Wow!I've never in my life read such a heap of rubbish!Self important people who are only concerned with protecting the little they know......I'm a pro singer-classically trained,and I agree with my learned colleague below.What more sexy and alluring Cleopatra are you going to get?So not all the notes were absolutely perfect- that's is not what Opera is about!You people are killing an art form here-this is everything I hate about the Opera establishment - elitist indeed!I can hear Handel spinning
Okay guys, let us give the girl some slack here. I am a professional opera singer and most of the crass and insensitive comments I have heard about my collegues come from people who can't sing well themselves and have no idea what it is like to be in the profession as a young singer. It is not the kind of clean singing your going to hear from Damrau. So? Listen to Callas-- who was one of the "greatest" singers of our time? Sorry, many of those tones were far from perfect.
Da tempeste il legno infranto se poi salvo giunge in porto non sa più che desiar.Così il cor tra pene e pianto or che trova il suo conforto torna l'anima a bear.
If the wood broken by tempests arrives safe in the seaport, he won't know anymore what to desire.And so the heart, in the middle of troubles and tears, restarts to make happy the soul before he finds his comfort.
Awful, I really don't know how the MET replaced(dumped is the proper word) Ms. Ann Swenson with her... Nice voice but incredibly weird(ugly) coloraturas, and weak technique. Ruth Ann is at least 1000 times better.
I don't like it... she is an amazing singer and very beautifull too (that helps) but there is something that stops me when I want to buy a cd of hers.
She was on Broadway in the show "Les Miserables" Blame Ruth Falcon of Mannes Conservatory who gave her a full ride scholarship to study voice. She also was the youngest singer to debut at 19 in "The Marriage of Figaro" at the MET! Now my question is what do they see in her that is considered talented? :/
her voice seems a little better: suggesting retraining, as she sound slightly more secure in terms of placement/breath-control which she CREALY lacks here! new album is titled: BEAUTY OF THE BAROQUE. Ironically, she seems enamored & inspired by the time-period, and repertoire but in spite of this it can't outweigh the fact that her instrument is slightly unorthodox, lacking that 'early music' tone. Sometimes I also feel her voice might be better for slower arias, which she explores in this disk!
I think Danielle performs this aria with alot of skill for the voice that she has. I for one have the understanding that the baroque repertoire isn't supposed to be sterile. She makes the frases and the coloraturas her own without sacrifasing vocal technique or breathing technique and I love that! Since this aria is so victorious and over the top I feel it is most certinly not overacted!
she sings with very good technique. I love her breath control. She's got a volume, but doesn't own a sweet, juicy tone like Emma Kirby. She delivers a very modern, dramatic flavor in that aria, interpreting a Baroque piece in a very romantic style.
what's with all those negative commends?? Ok she can not sing baroque perfectly...but i got news: Singers can only sing baroque well! there is no perfect in baroque! it is by far the most difficult repertoire for a singer....just the fact someone is able to keep up with the tempo and do all the coloraturas is alone a feat! Yeah, there are LOTSA singers who can sing Cleopatra better than this woman. But they're all world famous divas. This is not
I understand your point of view. She might be "one of the most ubiquitous" but she is not as famous as Natalie Dessay, Diana Damrau etc of our days, that is what i meant. I do not see why you people have to speak with such derogatory tone to anyone who comes in contrast with your beliefs. I am an educated fan of opera as well and yet i do not insult you. Baroque is by common knowledge the most difficult repertoire, both due to virtuosity and agility required. "Qual guerriero" is a fine example.
I'm only 24 AND I AGREE! I have studied most in-depth since a child in choir, and this voice is historically inaccurate, immature & thus inappropriate for Maestro HANDEL's glorious arias from the most sophisticated operatic genre, that is Baroque repertoire, Classical, Bel Canto, and Verismo are their own forms, and as we know distinctively 'freer of restraint', nonetheless all demand immaculate discipline and authenticity dependent on the composer, and sadly she lacks this for this genre!
@andrea585ny Well I would not disagree to that. But let us also not forget the fact that Rossini is a compositor, while Baroque is an Entire Collection of ALL the compositors of that era! Handel, Vivaldi, Broschi...each of them with a different style, each of them requiring the topmost skill developement. Best wishes as well.
Sans son physique, cette demoiselle, serait recalée en éliminatoires de n'importe quel concours. Ceci démontre la perversion du système médiatique qui nous occupe depuis trop longtemps. De Niese est adorable mais ses lacunes techniques sont telles qu'on est ici en présence de tout ce qu'il ne faut pas faire. Peux-on expliquer les termes de LEGATO et de HAUTEUR dans l'EMISSION à cette demoiselle ? Quelle époque .... Tout pour l'image mais on parle DE CHANT D OPERA !!!!!!!!!!!
Wonderful! I know some have said that she is not technically perfect - but I say, her spirit and energy make up for any imperfections! Vibrant, inspiring, shows that opera has energy and power, like any rock concert! Look at the joy she puts in to it too! Thank-you Ms De Niese for an inspirational performance!
There is singing and there is performance. Danielle is a fairly good singer, but she is a hell of a performer. I would guess that she aims to be a singer actor rather than the other way around. But I still love her singing!
This is wonderful, it is all there, except the trill. Trills are hard to come by, well studied if they are not there naturally. But in this style a trill is as important as the fluid singing, but god bess her for having a great try at this aria. Thank you
I think it's easy to be negative. I saw her a couple of years in Ariodante, Paris, Together with Vivica Genaux and Kirschlager as Ariodante. She suprised me by her acting (not exactly an unnecessary feature for an operasinger), but even more by her agility of voice, strenght and convincing singing technique. As a matter of fact; she is young but has tons of potential, something I think you can't deny. You may not like her timbre but that doesn't make her less capable as a (very talented) singer.
I think it's easy to be negative. I saw her a couple of years in Ariodante, Paris, Together with Vivica Genaux and Kirschlager as Ariodante. She suprised me by her acting (not exactly an unnecessary feature for an operasinger), but even more by her agility of voice, strenght and convincing singing technique. As a matter of fact; she is young but has tons of potential, something I think you can't deny. You may not like her timbre but that doesn't make her less capable as a (very talented) singer.
it's great that there's a young, vibrant personality like Danielle to draw more young people to opera. she's a fun and exciting performer. you go girl!
WOOOOOOW YOU GUYS ARE SO JEALOUS!!!! she's hot AND she can sing. stop hating on beautiful people!!! I don't know you personally Danielle, but don't listen to these jealous people. you're AMAZING
@jbdny I second your remarks. Vibrant, vital, and fun - and above all a delightful diva with a superb voice which improves every time. Charming and engaging with an inner beauty - and yes, she is hot in every way!
the technique is ok.What's wrong with you people.It's a damn difficult piece (I know cause I work on it) and the women is a little of ...don't know the word ...supbret ,operetta but she expresses joy while singing and it is effortless .The first time I saw her..didnt like her at all, compared with others, but now I find her charming.
