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Henry Purcell's masterpiece Dido and Aeneas
Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas, composed around 1688, is considered an exceptional and seminal work in the history of English opera for several reasons:
1. Musical innovation: Purcell's score demonstrates a remarkable blend of different styles, incorporating elements of French opera, Italian opera, and English masque traditions. The melodic writing is both expressive and deeply emotive, showcasing Purcell's gift for creating memorable melodies.
2. Dramatic unity: Unlike many operas of its time, which often had disjointed plots, Dido and Aeneas maintains a tight dramatic focus and narrative coherence. The story, based on Virgil's Aeneid, follows the tragic love story between Dido, the Queen of Carthage, and the Trojan hero Aeneas, creating a powerful emotional arc.
3. Characterization: Purcell's music brilliantly captures the essence of each character, from Dido's regal dignity and heartbreaking vulnerability to the mischievous antics of the witches and the sorrowful lamentations of Aeneas. The depth of characterization is remarkable for such a compact opera.
4. Orchestration: Purcell's orchestration is both varied and imaginative, employing a diverse range of instruments, including strings, woodwinds, and brass, to create rich and evocative textures.
5. Groundbreaking use of chorus: The chorus in Dido and Aeneas plays a pivotal role, serving not only as commentators but also as active participants in the drama. Purcell's use of the chorus is considered a significant innovation in opera.
6. Enduring popularity: Despite its relatively short length (around an hour), Dido and Aeneas has remained a beloved and frequently performed work, captivating audiences with its emotional depth, melodic beauty, and dramatic power.
Overall, Dido and Aeneas is a masterpiece that showcases Purcell's genius as a composer and his ability to blend different musical traditions into a cohesive and profoundly moving work of art.
00:00 Intro
03:44 Ah! Belinda, I am pressed with torment
09:39 If not for mine
18:21 Wayward sisters
23:26 Come along, fellow sailor
26:20 Thy hand, Belinda - Remember me
33:49 Extro
Original videos:
Ah! Belinda, I am pressed with torment ua-cam.com/video/Ms6CAUoV1VU/v-deo.htmlsi=ycaaEZmcc2ZmKJPB
If not for mine, for empire’s sake
ua-cam.com/video/gv2XysMyS1Y/v-deo.html. (17:54)
Wayward sisters ua-cam.com/video/6uhbi8DI6iE/v-deo.htmlsi=DywKgSakHr6UG-Kz
Come along, fellow sailor ua-cam.com/video/TNEt9CemeKE/v-deo.htmlsi=HJzJrOFnO3E44bmE
Thy hand, Belinda - Remember me ua-cam.com/video/gv2XysMyS1Y/v-deo.html. (1:05:48)
Libretto English/German:
www.saltovocale.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Libretto-DidoAeneas_2spr.pdf
1. Musical innovation: Purcell's score demonstrates a remarkable blend of different styles, incorporating elements of French opera, Italian opera, and English masque traditions. The melodic writing is both expressive and deeply emotive, showcasing Purcell's gift for creating memorable melodies.
2. Dramatic unity: Unlike many operas of its time, which often had disjointed plots, Dido and Aeneas maintains a tight dramatic focus and narrative coherence. The story, based on Virgil's Aeneid, follows the tragic love story between Dido, the Queen of Carthage, and the Trojan hero Aeneas, creating a powerful emotional arc.
3. Characterization: Purcell's music brilliantly captures the essence of each character, from Dido's regal dignity and heartbreaking vulnerability to the mischievous antics of the witches and the sorrowful lamentations of Aeneas. The depth of characterization is remarkable for such a compact opera.
4. Orchestration: Purcell's orchestration is both varied and imaginative, employing a diverse range of instruments, including strings, woodwinds, and brass, to create rich and evocative textures.
5. Groundbreaking use of chorus: The chorus in Dido and Aeneas plays a pivotal role, serving not only as commentators but also as active participants in the drama. Purcell's use of the chorus is considered a significant innovation in opera.
6. Enduring popularity: Despite its relatively short length (around an hour), Dido and Aeneas has remained a beloved and frequently performed work, captivating audiences with its emotional depth, melodic beauty, and dramatic power.
Overall, Dido and Aeneas is a masterpiece that showcases Purcell's genius as a composer and his ability to blend different musical traditions into a cohesive and profoundly moving work of art.
00:00 Intro
03:44 Ah! Belinda, I am pressed with torment
09:39 If not for mine
18:21 Wayward sisters
23:26 Come along, fellow sailor
26:20 Thy hand, Belinda - Remember me
33:49 Extro
Original videos:
Ah! Belinda, I am pressed with torment ua-cam.com/video/Ms6CAUoV1VU/v-deo.htmlsi=ycaaEZmcc2ZmKJPB
If not for mine, for empire’s sake
ua-cam.com/video/gv2XysMyS1Y/v-deo.html. (17:54)
Wayward sisters ua-cam.com/video/6uhbi8DI6iE/v-deo.htmlsi=DywKgSakHr6UG-Kz
Come along, fellow sailor ua-cam.com/video/TNEt9CemeKE/v-deo.htmlsi=HJzJrOFnO3E44bmE
Thy hand, Belinda - Remember me ua-cam.com/video/gv2XysMyS1Y/v-deo.html. (1:05:48)
Libretto English/German:
www.saltovocale.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Libretto-DidoAeneas_2spr.pdf
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Mirella Freni and Nicole Car sing Mimi from Puccini's "La Boheme"
Car, with more intense.
