I just want the internet to know that I blasted this song while I was on a Venetian city bus through the grand canal and everybody around me got emotional, and every time I listen to this song I go back to the Grand canal of Venezia
Its August 2024.No matter how many times I listen to this I never get tired of it. What a beautiful performance. Her voice is absolutely heavenly. Ms. Fleming is one of the greatest operatic sopranos of all time. My absolute favorite opera singer ....from Fort Worth, Texas
The way she uses her mouth is always the most impressive thing to me, her breath support is incredible enough, but her availability to use her jaw and the way she digests the words, vowels and sounds.. just miraculous
Can you imagine carrying that voice within your body, your soul, your heart? Wow. I'm so grateful that I can hear this magnificent voice. Renee Fleming is wondrous.
Pavarotti, and one point in his career, used to talk about his voice as something he "carried". Something that had to be taken care of, something that imposed a certain lifestyle on him, made demands - like a child. I found this very interesting - the perception of the voice as something separate from himself.
A beautiful woman with the most beautiful smooth and controlled voice. I consider myself so fortunate to be able to listen to you Renee. Thank you. Jeff Green
it's funny how people argue on youtube about who is better, everyone got so much time for mutual insults! Caballe is incredible in this role, with all the flatness in mid register she is still one of the best. anybody can dissect any performance until nothing is left of it but why bother if at the end of the day she takes your breath away. Fleming has always been scooping into notes. why not, i ask you? she's got a gorgeous voice and an exquisite musicality. Callas screeches on top notes like an unoiled hinge of an old door and yet she is got such magic to her, you just can't stop listening. that's what real talent is about - never perfect and ... always perfect. Stop arguing and enjoy.
Word! Callas did screech and was still amazing...these are humans singing, ya know...this was a gorgeous rendition and Callas is also great. What’s with all the competition?
@@staffanolofsson8201 just a nice voice? That's like saying DaVinci was just an artist. I find Renee Fleming and others like her to be a wonderful counterbalance to the cardi b entertainment universe. Maybe there's still a little room at the adult table for real beauty that will stand the test of time. Maybe.
This is a vocal-orchestral merging made in heaven. As a total opera non-professional, I feel as if the orchestra and Ms. Fleming were totally in sync with one another. It was so mesmerizing that I think I held my breath for what seemed to be minutes. So delicious!
In August 2015 I had the pleasure of meeting Renee, when she came to where I work at the property of Dame Nellie Melba in Melbourne Australia. Just in awe she wanted to see the room and the piano the Melba sang and played in. She retired not long after.
Soy estadounidense mujer desde Fort Worth, Texas. Hola a todos. Hay alguien en 2024? Incredible y hermosa voz, que maravillosa interpretación. Felicidades y admiracion
Listening to this rendition of Renee Flemming hypnotizes me! I have many favorite pieces of music and performances, but this is the pinnacle of all. Unmatched perfection!
Пожалуйста помоги мне справиться с БОЛЬШИМ СЕМЕЙСТВОМ - приготовить пол ведра окрошки ! ВСЁ необходимое есть ! Я СЧАСТЛИВА БЕЗМЕРНО ВАМИ МОИ ХОРОШИЕ ДЕТКИ ! Напоминаю , что по МОЕМУ календарю сегодня 7 марта 2245 года ! Я не ошиблась - это достижение намеченной цели задолго предусмотреное.... Я одержала победу над 1МИЛЛИАРДОВ подонков ! Победа далась нелегко ! ,но со мной была моя СЕМЬЯ - 1 7 миллиардов деток ВСЕХ-ВСЕХ ВОЗРАСТОВ И ВРЕМЕН ОТ ОТЧЕ НАШЕГО НЕБЕСНОГО И ЗЕМНОГО И ВОДНОГО БОГА УЛЫБЧИКА!
ДОБРОЙ НОЧИ МОЙ ЛЮБИМЫЙ УЛЫБЧИК ! ВОТ И ВСТРЁТИЛИСТЬ С ТО.БОЙ ПОСЛЕ РАЗЛУКИ.... ОБЫЧНО ... БЕЗ ВСПЛЕСКА ЭМОЦИИЙ...ТЫ ПРАВ -МОЕ СЕРДЦЕ , А ВЕРНЕЕ ДУША НЕ ВЫДЕРЖАЛА... ЛЮБЛЮ ЦЕЛУЮ И СНОВА ЖДУ..
Рене ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНА!!!! Исключительно нежное и одновременно глубокое исполнение партии!!! Просто блистательна!!! Благодарю от всей души!! Сколько ни слушаю этот голос, он всегда вызывает самые светлые чувства!!!!!
Except that it's not really effortless is it? I know that it seems effortless but so do swans. The reality is, even with immense natural talent, you still have to work. Fortunately we get blessed with the results.
I've seen Renee in recital and opera at the Chicago Opera and Orchestra Hall. She always has the MOST beautiful sound of every note and register and has remained my favorite soprano since I heard her almost 30 years ago in he CD "The Beautiful Voice" No one compares to her!
I've never heard anything so out of this world, wow she really inspired to believe anything is possible, there's talent and then there's talent, hard work, and belief in yourself that you can be the best. I literally started tearing up through this bc she's so amazing! I'm so inspired!