Music is indeed about conveying mood and emotion, but the emotion should come from the music, its key, variations in volume and tone, how the words are reflected in the music, the phrasing etc etc. This has great energy and youthful enthusiasm which is admirable but is more of the performer herself than a revelation of the composer's art. If the emotion has to come from flapping about pulling faces how do you suppose that a pianist, for example expresses it... answer it is in the music itself.
This would mean that there's only 1 good interpretation of a single peace of music, and thats nonsence.
For instance I've listend to Sutherland's interpretation (recomended by raigekimaru) and I got no emotional feedback at all, perfect as her singing might be.
@mainesthai I guess it is about finding a balance - the method of writing music down does not fully convey every nuance of course so interpretation is the device by which the performer recreates for the composer, part of the fun of music is that unknown element which cannot be fully written down - which the performer makes is or her own - Danielle is very animated which distracts me from the music itself, but that is only my personal taste... I think I am warming to her anyway now
she has a good voice, but I think this piece was a little advanced for her. maybe I'm being a critic tho (I just listened to Sutherland sing this right before, and she makes everyone look like a novice)
my comment wasn't posted here just like i wrote it.
This girl has no ideea what this aria is all about!!! She behaves like a cheap pop singer. Too bad , and shame on those who tell her that it's good!!! Pitty of her fine voice!
You should listen also to the version sang by the Danish soprano : Inger Dam-Jensen - Da tempeste (Gilulio Cesare) - She has great international potential I think..
You should listen also to the version sang by the Danish soprano : Inger Dam-Jensen - Da tempeste (Gilulio Cesare) - She has great international potential I think..
although she overacts the hell out of it, her vocals just aren't that bad. Maybe shes not as technically perfect as sutherland or others, but she does quite a nice job in my opinion.
For what it's worth, though Danielle may not be the best singer, she is perfectly adequate, and she can dance, is a fine actress, and has stage charisma in spades. As well as being pretty easy on the eye. If opera as a theatrical experience matters to you, she is the complete package.
Opera has always attracted musical snobs, but Handel wrote Cesare as a popular entertainment, not a rarified pleasure for the few. I am sure he would have loved her Cleopatra. Remember operas are just old musicals
@brightonbreezy I get your point, but it is not enough to be a "complete package" of being just good at everything in theatre when you try to sing an aria like this one, which demands far more than average or simply good singing skills.
The theatrical experience of Haendel operas was built primarily on musical bravura and lavish costumes and scenery, and if you remove the latter and do not keep much of the other, what is there then left... a plain musical production?
Operas...are not...old musicals...musicials and operas may come from the same parent, but they are not twins nor are they close siblings. Two completely different art forms. Get your facts straight.
Handel would not have loved her Cleopatra. Handel wanted someone to PROPERLY sing..someone to execute his music properly. And it may have been, as you say, "POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT," but it was to be entertainment properly performed.
She cheats her way through this so much! What happened to the staccato "a"s at 1:40? Just a muddle - I hate to be critical of singers, they are just human after all, but I find it hard to find anything to like here, except maybe her enthusiasm - but that is not enough to make a good performance.
Ah, but live recordings are often less good no matter how good the singer. Maybe she was out of shape for whatever reason. I agree this is not her best but come on, admit it, for a less good performance it is pretty high standard.
@Songstermom This has nothing to do whether it is a live performance, bad day or anything else. She sings this the same on her Cd and in the other live performances of this aria that I have seen. She is just a very sloppy singer who makes up for her vocal shortcomings with her exotic appearance
Give me a break. Have there been better singers performing better versions of this? Of course. But this is perfectly fine performance by a perfectly fine singer.
Some of you seem to think that all performances of opera should have ended around 1970 because today's singers do not meet your lofty standards.
Go back to your old recordings if these young whippersnappers so offend your delicate sensibilities.
I don't usually like naming other singers who do it better, but since you ask: Yvonne Kenny, Sandrine Piau, Valerie Masterson - 3 very different interpretations, all vocally superb
I could mention almost any soprano or mezzo ever signed to a record company who would do this better. I understand that taste and preference can have something to say, but this is really unbelieveably low quality. No coloratura, just 'ha ha ha ha' plus the voice is unpretty aswell as anonymous and her Italian is terrible, even worse than Netrebko's. So she's enthusiatic, so am I, but I can't sing either. And it also shouldn't make me famous anymore than this amateur.
@Caskader Indeed, I tried to convince people here to listen to Valerie Masterson's version (on youtube) and compare that art with this shitty overrated "performance" but it seems imbeciles never listen...
all the ones fiordiligicymraeg mentioned are fantastic, kenny being my favourite. also tatiana troyanos is amazing as well as sills and sutherland, although ive never liked sutherlands cleopatra. current singers of this include the aforementioned piau, kozena, elizaebth futral, annick massis, and carolyn sampson who i think holds her own against even troyanos sills masterson and kenny.
oh also kathleen battle has a version up here as well as sylvia macnair and roberta alexander, alexander being another one of my favourites. macnair and battle may be a bit too light and/girlish in tone for the role, but they are always wonderful to hear.
I think this mainly is about the setting. Nobody would have minded if they saw this on a big stage, but I understand that it can be a bit much for an intimate recital.
She's perfectly in control of her voice. If anyone thinks this is screechy and uncontrolled go a few decades back and listen to some of the old masters do Der Hölle Rache and come back. It's all her on youtube.
They're not being snobs. A lot of people think the standards have declined.including people who weren't alive in 1970.
But whether or not you think that's true. This is an adequate rendition. Nothing more. There are plenty of singers of Baroque music who do this better and I'm not talking about Beverly Sills. And yeah. She's dead. She lived in a past era. And she sang the shit out of this music.
he sounds elitist because opera is supposed to be elitist. opera is one of the last remnants of a time when people actually had standards. one can't just go up on stage and do as they please and call it opera. opera must be elegant, strong, full of integrity and soothing to the ear. it is no place for overacting at the expense of vocal technique or watering down a sophisticated and introspective art form.
A young girl not yet in control of her instrument. The upper register is very screechy. Shouldn't it all be controlled? The lower,mid, and upper register? This sounds like a "work in progress" not an aria that has been mastered. All the extraneous movement is just wasted energy-a hand here or there fine but her entire body? I think she's too heavy with her voice for this aria - it's better when she's lighter. Pretty girl - good instrument - I wish her the best of luck with mastering this aria.
I wouldn't expect someone who readily whips out insults and expletives to even care if a soprano or tenor is fat. I'd much more readily expect him to care about grabbing up tickets to a Britney Spears concert... or some other foolishness like that.
Wow...I would rather HEAR a talented soprano, tenor, baritone, or mezzo, that may not be the most attractive any day, rather than be subjected to mediocre artistry just to satisfy this country's obsession with glamour!!!!
