Joyce DiDonato sings Susanna - Deh vieni non tardar

Susanna's aria "Deh vieni non tardar", from Mozart Le Nozze di Figaro, performed by the American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.

New Year's concert in Baden Baden, January 31, 2009

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• didonato
• susanna
• mozart
• deh
• vieni
• non
• tardar
• nozze
• figaro
• baden

[Cissy97]

What is she thinking?

Mozart a composer to be easily tampered with?

She's dead wrong, am afraid.

But I do think that she is a soprano, not mezzo. Her mezzo is false.

[joanabanyeres]

What kind of voice is this? The picture also is not too well chosen

[Ariadne7710]

@LohengrinT Hahahaha dead right completely idiotic. And what are those ridiculous guttural sounds she makes in her throat and thinks they are music and a bunch of equally ridiculous audiences go wow:))))) Aarghhhhhhhhhhhh.

[cantorandopera]

@Ariadne7710 Wow! what a cast! You were indeed lucky :)

[Ariadne7710]

@WiseMonkey888 Absolutely agreed. I have lost count on how many productions i have seen in the last 15 -20 years, when musically they were first class but as productions were rubbish. McVicar started off doing some bizarre productions but is now grown up enough to respect the composers and their music. I have heard that the Met Bolena he is doing will have authentic sets and costumes. Let us hope so. I am old enough to have seen the Visconti Bolena with Callas in 1957 and I still remember it

[Ariadne7710]

@WiseMonkey888 I will try to explain. It is a small vibration of the voice which is not quite a trill and sang at points where a trill is not called for or notated. It has recently become very common among several female singers. Listen carefully and you will recognise it.To illustrate. Play the Callas 1955 Una voce poco fa and then play the Di Donato Una voce poco fa. You will see a difference how long notes are held steady. Trills are definite trills and appogiaturas are sang clearly.

[LohengrinT]

@WiseMonkey888

Prima Donna talent yes she's got :)

Baker is the only Stuarda I trully liked - she gave Stuarda musical value and drama - I expect no less from DiDonato

[Ariadne7710]

@WiseMonkey888 I agree with you re Janet Baker. Great voice. Di Donato has the potential to be great but I wish she would stop that flutter/quasi trill of the voice which she started doing recently (in all the wrong places). I couldn't agree with you more about all these weird modern productions. All in the name of being "relevant and accessible" to modern audiences. Can't modern audiences relate to past historical periods may I ask? Do they think the world was created in the last 50 years?

[Ariadne7710]

I saw her singing Cerdillon recently at the ROH which isn't a great role but it was an amusing production and extremely well sang by all, with Ewa Podles singing the stepmother Madame de la Haltiere, Alice Cootes the Prince Charmant and Eglise Guttierez the fairy godmother. Not my favourite opera(!!!) but the cast was worth the price of the tickets. Would rather hear Stuarda when it is comes though. Where and when is it being staged? Does anynone know?

[LohengrinT]

@WiseMonkey888

ahahahhhaah you are in love with her? pffff but I like her a lot too - cant wait to hear her Stuarda :))

Stuarda is definitely a role written for DiDonato and Im 100% sure she will be the best Stuarda ever . A centrally place semi Assoluta role that will beautifully stretch DiDonato to her true vocal and interpretive limits, but Susanna here :)))) the queen of all Maids :)))