This man out here conducting with a PENCIL. And these gorgeous women in their Sunday comfy wear just absolutely pulling on my every heart string... Utterly divine
@Berliner Stadtschloss Not EVERY performance needs to be done in full concert dress, their attire isn't "stupid" for a recording session. If you're under those stage lights and standing up for hours, things get tiring. Don't knock it till you try it, trust me. I've nearly fainted in my concert attire plenty of times, and would take jeans and a sweater over a floor length dress any day!
I have heard dozens of versions of this song. I think this performance will never be surpassed. This is as close to perfection as we'll ever experience.
The first time I heard this was about 25 yrs ago. It was a typical cloudy, cold late November day in Milwaukee Wisconsin. I was driving my car and decided to turn on the radio. A very light fluffy snow started coming down ever so gently. The snow flakes were the size of quarters and seemed to defy gravity. They were traversing as tho being directed by a master composer. It was so surreal just witnessing this weather phenomenon. Then, this particular duet started to chime in. The two sinced together at the same time. It was what I would equate to a religious experience. My heart was taken back. Something in the ethereal world had placed me in the moment to witness both the weather and the music dancing together as one. I’ll never forget that day.
They are both very good and compliment each other very well but have a listen to Amira Willihagen and Corlea Botha singing Flower duet in 2017 superb is the right words to use.
As a random french dude this version is the one I appreciate the most. Not only because of the vocal performance but the proper pronunciation here makes me fly to the narrative. Full experience.
When i was in Rehab last year, every saturday morning i woke up and listened to this masterpiece. Now being 13 months clean, i still listen to it every saturday morning. It gives me so much peace.
The balance is exquisite -- it's so easy for the soprano to dominate in this duet, but here she is playing the character, not just singing the aria, and lets the mezzo through. Superb musicianship, and a true duet partner. Her tone and delivery of 'bleu' just before the reprise of the chorus for the last time takes my breath away every time. Stunning singing. And Marianne Crebassa is the perfect foil, authoritative without dominating, supporting the soprano line and allowing her to float it effortlessly without having to compete. Roth supports them sensitively, and the period ensemble make it intimate. I think they knew they had it in the bag after this take
I just can’t get over how beautiful this is. I always cry when they start singing together. And oh my god, their voices blend so perfectly, it’s unbelievable!
Since I first heard this Duet, I listen to it every day because it reminds me of my Mother who passed away in 2018. She worked at the Croatian National Theater as a cleaner, but she took me with her every time there was an opera or play on the schedule. I have seen a lot of operas and plays in that theater, but I have never heard such a good "Duet"...❤
I understand that this was actually a recording session, not a rehearsal. I imagine they had to re-record that part where Sabine seems to playfully sing the wrong line, which makes Marianne laugh -- but then she shrugs it off, like she doesn't mind doing it again at all.
This is atleast 2 different runs. You can see a cut at 2:25 where her hands are in different positions. Not to take anything away from their performance. It was beautiful.@@stevecarson4162
Without introduction or fanfare, I played this video on the big screen for my 3rd grade students. There were a few giggles and rolled eyes but, as the piece continued, my students saw how special this recording was to me. The following day I played it again, this time with some biographical info on the singers and opera in general. There were no giggles. The following day I played it once more. The children (8 yrs old) shared smiles with me and each other during each chorus. On the 4th day, at the library, the children insisted that we share the piece with our librarian. The children introduced the song to her, named the singers and gave a brief summary of the story. When the music began, there was not a fidget, wiggle, or sound in the room except for the sublime music they had come to love. ps They also love Ella Fitzgerald and Esmeralda Spalding. :-) but not like they love this duet.
What a priceless gift you have given to your students and something that not many teachers are prepared to do. You allowed them to enter into the realm of sheer beauty not just once but day after day. And they learn as children have always learned ... by repetition and by the model of your example. You are a special teacher.
Awesome! My high school English teacher was unapologetic about being a Shakespeare nerd. Twenty five years later, all of us guys from that class are middle aged dads and, you guessed it, Shakespeare nerds. This raises people up. It's "our humble assault upon the commonplace."
It talks about a princess and her servant in a kingdom in India. They are going to pick up flowers along a river in a wonderful garden with swans. You have to check up the lyrics and translate it. I'm French and I can tell you it's one of the most beautiful song that exists. The text is a flamboyance of beauty.
I feel the same way, and I also love "Laschia Ch'io Pianga". I'm a 40 yr old brazilian indigenist, metalhead, and a bit of a blue-collar guy, I'm at an ethno-environmental protection base in the heart of the Amazon rainforest dedicated to protect an uncontacted indigenous group.
@@williamperez1553That's awesome: 47 year-old metalhead here, working in the American southeast to preserve what natural places there are left and remove invasive plant species and cultivating native ones at the same time. Fight the good fight and listen to good music all the while.
This soprano is Very good. But in a few places, her voice was just a hair...and I do mean just a tiny hair too bright? verdant? for my admittedly unsophisticated ear. Just a personal preference. I'm partial to Anna Netrebko on soprano for this piece, as her voice is "creamier" and soft around the edges, it just goes down smoother. But that mezzo, wow...absolute perfection. All in all, they sounded magnificent together, gorgeously blended and spectacular voices both.
And here we are in a coronavirus pandemic that affects all of us around the world. We can still enjoy the heights of what humans can create working together. We will not be brought down by what can only be seen in a powerful microscope.
@@alanwilliams5389 That’s the Internet today. People will seize any opportunity to argue and insult. Even over something utterly tiny like a typo or bad autocorrect on an obscure opera singer’s name.
@@RebekkaJensen there are polite ways to correct a spelling mistake and less polite ways. You chose a less polite way and now your trying to justify it. You could have simply said, “Please note that her name is spelled Marianne, which can help other people find her.” But that’s not what you said, is it?
Yesterday afternoon my father passed away while listening to this video. It is so very beautiful, and such a lovely piece to remember him by. Thank you to all those involved in its recording.
I can tell he was a special man by reading your comment. I'm sorry for your loss, I know he's now listening to angels singing this music and thinking of you.
@@josephk3607 Damn!! Forgot that one. Good point. Watched both vids again. I'd hate to have to judge one performance over the other. WIll concede that Netrebko and Garanča put a little more passion into their's. Thanx for the memory jog.
@@echowit lol sorry I just reread my reply and I seemed a bit angsty 😂 I was not, but anyway, you're right. Both performances are magnificent (but Netrebko's and Garanča's have a special place in my heart)
I've always loved this duet, but what makes this one of my top five to watch, is the casual dress mixed with absolute brilliance. Everything and everyone in this video is a genius at what they do.
People often pay more attention to the soprano, who is usually given a showier role in an opera. But Marianne Crebassa's rich mezzo is heartstoppingly gorgeous. Sabine is "pretty" in the usual way, but Marianne's looks fascinate me. I can't take my eyes off her.
20 years ago today, my wife and myself walked down the isle to this sung by two friends of ours from the philharmonic. Today I sit and listen to this with very mixed feelings, pain of loss as my wife died suddenly two months ago, and yet the joy of the day we married.
My God, this has to be one of the most beautiful duets in all of opera. This rendition in particular is just breathtakingly gorgeous. I never tire of watching it. Brave, ladies. Bravissime.
I see what you mean. They are very young, attractive, and informal, with voices that are highly precise, highly trained, and incredible. I love the contrast, and I love the fact they look comfortable.
This is the most beautiful version I've ever heard. Their voices are incredible. The control, the annunciation, the blending. GAH! They moved me to tears.
I love that their voices aren't so big and heavy like the larger more mature voices we so often hear sing this. They are fresh and light like the flowers they're singing about. So tantalizing!
Amazing! Everyone is absolutely amazing, including the director. You can feel every note from each instrument, the voices of the vocalists, and the movements of the director/conductor. Incredibly fulfilling! 🎻🎵🎶
First Time I ever heard this song was in the Movie "Carlito's Way" when Al Pacino was watching his ex girlfriend through a Window practice Dancing. This is a Heavenly Song and will endure forever!
JAMES , YOU HAVE AND EAR FOR UPLIFTING MUSIC WHEN I HEARD THIS FROM THE COMMERCIAL I FOUND IT AND I BEEN LISTENING TO THIS SONG AS MANY TIMES AS YOU ITS JUST INSTANT MEDICINE MUSIC 🎵 DOES WONDER FOR YOUR HEART 💙 CAUSE I ELIMINATE STRESS FROM PEOPLE BY LISTENING TO LEGENDARY MUSIC 🎵
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. It transcends time and space. We’re so fortunate to have the ability to rewatch this at our leisure.
@@bouledeberlin8741 I speak French, very badly. When sung, any language can easily be misheard, and when not a first language, not understood. In this instance I actually could understand what was being sung.
I’m no opera expert by any chance. I love listening to mezzo Huguette Tourangeau sing the duet with Joan Sutherland. However, this mezzo is amazing. It may be the advancement in sound recording, but the way these two voices complement each other, and each voice leaves space for the other is amazing. Forgive me, but I find when a mezzo is pitched against a soprano, the mezzo comes off second best - but not in this case. These two are wonderful together and the mezzo ‘tenor’ is jaw droppingly good!
I'm in love with the mezzo. The casual way she sings perfectly, the way she carries herself wearing those casual clothes, she makes it look so easy, like an everyday singing practice.
This is BY FAR the best version I've ever heard. Far too often, the soprano overwhelms the mezzo to the point where you can hardly hear her. In this performance, both voices can be heard clearly and they meld together perfectly, without one drowning out the other.
I don't think I've ever heard more beautiful harmonizing than this. I dont know what those two French women were singing about - all I know is that when we heard their beautiful voices singing, every man felt free...