Some people seem to object to the fact that this singer has good looks. How pointless! Her voice is good, in fact it is fine. Maybe the way she throws herself at the dramatic interpretation takes the edge off, BUT (and it's an important "but") Opera is not about sitting in an armchair listening to a perfect digital recording on headphones. Opera is about an on-stage dramatic experience. It can be histrionic, melodramatic, even ragged round the edges, but it ought to be right in-your-face.
i honestly don't think people have something personally against this singer. It's just that in comparison with others, it appears that looks and personality might have a little bit more to do with her success than is the case with other noted singers. You are right that opera should be in your face, and I'm sure she would be great to watch perform. But I would not buy the album.
Her album is actually really brilliant, and she was fabulous in this when i saw her, although i do see a certain wildness to some of her notes where others would focus more, however she will probably develop that maturity, lets not forget she sliek what 29/30 now? renee flemming was brilliant singing this also, some od denise's notes are a bit messy but shes great to watch and her voice is great for what it is
I think that your comments about her potential for maturing and messy notes are what people are taking issue with. If people like deNiese, then great! I'm sure she has a career because she's good at what she does. It's just that in comparison to others, not the greatest, even if she grows more into it later on. There is another vid where this piece sounds much better. It could be that the acoustics in this room are doing her a disservice.
She does have great expression, but not very much substance to her voice. The precision of the notes and trills is not there. (Like at 1:41). inger Dam-Jensen's version rules!
The difference comes in comparison with other singers performing the piece. It could be that those singers took additional liberties with the notes, but it appears that deNiese sings one note with a good deal of vibrato instead of trilling.
What does the notation say - trill, vibrato, or what? What latitude is there in interpretation? Do we pay too much attention to the school of thought which says that Baroque music should be played/sung absolutely as written? (Listening again, I can hear trills all over the place.)
nooo....I like it, she has a really beauty voice and the expression i love...i think that sometimes the singers don t expresing our feelings....she is good....and i like this interpretation is really good......and she is vewry beauty too and i see that see enjoy when she sing really good....
I thought that was magnificent. I love Handel like no other and thought she did justice to the Baroque performance practice, her energy was astounding, her precise melismatic articulation and execution, her treatment of repeated material and embellishments. She's having fun and not at all perpetuating old school stiffness in her presentation.
Man, opera snobs suck. Just shut the fuck up already. De Niese is fantastic live... and is a MUCH better actress than most out there today, including the divas of Dessay and Fleming (sorry, I had to go there). She brings quite an original energy and presence to the stage that hasn't been seen in quite sometime. Just shut up already. If you don't like this, please comment elsewhere.
Thank you so much for saying what I've always wanted to say. I've heard her Cleopatra at the Met, and she was really charming and impressive. I had seen the DVD first, so I was a bit apprehensive about how she'd fare at a house a size of the Met in that unattractive ancient Copley production. She still managed to shine under those circumstances. I'm one Baroque snob, and I was more than satisfied, given the context. Her Ginevra is pretty fabulous as well. Btw, I think Dessay is a great actress.
Please listen to Valerie Masterson's version on youtube and you'll see/here what people who flame her talk about. This is a disgrace compared to that. Give me a thumbs down, but please listen to that other version beforehand...
You are absolutly right: Masterson can teache De Niese a lesson or two... Masterson is effortless, De Niese shows that she is trying soo hard to do it right and fails..
Masterson? Really? Are you sure? Her interpretation was dry, boring, and her coloratura was impressive but still very airy. In all performances I have seen her in, she has treated the opera as her own solo recital rather than an actual opera performance. She was never an actress. An opera, while most opera "buffs" like yourself probably sadly overlook often, should hold a great level of dramatic effects other than singing. De Niese brought the house down with her performance- vocally and acting.
well, she is pretty breathy on her runs. There's a lot of 'h' in her sound. And she does raise her shoulders a LOT which implies a lack of diaphragmatic support. I like her [u] vowels though. I'm sure she has had SOME training....it just seems as though she uses her chest voice a lot. I still like her. She's not my FAVORITE soprano, but, she's probably better than me! lol! I'm a Voice student right now.
I think her coloratura isn't as breathy as, say, Bartoli or Piau. I think the articulated coloratura is really the standard among the top level Baroque singers. I noticed a lot of body movements in general in European singers (even though De Niese is American-trained but then made it in Europe). I think she's one of the best Handel sopranos as a whole package even though strictly singing-wise, there are better ones like Piau and Joshua, but then I don't think they have De Niese' stage magic.
Vitellia you have told something that is the key to explain the De Niese fever, the people falls in love with this young and cute girl, who captivate them in stage, but can her voice captivate us by itself?.
In my case it didn't, I prefer to listen to some singers Like Invernizzi, Piau, Bohlin, Bertagnolli, Rial, Cherici, Labelle, Kermes, etc. Who're singers wich voice can captivate us without seen the singers.
She's not yet among the true greats such as Piau, Joshua, and Kermes, but I find her more than competent. Her voice is well recognizable and agile enough, with a plenty of volume as far as a Baroque singer goes. I saw her Cleopatra at the Met in a drab Copley production with stuffy costumes and no choreography, and she still impressed me vocally and really held her own even in comparison to the great Ruth Ann Swenson, the first cast. I'm more than pleased by her album. (only $7.99 on I-Tune!)
You are right or course, most people here couldn't tell a good opera from a bad one even if Handel would personally tell them.... That's why I tried to show them Valerie Masterson's version.....but who cares, if they want to continue listening to this...."mockery" than let them ;)
Brethy, unsupported sound, brittle tone, disconnected from the core, but it almost works. Almost. She's cute and on pitch and seems to be enjoying herself. This is what today's managers think that sells. It might be easier to sell to Joe six-Pack but to real opera goers and fans who see through the sugar-coated cup cake and still demand real tiramisu'.
I wasn't denying her versatility or her acting abilities. I think they are quite good. I merely thought it was harsh and lacking polish. Especially in comparison to Magdalena Kozena or Renee Fleming.
Her breathing fair enoguh, but the colleratura soprano from Handel is amzing. Danielle's tone is amazing and she is deffinately not sharp, i have perfect pitch! and she has improved so much since this. Do you no how much character she uses here its amazing and when i saw her at glyndebourne she was amazing.
Peccato il pianoforte, ma molto gradevole! non so se in scena abbia fatto Cleopatra, ma è molto carina: credo unirebbe bene voce con bella presenza scenica ammaliante per una Cleopatra.
Oh dear, is this Handel on American Idol? De Niese is fun enough to look at but she's neither musical nor dramatically compelling. The only good thing here is that she's not paired w. superior musicians like Sarah Connelly (Cesare) or Alice Coote (Nerone).
