Renee Fleming "Cacilie" by Strauss

Academia Santa Cecilia di Roma, 2006

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Opera
• Song
• Lieder
• Strauss
• Renee
• Fleming

[lty2k84]

She almost lost it at the end. Great save by the conductor. doe anyone know his name?

He's phenomenal.

[Onegin65]

Antonio Pappano

[Contrubas]

What a fantastic performance. No-one saved anyone in this. Renee is completely in control - as is Pappano.

[andreasscholl]

Seems to Wagner, instead of Strauss.

This is airforce ONE for Renee.

Doing all she can!!!!!!!!!

Brava.

[Piacevole]

No excuse. This sucks. I am not surprised. Fleming is a highly overrated singer as far as I am concerned.

[babs22hh]

0:33-0:38 is a complete vocal mess what is she doing?

[VantisDoroHall]

I am guessing that they rehearsed this song before this performance. Do you think that might have happened? Maybe it is not what some of you wanted. I see so many comments like some of yours here, as if everything has to be only one way, and that is primarily the way you interpret it. Stop smoking that stuff and you will be a better person. 

[saotomi5102]

Renee did fine, and I don't know anything about the tempo, but Pappano is a heinous conductor. Whipping your hand over your head is not conducting, it's hairstyling. His gestures simply say "Sweep, sweep, loudour, louder, sweep" and fail to convery anything what so ever. It's people like this that prove that conductors are useless, which is weird, because I want to be one. And Renee's high notes were great, per usual.

[NoirOrchestre]

@TwilightMusique1 I couldn't disagree more with you, this is one of the most intense lied of Strauss, anyway certainly not about "puppy" love in the feeling. And the song never last more than 2 minutes, unless it's directed by a hundred-year-old bedridden, if that !

[NoirOrchestre]

My God, this is brillant.

[Rcoppin91]

Her tempo really as fast as everyone is saying, Pappano pushes the orchestra at the end, but her tempi are pretty close to the normal tempi that everyone else takes. And how dare anyone say Pappano is a terrible conductor. He is one of the most sought after conductors in the world, not to mention that he is the Music Director of the ROH.

[novasafo]

I'm a huge fan of Renee; heard her sing this in recital in Los Angeles last year, it was superb. But, this performance does seem to be a struggle. There could be a million reasons. If I was to offer my guess, I'd say the orchestra is way too loud. She is struggling with its sheer volume. I've heard good Wagnerian singers at rehearsal work with a conductor to make sure the orchestra isn't too loud at certain passages, so it's not a failing on her part. The conductor should've been more careful.

[KeithB08]

@TwilightMusique1 actually, it is said that Strauss did not mind how singers interpreted his songs. so it is up to the performer as to how fast they want to take it. i personally think it is a great interpretation that Renee has given us.