She has matured as a baroque singer. This one of her best baroque-performance I´ve heard. In the 90´s she was a romantic coloratura, but now this fits her very well.
Thanks for your comment. Out of pitch? No, I do not think so, the gestures (but this is also is Dessay’s trademark) are subject to discussion, but the aria is totally respected. Retired? definitely not retired , you may consider her Giuglio Cesare at the Met a few weeks ago. Natalie Dessay certainly has brought many persons to opera because somewhere she is different and out of the woods. Hence thanks to her for that, not to mention the two heavy operations she has been going through.
It makes me happy how she has a few of Sutherland's ornaments in the mix in the da capo section. :) Natalie's remembering her roots. After all, no one would be performing it if Sutherland and Bonynge hadn't revived it in 1959!
I seriosuly don't understand why she is acting like that. I've never seen her like this and there are no words to describe her movements. Anyway, thank you italianoperafan for sharing this beautiful aria.
Woah! "Barbie" Dessay!!! Loved the ornamentation. Baroque pitch considered, has it been further transposed down or is it just her older & fuller voice now feels like it sits lower? As stunning as always anyway!
@italianoperafan Dessay gives a lot of weight to the acting....much more than the singing which as she has stated many times, isn't her favourite thing. She wud prefer ppl telling her she cant sing rather than telling she cant act. When she is on stage performing she can extend her acting skills but when recording with only sound, she cant act, thats why she acts the music through her gestures. She won't stop gesturing. That's how she feels music.
I think she's moving in this manner to try to help her voice, which is sadly diminished from her glory years. Two operations and what I can hear are a few technical issues that have her relying on her throat rather than her air, have done so much damage. And yet she manages to be make some good sound and is always interesting. I saw her in the Giulio Cesare at the Met last week and she sounded ok, but not as well as she could, but she acted the hell out of it and won everyone's hearts.
Same pitch as almost all the other Morganas singing it. :) Perhaps you're thinking of Sutherland's versions? Before the seventies, Joan transposed this piece up a half step (which is how I like it, but no one else sings it up :( ).
Hate to disappoint you, but Kathleen Battle has attempted this aria. EMI Records, Handel Arias, Neville Marriner conducting, c.1990 (last track of the CD). Look it up.
Totally agree with you ! Although I did not know what to think as I watched this show last night so different from the other renditions, much more classical ones! But vocally it is magnificent: like a firework. The orchestra is also great but the environment (TV studio) is not perfect for the sound. I am also having problems with the gestures (same as in the various clips of the Bachs cantatas), hope they will not become Dessay's trademark and that she will stop with these gestures
@Klassizismus The movements are kind of distracting, but it is a way for her to keep herself relaxed to sing the challenging coloratura. To each their own, I guess. I also think she's losing her ease of reaching those top notes these days. :( The orchestra, however sounds too thin because it's a baroque orchestra; which is the fullest orchestra that Handel himself would have used... because there was nothing bigger, like today's large classical orchestra's.
¿Sabe Vd. que significa cantar un "aria da capo"?. Entérese, quizás así encontrará la respuesta a que "se inventa notas que no están en la partitura de handel"
La direction d'Emmanuelle Haïm est souvent trop rapide, effaçant du coup la subtilité, la volupté et le sublime. Son Messie est particulièrement lamentable. Par contre j'aime bien son Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (...car je n'en connais aucune autre version). Et Dessay, toujours à son meilleur, elle sauve les meubles.
Great singing! But since she considers herself a 'singing actress' (?) and not a simple singer.... her movements here are totally WEIRD! During the Baroque period, singers simply stood there and sang what was written. Anyway... the singer part of her is always beautiful!
Une miaulerie de plus de la Dessay qui est toute sauf haendelienne ; pauvre petit orchestre chétif derrière qui bâcle la partition... Arlen Augeer, revenez vite ! ! ! Enfin c'est de la télé pas de l'opéra ! ! !
She is absolutely fantastic!!! No matter what she sings... Stunning!!!!!
Pétillante cette interprétation du chef d'oeuvre de l'immense Haendel.
Good lord. She just makes it seem so easy and effortless. I'm still in awe.
She has matured as a baroque singer. This one of her best baroque-performance I´ve heard. In the 90´s she was a romantic coloratura, but now this fits her very well.
MAGNIFICA, SINCERA, SENCILLA, NUNCA DIVA, CERCANA, LINDA, SIMPATICA,
Love the baroque pitch and period instruments!!!!!
I dacapo della Dessay sono sempre fantastici !
Ms. Dessay alway sings dacapo (repetition) in a fantastic way !
Thanks for sharing this with us. I adore Natalie Dessay and this is one of my favorite arias of all time. Brava!
AWESOME!!!!!!!
Merveilleuse interprète
Une interpretation non classique, mais tellement vivante ! Enfin du lyric actuel, vivant , vibrant :) Après ça, le rap n'a qu'à bien se tenir !
Thanks for your comment. Out of pitch? No, I do not think so, the gestures (but this is also is Dessay’s trademark) are subject to discussion, but the aria is totally respected. Retired? definitely not retired , you may consider her Giuglio Cesare at the Met a few weeks ago. Natalie Dessay certainly has brought many persons to opera because somewhere she is different and out of the woods. Hence thanks to her for that, not to mention the two heavy operations she has been going through.
Fantastic. Her retro 1960’s look set against the baroque string players is nice too.
