Cecilia Bartoli - Mozart - Nozze di Figaro - Voi che sapete

[AMSMeier]

This rendition is far superior to all of the other versions of this song I've found on YouTube.

[ThatBigRugbyKid]

See you in another life brother!

[TheChelseaCate]

50 people have no taste in music.

[karine6081]

cantora bestial Cecilia Bartoli

[MsYeran]

Brava

[TilHelvete]

everyone else is just a disappointment. cecilia is unsurpassed.

[lilasbleuful]

She is beautiful.

[domi2020]

It is refreshing to see her sing without all the aspirating mannerisms that she was to develop later on. Brava

[lincolnyu]

i can never come up with 49 individual reasons for disliking this.

[mayraymauri]

@lincolnyu: They just don't know what music is...

[lamariacanta]

parfait comme toujours.



[gaittins]

Excellent performance. Cecelia is perfectly balanced with Georg, her accompanist.

[alixlilix90]

Bravo!

[20128]

Really, who could dislike her?!

[Dysdemona89]

grande

[ChildFallenStar]

also this is a love song writi=in and performed by a 14 yearold boy in the opera....seems right that one would make faces for that...

[lafca88]

Che gioia ascoltare chi sa cantare veramente ,voce stupenda a parte.

[taf289]

@lafca88Eccolo il suo autore: è Mozart non Vivaldi. Bravissima taf289

[ClassicPerformances]

a touch flat on some opening notes, cecilia

[suntyo0703]

fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[TEgnoto89]

Odd to see her performing as cherubino when I've always known her as susanna

[chipgowest]

i play alll sorts of music, rap , dance, loads of folk but hearing this is so, well im speechless fundimental to me staying alive. just fucking wonderfull and profoundly, yes yes yes!!! love her smile at the end, really beautifull !!!

[OedipusTax]

@chipgowest Why the limited vocabulary? Why trash beauty with a potty mouth? Duh!

[chipgowest]

@OedipusTax watch stephen fry on swearing. nuff said!!!

[OedipusTax]

@chipgowest Sigh! The term 'Nazi" is overused and abused, and by Steven Fry as well as you. Your language pollutes the atmosphere, is selve serving and egotistic. Ugly as well. Liberalism is self-serving and an addiction. I suggest you seek treatment.

[ClaytonWK]

@OedipusTax You just trashed this amazing youtube page with an argument. thanks friend.

[chipgowest]

@OedipusTax i take pride in my self seeking, and i think if more people worried about themselves, in relation to themselves, they wouldnt come out with such resentfull judgemental shit about peoples supposed imperfections and wrong doings. maby one day, your christian god will learn that we humans love things, and people, family freinds and life, more than him. i hear nietzsche say "the christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad, has made the world ugly and bad". well in your case.....

[pegasus1747]

yes, she has an amazing voice and technique; both of which. she uses artistically!  lucky us! and Mozart!

[pegasus1747]

yes, she has an amazing voice and technique; both of which. she uses artistically! lucky us!

[spargel29]

Mooooment, lieber Fachmänner und Fachfrauen-

es ist doch gar nicht so schwer, folgendes zu erkennen:

die MIMIK unterstützt lediglich den gesungenen INHALT...

eine der besten Sängerinnen dieses Planeten EMPFINDET,

wovon sie singt, und WIR dürfen auch noch hautnah dabei Zuschauen !!!

Leute, das ist ein äußerst rares Privileg, werdet euch dessen bewusst, falls noch nicht geschehen !!!

Cecilia singt, und WIR dürfen LIVE dabei sein !!! Its GREAT !!! YEAHHH !!!

[MissMasoch]

I can only wish I can sing like this.

[Isabel1203]

Cecilia, you are the best !!!!

[michelinasorcina]

MERAVIGLIOSA!!!

[mluvese]

Brava!!!! 

[sam0xin]

Please CECILIA ! PLEASE come to LA ! Please ! PLEASE !!!!!

