Danielle de Niese sings "Da tempeste il legno infranto"

VPRO Vrije Geluiden. Danielle de Niese sings "Da tempeste il legno infranto" from the opera "Giulio Cesare" by G.F. Handel. She is accompanied by Peter Lockwood at the piano.

CLEOPATRA
Da tempeste il legno infranto,
se poi salvo giunge in porto,
non sa più che desiar.
Così il cor tra pene e pianto,
or che trova il suo conforto,
torna l'anima a bear.

If a ship, buffeted by storms,
then reaches safe harbour,
it no longer knows what to wish for.

Thus the heart that finds solace
after enduring pain and despair
brings joy once more to the soul.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classical
• handel
• niese
• opera
• baroque

[Chartusegiraffe]

@whatever456 yeah you sound pretty elitist. Enjoy the fact that a young person in this era is singing this music. It is rare.

[khothye]

She does something I don't like... I feel her enthusiasm damages her line, breath and diction. Feeling should not perjudice the tecnique...

[juliahat1]

Stunning! This is truly alive and inspired. There are many beautiful voices and techniques in this world but few as fearless as this. Brava!

[windycitysinger]

i'd rather hear her sing rep like this than susanna.

[catfriel]

Wow!I've never in my life read such a heap of rubbish!Self important people who are only concerned with protecting the little they know......I'm a pro singer-classically trained,and I agree with my learned colleague below.What more sexy and alluring Cleopatra are you going to get?So not all the notes were absolutely perfect- that's is not what Opera is about!You people are killing an art form here-this is everything I hate about the Opera establishment - elitist indeed!I can hear Handel spinning

[sdhweber]

Okay guys, let us give the girl some slack here. I am a professional opera singer and most of the crass and insensitive comments I have heard about my collegues come from people who can't sing well themselves and have no idea what it is like to be in the profession as a young singer. It is not the kind of clean singing your going to hear from Damrau. So? Listen to Callas-- who was one of the "greatest" singers of our time? Sorry, many of those tones were far from perfect.

[Erikk91]

Da tempeste il legno infranto se poi salvo giunge in porto non sa più che desiar.Così il cor tra pene e pianto or che trova il suo conforto torna l'anima a bear.

If the wood broken by tempests arrives safe in the seaport, he won't know anymore what to desire.And so the heart, in the middle of troubles and tears, restarts to make happy the soul before he finds his comfort.

[pedrofribeiro]

Awful, I really don't know how the MET replaced(dumped is the proper word) Ms. Ann Swenson with her... Nice voice but incredibly weird(ugly) coloraturas, and weak technique. Ruth Ann is at least 1000 times better.

[raigekimaru]

@Chartusegiraffe

he sounds elitist because opera is supposed to be elitist. opera is one of the last remnants of a time when people actually had standards. one can't just go up on stage and do as they please and call it opera. opera must be elegant, strong, full of integrity and soothing to the ear. it is no place for overacting at the expense of vocal technique or watering down a sophisticated and introspective art form.

[dianachavarromerz]

I don't like it... she is an amazing singer and very beautifull too (that helps) but there is something that stops me when I want to buy a cd of hers.

[MusicVocalism]

@rachanne78 Right on! ^.^

[MusicVocalism]

She was on Broadway in the show "Les Miserables" Blame Ruth Falcon of Mannes Conservatory who gave her a full ride scholarship to study voice. She also was the youngest singer to debut at 19 in "The Marriage of Figaro" at the MET! Now my question is what do they see in her that is considered talented? :/