R. Broschi, Son Qual nave ch'agitat'

[LuvUtooGirls]

The guy behind her playing the violin makes funny facial expressions!! love Him & and the girl singing!! :D

[spiliada]

The best version I've ever heard.

And let's see her voice after a decade.

Will be brighter with nuances which will surprise us!

Brava!

[wichmannsburg]

Une découverte ! Très beau chant, mais aussi très bon orchestre. Bravo !!!

[rebivet]

@SkateNater non sai che cosa dici, capisco che una interpretazione possa piacerti più di un'altra, ma dire che Cecilia Bartoli massacri quest'aria mi sembra francamente eccessivo e sicuramente falso.

[PrimaRagazza]

By far & away the best version of this aria on youtube .. I think it's stunning! some people are not easily pleased it would seem! The coloratura is accurate, she stands *still*, her voice is even, her facial expressions are appropriate and expressive, what's not to like? She has quite a small voice, but most very flexible voices are smaller .. and as for the suggestion that this aria is for countertenors .. i would challenge anyone to find anything as good as this (and share if you do!!) :)

[immature0916]

shes no cecilia bartoli but i must say she sounds wonderful her interpretation was great and i enjoy her voice she reminds me of cecilia alot but i still enjoy cecilia's interpretation much better...lol

[maragato23]

Yes, her technique are superior to Bartoli, but She`s deform the aria with her extreme colorature! This aria is for a mezzo or conuntertenor, not for this soprano deformation !

[VBF56PTDR]

@maragato23 non.

[direngrey2143]

@maragato23

Well, this aria was actually written for a castrato (or should I say, THE castrato, Farinelli). So in actual fact, there is no 'correct' approach in term of vocal range. It is perfectly acceptable for either a mezzo or soprano to interpret this aria.

[Zanghire]

she must be one of the aliens from roswell, what a monstruosity!

[gioeyedoll]

@Zanghire lmao

[MisterPapageno]

Bartoli's photocopy . Voice and fast coloratura based on nothing, musical variations totally out of style (showing complete ignorance of Broschi's style), no expression at all. This lady is developing her career on recitals and on CD (last one, Rossini's arias, having performed ONLY one Rossini opera on stage and having sang in just two operas). I do hope Dame Te Kanawa will work on her because I do believe she isn't able to sing the most simple piece based on the WORD at the very moment! BW

[2010wieliczka]

@MisterPapageno Exactly. athletics competitions on the sport arena, Guinnes World record of coloratura speed. But I hope that i will changing, she will be more mature artist, she is very young. I dont know anything about her wocal skills when she was 15 or 14 , I wish I would listen to it and compare.

[2010wieliczka]

@MisterPapageno After criticism of female voice - women can be proud of Deborah York singing Haendel's Gloria. It is exemple of incredible beautifull, excellent, perfect female voice. I wish women sung more frequently in that manner...

[llamala2010]

@NemetzKrystal - That makes sense.

[Dogaradodia]

Julia Lezhneva - Intergalactic Soprano!

[llamala2010]

I do wish she would ditch the microphone though.

[AgnesRegina]

@llamala2010 Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like she's singing outdoors. If she sang without a microphone the sound would all dissipate into the air (and I say this without any disrespect to her very fine and focused voice!) It's just normal -- even large choirs and orchestras performing outdoors have to be miked to concentrate the sound toward the audience. Indoors, she would definitely not need anything to project her sound, but outdoors, anybody would!

[llamala2010]

@AgnesRegina - Yeah, I realized that. Thanks.

[llamala2010]

I don't know why my ears are so different than everyone else's, but to me, she sounds much better than Bartoli.

[fan2jnrc]

What a dreadfull dress....... But the voice is really perfect, and the da capo is a model of good taste...

But of course, all this is a little "grey", "star pupil"... This is not the show of Bartoli...

[Musicadivina1969]

Qual nave agitata? ..... è un pezzo di legno!

[shambala1988]

damn she's realy good :O even after bartolii :))) wish loads of luck to this girl :)

[2010wieliczka]

1:47 - 2:16 - bohater drugiego planu :) ( hero of the second plan )

[vicho081973]

Julia excelente desde México.

[moodytn]

Meraviglioso!!

[Wally773MTG]

the violist's facial expressions are priceless!!!

[Lygdamos]

Non ho parole, semplicemente strepitosa!

[newhotmailit]

everything is amazing, the voice is simply gorgeous, even if i miss a little bit the 'must theatre' of bartoli :-)))

[liligr21]

she could make big gestures if she the would have half of bartoli's voice and technic. it's not bad at all though. 

[bravazingara]

superb....and I absolutely adore the fact that she seems to be enjoying herself so much!

[Marlifan69]

Amazing singer!

Really a superb performance!

Congratulations!

[desertking4u]

Super voice and orchestra, brilliant !

