L'Orfeo de Monteverdi - Acto II - "Tu se'morta" (Pista 9b Barroco 1)

[flybaby00100]

does anybody know this song is 'recitative' or 'aria'?

[finnhumble]

@flybaby00100 aria

recitative is more so the dialogue of opera, in the sense it's singing but only used to really explain the story while aria is the really emotional parts of the story

[buckleks09]

@flybaby00100 It's a Recitative

[pianolvr09]

@flybaby00100 its an arioso actually, which is halfway between a recitative and an aria

[mcr18afi]

despite the fact that I am forced to learn this for my music class it's a pretty song.

[kennykiller911]

i bet that guy is a castrato. im so mature.

[darinrosa]

@kennykiller911 why do you think so?? his voice isn't the highest.

[emilycatherined]

@kennykiller911 no hes not castraties havnt been around for while. and castraties can not sing that low. castraties sound like girls most of the time but since there are girls allowed in opera now the use for them is limited to none

[kfcohea]

@JetLiXXX

Good point Jet. Renaissance, Baroque and Classical painters did the same thing. Biblical scenes were done in contemporary dress most all the time. Roman soldiers wore 17th century armor. Caiaphas looked like a Dutch merchant. If you really want to be authentic, use the out of tune instrumentals of the time and see how you like it.. These masterpieces got better with the development of the tempered scale and more in tune instruments. Baroque orchestras would sound out of tune to us.

[zevex747]

listening to this for my Musical Arts class... so emotional, very moving!

[shaundarthebarbarian]

13 people only listen to lady gaga

[1LaOriental]

Beautiful performance...and quite different from the John Elliot Gardiner recording

featuring Anthony Rolfe Johnson as Orpheus. It is gloriously sublime; I highly recommend it!

[Iycesdereon24]

Wonderful... Student of Fine Arts Honors Class!

[RMEC07]

Wow, amazing performance. What a voice!

[Dunadaneth]

He needs to take acting classes...looks like he got Botox over his whole face and is trying to make facial expressions but can't.

[segattacicova]

@JetLiXXX I found this production really good. Why should we renounce to wear historical costumes: just because this doesn't were not a praxis in 16 or 17 century? Is this a low?

[lizzart26]

sta hermoso!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[icydong]

Baroque period opera by Orfeo

[Philly2Brooklyn]

Que bonita.

[8plus8]

amazing voice

i hate life

[ukefreak1]

Composer: Monteverdi

Title: Tu Se Morta from Orfeo

Genre: Opera

Style Period: Baroque

Miscellaneous: Secco Recitative

[porcavacas]

fosse almeno intonato!

[bi0raid]

this crap sucks

[TheTristan1954]

what should I do when somebody asked me to sing this at a funeral in church? Shal I ?

[bryan3550]

Now that is one broken heart!

Thank you ball boys, thank you linesmen, and most of all thank you Jordi Savall.

[Narniana777]

esto es barroco o renacentista???

[sjrodriguez1]

Barroco

[marcabru1123]

hola Narniana777 Monteverdi esta a caballo entre las dos épocas sin embargo se le considera como compositor de barroco temprano y marca la transicion desde el madrigal al drama lírico.

[Narniana777]

muchas gracias =D

[krlitoo]

barroco

[ManErg16]

Que maravillosa voz la de este hombre. Es tan conmovedor

[illian420]

love this aria... nice production. wish I could find a vid of the messenger's recitative that brings Orfeo the news

[zygas25]

u obviously have no tase in music. did u even go to school? u probably some ignorant reatrd who obviosuly flunked school. this song is legendary. why dont u get a life and go back to school. u apprent product of inbreeding

[iL0veHaydenC]

You are dead, you are dead, my dearest

And i breathe; you have left me, You have left me forevermore,

Never to return, and i remain--

No, no, if my verses have any power,

I will go confidently to the deepest abysses,

And, having melted the heart of the kings of shadows,

Will bring you back to me to see the stars again,

Or, if pitiless fate denies me this,

I will remain with you in the company of death.

Farewell earth, farewell sky, and sun, farewell.

[silvermoon0921]

I really love this piece

[jeannypoo]

Aww, poor Orpheus. :(

I wanna see the whole opera one day. This is the only part we watched in class.

[Mayhem91]

Genius! One of my favourite from Claudio Monteverdi!