¡Hermoso!
super bravo nathalie dessay
she is too sweet! im obsessed of this woman!
It makes me happy how she has a few of Sutherland's ornaments in the mix in the da capo section. :) Natalie's remembering her roots. After all, no one would be performing it if Sutherland and Bonynge hadn't revived it in 1959!
Superb!
ok haters! she had big voice problems, she is in a studio singing a very difficult aria. the result is just stunning. chapeau!!! #nataliedessay
cute♥
In a class of her own with this.
I seriosuly don't understand why she is acting like that. I've never seen her like this and there are no words to describe her movements. Anyway, thank you italianoperafan for sharing this beautiful aria.
Nagyon kedves dallam és Dessay hangja is gyönyörű meg kellemes.
La Dessay è il direttore d'orchestra hanno scambiato Handel/Alcina nello stile di una esibizione al Bal Tabarin.
"she wouldn't ever be caught dead singing this Aria."
Evidently she's dead then.
Woah! "Barbie" Dessay!!! Loved the ornamentation. Baroque pitch considered, has it been further transposed down or is it just her older & fuller voice now feels like it sits lower? As stunning as always anyway!
It's in Baroque pitch 😊
she always acts this way in concerts, but don't be afraid I believe it could never affect her real opera performances :)
Wow! She sounds so different singing this now!
Te amo Natalia mi amor. Pipo hno. Betty
The reason she moves like she is in a disco almost surely is the audience and the venue in which she is singing.
@italianoperafan Dessay gives a lot of weight to the acting....much more than the singing which as she has stated many times, isn't her favourite thing. She wud prefer ppl telling her she cant sing rather than telling she cant act. When she is on stage performing she can extend her acting skills but when recording with only sound, she cant act, thats why she acts the music through her gestures. She won't stop gesturing. That's how she feels music.
I think she's moving in this manner to try to help her voice, which is sadly diminished from her glory years. Two operations and what I can hear are a few technical issues that have her relying on her throat rather than her air, have done so much damage. And yet she manages to be make some good sound and is always interesting. I saw her in the Giulio Cesare at the Met last week and she sounded ok, but not as well as she could, but she acted the hell out of it and won everyone's hearts.
Same pitch as almost all the other Morganas singing it. :) Perhaps you're thinking of Sutherland's versions? Before the seventies, Joan transposed this piece up a half step (which is how I like it, but no one else sings it up :( ).
Hate to disappoint you, but Kathleen Battle has attempted this aria. EMI Records, Handel Arias, Neville Marriner conducting, c.1990 (last track of the CD). Look it up.
Totally agree with you ! Although I did not know what to think as I watched this show last night so different from the other renditions, much more classical ones! But vocally it is magnificent: like a firework. The orchestra is also great but the environment (TV studio) is not perfect for the sound. I am also having problems with the gestures (same as in the various clips of the Bachs cantatas), hope they will not become Dessay's trademark and that she will stop with these gestures
what it is the guitar-like instrument played in this
It's a lute
@Klassizismus The movements are kind of distracting, but it is a way for her to keep herself relaxed to sing the challenging coloratura. To each their own, I guess. I also think she's losing her ease of reaching those top notes these days. :( The orchestra, however sounds too thin because it's a baroque orchestra; which is the fullest orchestra that Handel himself would have used... because there was nothing bigger, like today's large classical orchestra's.
Tsahpinies... 🙂 Opa tis!
2:55
I thought I was the only one with this opinion
help me if you can.
Very nice but too fast.
She is good, but far from stunning in this one. Whoever mixed the sound there did a dreadful job though.
Natalie, would you marry me!
Well, the castrato didn´t just stood still and sang what was written. Please make som research before you make statements like this!
Si no se inventara notas que no están en la partitura de Handel, igual me gustaba la interpretación. Que manía de divas....
A veces es buen consejo aprender sobre una materia antes de opinar.
¿Sabe Vd. que significa cantar un "aria da capo"?. Entérese, quizás así encontrará la respuesta a que "se inventa notas que no están en la partitura de handel"
Qué pendejito comentario.
@@danielvargas-escareno6827 que pendejito pendejo.
Soy tu reflejo reina.
La povera ragazza e pazza!!!!!
La direction d'Emmanuelle Haïm est souvent trop rapide, effaçant du coup la subtilité, la volupté et le sublime. Son Messie est particulièrement lamentable. Par contre j'aime bien son Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (...car je n'en connais aucune autre version). Et Dessay, toujours à son meilleur, elle sauve les meubles.
for the Haters th-cam.com/video/bnb3m90nl-E/w-d-xo.html with love from Paris
perchè? non credo proprio...
She's cute, but this is just plain weird.
Great singing! But since she considers herself a 'singing actress' (?) and not a simple singer.... her movements here are totally WEIRD! During the Baroque period, singers simply stood there and sang what was written.
Anyway... the singer part of her is always beautiful!
Une miaulerie de plus de la Dessay qui est toute sauf haendelienne ; pauvre petit orchestre chétif derrière qui bâcle la partition... Arlen Augeer, revenez vite ! ! ! Enfin c'est de la télé pas de l'opéra ! ! !
What an horrible orchestra !!!
Anche la cantante.
total lack of taste
There's only one who can sing this aria and that is La Stupenda!...This is just plain terrible
Lols true
ORRENDA !!!!!