Never heard of this amazing woman... After this performance I will never forget her! Thank you to whomever told you yes. Angelic voice. Superb talent. Wow!
When I was younger, I had the great good fortune to perform with people who, whilst not being quite at Renee Fleming's level, were still spectacular by any artistic standard. They were perfectly normal but you did catch yourself sometimes looking at them and thinking, 'how on earth did you just do that?'
The best interpretation of Casta Diva I've heard so far . Many may disagree but taste on this level of professionalism should not be argued. One may please your ear and soul more than another great singer . She's not my favorite singer but when it comes to this song , she performed the best so far in my humble opinion.
When you are one of the very best singers in the world you get to perform in palaces! What lovely singing with perfect control and interpretation. Well done, Renee!
before i knew anything about her i first first saw renee in rolex adverts in Architectural Digest...it was her "beauty and glamour"...i am so thrilled to watch videos of her real self that let me know that people who have incredible talents can still be so very humble ...i could watch her perform or be interviewed endlessly
Paradise exists because artists like you Renée. God bless for having the pleassure of living at the same time than you. Thanks for let me fly freely just sitting in my room.
Thank you for posting this - her beautiful sound is glorious in this aria. I was in the feuer downstairs at the Met for her first Metropolitan Verdi role - it was sold out - matinee Saturday - we listened over the speakers - (pretended I was waiting for someone to come out!)when she transitioned from her romantic Mozart, Strauss repertoire to the Verdi ❣️🎼. She spoke to my daughter when we were in line - beautiful lady. Glorious Verdi singing. ❤🎉
À notre époque, je ne vois aucune voix supérieure à celle ci !.. Timbre ... pureté ... maîtrise ... puissance ... bref !.. à vous tirer des larmes de bonheur !..
Beautiful rendition and Renee's dulcet tones are a comforting anaesthesia for the soul - no matter what aria she takes on. I could listen to her in huge doses. Thank you Renee!
I think I'm finally starting to understand why my English teacher in high school said his favorite soprano was Fleming... What a blessing on this Earth
20 years ago I watched a B Grade move called 10.5 or something like that? It was about a monster earthquake. I watched the movie because the adverts for it were accompanied by this hauntingly beautiful melody that was hummed by a female singer. I had no idea what the melody was, but I loved it so much that I watched the entire movie just so I could read the credits to find the name of the song. I was bummed when the credits did not show it. So I went searching for the song. Finally, one day maybe a year later I found it. It was this song Casta Diva. Since that time I have listened to so many renditions of the song by so many different sopranos, and I can say with certainty that I love this rendition by Renee Fleming the best. He voice is exquisite! Her rendition is so melodic. Just beautiful & such a wonderful pleasure to listen to.
I love that in these classical settings the audience is respectful to the artists and wait until the price in completely done before showing their gratitude. Nothing bothers me more than watching a legendary performance while having crazed fans scream their lungs out.
There’s a time, place and obligation for the opera audience to go completely insane. After Dame Joan Sutherland’s now legendary debut performance of Lucia di Lammermoor at Covent Garden in 1959, the audience just couldn’t help it. It was, and remains, one of operas’ most miraculous performances.
This is the best performance of Casta Diva ever. What a voice. What a performance. What an amazing talent. What a beautiful woman. My favorite soprano voice ....from Fort Worth, Texas
The will is immeasurably more important. I teach everyone the same way. But one four-year-old girl learned to paint oil in 2 minutes. Others cannot reach that level over the years.
The more I listen the more I'm convinced that this is THE best version of Casta Diva. I've listened to Callas, Sutherland, Bartoli, Netrebko, and Caballe. Even though Fleming took some liberties with her interpretation, the fact that she does it with such ease, not to mention she sings the lyrics like how one would recite a poem, not forcing her mouth to be round all the time like Sutherland or Caballe which makes the language incomprehensible and makes the singing sounds like mouse squeaking, shows her superiority and naturalness of the Bel Canto style. She brought me to tears each time I listen to this. Kudos and I will definitely recommend this to any Casta Vita fan who hasn't heard it.
cb88 that's just your perception. I don't understand Italian but when I listen to Renee Fleming, I didn't care. It's really something so beautiful that understanding of words is not needed to understand the beauty. Her vowels and consonants are also all extremely clear, clear enough that obviously it's not how people would normally speak. For example, most people do not roll the "r" on a word that ends with "--ra." she's the only one who does it very clearly: "---rrrra" So I know that it's an r instead of an l (which is also very difficult to do, especially when you go high in register, rolling the r that way makes it harder to sing, so it shows her more difficult technique), which in Opera singing, unless you truly understand the language, would make it very ambiguous and hard to distinguish. The fact that she can sing something that communicates to people who DON'T understand the language, is no easy feat and a tremendous accomplishment. When I listen to Maria Callas? Nada, and her overly sharp upper register and wide vibrato just hurts my ears, if you want me to be even more honest.