French lyrics Lakmé: Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs Jettent déjà leur ombre Sur le ruisseau sacré qui coule, calme et sombre, Eveillé par le chant des oiseaux tapageurs. Mallika: Oh! maîtresse, c'est l'heure où je te vois sourire, L'heure bénie où je puis lire Dans le coeur toujours fermé De Lakmé! Lakmé: Dôme épais le jasmin Mallika: Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin L.: À la rose s'assemble, M.: À la rose s'assemble, L.: Rive en fleurs, frais matin, M.: Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin, L.: Nous appellent ensemble. M.: Viens, descendons ensemble. L.: Ah! glissons en suivant M.: Doucement glissons; De son flot charmant L.: Le courant fuyant; M.: Suivons le courant fuyant; L.: Dans l'onde frémissante, M.: Dans l’onde frémissante, L.: D'une main nonchalante, M.: D’une main nonchalante, L.: Gagnons le bord, M.: Viens, gagnons le bord L.: Où l'oiseau chante, M.: Où la source dort. L.: l'oiseau, l'oiseau chante. M.: Et l’oiseau, l’oiseau chante. L.: Dôme épais, blanc jasmin, M.: Sous le dôme épais, Sous le blanc jasmin, L.: Nous appellent ensemble! M.: Ah! descendons ensemble! L.: Mais, je ne sais quelle crainte subite s’empare de moi. Quand mon père va seul à leur ville maudite, Je tremble, je tremble d'effroi! M.: Pour que le Dieu Ganeça le protège, Jusqu'à l'étang où s'ébattent joyeux Les cygnes aux ailes de neige, Allons cueillir les lotus bleus. L.: Oui, près des cygnes aux ailes de neige, Allons cueillir les lotus bleus. L: Dôme épais le jasmin M: Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin L.: À la rose s'assemble, M.: À la rose s'assemble, L.: Rive en fleurs, frais matin, M.: Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin, L.: Nous appellent ensemble. M.: Viens, descendons ensemble. L.: Ah! glissons en suivant M.: Doucement glissons; De son flot charmant L.: Le courant fuyant; M.: Suivons le courant fuyant; L.: Dans l'onde frémissante, M.: Dans l’onde frémissante, L.: D'une main nonchalante, M.: D’une main nonchalante, L.: Gagnons le bord, M.: Viens, gagnons le bord L.: Où l'oiseau chante, M.: Où la source dort. L.: l'oiseau, l'oiseau chante. M.: Et l’oiseau, l’oiseau chante. L.: Dôme épais, blanc jasmin, M.: Sous le dôme épais, Sous le blanc jasmin, L.: Nous appellent ensemble! M.: Ah! descendons ensemble!
@@highpointsights Lakmé: Come on, Mallika, the flowering lianas Are already casting their shadow On the sacred stream flowing, calm and dark, Awakened by the song of rowdy birds. Mallika: Oh! mistress, it's time where I see you smile, The blessed hour when I can read In the still closed heart From Lakmé! Lakmé: Thick dome jasmine Mallika: Under the thick dome where the white jasmine L .: To the rose assembles, M .: To the rose assembles, L .: Shore in bloom, cool morning, M .: On the blossoming shore, laughing in the morning, L .: Call us together. M .: Come on, let's go down together. The H! let's slide following M .: Slowly glide; Of its charming flow L .: The fleeing current; M .: Let us follow the fleeing current; L .: In the quivering wave, M .: In the quivering wave, L .: With a nonchalant hand, M .: With a nonchalant hand, L .: Let's get to the edge, M .: Come on, let's get to the edge L .: Where the bird sings, M .: Where the spring sleeps. L .: the bird, the bird is singing. M .: And the bird, the bird is singing. L .: Thick dome, jasmine white, M .: Under the thick dome, Under the white jasmine, L .: Call us together! M .: Ah! let's go down together! L .: But, I don't know what sudden fear grab me. When my father goes alone to their cursed city, I tremble, I tremble with fear! M .: So that the God Ganeça protects him, Up to the pond where joyfully frolic Swans with snow wings, Let's go pick the blue lotuses. L .: Yes, near the snow-winged swans, Let's go pick the blue lotuses. L: Thick dome jasmine M: Under the thick dome where the white jasmine L .: To the rose assembles, M .: To the rose assembles, L .: Shore in bloom, cool morning, M .: On the blossoming shore, laughing in the morning, L .: Call us together. M .: Come on, let's go down together. The H! let's slide following M .: Slowly glide; Of its charming flow L .: The fleeing current; M .: Let us follow the fleeing current; L .: In the quivering wave, M .: In the quivering wave, L .: With a nonchalant hand, M .: With a nonchalant hand, L .: Let's get to the edge, M .: Come on, let's get to the edge L .: Where the bird sings, M .: Where the spring sleeps. L .: the bird, the bird is singing. M .: And the bird, the bird is singing. L .: Thick dome, jasmine white, M .: Under the thick dome, Under the white jasmine, L .: Call us together! M .: Ah! let's go down together!
@@teresanovak2039 Well the mezzosoprano needs to be good so that the soprano does not look bad (not sound bad). If the mezzesoprano is not skillful, she would be overpowered by the soprano and people would say the soprano is being a diva and tries to upstage everyone.
Air. Softened tone. Playful calibration of volume and rythmic agility. Crisp diction and sustained lines without strain and unnecessary bravura. Sheer palpable joy of singing that music and playing it together is a marvel of musicality. Am I dreaming? No. That is just a group of really and fully engaged musicians that are in love with material. Kudos to conductor François-Xavier Roth and his orchestra Les Siècles - for creation the hypnotic sonic atmosphere that evokes the trance-like state of suspended reality in listener. A lot of singers do that duet for its obvious beauty. But to make it anew to glow and shimmer in warm burnished tones - that requires a special sensibility and possession of means to express it. These two marvellous ladies stands out from the crowd of many even famous performers that took this duet on. Sabine Devieilhe & Marianne Crebassa seem to win it. That unshowy commited to music attitude is a rarity at any time anywhere. Mesmerizing sensuos sonic experience that uniqely delivered by engagement of all of this duet's performers - is the evidence of their artistic commitment. It's a good enough reason to be grateful for the opportunity of being transported for 6 minutes to something that closely resembles outer spheres. Merci, merci, merci...
I love the way these two ladies look. They look as if they have just picked the kids up from school, told them to sit quiet while they have a bit of a sing song, brilliant.
Rodney, your premise sums up my opinion precisely. The power of the ladies voices juxtaposed with their every day appearance brings the whole piece alive. You half expect them to have a bevy in the pub round the corner after rehearsals, which is probably what they do. I hope these ladies know how special they are and truly appreciated
Lakmé: Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs Jettent déjà leur ombre Sur le ruisseau sacré qui coule, calme et sombre, Eveillé par le chant des oiseaux tapageurs. Mallika: Oh! maîtresse, c'est l'heure où je te vois sourire, L'heure bénie où je puis lire Dans le coeur toujours fermé De Lakmé! Lakmé: Dôme épais le jasmin Mallika: Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin L.: À la rose s'assemble, M.: À la rose s'assemble, L.: Rive en fleurs, frais matin, M.: Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin, L.: Nous appellent ensemble. M.: Viens, descendons ensemble. L.: Ah! glissons en suivant M.: Doucement glissons; De son flot charmant L.: Le courant fuyant; M.: Suivons le courant fuyant; L.: Dans l'onde frémissante, M.: Dans l’onde frémissante, L.: D'une main nonchalante, M.: D’une main nonchalante, L.: Gagnons le bord, M.: Viens, gagnons le bord L.: Où l'oiseau chante, M.: Où la source dort. L.: l'oiseau, l'oiseau chante. M.: Et l’oiseau, l’oiseau chante. L.: Dôme épais, blanc jasmin, M.: Sous le dôme épais, Sous le blanc jasmin, L.: Nous appellent ensemble! M.: Ah! descendons ensemble! L.: Mais, je ne sais quelle crainte subite s’empare de moi. Quand mon père va seul à leur ville maudite, Je tremble, je tremble d'effroi! M.: Pour que le Dieu Ganeça le protège, Jusqu'à l'étang où s'ébattent joyeux Les cygnes aux ailes de neige, Allons cueillir les lotus bleus. L.: Oui, près des cygnes aux ailes de neige, Allons cueillir les lotus bleus. L: Dôme épais le jasmin M: Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin L.: À la rose s'assemble, M.: À la rose s'assemble, L.: Rive en fleurs, frais matin, M.: Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin, L.: Nous appellent ensemble. M.: Viens, descendons ensemble. L.: Ah! glissons en suivant M.: Doucement glissons; De son flot charmant L.: Le courant fuyant; M.: Suivons le courant fuyant; L.: Dans l'onde frémissante, M.: Dans l’onde frémissante, L.: D'une main nonchalante, M.: D’une main nonchalante, L.: Gagnons le bord, M.: Viens, gagnons le bord L.: Où l'oiseau chante, M.: Où la source dort. L.: l'oiseau, l'oiseau chante. M.: Et l’oiseau, l’oiseau chante. L.: Dôme épais, blanc jasmin, M.: Sous le dôme épais, Sous le blanc jasmin, L.: Nous appellent ensemble! M.: Ah! descendons ensemble!
Merci de ce partage. Ce dimanche je serais à L'Opéra de Liège voir et découvrir l'histoire "LAKMÉ ". J'espère entendre en directe une aussi belle interprétation.Bien à vous
I slowly realise I have some kind of depression and just listening to this soothingly sublime duet makes me dream of a better world, a garden filled with flowers and birds singing. This is the power of Music.
@@stunnedmulletblah9714 indeed. Reality kicks in, I have to work in a job I now hate, I have to deal with overbearing parents, I have to live on an island I fucking hate... Beautiful life.
