Oh wow what a VOICE! I just discovered Pretty Yende. What a talent! I really like that modern production too. Very original, it immediately caught my eyes.
I love this very emotional performance! Pretty Yende has not only a great vocal technique, but her acting is also exceptional, despite the somehow uninspired scenography. I hope we will see her in a more traditional setup as well.
Wath's up with all these self-proclaimed opera fans that apparently do not know that Verdi clashed with the management of the opera theater, in the première of La Traviata, PRECISELY because he wanted Traviata to be staged not as an escapism to modern life, but as a DEPICTION OF THEIR CONTEMPORARY REALITY. Yes, you may not like it from an aesthetic point of view, and many "updated" productions are indeed ridiculously unconvincing and unrealistic, but a 21st century Traviata set in a world exactly like that of the audience is precisely what Verdi wanted. He wanted people to see that that story had happened and would happen again in the very world where the audience members lived, it was not just some sad tragedy of the past. Pretty Yende's singing is amazing in legato and phrasing, and as for the production I won't comment much because I didn't see it. But please stop whining about this being a modern production. This is La Traviata, not Lucia di Lammermoor or Aida.
I do agree with you, but somehow I feel like the director could have done a better job by making it a little more simple... but that's just my opinion. Pretty Yende is so beautiful and her voice is so amazing. Love her
Excuse me... but, why do you think its neccesary to set the stage as if it was a 21st century story to make the public understand that this tragedies happen today? Every masterpiece is eternal because it appeals to the dephts of human soul. The stage doesnt make it "modern". In fact, if we followed that view to the end we should also change the text, as it wasn´t written as it would be today. I don´t want to dismiss all the modern productions... I have seen some good ones, but just in very few cases. Most of them are absolutely tasteless and disgraceful. And some people seems to forget that music is above all... I can´t stand the eagerness for prominence of many stage directors when it comes to Opera.
But that’s the entire point made by the side you’re against. “DEPICTION OF *THEIR (Verdi’s) CONTEMPORARY REALITY”. Verdi wasn’t fighting for modern aesthetic just for the sake of a modern aesthetic. He therefore would not want La Traviata staged with 2019 AESTHETICS just for aesthetics sake. We do not share the same societal morals and so updating the opera visually makes no sense. None to the plot, none to the poetry, none to the music, But thanks for proving our point.
Then set it in the Middle East because it’s sexist as fuck and incredibly disrespectful to women. It does not reflect 21st century western values or even emotions. It’s antiquated and imperialistic.
Une Traviata revue XXIème siècle. Splendides interprètes dans une mise en scène intelligente même si par instant le regard détourne un rien de cette sublime musique.Bravo à tous pour leur investissement sincère et troublant!! Quant à Pretty Yende : déjà une " très grande".
Merveilleuse, incroyable cantatrice ! L'extrait semble donner à voir une production très réfléchie, intelligente et donne vraiment envie d'en voir plus. Ah, Paris ....
Very passionate rendition. The pathos of Violeta is clearly there and deeply understood by Miss Pretty. Great singing!!! Very pretty Miss Pretty...indeed!
J ai quelque peu de mal avec la mise en scène, mais merci beaucoup à Pretty Yende pour cette performance remarquable. Que d'émotion ! Que de souplesse ! Bravo !!
Merveilleuse voix et cette version moderne de LA TRAVIATA m’a enchantée. chaque jour j ‘écoute TH-cam. Dommage je n’ai pas enregistré votre passage à la TV Française. Je regrette bien que le Palais Garnier ait annulé vos représentations. Bravo BRAVO
It's sad that so few people (especially Americans) don't know that Traviata was shockingly modern and scandalous when it premiered in Paris - and that's what Verdi wanted. He told the story of a woman who had died only 6 YEARS BEFORE. People complained - as they're complaining over this production and used much of the same language. "Cheap, vulgar. No escapism." Opera must adjust to suit the times to have any relevance. I love traditional productions, but I also love bold, crazy productions - like this one. At least this production has people arguing about ideas, as Verdi would have wanted - instead of just commenting on the costumes.