cb88 LOL, you are SO wrong you don't even know. I made an effort to learn Italian and I deeply care about the language. What you said was regarding how people would normally speak comparing with words in singing. That's of course different. For example, when Americans sing their songs that they understand, they say: "lerv" instead of "laave" for the word "love." So normally, people say "lerv" not "laave," but actually, "laave" would actually be more correct and more poetic (nobody nowadays speak like actors in Amadeus, but the English in Amadeus is much more proper, beautiful, and poetic), and that's how the word such as "love" is sung in classical music and opera. Not only this, but it makes people who are not acquainted with the language natively understand better. That's what Renee Fleming is doing here. And actually, that's how you would eventually to learn how to speak properly. There is a reason why non-native English speakers sometimes speak even more proper English than native English speakers. For example, I don't say "iilly" anymore for "Italy" which is how American English normally and naturally pronounces the word. Now I actually say "I-ta-ly" with a very pronounced "t." People who are native speakers think it's weird, but people who deeply care about learning and understanding English, but are not native speakers (including Italians) appreciate that tremendously.
cb88 "that I am so wrong about my "own" language I don't even know?" No, you were so wrong that just because I'm an American, or that I don't care that I don't understand what was sung, therefore I don't care about the language of Italian as sung in opera. "Sutherland, Caballe, Birgit Nielson (who was Swedish) and especially Callas can be understood by an Italian" Well of course, I can understand people who sing in English, whether their diction is clear or not. "All your teachings are nonsense, it is obvious that words are sung differently in opera from how they ara normally pronounced, but this just a stretch." What are my "stretches?" I'm telling you FACTUAL things. I've given you examples, so what's your point? "All the sopranos I have mentioned can be understood." By a native speaker, OF COURSE!!! It's the NON-NATIVE speakers who NEED clearer diction that sometimes even deviate from how people would normally speak, or are you just not understanding all the examples that I've given you? "I assure you that if an Italian soprano messes with French, English or German pieces I'd make the same comment." non-sequitur. No be clear, I actually never said that Renee Fleming sung the Italian better than Maria Callas (Maria Callas is Greek after all, so she does have an advantage), or that she has the best Italian diction. She has one of the more CLEARER diction for somebody who is a non-native speaker to be able to differentiate, that's point. Now you say that other sopranos have more beautiful Italian and sings them more correctly and with more native-like nuances. Okay, I'm not going to argue with you on that. That wasn't my original point. Of course there are people who have better diction. Renee Fleming just has one of the more clear ones for a non-native ear. If you are a native speaker you would of course look for more naturalness rather than overly clear vowels and consonants. that was my point.
cb88 Okay, I see what you are saying. For me she sings definitely clearer than Sutherland or Caballe, both of whom I cannot even make out one word. But if she makes these mistakes or her nuances are just not correct in some of the more advanced words. Then obviously it's not correct. But I can make out more words from what she sings than some other sopranos, that's all. She may make more mistakes however, then I wouldn't notice that.
Control so chillingly divine; listening in 2020 and finding my confined quarters still allow the soaring of my soul to great thanksgiving for this life.
Renee is my favourite soprano of all time! The most exquisite tone, soft, yet powerful. This rendition of Bellini's Aria is the most beautifully sung, by Renee, than any other soprano. My favourite Aria and she sings in the most beautiful setting of the Palace of the Tzars! What could be better?
I don't know about angels in heaven, but everything about Renee in this performance is angelic, divine, heavenly...a goddess singing to a goddess...💖💖💖
This is R Fleming rendition of “sexy diva”. Her facial expressions are confusing. She smiles at the beginning then she appears confused then she makes sad faces. Does she understand the meaning of the aria? It’s very questionable!!
M'lady, you are truly amazing. It requires unbelievable skill to sing so beautifully, and yet you make it look effortless, which it is not!!! Thank you.
Para mi LA MEJOR EN ESTA ROMANZA. mejor todavia que Callas. Por sus trinos y arpegios en la terminacion de la misma y su media vozque francamente es UNICA.❤❤❤❤❤
How can anybody in this world sing like this? It can't be real! Renee is not from this world. She possess a heavenly voice! She left my soul astonished!
Ma chanteuse préférée, voix sublime et magnifique et pleine de sensibilité, elle me donne la chair de poule et me fait pleurer. Voix toujours aussi belle.
Renee's rendition with rich voice, command and amazing gown creates a time travel moment with the most moving diva most never saw. A sense of a lost time and place recreated produced applause with the intensity of a cannon barrage.
I’m super super new to opera, but I’m absolutely at awe and amazement, please recommendations please! Her voice send chills down my spine and makes the hair on my arms stand!
I’m awestruck how fortunate the people in the audience are to have her all to themselves!!!
was thinking the same...
I just want the internet to know that I blasted this song while I was on a Venetian city bus through the grand canal and everybody around me got emotional, and every time I listen to this song I go back to the Grand canal of Venezia
That is the magical ethos of music. Takes us all to a place where we were happy.
@@bigpapanoodle Ain't it just so. Heavenly blessings indeed. Grazie Diva!!!!!!
Non ci sono parole.per descrivere cosa si prova ascoltanndola❤
BRAVO JOSE!!!!! :D A beautiful story!!!!
This is what you do that for: so that you would build a lasting memory.
