Absolutely gorgeous interpretation of Air de Bijoux. In my unsolicited opinion, she is even better than Gheorghiu even if I like both sopranos. Onegin65 you have an exquisite taste in opera video. Please keep doing what you are doing. Thank you for the pleasure you brought to all opera lovers.
@blauauge2 Eh....maybe we have a different definition of belting, but what she's doing most definitely sounds nothing like the belting I hear people doing on a daily basis, lol. Youtube some Idina, that's belting. Or rather, 'screlting'.
@blauauge2 Renee has a voice with power behind it, but it is used with classical techniques supporting it. "Belting" is a term that is used for non-operatic music :/
This is Margaret from Faust. She is about to kill her mother, get knocked up, kill her baby, get arrested, and die just to sleep with this guy. This fate could have been avoided if she had a sassy gay friend!
Fleming singing French opera has always been as beautiful & successful as her Mozart operas. For me, her early career period of Mozart and French opera were her best years and everything after that: bel canto, Verdi verisimo, etc hasn't been any good. Listen for instance to her Manon and Thais. Her Marguerite in Faust, as shown here, is expressive, intense & grand. I miss the days when Fleming could sing as wonderfully as she does here.
la meilleure depuis Tebaldi , le timbre et la diction me rappellent un peu l'immense Leyla Gencer. Madame Fleming , je vous adore et pour ne rien gâcher , vous êtes belle à tomber!
I don't love her picky and over indulgent was of singing this piece, but THANK YOU GOD that she sings a real trill...it's SO important to the music, and it's so rarely executed well.
@Bossmanrocks Many big voices and dramatic sopranos have sung Marguerite - Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Mirella Freni and Renata Tebaldi. The role is actually dramatic with high registers and even a few lower notes/chest voice, so it's perfectly fine for powerful strong voices. And strong powerful voices still sound feminine. You don't need to be a light little lyric coloratura to sound feminine
Wow the beginning and end were awesome. The middle was ok but seems as if she was trying too hard to make it dramatic. Just my opinion. But the beginning- Oh wow.
Esta aria es mi preferida desde hace años y fue con Renee Fleming con quien me enamore por completo de ella! e escuchado muchas versiones pero Renee sigue siendo la mejor, sublime!!!
Renee Fleming has some good moments and some bad ones. This is one of the good ones. She makes a great Marguerite. Her Jewel Aria is romantic, grand and very strong. Loved it!
@MastersoftheOpera where do they find these people? I'd do much better hosting an opera event, because I actually know opera, and CAN PRONOUNCE FRENCH! I'm sure they try to find actual newscaster type people though...
At last. I have always wanted to know that I enjoyed something by Renee. I thought she did a good job here. I think Renee should relax. I sometimes think she tries too hard. I do like this one. Yes! Wonderful!
Stop criticizing that which you cannot do youself. It's not a game, every artist who steps on the stage , the world stage, is there because they have earned the right. shirleysvoice.
@shirleysvoice Nonsense! In that case, i'd never have any opinion on films or theatre,(i'm not an actor or director...),restaurants,(i love good food but i'm an indifferent cook..), sport, literature, cars......or in fact anything where i'm not professional! Most people in the world would not be allowed opinions on most things by your reasoning.
She has a beautiful voice - not over done and her mannerisms are not lacking, nor distracting (a la some other sopranos -- love them to death but they are annoying to watch). As far as the criticisms and superfluous comments that are more about style than technique- you sing the song, post it, do a better job, and then you can criticize.
This is a b*&#h of a song to sing... and she does a fantastic interpretation of it. Good on ya, Rene!
Si bien esta aria se escucha mejor en una Ligera, que puede hacer piruetas, y acrobacias, con la voz, pero no puedo dudar que RENEE ES MARAVILLOSA!!!!! Hace una adaptacion bella.
..she has a beautiful Mozart voice but she borrowed styles (Sutherland/Price/Caballe. and God knows who else..she had her own sound of course but it's not at the level of the forementioned ladies...she also couldnt act her way out of a bag! Has she sung all of marguerite in Faust ? She was careful and picked out only a few roles because she probably doesnt have enough discipline or acting talent for something like Lucia...Violetta was her big challenge ? come on!
Why be so critical? Aside from Sutherland you rarely hear somene sing this aria with such an effortless and natural trill. :) Yes, she sang this role several times in New York and also in Paris.
Love her and her trills, but why does she had some weird rythms (just after the trill) and ways to attack some notes (high A on the second «Ah! je ris»). Anyway, I admire her technique.