The world has a lot of beauty in it, but it sure can be a depressing place to live many times. "We were made for something greater," a good author liked to say, and we can all feel it sometimes. But God's promise is that unbroken garden world will be a reality for anyone willing to let go of their rebellion against God and follow him, and from all I've seen and heard, I believe him. God offers forgiveness freely without price because of the payment of his son, Jesus. That promise can be for you too, if you will follow him! Look for the book of John in the Bible if you're willing, but be ready. God will change your life for the best if you submit to him, but what's good for you sometimes hurts. I'll tell you this though: it's worth it.
@@alexcal24 I’m probably in a similar situation, been trapped in family business and tangled in between what I like to do & what I should do. I feel so touched & soothed since heard it in classicFM this morning, so I’ve been replaying it for almost whole day today. This is not the first time I came across with this piece of music but I never felt so touched before. Maybe I am in a breaking point right now
Hey Alex and hap365 , thanks for your comments, I have cancer and family abandoned me. Not sure what to say just thanks for sharing. I hope we all find that something
This song shows exactly the beauty and difference of voices between a soprano and a mezzo-soprano, just perfection! And I think they're both french, the accent is very natural
There is definitely more context and depth than a non native French speaker singing this piece. Very imaginative and beautiful. The 1st time I heard the Flower Duet was when I listened to Charlotte Church. As a 16 year old, totally dismissed it lol. But. Years later, heard a different arrangement and I decided to give it another go and loved it. I think that there seems to be more depth when a soloist is performing a piece from their native country. It's like an American pianist playing a composition by Tchaikovsky vs a native Russian playing the same piece by the same composer 🙂.
Not only that, but also there is a softness and sweetness in their voices. Other singers try to sing it using all the power in their voices, as if they were singing a dramatic duet from an italian opera. Here they just sing it perfectly.
Terrible performance. Look what they’re wearing, so disrespectful. Slouching, fidgeting, folded arms. They look like they’re waiting for a bus. A complete disgrace.
Personally this is the definitive! Orchestra, conductor and singers seperated by zero, when it flows! Perfect enunciation a relaxed ensemble of time stopping brilliance, sabine and marianne push each other with affection and the confidence of their abilities. I dont think i will ever listen to a better version!
This is a spectacular rendition of the "Flower Duet!" It's rare to hear any performance of this piece in which the orchestra is at all times only the supportive background structure for the vocalists. In nearly every other rendition I've heard, the orchestra "swells" often and repeatedly, overwhelming the vocalists. I believe this tendency to use the orchestra to nearly drown out the vocalists at certain points is a deliberate maneuver to cover over any weaknesses in the vocal performance. These ladies have no weaknesses that need to be drowned out or hidden by the orchestra in this case! All together, this is truly a sublime performance!
Clark Kent the brunette is using her body to help her sound. She may look as you say fearful but that’s just her technique of singing. Unless you’ve performed this duet please don’t just judge them. This is just a recording not a performance if you just listened to this it would be beautiful so it doesn’t matter how they look.
The exquisite voices of Sabine Devieilhe and Marianne Crebassa elevate this duet to a whole new level. Their harmonies blend seamlessly, for an ethereal and captivating performance. This duet truly showcases the beauty and artistry of operatic soprano singing. Bravo!
How on Earth or any other planet for that matter, do two human beings open their mouths and such stunning beauty come out? Their entire body language just reeked of balance and partnership. I too have heard this piece many times but this, oh this I just wanted the camera to stay only with the magicians somehow conjuring true delight, literally from thin air. Thank you both.
@@johnsmith-wx5fb thanx for the laugh, I needed that today! 😀👍🐑. When she first walks into the cell she looks just like Jodie too. And at the end it's the bloody bank! Hahaha
Easily my favourite performance of this song. These two ladies compliment each other so much with their exquisite voices. I'll never tire of listening to it
It threw me off too... usually when you hear this, it's during a performance... and I'm watching this all like "oh my god! they're normal people with real lives, and not glamorous divas in formal gowns and jewels all the time!"
Bill Nolastname me, too.....have to listen to this magnificent duet at least once a day....love the mezzo soprano the most....what a stunning voice she has....
I start to cry too - the moment they begin to sing. Such incredible beauty, and they make it look so effortless, as if they have only to open thier miouths and this magic just pours forth. Always, *always* incredible!
@@AntonArmsbergit certainly does. ( 1 Corinthians 2:9) “But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him” Jesus loves you and God Bless you🙏🏽
Oh mon Dieu! what beauty! This brought tears to my eyes, once again. When my son was 5 years old, this part of the opéra played on Arte TV here in France, while he was playing with his toys. He stopped, let his toys go and dropped to his knees in front of the TV, and just stayed mesmerized by the music... It was just an heavenly moment and since then, every time I hear that part of the opera, I just cry with tears of joy...
Et ils veulent nous mettre du Aya nakamura pour les jeux olympiques Mdr 😂😂 Alors qu’ont a des chanteurs en or en France 🇫🇷🥲 Même les français comprennent rien eux paroles d’aya nakamura 😜😂😂
Periodically l come back to this masterpiece, they both compliment each other beautifully, looks like they’ve just had a cup of tea together and decided to sing a song or two...there isn’t a word BIG enough to describe this duo...love them. Linda
Lois Lancaster Are you blind? Sabine Devieilhe and Marianne Crebassa’s names are plastered all over these comments, i didn’t have to scroll more than 3 comments to find them. And until you get paid thousands of dollars for your voice alone, your opinion only has basis on jealousy and spite. Have fun knowing people will be praising these vocalist decades from now while your youtube troll comments will fade into obscurity.
@@kidcat3000 WOW. Sabine Devieilhe has whopping 18K FB likes and Marianne Crebassa has, hold your hat, 5K FB likes. One X-factor contestants doing the same tune has 124K likes and 2 million views on her video). Please do some research before making ignorant comments.
These lovely ladies blend so beautifully, the resulting sound is as if one voice underwent cell division and became two. Thank you for these magical moments. 🤗
Just on a loop on this one..so addictive..was amazed to know that the back story of the Opera is related to my country... The whole opera is set in British India in mid 19th century ,about Lakme( french rendition of the name Goddess Lakshmi).. This piece of opera 'the flower duet' is a act when a Hindu Brahmin priest's daughter Lakme(Lakshmi) and her friend Mallika go to gather flowers to riverside..Later, she falls in love with a British officer Gerald and the story goes on.. Clearly music has no boundaries of country,culture,religion..the ecstasy of such a masterpiece is what evryone experiences...
I mean, yes, sure. But this is still european culture, european classical music ; or I just specify French artist's work. Classical music, opera, and most instruments, if not all, were created by them (europeans).
The soprano possess a very beautiful well balanced voice, superb technique.... but the mezzo stole my heart. Will never forget her out of the world mesmerizing voice.
Merci Beaucoup! It is so refreshing to watch this video/audio of these beautiful vocalists/musicians in their Saturday afternoon clothes/practice blacks with a laid back conductor using what appears to be either a pencil or a plastic straw as his baton! I am now a 76 year old man, himself an polyinstrumentalist and a medical physician, who some 40 some years ago was engaged to a lovely woman for over a decade who like one of these lovely Ladies was/is a world class lyric coloratura soprano. And viewing this superb video most wondrously translocates me back in time as i most pleasantly recall sitting in on hundreds if not thousands of such wondrous rehearsals. Again, thanks for bringing me back to those wonderful years.
You're not alone I cried a river. I'm discovering this kind of music. This morning in my car I switched the FM by mistake just to be in shock listening to these beauty, masterpiece or whatever it is! Stunning! I'm already open to take a seat at the next opera and cry again and again. Wow!
Coloratura soprano Mady Mesplé (born 1931) French, recorded this for EMI in the early 70s. It is, at the very least, as good (I think is still the best). Look for it.
Ah! Forgot a more recent Natalie Dessay & Delphine Haidan (both FRENCH) which deliver beautifully, and, in my opinion, better than these. Great diction!
This is music to get lost in. I have heard many beautiful versions of this song. These two wonderfully talented women and orchestra have presented the most beautiful version I have ever heard. Thank you ♥️
In MOST performances of this aria, the soprano completely overpowers the mezzo to the point where you can hardly hear her. In this one, the singers are in perfect balance, like they're having a conversation, not one trying to outdo the other!
Mon dieu, mais quelle interprétation magnifique. D'une clarté et d'un profond divin, dans lesquels je me suis perdu pour ressentir l'harmonie la plus absolue. J'ai été bouleversé par la parfaite symbiose entre ces deux interprètes et l'orchestre.
it's one thing to hear this piece as a background music on a commercial and a completely different experience to watching it being performed and how much technicality and care it took to execute it. its quite exhilarating.
Yeah, about that commercial -- Yanni's vulgarized rendition, which he called "Aria" is the one British Airways used, with two shrill voices shrieking unintelligible lyrics. For those of us who believe THIS performance is the ultimate, that commercial is utterly cringeworthy.
@@neliaferreira9983 : I haven't seen that one. British Airways has used the vulgarized version in its ads for years, though. If you know the original, that one is AWFUL.
@@stevecarson4162 oh snap... Cuz the British Airways one is so different I didn't even consider that a serious version of the opera... The one commercial on the boat that I mean is indeed a respectful version. But I don't know what the commercial is...
@@neliaferreira9983 : It sounds like I'd like THAT one a lot better. I'm the same way about commercials -- I'll remember the commercial, but not what it was FOR. They say that's a sign the commercial didn't work! ;)
I wish to move into Marianne Crebassa's voice and take residense there. When she hits the alto register, my heart just melts. It feels like velvet, but still delicate and light. Devieilhe is also a fine companion to her.
Technically, Crebassa was Devieilhe's companion. But I agree, Devieilhe's singing was beautiful but Crebassa's was absolutely mesmerizing. Also she made it look effortless and at some point she looked like she wanted to dance to the music. An absolute joy to hear and see. ❤
This man out here conducting with a PENCIL. And these gorgeous women in their Sunday comfy wear just absolutely pulling on my every heart string... Utterly divine
Very beautiful. Harmony. This has the rare ability to pull my nerves straight no matter how bad times might be.
