How can one add to the excellent comments here? Her voice is like an angel singing! She makes us forget all our troubles with her beautiful voice and enormous singing talent! Bravo Pretty Yende!
I strongly believe that Ms. Yende and fellow soprano Nadine Sierra could help fill the void left by the untimely passing of Patricia Janeckova last year.
I think that she has one of the most crystal-clear voices that I have heard for this genre besides Denyce Graves. Her vocal acrobatics are amazing! I am proud to be the recipient of listening to such beauty. Look at how God pours his talent upon us!!
you are so right Jose Velasquez .... Pretty Yende has so a beautiful voice ... and I think than was her 1st time at the show from Steven Colbert if I'm not mistaking ,,,,
She's very ambitious for a young dramatic soprano to sing these light coloratura arias... I admire her for that... It's a different approach for a light & tricky aria... Love her even more!
Più avanzo nell'esperienza di ascolto della musica classica e lirica, più mi sembra che la linea melodica di Bellini, in apparenza così pura e limpida, sia in realtà difficilissima da eseguire, soprattutto perché piena di pause
wirklich eine sehr schöne stimme...Mal schauen wie lange das der ganze MusicBusiness braucht diese Stimme zu verdonnern....wie es leider mit viele junge sehr schöne Stimmen geschehen ist...Auch in dem ganzen internationalen Musikgeschäft herrscht leider das sogenannte wegwerf System....Ich hoffe sehr das es bei ihr nie eintrifft.... Una voce veramente bellissima, molto brava....vediamo quanto ci mette tutto il MusicBusiness per rovinare anche questa giovane voce...come purtroppo ne hanno già rovinate tantissime, ormai anche in questo campo purtroppo viene praticato il cosiddetto usa e getta....speriamo che con lei non succeda...
From 5.23 onwards the gruppetti and runs are often incorrect. As Joan Sutherland once remarked in a public masterclass, "If you want to sing coloratura, every note must be accurate". It's one thing to be pretty and sweet, it's another to be great.
@jimreilly43 I agree that we may not ever hear the likes of Sutherland again, yet, the Good Lord sends those like Pretty for us to at least give a chance instead of looking for the flaws and nit picking her performance. Can you sing those notes, Mr. Wilder? To give credit to Ms. Yende, her instrument is incredible. And you are correct when singing coloratura, every note must be accurate, but I think she comes pretty darn close. As she matures, those notes that were inaccurate in the performance, will no longer be inaccurate, she will have perfected them. We must remember that these are the greats of the past and even they had flaws too. So, Brava to you Pretty! You are truly an inspiration to young aspiring opera singers all over the world and may God continue to bless you with your beautiful vocal gift!
Legato still too choppy and her dynamics need a lot of work. She almost makes the messa di voce in the cavatina, but more or less she's still singing mezza forte to forte a lot of the time. I think the agility in general is not especially natural. A lot of times she strugles in and out of the high notes, staccato etc. Just too unpolished at this time to be singing Bel Canto.
She is the best singing this aria. Very clear germain pronunciation, gorgeous voice.❤
How can one add to the excellent comments here? Her voice is like an angel singing! She makes us forget all our troubles with her beautiful voice and enormous singing talent! Bravo Pretty Yende!
Bravo!
Exquisite !
Precious Pretty, my daughter 💖 I feel heaven as your voice leads me there. Oh Pretty girl.
Such radiance and grace!🌹❤️🌹❤️🌈🇿🇦
She's amazing. Her italian pronounciation is stunning
She's a great bel canto singer period.
Magnificent! I had goose bumps listening to her
SPECTACULAR!!!!!!
loved it.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
This was an absolute rivetting performance by the South African soprano
I strongly believe that Ms. Yende and fellow soprano Nadine Sierra could help fill the void left by the untimely passing of Patricia Janeckova last year.
I CAN NOT STOP LISTENING TO HER, WHAT A GREAT ONE
I think that she has one of the most crystal-clear voices that I have heard for this genre besides Denyce Graves. Her vocal acrobatics are amazing! I am proud to be the recipient of listening to such beauty. Look at how God pours his talent upon us!!