Thank you for the education. As an American I didn't know the backstory but I think it's brilliant. I was shocked initially seeing the picture in the background but it certainly captures ones attention.
LaDivinaLover Art is not stale or in a jar, especially music and stage act. La Traviata was made 200 years ago. As a music form, it stands as it should, but as a spectacle, it needs to be updated. They did the things they did then because it was a product of their time. Your bourgeois and narrow-minded viewpoint is one of the reasons only 85 year-olds go to opera today.
@@LaDivinaLover Plus if you can't find new meanings and new interpretations, that means that the work has already given what it has. So congratulations, you just made every work of art meaningless, because you only have one interpretation.
Pretty Yende est juste merveilleuse, la mise en scène est surprenante mais il faut tout voir pour comprendre ... je n’étais pas convaincu et pourtant ce n’est pas mal. Pretty est merveilleuse !
Makes me want to go to the theater. Nice idea to portrait her memories with Alfredo like a picture of her happy times. 🥺 La Traviata is all about Violetta feeling things she never thought she could 😭🤧
Opera doesn't always have to be performed by oversized people in dusty old costumes. This was a refreshing contemporary presentation that breathed life into La Travita with youth, passion & a beautiful woman with a mesmerizing voice.
Very violent emotions of intensity similar to those that Mary arouses. Straight tips in the middle of the beautiful. In the heart of emotions. And how much immense beauty. What a supreme voice. What a wonderful new theater at last. Beautiful beautiful. God bless you happy creature immense beauty. I never thought that at my age I would try again what I felt so many years ago. Thank you for that. I thought there would be nothing left afterwards. Instead a star of immense light was born .. I rely on emotion. When I saw you and heard you I started crying with a thousand heart. And I’m not at the End of cryng
Exquisite. Emotional. Relatable. While Opera knows it can't suit everyone, it has to pack the house, pay the bills and get an even bigger audience. Why should Opera escape the occasional modern adaptation? Keep bridging the divide, Pretty Yende. Keep defying the naysayers!
¡Extraordinaria producción! Yo pensé que sería imposible poner al día una obra tan trillada. Pretty Yende encarna con enorme talento vocal y presencia escénica a Violetta. ¡BRAVA!
Whether you prefer modern or traditional settings, Yende's performance should help you not to care. The art of opera is timeless, so which time period it takes place in is arbitrary. Composers have never adhered to tradition, which makes it ironic that it's fans insist so heavily on it.
The composers of the 19th century had a common sense expectation that opera is, by definition, a play that is sung. They wrote music to the libretto, in the same way a modern day composer writes music for a movie soundtrack. The setting of the story, time period, etc. all influenced the composers' music. Having said that, I do believe the composers would like various creativity. This presentation of this aria, presented here by wonderful Pretty Yende, is tasteful and true to the essence of the opera. The problem that we, the audience has, is that opera, the way it was intended, ie a play that is sung, is being suffocated nearly out of existence by productions that ignore nearly every aspect if the literary source, which is also an important part of the opera experience.
Marre des metteurs en scène qui s'octroient le privilège d'une "relecture de l'oeuvre" ! Et du coup dénaturent complètement les personnages : la merveilleuse Pretty Yende mérite mieux que de chanter en survêtement. Sa superbe voix doit s'exprimer dans les costumes et les décors appropriés. Merci de respecter les artistes et le public !
She also wouldn't have been able to have her own credit card, work in business, AND there would be no people of color onstage or in the audience. Times change thank goodness.
Pretty est merveilleuse elle sauve tout même le pyjama, son jogging et les dents en écran qui mangent le tout! Manque de goût et si le transgressif était de répondre au texte, à la musique, au coeur? Jogging? au lit en double? Terrible..j'ai fermé les yeux!
