Samson et Delilah: Mon cœur s'ouvre a ta voix - Jessye Norman - Avery Fisher Hall - 1994 (HD)

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  • @rosamondbovey4497
    @rosamondbovey4497 Рік тому +21

    The music of st Saens has allaying been underrated or ignored. It shouldn’t be.

    • @andrashorn6889
      @andrashorn6889 5 місяців тому

      Eddig én is inkább "szalonszerzőnek" értékeltem, különösebb művészi érték nélkül! De hát ilyen előadás után most mit gondoljak?

  • @francoisbessing
    @francoisbessing Рік тому +94

    That was not music. That was art.

  • @NashAndreLouisWNorat
    @NashAndreLouisWNorat 9 місяців тому +35

    Phenomenal ! I can’t believe she is gone , one of the last true great opera Diva’s !

  • @imoterkpengwa5890
    @imoterkpengwa5890 2 роки тому +63

    The cameraman and producer were in so much awe that they filmed just her face for 5 minutes straight without any cuts.

  • @mrrkdino
    @mrrkdino 9 місяців тому +57

    This performance alone would qualify her for the hall of the greatest singers ever.

  • @kieraschaafhausen5178
    @kieraschaafhausen5178 9 місяців тому +15

    I surrendered to you the first time I ever heard you Ms Norman ❤ youll forever be missed ❤❤❤

  • @NashAndreLouisWNorat
    @NashAndreLouisWNorat 9 місяців тому +12

    Probably one of the best interpretations of this famous gorgeous Arias in all of Opera !

  • @Johnmag1976
    @Johnmag1976 Рік тому +31

    Lady Jessie Norman was fluent in many languages .Just wanted to say. This adding to her huge Intelligence makes her more than Just a Diva ❤

  • @Pilgrim06
    @Pilgrim06 Рік тому +24

    So comforting to the ear and to the heart to hear French pronounced as it should be! A brilliant vocal actress!

  • @thomaslucia3059
    @thomaslucia3059 Рік тому +21

    That transition at 6:15 minute is otherworldly. EXQUISITE!

  • @DrMusicStarr
    @DrMusicStarr 10 місяців тому +28

    Who could resist surrender to this Majestic woman?!❤️‍🔥

  • @52chatnoir
    @52chatnoir 2 роки тому +63

    If you lived for a thousand years you would never hear it done better. Not by anyone. Not ever.

    • @leshaunda
      @leshaunda Рік тому +9

      Not EVER! THIS WOMAN WAS THE BEST AT EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHED

    • @leekurt9751
      @leekurt9751 9 місяців тому +6

      Well said!

    • @DiomedesDioscuro
      @DiomedesDioscuro 6 місяців тому +1

      ??????

    • @andrashorn6889
      @andrashorn6889 5 місяців тому

      Nem szégyellem, vén férfi létemre potyognak a könnyeim! Ennek a nőnek akkora kisugárzása van, hogy ha meg sem szólalna, akkor is csak meredten nézném! Azok a szemek, azok a végtelen lassú, mégis tökéletesen kitöltött ívek, a tökéletes légzőtechnika, de legfőképp az a csodálatos művészi átélés egyszerűen lenyűgöző! Szerencséenek érzem magam, hogy meghallgathattam! A karmesternőnek is minden elismerés, hogy a végtelen szabadságot le tudta követni!

    • @francoisbessing
      @francoisbessing 2 місяці тому

      Correct.

  • @jean-pierreattali6161
    @jean-pierreattali6161 2 місяці тому +5

    Une très belle femme, une diva musicienne. Je l'ai vue pour la première fois en 1969 au Deutsch Oper où j'étais assistant photographe (j'avais 16 ans) puis je l'ai entendue et j'ai été sous le charme; j'ai encore les photos des répétitions. Puis je l'ai suivie à Florence, Rome, etc. Puis en concert et de nouveau sur scène à Paris (Didon et Enée) Quelle femme, quelle voix!

  • @kryptonbear1
    @kryptonbear1 11 місяців тому +30

    I love the story she once told about the encouragement she received from her hometown pastor. He told her to pursue a career in opera not only because he knew she could do it but also because he knew she should do it.

    • @Johnmag1976
      @Johnmag1976 10 місяців тому +2

      I did not know this anecdote/story.there must be so much i still do not know about her. I was Lucky to see/hear her 3 times between 16 and 24 year of age.

  • @katiemcallister271
    @katiemcallister271 3 місяці тому +8

    Jessye, Jessye, Jessye, how I loved you! As a mezzo soprano, you were my best technical teacher. Can hardly believe that you, a little girl in segregated Georgia, grew into an astonishingly talented, multilingual powerhouse of an artist. ❤ I thank God for you.

  • @blackie-jm9tr
    @blackie-jm9tr 10 місяців тому +22

    In tears... what a performance!

  • @EAhn731
    @EAhn731 11 місяців тому +6

    Here the ambivalent love of Deliah for Samson is well expressed with her face. Brava!