By the way, does someone has read her book «The inner voice»? Is it interesting?
What absolute rubbish, this is absolutely exquisite, and being French myself, her diction is absolutely perfect. It's fun, gay, irrisitible. Bravo Divine Fleming, Gounod a du penser à vous en composant cet air.
Well, I didn't say anything about her French diction. I am sure it is lovely. I get absolutely nothing from her interpretation. To each his own, I guess.
@silviutz28 much better than Gheorghiu.....I like Gheorghiu very much but her top notes don't sound as secure anymore IMO....I prefer Renee Fleming over her everyday...she sang this aria live in California not that long ago and it was better than this...it was fan-freaking-tastic :]
@silviutz28 Renee's technique is amazing...she's had a career for what 20+ years and her voice hasn't really changed at all....IMO I think Gheorghiu had her time and if she keeps singing the way she is she could really hurt herself....
well, till then , gheorghiu is still very demanded in opera houses... when she will be to old, she will retire.
here is an hilare moment whit fleming doing an interview with AG. its sad how poor is gheorghiu in expressing her ideeas and feelings in english . i love her when she talk in romanian.
@sweetaztecangel69 actually if you listen to a recording from like 10 years or over you'll find that she once had a very youthful sound to her voice. in one recording i didn't even recognize her voice. it was still gorgeous, just different.
@sweetaztecangel69 "I laugh to see myself so beautiful", she sings, and she's in ecstasy trying out jewels and looking at herself in the mirror. She wishes that Faust would see her. She's a poor village girl who now looks like a princess "fille d'un roi" daughter of a king; but it was an illusion-trap that the Devil put for her.
I like Fleming's version. I like to hear her attack on the "Ah" after the trill. Most singers dont hit it that hard. Guess thats what makes her unique. She makes the aria fun.
Je trouve que la voix de Renée Fleming ne convient pas à cet air. Par ailleurs, elle surjoue beaucoup trop. Néanmoins, les coloratures sont bien assurées.
Renee's version is good..very impressed that she sounds just like the recording..with a couple of mannerisms in this one but none that are too different...I however prefer Angela's version..i just feel that her timbre is better suited for this song and especially when she nails the High B..renee's voice is too dramatic and dark for this song.
Have you sung this role professionally? Do you regularly perform at world-renowned opera houses? If you do, I accept your criticism. If not, perhaps you could just admit that your comments are merely personal preference and not denigrate performers other people enjoy listening to?
i disagree: we must remember the great divas of the 40s 50s & 60s & unfortunately not compare them to our new crop who must be judged against among themselves. renee fleming is a fine soprano, terrific personality & actress. brava fleming!!!!!
I love her voice, and how she interprets many of her roles. She's more than a fine soprano, she's a great one. I didn't compare her to anyone else in this role, only to the character itself, musically speaking. She is an accomplished actress also. As for her personality, I've never met her, so I cannot comment. As an artist, I too say brava!
i have met her & her personality offstage shines thru her stage performances: she is fun, lighthearted & not at all a diva in the worst sense; downtoearth & delightful. she is my current favorite in her category! (& im a sutherland/tebaldi/callas fan from the old days!)
Indeed. In her interviews she seems to be very humble about her enormous talent, and very natural. Her performance of O mio babbino caro, here on YouTube, received raves from me. Her Tatyana is peerless. In the role of Marguerite, however, my heart belongs to Victoria de los Angeles.
as i said, mio caro, we cannot dwell on the elder divas as all of us elder opera mavens have a great tendency to do; forget de los angeles as ive had to forget past great performances: she is wht we have not now--we must live in the now & cry when we play our old vinyls! viva la fleming! (et al)
The worst thing perhaps, is so good an aural memory,that singers years dead or retired sing along in our heads when someone new comes along. Sometimes these old voices are just better but not always. Renee Fleming must be in a top (how many?) of sopranos since recording started. We are so priviledged in this multi media world that we can enjoy so much past and present.
lei è così elegante! T'amo Renée!
pinkbeachloverable 3 weeks ago
BIANCA CASTAFIORE.