Comme Marguerite, de Gounod, violetta est rendue à sa condition initiale. Peut-être, de nos jours, serait-elle une jeune fille des cités... Mais les conventions sociales l'ont brisée. De son côté, Alfredo n'a vu que son désir, alors qu'elle avait besoin de bienveillance et de soins... Finalement, elle meurt...d'amour !
Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti, Le rose del volto già son pallenti; L'amore d'Alfredo pur esso mi manca, Conforto, sostegno dell'anima stanca Ah, della traviata sorridi al desio; A lei, deh, perdona; tu accoglila, o Dio, Or tutto finì. Le gioie, i dolori tra poco avran fine, La tomba ai mortali di tutto è confine! Non lagrima o fiore avrà la mia fossa, Non croce col nome che copra quest'ossa! Ah, della traviata sorridi al desio; A lei, deh, perdona; tu accoglila, o Dio. Or tutto finì!
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A modern and beautiful version from Pretty and she is South African so proud love her from Shay south africa
Oh wow what a VOICE! I just discovered Pretty Yende. What a talent! I really like that modern production too. Very original, it immediately caught my eyes.
Ms. Yende as progressed extremely well vocally and in her career. This performance lovely and vocally so pleasing.
Brava.
Agreed.
She hasn't. Her voice is so bland . There's no emotion there whatsoever
J'adore cet opéra de Verdi. Quelle belle musique qui vous prend aux tripes.
I love this very emotional performance! Pretty Yende has not only a great vocal technique, but her acting is also exceptional, despite the somehow uninspired scenography. I hope we will see her in a more traditional setup as well.
Heartbreakingly beautiful
Wath's up with all these self-proclaimed opera fans that apparently do not know that Verdi clashed with the management of the opera theater, in the première of La Traviata, PRECISELY because he wanted Traviata to be staged not as an escapism to modern life, but as a DEPICTION OF THEIR CONTEMPORARY REALITY. Yes, you may not like it from an aesthetic point of view, and many "updated" productions are indeed ridiculously unconvincing and unrealistic, but a 21st century Traviata set in a world exactly like that of the audience is precisely what Verdi wanted. He wanted people to see that that story had happened and would happen again in the very world where the audience members lived, it was not just some sad tragedy of the past. Pretty Yende's singing is amazing in legato and phrasing, and as for the production I won't comment much because I didn't see it. But please stop whining about this being a modern production. This is La Traviata, not Lucia di Lammermoor or Aida.
I saw this opera last week. I loved it
I do agree with you, but somehow I feel like the director could have done a better job by making it a little more simple... but that's just my opinion. Pretty Yende is so beautiful and her voice is so amazing. Love her
Excuse me... but, why do you think its neccesary to set the stage as if it was a 21st century story to make the public understand that this tragedies happen today? Every masterpiece is eternal because it appeals to the dephts of human soul. The stage doesnt make it "modern". In fact, if we followed that view to the end we should also change the text, as it wasn´t written as it would be today. I don´t want to dismiss all the modern productions... I have seen some good ones, but just in very few cases. Most of them are absolutely tasteless and disgraceful. And some people seems to forget that music is above all... I can´t stand the eagerness for prominence of many stage directors when it comes to Opera.
But that’s the entire point made by the side you’re against. “DEPICTION OF *THEIR (Verdi’s) CONTEMPORARY REALITY”. Verdi wasn’t fighting for modern aesthetic just for the sake of a modern aesthetic. He therefore would not want La Traviata staged with 2019 AESTHETICS just for aesthetics sake. We do not share the same societal morals and so updating the opera visually makes no sense. None to the plot, none to the poetry, none to the music, But thanks for proving our point.
Then set it in the Middle East because it’s sexist as fuck and incredibly disrespectful to women. It does not reflect 21st century western values or even emotions. It’s antiquated and imperialistic.
Une Traviata revue XXIème siècle. Splendides interprètes dans une mise en scène intelligente même si par instant le regard détourne un rien de cette sublime musique.Bravo à tous pour leur investissement sincère et troublant!! Quant à Pretty Yende : déjà une " très grande".
