NICOLAI GEDDA: "VIENS, GENTILLE DAME!" FROM LA DAME BLANCHE (BOILDIEU)

[qklq42]

Its beautiful. But also hear Rockwell Blake, André d'' Arkor, Michel Sénechal and....of course David Devries. Enjoy !

Hans NL

[saagua1953]

His voice is so much richer than that of Florez whose light voice doesn't fit the aria well.

[weylwargot]

Nobody could equal this perfection, which sometimes seems to me almost unreal.

By the way: 1965, Amsterdam.Conducts Jean Fournet the ,,Radio Filharmonisch Orkest".

[marcmo2004]

Many famous singers could have sung it with beauty, power, right notes of course etc. But Gedda is second to none in his ability to create so much emotion, "electricity and passion". His expression in the voice is unmatched: so precise, so communicative. That's Gedda's magic. His high D's are also unmatched.

[kungura]

I'm surprised there are so few recordings of this... everyone flocks to 'ah mes amis', when this is equally as impressive ;-)

[rexeterna]

unbelievable, as usual.

[forallyouknow]

Has anyone got the lyrics?

[Herur22]

1)

Viens, gentille dame,

De toi, je recl?me la foi des serments.

A tes lois fid?le me voici, ma belle!

Parais je t'attends!

Viens, gentille dame

Que ce lieu solitaire

Et que ce doux myst?re

Ont de charmes pour moi!

[Herur22]

2) Oui, je sens qu'a ta vue L'ame doit etre emue; Mais, ce n'est pas d'effroi Non, non, ce n'est pas d'effroi. Viens, gentille dame Deja la nun' plus sombre Sur nous repand son ombre, Qu'elle tarde a venir! Dans mon impatience Le coeur me bat d'avance Le coeur me bat d'attente et de plaisir. Parais donc, je t'attends. Viens, je t'attends! In the first post the first ? is 'a' and the other two are 'e'. The accents are missing.

[forallyouknow]

I must say, though his timbre is not as intrinsically even as Fritz's throughout the scale, his interpretation beats Wunderlich. I have never heard Wunderlich sing a pianissimo in his recordings, but Gedda's recordings are full of thoughtful changes in dynamics.

[oergs]

Wie immer brillant. Mir persönlich liegen mehr die Interpretationen von Fritz Wunderlich und von Andre d´Arkor. Mir gefallen deren Stimmen einfach besser - wie so oft Geschmackssache ...

[akhcarubehc]

Ja, mir gefällt auch diese Interpretation mit Wunderlich (wie alles von Wunderlich). Trozdem finde ich, dass die Tempi mit Gedda besser und schwieriger sind. Und die "piano" Note am Ende konnte ich nicht mit Wunderlich hören.