AderpydashParty 1 month ago
mortel!!magnifique!!mais allez écouter partout Renée Fleming, elle est géniale, elle a toujours sa voix de rêve
fessdoizeau 1 month ago
Breathtaking performance- Renee has a magnificent voice :o)
medeahype 1 month ago
Absolutely gorgeous interpretation of Air de Bijoux. In my unsolicited opinion, she is even better than Gheorghiu even if I like both sopranos. Onegin65 you have an exquisite taste in opera video. Please keep doing what you are doing. Thank you for the pleasure you brought to all opera lovers.
fashionablesixties 2 months ago
GAWD, she makes it look so easy. Fml.
elisaface 3 months ago
Très, très belle interprétation.
daphnisible 3 months ago
BIANCA CASTAFIORE?
luv2run6795 5 months ago 11
To my untrained ears, she is here more than pretty good!
zzp1 5 months ago
better than gheorghiu
jphk20 5 months ago
BRILLIANT SINGER AND PERFORMANCE!
anrobvassallo 5 months ago
What a charming performance! Doesn't Flemming have a lovely creamy tone?
Dianaemanuel 6 months ago
She is brilliant!!!!
Triskeliae1 7 months ago
Bravo!
sopranesssa 8 months ago
Her french is horrible ! Shame !!!
dominicalexandre1 8 months ago
Ah, pardon, francophone de pacotille!
Triskeliae1 7 months ago
sometimes she is belting.not a good style.
blauauge2 8 months ago
@blauauge2 Eh....maybe we have a different definition of belting, but what she's doing most definitely sounds nothing like the belting I hear people doing on a daily basis, lol. Youtube some Idina, that's belting. Or rather, 'screlting'.
elisaface 3 months ago
@blauauge2 um... no? what the heck are you talking about??
PrincessZerlina 2 months ago
@PrincessZerlina about something, that you obviously can´t hear.
blauauge2 2 months ago
@blauauge2 Renee has a voice with power behind it, but it is used with classical techniques supporting it. "Belting" is a term that is used for non-operatic music :/
PrincessZerlina 2 months ago
@PrincessZerlina i know what belting is.
blauauge2 2 months ago
This is Margaret from Faust. She is about to kill her mother, get knocked up, kill her baby, get arrested, and die just to sleep with this guy. This fate could have been avoided if she had a sassy gay friend!
sweeneysebbyalucard 9 months ago 43
Wow, wow,wow!!!!!!
helenlinpiano 9 months ago
thumbs up if Tintin brought you here
zxz1661 10 months ago 6
Fleming singing French opera has always been as beautiful & successful as her Mozart operas. For me, her early career period of Mozart and French opera were her best years and everything after that: bel canto, Verdi verisimo, etc hasn't been any good. Listen for instance to her Manon and Thais. Her Marguerite in Faust, as shown here, is expressive, intense & grand. I miss the days when Fleming could sing as wonderfully as she does here.
OperaMystery80 11 months ago
la meilleure depuis Tebaldi , le timbre et la diction me rappellent un peu l'immense Leyla Gencer. Madame Fleming , je vous adore et pour ne rien gâcher , vous êtes belle à tomber!
illfurter 11 months ago
That's a badass dress.
magshatesvegans 1 year ago 5
La Flemming !!!! enough already.
tenorismo 1 year ago
bravissima! thx for letting me watch this great performance
tenor20002 1 year ago
Epoustouflante!!!
illfurter 1 year ago
I don't love her picky and over indulgent was of singing this piece, but THANK YOU GOD that she sings a real trill...it's SO important to the music, and it's so rarely executed well.
tamerlano 1 year ago 3
Just love this! Capitaine Haddock n'y connaît rien!
Belcanto1234 1 year ago 2
Who came here from Tintin?
CloneHat 1 year ago
Very strong and powerful voice. Unfortunately, Margurite is a much too feminine role for this voice.
Bossmanrocks 1 year ago
@Bossmanrocks Many big voices and dramatic sopranos have sung Marguerite - Maria Callas, Joan Sutherland, Mirella Freni and Renata Tebaldi. The role is actually dramatic with high registers and even a few lower notes/chest voice, so it's perfectly fine for powerful strong voices. And strong powerful voices still sound feminine. You don't need to be a light little lyric coloratura to sound feminine
AmericanEvita 1 year ago 3
I like it!!!!!!
callastoujours 1 year ago
Wow the beginning and end were awesome. The middle was ok but seems as if she was trying too hard to make it dramatic. Just my opinion. But the beginning- Oh wow.
athenabooks 1 year ago
how could this have ANY dislikes?????
jordan1980 1 year ago
La Castafiore !
noirvalentin 1 year ago
i really like her voice in this song but i don't like her interpretation
i don't think marguarite is this erratic
fmabdo 1 year ago
her low notes are great, I really enjoyed the interpretation
sopera123 1 year ago
inspiring as a singer
Babs22h 1 year ago
i think the accompagnying base in the beginning and the end is awfull
rolandrozen 1 year ago
Bianca Castafiore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
operationcwaI789789 1 year ago 7
so great, never get tired of this one!!