[MrDarknesslover]

SHE IS AMAZING!

[Dogaradodia]

I've said it before and I'll say it again now: Certified Intergalactic!

[johnchicagoactor]

Phenominal!!!!

[PiroozAzDirooz]

For a more robust performance of this Aria, go to: youtube.com/watch?v=kzGvIGEkkq­o&feature=related

[newhotmailit]

@PiroozAzDirooz can not find the link :-(

[MichaelHTillman]

LOL Expression. You would prefer Bartoli chomping the stage off? Gorgeous performance here.

[aledra]

Who cares if she is 20, 30 years old? Who cares if she pulls her hair back to look younger? False info, true info, who cares? All that is superficial.... What it all comes down to is if she can execute or not! She has an amazing voice. Makes it look almost effectless. When you close your eyes, its all about the voice!

[tdi11]

I totally agree with @countertenourJ. Expression here is secondary. It is just a pity that she did not go further in the Da Capo. I would expect much better than what she did at 6:50 and on.

[vfljyyf]

нужна смена имиджа срочно!!!! К такому голосу образ поварихи не подходит!

[197AMR197]

Check your info ! Go to Lezhneva's Rossini perfromance at the Classical Brits 2010!!

[197AMR197]

Check your info ! Go to Lezhneva's Rossini perfromance at the Classical Brits 2010!!

[TheEnigma112011]

@vfljyyf Все таки лучше образ поварихи и такой невероятный голос и техника, чем образ фотомоделя и никакой техники. Все эти красавицы, которых в течении последних 5-6 лет видим, не могут сравниваться с ней, если речь идет о ГОЛОСЕ - а опера исскуство прежде всего ВОКАЛЬНОЕ.

[JLBorges2]

Un talent incroyable. Une future grande Diva. Par certains côtés elle me fait penser à la Callas

[demore50]

Amazing! Потрясающе!

[classicalgalNYC]

Perfect technique at such a young age of 20! =D

[Desideria7]

@classicalgalNYC She is 30, not 20. Don't trust what you read in the press.

[classicalgalNYC]

@Desideria7 No she is 20 in this video Kiri Te Kanawa named her protege at only 21 years old last year at the classical Brit awards ;) She is supper talented for one so young!

[Realmusician1]

@classicalgalNYC Everyone can false the passport, look at her face and how she puts her hair to make the skin look smoother and the face younger. Western people are too credulous, Russian opera ladies to 99% are liars.

[grossemaaarde]

@Desideria7 She studies at my school. She was born in 1989.

[nicksum29]

@grossemaaarde Wow, so young - and so SMART!!!!! She sings with the wisdom of an artist twice her age!

[cavalleriarusticable]

Brava! Just sung...without going crazy. Just perfect. Thanks for this great performance

[ElenMone]

Bravo Yulechka!!!

[doctorfate77]

Finally, a lyrical performance of this. You don't have to be crazy to be good. Who is this girl?

[mrharpsi]

Bravo!!!

[vonDali]

Cerco i spartiti di quet´aria - Ho una versione diversa - aiuto-dove posso acquistare questa bella versione?

[vonDali]

I´m looking for a score for this aria - i have one, but this is another version...Help - where can I buy it?

Ich suche die Noten für diese Arie - ich habe eine andere Version - bitte, wo kann ich es kaufen?

[tigorsf]

Wow!!! Beautiful timbre, I love the way her coloratura sounds...I wanna mary her, do a Biology student - who doesn't know nothing about music - like me stand any chance? lol

[mandylinox]

@tigorsf same here, I am chem major, love opera! love her so much!

[acanthe83]

Merci pour cette vidéo : on entend trop souvent des chanteurs qui ornementent à outrance et oublient la ligne vocale. Il me semble que la ligne vocale est superbe ici ; juste une réserve pour certains aigus un peu tirés

[PrimoUomo]

A rarity in voices, so effortless in all registers, clear but all both high and low. Nothing shy in techniques either! At rate, what will this voice become in just a few years?! a true soprano sfogato

[PrimoUomo]

A rarity in voices, so effortless in all registers, clear but all both high and low. Nothing shy in techniques either! At rate, what will this voice become in just a few years?!

[CantoSemper49]

fantastic!!!!!

[Snuti]

Never heard a better rendition of this aria I think , congratulationss Julia!! So young , perfect technique , very expressive singing , I hope you become a regular recording artist , the composers would be thankful ;)

[razdoburdina]

Brava! un beau surprise! Merci AV

[sant11207]

She is so great

[bajubner]

Beautiful voice, but she has a mushy face.

[wenarto]

whoah! brava

[helanoflute]

I thought only cecilia bartoli did this. 

[eradesso]

I do not understand why these fanatics use Bartoli as a measure of good singing against singers who can actually outsing her.

