Soave sia il vento - Così fan tutte, Glyndebourne 2006

[Roffeman]

I am a complete newbie to opera but this brought tears to my eyes. Absolutely beatiful.

[Gibson29]

Outstanding. As much as I don't like Mozart's piano works, his Italian operas are absolutely sublime.

[qweuio]

@Gibson29 Not even piano concertos...?!

[tenorschofield]

Bravi, all of them are real wonderful singers!!!. The staging is simple but very suited for the play. Both, Ms Persson and Vondung are beatiful artists, and superb voices that makes us all beleive their is a real future for lyrical music!!!!..Mr. Rivenq does also a masterfull interpretation of Don Alfonso...Bravi tutti!!!!!!!!!!!

[michaelah21]

It's a trio, not an aria. : )

[endeffct]

just discovered this. Sublime..like a prayer

[robbalbani]

I have listened to it ten times in a row, I can't get tired of it....

[TheOmlink]

Fantastic



[ToledoWingNut]

Lovely performance. Two very beautiful women, as well.

[Teddyb1939]

Just how lovely can something be.!!

[AEmylia24]

It's absolutely fantastic - what a great performance!

[pitchcott]

This is simply sublime.

3 beautiful voices, perfectly recorded.

I haven't found a better version on you tube - would that be possible?

[flossie5432]

SUBLIME !Listening to this I feel I've already died and gone to heaven. 4 dislikes?? They have no soul.

[zzippyman1]

@flossie5432 I couldn't agree more, this aria IS sublime - they can't have a soul. Mozart truly knew about love.

[mtv565]

@zzippyman1 It's a trio, not an aria.

[zzippyman1]

@mtv565 & @michaelah21 - I stand reminded, if not corrected - it is indeed a trio :)

[kirsteenknight]

Absolute magic! What fabulous singers.

[RandyHooHa]

A feast for the eyes, as well as the ears. Nice one, FuzzyCerts!

[absolutsf]

wow little Wolfi you are amazing! I am blown away!

[Bruchag]

remember watching this live, spellbinding

[AEmylia24]

Soave sia il vento,

Tranquilla sia l'onda,

Ed ogni elemento

Benigno risponda

Ai nostri {vostri) desir.

Gentle is the wind,

Calm is the wave,

And every one of the elements

Answer warmly

To our (your) desire.

[shein99]

oh my fucking-ass-slurping GOD... this is sooooo unbelievably beautiful....

[MusicVocalism]

I seriously have chills its soooo BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

[TONYFROMWESTSIDE]

The music is so delicious... pardon me for also finding the dark haired lady equally as delicious =D

[beautifulmax]

fab version!

[Teddyb1939]

This is really lovely, Glyndebourne perfection. Beautiful ladies. Have a good listen this is sublime. Voices with looks. magic.

[ShawDAMAN]

I feel really sad for the people who find nothing particularly beautiful about this music. some are my relatives.

(+_+)

[bebetonguga]

Wonderful voices!!!!!!!!!

[juliandjeff]

Took my daughter to see her first opera and Cosi was it. I love his aria and its juxtaposition within this commentary on love. Mozart: beautiful and genius non pareil. Thanks for posting.

[pettymolly]

i love this piece so much

[nokxie]

wht mre do u want????????? ths is jst da type of music u wldnt mind hearin evryday

[johnmartinholmes51]

Whenever you see on the news the stupid and violent and awful things humans beings do to each other, or to themselves on reality TV, listen to this. This is the beauty that humans are capable of. Mozart was not a god - he was not an angel - he was a human, and he produced this beautiful music - and those are real people making those beautiful noises with instruments and their voices. More than just wonderful music, it is an affirmation of humanity.

Lecture over.

[yglofmi]

@johnmartinholmes51 Very beautiful comment. Thank you.

[welshgreco]

How lucky was I to see this live! It has been on sky arts 2 a few times also. Hoping to see the Vienna opera production in Athens in April.

[buffetosca]

...quella era la voce di Dio....

[TheDandy0825]

Grande Mozart con la sua musica sublime

[fouloas]

trois minutes ou l'éternité??

