I also play violin and it is an extreme good feeling that an instrument means something to you or your family. My bavarian violin is also 270 years old and was played by my grandfather and my grandgrandfather . Music has to have a soul ... like an old violine ;)
She has a wonderful inside sound. I wish she would phrase it to the words....volume, attack, and timing to the sadness of the lyric. Philippe Jaroussky is my favorite. (but still not as emotional as Cecilia Bartoli) This is a sad lyric. It isn't coming across sad. Hayley could nail this piece. Wish she would. I don't like Cecilia Bartoli's vibrato but she does phrase it beautifully. She almost has a cry in her voice towards the end. I suspect Hayley will do it differently someday.
Sorry hhguy-- I do know Italian, even though I am British. I also know a thing or two about singing and quite a lot about Handel. Try Kiri Te Kanawa or even Cecilia Bartoli if you really want to hear this song done as it should be. As for HW-- "lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate."
@woofulus Totaly agree. She has a beautiful voice but not for lirical song. Her voisce is a pop voice not the voice of a real opera singer. Also a lot of note aren't rich of sound. We also must remember that she have a microphone. Opera singers doesn't.
@Southerly93 Oh my whole chorus did it ^-^. I have the CD where my music teacher is singing it in Soprano/Soprano II and Alto/Soprano II. I could upload it if you like.
@woofulus Obviously you don't speak Italian for those of us who do we know she did a damn good job. She has a angelic voice and most people 16+ don't go to school singing contests we go to STATE I would know I am 17 and I am in honors community chorus chorus and I am singing at Disney.
As lovely as this song is, whenever I hear it, I can't help but think of Willem Defoe fucking Charlotte Ganesberg's ugly ass in the shower while the little boy leaps out the window. Fuck you, Lars. Fuck you.
@Cerberusballs Charlotte is not ugly, assh*le. She's just not the typical Hollywood-esque actress, nothing wrong with that. I prefer a GOOD actress with an atypical beauty like Charlotte than a mediocre actress who look like a mannequin (Megan Fox,...). And Antichrist was a good movie. This music was PERFECT for the prologue and epilogue.
Compare this to Cecilia Bartoli and then you will see... her voice is not strong at all to sing this kind of music... sorry :X and she needs to work on the italian.
You armchair critics are all the same. Can't play an instrument - can't sing - can't appreciate someone's ability. I am proud to be born in the same country as Hayley and I think she does a perfect job of this. Hayley is right up there with the others - in fact I would say at the top.
wow, Hayleys music is just amazing, her music saw me through a rather nasty heart attack a few years ago. Her voice can lift and transport the listener, any how, maybe those who find fault cant do any better, if they can, so show us all, or words to that effect.
@evieriley Suzie Leblanc sings like an angel, and I've also listened to her performance of this on YouTube, but Hayley's voice drives me to tears every time I listen to this interpretation—it blows me away! I don't think I'd be able to find a better rendition anywhere.
she's a very good singer, perfectly in tune and a pleasant voice. just one thing. she keeps starting and going on the lascia ch'io pianga notes. she should just sing it evenly. going on and off like that doesn't work here.
@ElaineLan1 Que perfeita, que nada, menina! Essa ai e' PERFEITISSIMA! Que voz! Nao sei como tem gente aqui que fica escrevendo asneiras, criticando! Acho que e' gente que nao tem o que fazer, entao pega num tanque de roupa e bota pra quebrar, nao e' mesmo?
De qualquer forma, tudo o que essa garota canta me fascina e me deixa em total estado de relaxamento! Fica com Deus!
@PrincessPuertoRico You're right. I have the feeling, watching her, she is more concern with her performance on stage than the interpretation of the song.
@PrincessPuertoRico I think that her singing is perfect in every way! Besides, she's only smiling because she loves to sing so much and can't help it, not because she has no idea what she's singing.
@TaoPiet You are totally wrong: A good voice modulation, a warm voice, a full sound is only created by a good opera singer or by a well played instrument: A Violin, which is 200 or 300 years old sounds much better then a synthetic sound. And a cembalo (here used) sounds better because it is not temperated: Old instruments and string instruments have the ability to play i.e. a dis and an es. And this is not the same: Computers, however, can not play this nuances. That´s why I totally disagree.
@todesbier Computers can do whatever you want them to do, given enough knowledge of how to do things. Synthetic sounds can do amazing things that violins are incapable of. Beauty is, as always, in the eye of the beholder.
Yep, but a computer can with the right tool create harmonics with/based on correct/true intervals, but that demands really heavy sotfware if the the harmonics get complex.
@todesbier It is possible to generate synthetic sound which is indistinguishable from from real sound. At least for piano. The technology is very expensive but it's there.
@viharsarok while this is true, the nuances that can't ever be captured by a computer is the emotions. It's pretty easy to distinguish between computer generated piano and that of a truly impassioned pianist.
@missveronicaward I don't like classical opera singing. It is a very strained technique to produce the required sound volume. With modern electronics it is no longer necessary and the voice can sound more natural and therefore more beautifull. 'Classical' techniques are not necessary always more beautiful. Also 'classical' instruments have evolved. A piano of the 1800's does not sound as good as a modern concert piano etc.