There is nothing, nothing special in her voice...why on earth did she get a record deal? She might be gifted, but a singer who gets the chance to record a solo album should stand out from all the others, be it because of her outstanding voice, technique, her acting skills, or something else. But she has nothing of that, except for nice looks...
Stunning! This is truly alive and inspired. There are many beautiful voices and techniques in this world but few as fearless as this. Brava!
juliahat1 3 weeks ago
i'd rather hear her sing rep like this than susanna.
windycitysinger 1 month ago
Wow!I've never in my life read such a heap of rubbish!Self important people who are only concerned with protecting the little they know......I'm a pro singer-classically trained,and I agree with my learned colleague below.What more sexy and alluring Cleopatra are you going to get?So not all the notes were absolutely perfect- that's is not what Opera is about!You people are killing an art form here-this is everything I hate about the Opera establishment - elitist indeed!I can hear Handel spinning
catfriel 2 months ago
Okay guys, let us give the girl some slack here. I am a professional opera singer and most of the crass and insensitive comments I have heard about my collegues come from people who can't sing well themselves and have no idea what it is like to be in the profession as a young singer. It is not the kind of clean singing your going to hear from Damrau. So? Listen to Callas-- who was one of the "greatest" singers of our time? Sorry, many of those tones were far from perfect.
sdhweber 5 months ago
Da tempeste il legno infranto se poi salvo giunge in porto non sa più che desiar.Così il cor tra pene e pianto or che trova il suo conforto torna l'anima a bear.
If the wood broken by tempests arrives safe in the seaport, he won't know anymore what to desire.And so the heart, in the middle of troubles and tears, restarts to make happy the soul before he finds his comfort.
Erikk91 6 months ago
Awful, I really don't know how the MET replaced(dumped is the proper word) Ms. Ann Swenson with her... Nice voice but incredibly weird(ugly) coloraturas, and weak technique. Ruth Ann is at least 1000 times better.
pedrofribeiro 6 months ago
I don't like it... she is an amazing singer and very beautifull too (that helps) but there is something that stops me when I want to buy a cd of hers.
dianachavarromerz 7 months ago
She was on Broadway in the show "Les Miserables" Blame Ruth Falcon of Mannes Conservatory who gave her a full ride scholarship to study voice. She also was the youngest singer to debut at 19 in "The Marriage of Figaro" at the MET! Now my question is what do they see in her that is considered talented? :/
MusicVocalism 7 months ago
her voice seems a little better: suggesting retraining, as she sound slightly more secure in terms of placement/breath-control which she CREALY lacks here! new album is titled: BEAUTY OF THE BAROQUE. Ironically, she seems enamored & inspired by the time-period, and repertoire but in spite of this it can't outweigh the fact that her instrument is slightly unorthodox, lacking that 'early music' tone. Sometimes I also feel her voice might be better for slower arias, which she explores in this disk!
whistlenotelover 8 months ago
I think Danielle performs this aria with alot of skill for the voice that she has. I for one have the understanding that the baroque repertoire isn't supposed to be sterile. She makes the frases and the coloraturas her own without sacrifasing vocal technique or breathing technique and I love that! Since this aria is so victorious and over the top I feel it is most certinly not overacted!
JuliaWincent 9 months ago
No minuto 5:26 o som soa como o Farinelli. Muiito bom!
toddydelahov 9 months ago
she sings with very good technique. I love her breath control. She's got a volume, but doesn't own a sweet, juicy tone like Emma Kirby. She delivers a very modern, dramatic flavor in that aria, interpreting a Baroque piece in a very romantic style.
Lots of sunshine on her face too.
cwslai 9 months ago
awful singing
Vespertiglio 10 months ago
what's with all those negative commends?? Ok she can not sing baroque perfectly...but i got news: Singers can only sing baroque well! there is no perfect in baroque! it is by far the most difficult repertoire for a singer....just the fact someone is able to keep up with the tempo and do all the coloraturas is alone a feat! Yeah, there are LOTSA singers who can sing Cleopatra better than this woman. But they're all world famous divas. This is not
killerbunny123123 11 months ago
@killerbunny123123 The negativity comes from the annoyance of having this mediocre singer
constantly shoved in our faces. She is one of the most ubiquitous figures in opera today for
you to assert that she is not "world famous" is rather naive on your part. There is no perfect in
anything - perfection is a subjective term. Though, Horne singing "Vivi tiranno" sounds pretty
damn perfect to me. BTW Rossini is the most difficult for singers - he wrote all embellishments
Baroque composers did not
andrea585ny 8 months ago
I understand your point of view. She might be "one of the most ubiquitous" but she is not as famous as Natalie Dessay, Diana Damrau etc of our days, that is what i meant. I do not see why you people have to speak with such derogatory tone to anyone who comes in contrast with your beliefs. I am an educated fan of opera as well and yet i do not insult you. Baroque is by common knowledge the most difficult repertoire, both due to virtuosity and agility required. "Qual guerriero" is a fine example.
killerbunny123123 8 months ago
@killerbunny123123 It was not my intention to express myself in a derogatory tone. If that's
how it came across to you then I offer my sincerest apologies. You asked a question and
I was merely giving the answer not snapping at a contrary view. I will admit that I get
irritated when people are called snobs or elitists for refusing to jump on the bandwagon.
They are expressing a conviction that the vast majority of opera lovers share and that is
that singers ain't what they used to be :) Cheers
andrea585ny 8 months ago
I'm only 24 AND I AGREE! I have studied most in-depth since a child in choir, and this voice is historically inaccurate, immature & thus inappropriate for Maestro HANDEL's glorious arias from the most sophisticated operatic genre, that is Baroque repertoire, Classical, Bel Canto, and Verismo are their own forms, and as we know distinctively 'freer of restraint', nonetheless all demand immaculate discipline and authenticity dependent on the composer, and sadly she lacks this for this genre!
whistlenotelover 8 months ago
@killerbunny123123 Also, to clarify, Baroque as genre is the most difficult but specifically
Rossini is thee most difficult. In all the interviews I've viewed with singers where Baroque
is incredibly difficult, Rossini is an absolute nightmare. Horne said it took her long hours
many years to developed the agility for Rossini. Because the agility required is not soley
in the throat but in the tongue and lips as well. Entire words & phrases are embellished
not just a single vowel. Best wishes
andrea585ny 8 months ago
@andrea585ny Well I would not disagree to that. But let us also not forget the fact that Rossini is a compositor, while Baroque is an Entire Collection of ALL the compositors of that era! Handel, Vivaldi, Broschi...each of them with a different style, each of them requiring the topmost skill developement. Best wishes as well.
killerbunny123123 8 months ago
Overacted, and horrible voice.
leoperarm 11 months ago 4
Sans son physique, cette demoiselle, serait recalée en éliminatoires de n'importe quel concours. Ceci démontre la perversion du système médiatique qui nous occupe depuis trop longtemps. De Niese est adorable mais ses lacunes techniques sont telles qu'on est ici en présence de tout ce qu'il ne faut pas faire. Peux-on expliquer les termes de LEGATO et de HAUTEUR dans l'EMISSION à cette demoiselle ? Quelle époque .... Tout pour l'image mais on parle DE CHANT D OPERA !!!!!!!!!!!