Sehr unterhaltsam. Vielen Dank 🫶
Für mich ist und bleibt Jonas Kaufmann der Beste. Er singt jede Arie mit so vie Gefühl und schauspielerischen Können das es eine Freude ist ihm zuzuhoeren.
Warum plötzlich in Englisch? Abo beenden
Ich mag diese Arie sehr. Ebenso wie die gesamte Oper. Und mir gefällt die Stimme von Placido Domingo von allen Tenören am besten. Jeder Mensch hört subjektiv! Danke für deine Serie.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH PETER PAWLIK AND THE THAT'S OPERA CHANNEL? WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM FOR AGES. I HOPE HE'S ALRIGHT.
Grossartig Danke
At the beginning of the movie "Educating Rita," she gets an exam essay question about how to solve the staging difficulties of Peer Gynt (I think). Her full answer: Do it on the radio.
Magnificent. So believable. Thank you ❤
We are missing you, when will there be some new videos?
I am getting a bit worried. Have you heard anything from him? Hope he's ok. I don't know how we get in touch with him, do you? It's been 3 months since he last posted anything. Perhaps he's just had enough of it?
@operaFan-tn8ng I hope not I really enjoy his posts
@@michaelsmith4854 Me too.
Nothing interesting about German regie concepts of opera, just the blown up egos of modern stage directors. Take a modern play and bring as many dishwashers, locomotives and surgical beds on stage as you want. Leave Il Trovatore and the other classical operas alone! We love them with all their absurdity and fairy tale narratives.
You can tell from the tone and the phrasing which ones can express every word and which ones are vocalising. Pavarotti still reigns supreme.
It's not beautiful. Strauss made it difficult on purpose because he hated the tenor voice. That said Pavarotti handles it well.
Pavarotti voice is very thin a lacks tone and emotion.
Bavarians are not German! They are the last Red Indians of Europe
Pity that Gedda and Wunderlich are missing...
Mario Lanza 👑
Schön erkannt und erklärt, und es geht weiter......für mich war der Castorf Ring ein beglückend, bildreiches und anregendes Erlebnis .
I think it's taking the action too literally to say that Pat Nixon is "confused" in the Red Detachment of Women scene. The libretto has already blurred the line between the "real" action and the ballet-within-a-play by casting Henry Kissinger as the evil landlord - something that definitely did not happen historically. In the original production multiple characters move into the dramatic space of the ballet and by the end of the act the entire stage has dissolved into chaos. It's not meant to be taken literally.
Seek out Jussi Bjørling singing in Swedish
He eating all ,without Pawarotti ua-cam.com/video/InB4_Zw8L9U/v-deo.htmlsi=jyyxRhnyfbc9csoj
kudos to the hungarian guy for that unwincing openness on the high notes but with perfectly beautiful sound! Great technique all the way up and down. I’ll bet you anything that he is lesser well known NOT due to his singing.😊 But that’s the opera world today
i would say out of these Araiza. The best voice and best expressivity. Also he has that sort of rich baritonal timbre, but perfectly natural without any artificial darkening. A very beautiful and natural technique.
Tebaldi and some other singers. Yoncheva is directly a mediocre singer with a voice of low category.
I know the aria very well. Also that, Pavarotti is impregnable in his recording of it. I cant imagine and, don't wish to, let alone hear the absurd sounds of Kaufman having the brass neck to even attempt this music.
Pavarotti è insuperabile The King, sembra scritta per lui
Wonderful opera! Gives space to the pure love of Werther for Charlotte being an expression of love often excluded today as not real. I think it is beautiful to allow an expression as a way of love. Maybe from previous experiences he has found himself in a life of loss to understand himself ❤
You've been missing in action too long: I hope it's because you're too busy with gig!
Something about Agresta’s performance brought me to tears-the barracks looking setting, her exhausted frustrated appearance, sweet voice. One never knows who might affect you this way
Peter Hofmann is a perfection vocally and visually.
Pavarotti ... of course. (By the way, that high note is written as a C-FLAT, not a B natural...)
Alle ziemlich perfekt! Kaufmanns Timbre finde ich immer wieder sehr gewöhnungsbedürftig. Daher: Bezala, Pavarotti…
I can' explain why good singing makes tears flow.
Both singing this aria extremely good.