Very beatiful woman and exquisite interpretation.
How can anyone have a bad day after listening to Renee?
She lifts the Spirit!
Imposible!!! she is absolutely astounding…
Bravissimo
Jedna od najboljih
Its August 2024.No matter how many times I listen to this I never get tired of it. What a beautiful performance. Her voice is absolutely heavenly. Ms. Fleming is one of the greatest operatic sopranos of all time. My absolute favorite opera singer ....from Fort Worth, Texas
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The way she uses her mouth is always the most impressive thing to me, her breath support is incredible enough, but her availability to use her jaw and the way she digests the words, vowels and sounds.. just miraculous
Blessings to all the beautiful strangers listening to this amazing voice ....from Fort Worth, Texas. I love opera ...
Can you imagine carrying that voice within your body, your soul, your heart? Wow. I'm so grateful that I can hear this magnificent voice. Renee Fleming is wondrous.
Pavarotti, and one point in his career, used to talk about his voice as something he "carried". Something that had to be taken care of, something that imposed a certain lifestyle on him, made demands - like a child. I found this very interesting - the perception of the voice as something separate from himself.
I can! Like Luciano for me. (Always someway in me)
More in her Larynx and especially her vocal cords to be fair. And in the auditive centers of ger brain.
I AM SO ENVIOUS.
Lol
A beautiful woman with the most beautiful smooth and controlled voice. I consider myself so fortunate to be able to listen to you Renee. Thank you. Jeff Green
Renee has such amazing power which she controls so beautifully. This is the best performance of Casta Diva ever.
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First Maria Callas, second Rennée Fleming , Third Aida Garifullina, my top 3, but Sumi Jo, Anna Netrebko and Joan Sutherland are also great.
Монсеррат Кабалье, Игорь Монаширов, Рене Флеминг.
There are so many "best" performances.
When the level is so high, I never make comparisons. I love them all. @@hugocunha8353
To my my opnion, this absolutely is Renée Fleming's very best rendition of 'Casta Diva'! Gorgeous, generous, warm, crystal clear and lyrical 👌
Agree, and the best I ever heard among the great opera sopranos
I totally agree.
@@gjest904 yes, she's wonderful.
With the exception of course of the great Maria Callas
20 M views for Maria Callas vs. 8 M here. To a lot of people, Maria Callas is more involving and emotional.
The music is creation of pure moonlight
Oh my God she is so beautiful, and her interpretation is from heaven!
The stop after Brent Cross on the Northern Line - no sorry, that's Hendon
DEAR GOD -such a magnificent voice...and absolutely perfect expression in every nuance & sentence. Truly devine. Countess Smirnoff Lusie
it's funny how people argue on youtube about who is better, everyone got so much time for mutual insults! Caballe is incredible in this role, with all the flatness in mid register she is still one of the best. anybody can dissect any performance until nothing is left of it but why bother if at the end of the day she takes your breath away. Fleming has always been scooping into notes. why not, i ask you? she's got a gorgeous voice and an exquisite musicality. Callas screeches on top notes like an unoiled hinge of an old door and yet she is got such magic to her, you just can't stop listening. that's what real talent is about - never perfect and ... always perfect. Stop arguing and enjoy.
Well put Veronica! I'm going to try to follow your advice and not argue with people.
Great comments. For me it's Caballé. Of years past, Renata Tebaldi.
Veronica Bell , do not name CALLAS , you don’t know WHO and WHAT SHE WAS , IGNORANT !!!
Word! Callas did screech and was still amazing...these are humans singing, ya know...this was a gorgeous rendition and Callas is also great. What’s with all the competition?
I dont argue about anything!Only i state!This is one of the most difficult aria from opera!So!In 2019!Still im waiting!
She has restored my faith in humanity. The magnificence of the human voice, the ultimate instrument.
:)
I like your comment, but humanity is so much more than a nice voice.
@@staffanolofsson8201 just a nice voice? That's like saying DaVinci was just an artist. I find Renee Fleming and others like her to be a wonderful counterbalance to the cardi b entertainment universe. Maybe there's still a little room at the adult table for real beauty that will stand the test of time. Maybe.
@@sprezzatura8755 OK, I am with you, she is not only a nice voice. I also love her voice. In humanity we trust.
@@staffanolofsson8201 "In a tiny minority of humanity We Trust".
This is a vocal-orchestral merging made in heaven. As a total opera non-professional, I feel as if the orchestra and Ms. Fleming were totally in sync with one another. It was so mesmerizing that I think I held my breath for what seemed to be minutes. So delicious!
In August 2015 I had the pleasure of meeting Renee, when she came to where I work at the property of Dame Nellie Melba in Melbourne Australia. Just in awe she wanted to see the room and the piano the Melba sang and played in. She retired not long after.
Soy estadounidense mujer desde Fort Worth, Texas. Hola a todos. Hay alguien en 2024? Incredible y hermosa voz, que maravillosa interpretación. Felicidades y admiracion
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Россия !
Привет !
Очень люблю эту певицу . ❤❤❤
Yes listening to this 2024 ,absolutely superb.
