Anna Netrebko, Joyce DiDonato - I Capuleti - Duet

I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Bellini-1830), Paris
Opéra Bastille June 2008.
Anna Netrebko, soprano (Giulietta) - Joyce DiDonato, mezzo (Romèo), Evelino Pidò, conductor - Chorus & Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris - Robert Carsen, Michael Levine & David Cunningham (Designs).

ACTE I, Scene 2
« Giuletta tries to explain why she cannot flee her home with Romèo because of her duty to her family. This comes in the middle of a ravishing and draining 14 minute duet in the first act. Performing with Anna Netrebko was wonderful, because it felt as though we were really creating a very realistic dramatic tension which the audience felt - because in these moments the silence in the theater pulsed with energy. As the duet continues, Romèo pleads his case again to his beloved Giuletta, not understanding how she can believe that there is a power greater than the love they share together. It's a wonderfully crafted scene, because we get insight to the youth of Romèo as his wounds escalate due to his inability to see her very real dilemma - for him, his undying love for her is the answer for all, and all she should need. Of course, to drive home the point of this pure love, Bellini gives us those delicious thirds for them to sing in perfect, harmonic unison. (For the record, as a performer, these kinds of moments are the "Holy Grail" moments!). » - Joyce DiDonato's comment -

Photos. ONP, E. Mahoudeau, C. Leiber, S. Mathè

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• Bellini
• Bel
• Canto
• Opera
• Netrebko
• DiDonato

[Jhontuch]

This is great as it may be bring tears... Wonderful!!!

[lovingee1]

POSITIVELY MAGNIFICENT - PERFECTION beyond the scope of imagination.

Barbara Todres/NYC

[amonasro100]

@judycadana

Hallo, I like your comment. What you are saying is so upsolutely right. And it seems that those kind of opera queens are all around the world. I live in Germany and you should hear them saying how Birgit Nilsson was and Martha Mödl and Astrid Varnay or Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

You have to be congratulated for your clear mind.

Best regards from Germany

[SDCmorg]

@judycadana Unfortunately that is all so true. Many opera fans are too busy eulogizing yesterday's sunset to notice today's sunrise, I'm afraid.

[Cissy97]

Both Didonato and Netrbeko own stunning voices, sing impeccably, but not with the required emotional dedication.

[umroo2014]

what is the name of this aria?

[sisifus100]

Wundervoll...



[0001cida]

This is wonderful! I 'd love to see this live... I always loved Didonato but I did not think that she and Netrebko would make such a breathtaking romeo and giuletta... beautiful... many thanks for posting!!

[judycadana]

@BelCantoTennis if you were to post a recording of Sills and Troyanos, some older opera queen would say, Oh this is nothing compared to Toti dal Monti's great performances, and the older opera queens before him would spell out on a Ouija board, oh but you should have shared with me the great honor of hearing Tetrazzini..." and so on and so on.

With so few able to take pleasure in the present, it is no wonder that Opera is a dying art.

[celestialbakura]

This is lovely!