Renee Fleming - "Tis The Last Rose Of Summer"

Renee Fleming - soprano

"Tis The Last Rose Of Summer" from Martha
by Friedrich von Flotow

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• Renee
• Fleming
• The
• Last
• Rose
• Of
• Summer
• soprano
• Flotow
• opera
• classical

[Pensiverunner]

January 2, 2001 this version by Renee was playing on my car radio as I drove home minutes after hearing my mother had just passed away. I cried like a baby and each time I hear it brings a tear to my eye.

[griffcats]

I have to see the opera Martha by Flotow someday. Renee has Incredible control and power, and yes, the tempo is slow, but the voice is very beautiful and evenly held through every long and slow phrase, yes, it does bring a tear to the eye to hear something as beautiful as this, so masterfully done. The famous tenor aria in Martha is beautiful too

[zentina100]

sUPER!kOLOSALI!

[E8gisell]

Friedrich von Flotow merely borrowed this great song for his opera ' Martha' 1847. The words were penned in 1805 by the Irish poet Thomas Moore in Co. Kilkenny. Many say the music was written by another Irishman from Co. Limerick, George Alexander Osborne but this is widely disputed.....'I'll not leave thee thy lone one to pine on the stem, for the lovely are sleeping, go sleep thou with them'....

[brunolova101]

We're singing this in 7th grade chorus. I really like it.

[Riyueren]

Great voice! I like this tempo, slow but so magic...Hi from Italy.

[LANCASTERPIANOSTUDIO]

One of the most simple yet elegant songs ever composed. Along with Danny Boy and The Irish Blessing what more is needed? Beautiful rendition Renee!

[PonselleLover]

@protoville I think the name you were looking for is "Villa Pace". Your wife was definitely the lucky one : I've only met Ponselle in my dreams ! :) Have a great day.

[protoville]

@PonselleLover--Thank you for your comment. Rosa Poselle was one of the greatest. She lived not too far from here. I can't remember the name of her estate. It was "Villa" something or other. My wife was a private-duty nurse and met her and saw her estate.

[PonselleLover]

@protoville Deanna's version is indeed the most ethereal and sparkling one I've ever heard. As for the pathos, Ponselle's is unmatched (her 1937 radio broadcast version is on YT).

[protoville]

Thank you for your comment. I agree about the difference in presentation. If you saw the version where Deanna sings seated in a chair, it's a scene from a movie. The older man in the scene is her father. He has surprised his daughter by asking her to sing for him. When she finishes he's going to tell her her voice is "no good," that he's taking her out of music school. His reason: to keep her away from a young man who attends that school. That's why he looks so miserable. He loves her voice.

[keydet72]

@protoville I think both Deanna's version and Rita Streich's are both wonderful even though they're completely different in their presentation.