Adina Nitescu "Con onor muore" Butterfly's Death

[jigsawzoubir]

When one hears that aria for the first time, tears are almost impossible to avoid. At that moment, I felt different things: deep sadness for Madame Butterfly, great admiration for Puccini and a sort of relief, because she find her way to a better world, a place between her ancestors.

[ploplisphilin]

Wow! Stunning use of the fan! Very effective. The other figures are OK , but that blood red fan was quite enough. Butterfly is such a brutally long and taxing sing, and she might have been a bit worn out. But, then, maybe a big dramatic soprano sound at the end is unnecessary. She handled the long dramatic line of the scene beautifully. Very touching physical presence too.

[SushiPink131]

Just saw her in the dress rehearsal of 'Tosca' and she was amazing!

[giotenor]

super Adina

[cantanteporsiempre]

Beautiful voice, very creamy

[coryisawake]

LOL @ 2:57

[MarquisDePosa53]

Saw Adina last night at the Canadian Opera Company's production of Butterfly last night, she was extraordinary, we gave her a 5 minute standing ovation. She sing softly last night, she nailed this number. Bravo Adina

[navydoc090]

Pinkerton needs to embrace her as the pool expands underneath them

[vocalpianist]

It lacks, passion, fire, and suicide...

No me gusta =/

[offtobroadway]

that staging was fantastic!!!

[Chilair1]

her singing and acting are equally dry.

[operalover9001]

great singing. i think this was taken from the keita asari production for la scala with yasuko hayashi though.

[Fallingstar423]

Does anybody know why it says "mezzo" on the right hand side of the video?

[rakewell2]

Its a French Music channel on TV

[natashkk]

It is true. She sings so soflty, when it is supposed to be most dramatic scene of the opera... Beautiful voice, though. I also liked the setting at the moment of the death.

[scorpioncarmen]

The setting is amazing here. Esp the moment she killed herself and the cloth became red. That part impressed me a lot; but if Nitescu could act better, it will be even better.

[nlupos]

Something very important's missing that is dramatism. She seems too calm for this sublime moment of the opera, in fact the most sublime: a mother abandons her son saving her honour and securing him a better future. This is the raw true and cannot see it there.

[NecroSirius]

No necesariamente. La paradoja del último momento es precisamente que se intente mantener calmada por su hijo, sabiendo que está haciendo lo mejor, despedirse de él y dejarle un recuerdo. No es un acto desesperado como los gringos están acostumbrados a ver en su cine chatarra, sin ouna interpretación menos obvia y más pensada. Es como el error cometido por actores MUY a menudo donde un recuerdo lejano hace llorar al personaje. Demasiado obvio sería, y por lo tanto para tontos.

[hobo1975]

not emmy destinn!

[waterfordwinstons]

brava brava brava