Proves you can conduct with a pencil and sing in comfy wear...
Man conducting with a pencil? Then you have not seen Gergiev.
Beats a toothpick!
@Berliner Stadtschloss Not EVERY performance needs to be done in full concert dress, their attire isn't "stupid" for a recording session. If you're under those stage lights and standing up for hours, things get tiring. Don't knock it till you try it, trust me. I've nearly fainted in my concert attire plenty of times, and would take jeans and a sweater over a floor length dress any day!
I have heard dozens of versions of this song. I think this performance will never be surpassed. This is as close to perfection as we'll ever experience.
I agree.
Garanca with netrebko does better
Yes
I agree with you !!! This is as close as possible to the perfection .....
exactly, need to keep hear more dozens of version xD
Happy and blessed to be one of the 19 people who have watched this about 1 million times.
We're a blessed group.
Agree
Make it 20..
How do we know the statistics of this video?
How did you know?😊
The first time I heard this was about 25 yrs ago. It was a typical cloudy, cold late November day in Milwaukee Wisconsin. I was driving my car and decided to turn on the radio. A very light fluffy snow started coming down ever so gently. The snow flakes were the size of quarters and seemed to defy gravity. They were traversing as tho being directed by a master composer. It was so surreal just witnessing this weather phenomenon. Then, this particular duet started to chime in. The two sinced together at the same time. It was what I would equate to a religious experience. My heart was taken back. Something in the ethereal world had placed me in the moment to witness both the weather and the music dancing together as one. I’ll never forget that day.
Wow that was a beautiful image in my mind ❤
You are me.....🥰
I think mine was on a TV commercial for the olympics, I remember gymnastics.
Wow. Poetry. ❤❤❤
Such details man..just picturing that snow flakes ... Nice
This is the most flawless Flower Duet I’ve ever heard
Nathan Bauman Agreed! Two friends having a conversation- what I think the composer intended!
They are both very good and compliment each other very well but have a listen to Amira Willihagen and Corlea Botha singing Flower duet in 2017 superb is the right words to use.
@Ligeia D.Aurevilly i'd give the best version to Elina Garanca and Anna Netrebko imo. give it a listen if you haven't already
Certainly the best duet of this song at least.
As a random french dude this version is the one I appreciate the most. Not only because of the vocal performance but the proper pronunciation here makes me fly to the narrative. Full experience.
When i was in Rehab last year, every saturday morning i woke up and listened to this masterpiece. Now being 13 months clean, i still listen to it every saturday morning. It gives me so much peace.
Keep on progressing my friend just met you today and already wanna see you win
Next year i'm off dope since 20 years ...
Kudos. One day at a time. Life is too amazingly beautiful to be lived in a fog. It's a gift. Enjoy!
Keep it up! Proud of you! Dont stop!
I m not clean but i want to,and one day if i'm clean,that will be the music i enjoy both sober and high times for me.
It’s almost like it can’t be real. Such control, poise, elegance, just absolutely beautiful
Just what i posted! There are several masterpieces in the classical music, but this is almost what you call it; unreal!
The best flower duet I’ve heard since the original. Beautiful.
💯👍⚘
Absolute perfection. It's like your ears are being massaged with flower petals.
I did not know how to name the feelong when I am listening to this and this is exactly it!
😅true!
So well said!
Bro it’s like my mind is orgasming😂 this is insane
The balance is exquisite -- it's so easy for the soprano to dominate in this duet, but here she is playing the character, not just singing the aria, and lets the mezzo through. Superb musicianship, and a true duet partner. Her tone and delivery of 'bleu' just before the reprise of the chorus for the last time takes my breath away every time. Stunning singing. And Marianne Crebassa is the perfect foil, authoritative without dominating, supporting the soprano line and allowing her to float it effortlessly without having to compete. Roth supports them sensitively, and the period ensemble make it intimate. I think they knew they had it in the bag after this take
Could not agree with you more !! This is the best version of this duet online !!
You are such a star to give us this heart-stopping description to such a beautiful pristine blending of voices...thank you very much🤗
Yeah that's definitely the same thing I was thinking lol
Marianne’s voice is my favorite of the two.....rich, gorgeous, so beautiful......love your description here, too....
Nonsense
I just can’t get over how beautiful this is. I always cry when they start singing together. And oh my god, their voices blend so perfectly, it’s unbelievable!
Same
@@jamesfitzpatrick8300 kmna my c
played this to my mom, she started crying immediately. incredible performance, I've hardly seen anything this beautiful and emotional.
!!
I feel the same.
Since I first heard this Duet, I listen to it every day because it reminds me of my Mother who passed away in 2018. She worked at the Croatian National Theater as a cleaner, but she took me with her every time there was an opera or play on the schedule. I have seen a lot of operas and plays in that theater, but I have never heard such a good "Duet"...❤
May she rest in peace
❤🙏
I am glad it has that extra layer of meaning for you. Best wishes
You’re a very RICH person and blessed!
I've only dreamt of a mother like yours.
A routine rehearsal that turned out to be "THE BEST" the world has ever witnessed.
@@yosserc agreed.
I understand that this was actually a recording session, not a rehearsal. I imagine they had to re-record that part where Sabine seems to playfully sing the wrong line, which makes Marianne laugh -- but then she shrugs it off, like she doesn't mind doing it again at all.
This is atleast 2 different runs. You can see a cut at 2:25 where her hands are in different positions. Not to take anything away from their performance. It was beautiful.@@stevecarson4162
Fantástico!
@@stevecarson4162yeah.... because they were rehearsing.
Without introduction or fanfare, I played this video on the big screen for my 3rd grade students. There were a few giggles and rolled eyes but, as the piece continued, my students saw how special this recording was to me.
The following day I played it again, this time with some biographical info on the singers and opera in general. There were no giggles.
The following day I played it once more. The children (8 yrs old) shared smiles with me and each other during each chorus.
On the 4th day, at the library, the children insisted that we share the piece with our librarian. The children introduced the song to her, named the singers and gave a brief summary of the story. When the music began, there was not a fidget, wiggle, or sound in the room except for the sublime music they had come to love.
ps They also love Ella Fitzgerald and Esmeralda Spalding. :-) but not like they love this duet.
Wow. Those kids will remember this song all their lives. I know I heard it at some point in my childhood, but don't remember the details.
Making people less mediocre one day at a time.
What a priceless gift you have given to your students and something that not many teachers are prepared to do. You allowed them to enter into the realm of sheer beauty not just once but day after day. And they learn as children have always learned ... by repetition and by the model of your example. You are a special teacher.
This gives me hope that some kids will not grow up as the TikTok generation. Bless you for sharing this gem with them.
Awesome! My high school English teacher was unapologetic about being a Shakespeare nerd. Twenty five years later, all of us guys from that class are middle aged dads and, you guessed it, Shakespeare nerds. This raises people up. It's "our humble assault upon the commonplace."
I do not understand a single word but it's the most beautiful song I have ever heard.
It talks about a princess and her servant in a kingdom in India. They are going to pick up flowers along a river in a wonderful garden with swans. You have to check up the lyrics and translate it. I'm French and I can tell you it's one of the most beautiful song that exists. The text is a flamboyance of beauty.
Es una canción que habla del amor entre dos personas, mujeres, entre dos mujeres tengo entendido
It's not easy to understand, even for the native french I am. It's absolutely gorgeous.
I'm french and I don't understand everything too. Who cares? So beautifull song. Berlioz is a genius.
@@rhylschermatz5809 According to Wikipedia, Lakmé was composed by Léo Delibes, and it's beautiful
I'm a 50 yr old contractor, GenX, biker, metal head, blue collar guy and this is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.❤
I feel the same way, and I also love "Laschia Ch'io Pianga". I'm a 40 yr old brazilian indigenist, metalhead, and a bit of a blue-collar guy, I'm at an ethno-environmental protection base in the heart of the Amazon rainforest dedicated to protect an uncontacted indigenous group.
@@williamperez1553That's awesome: 47 year-old metalhead here, working in the American southeast to preserve what natural places there are left and remove invasive plant species and cultivating native ones at the same time. Fight the good fight and listen to good music all the while.
Moves me to tears…opera makes me cry. So beautiful.
Glad you made it here. Welcome. Beautiful music of any kind transcends artificial boundaries.
49, yup
I'm obsessed with that mezzo. The first time I hear the mezzo outshines the soprano... Not an easy thing to do cause this soprano is sublime.
God the darkness of the mezzos voice
You're only saying that because she's got a smaller nose.
@@akeemadams7211 I agree, but it's a rich, wholesome darkness, like 90% cocoa chocolate.
This soprano is Very good. But in a few places, her voice was just a hair...and I do mean just a tiny hair too bright? verdant? for my admittedly unsophisticated ear. Just a personal preference. I'm partial to Anna Netrebko on soprano for this piece, as her voice is "creamier" and soft around the edges, it just goes down smoother. But that mezzo, wow...absolute perfection. All in all, they sounded magnificent together, gorgeously blended and spectacular voices both.
@@SKS2011SC Whether I agree with what you say or not, I like the way you say it. Lyricism on TH-cam? Whatever next?
Ещё раз убеждаюсь, что голос - это такой же инструмент, как скрипка или любой другой!!! Браво певицам!!! Настоящий дуэт, брависсимо!!!
They both shine because they don't try to over-sing the other one.
😉👍
Yes, it's as near perfect, voice for voice---and orchestra to voice---as I've ever heard.
And here we are in a coronavirus pandemic that affects all of us around the world. We can still enjoy the heights of what humans can create working together. We will not be brought down by what can only be seen in a powerful microscope.