NemanjaFan 1 year ago
weird diction and some phrases are sung in her nose
dangmills 1 year ago 2
cura se trudi,malo previše uzdiše,no dobro...
Febronius 1 year ago
...inspirational. if you got it,flaunt it ... she is fab
northernboyism 1 year ago
She's a pretty face. That's it.
nostopsnopurgatory 1 year ago
She does something I don't like... I feel her enthusiasm damages her line, breath and diction. Feeling should not perjudice the tecnique...
khothye 1 year ago 6
I really like this performance vocally, on the other hand, this is a little over-acted for my tastes.
asx5252 1 year ago
Wonderful! I know some have said that she is not technically perfect - but I say, her spirit and energy make up for any imperfections! Vibrant, inspiring, shows that opera has energy and power, like any rock concert! Look at the joy she puts in to it too! Thank-you Ms De Niese for an inspirational performance!
MoonmothMedia 1 year ago
There is singing and there is performance. Danielle is a fairly good singer, but she is a hell of a performer. I would guess that she aims to be a singer actor rather than the other way around. But I still love her singing!
rix657 1 year ago
My dear friend Danielle come to PERU
fredy26lima 1 year ago
Danielle - Einfach Göttlich !!!
DrBob401 1 year ago
Wow, this is like the hardest aria for Cleopatra!
HerrWarja 1 year ago
This is wonderful, it is all there, except the trill. Trills are hard to come by, well studied if they are not there naturally. But in this style a trill is as important as the fluid singing, but god bess her for having a great try at this aria. Thank you
highbaritone 1 year ago
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I think it's easy to be negative. I saw her a couple of years in Ariodante, Paris, Together with Vivica Genaux and Kirschlager as Ariodante. She suprised me by her acting (not exactly an unnecessary feature for an operasinger), but even more by her agility of voice, strenght and convincing singing technique. As a matter of fact; she is young but has tons of potential, something I think you can't deny. You may not like her timbre but that doesn't make her less capable as a (very talented) singer.
jerlatti 1 year ago
I think it's easy to be negative. I saw her a couple of years in Ariodante, Paris, Together with Vivica Genaux and Kirschlager as Ariodante. She suprised me by her acting (not exactly an unnecessary feature for an operasinger), but even more by her agility of voice, strenght and convincing singing technique. As a matter of fact; she is young but has tons of potential, something I think you can't deny. You may not like her timbre but that doesn't make her less capable as a (very talented) singer.
jerlatti 1 year ago 2
it's great that there's a young, vibrant personality like Danielle to draw more young people to opera. she's a fun and exciting performer. you go girl!
ChrisConnerFilm 1 year ago 2
Never as Beverly Sills the best in this technique
luisjose1962 1 year ago
WOOOOOOW YOU GUYS ARE SO JEALOUS!!!! she's hot AND she can sing. stop hating on beautiful people!!! I don't know you personally Danielle, but don't listen to these jealous people. you're AMAZING
jbdny 1 year ago 4
@jbdny I second your remarks. Vibrant, vital, and fun - and above all a delightful diva with a superb voice which improves every time. Charming and engaging with an inner beauty - and yes, she is hot in every way!
vectissimus 1 year ago
the technique is ok.What's wrong with you people.It's a damn difficult piece (I know cause I work on it) and the women is a little of ...don't know the word ...supbret ,operetta but she expresses joy while singing and it is effortless .The first time I saw her..didnt like her at all, compared with others, but now I find her charming.
h0h1h2h3h4 1 year ago
Music is indeed about conveying mood and emotion, but the emotion should come from the music, its key, variations in volume and tone, how the words are reflected in the music, the phrasing etc etc. This has great energy and youthful enthusiasm which is admirable but is more of the performer herself than a revelation of the composer's art. If the emotion has to come from flapping about pulling faces how do you suppose that a pianist, for example expresses it... answer it is in the music itself.
hugothebear 1 year ago
@hugothebear
This would mean that there's only 1 good interpretation of a single peace of music, and thats nonsence.
For instance I've listend to Sutherland's interpretation (recomended by raigekimaru) and I got no emotional feedback at all, perfect as her singing might be.
mainesthai 1 year ago
@mainesthai I guess it is about finding a balance - the method of writing music down does not fully convey every nuance of course so interpretation is the device by which the performer recreates for the composer, part of the fun of music is that unknown element which cannot be fully written down - which the performer makes is or her own - Danielle is very animated which distracts me from the music itself, but that is only my personal taste... I think I am warming to her anyway now
hugothebear 1 year ago
Music is about expressing emotion.
This is full of emotion, and thats missing from the vast majority of clasical singers.
mainesthai 1 year ago 3
she has a good voice, but I think this piece was a little advanced for her. maybe I'm being a critic tho (I just listened to Sutherland sing this right before, and she makes everyone look like a novice)
raigekimaru 1 year ago
my comment wasn't posted here just like i wrote it.
This girl has no ideea what this aria is all about!!! She behaves like a cheap pop singer. Too bad , and shame on those who tell her that it's good!!! Pitty of her fine voice!
loredinusa 1 year ago
the singing is not so bad, it's too bad she is trying to be some american idol figure...
loredinusa 1 year ago
You should listen also to the version sang by the Danish soprano : Inger Dam-Jensen - Da tempeste (Gilulio Cesare) - She has great international potential I think..
stplace 1 year ago
You should listen also to the version sang by the Danish soprano : Inger Dam-Jensen - Da tempeste (Gilulio Cesare) - She has great international potential I think..
stplace 1 year ago
although she overacts the hell out of it, her vocals just aren't that bad. Maybe shes not as technically perfect as sutherland or others, but she does quite a nice job in my opinion.
asx5252 1 year ago
I wish she would hold still.
nostopsnopurgatory 1 year ago
Most worse version I've ever seen. She looks if she has an orgasm and she can't breath!
erikomertens 2 years ago 2
For what it's worth, though Danielle may not be the best singer, she is perfectly adequate, and she can dance, is a fine actress, and has stage charisma in spades. As well as being pretty easy on the eye. If opera as a theatrical experience matters to you, she is the complete package.
Opera has always attracted musical snobs, but Handel wrote Cesare as a popular entertainment, not a rarified pleasure for the few. I am sure he would have loved her Cleopatra. Remember operas are just old musicals
brightonbreezy 2 years ago
@brightonbreezy I get your point, but it is not enough to be a "complete package" of being just good at everything in theatre when you try to sing an aria like this one, which demands far more than average or simply good singing skills.
