Danielle De Niese, "Myself I shall adore", Semele, Handel

[dhchow]

Kathleen Battle runs circles around her!

[Sadiesexy]

I can not stand de Niece after what she said about Callas and Sutherland.

[onidom]

@Sadiesexy - what did she say?

[Sadiesexy]

@onidom something about she was happy they did not aloud fat women on stage these days. 

[LordHettrick]

The title of this is aria fits her description perfectly...

[Sadiesexy]

@LordHettrick You are sure right about that....

[penhope]

When you are doing a live performance on stage, there are no guarantees. The microphone could be in the wrong place; packed small theatre and heavy drapes contribute to dulling of acoustics; etc. etc. She has done a marvellous job. She sounded beautiful. Imagine having to memorise the whole thing!

[OperaLoverL]

singings cant be on form all the time -too much travel and rehearsal, illness...... who knows maybe she had a large ball of spit before...-ing at 3.33... i have seen singers on stage dying for a place to swallow! let alone breath in an aria....

she is doing pretty well actually...very colourful:) but not her best....

[bejun]

@SkateNater Ah ok, sorry I thought you were against and it was a sarcastic comment

[bejun]

@SkateNater as soon as you know that, tell me the reason

[bejun]

no aria suits her

[whistlenotelover]

she has a unique, beautiful voice, but this aria doe snot suit her, as it leaves her very exposed and shows her lack of secure breathing, placement of the voice, etc which is why she struggles with intonation at times, and hence this isn't the proper way of singing Handel, and much less for that matter, a traditionally correct method of approaching Baroque period repertoire!

[CiboCeleste]

@whistlenotelover It is so very true what you said, although I have been in Theater an der Wien with her in march at Rodelinda, and she was simply excellent. I am shocked to hear her singing with such flaws as here.

[vitellia]

Such an animated, full-of-life interpretation! She must've been incredible on stage! But did she just copy Ruth Ann Swenson's ornaments (without all the super high notes) or what?!