Ruth Ann Swenson - Je veux vivre

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @smurf902
    @smurf902 5 місяців тому +3

    I am proud that Swenson reigned, even if for a short time. She was and is phenomenal. American, down to earth, musical, gorgeous tone, diction, comportment.

  • @2115Gren
    @2115Gren 2 місяці тому +1

    I have been a fan of Ruth Ann Swenson for years. I love hearing her sing this aria with musical technical style. I am very captivated by her singing technique. I love how she sings the last high note in pp and swell to fff. Just beautiful.

  • @piustwelfth
    @piustwelfth 3 роки тому +6

    Ruth Ann was a fan favorite. She was much loved in San Francisco.

  • @jetpackmonkey315
    @jetpackmonkey315 5 років тому +10

    Just came from a Callas version of this and it's always so interesting how different singers will interpret this song! Maria's version felt like a wild fire; a rambunctious youth that yearned for a grand life changing love. Swenson's on the other hand feels more dreamy; like she has already fallen in love with the idea of love itself. Such amazing and talented singers to take the same song and score, but make me feel such different things about the character they play!

  • @marcocito
    @marcocito 9 років тому +13

    Non seulement la voix est magnifique de même que la technique, mais son français est impeccable. Bravissima!

  • @brulhilde
    @brulhilde 14 років тому +20

    BRAVISSIMA, I love her clean coloratura and perfect legato!! No unnecessary stress and strain on the voice compared to many other singers these days unfortunately...
    She's a an amazingly elegant lyric coloratura!!

    • @smurf902
      @smurf902 5 місяців тому

      Now we have to deal with the caprino of Oropesa or the indulgence of Sierra. Sierra being the better but nothing like the pearly tones of Swenson. She truly was spectacular. Really. I'm very critical. And a HEALTHY voice.

  • @madamebee7057
    @madamebee7057 11 років тому +6

    Such a lovely version of this aria...so warm, pleasant, smooth, and sweet.

  • @SuperPerformingArts
    @SuperPerformingArts 13 років тому +6

    Ruth Ann Swenson is stellar. One of the most unique and beautiful voices of our time as well as a gifted artist and musician. Hearing her live is such a joy. Thank you Ruth Ann for being such an inspiration! :)

  • @TheDaisycler
    @TheDaisycler 12 років тому +3

    Merveille des merveilles Madame SWENSON.Sa voix est un pur chef-d'oeuvre.Je ne trouve pas de mots assez forts pour dire mon admiration à cette DIVA,tombée du Ciel.Ecoutez toutes et Tous ses AIGUS.Daisy CLER

  • @saturne46
    @saturne46 16 років тому +3

    Ruth Ann Swenson a la voix idéale pour cet air. Magnifique prestation. Bravo !

  • @BroadwaySomeday37
    @BroadwaySomeday37 16 років тому +4

    fabulous. that high c at the end gave me chills. what a remarkable performance.

  • @dem24utube
    @dem24utube 16 років тому +6

    I don't feel any need to compare her to any other singer. She sings beautifully, and in my New York days I loved to hear her at the Met.

  • @Sanddy63
    @Sanddy63 11 років тому +4

    I listened through half of youtube to get here! She has the most controlled voice from all the singers I heard singing this song! Its not painful to the ear. Bravo!

  • @TheSarah730
    @TheSarah730 11 років тому +6

    Ruth Ann is so so wonderful

  • @katelynpatterson2407
    @katelynpatterson2407 10 років тому +19

    I have just discovered Swenson through this aria and oh my goodness! She makes it effortless. This is why we take our lessons seriously, people. We want to be just as effortless as this performance right here.

    • @yuki_t_soprano
      @yuki_t_soprano 6 років тому +1

      Yes, I am just dicovering her (discovered her on her Lucia) I think she's my new model !!! Her voice is just velvet and, as you say it, so effortless !!! I am just amazed.

  • @gczwarkiel
    @gczwarkiel 14 років тому +4

    Her performance of this is absolutely fantastic!