Merveilleuse, incroyable cantatrice ! L'extrait semble donner à voir une production très réfléchie, intelligente et donne vraiment envie d'en voir plus. Ah, Paris ....
Very passionate rendition.
The pathos of Violeta is clearly there and deeply understood by Miss Pretty.
Great singing!!!
Very pretty Miss Pretty...indeed!
Une mise en scène qui épouse notre époque pretty yende y est juste extraordinaire elle est Traviata pour toujours bravo à l opéra de Paris !!!
J ai quelque peu de mal avec la mise en scène, mais merci beaucoup à Pretty Yende pour cette performance remarquable. Que d'émotion ! Que de souplesse ! Bravo !!
oui la voix est belle!!! mais le jogging............
Oh what a voice! Incredible! So full of vulnerability. The dynamics are superb!
I was introduced to Pretty Yende in L’elisir and she took my breath away! She’s quickly becoming my favorite 😍
Merveilleuse voix et cette version moderne de LA TRAVIATA m’a enchantée. chaque jour j ‘écoute TH-cam. Dommage je n’ai pas enregistré votre passage à la TV Française. Je regrette bien que le Palais Garnier ait annulé vos représentations. Bravo BRAVO
It's sad that so few people (especially Americans) don't know that Traviata was shockingly modern and scandalous when it premiered in Paris - and that's what Verdi wanted. He told the story of a woman who had died only 6 YEARS BEFORE. People complained - as they're complaining over this production and used much of the same language. "Cheap, vulgar. No escapism." Opera must adjust to suit the times to have any relevance. I love traditional productions, but I also love bold, crazy productions - like this one. At least this production has people arguing about ideas, as Verdi would have wanted - instead of just commenting on the costumes.
Opera from those days does not have to suit anyone now
Shame on people like you
@@lesliestevens3387 But he is right it isn't supposed to suit anything but to stand out!
Thank you for the education. As an American I didn't know the backstory but I think it's brilliant. I was shocked initially seeing the picture in the background but it certainly captures ones attention.
LaDivinaLover Art is not stale or in a jar, especially music and stage act. La Traviata was made 200 years ago. As a music form, it stands as it should, but as a spectacle, it needs to be updated. They did the things they did then because it was a product of their time. Your bourgeois and narrow-minded viewpoint is one of the reasons only 85 year-olds go to opera today.
@@LaDivinaLover Plus if you can't find new meanings and new interpretations, that means that the work has already given what it has. So congratulations, you just made every work of art meaningless, because you only have one interpretation.
Her voice blows me away every time I hear her
Pretty Yende est juste merveilleuse, la mise en scène est surprenante mais il faut tout voir pour comprendre ... je n’étais pas convaincu et pourtant ce n’est pas mal. Pretty est merveilleuse !
Elle est très jolie et joue bien, très expressive.
Superbe !!
Merci!
She takes my breath and leaves me speechless 😍😍😍😍
Pretty Wende , un enchantement 😍
Hearttouching. What a beautiful voice, what a beautiful woman. I wished, I could have seen this performance live.
Stunningly beautiful xx voice so pure with emotion as violetta should be. Production looks amazing
Très Belle interprétation qui a fait chavirer le cœur des parisiens à l'Opéra Bastille! Bravo!!
Euh... C était à Garnier 😊
My goodness Pretty!!! Very few sopranos give me chills when performing this song, you nailed it.... Absolutely beautiful!!!
Song?
@@markdesiderio6315 Addio del passato
@@markdesiderio6315 Aria is an Italian word that translates to song in English - but we'll let you cling to your fragile "cultural superiority."
@@anandy9292 very appropriate, this has nothing to do with the way they sang in passato. So, I guess it's addio.
Thank you Chi Eg for destroying the onset of arrogance.
Makes me want to go to the theater. Nice idea to portrait her memories with Alfredo like a picture of her happy times. 🥺 La Traviata is all about Violetta feeling things she never thought she could 😭🤧
MERVEILLEUSE VIOLETTA! 🤩❤🎵🎶🎼👏👏👏🌹
Merveilleux! Tout simplement parfait! Bravo!