Renée tem uma voz lindíssima e nesta área é divina! Saudações de Portugal
Uma canção lindíssima e uma interpretação que só está ao alcance de quem é excepcional! Combinação perfeita!
Listening to this rendition of Renee Flemming hypnotizes me! I have many favorite pieces of music and performances, but this is the pinnacle of all. Unmatched perfection!
Пожалуйста помоги мне справиться с БОЛЬШИМ СЕМЕЙСТВОМ - приготовить пол ведра окрошки ! ВСЁ необходимое есть ! Я СЧАСТЛИВА БЕЗМЕРНО ВАМИ МОИ ХОРОШИЕ ДЕТКИ ! Напоминаю , что по МОЕМУ календарю сегодня 7 марта 2245 года ! Я не ошиблась - это достижение намеченной цели задолго предусмотреное....
Я одержала победу над 1МИЛЛИАРДОВ подонков ! Победа далась нелегко ! ,но со мной была моя СЕМЬЯ - 1 7 миллиардов деток ВСЕХ-ВСЕХ ВОЗРАСТОВ И ВРЕМЕН ОТ ОТЧЕ НАШЕГО НЕБЕСНОГО И ЗЕМНОГО И ВОДНОГО БОГА УЛЫБЧИКА!
ЛЮБЛЮ.ЦЕЛУЮ ВАС ВСЕХ ОБНЯТЬ ТЕБЯ И ВСЕХ ЧЛЕНОВ СЕМЬИ ЗЕМЛИ И КОСМОСА СМОГУ !Я
ДОБРОЙ НОЧИ МОЙ ЛЮБИМЫЙ УЛЫБЧИК ! ВОТ И ВСТРЁТИЛИСТЬ С ТО.БОЙ ПОСЛЕ РАЗЛУКИ.... ОБЫЧНО ... БЕЗ ВСПЛЕСКА ЭМОЦИИЙ...ТЫ ПРАВ
-МОЕ СЕРДЦЕ , А ВЕРНЕЕ ДУША НЕ ВЫДЕРЖАЛА... ЛЮБЛЮ ЦЕЛУЮ И СНОВА ЖДУ..
@@oneid1564 Thank you for the heartwarming comment! Best wishes!
For me THIS is EXQUISITE!
🔝 🌷
I listen and listen almost every week at least once 🥰👌🙏thank you Rene Fleming and You tube 🌷
Absolutely mindblowing and truly gorgeous performance.Goosebumps all over.
Рене ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНА!!!! Исключительно нежное и одновременно глубокое исполнение партии!!! Просто блистательна!!! Благодарю от всей души!! Сколько ни слушаю этот голос, он всегда вызывает самые светлые чувства!!!!!
Каллас навсегда!
What must it be like to have a voice like that? So lovely, so controlled, so effortless... Only Fleming knows.
Except that it's not really effortless is it? I know that it seems effortless but so do swans. The reality is, even with immense natural talent, you still have to work. Fortunately we get blessed with the results.
I've seen Renee in recital and opera at the Chicago Opera and Orchestra Hall. She always has the MOST beautiful sound of every note and register and has remained my favorite soprano since I heard her almost 30 years ago in he CD "The Beautiful Voice" No one compares to her!
@Jacob Dekker *Callas (Καλογεροπούλου)
@Jacob Dekker Not comparable like These and Antithese!
@Jacob Dekker And between Cecilia Bartoli.
Beautiful, and with such great sound coming through my tablet. A joy. ❤❤❤
All I can say is this performance brings me to tears every time I hear It!
Sublime!
I've never heard anything so out of this world, wow she really inspired to believe anything is possible, there's talent and then there's talent, hard work, and belief in yourself that you can be the best. I literally started tearing up through this bc she's so amazing! I'm so inspired!
Did you listen to Sumi Jo sing Casta Diva?
Breathtaking!
@@georgerudy2593 Fleming is better.
Joan Sutherland
gosh, I know nothing about opera, but this hit me right in the feels.
Two more arias for you which you might also enjoy:
1) Lucevan le stelle: Puccini
2) Soave il vento: Mozart
In the end, it's all about the feels...
Never heard of this amazing woman... After this performance I will never forget her! Thank you to whomever told you yes. Angelic voice. Superb talent. Wow!
Such talent can really make you question whether they're more human or you're just less human...Exceptional work of art
When I was younger, I had the great good fortune to perform with people who, whilst not being quite at Renee Fleming's level, were still spectacular by any artistic standard. They were perfectly normal but you did catch yourself sometimes looking at them and thinking, 'how on earth did you just do that?'
Questioning if you are less human...is the only thing that will make you less human :)
Beautifully sung by a brilliant artist. We miss her in San Francisco.
This is such a great performance and Renée Fleming is beautiful and sings so fantastic!!! I love it !!!
Celestial and Beautiful control of her voice with a wonderful musical accompaniment..
Flawless as alabaster! BRAVA!!! The current reigning Queen of Opera, Ms. Renee Fleming. She’s my absolute favorite Soprano of all time!
Красивейший,восхитительный,нежнейший голос!!!Браво,Рене!!!
Я наслаждаюсь в 2024 году,18 сентября!!!И не надоест мне!!!
Музыка и голос...