C'est joli, mais pas beau... Elle a une belle voix, mais elle sait pas chanter Haendel. It's nice, but not beautiful. She has a nice voice, but she can't sing Handel. E piacente, ma non e bello: bella voce che non sa cantare Haendel!
@MlleAngiole And why do you have to say it in three languages??? By the way, the correct is "Elle ne sait pas chanter". Savez vous chanter meilleur que cette jeune fille? Quelle education musicale avez vous pour la critiquer?
@evieriley : agreed!!Suzie Le Blanc from Canada,Pat petibon -the amazing French coloratura and Cristina Lordachescu,the Roumanian mezzo are the 3 who own it-as on YT.Hayley is a pretty,young woman and does a truly beautiful amazing grace.
@missveronicaward Damn right! I couldnt have said it better myself! And whats with the bitch playing the violin? Just shows up and shows off! We should do soffe sometime because we wou,d get along well! Im sorry for the way these cunts are treating you! All of these fucktards can take the sheet music to this terribly sad aria and fuck themselves with it because it doesnt mean anything to them anyway! They can enjoy this smoke and mirrors of a performance while we listen to great artists. I sugg
Not too sure if its me, or based upon the fact that I had one too many wobbly-pops, but does she not look like Audrey Hepburn?? All class, all talent! Bravo Hayley, Bravo!
De Niese is my preference, but I appreciate anyone who makes the effort to do their best. What strikes me about Hayley's voice is its unusual quality, Elizabethan perhaps. Reminds me of Mary Hopkins who recorded with the beatles - a "pure", unembelished voice. These are only descriptive words, but it represents what I believe I am hearing.
What I don't get is why people have to sit on youtube and complain about every little thing that happens in a video. For cripe's sake, shut up and deal. Celtic Woman is made up of ladies who have a natural talent for singing, they spend hours a day rehearsing for shows. Just because professional singers may have a monitor in their ear is because they could have pitch control issues when on stage. They are human, and humans are FAR FROM PERFECT!
@imtmll It shouldn't be soul soothing... the song is about how her life is so horrible and she wishes for her soul to have peace! This is a horrible version. You should hear a real classical singer... this is not real classical singing. She is even listening through a head piece. It's laughable. This is not what the composer intended at all.
What a beautiful voice and fantastic performance. I love it very much. Even though I'm not Italian and don't know their language but it is soul soothing.
@imtmll It shouldn't be soul soothing... the song is about how her life is so horrible and she wishes for her soul to have peace! This is a horrible version. You should hear a real classical singer... this is not real classical singing. She is even listening through a head piece. It's laughable. This is not what the composer intended at all.
@missveronicaward: What!!!!!!! You don't even know the meaning of this aria and you're been critical. Look up Rinaldo and learn what Handel intended. Almirena is a prisoner and she is weeping for her freedom.
@IX19UT8O But, I do know that. Does she look sad to you? Does she look like she knows the pain of being held prisoner?
lol, that's foolish. This is not even classical music. If you like pop classical that's your business, but this girl is not expressive nor does she deserve recognition as a musician.
And, by the way, I have studied classical music history and theory in depth. Not that it matters, since this is my opinion and I am not ignorant enough to think that it will change the minds of people such as yourself, nor should you think that you could change mine.
@IX19UT8O Yes, I am lying. That is why I have gone to a conservatory, spent many years dedicated to classical music and opera and have sung at Carnegie Hall. Not because I am dedicated to preserving the beauty of classical music and artistry, because I am trying to dupe random enthusiasts. I am glad that this recording has touched you so much that you feel you must defend it, but I can't agree with you.
Ha ha ha. I'm not operatically or italiano inclined enough to know if she sang it correctly, but she sounds at least as good as her dress looks. Not to mention the way she moves in it, and that fresh, youthful, regal face. Every inch a Nordic princess, albeit from the southern hemisphere and in a Mediterranean setting. This is the one that really made me sit up and take notice, and makes the esoteric heights of classical singing more accessible to plebs like me.
she has weak voice.. this is meant for a soprano voice in the key of F which at times is difficult for amateur or pop singers. this .. is a popular version.. adapted from the original.. to please a more ignorant .. less refined audience.
@hmstroffury She did a great job, I don't understand why you feel the need to prove how "refined" you are. Refined people to not need to prove they are better, they just are. And, this aria is usually sung by countertenors. ((Which are boys))
Also, her Italian is a bit shaky and has a Kiwi accent but here too, so what!!! For me it doesn't affect the beauty of the performance. I still love it.
OK this is not the aria performed in its pure operatic sense after all the opera character Almirena is a prisoner crying for her freedom: Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte (Let me weep my cruel fate) e che sospiri la libertà (and let me sigh for liberty) Il duolo infranga queste ritorte (May sorrow break these chains) de' miei martiri sol per pietà (of my suffering, for pity’s sake). But so what!!! Hayley is a beautiful singer and this is a beautiful performance nevertheless.
