G. F. Händel: Tornami a vagheggiar

[elfsong713]

I love her ornaments. I am totally stealing them!

[isoejr]

Adriana Kucerova obviously likes to sing. And she does it very well.

[pizzero1978]

divina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BeautyMeansDeath]

OMG this is better than porn.

[ssschake]

Bravissima!!!

[TheMart0043]

Singer is quite pretty ^_^

[vanpo06]

Margana mérite un peu mieux... c'est un tempo trop lent ! ! ! la chanteuse s'en sort quand même plutôt bien.

[kristinauhlik]

Adriana is amazing. Shivers down my spine just from watching her sing.

[coloraturajoy]

Librettist is Antonio Marchi. :)

[momentimusicali]

@coloraturajoy I think it is not 100 percent sure, according to the sources.

The respected Grove Music Dictionary online says:

"Alcina.

Opera in three acts by GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL to an anonymous libretto after Cantos vi and vii of LUDOVICO ARIOSTO’s Orlando furioso, adapted from the libretto for Riccardo Broschi’s L’isola di Alcina (1728, Rome)...."

The Oxford Companion to Music...

"Alcina. Opera in three acts by Handel to an anonymous libretto after Ariosto's Orlando furioso..."

[coloraturajoy]

@momentimusicali I stand corrected! I didn't check the Grove article on it. My fault for trusting my Schirmer edition! :)

[momentimusicali]

@coloraturajoy :) ...and best wishes for your musical carreer!

[jd7x7jd]

Glorious voice :)

[mihalik2004]

Nádherná žena, nádherný hlas...

[ariadneclub]

excellent , Adriana ja jsem se zamiloval

[ariadneclub]

I am really charmed , Adriana ja jsem se zamiloval , excellent

[lyubavacara]

bravissima molto bene!grazie !

[drienkovica]

totalny luxus

[jasonlesliestevens]

Il est très lent. non ?

[3v88]

hey, but the pitch here is A=440?!

[momentimusicali]

@3v88 ...yes, it is, the orchestra performs on modern instruments....

[MyAlcina]

@3v88

just enjoy the music and don't worry about the pitch, show off.

[vivacecilia]

Che topa!!!

[DonAlfonso63]

@vivacecilia

Confermo: che topa!!

ed é bravissima...

[buboy1685]

Orchestra sounds really good. Soprano is a refreshing change from Natalie Dessay.

[GerardRatigan]

Très beau à entendre, et très jolie à regarder ! Quel talent !

[bellini7verdi]

una soprano de los setenta......que era sublime tambien para handel........ADELE STOLTE................ALEMANA.­.....era de una belleza poetica tambien sublime.........os gustara.........su voz era bella y te transportaba al mundo religioso de la epoca y de todas las epocas.....emma kirby....tan solo es una sombra comparada con ella.....

[bellini7verdi]

no es tan facil cantar un aria barroca.....porque son de una dificultad extrema.no solo es soltar aguditos.sino saber fluir por el aria como si fuera un poema vocal......para lo cual la voz es el instrumento poetico....handel es handelllll...y por tanto a la hora de cantarsele hay que pensarselo antes......la melodia es extrema y bellisima .........y esta cantante no hace mas que acentuar la calidad de handel.....en tanto en cuanto que es incapaz de hacerlo

[Gclef11]

Lovely, ms Kucerova!! Wonderfully sung, with terrific ease and delight! You are a pleasure to hear and to watch!

[leoperarm]

quite nice! and it's so refreshing to see someone not dancing ridiculously to the music, but singing it beautifully. Thanks^^

[operaaf]

goooood:)

[mirnaores]

Finally a soprano who not only sings beautifully, but one can also understand the text she's singing! I enjoy the "clean-cut" of her voice - not breathy, and wonderfully focused. Thank You, Adriana!

[bartholomeus21]

she is hot! I like the way how she moves too :D

and the singing is awsome as well.

so perfect...

greetings from your neighborhood.

[futured1]

espléndida!!!

[stefanosmusic]

Krasna zena a este k tomu krasne spieva :)

[iloneens]

one of the best versions :)

[Hirnhinweg]

Schorsch goes pop: love it!!

[JPD060486]

These are almost the exact same ornaments as Natalie Dessay's, aren't they?

[MoechanSaysHi]

beautiful :) not exactly how i would have sung it, but still amazing!

[liedvondererde]

Nothing special.

[MyAlcina]

you're not obliged to read the comments, and by so doing you have shown you have a lot of time to spend on opeoples opinions, miserable or not.

[DottoreJojo]

It's annoying.

[MyAlcina]

looks like miming to me...

[Getoffmearse]

love it, she's a beautiful singer 2

[Skriatochek]

jeej moja suseda :)

This is my neighbour Adriana .. she has amzing voice omg !

[JAYJAY1000000]

Not with period instruments apparently, it just doesn't sound right, plus it's an opera, what's with the microphone?

[pannonicus]

do you know new recording techniques without using microphones? wow! i assume you are a future nobel prize winner... :-)

[JAYJAY1000000]

Obviously you are the nobel prize winner; have you ever noticed in a staged live opera, that singers are not actually singing into microphones?