The theatrical experience of Haendel operas was built primarily on musical bravura and lavish costumes and scenery, and if you remove the latter and do not keep much of the other, what is there then left... a plain musical production?
haranoe 1 year ago
Operas...are not...old musicals...musicials and operas may come from the same parent, but they are not twins nor are they close siblings. Two completely different art forms. Get your facts straight.
Handel would not have loved her Cleopatra. Handel wanted someone to PROPERLY sing..someone to execute his music properly. And it may have been, as you say, "POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT," but it was to be entertainment properly performed.
CatalinaDM56 1 year ago
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brightonbreezy 2 years ago
Pani Olga Pasiecznik jest dużo lepsza.
A De Niesse nawet w Glyndenbourne nie leiej poszło
Muzyk005 2 years ago
You can't say she isn't enthusiastic! I like that she looks like she loves this music and like she's enjoying herself.
marcysoprano 2 years ago
I love this woman!!
lucamanga 2 years ago
Where are the trills? Whatevs...
CatalinaDM56 2 years ago 2
She looks like Beyoncé. Dear Lord, do not let this alone make her a star.
Caskader 2 years ago
It pretty much did...
CatalinaDM56 2 years ago
Except she sings music far more cultured and sophisticated than Beyonce's.
martinkun167 2 years ago
She cheats her way through this so much! What happened to the staccato "a"s at 1:40? Just a muddle - I hate to be critical of singers, they are just human after all, but I find it hard to find anything to like here, except maybe her enthusiasm - but that is not enough to make a good performance.
fiordiligicymraeg 2 years ago
Ah, but live recordings are often less good no matter how good the singer. Maybe she was out of shape for whatever reason. I agree this is not her best but come on, admit it, for a less good performance it is pretty high standard.
Songstermom 2 years ago
@Songstermom This has nothing to do whether it is a live performance, bad day or anything else. She sings this the same on her Cd and in the other live performances of this aria that I have seen. She is just a very sloppy singer who makes up for her vocal shortcomings with her exotic appearance
fiordiligicymraeg 2 years ago
all she ever does is shouting and shouting whitout control
bejun 2 years ago 2
Give me a break. Have there been better singers performing better versions of this? Of course. But this is perfectly fine performance by a perfectly fine singer.
Some of you seem to think that all performances of opera should have ended around 1970 because today's singers do not meet your lofty standards.
Go back to your old recordings if these young whippersnappers so offend your delicate sensibilities.
Snobs.
archer1949 2 years ago 2
i love you. i could not have worded that any better.
best comment ever :)
Vocibelle 2 years ago
I love Opera, but there is no musical genre more lousy with stuck up elitist d-bags as fans.
archer1949 2 years ago
Only genre which is worse is pop then I guess, fans of which accepting ANYTHING from a singer as long as she is pretty and looks happy...
This aria can be done so much better by so many who don't get half the credit, that's all.
Caskader 2 years ago 2
Interesting. What other singers do it better? I am not disputing this but am curious as to who you mean. Kind regards,
M.
Songstermom 2 years ago
I don't usually like naming other singers who do it better, but since you ask: Yvonne Kenny, Sandrine Piau, Valerie Masterson - 3 very different interpretations, all vocally superb
fiordiligicymraeg 2 years ago
I could mention almost any soprano or mezzo ever signed to a record company who would do this better. I understand that taste and preference can have something to say, but this is really unbelieveably low quality. No coloratura, just 'ha ha ha ha' plus the voice is unpretty aswell as anonymous and her Italian is terrible, even worse than Netrebko's. So she's enthusiatic, so am I, but I can't sing either. And it also shouldn't make me famous anymore than this amateur.
Caskader 2 years ago 3
@Caskader Indeed, I tried to convince people here to listen to Valerie Masterson's version (on youtube) and compare that art with this shitty overrated "performance" but it seems imbeciles never listen...
Szederp 2 years ago
Thank you for letting me know about Valerie Masterson! what a fantastic version, exquisite and very elaborate ornamentation, so much fun.
Songstermom 2 years ago
@Songstermom You are more than welcome, it was my pleasure. :)
Szederp 2 years ago
@Songstermom Valerie Masterson for a quick example, her version can be found on youtube called "da tempeste".....
Szederp 2 years ago
all the ones fiordiligicymraeg mentioned are fantastic, kenny being my favourite. also tatiana troyanos is amazing as well as sills and sutherland, although ive never liked sutherlands cleopatra. current singers of this include the aforementioned piau, kozena, elizaebth futral, annick massis, and carolyn sampson who i think holds her own against even troyanos sills masterson and kenny.
moghedien13 2 years ago
oh also kathleen battle has a version up here as well as sylvia macnair and roberta alexander, alexander being another one of my favourites. macnair and battle may be a bit too light and/girlish in tone for the role, but they are always wonderful to hear.
moghedien13 2 years ago
I think this mainly is about the setting. Nobody would have minded if they saw this on a big stage, but I understand that it can be a bit much for an intimate recital.
She's perfectly in control of her voice. If anyone thinks this is screechy and uncontrolled go a few decades back and listen to some of the old masters do Der Hölle Rache and come back. It's all her on youtube.
rumbidzai 2 years ago
They're not being snobs. A lot of people think the standards have declined.including people who weren't alive in 1970.
But whether or not you think that's true. This is an adequate rendition. Nothing more. There are plenty of singers of Baroque music who do this better and I'm not talking about Beverly Sills. And yeah. She's dead. She lived in a past era. And she sang the shit out of this music.
Sorry if that makes me a snob.
whatever456 2 years ago 7
@whatever456 yeah you sound pretty elitist. Enjoy the fact that a young person in this era is singing this music. It is rare.
Chartusegiraffe 9 months ago 11
@Chartusegiraffe
he sounds elitist because opera is supposed to be elitist. opera is one of the last remnants of a time when people actually had standards. one can't just go up on stage and do as they please and call it opera. opera must be elegant, strong, full of integrity and soothing to the ear. it is no place for overacting at the expense of vocal technique or watering down a sophisticated and introspective art form.
raigekimaru 7 months ago
una scimmietta sulla pianola.
Q2w3e4r5tion 2 years ago 3
Such a beautiful woman with such a good voice! She kicks a** without an end!!
SuperstarX 2 years ago
A young girl not yet in control of her instrument. The upper register is very screechy. Shouldn't it all be controlled? The lower,mid, and upper register? This sounds like a "work in progress" not an aria that has been mastered. All the extraneous movement is just wasted energy-a hand here or there fine but her entire body? I think she's too heavy with her voice for this aria - it's better when she's lighter. Pretty girl - good instrument - I wish her the best of luck with mastering this aria.
richardsmithbeverly 2 years ago 4
A tired voice indeed
vctvi 2 years ago
she sounds liek shes 50. i really hope this was a bad day
moghedien13 2 years ago
Obviously knows nothing of opera. Probably thinks Sarah Brightman is the next Maria Callas.
turandot82 2 years ago
I wouldn't expect someone who readily whips out insults and expletives to even care if a soprano or tenor is fat. I'd much more readily expect him to care about grabbing up tickets to a Britney Spears concert... or some other foolishness like that.
urgrad03 2 years ago 2
La musique est remarquable et l'interprète est excellente. Cela ne gâte rien qu'elle soit belle !
