Un bel di - Barbara Padilla - heartland festival orchestra

Un bel di from Madame Butterfly. Guest soprano Barbara Padilla appears with the Heartland Festival Orchestra and Artistic Director David Commanday.

Un bel di, vedremo -- One fine day you shall see

Un bel dì, vedremo
Levarsi un fil di fumo
Sull'estremo confin del mare
E poi la nave appare
E poi la nave è bianca.
Entra nel porto, romba il suo saluto.
Vedi? È venuto!

Io non gli scendo incontro, io no.
Mi metto là sul ciglio del colle
E aspetto gran tempo
e non mi pesa a lunga attesa.
E uscito dalla folla cittadina
Un uomo, un picciol punto
S'avvia per la collina.
Chi sarà? Chi sarà?
E come sarà giunto
Che dirà? Che dirà?
Chiamerà Butterfly dalla lontana
Io senza far risposta
Me ne starò nascosta
Un po' per celia,
Un po' per non morire
Al primo incontro,
Ed egli al quanto in pena
Chiamerà, chiamerà :
"Piccina - mogliettina
Olezzo di verbena"
I nomi che mi dava al suo venire.
Tutto questo avverrà,
te lo prometto

Tienti la tua paura -
Io con sicura fede lo aspetto.

English Translation

One fine day, we will see
Arising a strand of smoke
Over the far horizon on the sea
And then the ship appears
And then the ship is white
It enters into port, rumbles its salute
Do you see it? He is coming!

I don't go down to meet him, not I.
I stay upon the edge of the hill
And I wait a long time
but I do not grow weary of the long wait
And leaving from the crowded city,
A man, a little speck
Climbing the hill.
Who is it? Who is it?
And when he arrives
What will he say? What will he say?
He will call Butterfly from a distance
I without answering
Stay hidden
A little to tease him,
A little so as not to die.
At the first meeting,
And then a little troubled
He will call, he will call
"Little one, dear wife
Orange-Blossom"
The names he gave me at his last visit.
All this will happen,
I promise you this

Hold back your fears -
I wait for him with certain faith.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Barbara
• Padilla;
• David
• Commanday;
• heartland
• festival
• orchestra;
• opera;
• chamber
• music;
• soprano;
• classical

[michael48joey]

im impressed, i was under estimating her

[zucchini2007]

EPIC PERFORMANCE

[fellow111411]

OMG. Besides the version by Anna Netrobko, this is the other version I like most.

[treehorndogsbody]

I could listen to Ms Padilla for hours.

[obsykraton]

complimenti,una belissima voce che dovrebbe essere usata meglio,l'artista divrebbe distanziarsi dal pop per diventare una vera cantante lirica,comunque bella e buona voce,grazie

[jewelmarkess]

@rabbitfoxlion Barbara has a beautiful lyric soprano voice, but if you think it's the most powerful you haven't heard too many real opera singers. For example, all opera singers sing without microphones when they perform in operas in opera theaters, and you hear their voices soar above the orchestra even when they sing softly. There are also different types of soprano voice. Barbara is a lyric soprano, but dramatic sopranos have stronger voices. Try Jessye Norman for example.

[zucchini2007]

Time will tell who is the TRUE winner of AGT 2009. And I'm confident that it's Barbara Padilla!

[elegie84]

I love her voice and emotions, she is an accomplished artist! God bless her! :))

[rabbitfoxlion]

THE MOST powerful soprano voice that i have ever heard. has sarah brightman ever sung that loud?

[masteroftheeouse]

Absolutely wonderful and beautiful Barbara!

[hkoebe]

I have heard so many versions now - so many top world-famous singers performing "un bel di vedremo" - and in Germany I never heard about Padilla.

- then I klicked Musetta's Waltz - once again it was one of the best I heared. It is entertaining, nice to watch her face and the climax of puccinis music ist totally full of voice - amazing.

Maybe there is sometimes "to much" - but this does not matter.

This woman deserves to be an international accepted operastar - even comming just from AGT

[zucchini2007]

I LOVE it at the very end, when she extends her arms out towards the sky. Like Wonderwoman, LOL.