@LaetareIerusalem This is Hayley singing with the Celtic Woman on tour, not an opera performance. If you've ever seen a Celtic Woman performance, you'd know that they always perform smiling, even if the song is supposed to be sad (maybe their director/manager think it would attract audiences more?).
@punkypenguin321 I would have hoped someone with your "expertise" on such matters would at least have the decency to show some class.I too am studying music and it's "ancient techniques".It' obvious none of the performances are professional in strict classical,but they are all great performers and enjoy what they do immensely-so does the audience. They put their snobbery aside and had a great time enjoying beautiful music.with people they love and respect.
I think fans of Hayley may like to listen to a recent private recording of Becky Jane Taylor singing ‘Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again’ . For those who have not heard of Becky, she is a young English soprano who has made 3 albums and made television appearances all over the world. At University she played the leading part in the musical A Little Night Music, and she played Anita in West Side Story. To find this please search You Tube for ‘Bish29’.
Beautiful... Though, to my ears, Haley is a bit shrill in the higher notes I believe she is definitely stronger in the lower notes than Meav. Meav sounds better to me in the high notes. Just my opinion...
I think this song deserves a sweet voice and saying that it doesn't sound proffessional is a complete lie. You cannot sing this in a more beautiful, delicate way.
She has a sweet voice & obviously a wonderful stage presence. But I think she could use some help with some of the "e" vowels in the upper part of the voice - they're a bit pinched. A little bit more "ih" would go a long way. But she's young so there's hope & she's certainly not burning out like Charlotte Church did.
Let me weep over my cruel fate And sigh for my lost freedom Let me weep over my cruel fate And sigh for my lost freedom And sigh And sigh for my lost freedom Let me weep over my cruel fate And sigh for my lost freedom May the pain shatter the chains Of my torments just out of mercy Of my torments just out of mercy Let me weep over my cruel fate And sigh for my lost freedom
dont want to be picky or anything... but this is one of the most emotional and dramatic arias in the history of opera... she doesn't sing it like that.... she barely pronouces the g or the r... her italian is a bit off.... she doesn't do the trill on pieta, which is characteristic of the Baroque era this opera is from, However,the variation on the last "E che sospirii" was pretty good, and i liked it a lot.. I just feel they are trying to modify the original too much, including the violinist...
@MegaMwg :Lots of us! Let me weep over my cruel fate sung by this young girl?It is painful to watch this girl being manipulated by her management.I hope that when she grows up she gets to sing songs of her own choosing.Patricia Petibon is the coloratura soprano,of our times who does Haendel justice.Be honest and truthful.Go to Barb Streisand,HW then PP Lascias on Youtube. Then come back & tell us the difference between.Enjoy,John
@SuperJohnnykay . Steady boy.'Tis all a matter of taste and what one likes to take from a piece of music or performance. I actually like some of the renditions of this without the vocals - some I don't. Patricia Petibon's version is truly excellent but quite different to the one in question in both style and tempo. I'm glad you like this aria and may you continue to enjoy music in general but please remove the blinkers and cast around - even some punk rock is good.
@MegaMwg :Hahaha!Hey Mike-most Youtube arguments go:I like it,well I dont,youre a retard,you are.Well Im gonna come round to your place and rock your roof,well not if I get to your place first!You gotta love this life!!! jk
I need to learn this for choir, hope I don't suck.
evolvingboard 1 day ago
@evolvingboard You won't.
chromatic8 1 day ago in playlist Favorite videos
Head and shoulders above the rest; beyond my poor musical vocabulary! But I have good taste; transcendental. . .
consultjohan 2 days ago
Hayley's voice, IS different, it's haunting and beautiful. She can really sing.
ghosthelper100 4 days ago
I have to learn this in a week and four days, wish me luck!
TheRoseScarlette 5 days ago
@TheRoseScarlette Good luck! You aint got long.
chromatic8 1 day ago in playlist Favorite videos
Incredible voice and heavenly violinist backed by a quality orchestra all playing a masterpiece. What more could anyone ask for?
chromatic8 5 days ago
Wow,i am in a boys choir in Tallinn,Estonia,and i just realized how different we sing this.But anyways GOOD SONG!
6168razor 1 week ago
Lars Von Trier movie Antichrist started with this opera. Amazing performance!
Rabindranat23 2 weeks ago
Did she know what she was singing? because she is so "relaxed" and quite, while the text of this aria is extremely sad!
92Alesinger 2 weeks ago
@prettycool997
I also play violin and it is an extreme good feeling that an instrument means something to you or your family. My bavarian violin is also 270 years old and was played by my grandfather and my grandgrandfather . Music has to have a soul ... like an old violine ;)
todesbier 4 weeks ago
Oh, by the way, the song is from - Handel?
4jlj 4 weeks ago
@4jlj Yes it is ;)
spenzur 4 weeks ago
She has all in one - incredible angelic voice, nice looking, fresh youth and her dress.
