Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sings "Let the Bright Seraphim" - Handel

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sings "Let the Bright Seraphim" from the oratorio "Samson" by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). With Australian Pops Orchestra, John Hopkins / conductor. Recorded at State Theatre Victorian Arts Centre Melbourne, Australia, 1993.

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• soprano
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[kaleonani77]

Boy she makes it seem an easy sing! Go ahead girl!!! Ms. Coloratura....

[DarienFithos]

so really who wouldn't kill for her coloratura? This is one of the most agile, supple voices i have heard. Kathleen Battle might be able to go faster, but her production is so thin it's almost a crime.

Not that you'd need such a...thick? sound on the melismas, but the effect is so much different to hear it come from Kiri Te.

[calaftheeast]

Her voice is created for baroque. Simply great. I am so used to Sutherland sticking that glorious high note at the end, that it sounds somewhat weird hearing the aria without it.

But who cares? I love her musicianship. Brava.

[theblueangel28]

thats my Lady!!!

[mountainsong100]

A comment on pitch. I believe that A 440 was not the normal pitch of Handel's day.. but about A 435 which would have pitched this pice a little lower and a bit easier for the coloratura range. As Dame Joan said in an interview, it's hard to sing in the upper range and enunciate words...true... but preserve the vowel sound.

[melonpanda]

did she mess up her lines at 2:25 on "uplifted"?

i didnt expect her coloratura to be so clean though, definitely a piece of gem!

[anthonylau85]

Excellent singing and orchestration.

Anthony Lau (Vancouver, Canada)

[MadameBorgi]

Me encanta esta voz y esta mujer, pero no es su repertorio le pasa como a la Fleming resbalan las agilidades....

[oceans80]

@orthohawk Dame Kiri and Dame Joan are not British citizensis (to my knowledge), but their home countries are members of the Commonwealth that allow their citizens to accept British titles. Canada is also a member of the Commonwealth, but does not allow this, so you will never see a Dame Meesha Brueggergossman, or say, a Dame Celine Dion. I doubt the US allows it citizens to accept such honours from other countries either.

[goknur1977]

Love it! Beautiful style and perfectyl within Handel. He coloratura is excellent, much much better than Renee's She doesn't compromise tempo. Can keep listening to it over and over.

[SarahCloud9Ska]

@xander7ful Seeing as how she's not a coloratura soprano, that is normal for someone with a lyric voice such as hers to be sharp because of the placement of the voice into the mask... (Believe me, I have the same problem. :-/ )

[olympicfreak678]

I'm guessing she'll be singing it next year at the royal wedding? =)