She's a diva yes, she's dusted off obscure works yes but she's technically faulty in 99% of her singing. Her technique is based of weird staccati aspirati, glottal attacks, vibrato caprino and muscular tension.

Look and listen to this girl: flawless legato in the volatine, perfect emission, floating sound, she's never in the throat, she's never tensing the muscles.

[Alicantino1976]

I don't think her voice is castrato-like but she does a good job!

[Bellybruxa]

She´s is very good, just amazing. But i hated her look! It´s terrible!

[perles75]

it's not so slow (look at Bartoli's version, more or less it's the same duration), you get this effect because of the orchestra, which plays quite plainlz and without any push forward.

Let's hope that she will manage to gain in expressivity (and a bit in control) without losing that purity of the voice and the effortless coloraturas.

[bagbyte]

Great voice but she is pretty curious....

maybe it's for her dress but seems her head is very big compared to her body!

[essenciademusica]

Ela canta mill vezes melhor que Cecilia Bartoli!

Brava , maravilhosa interpretação!

[essenciademusica]

MIl vezes melhor que Cecilia Bartoli!

[eatysoony]

SO SLOW !!!

[EdmChagas]

This is my second comment here, which is about another comment made by someone else. I don't think Ms Lezhneva is the next Cecilia Bartoli for two very simple reasons: the first is the fact that one should not even attempt to compare the voices, which are quite distinct and as such incomparable. Secondly, Ms Bartoli has achieved excellence - she's able to do whatever it is that she wants with her amazing voice and superb technique. Ms Lezhneva is a supernova - a star that's just come into being.

[nana071786]

@EdmChagas Agreed! Cecilia is untouchable...don't get me wrong this girl is good but her low notes are not as loooooow as my dear Cecilia's ; )

[killerbunny123123]

@EdmChagas I could not agree more with you. Except a "supernova" is the end of a star's life, not the beginning.

[EdmChagas]

@killerbunny123123 Of course! Sorry about that and thanks!

[melibame]

these is a wonderfull voice !! brava!

[EdmChagas]

BRAVA!!! BRAVA!!! The only thing I didn't like was the difference between the tempos (see beginning and end). It would have been much more consistent and nicer to the year had the tempo been kept as presto as it is supposed to be all the way through.

[EdmChagas]

I meant EAR, of course.

[maurice2572]

Where's the director!!!???

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! Best rendition! Not harsh but refined.

[tris648]

@Dogaradodia

you always use "certified intergalactic" on every operas video in youtube =="

[Dogaradodia]

@tris648 It's my way of saying Bravissimo or Bravissima. :-)

[9sibra]

great work, girl!:D very impressive! and not "overvibrated", like bartoli's performance.

however the resonance of the hall is too strong for this kind of music.

[xr1983kr]

Eccelsa!

[Kiseirusama]

she must learn to control more ....

[flieger53]

Bella voce, ottima tecnica. Le manca l'esperienza della presenza scenica; la relativa nespressività del viso mi fa pensare che non conosca la traduzione di ciò che canta in italiano. Ma farà strada, se lo merita

[hubertsze]

Absolutely stunning! Why isn't an artist like her working with one of the major labels?

[UtochkinaKaterina]

@hubertsze because she is still young. if she is smart, her time will come;)

[gustavoanmosura]

good performance

[Avedissalitis]

Who cares about her facial expression. I want to hear her - and I hear joy. She perfomes this beautiful aria just perfectly. As wylltwalia said: masterful!

[Dogaradodia]

Julia Lezhneva - Miss Intergalactic!

[Sailorstayfree]

O seaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa que bella!

[limerickguy123]

Stunning!

[jcmendezify]

Very beautiful

[amacine]

impresionante!!!! i love her!!

[littlechildren01]

oh my god, this is truly amazing... such a promising soprano, but until i hear her without the microphone, i´ll be entirely sure of her merits

[perles75]

listening to this video one cannot avoid to appreciate the immensely greater expression of the Giardino Armonico, this orchestra is just playing the notes. Regarding the singing, I won't make the comparison with Bartoli, they are completely different styles. She's very good, wonderful coloraturas, a great trill, very nice ornamentation in the da capo and she manages also to squeeze some interpretation. I would like to hear her without micro, though.

[Snuti]

She makes it seem so efffortless hehe , I love this version, nice ornamentation .



[NicolaAntonioPORPORA]

Divina Interpretazione

[yaninagimro]

Замечательно!!!

Такая легкость, такой полет...

[secretmax07]

and she's only 20 years old...

[helendonath]

Molto brava. ...è un po' inquietante, ma brava

[Moultoenromes]

Cecilia's version sounds like her ship is already sunken down and rip off by the morbid sea. Julia's version is more appropiate.

[jcmendezify]

@Moultoenromes wtf?