Radvanosky, Wilson and Grigorian are not Turandots! If you want to hear real Turandot's you have to go back in time Anee Roselle, Eva Turner, Nilsson ext. ext.
ua-cam.com/users/liveqiIzn0vBxoY?si=9R8mlWJJkrfujPHL I attend this one here in LA, what do you think?
I love the music and the singing and, personally, I don't mind the presentation, love all of them and, also, don't mind new and even weird stuff, if they keep the singing and the music.
This is what I'm always looking for in an opera singer and what I feel often gets lost, the fact that the acting needs to be held equal to the singing. This is why Domingo, Milnes, Stratas, and Cossotto are amongst my other favorites, they throw themselves so totally into their characters
What a performance. Einmalig.
Oh my God such a riveting portrayal by both artists! Thank you for the supertitles in both French and English. Many of us know French but it helps to read the English in bigger font! The incredible voices in such dispair... determination, repeated explaining, begging, clarifying, the moment Don Jose switches to a threat! I'm not sure he really meant to kill her with the knife, but it's done. and then. he feels that by putting the ring back on her finger, she has not left him. What a portrayal and performance by Roberto Alagna and Elina Garancia. Thank you. Bravo
A good symphony orchestra doesn't need a conductor, though it can benefit from a great one. But an opera orchestra absolutely needs one, because the orchestra can't hear the singers and the singers can barely hear the orchestra. Without a conductor, chaos would ensue.
Tebaldi's last note was a smidgeon flat. Sorry . . .
I had the honor of sitting next to her and her husband at a Met broadcast of Macbeth in Miami Beach. My wife shushed me and told me not to bother her. I ignored her and kvelled, “Madame Scotto, we LOVED you at the Met! You were so great, especially your Elisabetta!” I’m glad I did.
And how did she react? 😄
@@peterpawlik2495 As graciously as one could hope. She smiled and said she was glad.
@@diecheneydieclassy 👍
My father back in Russia found this video today and sent to me. I'm very delighted that you put me in the list of such wonderful singers and I also would like to say "thank you!" to everyone who wrote that my performance is their second best after Pavarotti! As you might have noticed, my own interpretation of this aria is heavily inspired by Pavarotti version, as I try to get all of his phrasing. Indeed I would agreed with one of the comments stating that video from MET was dubbled with other recording because I listened to this recording many times before. But nevertheless He is the Best for me! But all of the singers here in the video are impressive! Since I don't know you personally, and don't know where you are in Germany, I'd like to invite you to Deutsche Oper Berlin, if you would like to hear me performing live next season. Lucia, Traviata, Boheme, Macbeth, Rigoletto, Zauberflöte and so on. Also I will sing Alfredo in Deutsche Oper am Rhein and Versi Requiem in Wiesbaden. If you'd like to meet personally - please contact me on Facebook or Instagram) And once again, thank you for such kind words!😊
Honestly, I would far rather watch Zeffirelli's production. At least it makes sense dramatically. And what's wrong with a bit of gratuitous OTT staging?
Zeffirelli's production of course makes sense. It's the kind of production where you lean back, bring out the popcorn and enjoy it without having to have a single thought of your own. And that can be great, I get that. We all have moments where we just want to turn off our brains and are just consuming. Nothing bad about that, i do it as well for example when i watch some sitcom on tv/Netflix. And do i enjoy the orchestra of the met, the fantastic chorus and the splendid singers? Yes, I do 🙂 But all productions are children of their time. And for me personally that means that i can watch productions from 30 or 60 years ago and enjoy them as an historic document. But for me the lack of intellectual curiosity displayed in this Zeffirelli Turandot is not what i am interested in theater/opera. 🤷♂️
I like Adams, but in my opinion the work is too long, too repetitive and, above all, “Nixon in China” has one of the most terrible librettos of all operas. I see the plea for the work as ambivalent.
That's so interesting - i love the libretto 😳 I find it very funny and sophisticated. And i liked that it gave us the opportunity to have a (fictional...) look behind the scenes of world changing politics...🤷♂️
I missed no.5.
To be fair: No.5 was the trickiest one 😬🙄
Have you ever seen the opera "The Teabag"?
I can't say i have 😂
She was fantastic, and, in my opinion, she was very beautiful, charming, and perfectly natural. She wakes up so scared in Manon that we feel very sorry for her, and it squeezes our hearts I felt myself alone, lost and abandoned. Can I confess that at the end I almost cried... lol. My God, it's amazing. Very good video choices, thank you.
I am glad you liked the video and the choices i made. And: no shame in tearing up. I did too especially at the moment she hugged her dead child - the expression on her face in that moment is simply overwhelming 😳😊
@@peterpawlik2495 Yes, impressive. And after this spectacular scene, she falls softly as if the poison was taking effect, and all the suffering has been gone. Wow, it's impossible not to cry.
Small point - Clytremnestra is queen of Mycenae, not Mykonos. But I love what you're doing. Great excerpts.
It's very obvious that my viewers are smarter than me: i got the same comment from another viewer already 😂👍 Thanks for watching - i appreciate it a lot 😊