4jlj 4 weeks ago
sweet voice and lovely girl. I wish she will come to here. ^^
mimiller8 1 month ago
Hayley sings and looks like an angel in this song. The dress is really beautiful too.
henavarrete 1 month ago
She is cute
tsotsoko 1 month ago
She has a wonderful inside sound. I wish she would phrase it to the words....volume, attack, and timing to the sadness of the lyric. Philippe Jaroussky is my favorite. (but still not as emotional as Cecilia Bartoli) This is a sad lyric. It isn't coming across sad. Hayley could nail this piece. Wish she would. I don't like Cecilia Bartoli's vibrato but she does phrase it beautifully. She almost has a cry in her voice towards the end. I suspect Hayley will do it differently someday.
cugir321 1 month ago
Sorry hhguy-- I do know Italian, even though I am British. I also know a thing or two about singing and quite a lot about Handel. Try Kiri Te Kanawa or even Cecilia Bartoli if you really want to hear this song done as it should be. As for HW-- "lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate."
woofulus 1 month ago
@woofulus Totaly agree. She has a beautiful voice but not for lirical song. Her voisce is a pop voice not the voice of a real opera singer. Also a lot of note aren't rich of sound. We also must remember that she have a microphone. Opera singers doesn't.
vcomini1 1 month ago 2
She is so cute *w* kawaii
m4teus22 2 months ago
Hayley has a beautiful voice, but it isn't suited for Italian opera.
theomnihoward 2 months ago
Nature is satans church.
VaultTex 2 months ago
とても素敵な歌声♥ 曲も素晴らしいです。
Kantenfruitjelly 2 months ago
When I preformed this peice I thought it was a great preformance... until I saw this, goodbye self confidence
Southerly93 3 months ago
@Southerly93 Lol I still had mine but I love her voice
darkheaven94 3 months ago
@darkheaven94 I can't find the cortet version to see how I did on the baritone part. Oh well our sopranos sounded like her at least
Southerly93 3 months ago
@Southerly93 Oh my whole chorus did it ^-^. I have the CD where my music teacher is singing it in Soprano/Soprano II and Alto/Soprano II. I could upload it if you like.
darkheaven94 3 months ago
Her Italian is dreadful and she sounds like a sixteen year-old who just won a school singing-contest.
woofulus 3 months ago
@woofulus Obviously you don't speak Italian for those of us who do we know she did a damn good job. She has a angelic voice and most people 16+ don't go to school singing contests we go to STATE I would know I am 17 and I am in honors community chorus chorus and I am singing at Disney.
darkheaven94 3 months ago
@woofulus your out of your damn mind.
hhguy85 1 month ago
She did a wonderful job I like her version I sang my own version at our fall concert with my chorus and we did it differently but I like them both :D
darkheaven94 3 months ago
As lovely as this song is, whenever I hear it, I can't help but think of Willem Defoe fucking Charlotte Ganesberg's ugly ass in the shower while the little boy leaps out the window. Fuck you, Lars. Fuck you.
Cerberusballs 3 months ago
@Cerberusballs Charlotte is not ugly, assh*le. She's just not the typical Hollywood-esque actress, nothing wrong with that. I prefer a GOOD actress with an atypical beauty like Charlotte than a mediocre actress who look like a mannequin (Megan Fox,...). And Antichrist was a good movie. This music was PERFECT for the prologue and epilogue.
jodelleferlandfan1 2 months ago
I don't know anything about opera but I do know that I like this. And I love and adore Hayley even more. Wow!
brkat818 3 months ago
H. Westenra, incredibile.... eterna...
ghuez001 4 months ago
Compare this to Cecilia Bartoli and then you will see... her voice is not strong at all to sing this kind of music... sorry :X and she needs to work on the italian.
MarianahSantos 4 months ago
この歌声でどれだけ救われたかしれません。
落ち込んだ時にはいつも聴いて、癒されています。
sekurechin 4 months ago
Perfect
indo77n 4 months ago
You armchair critics are all the same. Can't play an instrument - can't sing - can't appreciate someone's ability. I am proud to be born in the same country as Hayley and I think she does a perfect job of this. Hayley is right up there with the others - in fact I would say at the top.
twolefthanz 4 months ago 10
BRAVISSIMO!!!
So natural! So soothing! So peaceful! So perfect!!!
Elvisfan2k 5 months ago
She has a great voice.
codykandace 5 months ago
何度聴いても引き込まれる。
Adonim 5 months ago
Sesine sıçayım..
bosphorusus 5 months ago
un diamant à l'etat pur
pillou66 5 months ago
@pillou66 D'ACCORD!!! LE PLUS PUR!!!
Elvisfan2k 5 months ago
she's absolutely amazing!! i love singing this song :)
lildevil87kt 5 months ago
wow, Hayleys music is just amazing, her music saw me through a rather nasty heart attack a few years ago. Her voice can lift and transport the listener, any how, maybe those who find fault cant do any better, if they can, so show us all, or words to that effect.
ahumblestoker 5 months ago
Mairead has got to be a fairy in disguise!
HayleyDeeWestenraCW 5 months ago
Hayley is just s graceful and expressive when she sings! It just takes my breath away!