@@brucekuehn4031 *Amen.*
Yes and this is called a duet
Sabine Devieilhe's voice is the sound the light that sparks on a crystal makes.
Quite possibly the most stunning piece of French music ever composed.
I would say Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, but this one is still great.
Listen "au fond du temple saint" from Bizet's opera "les pêcheurs de perle".
@@McCainnn Yes, also amazing.
@@nicolajpiemonte8907 Definitely agreed.
Ernest chausson duo de junon et ceres
I love how Marriane looks like she just popped in for a minute to help out with the duet piece. Such stunningly beautiful voices.
yes totally, and the conductor s conducting with a green pencil! So laid-back but absolute perfection
@@RebekkaJensen LOL, ok.
@@RebekkaJensen oh, be nice.
@@alanwilliams5389 That’s the Internet today. People will seize any opportunity to argue and insult. Even over something utterly tiny like a typo or bad autocorrect on an obscure opera singer’s name.
@@RebekkaJensen there are polite ways to correct a spelling mistake and less polite ways. You chose a less polite way and now your trying to justify it. You could have simply said, “Please note that her name is spelled Marianne, which can help other people find her.” But that’s not what you said, is it?
Yesterday afternoon my father passed away while listening to this video. It is so very beautiful, and such a lovely piece to remember him by. Thank you to all those involved in its recording.
I can tell he was a special man by reading your comment. I'm sorry for your loss, I know he's now listening to angels singing this music and thinking of you.
Sorry for your loss blessings and hugs to you beatiful soul.
Oh no I'm so sorry! The loss of a parent is one of the worst things that can happen to us. I'm with you darling. Stay strong!
I'm so sorry for your loss, Claire. I know how you will be feeling at this time. Sending love to you and your family 💗
R.I.P.
When you hear something of that beauty, it revives in me that perhaps there is hope for humankind.
When you feel that something like a kind of sound of nature can be called beauty, you know what the hope of humanity looks like.
The word "duet" has now been officially defined.
Sage advise: better to remain silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
I think it was defined in 2007 by Netrebko and Garanča
@@josephk3607 Damn!! Forgot that one. Good point. Watched both vids again. I'd hate to have to judge one performance over the other. WIll concede that Netrebko and Garanča put a little more passion into their's. Thanx for the memory jog.
@@echowit lol sorry I just reread my reply and I seemed a bit angsty 😂 I was not, but anyway, you're right. Both performances are magnificent (but Netrebko's and Garanča's have a special place in my heart)
@@josephk3607 The main difference being you can hear Netrebko and Garanča can't speak French, and that makes a huge difference, at least for me.
I've always loved this duet, but what makes this one of my top five to watch, is the casual dress mixed with absolute brilliance.
Everything and everyone in this video is a genius at what they do.
We got everything, from a diddle-eye Joe to a damned-if-I-know.
The ladies look like two soccer moms stocking up at Target until they start singing and the voices of angels come out.
@@jujubee463 😆😆
@benlotus2703 very true.😆
To me, this looks like a rehearsal.
this is so beautiful. I cried. that mezzo. my heart stopped when she started singing. I feel privileged to have heard this.
I have to ration my listening to this. It's just too much, too wonderful.
People often pay more attention to the soprano, who is usually given a showier role in an opera. But Marianne Crebassa's rich mezzo is heartstoppingly gorgeous. Sabine is "pretty" in the usual way, but Marianne's looks fascinate me. I can't take my eyes off her.
Agreed
The mezzo has the perfect voice. My soul felt power and peace at the same time when she started to sing.
@@kevinmac2200 i think that's best. ease into it. come back later for the rest.
As many versions as I’ve heard of this piece, this version is by far my favorite. I return to it again and again.
20 years ago today, my wife and myself walked down the isle to this sung by two friends of ours from the philharmonic. Today I sit and listen to this with very mixed feelings, pain of loss as my wife died suddenly two months ago, and yet the joy of the day we married.
Diving Tenerife Scuba I am very sorry for your loss.
@@kirabraunsoprano, thank you.
That's really beautiful, I'm so happy you have such a lovely memory ❤
Psalm 147:3
Bless you and god rest her soul.
Believe me, I know how you feel. My sincerest condolences
My God, this has to be one of the most beautiful duets in all of opera. This rendition in particular is just breathtakingly gorgeous. I never tire of watching it. Brave, ladies. Bravissime.
Magique avec François Xavier Roth orchestre exceptionnel un duo de gde qualité.merci
Magic, emotional, perfect!
Its the only bit of opera I have heard that I like, but I'm a 54 year old punk rocker, so what do I know.
@@jimallen9442 Don't worry.
This is one of the most beautiful things you'll hear for sure.
It's *brave *bravissime
I love the contrast of how casually they are dressed and at the same time singing like angels 💐
If you love this kind of contrast, don't go to concerts and just go to see rehearsals ☺
@@eransasson20 Thank you for the tip :) !
I see what you mean. They are very young, attractive, and informal, with voices that are highly precise, highly trained, and incredible. I love the contrast, and I love the fact they look comfortable.
@@iltc9734 Exactly!
we classical musicians are ppl you know xD we are not always well dressed
This is the most beautiful version I've ever heard. Their voices are incredible. The control, the annunciation, the blending. GAH! They moved me to tears.
Me too.
I love that their voices aren't so big and heavy like the larger more mature voices we so often hear sing this. They are fresh and light like the flowers they're singing about. So tantalizing!
Very perceptive.
That’s it!!!! Thank you for sharing your interpretation. It’s perfect. That’s exactly what I feel each time I listen to these Angels. Thank you.
AMAZING!
Me, too.
yeah but joan and marilyn piss all over this
If they don't play this at my funeral, I'm not coming
lol😂.. it's a beautiful piece my friend.
🤣🤣
Same here
Seems reasonable!
😂😂😂
absolutely gorgeous version of the song. Those two ladies have such perfect voices. I must have listened to this 20 times today alone..
Same.
Amazing! Everyone is absolutely amazing, including the director. You can feel every note from each instrument, the voices of the vocalists, and the movements of the director/conductor.
Incredibly fulfilling! 🎻🎵🎶
First Time I ever heard this song was in the Movie "Carlito's Way" when Al Pacino was watching his ex girlfriend through a Window practice Dancing. This is a Heavenly Song and will endure forever!
Me too!!!!
JAMES , YOU HAVE AND EAR FOR UPLIFTING MUSIC WHEN I HEARD THIS FROM THE COMMERCIAL I FOUND IT AND I BEEN LISTENING TO THIS SONG AS MANY TIMES AS YOU ITS JUST INSTANT MEDICINE MUSIC 🎵 DOES WONDER FOR YOUR HEART 💙 CAUSE I ELIMINATE STRESS FROM PEOPLE BY LISTENING TO LEGENDARY MUSIC 🎵
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. It transcends time and space. We’re so fortunate to have the ability to rewatch this at our leisure.
This has the clearest diction I’ve ever heard for this piece. Kudos for the ladies letting each other shine.
I'm glad someone else notices that. Usually you can't understand the lyrics, but here I don't even need subtitles.
@@bouledeberlin8741 I speak French, very
badly. When sung, any language can easily be misheard, and when not a first language, not understood. In this instance I actually could understand what was being sung.
Niether of them tries to outshine the other pure class
It's normal, they're both French 😊
@@rosa7479 Has little bearing on diction. I’ve heard a lot of English singers singing English I could not understand. They,re just that good.
The mezzo added the perfect finesse to this piece. My ears heard beauty today!
Cheyenne Gibson just wanted to remind to listen to this again
They have to be native to the spefic point in Italia where it was created to have this passion love, tension and power to deliver such grace.
Yes!!
Charming. Beautiful.
SuperSmashing Dave...
This is a French aria, sweetheart (not Italian).
WOW!!!!! THAT MEZZO-SOPRANO'S VOICE !!!!! IT'S PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I’m no opera expert by any chance. I love listening to mezzo Huguette Tourangeau sing the duet with Joan Sutherland. However, this mezzo is amazing. It may be the advancement in sound recording, but the way these two voices complement each other, and each voice leaves space for the other is amazing. Forgive me, but I find when a mezzo is pitched against a soprano, the mezzo comes off second best - but not in this case. These two are wonderful together and the mezzo ‘tenor’ is jaw droppingly good!
@@jewando1 No, the brunette.
@@jewando1 Mezzo is the brunette. Marianne Crebassa. The blonde is Sabine Devieilhe, the soprano.
In my opinion this is the most beautiful performance of any song ever…..Thank you ladies xx
I'm in love with the mezzo. The casual way she sings perfectly, the way she carries herself wearing those casual clothes, she makes it look so easy, like an everyday singing practice.
It is easy - for her (after years of training)
Me too it’s hard to believe
@@myknittingblog I don't think so. Full concentration the whole time.
It's not only about singing, it's also about listening and she does it great.
When the world is utterly insane I return to this wonderful piece. I’m crying.
Yesssssss
A sure cure for the evening news..
I feel similar
Their voices fit so perfectly together. I can't believe how perfect this sounds. How does it sound so perfect?
Hundreds if not thousands of hours of practice.
This is BY FAR the best version I've ever heard. Far too often, the soprano overwhelms the mezzo to the point where you can hardly hear her. In this performance, both voices can be heard clearly and they meld together perfectly, without one drowning out the other.
@@stevecarson4162 You said it perfectly!
Fourteen decades of generations of people trying again and again and again , you're bound to get some amazing recordings in 140 years
A lot of practice, both duet / ensemble and alone, and the composer...
Im a norwegian pig farmer and I love this song. . and so do my pigs, too.
Your pigs have great taste in music ...😉
I have the most beautiful image in my mind with your description
Your pigs must taste good. I know when it taste good.
hahahahaahah
Happy for you and for yor pigs. After this music, they must taste lickin good!