MegaTONIO1 2 years ago
Wow...I would rather HEAR a talented soprano, tenor, baritone, or mezzo, that may not be the most attractive any day, rather than be subjected to mediocre artistry just to satisfy this country's obsession with glamour!!!!
rachanne78 2 years ago 32
@rachanne78 Right on! ^.^
MusicVocalism 7 months ago
she is really good....she had a really good voice and technic...she is really good...
zasesdea 2 years ago 3
Some people seem to object to the fact that this singer has good looks. How pointless! Her voice is good, in fact it is fine. Maybe the way she throws herself at the dramatic interpretation takes the edge off, BUT (and it's an important "but") Opera is not about sitting in an armchair listening to a perfect digital recording on headphones. Opera is about an on-stage dramatic experience. It can be histrionic, melodramatic, even ragged round the edges, but it ought to be right in-your-face.
CinnAlla 2 years ago
i honestly don't think people have something personally against this singer. It's just that in comparison with others, it appears that looks and personality might have a little bit more to do with her success than is the case with other noted singers. You are right that opera should be in your face, and I'm sure she would be great to watch perform. But I would not buy the album.
AriD2385 2 years ago 3
Her album is actually really brilliant, and she was fabulous in this when i saw her, although i do see a certain wildness to some of her notes where others would focus more, however she will probably develop that maturity, lets not forget she sliek what 29/30 now? renee flemming was brilliant singing this also, some od denise's notes are a bit messy but shes great to watch and her voice is great for what it is
Aarondefyinggravity 2 years ago
I think that your comments about her potential for maturing and messy notes are what people are taking issue with. If people like deNiese, then great! I'm sure she has a career because she's good at what she does. It's just that in comparison to others, not the greatest, even if she grows more into it later on. There is another vid where this piece sounds much better. It could be that the acoustics in this room are doing her a disservice.
AriD2385 2 years ago
after listening to this i can honestly say that if she were ugly or fat she would not get work. this is about looks.
sfafenpoof 2 years ago 2
Point to one wrong note. Point to one bit of dodgy interpretation. No? I thought not.
CinnAlla 2 years ago
She does have great expression, but not very much substance to her voice. The precision of the notes and trills is not there. (Like at 1:41). inger Dam-Jensen's version rules!
AriD2385 2 years ago
I ran 1:41 several times and heard no problem.
CinnAlla 2 years ago
The difference comes in comparison with other singers performing the piece. It could be that those singers took additional liberties with the notes, but it appears that deNiese sings one note with a good deal of vibrato instead of trilling.
AriD2385 2 years ago
What does the notation say - trill, vibrato, or what? What latitude is there in interpretation? Do we pay too much attention to the school of thought which says that Baroque music should be played/sung absolutely as written? (Listening again, I can hear trills all over the place.)
CinnAlla 2 years ago
bravaaaa
zasesdea 2 years ago
I want to marry her!
lucamanga 2 years ago
She does a good job and the coloraturas are great, but it kinda makes me feel out of breath...
carladlr78 2 years ago
Not sure I really enjoy her voice, but she really makes the music her won interpretation which I admire.
Rik77 2 years ago 2
nooo....I like it, she has a really beauty voice and the expression i love...i think that sometimes the singers don t expresing our feelings....she is good....and i like this interpretation is really good......and she is vewry beauty too and i see that see enjoy when she sing really good....
zasesdea 2 years ago
I dont like her voice and acting much, but there is still something, that makes the aria more better, some "action"
delauge 2 years ago
I thought that was magnificent. I love Handel like no other and thought she did justice to the Baroque performance practice, her energy was astounding, her precise melismatic articulation and execution, her treatment of repeated material and embellishments. She's having fun and not at all perpetuating old school stiffness in her presentation.
Marcooljerk 2 years ago 3
Her performance was neither precise nor energetic. Check out Valerie Masterson "da Tempeste" if you are looking for quality performance. Kind Regards
Szederp 2 years ago 3
Nice -- but she sounds like a less-trained, heavier Gheorgiu...anyone?
OperaLover84 2 years ago
Sandrine Piau is better than her : ) I heard Sandrine Piau in Pleyel last year WONDERFUL !
harmoniques 2 years ago
So so.I don't like her voice
bravasoprano 2 years ago
Händel on the piano, shame on yourself.
gehaktmolen 2 years ago
Well, every singer who can survive this aria is a good singer, but her timbre and intepretation are not my favourites.
KSNNSK 3 years ago 2
I'm glad I could be of "service" :)
Szederp 3 years ago
wauw
vosvolvlinders 3 years ago 3
Ah.... the conclusion of the piano!!! At least.
Lieder83 3 years ago
Man, opera snobs suck. Just shut the fuck up already. De Niese is fantastic live... and is a MUCH better actress than most out there today, including the divas of Dessay and Fleming (sorry, I had to go there). She brings quite an original energy and presence to the stage that hasn't been seen in quite sometime. Just shut up already. If you don't like this, please comment elsewhere.
alemerent 3 years ago
you are an idiot she is really really bad
sagagossard 3 years ago
You're clearly wrong. she's not great - perhaps with time and alot more training. You're probably like her more to look at than listen to.
bridigo1977 2 years ago
Thank you so much for saying what I've always wanted to say. I've heard her Cleopatra at the Met, and she was really charming and impressive. I had seen the DVD first, so I was a bit apprehensive about how she'd fare at a house a size of the Met in that unattractive ancient Copley production. She still managed to shine under those circumstances. I'm one Baroque snob, and I was more than satisfied, given the context. Her Ginevra is pretty fabulous as well. Btw, I think Dessay is a great actress.
vitellia 2 years ago
Danielle is ok but I am just addicted to the music in Da Tempeste, especially with the solo piano.
speedbird297 3 years ago
Oh yeah, you can even compare it to the Beverly Sills' version as well. This, in my opinion is the worst way to sing this Handel piece....
Szederp 3 years ago 2
Exactly, I personally find the additional placement of staccati quite off and rather tasteless
Drelnis 3 years ago
Please listen to Valerie Masterson's version on youtube and you'll see/here what people who flame her talk about. This is a disgrace compared to that. Give me a thumbs down, but please listen to that other version beforehand...