HayleyDeeWestenraCW 5 months ago
@evieriley Suzie Leblanc sings like an angel, and I've also listened to her performance of this on YouTube, but Hayley's voice drives me to tears every time I listen to this interpretation—it blows me away! I don't think I'd be able to find a better rendition anywhere.
consultjohan 6 months ago
she's a very good singer, perfectly in tune and a pleasant voice. just one thing. she keeps starting and going on the lascia ch'io pianga notes. she should just sing it evenly. going on and off like that doesn't work here.
stad97 6 months ago
Perfeita! Tocou minha alma!
ElaineLan1 6 months ago
@ElaineLan1 Que perfeita, que nada, menina! Essa ai e' PERFEITISSIMA! Que voz! Nao sei como tem gente aqui que fica escrevendo asneiras, criticando! Acho que e' gente que nao tem o que fazer, entao pega num tanque de roupa e bota pra quebrar, nao e' mesmo?
De qualquer forma, tudo o que essa garota canta me fascina e me deixa em total estado de relaxamento! Fica com Deus!
Elvisfan2k 5 months ago
I feel she's too happy singing the song.
nasugbubatangas 6 months ago
~~ #ayley wes1enra ~~
Johno1863 6 months ago
@PrincessPuertoRico You're right. I have the feeling, watching her, she is more concern with her performance on stage than the interpretation of the song.
valiuc79 6 months ago
she has NO idea what she's singing.this isnt a happy piece at all! her interpretation is all wrong.
PrincessPuertoRico 6 months ago
@PrincessPuertoRico I think that her singing is perfect in every way! Besides, she's only smiling because she loves to sing so much and can't help it, not because she has no idea what she's singing.
HayleyDeeWestenraCW 5 months ago
@PrincessPuertoRico she doesn't really smile. stop hating
xwhatitisyo 4 months ago
@PrincessPuertoRico obvioulsy she does because she doesn't smile at all whist singing this.
xwhatitisyo 4 months ago
@TaoPiet You are totally wrong: A good voice modulation, a warm voice, a full sound is only created by a good opera singer or by a well played instrument: A Violin, which is 200 or 300 years old sounds much better then a synthetic sound. And a cembalo (here used) sounds better because it is not temperated: Old instruments and string instruments have the ability to play i.e. a dis and an es. And this is not the same: Computers, however, can not play this nuances. That´s why I totally disagree.
todesbier 6 months ago 24
@todesbier Computers can do whatever you want them to do, given enough knowledge of how to do things. Synthetic sounds can do amazing things that violins are incapable of. Beauty is, as always, in the eye of the beholder.
SchrodingersCatAlive 6 months ago
@todesbier Excellent answer. Congratulation. I absolutly agree with you. (I'm a violinist too, hehe)
Brandemburgo7 6 months ago
@todesbier
Yep, but a computer can with the right tool create harmonics with/based on correct/true intervals, but that demands really heavy sotfware if the the harmonics get complex.
nidmanswe 5 months ago
@todesbier It is possible to generate synthetic sound which is indistinguishable from from real sound. At least for piano. The technology is very expensive but it's there.
viharsarok 5 months ago
@viharsarok while this is true, the nuances that can't ever be captured by a computer is the emotions. It's pretty easy to distinguish between computer generated piano and that of a truly impassioned pianist.
vsquaredk 4 months ago
@todesbier that instrument the violinist is playing is 250 years old. It was given to her as a child and it's her most coveted instrument.
prettycool997 1 month ago
@missveronicaward I don't like classical opera singing. It is a very strained technique to produce the required sound volume. With modern electronics it is no longer necessary and the voice can sound more natural and therefore more beautifull. 'Classical' techniques are not necessary always more beautiful. Also 'classical' instruments have evolved. A piano of the 1800's does not sound as good as a modern concert piano etc.
TaoPiet 7 months ago
C'est joli, mais pas beau... Elle a une belle voix, mais elle sait pas chanter Haendel. It's nice, but not beautiful. She has a nice voice, but she can't sing Handel. E piacente, ma non e bello: bella voce che non sa cantare Haendel!
MlleAngiole 7 months ago
@MlleAngiole And why do you have to say it in three languages??? By the way, the correct is "Elle ne sait pas chanter". Savez vous chanter meilleur que cette jeune fille? Quelle education musicale avez vous pour la critiquer?
Elvisfan2k 5 months ago
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It takes my breath away!
consultjohan 7 months ago
Very nice :)
josefk64 7 months ago
Wonderful performance !!
WODELAR 7 months ago
@evieriley : agreed!!Suzie Le Blanc from Canada,Pat petibon -the amazing French coloratura and Cristina Lordachescu,the Roumanian mezzo are the 3 who own it-as on YT.Hayley is a pretty,young woman and does a truly beautiful amazing grace.