Taviette Booker Denyce Graves? Are you sure?
Wow! I am so impressed. She just gets better and better!
I just got to see her performance at the Steven Colbert show, no words, just sublime and agonizingly amazing!
you are so right Jose Velasquez .... Pretty Yende has so a beautiful voice ... and I think than was her 1st time at the show from Steven Colbert if I'm not mistaking ,,,,
belacanto....beautiful indeed
Jolie voix ...
Wunderschöne Stimme!
She's very ambitious for a young dramatic soprano to sing these light coloratura arias... I admire her for that... It's a different approach for a light & tricky aria... Love her even more!
she's not a dramatic soprano. she has a lyric voice. this is her rep
Def a lyric
Thanks Onigbajamo. For a minute I thought my classification to her is incorrect.
She's in south Africa tonight for the BRICS summit 😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
That was so great, exciting!
super, danke
I am going to buy your CD Sis. Uyahlabelo kamnandi. Uyajabulisa inhliziyo yami!
Anyone who can help retrieve her entire opera not these small clips am listening to please. Her voice is angelic dzamn👌🏾
What great coloratura. She'll continue to get better and better. Very impressive
no one "is" a coloratura , it is a style of music not a voice fach ... altos can even sing coloratura passages
Più avanzo nell'esperienza di ascolto della musica classica e lirica, più mi sembra che la linea melodica di Bellini, in apparenza così pura e limpida, sia in realtà difficilissima da eseguire, soprattutto perché piena di pause
wirklich eine sehr schöne stimme...Mal schauen wie lange das der ganze MusicBusiness braucht diese Stimme zu verdonnern....wie es leider mit viele junge sehr schöne Stimmen geschehen ist...Auch in dem ganzen internationalen Musikgeschäft herrscht leider das sogenannte wegwerf System....Ich hoffe sehr das es bei ihr nie eintrifft....
Una voce veramente bellissima, molto brava....vediamo quanto ci mette tutto il MusicBusiness per rovinare anche questa giovane voce...come purtroppo ne hanno già rovinate tantissime, ormai anche in questo campo purtroppo viene praticato il cosiddetto usa e getta....speriamo che con lei non succeda...
Peder Wirstad, what's the name conduct and the instrumental artist?
Brilliant Music as usual.
et dire qu'il n'y a qu'un seul CD diffusé à Paris !
03:12 ❤️❤️❤️
Pretty and Angela Meade are like the best sapronos left...
You don't believe that, are you?
From 5.23 onwards the gruppetti and runs are often incorrect. As Joan Sutherland once remarked in a public masterclass, "If you want to sing coloratura, every note must be accurate". It's one thing to be pretty and sweet, it's another to be great.
@jimreilly43 I agree that we may not ever hear the likes of Sutherland again, yet, the Good Lord sends those like Pretty for us to at least give a chance instead of looking for the flaws and nit picking her performance. Can you sing those notes, Mr. Wilder? To give credit to Ms. Yende, her instrument is incredible. And you are correct when singing coloratura, every note must be accurate, but I think she comes pretty darn close. As she matures, those notes that were inaccurate in the performance, will no longer be inaccurate, she will have perfected them. We must remember that these are the greats of the past and even they had flaws too. So, Brava to you Pretty! You are truly an inspiration to young aspiring opera singers all over the world and may God continue to bless you with your beautiful vocal gift!
Isn't this a little bit FLAT sometimes?
Legato still too choppy and her dynamics need a lot of work. She almost makes the messa di voce in the cavatina, but more or less she's still singing mezza forte to forte a lot of the time.
I think the agility in general is not especially natural. A lot of times she strugles in and out of the high notes, staccato etc. Just too unpolished at this time to be singing Bel Canto.
Haha! You are jealous!
...you've spelt struggles incorrectly.
I wanted to say the same thing basically; she's just a pretty girl with a pretty voice, not a great singer.
I think she sings to much and to often the false stuff
We call it in Austria : A Puttn
Terrible. Desafinada desde el principio hasta el final. Socorro!
Qué sabrás tú, ya quisiera oírte a ti cantar ésto...😜