Deanna Durbin - Je Veux Vivre - Charles Gounod

[masteroftheeouse]

Oh my gosh! At last a 16 year old Deanna Durbin singing a song meant for a young girl to sing. So many great sopranos have sung this, but with the exception of Miss Durbin's performance, few if any sound like a young girl. I think Mirusia Loewasser could come close. But Jackie Evanco and Holly Steele don't yet have enough power, technique or range yet to perform this piece well. Time will let us know. By the way, I loved Deanna Durbin's singing from the first time I listened to it.

[knoxrox55]

LOL she starts making up the words at the end, it is so typical of a 16 year old! Very cool, thanks for sharing this, she is amazing! She has phenomenal technique already, which is rare these days.

[renatoss2490]

maravillosa........SUBARASHI,,­,,,,

[renatoss2490]

She is excellent

[vocalissimo1]

Lovely singing and ludicrous conducting.

[Celticwomanfanpiano]

I'm working on this aria right now . . . she's magnificent!  I'm so glad to see this.

[MastersoftheOpera]

Canadian songbird Deanna Durbin! She sings Juliet's Aria from Gounod's Romeo et Juliet with a lot of style and technique. Very beautiful. Loved it.

[playsyaiton]

Simply amazing....

Need better sound quality for this one.........

[swanningaround]

Beautiful. Better than seeing the 21st Century types like Netrebko murdering it.

[796824]

It is utterly IMPOSSIBLE to find ONE SOPRANO today who can do justice to this aria as did DURBIN

[monpitt500]

@796824 What are you talking about? Listen to Janine Micheau. C'mon!!!!

[eze102]

Whateve happened to singing today its all about belting shouting and nothing melodious any more.

[arabellak1]

AGREED!

[CuddlyBadger]

@eze102 What ever happened to listening anymore? No one has any time to sit down and let a voice echo in their mind.

[ShawDAMAN]

Very nice, always great to hear Durbin...thanks!

[Agathacarolina]

Thank you very much for posting. I didn't know Deanna Durbin and I think her performance is fantastic.

[texasoperastar]

Many thanks!