[kenmorris]

Soave sia il vento Tranquilla sia l'onda Ed ogni elemento Benigno risponda ai nostri desir May the wind be gentle May the waves be calm And may each of the elements Answer warmly to our desires These beautiful,yet enigmatic lyrics -five lines -almost like Italian Haiku - convey the longing, hope and heartbreak of Fiordiligi and Dorabella, and curiously, the wisdom of Don Alfonso. Cosi is such an enigmatic opera because it dares to probe the depths of fidelity, constancy and Sophrosyne.

[kenmorris]

This trio (terzetrto), from the splendid, magisterial Glyndebourne performance of Cosi from 2006, is, in my view, the most sublime, unutterably poignant and beautiful piece of music ever written. The melody is memorable, the singing in thirds and fifths lyrical, the sudden minor key change in the middle emblematic of the conflict the women (and elsewhere in the opera, the men) have in their hearts and minds. Of the three Mozart Da Ponte collaborations, Cosi is the most original and sublime.

[penguinmama88]

wot's up with the 3 down thumbs?!!??! lol thanks for uploading it's perfect :) xo

[emmaxrules]

AMAZING!

im singing this in voice class and i think its stunning!

the singers are fantastic and the women are beautiful

[Marg002]

Eat your heart out, John Corigliano!

[TEgnoto89]

miah persson is pretty hot... she looks like a younger renee fleming kind of

[FuzzyCerts]

@potato52602

Or you can buy the DVD and rip the whole thing to mp3 :)

[mickiewop]

An amazing piece of music from an amazing composer!!!!!

[noratranvouez]

perhaps the orchestra is a little academic (ex at 2:10), but the three singers are so beautiful...thks again fuzzycerts. nora

[tennesseelvr]

so this is what Wordsworth meant by the phrase " The Feeling Intellect" sublime glorious Mozart! world s so much richer by having you share this act of love! thanks eternally

[BearMtl]

Mozart n'a rien écrit de plus beau....

[Haraldzzz]

:-o <3

[kermazen]

very beautifull

[wanderinggibbon]

Mozart!

[kenedwards5]

Utterly bewitching. Is that the most beautiful piece of music ever written?

[lise2211]

Wonderful! Thank you for posting!

[noras231090]

I have bought it on play.com and I'm so looking forward to get it!!

[donalfonsotube]

vale la pena vivere allora!

[jabaroque]

Trois voix magnifiques merveilleusement en accord.

[vectissimus]

Oh my - other worldly - sublime.

[alchemistwinter]

There are few things that can be described as "simply perfect". This is an example.

[derek27years]

On 1:12 the women exchange melodies. That is brilliant! Would have never guessed that by just listening to it.

[derek27years]

On 1:12 the women exchange melodies. That is brilliant! Would have never guessed that by just listening to it.

[tennesseelvr]

the reason God gave us ears and a mind and spirit was so amadeus could enlighten us with his unmatched grace! an anodyne for whatever ails one!

[puffin02]

There is always, with Mozart, a tendency to linger, because the texture is so gorgeous. But Mozart himself is on record, in a letter to his father, as writing that most musicians slow the tempi too much, and that when conducting, he wears his steel-shod shoes, to keep the time up.

[funduet]

200 years on,Mozart still knows how to stir the soul!

[sionnachy]

Mozart, you always manage to choose the most beautiful and correct notes to write :-)

[ditogam]

:))) agreed. MAGIC !!!

[kalduglun]

Apart the singing itself, i note the soprano and the mezzo-soprano are really beautiful women!

[FuzzyCerts]

- Another reason to watch the DVD/Blu-ray ;-)

The men aren't half bad either :)

[papagena92]

@FuzzyCerts (Right... Pisaroni's sooo handsome. I'd fall for him^^)

[robbalbani]

@FuzzyCerts thank you for this, thank you

[Jitpring]

@kalduglun An excellent observation, sir!

[brunosilvershadow]

Listen to the Elisabeth Schwarzkopf or Gundula Janowitz production of the same piece; then you know how this could sound! Even today!

[ShawDAMAN]

I agree, also the Gedda Caballe et al version is great; the Schwarzkopf/Kraus/Berry/Ludwig is probably the definitive. This is very nicely done though. One of the most beautiful things Mozart ever wrote. In fact the whole opera is musically my favorite of Mozart's (along with Zauberflote perhaps) although I'd have to agree with Beethoven that the plot doesn't do a lot for me ;P

[papagena92]

For me too this and Zauberflote are my favourites!