[zabobon11]

Wonderfull 

[MasochisticMaiden]

I've had to sing this 4 years straight . I'm so tired of singing it but I can listen to it all day .

[jcclemens13]

Just perfect

[PabloURSSArg]

Wonderful! Cecilia Bartoli is the best!

[carminacat93]

Does anybody else think she looks like Plácido Domingo? Just a little bit?

[camello35]

@carminacat93 she looks like two placido domingos at the same time indeed but it´s wonderfull

[carminacat93]

Every note is heavenly

[tenthousandmileslate]

Oh, my God, so wonderful!!

[florafox]

Mozart ist einfach widerlich

[elcripson]

@florafox

Irgendwie behindert, oder was?

Man kann ja vieles widerlich finden, aber garantiert nicht Mozart!

[elcripson]

@florafox

Ach und nochmal ein kleiner Nachtrag.

Ich kann verstehen, wenn man die Musik von ihm nicht mag.

Aber ihn als widerlich zu bezeichnen, geht einfach nicht!

Jeder sollte die Musik akzeptieren!

Widerlich ist nur die meiste Musik von heute!

[maiathorsen]

I have to sing this at my school. i don't stand a chance.

[paulostroff99]

Lovely singing! TY.

[AmericanEvita]

Consider that Bartoli has sung the most Mozart heroine roles. She has sung all the female parts in Figaro - Cherubino (whom she is singing here), Susanna and the Countess. She has also sung Elvira in Don Giovanni and Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte. She has a true Mozart voice, so flexible in both mezzo soprano and soprano range. If she had lived in Mozart's Vienna of the 1700's, he would have made her into the biggest star of the era.

[salamandermusik]

i think she's making the same faces Rachel (lea michele, from glee) does when singing

[83Acoreana]

Quero cantar assim! Hei-de lá chegar!

[zoomlock]

Wonderful

[BreakTheSkyMyseIf]

Goodness, I'm practicing this song for school and listening to this is just so incredibly overwhelming.

[mogulmama]

superb!~ magnificent!

[paulostroff99]

Awesome! TY.

[Cherubino3351]

Bueno, a Cecilia también la ponemos... además le encanta España, es simpática, maravillosa y mejor persona.

[sopranosd]

So seamless and on the breath. She makes it look so easy ...Incredible!

[Tiyannii]

Merveilleusement chanté!

[scarbyj17]

effortless (well, she makes it seem so, at least)...and still so beautiful

[elisabettaMI]

bella voce, ma INADATTA a questo brano.

[classic01101238]

Su voz es maravillosa pero, particularmente me encanta como hace las notas graves

[cincorn]

Cecilia= a living treasure.

[otacs2]

Brava Cecilia!

[Od3tt301]

Awesome!

[nineteenforty7]

Who could give this a thumbs down? Philistines!!!

Sumptuous Cecilia. FABULOUS VOICE...

[codyicelord101]

@nineteenforty7 obviously people who don't appreciate opera at its finest

[DEARESTkaitybug]

she does it because, generally, if you have no idea what the song is about, her face can show you. her face is overly expressive because she tries to show you what's happening, and what she's feeling. in her actual operas, if you notice, she's not as bold with facial expression.

[kalonice100]

Maravilloso !!!!!!!!!!! 

[uranoinpesci]

brava ma racchia.

[gill099]

@uranoinpesci °_°

[SnakePlissken2]

Love the big smile at the end !

[littlebuggermate]

magnifique!

[Williyf]

In my mind, this piece of music is the single most beautiful thing ever conceived of by man.

[TheJbach]

Somewhere I've a CD w/ Bartoli in this aria and her rendition is utterly immaculate!!! I say that the great Mozart himself may very well have swooned!!!

[Margeaux2010]

I love her, but I have to listen with my eyes closed... I can't stand looking at her face when she sings. Someone needs to tell her about that too!

[Jennalovesrainbows]

@Margeaux2010 But that is what is so amazing about her. She has so much passion and emotion in her voice. I love watching her because she has fun with what she is doing and she is so into it which makes the audience love it even more. She feels the words and expresses it into her voice and face!