🐖 are my favourite animal & hearing that they love this music pleases me very much ❤
The sound of their two voices together is like getting a big hug and being told everything's going to be OK. What a much needed feeling right now...
agree, just what we need during this awful time.
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Love from asia, hope all of you healty and happy
An old man, on a Spanish mountain, has tears of joy running down his face. Sublime !
Must have been such a beautiful, unforgettable moment!
As a mountain I concur
These voices together are like fine crystal and silk velvet... perfect.
That Mezzo.... her voice is like a kiss.
It's the best rendition I've ever heard.
Mezzo voices are also very nice, they are often very strong.
This left me with goosebumps, tears running and breathless....OUT OF THIS WORLD!!
I don't think I've ever heard more beautiful harmonizing than this.
I dont know what those two French women were singing about - all I know is that when we heard their beautiful voices singing, every man felt free...
You're thinking of that movie. Shawshank Redemption. Not quite the quote but almost.
the marriage of Figaro is the song from that movie
@@staceyparsons2027 I know that- but this duet is similarly beautiful
They're singing about different flowers
True. Perfect harmonizing
French lyrics
Lakmé: Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs
Jettent déjà leur ombre
Sur le ruisseau sacré
qui coule, calme et sombre,
Eveillé par le chant des oiseaux tapageurs.
Mallika: Oh! maîtresse, c'est l'heure
où je te vois sourire,
L'heure bénie où je puis lire
Dans le coeur toujours fermé
De Lakmé!
Lakmé: Dôme épais le jasmin
Mallika: Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin
L.: À la rose s'assemble,
M.: À la rose s'assemble,
L.: Rive en fleurs, frais matin,
M.: Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin,
L.: Nous appellent ensemble.
M.: Viens, descendons ensemble.
L.: Ah! glissons en suivant
M.: Doucement glissons; De son flot charmant
L.: Le courant fuyant;
M.: Suivons le courant fuyant;
L.: Dans l'onde frémissante,
M.: Dans l’onde frémissante,
L.: D'une main nonchalante,
M.: D’une main nonchalante,
L.: Gagnons le bord,
M.: Viens, gagnons le bord
L.: Où l'oiseau chante,
M.: Où la source dort.
L.: l'oiseau, l'oiseau chante.
M.: Et l’oiseau, l’oiseau chante.
L.: Dôme épais, blanc jasmin,
M.: Sous le dôme épais, Sous le blanc jasmin,
L.: Nous appellent ensemble!
M.: Ah! descendons ensemble!
L.: Mais, je ne sais quelle crainte subite
s’empare de moi.
Quand mon père va seul à leur ville maudite,
Je tremble, je tremble d'effroi!
M.: Pour que le Dieu Ganeça le protège,
Jusqu'à l'étang où s'ébattent joyeux
Les cygnes aux ailes de neige,
Allons cueillir les lotus bleus.
L.: Oui, près des cygnes aux ailes de neige,
Allons cueillir les lotus bleus.
L: Dôme épais le jasmin
M: Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin
L.: À la rose s'assemble,
M.: À la rose s'assemble,
L.: Rive en fleurs, frais matin,
M.: Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin,
L.: Nous appellent ensemble.
M.: Viens, descendons ensemble.
L.: Ah! glissons en suivant
M.: Doucement glissons; De son flot charmant
L.: Le courant fuyant;
M.: Suivons le courant fuyant;
L.: Dans l'onde frémissante,
M.: Dans l’onde frémissante,
L.: D'une main nonchalante,
M.: D’une main nonchalante,
L.: Gagnons le bord,
M.: Viens, gagnons le bord
L.: Où l'oiseau chante,
M.: Où la source dort.
L.: l'oiseau, l'oiseau chante.
M.: Et l’oiseau, l’oiseau chante.
L.: Dôme épais, blanc jasmin,
M.: Sous le dôme épais, Sous le blanc jasmin,
L.: Nous appellent ensemble!
M.: Ah! descendons ensemble!
Thank you!
Thanks!
Can someone translate it please
@@jerkingofwar I can't copy and paste into Google translate: (
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Lakmé: Come on, Mallika, the flowering lianas
Are already casting their shadow
On the sacred stream
flowing, calm and dark,
Awakened by the song of rowdy birds.
Mallika: Oh! mistress, it's time
where I see you smile,
The blessed hour when I can read
In the still closed heart
From Lakmé!
Lakmé: Thick dome jasmine
Mallika: Under the thick dome where the white jasmine
L .: To the rose assembles,
M .: To the rose assembles,
L .: Shore in bloom, cool morning,
M .: On the blossoming shore, laughing in the morning,
L .: Call us together.
M .: Come on, let's go down together.
The H! let's slide following
M .: Slowly glide; Of its charming flow
L .: The fleeing current;
M .: Let us follow the fleeing current;
L .: In the quivering wave,
M .: In the quivering wave,
L .: With a nonchalant hand,
M .: With a nonchalant hand,
L .: Let's get to the edge,
M .: Come on, let's get to the edge
L .: Where the bird sings,
M .: Where the spring sleeps.
L .: the bird, the bird is singing.
M .: And the bird, the bird is singing.
L .: Thick dome, jasmine white,
M .: Under the thick dome, Under the white jasmine,
L .: Call us together!
M .: Ah! let's go down together!
L .: But, I don't know what sudden fear
grab me.
When my father goes alone to their cursed city,
I tremble, I tremble with fear!
M .: So that the God Ganeça protects him,
Up to the pond where joyfully frolic
Swans with snow wings,
Let's go pick the blue lotuses.
L .: Yes, near the snow-winged swans,
Let's go pick the blue lotuses.
L: Thick dome jasmine
M: Under the thick dome where the white jasmine
L .: To the rose assembles,
M .: To the rose assembles,
L .: Shore in bloom, cool morning,
M .: On the blossoming shore, laughing in the morning,
L .: Call us together.
M .: Come on, let's go down together.
The H! let's slide following
M .: Slowly glide; Of its charming flow
L .: The fleeing current;
M .: Let us follow the fleeing current;
L .: In the quivering wave,
M .: In the quivering wave,
L .: With a nonchalant hand,
M .: With a nonchalant hand,
L .: Let's get to the edge,
M .: Come on, let's get to the edge
L .: Where the bird sings,
M .: Where the spring sleeps.
L .: the bird, the bird is singing.
M .: And the bird, the bird is singing.
L .: Thick dome, jasmine white,
M .: Under the thick dome, Under the white jasmine,
L .: Call us together!
M .: Ah! let's go down together!
Marianne Crebassa (mezzo) stole the show. She's amazing. Both are amazing! This is my most favourite version ever
Agree. She is magnificent.
Pour moi, leur duo est parfait, c'est la plus belle version que j'aie jamais entendue.
Her voice is handsome :v
I'm so glad I wasn't the only won who thought that. Just exquisite.
@@teresanovak2039 Well the mezzosoprano needs to be good so that the soprano does not look bad (not sound bad). If the mezzesoprano is not skillful, she would be overpowered by the soprano and people would say the soprano is being a diva and tries to upstage everyone.
Air. Softened tone. Playful calibration of volume and rythmic agility. Crisp diction and sustained lines without strain and unnecessary bravura. Sheer palpable joy of singing that music and playing it together is a marvel of musicality. Am I dreaming? No. That is just a group of really and fully engaged musicians that are in love with material. Kudos to conductor François-Xavier Roth and his orchestra Les Siècles - for creation the hypnotic sonic atmosphere that evokes the trance-like state of suspended reality in listener. A lot of singers do that duet for its obvious beauty. But to make it anew to glow and shimmer in warm burnished tones - that requires a special sensibility and possession of means to express it. These two marvellous ladies stands out from the crowd of many even famous performers that took this duet on. Sabine Devieilhe & Marianne Crebassa seem to win it. That unshowy commited to music attitude is a rarity at any time anywhere. Mesmerizing sensuos sonic experience that uniqely delivered by engagement of all of this duet's performers - is the evidence of their artistic commitment. It's a good enough reason to be grateful for the opportunity of being transported for 6 minutes to something that closely resembles outer spheres. Merci, merci, merci...
Well said is an understatement. Great job.
I love the way these two ladies look. They look as if they have just picked the kids up from school, told them to sit quiet while they have a bit of a sing song, brilliant.
Rodney, your premise sums up my opinion precisely. The power of the ladies voices juxtaposed with their every day appearance brings the whole piece alive. You half expect them to have a bevy in the pub round the corner after rehearsals, which is probably what they do.
I hope these ladies know how special they are and truly appreciated
I totally agree.
Beautifully said, and true
😂😂😂
😂
Lakmé: Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs
Jettent déjà leur ombre
Sur le ruisseau sacré
qui coule, calme et sombre,
Eveillé par le chant des oiseaux tapageurs.
Mallika: Oh! maîtresse, c'est l'heure
où je te vois sourire,
L'heure bénie où je puis lire
Dans le coeur toujours fermé
De Lakmé!
Lakmé: Dôme épais le jasmin
Mallika: Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin
L.: À la rose s'assemble,
M.: À la rose s'assemble,
L.: Rive en fleurs, frais matin,
M.: Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin,
L.: Nous appellent ensemble.
M.: Viens, descendons ensemble.
L.: Ah! glissons en suivant
M.: Doucement glissons; De son flot charmant
L.: Le courant fuyant;
M.: Suivons le courant fuyant;
L.: Dans l'onde frémissante,
M.: Dans l’onde frémissante,
L.: D'une main nonchalante,
M.: D’une main nonchalante,
L.: Gagnons le bord,
M.: Viens, gagnons le bord
L.: Où l'oiseau chante,
M.: Où la source dort.
L.: l'oiseau, l'oiseau chante.
M.: Et l’oiseau, l’oiseau chante.
L.: Dôme épais, blanc jasmin,
M.: Sous le dôme épais, Sous le blanc jasmin,
L.: Nous appellent ensemble!