The best interpretation of Casta Diva I've heard so far . Many may disagree but taste on this level of professionalism should not be argued. One may please your ear and soul more than another great singer . She's not my favorite singer but when it comes to this song , she performed the best so far in my humble opinion.
I'm a rocker and a jazz man but this stuff tears my heart apart.
Despite the horrors of Covid 19 there is, thank God, still so much beauty to be seen and heard!
AMEN AND AMEN
This is the best performans i have never heard.
Thank you soooo much.
Hearing this voice makes allaeays me happy and peacefull.
Congratulation.❤❤❤
Absolutely beautifu!!l.. I'm listening in 2020.. breath taking.. just awesome!!
TH-cam must add the "i'm listening in [year]" button that appears when you writing comment to music video
Is even more powerful in these challenging times
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Shuuutt..🙏
love the opening scene!
When you are one of the very best singers in the world you get to perform in palaces! What lovely singing with perfect control and interpretation. Well done, Renee!
before i knew anything about her i first first saw renee in rolex adverts in Architectural Digest...it was her "beauty and glamour"...i am so thrilled to watch videos of her real self that let me know that people who have incredible talents can still be so very humble ...i could watch her perform or be interviewed endlessly
So beautiful, Renee you have always been my greatest inspiration. Thanks for being such a great artist, I learnt so much from you by listening to you.
Paradise exists because artists like you Renée. God bless for having the pleassure of living at the same time than you. Thanks for let me fly freely just sitting in my room.
Thank you for posting this - her beautiful sound is glorious in this aria. I was in the feuer downstairs at the Met for her first Metropolitan Verdi role - it was sold out - matinee Saturday - we listened over the speakers - (pretended I was waiting for someone to come out!)when she transitioned from her romantic Mozart, Strauss repertoire to the Verdi ❣️🎼. She spoke to my daughter when we were in line - beautiful lady. Glorious Verdi singing. ❤🎉
Glad you enjoyed it
Goosebumps from the very first note! Wow! She’s amazing! She’s so beautiful! She’s gifted and talented! I love you Renee Fleming. ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏👏👏
Absolutely exquisite. Fleming has an ‘unorthodox’ way of phrasing sometimes, but that’s what makes her unique and special. Her voice floats on air.
Divine voice,Thank you,regards from Athens
I have no words to describe her voice, the only thing that comes to mind is spectacular !!!
À notre époque, je ne vois aucune voix supérieure à celle ci !.. Timbre ... pureté ... maîtrise ... puissance ... bref !.. à vous tirer des larmes de bonheur !..
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING in every way, without equal. Bravo!
My absolute favorite opera singer. Her voice is simply magnificent.
Me too ! Il especially love her interpretation of Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, "Un bel, di vedremo"!
Divina!!!
Mine too. A Philly area girl. The place breeds talent.😜
@@manoeladomonte2669 Sublime
Me too! Simply wonderful!
현존하는 소프라노 중 가장 풍부하고
호소력 짙은 르네플레밍!
몇년전 한국 공연에서 너무나 좋았고
나와 동갑인 그녀 사랑합니다!
This is for me the special performance , the best of the best CASTA DIVA 🙏Thank you 🎩👌
I don't think it can get any better. This is *magnifique!*
Beautiful rendition and Renee's dulcet tones are a comforting anaesthesia for the soul - no matter what aria she takes on. I could listen to her in huge doses. Thank you Renee!
I just cannot believe I have never had time to watch these amazing sopranos-bravo Renee!!!! Gosh I can stop putting you on repeat.
So heart warming. So tender, emotional a melody. Thank you Ms. Renée.
I think I'm finally starting to understand why my English teacher in high school said his favorite soprano was Fleming... What a blessing on this Earth
20 years ago I watched a B Grade move called 10.5 or something like that? It was about a monster earthquake. I watched the movie because the adverts for it were accompanied by this hauntingly beautiful melody that was hummed by a female singer. I had no idea what the melody was, but I loved it so much that I watched the entire movie just so I could read the credits to find the name of the song. I was bummed when the credits did not show it. So I went searching for the song. Finally, one day maybe a year later I found it. It was this song Casta Diva. Since that time I have listened to so many renditions of the song by so many different sopranos, and I can say with certainty that I love this rendition by Renee Fleming the best. He voice is exquisite! Her rendition is so melodic. Just beautiful & such a wonderful pleasure to listen to.
Great story and memory;
My favourite aria with Fleming is th-cam.com/video/IGlugsYQZgg/w-d-xo.html from La Traviata
I came to hear Renee beginning with Maria Callas and Montserrat Caballé
Try Joan Sutherland
Seven of the most sublime minutes of my life!
I am lucky to have diverse recordings of this lovely person,s voice, her humanity comes through so clearly. A majestic clear voice of our time.
I love that in these classical settings the audience is respectful to the artists and wait until the price in completely done before showing their gratitude. Nothing bothers me more than watching a legendary performance while having crazed fans scream their lungs out.
Especially when they do so before the performance is truly over - those moments before a conductor would drop the baton.
There’s a time, place and obligation for the opera audience to go completely insane. After Dame Joan Sutherland’s now legendary debut performance of Lucia di Lammermoor at Covent Garden in 1959, the audience just couldn’t help it. It was, and remains, one of operas’ most miraculous performances.