[Margeaux2010]

@Jennalovesrainbows I realize what you're saying Jenna... I do, but take a look... Some of those faces take away from her beautiful voice. Some of them are rediculous. It's just too much.

[gill099]

@Margeaux2010 I think these faces express her effort to sing...

[DarkwaveMistress]

@Margeaux2010 I remember she said in an interview those faces helped her to produce better sounds and that looking ugly was a fair price to sing beautifully. I agree with her.

[Tommyfazz]

@DarkwaveMistress expressive dear...expressive!

[DarkwaveMistress]

@Tommyfazz Well said! ;)

[Tommyfazz]

@DarkwaveMistress well said your self Ms!

[RedKhandro]

@DarkwaveMistress

right! Whoever complains about her faces doesn't know about singing at all.

[MellyPooh100]

@DarkwaveMistress It happens. They do help you make certain your soft palette stays lifted. I look fairly ugly when I sing.

[lonely1wicca]

@DarkwaveMistress What's called ugly by one person can be called normal or even beautiful by someone else. I don't find Cecilia ugly making these faces. I believe it belongs to Cecilia and she's famous partially for these faces...besides her voice obviously. ;)

[DarkwaveMistress]

@lonely1wicca I think the looks awesome when she sings. I just quoted her from an interview I saw once, and her comment made me laugh a lot. I think she's a very fun and cool person.

[Darkboy2525]

@DarkwaveMistress well those are wise words indeed, but I find it somehow charming that she use those ... 'ugly' faces. I rather cal lthem funny faces, because they are not ugly, they show love, and love should not be be from the outside, but the inside, and she shows MANY expression with her face exprecions !

I love it !

[mysteryperson1976]

@DarkwaveMistress Facial expressions are used by just about everyone. Violinists and guitarists are especially known for making weird faces while they're playing as a way of getting into the music. There was even a violinist who couldn't control his facial expressions from getting so into the music. It's no different with singers. I've seen quite a few singers make those exact same faces.

I should add that I'm responding to your comment not to argue with it, but to agree with your comment.

[DarkwaveMistress]

@mysteryperson1976 You are absolutely right. :)

[carminacat93]

@DarkwaveMistress But she doesn't look ugly...she just looks funny, in the best possible way!

[TedMichaelMorgan]

@DarkwaveMistress I adore her. She is right, by the way.

[Matteino85]

great

[nopcbinfishoilplz]

Thanks for posting this video.

[tpjl25]

Brava, bella!

[reginge]

I'm wondering if she's playbacking. Seems to me...in 1:54 'ma pur'...

[charlesprinceofswing]

@reginge Nope not at all!

[reginge]

ok i was just wondering, because in de music it says 'ma pur' are 2 quarter notes, and her lips move like quarter notes, but the sound is like an eighth and a quarter note. ;)

[cristiangorno]

bellisssssimo, bravo bravo Cecilia!!!!

[marisolex119]

divinadiva

[bojakovlev]

I never understood why she's so popular; she has such an unpleasant tremolo.

[daddio7777777]

Some musical instruments seem to have designed for a particular piece of music. Bartoli's voice appears to have been ''designed'' for singing Mozart. Bravissimo!

[flamencotango]

This is how Voi che sapete was meant be be sung. Bravo Cecilia!!!

[NeelamAnandii]

Bartioli is a Legend! ;)

[kiwiko24]

is it possible if i can have the mp3 of this? i need it for contest.

[jmbonell]

Impresionante

[sooone123]

liebe die stelle an 1:43min

[smaceira]

Ah... Cecilia does just great! What a voice.. :)

[seetsebea1]

Bartoli is Bartoli, whatever she sings, just great!

[gharusa]

I find she looks like a man, but what a voice

[serenaluce]

It's not too bad, but I don't like her manners and low notes. In my opinion this aria sounds the most beautiful and right in countertenors' renditions! It's only a weird tradition that women sing it. Cherubino is supposed to be a young man! Isn't it strange that one woman appeals to the other women:"Donne, vedete, s'io lo nel cor..."?!...The best version is Spanos's, then Cencic's!