[EuphoricGloom]

wow. this is awesome.

[amonasro100]

This is far to quick - still it is well sung.

But where is the magic of Mozart ?

Maestro do it slowly

[MissMusicienne]

I disagree - I think the tempo here is pretty spot-on. I guess it depends on the interpretation you're used to hearing or heard first. I think the text - and especially the string parts - need a little bit of a lilt to have some momentum and forward-motion. Actually, if anything I think this could afford to be a tad faster. I think that if this were to be played any slower the sense of phrasing might be lost.

[kamanetzki]

Speeds are a subjective thing but I'd suggest that you're too used to Karajan speeds where the rhythm becomes mushy. I agree with MissMusicienne. Phrasing is key to this and slow speeds without momentum make the piece drag.

[Hyarya]

This is probably my favorite piece from Cosí, along with Dorabella's and Guglielmo's duet. I'm so happy I'm in my high school's production of this opera. Go Mozart!

[VirajaAscona]

Beautifully sung! -- from Stephanie Cowell, author of the novel MARRYING MOZART (Viking Penguin)

[Andreamus]

May the breezes blow gently

Movement and Static soundscape - an unworldly glassy sound of pure suspense - a gust of icy wind is

blowing upon the souls of female desire..

The mystery of Love and desire remains unsolved...

[CrownedWithLaurels]

Eargasm!

[duyagetme]

the best! thank you!

[GraceWlk]

So lovely! One of my favorite songs of all time.

[penguinmama88]

Soave sia il vento Tranquilla sia l'onda Ed ogni elemento Benigno risponda Ai nostri desir

Fantastic rendition! Thanks :)  Mille grazie

[GiggsCorea]

Music of Heaven....

[Csanfer14]

By far one of the best performances on this trio I´ve ever heard!!

[Beany87]

at 1.50 one of the sweetest notes in opera. I watch for these notes every where, there are very few so sweet. Another is finale of Tristan and Isolde. Music to swoon to.

[Agorante]

This trio is always painful for me to hear. I used to sing it and its so damn difficult. Slow, high, and soft. No place to hide. My throat clamps up just listening to it.

[FuzzyCerts]

Considering your own experiences, how good of a job do you think these guys pull off? I've heard (and seen) several performances of this, but this is still my favourite - it seems to be balanced much better than most versions.

[DoryViolet]

hey this one is my favourite rendition too! it's sooooo touching.

[Agorante]

Its about as good as it gets.

[lecterfish]

I know how you feel! I think Mozart was just having a laugh on this one. I sang Fiordiligi, which part did you sing?

[Agorante]

Alfonso.

[nielsendk17]

Soave sia il vento

Tranquilla sia l'onda

Ed ogni elemento

Benigno risponda

Ai nostri desir

[gorefatale]

thank you!

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[kenedwards5]

Just how could anyone write anything so beautiful??

[AUC753]

Utterly sublime. If I were religious, I should think that Mozart was channelling God when he wrote this.

One of the peaks of European civilisation!

[covergirl2183]

astonishing... this is such a beautiful aria, and an amazing performance . Thanks for posting !

[15iloveu]

WOW ! O.O

[CaptainPommby]

yep! :D

[klilajewish]

The most erotic performance I've ever heard/seen. So perfect, and like the others, I keep playing it again and again.

[Joyvermeer]

Heel erg mooi! Ik ga het zelf volgende week zingen, goed voorbeeld!

[bwonderlandj]

how prety! one of the most beautiful arias of Mozart :D

[Carlosasmar]

Sublime, amazing, wonderful, extraordinary, beautiful... What else??

[madzoe]

oh, thank you so much for this upload..

astonishing..!

[wieke45]

Een van de mooiste stukken van Mozart.

[PhysicsProf1]

this performance is breathtaking!!!!

[3629666]

These "three" are a revelation compared to the Manfred Honeck production of the Salzburg Festival in 2006 which is also available here. with this piece.

Glyndebourne is here (and more often) the center of the cosmos of Mozart's music and operas!

Look and listen: Dorabella! She is awsome in "soave sia il vento" and simply divine in "il core vi dono...", the most beautiful track of the opera for me!