OperaLover84 1 year ago
I love renée since I've seen her perfomance as the comtesse in Le nozze de Figaro.
SnakePlissken2 1 year ago
Bravaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
blondie028 1 year ago
Easy to critisize...hard to do!
shirleysvoice 1 year ago 3
Esta aria es mi preferida desde hace años y fue con Renee Fleming con quien me enamore por completo de ella! e escuchado muchas versiones pero Renee sigue siendo la mejor, sublime!!!
izhurythabita 1 year ago
so charming!
lafranccuatti 1 year ago
Renee Fleming has some good moments and some bad ones. This is one of the good ones. She makes a great Marguerite. Her Jewel Aria is romantic, grand and very strong. Loved it!
MastersoftheOpera 2 years ago
as amazing as this is, the voiceover guy at the end steals the show with his pronunciation of 'oh dieu que de bijoux'
evangelineireland 2 years ago
LOl That was hilarious..O Dio que de bi-JOE
MastersoftheOpera 2 years ago
@MastersoftheOpera where do they find these people? I'd do much better hosting an opera event, because I actually know opera, and CAN PRONOUNCE FRENCH! I'm sure they try to find actual newscaster type people though...
saxamaphoneguy1 2 years ago
At last. I have always wanted to know that I enjoyed something by Renee. I thought she did a good job here. I think Renee should relax. I sometimes think she tries too hard. I do like this one. Yes! Wonderful!
swanningaround 2 years ago
this aria and her "chi il bel sogno di doretta" made me completely fall in love with her...
niletomei 2 years ago
Once again, La Fleming nails it! Wonderful interpretation of an old warhorse. She makes it sound fresh.
BillSalem 2 years ago 2
i still prefer bianca castafiore's rendition.
dswright71 2 years ago 10
Stop criticizing that which you cannot do youself. It's not a game, every artist who steps on the stage , the world stage, is there because they have earned the right. shirleysvoice.
shirleysvoice 2 years ago 50
@shirleysvoice if u truly believe that, ur woefully gullible.....
allstatebass 1 year ago
@shirleysvoice
I am totally with you, and you are not gullible. Your critic, allstatebass, is just not as smart as you are.
chorusinger 1 year ago
@shirleysvoice Nonsense! In that case, i'd never have any opinion on films or theatre,(i'm not an actor or director...),restaurants,(i love good food but i'm an indifferent cook..), sport, literature, cars......or in fact anything where i'm not professional! Most people in the world would not be allowed opinions on most things by your reasoning.
NOSEhow2LIV 9 months ago 2
@shirleysvoice THANK YOU!
bckm54 9 months ago
HA! I mean Renee! Ha! My Bad.
konna4649 2 years ago
She has a beautiful voice - not over done and her mannerisms are not lacking, nor distracting (a la some other sopranos -- love them to death but they are annoying to watch). As far as the criticisms and superfluous comments that are more about style than technique- you sing the song, post it, do a better job, and then you can criticize.
This is a b*&#h of a song to sing... and she does a fantastic interpretation of it. Good on ya, Rene!
konna4649 2 years ago 7
Si bien esta aria se escucha mejor en una Ligera, que puede hacer piruetas, y acrobacias, con la voz, pero no puedo dudar que RENEE ES MARAVILLOSA!!!!! Hace una adaptacion bella.
acitipo 2 years ago 2
..she has a beautiful Mozart voice but she borrowed styles (Sutherland/Price/Caballe. and God knows who else..she had her own sound of course but it's not at the level of the forementioned ladies...she also couldnt act her way out of a bag! Has she sung all of marguerite in Faust ? She was careful and picked out only a few roles because she probably doesnt have enough discipline or acting talent for something like Lucia...Violetta was her big challenge ? come on!
AmericanEvita 2 years ago
Why be so critical? Aside from Sutherland you rarely hear somene sing this aria with such an effortless and natural trill. :) Yes, she sang this role several times in New York and also in Paris.
asdfopera 2 years ago 2
hah!
you make me laugh big idiot.... ok, stop criticizing her and show me how much better you can do??
SHUT UP!
