June Anderson - LES VÊPRES SICILIENNES, Verdi

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Uploaded by on May 22, 2008

June Anderson sings "Merci, jeunes amies" from Verdi's LES VÊPRES SICILIENNES, Michel Plasson conducts the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, 1989

Merci, jeunes amies,
de ces présents si doux
dont les fleurs si jolies
sont moins faîches que vous.
Ô chaîne fortunée
et plus chère à mes yeux,
alors que l'hyménée
s'embellit de vos voeux!
Merci, merci, jeunes amies, merci! merci!

Ah! rêve divin! heureux délire!
Mon coeur sourit à vos accents!
Hymen céleste! qui respire
les fleurs, l'amour et le printemps!

Rives siciliennes,
sur vos bords enchanteurs,
assez longtemps les haines
ont désunis les coeurs.
D'espoir toute joyeuse
puissé-je, ô mes amies,
voir ma patrie heureuse
le jour où je le suis....
Merci, merci, jeunes amies, merci, merci!

Ah! rêve divin! heureux délire!
Mon coeur sourit à vos accents!
Hymen céleste! qui respire
les fleurs, l'amour et le printemps!

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  • @ChristophePhilippe

    French is a much more difficultt language than italian when it comes to sing, you're quite right about that. Nevertheless, you can here this aria perfectly sung with a cristal clear diction by french sopranos of the 60's like Jacqueline Brumaire or Suzanne Sarroca. Not available on YT I'm afraid.

  • @romondesbert I'm not even French, but I can hear that it's not letter-perfect, but...to be fair, I've never heard a person of French descent sing this in French. I'm betting it's much more difficult to sing in French than in Italian.

  • Nicely sung but poor french diction (I'm french).

    

  • Joy and delight! Beautiful June Anderson, we'll never forget your stunning performance in Amadeus:)

  • Sheer perfection! In every sense. A joy.

  • Répondre à cette vidéo... No !

  • @vivaverdi ;No!

  • From Anderson I expected the final high note.

  • are you blind?

  • Surely, this is photo of Kiri Te Kanawa....

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