  • @shanmccookie3604
    @shanmccookie3604 2 роки тому +61

    Usually I don't cry with Opera, but her flawless technique and the expressions on her face and just how she just floats thru the phrases with such conviction. My goodness.
    I've never seen such a flat tongue in my life! She was such a force. May she rest in peace.

    • @leshaunda
      @leshaunda Рік тому +3

      I know her tongue is always soooo flat. I have tired this and failed

    • @Fortissimo76
      @Fortissimo76 Рік тому +8

      I saw her sing this aria live was only piano accompaniment and I was bawling through out the whole thing . EXQUISITE!!

    • @blackie-jm9tr
      @blackie-jm9tr 10 місяців тому +2

      Amen...

  • @AnthonyBanksCountertenor
    @AnthonyBanksCountertenor 2 роки тому +34

    I WEEP EVERY TIME I WATCH. Thank God we were allowed to live while she was breathing and gave all that God equipped her to empower the world of arts with.

    • @Fortissimo76
      @Fortissimo76 10 місяців тому +2

      I saw here sing this live in recital in Philadelphia, I was a crying mess. Absolutely sublime!

    • @bratinkao
      @bratinkao 6 місяців тому +1

      Oh, I am so glad I am not the only one weeping!

  • @figaroverdi
    @figaroverdi Рік тому +23

    That ending sent chills down my spine. What a voice. What a legend. Incredible artist. Brava.

  • @jeanmorin3247
    @jeanmorin3247 3 місяці тому +5

    If the aim of art is to convey emotions, this is jet fuel. It burns hot in less than one second.

  • @francoisbessing
    @francoisbessing 2 роки тому +183

    Her acting. Her singing. Her interpretation of the works of dead men. She brings life to them and into her hearers. I am left speechless wrestling back control. She imprinted the depth of her gifts on us in a way that seems as the impression of the hand of the Divine. I am left shaken and hopeful.

    • @marcleysens7716
      @marcleysens7716 2 роки тому +15

      She's completely immersed.

    • @carrollsmith3394
      @carrollsmith3394 Рік тому +15

      She is absolutely my favourite all time opera singer. No one can match her.

    • @HELENA-r3x
      @HELENA-r3x Рік тому

      !!!!¼ĺpp

    • @CMB2059
      @CMB2059 Рік тому +12

      I agree wholeheartedly! Just a breathtakingly heartfelt connection of song and artist...

    • @edgreisl1
      @edgreisl1 Рік тому +9

      Stunning

  • @mariovaldivieso6570
    @mariovaldivieso6570 Рік тому +10

    Magistral! Bravo, madame Jessye ❤👏👏👏

  • @jamesmurrell2306
    @jamesmurrell2306 Рік тому +13

    Full of risks and brilliant successes! We miss you, Ms. Jessye.

  • @voro5527
    @voro5527 19 днів тому

    Truly outstanding. Brava Jessye!
    The end ... much resembles the Je t'aime of the tenor aria La Fleure che tu m'avais jetez by Charles Biset's Carmen.

  • @PranaMassage
    @PranaMassage 8 місяців тому +18

    Divine, transcendent...you'd never know how incredibly difficult this aria is technically. Few, if any, sopranos could approach this piece and triumph like this. While we're at it though, let's give another brava for the really fantastic and sensitive conducting of Dame Jane Glover. If you watch the whole concert the rapport between the two of them was truly special. Now off to listen to more Jessye...probably the Four Last Songs. (ps. thanks to all of you keeping this music alive, sharing it and celebrating this truly incomparable artist. I don't have many folks in my life who appreciate opera, this would be lost on them, so it's nice to 'come here' and chat with all of you!)

  • @Michael-ty8ep
    @Michael-ty8ep Місяць тому +1

    One of the great joys of life was being in her company and speaking to her face to face, once, just for a few seconds, after a concert I got her autograph. A treasured memory.

  • @augustinehawkins3757
    @augustinehawkins3757 9 місяців тому +4

    It's divinity pure and simple 'sometimes there is god so quickly' - Tennessee Wiliams

  • @JUNESLOBODIAN
    @JUNESLOBODIAN Місяць тому +1

    French really is the language of love. (I think also of the magnificence of Pearlfishers duet). Brava Jessye😎

  • @hockeygirl8401
    @hockeygirl8401 7 місяців тому +22

    One has to admit, this is perfection. Sweet Jesus

  • @kashania74
    @kashania74 3 роки тому +61

    She turns the aria into a mini drama. Absolutely riveting. No singer today has this level of charisma.

    • @leshaunda
      @leshaunda Рік тому +3

      Not one

    • @Gardis72
      @Gardis72 Рік тому +3

      @@leshaundaShirley Verrett came close if not achieved it totally also.

  • @Sol-bg7rg
    @Sol-bg7rg 2 місяці тому +4

    The colouring of her voice is godly! Brava Diva

  • @РусланТатваев
    @РусланТатваев Рік тому +2

    Невероятная самоотдача! Огромное эстетическое удовольствие!