SuperJohnnykay 7 months ago
Es un angel cantando
Arondigo 7 months ago
good
bintanggemilang 7 months ago
to the 40 apes who disliked this piece: homo sapiens is the latin for "knowing man", try to listen to this masterpiece in 30000 years time!
marius5641 8 months ago
Could somebody show me a native singer, who is singing this in their native language preferebly Italian :)
imrepeto 8 months ago
@imrepeto I'm not having success with pasting in the link, but it is on YouTube with the wonderful Cecilia Bartoli.
vidiegoquam 8 months ago
@vidiegoquam
Thank you found it it"s great.
imrepeto 8 months ago
Her voice is so beautiful
Pre114 8 months ago
wat an amazing singer she is and she is such a beautiful girl too!! very very well sung, perfect diction, dynamics and performance was spot on!! xxx
alimac1991 8 months ago
OMG
Pallantide 8 months ago
All I care is whether I like it. I love this!
Danwausa 8 months ago
Its what your ear likes, You dont live long enough for music apreciation
londoncabby1 8 months ago
@missveronicaward coffee not soffe
Jhh1771 8 months ago
@missveronicaward Damn right! I couldnt have said it better myself! And whats with the bitch playing the violin? Just shows up and shows off! We should do soffe sometime because we wou,d get along well! Im sorry for the way these cunts are treating you! All of these fucktards can take the sheet music to this terribly sad aria and fuck themselves with it because it doesnt mean anything to them anyway! They can enjoy this smoke and mirrors of a performance while we listen to great artists. I sugg
Jhh1771 8 months ago
現代に女神を見た。
Adonim 8 months ago
我听这个歌的时候、为什么流泪。
xingmeichun 8 months ago
i like her version :)
FunPuff1998 9 months ago
Not too sure if its me, or based upon the fact that I had one too many wobbly-pops, but does she not look like Audrey Hepburn?? All class, all talent! Bravo Hayley, Bravo!
dalanor69 9 months ago
Awesome!
Danwausa 9 months ago
666 likes as of this post, and I just looked this up after seeing Antichrist for the first time.
And - no lying - I just gave my wife a pair of fabric shears for her birthday.
God help me if a fox crosses my path tomorrow.
amcint01 9 months ago
I thought "pianga" is supposed to be pronounced differently.
kalacs32 9 months ago
@kalacs32 She pronounces it quite well. The "g" should be somewhat more guttural (less like a "k"). I'm Italian.
WittHawk 9 months ago
@WittHawk I see, thanks :).
kalacs32 9 months ago
Without equal.
Poopaloo55 9 months ago
Hayley has a wonderful voice! She is a great inspiration to me and makes me want to get involved with singing and music ..
dk22bz 9 months ago
すばらしいの一言！！
abcde50ify 9 months ago
sasuga
desu
baibai
Keikokatano 10 months ago
Música linda, melodia magnifícia, voz afinadíssima, interpretação apaixonante!!!
Rapacruel 10 months ago
L~O~V~E * THIS * HAYLEY WESTENRA Is Simply The BEST ! ~~
Johno1863 10 months ago
What an amazing voice , It`s so pure , She is also so talented .
tomsargereb 10 months ago
De Niese is my preference, but I appreciate anyone who makes the effort to do their best. What strikes me about Hayley's voice is its unusual quality, Elizabethan perhaps. Reminds me of Mary Hopkins who recorded with the beatles - a "pure", unembelished voice. These are only descriptive words, but it represents what I believe I am hearing.
POLSKADOT 10 months ago
What I don't get is why people have to sit on youtube and complain about every little thing that happens in a video. For cripe's sake, shut up and deal. Celtic Woman is made up of ladies who have a natural talent for singing, they spend hours a day rehearsing for shows. Just because professional singers may have a monitor in their ear is because they could have pitch control issues when on stage. They are human, and humans are FAR FROM PERFECT!
audreanna43 10 months ago
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@imtmll It shouldn't be soul soothing... the song is about how her life is so horrible and she wishes for her soul to have peace! This is a horrible version. You should hear a real classical singer... this is not real classical singing. She is even listening through a head piece. It's laughable. This is not what the composer intended at all.
missveronicaward 10 months ago
What a beautiful voice and fantastic performance. I love it very much. Even though I'm not Italian and don't know their language but it is soul soothing.
imtmll 10 months ago
@imtmll It shouldn't be soul soothing... the song is about how her life is so horrible and she wishes for her soul to have peace! This is a horrible version. You should hear a real classical singer... this is not real classical singing. She is even listening through a head piece. It's laughable. This is not what the composer intended at all.
missveronicaward 10 months ago
Yes I understand. Where can I find the real classical singing version in youtube?
imtmll 10 months ago
@missveronicaward
Iszonytos
carol19761 10 months ago
@missveronicaward
Iszonyatos
carol19761 10 months ago
@missveronicaward Oh, bla bla bla. I visited your channel, Miss Veronica. Not too bad so far, dear. Keep practicing!
Poopaloo55 9 months ago
@missveronicaward: What!!!!!!! You don't even know the meaning of this aria and you're been critical. Look up Rinaldo and learn what Handel intended. Almirena is a prisoner and she is weeping for her freedom.
Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte,
(Let me weep my cruel fate)
e che sospiri la libertà.
