Dido's Lament by Hayley Westenra

"Dido's Lament" performed by Hayley Westenra. From the opera, "Dido and Aeneas".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• opera
• dido's
• lament
• hayley
• westenra
• soprano
• coloratura

[arjbst]

I might add that Haley Westerna is also from Ireland so @manwithemeraldeyes , her voice has the accent. Dont be sucha critic

its pretty good

[phantasma616]

she is not irish, she has an irish grandmother, but was born and raised in new zealand.

[betenoireindustries]

yeah, decent voice, good tone, terrible arrangement. the bass line has a function in this piece and ought to be in there.

what's up with the chandelier being star of the show? uh... great chandelier and all, but.. you know... slideshow or something, at least?

[phantasma616]

its been two years i really dont remember what i was thinking lol. yea at least a picture of hayley would've worked, right?

[TheChipster91]

Why did the arranger kill the bass line Purcell originally wrote? There was a subtext to that bass line. I loved her voice! Very beautiful. The rest of the arrangement was beautiful! But why on earth did the arranger fuck with the bass line?

[Wavewolfaroha]

Yes, I do miss the bass obligato, but the solo viola which opens this and later interjects its sad commentary, is gorgeous and soulful. Hayley's interpretation of this piece is expressive and her sound is other-worldly.

[fhurvhur]

Clearest and cleanest interpretation of the piece, you can never make critics happy Hayley, tongue has no bones.

[hotwaiter]

her voice is very lovely...but this is a LAMENT, not just a song. She needs to put some emotion into this song not just seek to hit all the notes in a pretty way. A song doesn't really come alive until you infuse it with emotion. Anyone can hit all the right notes.

And I agree about the bass line - where on earth is it? This is written for continuo...the bass line sort of carries the low emotion of the song. ugh.

[DustinHahnMusic]

@IzztekProductions You should study the history behind this piece before you speak out of line. Take a music appreciation course, at least. ;)

[IzztekProductions]

@classicalgal14 Pitchy? At least she's not flexing between three different notes with crazy vibrato which many opera singers tend to do. Shows no emotion? You show no emotion when posting comments like this. She has a beautiful voice!

[IzztekProductions]

@TheChipster91 Because the arranger wanted to be different and not sound like the million other recordings of this song. Take a chill pill! ;)

[xsilentxXxregretsx]

Using this to put me in the right mindset to write a literary analysis of the Aeneid...

[CrownedWithLaurels]

*Sigh* I love - LOVE - Hayley Westenra's voice, but she is one of the most affected, insincere, emotionally void performers I've ever seen. Lovely voice but nothing behind it. She sings beautifully but it's so empty. She doesn't FEEL what she's singing. It's even worse when you an actually see her singing. Everything about her expression and the way she moves screams affectation. I dunno, maybe she'll grow out of it...

[czechmate17]

I despise people who trash opera singers who do not use the warbly, shrieking tone. In fact, the way she is doing it is closer to the way the original singers did. In summation, eat ass

[jkapp923]

@classicalgal14 im not the biggest fan of her voice with this song because of the obvious youth but you cannot say there is no emotion when you cannot see her actually performing.