[AlessanteFurioso]

@Moultoenromes He he he. Generally, I like Ceci B., but I agree with you. Very well said!

[bonusgabor]

She is very talented, I enjoyed her performance very much. It was slower than the Cecilia Bartoli version and she didn't make so big gestures, just standing on the stage moveless, but this is the orderly way to sing a piece of classical music.

[hopelesslyinlovedu]

@bonusgabor I think she's got a fantastic facial expression. besides is the expression on her voice what should matter, at the end that's the transcendental aspect of a singer. Cecila Bartolli seems to me, at times, grotesque and somehow annoying, though her voice is fantastic.

[CountertenorJ]

@hopelesslyinlovedu I agree to the point that the facial expressions should be of the utmost importance. I, however, must disagree that her facial expressions are great for this piece. The first half is about being alone, scared and confused -- due to being lost amid rocks and the storm. The second section is about seeing one's lover on the shore and feeling at peace and safe. I cannot tell this by her facial expressions; therefore, storytelling failure.

[wylltwalia]

@CountertenorJ I do not put much stock in facial expression when it comes to Broschi, who is more about vocal dexterity than any emotional depth - Lezhneva's performance is simply ...masterful

[CountertenorJ]

@wylltwalia I understand your viewpoint, but sadly, I can only agree to it via audio recording. I'm American and many know we aren't the most lingually impressive society, so having very adequate acting skills (especially facial expressions) helps to convey meaning and message to a type of music that is often highly misunderstood.

[2010thevoice]

OMG 6:50 was GLORIOUS!!!! I LOVE HER VOICE!

[Libattir81]

Beautiful voice, but she does better on the slow pieces like "Alto Giove". Some difficulty with breathing and keeping a steady voice during coloratura, but then again she's only 21. In a couple of years' time she'll be perfect.

[guiradobrasil]

Thank you very much for posting. I've always been a great Bartoli fan, since her first records, but I have no problem recognizing this young singer is a huge talent, such effortless and beautiful coloratura. I hope she starts a recording career soon.

[ceciliafan1]

no one does it like cecilia bartoli does it! c mon!

[AndrewAARus]

Bravo!!!

[phantomlover1000]

lol it looks like she about to pasout but her voice is beautiful

[tubeview888]

maybe the corset has something to do with it

[sonqualnave]

why is she singing only bartoli's repertory with the same exact ornementation that bartoli does in each aria....?

[jovi1715]

già.....

[CatalinaDM56]

EXACTLY!!!

[GranDiavolo]

Castrata Diva !

[idaspe]

NO SE PUEDE CREER...

[karlleo]

Brava! Young and promising. One of the greatest coloratura passages ever!

[youngbeetle80]

sick coloratura ..all fine and dandy.. but wtf is she wearing??

[hopelesslyinlovedu]

thank god i'm not the only one who thought that. I'm just wondering, if her breathing is affected by her corset

[youngbeetle80]

yesss i wondered that too.. and if her boobs were going to spring into their own coloratura action! haha

[violatione]

I'm in love!

[thebarroque]

How wonderful and great! :) Love her voice :)

[carosaxone]

Brava brava brava and again brava!!!!!

[youfeda]

Bravissima

[sour7lemon]

I Love the joy in her face when she knows she sounds wonderful in the toughest coloratura passages. She shows joy without looking insane (cough cough bartoli) A true artist

[sour7lemon]

No reason why we should be stuck with just hearing Bartoli in this repertoire when this monster of a singer is out here!!! Why isn't she more well known

[BWV1906]

@sour7lemon umm we like being "stuck" with Bartoli.

[MrRinaldo83]

Better than Bartoli's version

[rockinbaroque]

bravo Julia! she's only 20 or smth. her time will come!

[MrLupo23]

che messa di voce a 4.55

[fagottehautboy]

i think this is the first time i've seen a singer actually push the band. her coloratura is faster than what they started with. brilliant!

now, how do you get her to do this with a band playing on gut? lolz

[MrCerry90]

Gran bella voce, degna del cavallo di battaglia che fu d Farinelli!

[VictoriaTang]

wow!!! what a voice for castrato music, amazing voice with amazing techniques!

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! Woohoo! Yehey! Hurray! (hands & feet clapping)

[Diplomkuwi]

It's like one mind!! Where has she been hiding?!?!?!

[GoBogi]

She totally rocked it.

[ceciliafan1]

good job!

[lalagonegaga]

Never heard of her. Cannot understand why. She's FANTASTIC!

[alexmacias]

Really impressive! Congratulations!

[FarinelliNBG]

Gosh.... just unbelievable. So wonderful... This is the first time ever, this aria made me cry. The Castrato-music suits her voice more than perfect... just like it was written for her. I´m speechless... THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS!!!

[operapassion]

great singer, wonderful diva!!!