M.: Ah! descendons ensemble!
L.: Mais, je ne sais quelle crainte subite
s’empare de moi.
Quand mon père va seul à leur ville maudite,
Je tremble, je tremble d'effroi!
M.: Pour que le Dieu Ganeça le protège,
Jusqu'à l'étang où s'ébattent joyeux
Les cygnes aux ailes de neige,
Allons cueillir les lotus bleus.
L.: Oui, près des cygnes aux ailes de neige,
Allons cueillir les lotus bleus.
L: Dôme épais le jasmin
M: Sous le dôme épais où le blanc jasmin
L.: À la rose s'assemble,
M.: À la rose s'assemble,
L.: Rive en fleurs, frais matin,
M.: Sur la rive en fleurs, riant au matin,
L.: Nous appellent ensemble.
M.: Viens, descendons ensemble.
L.: Ah! glissons en suivant
M.: Doucement glissons; De son flot charmant
L.: Le courant fuyant;
M.: Suivons le courant fuyant;
L.: Dans l'onde frémissante,
M.: Dans l’onde frémissante,
L.: D'une main nonchalante,
M.: D’une main nonchalante,
L.: Gagnons le bord,
M.: Viens, gagnons le bord
L.: Où l'oiseau chante,
M.: Où la source dort.
L.: l'oiseau, l'oiseau chante.
M.: Et l’oiseau, l’oiseau chante.
L.: Dôme épais, blanc jasmin,
M.: Sous le dôme épais, Sous le blanc jasmin,
L.: Nous appellent ensemble!
M.: Ah! descendons ensemble!
Merci beaucoup !!!
Merci pour ce partage
. . tre bien . . merci . . vladimir de australie
🙏🙏🙏
Merci de ce partage. Ce dimanche je serais à L'Opéra de Liège voir et découvrir l'histoire "LAKMÉ ". J'espère entendre en directe une aussi belle interprétation.Bien à vous
I slowly realise I have some kind of depression and just listening to this soothingly sublime duet makes me dream of a better world, a garden filled with flowers and birds singing. This is the power of Music.
And then.....you wake up
@@stunnedmulletblah9714 indeed. Reality kicks in, I have to work in a job I now hate, I have to deal with overbearing parents, I have to live on an island I fucking hate... Beautiful life.
The world has a lot of beauty in it, but it sure can be a depressing place to live many times. "We were made for something greater," a good author liked to say, and we can all feel it sometimes. But God's promise is that unbroken garden world will be a reality for anyone willing to let go of their rebellion against God and follow him, and from all I've seen and heard, I believe him. God offers forgiveness freely without price because of the payment of his son, Jesus. That promise can be for you too, if you will follow him!
Look for the book of John in the Bible if you're willing, but be ready. God will change your life for the best if you submit to him, but what's good for you sometimes hurts. I'll tell you this though: it's worth it.
@@alexcal24 I’m probably in a similar situation, been trapped in family business and tangled in between what I like to do & what I should do. I feel so touched & soothed since heard it in classicFM this morning, so I’ve been replaying it for almost whole day today. This is not the first time I came across with this piece of music but I never felt so touched before. Maybe I am in a breaking point right now
Hey Alex and hap365 , thanks for your comments, I have cancer and family abandoned me. Not sure what to say just thanks for sharing. I hope we all find that something
This song shows exactly the beauty and difference of voices between a soprano and a mezzo-soprano, just perfection! And I think they're both french, the accent is very natural
They are French!
We have a few beautiful things in France, except our actual president!
😱
Love this duet and Marianne’s mezzo is sublime.....love it.
Elles sont françaises
It's very difficult to sing this piece well if you're not a native French speaker
this is my absolute favorite version of this song, nothing compares to native french singers singing a french song !
There is definitely more context and depth than a non native French speaker singing this piece. Very imaginative and beautiful. The 1st time I heard the Flower Duet was when I listened to Charlotte Church. As a 16 year old, totally dismissed it lol. But. Years later, heard a different arrangement and I decided to give it another go and loved it.
I think that there seems to be more depth when a soloist is performing a piece from their native country. It's like an American pianist playing a composition by Tchaikovsky vs a native Russian playing the same piece by the same composer 🙂.
ABSOLUMENT ! MERCI 😊👍
Not only that, but also there is a softness and sweetness in their voices. Other singers try to sing it using all the power in their voices, as if they were singing a dramatic duet from an italian opera. Here they just sing it perfectly.
Terrible performance. Look what they’re wearing, so disrespectful. Slouching, fidgeting, folded arms. They look like they’re waiting for a bus. A complete disgrace.
Mine too!
The power and softness of the mezzo's voice is at least stunning
Exactly! She has such a mellow tone, loud or soft, low or high, her tone is lovely, warm, enveloping!
I love how she steps backwards at certain points so that the soprano doesn't get "submerged".
@@BrotherChad Same here! The mezzo is always wonderful to hear in any version of this duet
Personally this is the definitive! Orchestra, conductor and singers seperated by zero, when it flows! Perfect enunciation a relaxed ensemble of time stopping brilliance, sabine and marianne push each other with affection and the confidence of their abilities. I dont think i will ever listen to a better version!
Greatest version ever heard personally, just a moment of perfection
I love the clarity of the sopranos voice along with the warmth of the mezzo. Makes for a perfect performance!
This is a spectacular rendition of the "Flower Duet!" It's rare to hear any performance of this piece in which the orchestra is at all times only the supportive background structure for the vocalists. In nearly every other rendition I've heard, the orchestra "swells" often and repeatedly, overwhelming the vocalists. I believe this tendency to use the orchestra to nearly drown out the vocalists at certain points is a deliberate maneuver to cover over any weaknesses in the vocal performance. These ladies have no weaknesses that need to be drowned out or hidden by the orchestra in this case! All together, this is truly a sublime performance!
evilkelly you're so right!
Clark Kent this is not an actual performance, they’re recording. Explains the sheets. Of course they know the lyrics.
These women's voices IS the music. It's stunning in its perfection.
evilkelly cool
Clark Kent the brunette is using her body to help her sound. She may look as you say fearful but that’s just her technique of singing. Unless you’ve performed this duet please don’t just judge them. This is just a recording not a performance if you just listened to this it would be beautiful so it doesn’t matter how they look.
*FINALLY AFTER YEARS OF SEARCHING I FOUND THE NAME OF THE SONG*
Exactly!!!! Me too.
I found my gold
Do u come from boom bom rockets too?
It’s a piece
Thts me
Found it from Anomalisa...
The exquisite voices of Sabine Devieilhe and Marianne Crebassa elevate this duet to a whole new level. Their harmonies blend seamlessly, for an ethereal and captivating performance. This duet truly showcases the beauty and artistry of operatic soprano singing. Bravo!
How on Earth or any other planet for that matter, do two human beings open their mouths and such stunning beauty come out? Their entire body language just reeked of balance and partnership. I too have heard this piece many times but this, oh this I just wanted the camera to stay only with the magicians somehow conjuring true delight, literally from thin air. Thank you both.
They sang the song to perfection, but someone wrote the words and music for them. I am sure this is exactly how he heard it when he put pen to paper.
Practice
A gift from God
This is possibly the most beautiful 4 minute piece of audio ever recorded in the history of recording itself.
You are not wrong. It is right up there with the best.
Merci du fond du cœur!! Quel talent! Bravo et bon succès à vous deux! 💜💜💜
It's very close.
That is the best Flower Duet I have ever heard. Unbelievable!!!!!
Look up hale and pace silence of the lambs. Is this the best jodie foster impersonation as starling ever ?
@@johnsmith-wx5fb OMG!!!!! HILARIOUS! "Miggs still hasn't learned how to open a carton of milk!" 😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣😀😀😀😀👍👍👍👍🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
@@johnsmith-wx5fb and yes, she does a great Clarice!
@@agentstarling9998 hahahah miggs💦 he never learns . i just watched it too. In certain angles her clarice is the best.😂 glad i could recommend
@@johnsmith-wx5fb thanx for the laugh, I needed that today! 😀👍🐑. When she first walks into the cell she looks just like Jodie too. And at the end it's the bloody bank! Hahaha
Easily my favourite performance of this song. These two ladies compliment each other so much with their exquisite voices. I'll never tire of listening to it
It's strange to see two women, dressed like you and I, in such ordinary clothes, singing with such extraordinary, operatic beauty!!
It shows you what kind of power and beauty each of us have inside
they are recording a CD so they have not to be dressed as for a concert - can't you see the microphones ? They never sing with microphones in concert.
It threw me off too... usually when you hear this, it's during a performance... and I'm watching this all like "oh my god! they're normal people with real lives, and not glamorous divas in formal gowns and jewels all the time!"
@@corryzahn th-cam.com/video/ldYpStpIpNU/w-d-xo.html and so many other video on TH-cam that were taken when musicians were recording CD.......
erika7674 I know, that also caught my attention.
It looks like I wandered onto the good part of TH-cam again.....
the fight with the bland and soppy and one dimensional music industry continues . we will see after the trashing of net neutrality
Bill Nolastname me, too.....have to listen to this magnificent duet at least once a day....love the mezzo soprano the most....what a stunning voice she has....
❤
Welcome on the good side mate. A cup of tea?
@Daniel Embree, don't judge me bro😉
this is the result of two magnificent singers not trying to outperform each other but letting each other shine. and shine they do!
I simply have no words, if ever a soul needed proof that Angels walk among us......
That Mezzo absolutely killed it.. i mean they both did, but often the Soprano would steal the show in a production like this
great point. usually the mezzo is there but with out the definition that this one has. This truly is a duet.
IMO she is the star!
Did you see/ listen to the duet with Philippe Jaroussky?
Oh my god...this is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard. I'm in tears, and blessed to have ears.