  • @lakehayden
    @lakehayden 13 років тому +3

    hers was the first version of this aria i ever heard. it made me happy every time i listened to it and still does! brava

  • @AminasDream
    @AminasDream 14 років тому +5

    She is great!!! Definitely knows how to use her beautiful and rich voice. Netrebko singing this reminds me a train out of control :p

  • @mjmacmtenor
    @mjmacmtenor 14 років тому +6

    An excellent example of Ruth Ann at her best. The piano attack on the final hi C - followed by a flawless crescendo - is worth the price of admission alone!

  • @Discipal4goodmusic
    @Discipal4goodmusic 15 років тому +4

    She is great!

  • @Schoolgirl325
    @Schoolgirl325 10 років тому +13

    Her voice is like the richest gold; bright and warm. And her voice also has the smoothness and flexibility of the finest silk. This is one of the best versions of Ah! Jeux Veux Vivre that I've ever heard. Swenson may not be the most brilliant actress, but her angelic voice and genuine enthusiasm while singing more than make up for that.

    • @gattiniregola
      @gattiniregola 4 роки тому +1

      Agree...but seriously, there are very very few brilliant actors in the opera world. It's hardly a caveat worth mentioning because there are even fewer voices like RAS.

  • @rudyfan1926
    @rudyfan1926 6 років тому +5

    Ruth Ann sang a sublime run of Romeo et Juliette in San Francisco with Alfredo Kraus. Superb singing from both the entire run. Saw every performance

  • @gestas60323
    @gestas60323 15 років тому +3

    She is a very lovely woman in great voice !!!
    Brava Ruth Ann !!!

  • @rebeccafarleysings
    @rebeccafarleysings 14 років тому +3

    One of my favorite renditions!

  • @miuzefreak
    @miuzefreak 16 років тому +2

    I ve been captivated by Swenson since I first heard her in "L'Africaine" (DVD) ... great performance here once again !!!

  • @ademardechabannes
    @ademardechabannes 8 років тому +8

    a treasure! Singing like that, she could start her own airline and all the seats would be first class!

  • @Silasbenjamin
    @Silasbenjamin 13 років тому +11

    I know I shouldn't say it, but I will: This is my voice teacher's wife! (He's her voice teacher too) It's a little scary when you're performing a university opera and you know that Ruth Ann Swenson is out in the audience watching you. Lol. Unfortunately, I still haven't seen her perform live yet.

  • @robinorene
    @robinorene 17 років тому +2

    she is so fantastic. I"m a new fan!

  • @pierre-emmanuelgoffinet9725
    @pierre-emmanuelgoffinet9725 10 років тому +4

    Amazing voice!

  • @alessandratestai952
    @alessandratestai952 4 роки тому +2

    Stupenda!

  • @kountoulf
    @kountoulf 13 років тому +3

    J'adore , c'est divin , l'interprétation est géniale ! Bravo

  • @waldotube
    @waldotube 16 років тому +1

    Que maravilla.. no me canso de verlo.. que maravillosa

  • @nancydennis6203
    @nancydennis6203 8 років тому +2

    Loved Swenson. Best Adina I ever heard. But the very best Gilda was Swenson with Leech and Nucci! Wish it were on UA-cam.
    Nancy

  • @windstorm1000
    @windstorm1000 14 років тому +3

    Wow--people just are just not vanilla on Netrebko--she elicits strong pros and cons all over UA-cam...In the mean time, Ms. Swenson is so professional, sings so cleanly and nails the high note-- and really makes us hanker for those Harry Winston's and Tiffanay's!! Marilyn M. should have sung this!

  • @Silasbenjamin
    @Silasbenjamin 14 років тому +4

    Yay! Brava! That's my voice teacher's wife!

  • @schmup53
    @schmup53 15 років тому +3

    Unfortunately, I can't hear this very well on my computer...Ruth Ann is wonderful and I actually remember her audition for the Merola Program I think it was 1981 at UT-Austin? I was a student there at the time. It was a jaw dropping audition if I am thinking of the right soprano.