You're probably just more used to this mass-market type of production

[p77szm]

I guess, it was a public record for Slovak Radio.

[AVALONFANINVA]

LOVEEEEEEEE IT

[yankeesvsopera]

who is she?

sing so well and gorgeous !

[AVALONFANINVA]

Natalie Dessay

[Skriatochek]

she is adriana kucerova (from Slovakia)

[amasuvalley]

very nice!

[rosovavoda]

She looks a little bit like Mariah Carey :)

[zenasamp]

Bravissima e bellissima donna!!!!

[singinbird83]

I don't know if Handel actually wrote the "da capo"...but i don't think he did...so my question is: Why her "da capo" is exactly like the one of Natalie Dessey in the performance with W.Christie?

Anyway that's not a great performance...

[jenny9092]

I totatly agree, it's exactly like Natalie's da capo

[radubradu]

Tornami a vagheggiar,

te solo vuol amar

quest'anima fedel,

caro mio bene.

Già ti donai il mio cor;

fido sarà il mio amor;

mai ti sarò crudel,

cara mia speme.

[uranoinpesci]

I like her cause she is always smiling, she enjoys singing!!!

[AVALONFANINVA]

me too

[JanaKubalova]

Vynikajuce Adriana, len tak dalej!

[uranoinpesci]

nice!Who is she???

[JanaKubalova]

Adriana Kucerova, pride of Slovak opera, crystal clear sopran and soul of an angel, lovely girl, humble and typicaly pretty for Slovakia :-) anything else you need to know? :-)

[uranoinpesci]

thank u! excellent description!

[tristan1865]

Che bella dea!

[SsteinwayS]

Wow! Great performance of this aria. I must say though, her ornamentation of the "da capo" section is almost identical to Dessay's rendition, so I'm wondering if it was copied from one of her recordings or if it was composed by the same person at one point or another? She forgoes the [crazily amazing] cadenza Dessay used to do, so maybe it's just coincidence or something!

[akemilsson]

Voilá encore une! My favourite type of voice. Associations to Natalie inevitable.

[axel40vi]

BRAVI sia cantante che orchestra. specialmente il tempo è PERFETTO. queste arie se fatte troppo veloci (come di moda oggi) risultano ridicole. BRAVI SLOVACCHI. HANDEL ne sarebbe contento.

[lucamanga]

Eccellente! Fantastica!

A real Goddes!

[smnole]

sexiest opera singer ever saw live =D

She is georgious :)

[soleimusik]

excelente!!! manejo vocal y estilístico increíble!!

y el trabajo del director con la orquesta es notable!!

[patriciocueto]

absolutamente superior a Danielle de Niese...!!!!

Brava...!!!

[kirkcansu]

bravooo!!!!

[nclysander]

Why can't the public embrace her instead of Danielle de Niese? She's just as pretty and the voice and technique are superior.

[JanaKubalova]

And to know that she only started studying opera when she was 20.... she is amazing, true talent

[Hirnhinweg]

Tempo is all right. To the people in 1735 this might have been fast enough - they didn´t have speed-metal back then you know! Ana Adriana is just lovely in every way!

[1812fabrice]

VonDali I think you need some serious mental treatment.

But anyway, it is really stunning to hear the perfection of Kucerova's singing and pronunciation. The more I discover about her and her work, the more I am convinced she is a true Gift of God.

[darkbeat1]

Mouais

[vonDali]

What's there to laugh about? She don't understad text!And tempo is too slow. Boring!

[pannonicus]

Interesting note, I absolutely dissagree. Here is an english translation of the text, in my opinion the singer's looks, articulation and shaping of the music and words is optimal and brings out the character of the aria very well. "Return to me to languish, Only you, dear one, this soul wants to love. I already gave you my heart, I trust you will be my love, But will you be cruel to me, My dear hope?" Well done, Adriana!

[galia29]

dear pannonicus, I just wanted to correct the translation - I do not know why the English text is always translated wrong. In Italian it says - I already gave you my heart, my love will be true, I will never be cruel to you!

I also find that she looks a little too cheeky/childish and 'disinvolved'.. the expression could be a bit more loving-languishing..but the tempo I do not find too slow, this is Haendel after all.

[JanaKubalova]

envious moron

[matteostein]

Brava Cara mia!!

Matteo

[la200o]

She's certainly not hard to look at.

[elias12186]

(= haha

[fimetic]

Great orchestra, Adriana's voice is a little "harder" than Sandrine Piau's or Natalie Dessay's and of course doesn't get close to Joan Sutherland. Excellent singing though and a very enjoyable.

[pannonicus]

...these musicians are from Slovak Republic though...

[chips048]

must be, Czech republic's always best:))

[JanaKubalova]

Why can't Czechs stop stealing everything that they like? What is wrong with them? Did you actually know that the whole lot of musicians including Adriana are from Slovakia? Obviously not, typicaly ignorant

[xPedelka]

Ada, you are the best of all!

[leporello89]

Great performance! Adriana Kucerova has a great voice! Thanks for post it :)

[zoltankelemen]

Bravissima!

[Bhagawann]

slovak orchester and singer

[soprano543]

very good singer

[suffiice]

Thats indeed a good orchestra.