[Wanderer329]

Well, Mozart thought differently! They're called 'trouser roles', created by composers because they liked the blend of women's voices in certain roles. Check out Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier", and other Strauss operas.

[serenaluce]

@Wanderer329 Mozart thought differently, and they created trouser roles at that time because they wanted to forget about castrati! They wanted to forget about that awful practice and what was done to men! That's why they created this weird fasion to deal with women in men's roles and not with men singing in falsetto. But don't you think that this practice has lingered for too long?! A woman can't be convincing pretending that she is a man! There are enough good countertenors now for such roles.

[cazonetta]

@serenaluce True, but before women entered the theatre it was typical for castrati to sing womens' roles, so one can't really win either way. I agree that most of the women I've seen are poor actors (mainly because it's hard imagining that this is a "boy" or "young man"). You might as well say it'd be best all around if composers wrote music for a decidedly female or male character and stuck to that. As it is, Mozart wrote a trouser role, and countertenors, if any, were uncommon.

[cazonetta]

Also, I think countertenors are awesome (at least the gifted ones), so sometimes I'm divided concerning trouser roles. In this case, Cherubino would still probably better suit a soprano. Just my opinion, though.

[xoxpenguinxox]

@cazonetta no you need a mezzo doing the part! few sopranos however the warmth of the bottom range which cherubino needs.

[cazonetta]

@xoxpenguinxox thanks for catching my mistake. I meant "mezzo."

If you've ever heard of Bejun Mehta, I think he has the best voice for the role of Cherubino. For a countertenor, he has a deep mezzo voice, and as a man, would hopefully understand Cherubino's character better than a woman.

[serenaluce]

That's also true that for some time castrari sang women's roles. It was a weird fashion too. Usually because women were not allowed on stage. But though I prefer men singing men's roles and women women's I'm so fed up with female singers in pants roles that it was very interesting to me to see the opposite situation in Sant'Alessio! It's fascinating! But I think that nowadays logic should prevail in opera too, and men's roles should be sung by countertenors! It's only natural! My opinion too.

[baird292]

Superb!

[smaceira]

She is incredible. This is just great! :)

[onkelmate1]

What a voice, what a good looking women. God is unfair, i have a bad voice and i am bad looking, shit. Nevertheless, Cecilia you are great!

W. A. Mozart, Salzburg.

[animalpals]

how do u no tht a) u have a bad voice and b) tht u r bad looking? x x x x

[misssomethingnew]

Mozart don't worry, I'm sure you'll find something you are good at..

Geduld, Geduld :)

[yumystery]

I just fell in love...that voice, that expression!

[FREDKO22]

Brava!

[Scribbler29]

Is she a mezzo or a soprano? Or something in between?

[JaneBailey01]

she's a mezzo

[MegaLensman]

Wonderful!perfect perfomence sunged in her native italien which makes this perfect!all the other was singing with an accent,i think Mozart himself wood have liked this.

[rottencat240]

@MegaLensman *sung *would

[ThePhantasmalSpoon]

@rottencat240 *performance, *sung, *italian, *would... not to mention the grammar

[operalament]

she is great, nothing more need be said

[1401JSC]

She's singing under the note!

Excellent Fischer. (Guitar accompaniment for serenade, knowledge of the orchestration, equilibre qith AG, tempo....)

[Leah041]

Que las mezzos tambien tienen lo suyo??

Como?

[PEPEDEBARRO]

Che bella voce!

[onkelmate1]

@PEPEDEBARRO

I agree with you 1000000%

[PEPEDEBARRO]

Hi onkelmate

Yes, I think we all gree with the Contessa:

"Bravo! Che bella voce! Io non sapea che cantaste sì bene"

Cheers!

