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I'm italian, and I can state that his italian is not perfect (I guess he will never get rid of those few mannerisms) but definitely very good; and he doesn't absolutely sound like someone who doesn't understand what is singing.

By the way, this is not the best rendition of this aria that I heard...

I have the feeling that the aria was approached too fast. He manages pretty well, however, apart from few awkward sounds in the lower register (see around 2:40).

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One of the most beautiful Handel arias here in the best rendition I could find on youtube (even better than Piau, which tells a lot!). I think Baka is the only one that manages to communicate the affetto of "tiredness" of the text. Great support from the orchestra (perfect the contrast with the B...

@jackshamama I WON'T discuss the Bible on a video of Eggs and Bacon! :D

you really sound like you're on drugs here :DD

(cute anyway)

THIS is the right tempo! thanks Antonini! (I think the flute also thanks him a lot)

This helps for sure the result, that is to me the most balanced and satisfying of all I found here on youtube (with Jaroussky a close second). Sonia Prina has the tendency of slurring the scales too much (listen t...

Spinosi insists on taking this aria at lightning speed, and this comes at the detriment of the flute, that sounds really rushed in its solos, and even at the voice that sometimes should need a more relaxing tempo to be really expressive.

I don't really like too much Cencic's voice in this aria, t...

I have the feeling that the flutist is struggling with his (truly challenging) part, and this influences the choice of the tempo and its interpretation.

Spanos delivers a nice and tasteful rendition, but not so top-star as other comments say. I'm not really moved too much. And it seems to me that...

wonderful.

I as afraid of over-ornamentation, but instead, just the perfect quantity

I usually like Jaroussky very much, but here he misses the spot

too fast... pity

a nice version (considering also that is live and on a studio recording) of this difficult aria. I still prefer Kermes' version, though

dear haters,

you are very welcome to take all the skinny untalented "singers" that must get a boob job to have some headlines in the gossip newspapers, I take Adele... I think that's a fair exchange

Isn't the voice of Hawke a bit underplayed? hmm not entirely convinced by him

Am I wrong or she's not together at all with the orchestra? The tempo is also ridicolous, WAY too fast.

italian a bit too approximative, artificial staging and gestures (the kind I really don't like in opera settings). I have some reserves on the voice too... nice coloratura skill, but it sounds very throaty to me and it's quite dishomogeneous. But I like the costumes!

1000 times better than Mijanovic on the recording, who sounded much heavier and in difficulty with the terrible coloraturas (on the disc the aria is also taken slower, which I prefer, here it sounds too rushed)

And to think that this aria was completely reconstructed from scratch! Great

why do we hear a different singer singing the recitativo+aria instead of Lee? pity!

@KirstyGriffiths this is an aria of the Teseo character (which at that time was sung by a castrato) at the beginning of the Act II. It is the opera which is called "Arianna in Creta"

paragoni con gli USA sono fuori luogo. Andiamo a vedere l'osso della storia: 30 Rock è una serie comico/commedia in cui per mettere una battuta occorre che il pubblico capisca il riferimento.

Se hanno messo questa scenetta vuol dire che l'associazione italia-politica-velina è ben entrata nella vi...

The best Caballé Casta diva ever - and that tells a lot!

Incredible outwordly effect with the wind!

I think Sutherland made a better job at Casta Diva other times

I cannot imagine the emotion of being there in the public in that moment! it must have been an unforgettable experience!

Brava Caballé, a monument

unbearable vibrato, it seems she cannot control her voice!

(I think it's Diana Moore from the Hyperion disc, is it correct?)

I'm not sure if the variations sung by Jaroussky in Si dolce è 'l tormento are all appropriate for the style of the period and for the "affetto" expressed by the song.

@Kaisertreu92 ma non vedo perché le due cose non possano essere compatibili! Ma pensi davvero che siano quei due soldi dati alla cultura quelli che impediscono le politiche sociali? Non alimentiamo la leggenda che l'Italia non possa permettersi una politica culturale, siamo una delle nazioni più ...

The Role of Rodrigo is a solid mezzo-contralto of today, not soprano. He was sung by Banditelli and Wesserling in the recordings.

His voice anyway is not good, he doesn't have the support for low notes at all and in few occasions he is forced to move to the bariton register (something a counter ...

aria taken a bit too fast... but she's good, oh yes