    • @piustwelfth
      @piustwelfth 4 роки тому +1

      I think the Merola program is in San Francisco. Ruth Ann performed there for many years. She was a favorite soprano of SF Bay Area operagoers.

  • @luzceciliacarrasco5703
    @luzceciliacarrasco5703 9 років тому +2

    bella voz, bella interpretación y bella dama

  • @lakehayden
    @lakehayden 16 років тому +1

    u can tell they've worked together before, lovely to watch on all counts!!!

  • @curlycuesjazz
    @curlycuesjazz 6 років тому +2

    Magnificent!

  • @isaballaserrano4991
    @isaballaserrano4991 Рік тому

    Bravíssima! Golden tons here ❤💯👏🏻

  • @kelliletner
    @kelliletner 16 років тому +2

    Beautiful! I'm working on this piece and she's an inspiration for sure!

  • @fruitsandberries
    @fruitsandberries 16 років тому +1

    i like her acting and expressions too

  • @deliriousTT
    @deliriousTT 14 років тому +3

    Sublime

  • @lunak9740
    @lunak9740 6 років тому +2

    Perfecta!

  • @Lora0993
    @Lora0993 11 років тому +3

    SO good!! :)

  • @tonio7367
    @tonio7367 5 років тому +1

    Love her....Brava

  • @skitzo429
    @skitzo429 12 років тому +2

    I made the same comment on this video 3 years the last time I listened to it, the high C at the end is very sharp, she often sings big climactic high notes above pitch and sits on them.

  • @musiq77
    @musiq77 9 років тому +2

    Awesome!!

  • @desireethomason5609
    @desireethomason5609 11 років тому +3

    Wade- you have good taste in music!

  • @MsBebe1356
    @MsBebe1356 12 років тому +2

    Brillinat!

  • @kaik7366
    @kaik7366 7 років тому +3

    The definitive coloratura in my opinion... makes me wish I'd continued my training.

  • @Katclub8
    @Katclub8 8 років тому +2

    I seriously love her expressions.

  • @aleduffoo
    @aleduffoo 17 років тому +1

    great!

  • @ajking26
    @ajking26 16 років тому +2

    she makes it sound so easy

    • @hannahlsoprano
      @hannahlsoprano 6 років тому

      ajking26 okay we get it. You’ve said this literally five times. Just enjoy her beautiful voice.

  • @fiandrhi
    @fiandrhi 12 років тому +1

    Your voice teacher is a very lucky man.

  • @utlandagatan
    @utlandagatan 14 років тому +6

    No doubt she's better than Netrebko and Fleming combined. A true coloratura repertoire fit for her. Levine's choice to sing this aria.

  • @MonsieurLu77
    @MonsieurLu77 10 років тому +3

    Perfect!
    Bravissima!

    • @HansWernerLink
      @HansWernerLink 10 років тому +1

      Ich finde ihre großen Ohren so faszinierend!

    • @HansWernerLink
      @HansWernerLink 10 років тому +1

      ***** Danke für die Aufklärung, lieber Herr Gurtner.
      Ist schon klar, um was es sich bei den dicken Dingern handelt,
      aber ich wollte halt diskret sein.
      Wie schnell wird man heutzutage als Sexist verunglimpft!

    • @MonsieurLu77
      @MonsieurLu77 10 років тому +2

      Meine Herren,
      dürfte ich Sie bitten, sich ausschließlich auf die sängerischen Qualitäten von Frau Swenson zu beschränken!

    • @MonsieurLu77
      @MonsieurLu77 10 років тому +1

      *****
      Dann muss Ihre liebenswürdige Gattin mindestens das Niveau einer mittelmäßigen Netrebko haben, lieber Herr Hans?

    • @MonsieurLu77
      @MonsieurLu77 10 років тому

      *****
      Diese Chordamen sind immer scharf auf Solisten, lieber Herr Hans!

  • @FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930
    @FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930 2 місяці тому

    Magnifica interpretación,!!

  • @verdiguy
    @verdiguy 17 років тому

    The Met's superb production of Arabella,
    which is available on DVD with Kiri te
    Kanawa and Wolfgang Brendel. Thielemann
    is the conductor.