Magnifica interpretazione. Accento italiano perfetto ! Brava e grazie !
Wow! Bellissima e bravissima! Molto ben interpretata e ancor meglio cantata! Non conoscevo questa artista ma sono felice di averla scoperta in rete!
Opera doesn't always have to be performed by oversized people in dusty old costumes.
This was a refreshing contemporary presentation that breathed life into
La Travita with youth, passion & a beautiful woman with a mesmerizing voice.
Her voice and performance are great. Don't understand the production without context but what a Violetta. Brava.
Was für eine Engelsstimme - wunderbar!
Very violent emotions of intensity similar to those that Mary arouses. Straight tips in the middle of the beautiful. In the heart of emotions. And how much immense beauty. What a supreme voice. What a wonderful new theater at last. Beautiful beautiful. God bless you happy creature immense beauty. I never thought that at my age I would try again what I felt so many years ago. Thank you for that. I thought there would be nothing left afterwards. Instead a star of immense light was born .. I rely on emotion. When I saw you and heard you I started crying with a thousand heart. And I’m not at the End of cryng
La voix, l'émotion et la sensualité. Mise en scène fabuleuse !
Meravigliosa! You made me cry
wow, very nice voice, talented singer
Wow how beautifully sung, acted and staged. This is a sublime voice. Does she have moniker yet? La Lumiere works for me it lights up the stage.
tout simplement génial, merci pour cette vidéo !!
OMG! Just discovered this. I'm transported!!
Beautiful ❤️
Голос уникальный, просто прелесть.! Умница.! Обожаю её!
Очень артистична!
EXCELLENT GOOD SOUND AND YOUR PITCH IS EXCELLENT.
This makes me want to see this production...sign me up!
Chrissie? ;)
@@gfygfy9512 yes!
Потрясающая ария и великолепное исполнение Претти Йенде, захватывает дух...
Probably the Best performance ever of this Aria. Just incredible !
Exquisite. Emotional. Relatable. While Opera knows it can't suit everyone, it has to pack the house, pay the bills and get an even bigger audience. Why should Opera escape the occasional modern adaptation? Keep bridging the divide, Pretty Yende. Keep defying the naysayers!
Боже! Какой мягкий "льющийся" голос 🎶❤️
Loooove it modern and actual bringing opera to the present is a great thing ❤❤❤❤❤
¡Extraordinaria producción! Yo pensé que sería imposible poner al día una obra tan trillada. Pretty Yende encarna con enorme talento vocal y presencia escénica a Violetta. ¡BRAVA!
Whether you prefer modern or traditional settings, Yende's performance should help you not to care. The art of opera is timeless, so which time period it takes place in is arbitrary. Composers have never adhered to tradition, which makes it ironic that it's fans insist so heavily on it.
The composers of the 19th century had a common sense expectation that opera is, by definition, a play that is sung. They wrote music to the libretto, in the same way a modern day composer writes music for a movie soundtrack. The setting of the story, time period, etc. all influenced the composers' music. Having said that, I do believe the composers would like various creativity. This presentation of this aria, presented here by wonderful Pretty Yende, is tasteful and true to the essence of the opera. The problem that we, the audience has, is that opera, the way it was intended, ie a play that is sung, is being suffocated nearly out of existence by productions that ignore nearly every aspect if the literary source, which is also an important part of the opera experience.
Such a beautiful voice😍
voice like violin. So charming
Marre des metteurs en scène qui s'octroient le privilège d'une "relecture de l'oeuvre" ! Et du coup dénaturent complètement les personnages : la merveilleuse Pretty Yende mérite mieux que de chanter en survêtement. Sa superbe voix doit s'exprimer dans les costumes et les décors appropriés. Merci de respecter les artistes et le public !
Quand on est à l’article de la mort, on est rarement en tenue de soirée
Never thought I’d see it like this!! Very interesting
BRAVA, canta non urla,interpretazione di alto livello.