Szederp 3 years ago
You are absolutly right: Masterson can teache De Niese a lesson or two... Masterson is effortless, De Niese shows that she is trying soo hard to do it right and fails..
alejandra379 3 years ago 3
Masterson? Really? Are you sure? Her interpretation was dry, boring, and her coloratura was impressive but still very airy. In all performances I have seen her in, she has treated the opera as her own solo recital rather than an actual opera performance. She was never an actress. An opera, while most opera "buffs" like yourself probably sadly overlook often, should hold a great level of dramatic effects other than singing. De Niese brought the house down with her performance- vocally and acting.
alemerent 3 years ago 2
LOL @ 2:11 when she starts to bop to the instrumental part.
Chilair1 3 years ago
ohh!!
stop screaming! please
nut1873 3 years ago
well, she is pretty breathy on her runs. There's a lot of 'h' in her sound. And she does raise her shoulders a LOT which implies a lack of diaphragmatic support. I like her [u] vowels though. I'm sure she has had SOME training....it just seems as though she uses her chest voice a lot. I still like her. She's not my FAVORITE soprano, but, she's probably better than me! lol! I'm a Voice student right now.
SopranoJessi 3 years ago
I think her coloratura isn't as breathy as, say, Bartoli or Piau. I think the articulated coloratura is really the standard among the top level Baroque singers. I noticed a lot of body movements in general in European singers (even though De Niese is American-trained but then made it in Europe). I think she's one of the best Handel sopranos as a whole package even though strictly singing-wise, there are better ones like Piau and Joshua, but then I don't think they have De Niese' stage magic.
vitellia 3 years ago
Vitellia you have told something that is the key to explain the De Niese fever, the people falls in love with this young and cute girl, who captivate them in stage, but can her voice captivate us by itself?.
In my case it didn't, I prefer to listen to some singers Like Invernizzi, Piau, Bohlin, Bertagnolli, Rial, Cherici, Labelle, Kermes, etc. Who're singers wich voice can captivate us without seen the singers.
thebarroque 3 years ago
She's not yet among the true greats such as Piau, Joshua, and Kermes, but I find her more than competent. Her voice is well recognizable and agile enough, with a plenty of volume as far as a Baroque singer goes. I saw her Cleopatra at the Met in a drab Copley production with stuffy costumes and no choreography, and she still impressed me vocally and really held her own even in comparison to the great Ruth Ann Swenson, the first cast. I'm more than pleased by her album. (only $7.99 on I-Tune!)
vitellia 3 years ago
Have you heard Olga Pasichnyk? Looks great, sings great.. Can be found on youtube.....
podkowalesna 2 years ago
She uses a heavy voice for handel!!
EsserciziMusici 3 years ago
o'cmone...its terrible...breathing?? trys to sing it baroque but have no idea of who to do it right!!
"This is what today's managers think that sells." RIGHT ANSWER!!! ...
Lutzenberger 3 years ago
terrible you
35windu35 3 years ago
...not me! This Pop-Diva is terrible....
scarpia1965 3 years ago
ok, can you sing opera like she? i thibk no.... terrible you again!!!!!
35windu35 3 years ago
ok, can you sing opera like she? i think no.... terrible you !!!!!
35windu35 3 years ago
You are right or course, most people here couldn't tell a good opera from a bad one even if Handel would personally tell them.... That's why I tried to show them Valerie Masterson's version.....but who cares, if they want to continue listening to this...."mockery" than let them ;)
Szederp 3 years ago 6
Masterson is really good, thanks for the suggestion.
annaalasjove 3 years ago
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Drelnis 1 year ago
Terrible! Just wondering if she never studied the unique recording with Beverly Sills??
scarpia1965 3 years ago
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terrible you
35windu35 3 years ago
Brethy, unsupported sound, brittle tone, disconnected from the core, but it almost works. Almost. She's cute and on pitch and seems to be enjoying herself. This is what today's managers think that sells. It might be easier to sell to Joe six-Pack but to real opera goers and fans who see through the sugar-coated cup cake and still demand real tiramisu'.
pesciolinotriste 3 years ago 9
She should go back to the conservatory in order to learn how to sing well. This is a horrible rendition!!!!
asisecanta 3 years ago
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horrible your face jajaja
35windu35 3 years ago
At 0:30 what happened to her?
DieSonneSinkt 3 years ago
She was having a yummy one
agnellodei 3 years ago
And should learn some Italian.
Come on, she's singing Italian with an English accent.
DieSonneSinkt 3 years ago
Stay still, sweetheart.
DieSonneSinkt 3 years ago 3
hmmm :S
SamusCricri 3 years ago
I wasn't denying her versatility or her acting abilities. I think they are quite good. I merely thought it was harsh and lacking polish. Especially in comparison to Magdalena Kozena or Renee Fleming.
KristalAV 3 years ago
I think the girl needs a few more years of training, and should do something about lack of concentrating and standing still, less coffee perhaps?
DieSonneSinkt 3 years ago
Oh. Dear. I don't really like it. There isn't any polish and she's really harsh and sounds...sharp, and the breathing seems weird to me.
KristalAV 3 years ago 4
Her breathing fair enoguh, but the colleratura soprano from Handel is amzing. Danielle's tone is amazing and she is deffinately not sharp, i have perfect pitch! and she has improved so much since this. Do you no how much character she uses here its amazing and when i saw her at glyndebourne she was amazing.
Aarondefyinggravity 3 years ago
Quel plaisir d'écouter et de regarder Danielle Denise. Merci pour cette splendide vidéo de cet air si célèbre.
saturne46 3 years ago 3
Las coloraturas las logra perfectamente.
Me encanta tambien el registro que tiene es muy amplio.
gheikkila1 3 years ago
Peccato il pianoforte, ma molto gradevole! non so se in scena abbia fatto Cleopatra, ma è molto carina: credo unirebbe bene voce con bella presenza scenica ammaliante per una Cleopatra.
Athys700 3 years ago
Oh dear, is this Handel on American Idol? De Niese is fun enough to look at but she's neither musical nor dramatically compelling. The only good thing here is that she's not paired w. superior musicians like Sarah Connelly (Cesare) or Alice Coote (Nerone).
beteltree 3 years ago 2
don't like it. maybe in other repertoire, but PLEASE not Händel.
gabohuaroc 3 years ago 3
frantic and weird
gransasso101 3 years ago 4
She sounds just like me, a total wobblatura! Yay sistah!
wobblatura83 3 years ago 5
Rien a voir à côté de sandrine piau
Naraphe 3 years ago 5
Fiorituri sound like a rubber duck.
franciscusliszt 3 years ago
There is nothing, nothing special in her voice...why on earth did she get a record deal? She might be gifted, but a singer who gets the chance to record a solo album should stand out from all the others, be it because of her outstanding voice, technique, her acting skills, or something else. But she has nothing of that, except for nice looks...
kanssasi 3 years ago 5
and exactely that's why she got a record deal, because today that's all what counts...same with the young instrumental soloists of our time
ohvg61 3 years ago 5
Have you seen her live? In recital and on stage, her presence, dramaticism, and technique really pull an audience in. I was very impresed.
DrRobbieG 3 years ago