KriBlackRoson 2 years ago
Thanks a lot for those who gave me their opinion about Renee Fleming's book. I will try to find it in Quebec.
MademoiselleOpera 2 years ago
Love her and her trills, but why does she had some weird rythms (just after the trill) and ways to attack some notes (high A on the second «Ah! je ris»). Anyway, I admire her technique.
By the way, does someone has read her book «The inner voice»? Is it interesting?
MademoiselleOpera 2 years ago
her book is amazing! i highly recommend it :)
Italia1987 2 years ago
REad the book! Every performer out there should read that book! Great book very interesting!!!
fludu1 2 years ago
She's so great!
elegie84 2 years ago
Wow, simply amazing!
One can always criticize her rendition but I think she really gets you there...
littlebuggermate 2 years ago
lol nice call.
rootedinfaith3 2 years ago
beautiful performance, thanks for your post!
robdujardin 2 years ago 5
I don't care what anyone says! This is perfection all the way! She is charming, engaging, and technically amazing. Brava Renee!
OperaLover84 3 years ago 9
My bad. High "b"
Tonili11 3 years ago
Gorgeous voice but a little too self-assured interpretation for the shy and astonished girl that Margarete still is in this scene.
An unclean scooped attack on the high A of the second "Ah je ris..." both times.
For someone with such care for a good trill and in general technically as aware as she is, why does she let details like that go through!?
CONTESTAR 3 years ago
LOVE her! She's so good here!
OperaLover84 3 years ago 3
Soppy, self-indulgent, mewing...a great voice, but no sense of style. Good trill, though, which is not common in this piece.
tamerlano 3 years ago
actually it is. especially in the beginning.
ARReith 3 years ago 2
What absolute rubbish, this is absolutely exquisite, and being French myself, her diction is absolutely perfect. It's fun, gay, irrisitible. Bravo Divine Fleming, Gounod a du penser à vous en composant cet air.
lady00010 3 years ago 2
Well, I didn't say anything about her French diction. I am sure it is lovely. I get absolutely nothing from her interpretation. To each his own, I guess.
Escape9to5 3 years ago
its better than Netrebko's
sweetaztecangel69 2 years ago 31
doesn't take much to be better than Netrebko's lol
why would someone without a trill even try to do this aria simply beats me
eradesso 2 years ago 6
obviously nooot!!
superjanritono 1 year ago
@sweetaztecangel69 Better than Netrebko's and just about everyone else.
GEMahler 1 year ago
@GEMahler Renee shows that even though you have a bigger voice you can be just as flexible and that inspires me :]
sweetaztecangel69 1 year ago 4
@sweetaztecangel69
but not better than GHEORGHIU:)
silviutz28 10 months ago
@silviutz28 much better than Gheorghiu.....I like Gheorghiu very much but her top notes don't sound as secure anymore IMO....I prefer Renee Fleming over her everyday...she sang this aria live in California not that long ago and it was better than this...it was fan-freaking-tastic :]
sweetaztecangel69 10 months ago
@sweetaztecangel69
i like fleming too
its true , angela is loosing slowly her powers...but i love her. maybe because she is my compatriote also:p
silviutz28 10 months ago
@silviutz28 Renee's technique is amazing...she's had a career for what 20+ years and her voice hasn't really changed at all....IMO I think Gheorghiu had her time and if she keeps singing the way she is she could really hurt herself....
sweetaztecangel69 10 months ago
@sweetaztecangel69
well, till then , gheorghiu is still very demanded in opera houses... when she will be to old, she will retire.
here is an hilare moment whit fleming doing an interview with AG. its sad how poor is gheorghiu in expressing her ideeas and feelings in english . i love her when she talk in romanian.
watch?v=02h6lEFgup4&feature=related
she is very natural here for example:
watch?v=pbTTb0-A-qA&feature=related
silviutz28 10 months ago
@sweetaztecangel69 actually if you listen to a recording from like 10 years or over you'll find that she once had a very youthful sound to her voice. in one recording i didn't even recognize her voice. it was still gorgeous, just different.
pinkbeachloverable 3 weeks ago
@sweetaztecangel69
but not better than Gheorghiu
sb2011100 8 months ago
@sb2011100 Id have to disagree....at that point it would be a matter of personal taste
sweetaztecangel69 8 months ago
@sweetaztecangel69
Most everything is better than Netrebko, IMO.
