And this concert was made for a huge auditorium. That's why she uses mic.

[baobanshee]

*.* beautiful.But Why does she use microphone, if the opera singers don't use it

[FacelessMage]

Placido Domingo uses a mic in that same concert when singing, and he's an opera singer.

[baobanshee]

but sarah uses mic ALWAYS

[FacelessMage]

Yeah but she's not an opera singer. she sings classical crossover, not opera... And she didn't use a mic for Cats, Requiem, Phantom or Aspects of Love when she sang in them...

[NHKMM]

She used a mic in the Phantom and Cats.

[MadameGiry229]

Bravissima!! She is a beautiful woman with taste! I love her voice.

[showtome]

I can't help it, every video of Sarah is Awsome. Thank you for this one.

[assaftenor]

its nice to see sarah sings for real! she was in shape at that time..but its a pitty she cant realy sing well any more..her voice is not clear as it was..but i love her any way. i wish i could see the whole concert..

[surfgliderdb]

Its more likely you have a hearing problem

[NHKMM]

She looks fantastic and sounds good.

[sfscorpio98]

Beautiful. She's great as always.

[sfscorpio98]

I really enjoyed this rendition. Its a longer version than her Eden Album version. So beautifully sung. I'm really glad I stumbled into this clip. Can you reference concert this clip is from? Thanks.

[cantocs]

This is from the special concert given by Sarah Brightman and Placido Domingo in Tokyo, 2000. This concert video was shown on a Japanese HDTV channel just after digital HDTV started in Japan in 2000. It's not commercially available.

[valqueso]

WOW!!!!!!!!! She simply looks beautiful as always. I've never listened to this version. I would really enjoy to watch the whole concert!