Renée Fleming: "Vissi D'Arte" Nobel Peace Price Concert 2006

Renée Fleming performing at the Nobel Peace Price Concert 2006 in Oslo, Norway

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• Nobel
• Peace
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• Norway
• Oslo

[unclealand]

While all the tired opera "experts" goose each other, the rest of us can enjoy Renee Fleming's beautiful voice.

[Toralya]

I saw this opera in the Oslo Opera House at Christmas, and though I thought it splendid - hearing Fleming now makes the other pale. I can just feel it in my chest when she sings. No way to properly explain it. Love it!

[monelleny]

@saxamaphoneguy1 In all classical music performances, there are always differences of opinion about whether an artist is too emotional or not emotional enough. I am curious what, specifically, about Southerland and Nilsson make them "better" singers in your book. I ask this not in an argumentive sense, but out of curiosity. Better trills? Better breath control? What? Thanks.

[saxamaphoneguy1]

@lord8busy Thank you, I appreciate your explanation. I just sometimes have a problem when people criticize interpretation or artistic integrity of a performer. I agree with you, there ARE singers 10000x better (such as Birgit Nilsson and Joan Sutherland), and I will continue to support that, but Ms Fleming is most respected for her artistry, and although I may not always see it, I should trust the opinions of the great conductors who know more than I.

[lord8busy]

@saxamaphoneguy1 O sorry, I damaged your feelings with my opinion? sorry, is my opinion. I think that Fleming is not a diva in this aria, its all. Fleming is 5000x better than I? of course, I never had doubted that. But, there a singers 10 000x better than I.

You dont need to be Da Vinci or Picasso to have an opinion about their art, even if you've never picked up a brush.

[saxamaphoneguy1]

@lord8busy The concept of performing an aria in concert form is "out of context". Shame on you. Even I, who is not a particular fan of Fleming, and see that this is brilliant talent and artistry. Tosca is one of my favorite operas, and I feel like Ms. Fleming did not disappoint. Clearly you are too "lord busy" to notice. Oh right, you're so busy, you need to make snotty remarks about singers with 5000x your talent.

[phantomunmasked]

Ahh 3.18 to 3.28 might be the most perfect 10 seconds of music ever produced by a human being. Seriously.

[lord8busy]

she has great tecnique, really. In The last scream fleeming showed a extraordinary tuning, but there are serious problems with her interpretation. The first is that the aria didnt sounds how a dramatic aria requires. Her voice, lightweight and cloying, is not suitable, i think. Second, see her face, expressionless, like a doll, especially in the last scream -when she smiles, in a dramatic phrase!- is totally out of context.

[1antonn]

Personalmente trovo l'interpretazione della Fleming molto bella;il tempo  si accorda benissimo ,poichè non siamo in un teatro lirico,ma in un concerto.

Le parole in Italiano lasciano desiderare,ma sono secondarie confrondandole con la voce e l'interpretazione.

[parsifal12007]

brilliant high emotion

[HawneyChile]

@khannkor

The tempo choice underscores the tragedy of the aria.

[ocimake]

QUERIDA DAMA, QUE ALEGRIA OUVI-LA, É SEMPRE UMA SURPRESA FELIZ. A SUA INTERPRETAÇÃO É UM DELEITE, QUE DELICADEZA, SENSIBILIDADE, ENFIM QUE VOZ MARAVILHOSA, QUE NOSSA SENHORA PROTEJA A SUA VIDA E SUA VOZ, MUITO OBRIGADO, DEUS LHE PAGUE, BJS NO CORAÇÃO.