  • @Lindow
    @Lindow Рік тому

    I believe she said in an interview that for some reason they had not rehearsed at all prior to this actual performance.

  • @ev4875
    @ev4875 14 днів тому

    Underrated. Love her heads and shoulders over the present Met Darlings. Who are average vanilla

  • @OLIVCHEN77
    @OLIVCHEN77 14 років тому +2

    BRAVA BRAVA

  • @schmup53
    @schmup53 15 років тому

    I saw Netrebko sing the Lucia at HD and I remember thinking what the fuss was all about; then I saw her Sempre Libera video and I got it but I don't think I've heard anything that good since

  • @darlin.kleidoscope
    @darlin.kleidoscope 2 роки тому

    Elegant!!!

  • @wallymarcel1
    @wallymarcel1 Місяць тому

    Effortless, gorgeous singing.

  • @jamesdeperu
    @jamesdeperu 15 років тому

    Ufff con las justas

  • @josh194
    @josh194 16 років тому +1

    I think she's fantastic. But so is Anna Netrebko, and Natalie Dessay, and Diana Damrau and...Why choose? I've seen them all live, and they're all incredibly talented, and different, and the world is far richer for the variety.

  • @jewelmarkess
    @jewelmarkess 12 років тому

    @Watchawahha After my rash last comment, I looked at comments in context and better understood your reply. I see your point, and I think you and arpeggio are actually on the same page. I think everyone would agree she looks great here. I think all of us would agree that voice and artistry should be the most important thing in opera not looks. I am not sure btw why she lost roles at the Met, but it came close after she had breast cancer.

  • @blancopatri
    @blancopatri 15 років тому +1

    We also need younger operas, the ones that people play most of the time are centuries old

  • @gczwarkiel
    @gczwarkiel 14 років тому +1

    @xgianpatrick Your critique is a bit over the top wouldn't you say? You should post a video of yourself performing at the height of your operatic splendor. I am sure it would leave us amazed!

  • @blauauge2
    @blauauge2 9 років тому +6

    wow. so talented. her singing is so much better than r. flemings.

  • @Octavoification
    @Octavoification 12 років тому

    Where is the crack? Did someone fix it?

  • @skitzo429
    @skitzo429 16 років тому

    the C is very sharp

  • @Chilair1
    @Chilair1 14 років тому

    @classicalgal14 I wasn't being rude, I honestly think she should have covered up more.

  • @cgt2631
    @cgt2631 16 років тому +1

    So much better than Anna Netrebko!!! I love her!!

  • @kngiht84
    @kngiht84 16 років тому

    I would pay to hear Avril Lavigne singing Madame Butterfly and Paris Hilton in Tosca, hahaha

  • @TaVo78
    @TaVo78 15 років тому

    que mamon ha ha .... ma certo che l'aria é bella

  • @nannalynnightowl1
    @nannalynnightowl1 12 років тому +1

    I really do think that, as is "beauty in the eye of the beholder", then attributes of a singer is "in the ears of the listener"!! Personally, I love Netrebko's voice, and her choices, most of the the time...but she HAS taken on stuff that was not for her - and, as many other singers who have done likewise, they have been a disaster!!! As for her french diction, well, she's russian, and a lot of other singers, are, apparently, fluent in french (Caballe, Gruberova, Callas, etc.)

  • @skitzo429
    @skitzo429 15 років тому

    thats what i said...try reading more carefully

  • @louisepilon786
    @louisepilon786 8 місяців тому

    most voice better the young women

  • @skitzo429
    @skitzo429 16 років тому

    i love her voice, but if you cant hear that thats out of tune youre the one who needs your hearing checked, not me.

  • @Chilair1
    @Chilair1 15 років тому +1

    Love her voice...but honestly her chest took a lot of the attention..

    • @rigsf5969
      @rigsf5969 6 років тому +2

      Like they say, if you got it...