Красивый голос, приятная певица. Помним её выступление в нашей стране. Браво, Рене!
This is the best performance of Casta Diva ever. What a voice. What a performance. What an amazing talent. What a beautiful woman. My favorite soprano voice ....from Fort Worth, Texas
I'm totally speechless. Her performance goes beyond superb, beyond sublime, beyond words.
Omfg. Blue collar boy just fell in love with Opera... Thank you
cool!
It's never too late !
It was blue collar boys who wrote it...
What a beautiful voice with such beautiful rendition of Bellini's Casta Diva. Bravissima !!!!
Her interpretation, voice control, dynamics, and performance in every way was excellent. What a joy to hear the music of Renee Fleming, it is heaven!
Janet Bane yes it is
The will is immeasurably more important. I teach everyone the same way. But one four-year-old girl learned to paint oil in 2 minutes. Others cannot reach that level over the years.
Janet Bane right....... amazing that she can raise and lover her. Voice sooooo easily
Absolutely not, her voice and control is terrible and shaky at best.
@@EpicGifted and?..you are an expert?
A gorgeous aria, gorgeously sung. Renee Fleming is one of the greatest lyric coloraturas of our time or any other.
she is more a full lyric, but she is lovely here. Lisette Oropesa, Erin Morley----these ladies are more lyric coloraturas.
Thank you very much for this wonderful performance
Чарующий, необыкновенной красоты голос! Душа замирает!
The more I listen the more I'm convinced that this is THE best version of Casta Diva. I've listened to Callas, Sutherland, Bartoli, Netrebko, and Caballe. Even though Fleming took some liberties with her interpretation, the fact that she does it with such ease, not to mention she sings the lyrics like how one would recite a poem, not forcing her mouth to be round all the time like Sutherland or Caballe which makes the language incomprehensible and makes the singing sounds like mouse squeaking, shows her superiority and naturalness of the Bel Canto style. She brought me to tears each time I listen to this. Kudos and I will definitely recommend this to any Casta Vita fan who hasn't heard it.
Yes! Thank you.
cb88 that's just your perception. I don't understand Italian but when I listen to Renee Fleming, I didn't care. It's really something so beautiful that understanding of words is not needed to understand the beauty. Her vowels and consonants are also all extremely clear, clear enough that obviously it's not how people would normally speak. For example, most people do not roll the "r" on a word that ends with "--ra." she's the only one who does it very clearly: "---rrrra" So I know that it's an r instead of an l (which is also very difficult to do, especially when you go high in register, rolling the r that way makes it harder to sing, so it shows her more difficult technique), which in Opera singing, unless you truly understand the language, would make it very ambiguous and hard to distinguish. The fact that she can sing something that communicates to people who DON'T understand the language, is no easy feat and a tremendous accomplishment. When I listen to Maria Callas? Nada, and her overly sharp upper register and wide vibrato just hurts my ears, if you want me to be even more honest.
cb88 LOL, you are SO wrong you don't even know. I made an effort to learn Italian and I deeply care about the language. What you said was regarding how people would normally speak comparing with words in singing. That's of course different. For example, when Americans sing their songs that they understand, they say: "lerv" instead of "laave" for the word "love." So normally, people say "lerv" not "laave," but actually, "laave" would actually be more correct and more poetic (nobody nowadays speak like actors in Amadeus, but the English in Amadeus is much more proper, beautiful, and poetic), and that's how the word such as "love" is sung in classical music and opera. Not only this, but it makes people who are not acquainted with the language natively understand better. That's what Renee Fleming is doing here. And actually, that's how you would eventually to learn how to speak properly. There is a reason why non-native English speakers sometimes speak even more proper English than native English speakers. For example, I don't say "iilly" anymore for "Italy" which is how American English normally and naturally pronounces the word. Now I actually say "I-ta-ly" with a very pronounced "t." People who are native speakers think it's weird, but people who deeply care about learning and understanding English, but are not native speakers (including Italians) appreciate that tremendously.
cb88 "that I am so wrong about my "own" language I don't even know?"
No, you were so wrong that just because I'm an American, or that I don't care that I don't understand what was sung, therefore I don't care about the language of Italian as sung in opera.
"Sutherland, Caballe, Birgit Nielson (who was Swedish) and especially Callas can be understood by an Italian"
Well of course, I can understand people who sing in English, whether their diction is clear or not.
"All your teachings are nonsense, it is obvious that words are sung differently in opera from how they ara normally pronounced, but this just a stretch."
What are my "stretches?" I'm telling you FACTUAL things. I've given you examples, so what's your point?
"All the sopranos I have mentioned can be understood."
By a native speaker, OF COURSE!!! It's the NON-NATIVE speakers who NEED clearer diction that sometimes even deviate from how people would normally speak, or are you just not understanding all the examples that I've given you?
"I assure you that if an Italian soprano messes with French, English or German pieces I'd make the same comment."
non-sequitur.
