Joyce DiDonato - Tanti Affetti - Donna del Lago, Paris 2010

So here is Elena's last aria, "Tanti affetti" from Rossini's Donna del Lago, performed by Joyce DiDonato. Paris, Opéra Garnier, June 14.

I attended the première, and although the singing was really good, the set and the direction were simply awful. No acting whatsoever, old staging, weird moments... One couldn't understand what the director had in mind. I was in Geneva last month, and the staging, although controversial, was much more enjoyable and pertinent. Btw, sorry for the video quality, first time I try the video option on this camera (the zoom speed surprised me at one point!)

Juan Diego Florez: Giacomo V (Uberto di Snowdon)
Simon Orfila: Duglas d'Angus
Colin Lee: Rodrigo di Dhu
Joyce DiDonato: Elena
Daniela Barcellona: Malcolm Groeme
Diana Axentii: Albina
Jason Bridges: Serano

Orchestre et choeur de l'Opéra national de Paris
Conduction: Roberto Abbado

Category:

Music

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• didonato
• tanti
• affetti
• donna
• del
• lago
• paris
• opera
• garnier
• elena

[Intermezzo89]

The production looks really rather boring. I guess a concert performance would have been more apprecitaed in this case. But you don't have to excuse for the video quality, I find it surprisingly well! And btw a big BRAVO for your courage to film during a performance in theatre, these in-house recordings are always most interesting! :-)

[thecelticspirit]

@Intermezzo89 Well, I had to endure 3 hours of a boring production, I couldn't miss recording this treat! By video quality I meant my shivering hands (and my way too fast camera zoom!), because as you said, the quality itself is really good, I was also very surprised :-)

[leoperarm]

Based on this bit I think I like the staging, it's nice, and normally I don't care about all the drama and movement^^

The singing as always is beautiful!

[thecelticspirit]

@leoperarm Somehow, it doesn't surprise me ^^

[LaciZsolca]

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[mjau159]

ova zena fenomenalno peva

[Ronnisoprano]

I love her singing! She is devine!

[NemanjaFan]

Melle Di Donato devrait faire la différence entre les sons blancs et enfantins d'un certain "Baroque" et les moyens et l'école requis pour affronter les rôles de la Colbran .... Quelle époque ...

[bplatt1069]

Rossini is all about the singing, dear people. Who cares about the staging? When you follow bel canto opera, you must understand its aesthetics--that is, virtuosity and grand artifice. This is music composed for a very different audience in a very different time; therefore, it behooves us to adjust ourselves accordingly. I wish modern directors would quit trying to reinvent this material; they need to let it be what it is--people would derive more from it, I'm sure.

[saagua1953]

Well the singers usually have no control over the staging. They have to "fit in", so don't blame Joyce for the staging. It is her superb singing that makes this so wonderful. Her Tanti Affeti is the stuff of legends.

[operaticxingenue]

@Johnny1206 I'd blame this production and conductor before I blame Joyce. It looks like a bore.

[cesaregomix]

I WAIT FOR THIS DAY : Juan Diego Flórez  - La Donna del Lago

The Teatro alla Scala - MILAN ITALY

From 26 October to 18 November 2011,Running Time: 3 hours 15 minutes, Sung in Italian with electronic libretto in Italian, English

[90lysander]

@rlee1976 DiDonato's voice is not small. I heard her do Barbiere sitting way back under the balcony of the Civic Opera Building in Chicago -- a real stadium of a hall, and it sounded like she was sitting right next to me.

And which one are you referring to as "a bit stout"? Joyce is just big-boned, and Bartoli wasn't stout when she started out in the late 80s/early 90s.

[ploplisphilin]

I think this production is destined for the Met in a few years. Loved the camera work. Pity Ms. di Donato did not do this season's second run of "Armida" at the Met. She really has a wonderful voice.