Well, now I’m sobbing😭
Brava! Bravissima!
Maravillosa!!!!!!!
Hermosísima interpretación ❤
Belle interprétation adaptée à notre époque! Histoire humaine qui est toujours d'actualité bravo à vous!
pure beauty this! Loving the modern take on it too - makes it more approachable for those who don't usually end up in these waters! :)
She is wonderful 👏💖
J'ai rarement vu une mise en scène être autant l'ennemi de son propos heureusement il y a cette sublime chanteuse
this production looks amazing. Pretty sounds amazing. :))
😢🙌🏼😭absolutely stunning
Such amazing singing and acting!!!! Just wish they wouldn't modernize these operas- I prefer orginal costumes- much more romantic that way...
My new fav bel canto soprano!
Pretty singing and interpretation are marvelous. I just hate these modern version of classic operas. But back to Pretty BRAVA!!!!!!!!
Beautiful voice!
Pretty Yende is a joy to watch, what a performance!
Quelle merveille!!
Lovely!
what an 'outstanding costume' for Violetta.....Verdi wouldn't been able to imagine.......what a shame!
Ma che ne sai?! 😏
3:33 that pop of chest voice!!! stunning
So beautiful. I really to get better at singing this song
Maravilloso!!👏👏👏
Voce magnifica, bravissima😍
Qué maravilla de artista es la maestra Pretty Yende.
Brilliant! Thank you.
Callas would have set fire to this opera house if they dared to approach her with this production.
She also wouldn't have been able to have her own credit card, work in business, AND there would be no people of color onstage or in the audience. Times change thank goodness.
Yawn. Superficial.
Your point being...you don't like it?
Well, the people who matter (and are actually breathing and alive to see it) do.
Tee hee.
@@pipeceri yes, thank God Callas is gone, so we can have the "real thing", in the form of murdering art.
好棒的表演 谢谢
Mise en scène de jobard comme d'habitude houuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu , mais très belle voix !
voir notre Traviata dans cet accoutrement, heureusment la voix sauve cette mise en scène déplorable
que va-t-on inventer!!!!!!!
She has a voice as good as anyone's.
Pretty est merveilleuse elle sauve tout même le pyjama, son jogging et les dents en écran qui mangent le tout! Manque de goût et si le transgressif était de répondre au texte, à la musique, au coeur? Jogging? au lit en double? Terrible..j'ai fermé les yeux!
Comme Marguerite, de Gounod, violetta est rendue à sa condition initiale. Peut-être, de nos jours, serait-elle une jeune fille des cités... Mais les conventions sociales l'ont brisée. De son côté, Alfredo n'a vu que son désir, alors qu'elle avait besoin de bienveillance et de soins... Finalement, elle meurt...d'amour !
Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti,
Le rose del volto già son pallenti;
L'amore d'Alfredo pur esso mi manca,
Conforto, sostegno dell'anima stanca
Ah, della traviata sorridi al desio;
A lei, deh, perdona; tu accoglila, o Dio,
Or tutto finì.
Le gioie, i dolori tra poco avran fine,
La tomba ai mortali di tutto è confine!
Non lagrima o fiore avrà la mia fossa,
Non croce col nome che copra quest'ossa!
Ah, della traviata sorridi al desio;
A lei, deh, perdona; tu accoglila, o Dio.
Or tutto finì!
Pourquoi Simon Stone fait-il enlever à Violetta ses chaussettes sur "Tutto, tutto peri" ? Je me demande.
Je confirme la mise en scène est Stone 😂
Probably the Best
Wow Beautiful 🌹
Fantastic!!!
is this a rehearsal recording?
TE AMO PRETTY 😭😭😭
Bravo .
Fantastica 😲
❤❤
DIVIN ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Sublime Pretty.......oublions la mise en scene c est mieux
She's amazing but that background picture is awfully unaesthetic. I'd love to see her in a more traditional production.