(and let me sigh for liberty).
IX19UT8O 9 months ago
@IX19UT8O But, I do know that. Does she look sad to you? Does she look like she knows the pain of being held prisoner?
lol, that's foolish. This is not even classical music. If you like pop classical that's your business, but this girl is not expressive nor does she deserve recognition as a musician.
missveronicaward 9 months ago
@missveronicaward: Yean, and you with your so call musical knowledge deserves recognition here, NO!!!
IX19UT8O 9 months ago
@missveronicaward Why would you want to critique a contemporary performance according to opera standards?
lindahl01 8 months ago
And, by the way, I have studied classical music history and theory in depth. Not that it matters, since this is my opinion and I am not ignorant enough to think that it will change the minds of people such as yourself, nor should you think that you could change mine.
missveronicaward 9 months ago
@missveronicaward: Yeah, tell me more lies.
IX19UT8O 9 months ago
@IX19UT8O Yes, I am lying. That is why I have gone to a conservatory, spent many years dedicated to classical music and opera and have sung at Carnegie Hall. Not because I am dedicated to preserving the beauty of classical music and artistry, because I am trying to dupe random enthusiasts. I am glad that this recording has touched you so much that you feel you must defend it, but I can't agree with you.
missveronicaward 9 months ago
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@missveronicaward: Thank you for admitting you are a liar. At least in this you are honest.
IX19UT8O 9 months ago
Ha ha ha. I'm not operatically or italiano inclined enough to know if she sang it correctly, but she sounds at least as good as her dress looks. Not to mention the way she moves in it, and that fresh, youthful, regal face. Every inch a Nordic princess, albeit from the southern hemisphere and in a Mediterranean setting. This is the one that really made me sit up and take notice, and makes the esoteric heights of classical singing more accessible to plebs like me.
EwolDJ 10 months ago
love the song but i think you should work on vowels.
MrNEWYORKSOL 10 months ago
she has weak voice.. this is meant for a soprano voice in the key of F which at times is difficult for amateur or pop singers. this .. is a popular version.. adapted from the original.. to please a more ignorant .. less refined audience.
hmstroffury 10 months ago
@hmstroffury She did a great job, I don't understand why you feel the need to prove how "refined" you are. Refined people to not need to prove they are better, they just are. And, this aria is usually sung by countertenors. ((Which are boys))
MganHbeck 10 months ago 14
@MganHbeck it was written for girls in e minor
missgeekgirl 4 months ago
@MganHbeck
This is wrong. Almirena was written for a soprano e always a soprano play the role.
Miauriceful 4 months ago
Love this perfomance
alebrug77 10 months ago 2
Thumbs Up for the Orchestra peepz!:)))
AlaynaHannah 10 months ago
Also, her Italian is a bit shaky and has a Kiwi accent but here too, so what!!! For me it doesn't affect the beauty of the performance. I still love it.
YT102008 11 months ago
OK this is not the aria performed in its pure operatic sense after all the opera character Almirena is a prisoner crying for her freedom: Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte (Let me weep my cruel fate) e che sospiri la libertà (and let me sigh for liberty) Il duolo infranga queste ritorte (May sorrow break these chains) de' miei martiri sol per pietà (of my suffering, for pity’s sake). But so what!!! Hayley is a beautiful singer and this is a beautiful performance nevertheless.
YT102008 11 months ago
@LaetareIerusalem This is Hayley singing with the Celtic Woman on tour, not an opera performance. If you've ever seen a Celtic Woman performance, you'd know that they always perform smiling, even if the song is supposed to be sad (maybe their director/manager think it would attract audiences more?).
SakuraMochiKitty 11 months ago
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punkypenguin321 11 months ago
@punkypenguin321 what the hell would you know? what he'd do!
gratiano7 11 months ago
@punkypenguin321 what the hell wopuld you know what he'd do?! It's a beautiful song, no matter who sings it!
gratiano7 11 months ago
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punkypenguin321 11 months ago
@punkypenguin321 I would have hoped someone with your "expertise" on such matters would at least have the decency to show some class.I too am studying music and it's "ancient techniques".It' obvious none of the performances are professional in strict classical,but they are all great performers and enjoy what they do immensely-so does the audience. They put their snobbery aside and had a great time enjoying beautiful music.with people they love and respect.
gratiano7 11 months ago
love her voice.. but cant stand the extra acting efforts by everyone in celtic woman group..
nihits 11 months ago
Hayley Westenra is simply the BEST ! ...
Johno1863 11 months ago
I think fans of Hayley may like to listen to a recent private recording of Becky Jane Taylor singing ‘Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again’ . For those who have not heard of Becky, she is a young English soprano who has made 3 albums and made television appearances all over the world. At University she played the leading part in the musical A Little Night Music, and she played Anita in West Side Story. To find this please search You Tube for ‘Bish29’.
Bish29 11 months ago
I'm in love with this woman.... her italian is perfect.....
fenotipobombay 11 months ago
She is blessed by the voice of an Angel that is for sure this is beautiful
tomsargereb 1 year ago
Her voice is like the smell of a fresh flower.I think It seems Beauty of the ground.