Always makes me cry too !
I start to cry too - the moment they begin to sing. Such incredible beauty, and they make it look so effortless, as if they have only to open thier miouths and this magic just pours forth. Always, *always* incredible!
Your comment made me cry
Such a grateful comment!
Your last sentence is poetry.
Every hair on my arms is standing up. Wow. This is not a song; it is an experience!
This is what heaven is going to sound like.
in your imagination because it doesn't exist
@@AntonArmsbergit certainly does. ( 1 Corinthians 2:9) “But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”
Jesus loves you and God Bless you🙏🏽
@@leejamorya book proves nothing
Mmmm.....heaven on earth ❤
Heaven: all the dogs I've ever known, running with me through an autumnal forest next to a river, with this music in the background.
They look so young and normal. When they sing they are transformed into Angels. They’re incredible. Thank you.
Oh mon Dieu! what beauty! This brought tears to my eyes, once again. When my son was 5 years old, this part of the opéra played on Arte TV here in France, while he was playing with his toys. He stopped, let his toys go and dropped to his knees in front of the TV, and just stayed mesmerized by the music... It was just an heavenly moment and since then, every time I hear that part of the opera, I just cry with tears of joy...
This was the first piece of opera I ever loved as a child, too! It's magical. What a sweet memory with your son ❤
moment worth living. thank you for sharing
Et ils veulent nous mettre du Aya nakamura pour les jeux olympiques Mdr 😂😂
Alors qu’ont a des chanteurs en or en France 🇫🇷🥲
Même les français comprennent rien eux paroles d’aya nakamura 😜😂😂
Periodically l come back to this masterpiece, they both compliment each other beautifully, looks like they’ve just had a cup of tea together and decided to sing a song or two...there isn’t a word BIG enough to describe this duo...love them. Linda
They are doing another day at work replicating what already been done thousands of times before.
Lois Lancaster it must take real talent to make something “done a thousand times” sound so damn good and get millions of views though
@@kidcat3000 You mean great mimicry talent. Ok if its fine to you. Please don't forget get their names as all other million viewers already done.
Lois Lancaster Are you blind? Sabine Devieilhe and Marianne Crebassa’s names are plastered all over these comments, i didn’t have to scroll more than 3 comments to find them. And until you get paid thousands of dollars for your voice alone, your opinion only has basis on jealousy and spite. Have fun knowing people will be praising these vocalist decades from now while your youtube troll comments will fade into obscurity.
@@kidcat3000 WOW. Sabine Devieilhe has whopping 18K FB likes and Marianne Crebassa has, hold your hat, 5K FB likes. One X-factor contestants doing the same tune has 124K likes and 2 million views on her video). Please do some research before making ignorant comments.
These lovely ladies blend so beautifully, the resulting sound is as if one voice underwent cell division and became two. Thank you for these magical moments. 🤗
Just on a loop on this one..so addictive..was amazed to know that the back story of the Opera is related to my country... The whole opera is set in British India in mid 19th century ,about Lakme( french rendition of the name Goddess Lakshmi).. This piece of opera 'the flower duet' is a act when a Hindu Brahmin priest's daughter Lakme(Lakshmi) and her friend Mallika go to gather flowers to riverside..Later, she falls in love with a British officer Gerald and the story goes on..
Clearly music has no boundaries of country,culture,religion..the ecstasy of such a masterpiece is what evryone experiences...
Wow! I didn't know this. Wonderful piece of information!
The true beauty has no limits. Neither geographical, nor cultural, nor any others. Sad, however, that it's influence on earthly matters is so small...
I mean, yes, sure.
But this is still european culture, european classical music ; or I just specify French artist's work.
Classical music, opera, and most instruments, if not all, were created by them (europeans).
The blending of their voices and their harmonics makes this rendition incredible!!!!!!!
The soprano possess a very beautiful well balanced voice, superb technique.... but the mezzo stole my heart. Will never forget her out of the world mesmerizing voice.
I have heard so many versions of this duet and this is by far the best.
I feel sorry for these two girls and musicians having to singing and playing hours and hours as i replay this over and over again
😹😹😹😹😭😭😭😭
But they get it right every time! :)
don't worry they're born to do it all day, i'm in love
😂😂😂😂
You do know that they get paid? Quite well, in fact! THIS IS THEIR JOB!!🤭✨
Possibly the most gorgeous song ever composed ever and this duet is amazing!
So often the soprano takes over in this duet but not here!
Mezzos are my absolute favorite so I’m extra pleased to hear such a lovely blend 🖤
Mezzosopranos are such a plesant voice!
tell Queen of the Night this)
Merci Beaucoup! It is so refreshing to watch this video/audio of these beautiful vocalists/musicians in their Saturday afternoon clothes/practice blacks with a laid back conductor using what appears to be either a pencil or a plastic straw as his baton!
I am now a 76 year old man, himself an polyinstrumentalist and a medical physician, who some 40 some years ago was engaged to a lovely woman for over a decade who like one of these lovely Ladies was/is a world class lyric coloratura soprano. And viewing this superb video most wondrously translocates me back in time as i most pleasantly recall sitting in on hundreds if not thousands of such wondrous rehearsals.
Again, thanks for bringing me back to those wonderful years.
I would expect to hear this at the gates of Heaven.
Absolutely. Music like this elevates our souls.
Actually. They’re playing it in the opposite direction.
you expect to be welcomed to heaven in french ?
but what if the angels dont want you to see the gates of heaven?
W rzeczy samej...
Please tell me I'm not the only one who cried when they started singing together? What beauty!
You are certainly not the only one!
VIMDODF makes me smile and joyful along with some tears at the profound beauty of the duet....
You're not !
You're not alone I cried a river. I'm discovering this kind of music. This morning in my car I switched the FM by mistake just to be in shock listening to these beauty, masterpiece or whatever it is! Stunning! I'm already open to take a seat at the next opera and cry again and again. Wow!
You are not the only one, and tears come to my eyes, every time I listen to it.
Neither voice was too heavy, nor were the words over-pronounced as non-native speakers do... this (in my opinion) is the best version I've ever heard.
Well, they're both French if I'm not mistaken.
i agree Takeme, Sabine is amazing (the mezzo too of course)
Arethey really French born,? I dunno
Coloratura soprano Mady Mesplé (born 1931) French, recorded this for EMI in the early 70s. It is, at the very least, as good (I think is still the best). Look for it.
Ah! Forgot a more recent Natalie Dessay & Delphine Haidan (both FRENCH) which deliver beautifully, and, in my opinion, better than these. Great diction!
This is music to get lost in. I have heard many beautiful versions of this song. These two wonderfully talented women and orchestra have presented the most beautiful version I have ever heard. Thank you ♥️
So beautiful, so natural! This is the way a duet should be sung, not one person trying to be heard more than the other.
In MOST performances of this aria, the soprano completely overpowers the mezzo to the point where you can hardly hear her. In this one, the singers are in perfect balance, like they're having a conversation, not one trying to outdo the other!
This is the very best, ultimate version of this masterpiece! Their voices blend in an almost divine way.
Sublime
Maravillosa
Marianne Crebassa makes this look effortless. She is absolutely amazing. Just breathtaking.
Sai J-B agree! Absolutely love her spectacular voice.....in my next life I am going to come back and sing like she does!
L’une ne vas pas sans l’autre SABINE DEVIEILHE 💐
@@lauremeunin4396 Both are queens!!
What an exquisite rendition of this duet! How many of us first heard it in the film "The Hunger" and have loved it ever since?
Mon dieu, mais quelle interprétation magnifique. D'une clarté et d'un profond divin, dans lesquels je me suis perdu pour ressentir l'harmonie la plus absolue. J'ai été bouleversé par la parfaite symbiose entre ces deux interprètes et l'orchestre.
et comment ne pas être bouleverse ? je pleure a chaque fois. j'aime ce morceau mais là on atteint le sublime
@@alessandrogloui
Maman est en train de rendre son dernier souffle et ce duo m’aide à l’accepter ...
@@claire9442 désolé pour vous, bon courage
@@claire9442 elle sera toujours présente en toi ...
comme ces airs qui confinent au divin ;)
Oh mon Dieu!
The most beautiful rendition I have ever heard, I keep coming back time after time to lose myself in the magic of their voices.
it's one thing to hear this piece as a background music on a commercial and a completely different experience to watching it being performed and how much technicality and care it took to execute it. its quite exhilarating.
Yeah, about that commercial -- Yanni's vulgarized rendition, which he called "Aria" is the one British Airways used, with two shrill voices shrieking unintelligible lyrics. For those of us who believe THIS performance is the ultimate, that commercial is utterly cringeworthy.
No no, I think Sarah means the other commercial, some perfume on a sailing boat or something, right?
@@neliaferreira9983 : I haven't seen that one. British Airways has used the vulgarized version in its ads for years, though. If you know the original, that one is AWFUL.
@@stevecarson4162 oh snap... Cuz the British Airways one is so different I didn't even consider that a serious version of the opera... The one commercial on the boat that I mean is indeed a respectful version. But I don't know what the commercial is...
@@neliaferreira9983 : It sounds like I'd like THAT one a lot better. I'm the same way about commercials -- I'll remember the commercial, but not what it was FOR.
They say that's a sign the commercial didn't work! ;)
By far ...the BEST version I've ever heard.
Divine ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I wish to move into Marianne Crebassa's voice and take residense there. When she hits the alto register, my heart just melts. It feels like velvet, but still delicate and light. Devieilhe is also a fine companion to her.
Technically, Crebassa was Devieilhe's companion. But I agree, Devieilhe's singing was beautiful but Crebassa's was absolutely mesmerizing. Also she made it look effortless and at some point she looked like she wanted to dance to the music. An absolute joy to hear and see. ❤
I do too. But I checked the rent and I'm afraid it was a bit too expensive for me.