[Liszt31]

@PEPEDEBARRO Bei tempi in cui la Bartoli non si limitava a creare solo l'effetto RPG-110 per mitragliare gli ascoltatori con le semicrome

[keyphi]

grande mezzosoprano! gracias a ella supe que las mezzos tambien tienen lo suyo

[tarnhelm1]

She has such a presence a supestar.

[MicioFelino]

Fantastico!

[GatesxAlexDelarge]

THIS IS MY MOST FAVORITE SONG!!!!!

[nofollowbabylon]

bravissima

[andreea94a]

She' great.

[MrLOLLAPOP]

ma che brava

[flashart]

Fantastic.

So much nicer than the videos where the girl's dressed up as a boy.

And- Yes, I am aware of the original Opera - and the whole 'Classical' notion of 'Gender'- I just prefer her in the dress.

Any good English versions out there?

[proudargie]

No, bleks411, the young man did not find anything. He just FEELS something strange he never felt before. He is not in love with anybody. He just feels love. And he does not know what to do with that feeling. Don't you remember those days? We were in love with love.

[ujvari12]

Egy kitűnően előadott, gyönyörűsége ária.

[sveanelson]

È UN CANTANTE MOLTO BUON

[LaPetitMorte13]

I love Cecilia Bartoli, but I didn't particularly like how she sang this aria. I think Maria Ewing did a better interpretation.

[alixvhessen]

Don't think so....... plus Cecilia sings LIFE

[lecterfish]

I love Cecilia in this aria although I agree it could ba a little slower. I keep getting distracted by her earrings though!

[senorvergara]

What? are you a fucken barracuda? this is beautiful.

[Pischnaholic]

I'm practically the head of Cecilia's International Fan Club. I have never had anything but praise for her artistry. HOWEVER, I remember a time at the Met when TERESA BERGANZA sang this aria -- at a much more sedate tempo -- and it nearly stopped my heart it was so beautiful.

We mustn't forget Berganza and Von Stade -- two very great mezzo-sopranos. Cecilia is equally wonderful in her own way, and that's just the point.

There is no "one way." Each true artist is unique, thank God.

[0ri0n77]

And, may I add, Tatiana Troyanos, just to compose the bouquet =)

[Generic1987]

Brava, the tempo is perfect; this aria is about a hormonal 14-15 year old boy wanting to know about sex, not a funeral dirge. Learn the lyrics/character before you criticize.

[feebsify]

way too fast

[Rodher88]

Idiot!!

[Generic1987]

That's a great rebuttal Rodher. Let me tell you.

[maggiethefox]

Why so fast?

[kafkakinder]

I really like this tempo and CECILIA IS SIMPLY DIVINE!

[MayTheDjinn]

Brava prima donna! Haha... Wonderful absolutely beautiful.

[Gormula1947]

Friends told me I had to hear Cecilia Bartoli's "Voi che sapete" if I wanted to hear how it should be sung, and I see what they mean. She owns this aria, and I will compare others to her from now on.

Via con Dios, Cecilia, and may you sing and live long and well.

[sheppard080395]

brava madama ! ! !

[pistarino1]

grande

[Umeavisby]

Magnifique Cécilia Bartoli !

[gombika12]

too fast! But so beutiful

[silcmo]

She is a fantastic singer...a wonderful artist!!!

[000nour000]

incredible voice, effortless - brava!

[ligth95]

genial es mozart reviviendo

[beyondbookworm]

bravo. i have to sing this for a recital and i have to give a sort of synopsis on what's going on in the song so that people will understand. can anybody help me with that?

[evacanela]

try wikipedia

[bleeks411]

Basically it's about this teenage boy who has just found out all about women... and he's lusting after them all :) Good luck with your recital! :)

[Regianadia]

Comecei a estudar ópera e acredito que, ouvindo esta voz sublime, vou desistir... Joke!

[dodi132]

LOVE her expressive face!

She makes listening fun...

[DinaxD]

I love opera, but those face expressions are too funny! d; That's why I am to embarassed to perform operas live. hihi