Salamanderus 1 year ago
Don't you just love the pretty little curtsy at the end? Adorable.
sairamnagarajan 1 year ago
Wow! This is perfect! A voice from an angel
alebrug77 1 year ago
Beautiful... Though, to my ears, Haley is a bit shrill in the higher notes I believe she is definitely stronger in the lower notes than Meav. Meav sounds better to me in the high notes. Just my opinion...
William2020a 1 year ago
BEAUTIFUL SINGER, BEAUTIFUL SONG. BRAVO!
danutpopescu1 1 year ago
Fantastisch
arschloch666ful 1 year ago
I think this song deserves a sweet voice and saying that it doesn't sound proffessional is a complete lie. You cannot sing this in a more beautiful, delicate way.
il0veteddyz 1 year ago
There must be an angel playing with my heart ! ... BEAUTIFUL ...
Johno1863 1 year ago
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weak voice
hmstroffury 1 year ago
@hmstroffury Then you're deaf.
Saartje05 1 year ago
@Saartje05 are you musically inclined?
hmstroffury 10 months ago
@hmstroffury yes
Saartje05 10 months ago
hayle has one of the most beautyfull voices ive ever heard she is so beautyfull
trplmxr 1 year ago
Hahah look at the conductor at 0:45 staring at Hayley HAHA
seyoumfasil 1 year ago
@seyoumfasil lol yea that david downes who created this!
bozemandude 1 year ago
She has a sweet voice & obviously a wonderful stage presence. But I think she could use some help with some of the "e" vowels in the upper part of the voice - they're a bit pinched. A little bit more "ih" would go a long way. But she's young so there's hope & she's certainly not burning out like Charlotte Church did.
JRZGRL55 1 year ago
22erganley4 1 year ago
I love it!!! She does it so well....:)
PatricBaggeby 1 year ago
dont want to be picky or anything... but this is one of the most emotional and dramatic arias in the history of opera... she doesn't sing it like that.... she barely pronouces the g or the r... her italian is a bit off.... she doesn't do the trill on pieta, which is characteristic of the Baroque era this opera is from, However,the variation on the last "E che sospirii" was pretty good, and i liked it a lot.. I just feel they are trying to modify the original too much, including the violinist...
ragster2riches 1 year ago
she sings nice but ...
does she understand what she is singing cause I would like to hear more emotion and feeling in her voice...
orhideea95 1 year ago
Heaven
jenzzb 1 year ago
I watched this after watching AntiChrist
laphin 1 year ago
Who cannot think that this is almost perfection?
MegaMwg 1 year ago
@MegaMwg :Lots of us! Let me weep over my cruel fate sung by this young girl?It is painful to watch this girl being manipulated by her management.I hope that when she grows up she gets to sing songs of her own choosing.Patricia Petibon is the coloratura soprano,of our times who does Haendel justice.Be honest and truthful.Go to Barb Streisand,HW then PP Lascias on Youtube. Then come back & tell us the difference between.Enjoy,John
SuperJohnnykay 1 year ago
@SuperJohnnykay . Steady boy.'Tis all a matter of taste and what one likes to take from a piece of music or performance. I actually like some of the renditions of this without the vocals - some I don't. Patricia Petibon's version is truly excellent but quite different to the one in question in both style and tempo. I'm glad you like this aria and may you continue to enjoy music in general but please remove the blinkers and cast around - even some punk rock is good.
MegaMwg 1 year ago
@MegaMwg :I totally agree!It is a matter of taste,all the best and merry xmas,john
SuperJohnnykay 1 year ago
@SuperJohnnykay . I'm glad we agree. All the best to you and yours for the future
Just for a laugh, scroll down and read the spat between "sopranelsker" and "tenor22"
Mike.
MegaMwg 1 year ago
@MegaMwg :Hahaha!Hey Mike-most Youtube arguments go:I like it,well I dont,youre a retard,you are.Well Im gonna come round to your place and rock your roof,well not if I get to your place first!You gotta love this life!!! jk
SuperJohnnykay 1 year ago
I think I love her, and I know I love her voice. Makes me want to be multi lingual, just so I don't miss anything.
Artoxxic 1 year ago
She's a godess; voice of an angel fallen from heaven.
AliciaMaitresse 1 year ago
Lascia,Pie Jesu,the water is wide!!! I just want her to sing ACDCs-Im on a highway to hell!! thats all.
SuperJohnnykay 1 year ago
Terrible..
vingardiumleviossa 1 year ago
SARAH BRIGHTMAN OWN THIS SONG! THIS IS PASSIONLESS....
daniel0Naruto 1 year ago
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@daniel0Naruto :O how dare you?!
MrTv5008 1 year ago
super
DavidNevrkla 1 year ago
She pulls it off, and her voice is pretty, but it doesn't have the gravity that is required--see Bartoli do it.
fbhjr68 1 year ago
@fbhjr68 As good as she is it would sound so much better if she were fat.
josephonwhidbey 1 year ago