    • @marcmitchel25
      @marcmitchel25 Рік тому

      ​@@rigsf5969That point anyway is inarguable

  • @schmup53
    @schmup53 15 років тому

    This is so much better than Netrebko ; Netrebko has vibrato you can drive a truck through

    • @rogerknox9147
      @rogerknox9147 7 років тому

      Such an original metaphor (sigh) . . .

  • @opernair
    @opernair 12 років тому

    she is simply perfect! But Her decoltee could be a little bit deeper (-:

  • @josh194
    @josh194 16 років тому

    now that is someone I'm happy to criticize.

  • @skitzo429
    @skitzo429 16 років тому

    the C is beautiful, but its actually strikingly out of tune, its extremely sharp.

  • @numetutelare
    @numetutelare 14 років тому

    @jimmymartinezzz Da sempre sostengo che la Netrebko non ha la flessibilità, la messa di voce, gli arpeggi e le scale cromatiche della coloratura sono raffazzonate, inoltre a parte le facce "d'espressione" che sono altro dal senso artistico interpretativo ha problemi negli acuti spesso lanciati e malamente tenuti "tenuti". Non si tratta di gareggiare, ma solo di stabilire chi é una cantante lirica e chi lo sembra...un po' come Bocelli che é un buon cantante... punto, la lirica é altro.

  • @babs22hh
    @babs22hh 12 років тому

    her timbre is darker than K. Battle's and much more "womanly" to my ear... I LOVE her crescendo at 3:53! Kbattle has that soubrette girly sound.and Netrebeko should stay away from coloratura/belcanto and stick to spinto stuff like TOSCA forgoodness sakes..NO LUCIA!

  • @skitzo429
    @skitzo429 16 років тому

    comparing anyone to Netrebko on the point of diction is almost laughable, Netrebko's french is atrocious.

  • @AmyAmy-er8bp
    @AmyAmy-er8bp Рік тому

    Asuma anuka rot otkroy, teper skaji aaaa. A be shto delayet? Asuma vi na kakoy stantsii, Ya na stantsii Al Capone. Eto uje Pedik Matematik passajiru, uvajayemomu. Kakiye litsa, kakiye litsa... Asuma vi pochemu meksikov ne lyubite, ne poymyosh. Asuma snachalo ubili Indian Americans, Turkey is ours, potom FBI ubil Che Guevara. Kakiye xoroshiye, pyaterka. Asuma Grex smeyatsa. Vorb en mnatsel. asuma za dvesti let nikagdo ne oshibsya, Eto uje Bill Clinton Narodu. A tebe yest dvesti???

    • @AmyAmy-er8bp
      @AmyAmy-er8bp Рік тому

      Putin na Rakete katayetsa. Mashina v Rossii Raket nazivayetsa. Lolz. Ne Mitsubishi???? Rebenok dal, sshas eto tselaya Industriya, von Prada, Dolce I Gabbana, pravilnoye imya postavil, srazu spros. Kalosh eto uj nemtsi vsegda v mode... v selskaxozyaystvennom, eto uje Russkiye. Selskoxozyaystvennuyu kulturu predstavlyayut.

    • @AmyAmy-er8bp
      @AmyAmy-er8bp Рік тому

      Tovarish vam zdes nelzya viyti, Fu Dura, zachem dveri otkrila!!!! Asuma vam kakoy pavarot, mne dilidjanskiy, eto uje u vorot Ronaldto.

  • @kerryincolumbus
    @kerryincolumbus 7 років тому +1

    I've heard better (a few, not many), but, then again I've heard a HELL of a lot worse!!

  • @nichtsleezy
    @nichtsleezy 15 років тому +1

    YOU ARE WRONG!!! Netrebko is atrocious(most of the time)

  • @Zashorigin
    @Zashorigin 8 років тому

    Beautiful voice... fabulous rendition... Brava!Ps. But that hair... GOD!!!... someone should had told her, she wasn't 20 yo anymore. Too much hair, too long and she wasn't precisely a svelt woman. No, No, No!

    • @tessdurberville711
      @tessdurberville711 4 роки тому +1

      Zashorigin Miss Swenson is glorious!Opera singers should be well-endowed and she is, in every way!