Danielle de Niese sings "Lascia ch'io pianga"

Also.. Opera has been dying for a long time.. Have you heard the Met lately? I can't tolerate the minor 9th vibrato they all seem to use.

She's not really all that pertty... I can't stand o look at her.. as one of my friends cal her.. she's looks like a kabuki actor

Sad but true, why is this woman's beauty enough to overcompensate for the fact that she is no where near a world class voice. Good lord, opera is dying.

Great version. I like it !

I am thinking that maybe this singer was having an off day and was using too much dramma to help the voice along. Or maybe she is lacking technique for this very exposed peice. To my ear it was very off stylistically, The whole thing is missing elegance. And I feel the accent on libertà isn't correct.( she borught the b in too soon. The dramma was more for Verdì but this is Handel.

i hear a lot of people talk about her technique and that it will damage her chords or something later on...im just learning about stuff like that...can someone please explain??

The emphasis is never on the voice--it's always on HER, on her face. Are these her "handlers'" decisions or is that her personality?

Maravilhosooo!!!!

i feel as though she sings this song beautifully.
I dont like all the ridicule about how shes dressed.
These videos are here to critique then singing, and let people know your opinion on that.
She sings this nicely, she understands what the words mean, and she uses that to put some emotion in, and i like that :)