ScorpionGrasshopper 6 months ago
@ScorpionGrasshopper agreed :]
sweetaztecangel69 6 months ago
@sweetaztecangel69 elle n'a pas de mal à être mieux
ininacsot 6 months ago
@ininacsot never said it was a bad thing....I love Renee Fleming's voice so :] and sorry Im not fluent in french but I understood some of it :]
sweetaztecangel69 6 months ago
@sweetaztecangel69 "I laugh to see myself so beautiful", she sings, and she's in ecstasy trying out jewels and looking at herself in the mirror. She wishes that Faust would see her. She's a poor village girl who now looks like a princess "fille d'un roi" daughter of a king; but it was an illusion-trap that the Devil put for her.
OperaMystery80 6 months ago
She is so great! And her eyes are crossing when she sings the C! hahaha
Tonili11 3 years ago
i love how expressive she is.
jimmymartinezzz 3 years ago 2
I like Fleming's version. I like to hear her attack on the "Ah" after the trill. Most singers dont hit it that hard. Guess thats what makes her unique. She makes the aria fun.
SweetFiness 3 years ago
Renee you are perfect, every thing this amazing woman sings thrills me each time over and over again she gives me chills every time I hear her.Brava!
victoriamadeus 3 years ago
Je trouve que la voix de Renée Fleming ne convient pas à cet air. Par ailleurs, elle surjoue beaucoup trop. Néanmoins, les coloratures sont bien assurées.
aurele65 3 years ago
Renee's version is good..very impressed that she sounds just like the recording..with a couple of mannerisms in this one but none that are too different...I however prefer Angela's version..i just feel that her timbre is better suited for this song and especially when she nails the High B..renee's voice is too dramatic and dark for this song.
musoph21 3 years ago
Have you sung this role professionally? Do you regularly perform at world-renowned opera houses? If you do, I accept your criticism. If not, perhaps you could just admit that your comments are merely personal preference and not denigrate performers other people enjoy listening to?
cascamim1 3 years ago
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Weird pacing, mannerisms all over the board, self-indulgence at the expense of artistic virtue, customary aspiration, I could go on and on...
ariodante76 3 years ago
This is incredible! Bravo :)
bobbleheadedbudgie 3 years ago 2
I've loved this song since I saw it in Phantom - Beautifully done. Bravisima!
twilight92 3 years ago 2
Incredible
lady00010 3 years ago
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This is godawful ghastly and vulgar beyond what a decent stomach can tolerate. Yup, Parrraaay!
Scalatti 4 years ago
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Thanks for not following the herd in regards to Bessy the Cow, I mean Renee Fleming.
ariodante76 3 years ago
workin workin workin!!!
tphowle 4 years ago
i disagree: we must remember the great divas of the 40s 50s & 60s & unfortunately not compare them to our new crop who must be judged against among themselves. renee fleming is a fine soprano, terrific personality & actress. brava fleming!!!!!
ittlewoman 4 years ago
I love her voice, and how she interprets many of her roles. She's more than a fine soprano, she's a great one. I didn't compare her to anyone else in this role, only to the character itself, musically speaking. She is an accomplished actress also. As for her personality, I've never met her, so I cannot comment. As an artist, I too say brava!
osvaldito55 4 years ago 4
i have met her & her personality offstage shines thru her stage performances: she is fun, lighthearted & not at all a diva in the worst sense; downtoearth & delightful. she is my current favorite in her category! (& im a sutherland/tebaldi/callas fan from the old days!)
ittlewoman 4 years ago 4
Indeed. In her interviews she seems to be very humble about her enormous talent, and very natural. Her performance of O mio babbino caro, here on YouTube, received raves from me. Her Tatyana is peerless. In the role of Marguerite, however, my heart belongs to Victoria de los Angeles.
osvaldito55 4 years ago
as i said, mio caro, we cannot dwell on the elder divas as all of us elder opera mavens have a great tendency to do; forget de los angeles as ive had to forget past great performances: she is wht we have not now--we must live in the now & cry when we play our old vinyls! viva la fleming! (et al)
ittlewoman 4 years ago
The worst thing perhaps, is so good an aural memory,that singers years dead or retired sing along in our heads when someone new comes along. Sometimes these old voices are just better but not always. Renee Fleming must be in a top (how many?) of sopranos since recording started. We are so priviledged in this multi media world that we can enjoy so much past and present.
hedgechair 3 years ago
Oh shut up.
lady00010 3 years ago
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Bella voce, ma... This is no Marguerite. I do agree with the aria... Marguerite c'est ne plus toi!
osvaldito55 4 years ago