No be clear, I actually never said that Renee Fleming sung the Italian better than Maria Callas (Maria Callas is Greek after all, so she does have an advantage), or that she has the best Italian diction. She has one of the more CLEARER diction for somebody who is a non-native speaker to be able to differentiate, that's point. Now you say that other sopranos have more beautiful Italian and sings them more correctly and with more native-like nuances. Okay, I'm not going to argue with you on that. That wasn't my original point. Of course there are people who have better diction. Renee Fleming just has one of the more clear ones for a non-native ear. If you are a native speaker you would of course look for more naturalness rather than overly clear vowels and consonants. that was my point.
cb88 Okay, I see what you are saying. For me she sings definitely clearer than Sutherland or Caballe, both of whom I cannot even make out one word. But if she makes these mistakes or her nuances are just not correct in some of the more advanced words. Then obviously it's not correct. But I can make out more words from what she sings than some other sopranos, that's all. She may make more mistakes however, then I wouldn't notice that.
This song is so beautiful! Omg she did absolutely amazing
Her voice is absolutely exquisite which matches her utter beauty
This is what I consider an Artist with a voice! Just appreciate her so much!
What an absolutely AMAZING voice!!
Mrs Fleming you use your voice like a real breath of life. I love the spirit you gives behind your voice. I wish you a path of peace and bright.
Beautiful! Astonishing and perfect interpretation. She seems to sing effortlessly one of the most difficult arias! Sublime and sweet...
Nádhera. Krásná nahrávka.Úžasný výkon.Lék na žal.Děkuji madam Renée.
Stunning. The words creamy, rich, velvety, warm, colourful and deep, spring to mind when I listen to her voice. Absolutely beautiful.
Control so chillingly divine; listening in 2020 and finding my confined quarters still allow the soaring of my soul to great thanksgiving for this life.
So wonderfully expressed.
Yeah she’s the dogs bollocks !!!
Joan Sutherland
Renee is my favourite soprano of all time! The most exquisite tone, soft, yet powerful. This rendition of Bellini's Aria is the most beautifully sung, by Renee, than any other soprano. My favourite Aria and she sings in the most beautiful setting of the Palace of the Tzars! What could be better?
I don't know about angels in heaven, but everything about Renee in this performance is angelic, divine, heavenly...a goddess singing to a goddess...💖💖💖
This is absolutely gorgeous! Beautiful! I hope to be able to sing and perform like her one day!
Thank You! BEAUTIFUL LADY! MAGIC VOICE! I love Opera. This is the best thing I have ever heard!
SUBLIME.
Thank you for your artistry.
This why I love opera. does not get any better
I so agree
It does. Caballe sings it a lot better
chaconazo7; correct/or I agree! Montserrat Caballe sings it even better. Greetings from Denmark
@@jrgensenbo2999 thanks for supporting my comment. Greetings for USA
This is R Fleming rendition of “sexy diva”. Her facial expressions are confusing. She smiles at the beginning then she appears confused then she makes sad faces. Does she understand the meaning of the aria? It’s very questionable!!
M'lady, you are truly amazing. It requires unbelievable skill to sing so beautifully, and yet you make it look effortless, which it is not!!!
Thank you.
Para mi LA MEJOR EN ESTA ROMANZA. mejor todavia que Callas. Por sus trinos y arpegios en la terminacion de la misma y su media vozque francamente es UNICA.❤❤❤❤❤
She is Sooo beautiful with a glorious voice to match!
How can anybody in this world sing like this? It can't be real! Renee is not from this world. She possess a heavenly voice! She left my soul astonished!
extraordinarily beautiful and effortless voice. and oh! that dress!
Inner Lotus je suis pas un chien soins prudon
oui!! la robe, un reve
her dress is the only negative for me!
@@miriamsackler5002 I don't think it is negativity, it is just like the dress is a bit weird and blocking her in some way, that is my feeling as well.
@@miriamsackler5002 Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!
Величайшая певица! Необычайная природа голоса, богатый обертонами , и конечно же - талант , огранённый великолепной школой, мастерством и бесконечным трудолюбием))❤️
Heavenlygorgeous woman😏
Elizabeth caballero
Ma chanteuse préférée, voix sublime et magnifique et pleine de sensibilité, elle me donne la chair de poule et me fait pleurer. Voix toujours aussi belle.
What control! I feel blessed to be able to hear and see this titan of music at her best.!
so beautiful... those long long phrases... so amazing~
Renee's rendition with rich voice, command and amazing gown creates a time travel moment with the most moving diva most never saw. A sense of a lost time and place recreated produced applause with the intensity of a cannon barrage.
I’m super super new to opera, but I’m absolutely at awe and amazement, please recommendations please! Her voice send chills down my spine and makes the hair on my arms stand!
And that’s what the inimitable beautiful Renée Fleming does to us all my friend! Absolutely beautiful perfection
Welcome! Listen to her version of 'O mio babbino caro'.
@@loudspeakers3469 greatly appreciate it🙏🏼
@@loudspeakers3469 is absolutely flawless and the best I’ve ever heard but I’m glad to listen to her again anytime LOL
Elina Garanca, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Aida Garifulina, Sumi Jo... ❤️🎶
This is the voice you hear when you get to heaven...absolutely beautiful...beyond any words I could write!