[daniel73587]

without any words......

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[velvelette]

absollutelu beautiful

[gegiuzzo]

how beautiful!!!! it's one of my favourite melodies from this opera

[JayWC4]

As a side note, this production on DVD is top-notch, well worth the money!

[FuzzyCerts]

Agreed! I just bought the Blu-ray today - even more amazing than the DVD!

[FuzzyCerts]

@JayWC4

- and the Blu-ray version goes up to 11 :-)

[Vibratta]

Does anybody happen to have the words to this in English? I don't speak Italian and I'd love to know what they're saying.

Regardless, it's gorgeous. The blend of voices is sublime, and the man's part starting at 1:50 is so beautiful it makes me choke up each time I hear it.

[JayWC4]

Gentle be the breeze, Calm be the waves, And every element Smile in favour On their wish. Soave sia il vento, Tranquilla sia l'onda, Ed ogni elemento Benigno risponda Ai nostri desir. I hear ya on that part at 1:50. I'm singing the role of Don Alfonso at university in March, I love singing this trio, I wish I could sing it all day. Mozart opera is wonderful to sing and amazingly beautiful, as the music does most of the work!

[Vibratta]

Fantastic! Thank you~

You are so lucky! Post a video :)

[neezeken]

......gentle be the wind

calm be the wave

And every element

respond kindly

to our wish....

Gentle be the wind...

[erniemajor]

Soave s'il vento! In an old movie called "Luna" a woman says to her ancient Opera master(more or less) that she doesn't know why she can't let go of singing; anyway his enigmatic whispery response is simply: "Soave s'il vento...."

[erniemajor]

sorry...but seeing again that scene in mind I now understand his response is his own poignant regret that he can no longer do homage to this lovely trio by participating... can only contemplate its shimmering Beauty as it drifts away from him ...

[matbroomfield]

This is by far the most beautiful scene in the film. The old man's papery voice has so much beauty, in spite of its ancientness, managing to convey such a miriad of emotions. It's in stark contrast to the primadonna attitude of the woman throughout the film. It's a moment when they both demonstrate that they are both truly in love with the music. Wonderful.

[ernestalba]

I find myself coming back to this video again and again...

[Jude1930]

Beautiful!

[noctualunae]

It is sooooo touching

[rabengeraun]

Lovely performance of a glorious piece

[dropover]

All the emotion is captured with a brilliant performance. And sexy! I was absolutely moved by such a touching and heartfelt rendition. Mozart's writing for voice seems to render the both the performer and listener.... spellbound.

[rh7189]

Mozart still manages to strike at the heart with awsome melodic power.This aria is an apt example...what a performance here..bravo

[Operataurus]

Many sopranos in particular have a bit of jaw wobble. Nothing to worry about if there isn't a corresponding wobble in the sound. It shows the jaw is free.

Are we looking for technical weaknesses around here? Think we should concentrate a bit more on what is positive.

One of the striking things about this version is how different it sounds at a lower pitch on period instruments.

[ernestalba]

"yet to come across a more compelling DVD of this opera..."

nor a more expensive one! But well worth the $50 - this is as finely produced a performance as any Hollywood film.

[wowyourgaiy]

I keep reading that the shaking of the jaw shows a weakness in technique. Any thoughts on this?

[sluttyRuth]

if you ask me the only way to tell if someone has difficulties in technique is by listening. everybody has his own way of physically shaping their sound and if somebody's singing sounds wonderful, what's the use of detecting a flaw in their facial activity?

[hatinbronchos]

The shaking of the lower jaw while singing shows muscular tension in the jaw. Tension in the lower jaw can be caused by a variety of things. Most of the time it is a side effect of falsely supporting the voice with tensing the jaw rather than supporting with air. I hope that helps. Wonderful performance. I just ordered the DVD and will be performing the role of Guglielmo in the spring at my university. I hope I can perform the role with even a fraction of the competency shown by this cast.

[joebest1]

Breathtaking...my absolute favorite aria.

[kihadat]

This is...beauty beyond words. I can't express how touching this music is.

[Anavyia]

Beautyful, I love this aria.

Thanks for the new one

[PhysicsProf1]

@Anavyia It's beautiful, but it's not an aria.....it's a terzettino.....