This is sheer BRILLIANCE! The heart-wrenching emotion Ms Sills is able to portray that makes the words she is singing come alive and move you to tears (well me at least!) is just breath-taking. It is that innate ability Ms Sills had of touching and portraying the very heart and soul of the music and becoming one with it that so few others have ever achieved. I just listened to Diana Damrau in this same scene and although she sang all the notes technically correctly, it was devoid of any emotion.
I'm always just so amazed with Sills' ability to stand in one spot, not move any arms and legs, and giving an extremely compelling performance. She also does this in the Teneste la promessa aria from Traviata.
iam sitting in the coffee shop listening to this, reduced to tears, i cant imagine what people are thinking about me... lol. Sills is heartbreaking and mesmerizing, as always... with as much emotion as she always conveys.
This has always been one of my favorite arias to sing as well. (It's also a good one for auditions, it's short and has dramatic moments, but not too many high notes- hee hee!) But I'm surprised there aren't more views and more comments and more ratings. Are people only interested in hearing her sing the archetypical coloratura roles like Lucia and Rosina? She sings this aria with such feeling it made ME cry twice in 5 mins! Great video & good sound, thank you!
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This is sheer BRILLIANCE! The heart-wrenching emotion Ms Sills is able to portray that makes the words she is singing come alive and move you to tears (well me at least!) is just breath-taking. It is that innate ability Ms Sills had of touching and portraying the very heart and soul of the music and becoming one with it that so few others have ever achieved. I just listened to Diana Damrau in this same scene and although she sang all the notes technically correctly, it was devoid of any emotion.
I'm always just so amazed with Sills' ability to stand in one spot, not move any arms and legs, and giving an extremely compelling performance. She also does this in the Teneste la promessa aria from Traviata.
iam sitting in the coffee shop listening to this, reduced to tears, i cant imagine what people are thinking about me... lol. Sills is heartbreaking and mesmerizing, as always... with as much emotion as she always conveys.
Great voice great acting great expression. Thats perfect
Our lovely Beverly will live forever in videos.
I think she is my favorite Manon, just classic!
She was made to sing French!!!! I love this clip!!!
This has always been one of my favorite arias to sing as well. (It's also a good one for auditions, it's short and has dramatic moments, but not too many high notes- hee hee!) But I'm surprised there aren't more views and more comments and more ratings. Are people only interested in hearing her sing the archetypical coloratura roles like Lucia and Rosina? She sings this aria with such feeling it made ME cry twice in 5 mins!
Great video & good sound, thank you!
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