  • @edgreisl1
    @edgreisl1 7 місяців тому +22

    Perfect technique, perfect diction, perfect breath control, perfect colouring, perfect phrasing - just perfect in every way. Trully astonishing Jessye ❤️❤️

  • @MrCuddlyable3
    @MrCuddlyable3 2 роки тому +44

    BREATHTAKING ! Jessye handles the melismatic lyrics by her legato delivery, ending stronger than one could suspect. This is immortality. (Thanks to the poster for a better quality video.)

  • @christiaandhooghe
    @christiaandhooghe 3 роки тому +33

    6:11 min......in one single breath......my God....she was so amazing!!!!
    Building the tension, and that pianisimo......sigh.

    • @tokkia1384
      @tokkia1384 3 роки тому +5

      That was amazing! Goosebumps every time!

  • @india2880
    @india2880 16 днів тому +1

    This art and voice makes life worthwile and. Gives humanity its soul
    Unforgettable

  • @manuelducretiii8142
    @manuelducretiii8142 2 роки тому +6

    She came backstage to La Cage in 85 & a cabbie who worked for the same cab company as my partner came to pick me up. Instead she got it & he said she was polite. She posed for photos with the Cagelles & other cast members. She was real nice.

  • @Jcarolinajr
    @Jcarolinajr Рік тому +9

    This, surely, is one of my favorite arias and Miss Norman sings it magnificently eternal.

  • @jrdonasco7185
    @jrdonasco7185 3 роки тому +98

    From the moment La Norman walks out until the earth-shattering final note, she holds the audience in thrall. Hypnotic. Sublime.

    • @erikfonseca2025
      @erikfonseca2025 2 роки тому +4

      Yes, you never knew where she was going to take you, the audience was captivated

  • @davept2580
    @davept2580 3 роки тому +63

    she was not only a brilliant and genius singer, but she was a great Actor. The way her face shapes to the love, confusion, sorrow and finally ire, is a testament to her talent. Rest in Power, the Great Jessye Norman.
    Thank u for posting this in HQ
    🤍

    • @miltonmoore8369
      @miltonmoore8369 Рік тому

      She was a great ACTRESS, in English. In Italian the word is ATTRICE. In both French and Spanish the word is "ACTRICE. In German the word is SCHAUSPIELERIN.
      Males, respectively, are ATTORE, ACTEUR AND
      SCHAUSPIELER.
      All languages have words DISTINGUISHING this difference in gender. Culture-cancel freaks in the media promote destroying these long held type of DISTINGUISHING differences.
      Respectfully🙂

  • @annaluna9280
    @annaluna9280 3 місяці тому +3

    mon cœur s'ouvre a ta voix..❤❤❤

  • @bratinkao
    @bratinkao Рік тому +2

    Stunning to listen to, stunning to behold, absolute perfection...

  • @arnaldocarrascovergara2564
    @arnaldocarrascovergara2564 11 місяців тому +3

    French language is undeniable her best choice for singing.Great phrasing and retenutto del discorso mysical is perfect in her attack to this famous aria.Pity her oremature death.We are lacking her divine pressence and artmastering her singing

  • @arinavonderjahnhuette8161
    @arinavonderjahnhuette8161 Рік тому +4

    Die Beste, Weltbeste!❤

  • @fakerating
    @fakerating 2 роки тому +6

    I saw her in concert in Paris in the mid 80's... she greated some fans after... at the time she was in the news having a dispute with her record company. I asked her about it, and she gave a big laugh. She was gone way too early. R.I.P.

  • @soafaking
    @soafaking 4 місяці тому +6

    Absolutely stunning. Jessye Norman you were great and Incredibly talented. Rest in peace ❤

  • @helencheadle5285
    @helencheadle5285 Рік тому +25

    Just love her little smiles she gives during the performance….bravo Jessye. God must be delighted to have you home in his Angelic choir, but our very sad loss. RIP Jessye, we love and miss you still…you were just incredible both as a singer and performer. No one else can touch you , just amazing,bless you 💐🙋‍♀️💕😘👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @joaoluizmoreira5973
    @joaoluizmoreira5973 Рік тому +6

    Diva of Divas! No one! But Jessie Norman!

  • @waynesmith3767
    @waynesmith3767 Рік тому +41

    Jessaye at the top of her form-that voice! That technique! That diction! That presence! The Incomprable one in all her greatness and beauty.

  • @maluf992
    @maluf992 24 дні тому +1

    Ça me rends fière d'être francophone

  • @JWP452
    @JWP452 Рік тому +3

    And the audience goes insane! Fabulous!

  • @mandolinteacher
    @mandolinteacher 3 роки тому +37

    Every time I watch this I cannot stop repeating it. What a performance!!!

  • @daleenalberts5829
    @daleenalberts5829 2 місяці тому +2

    I love the conductor 😅

  • @alexandroalvarez2464
    @alexandroalvarez2464 4 місяці тому +4

    Extraordinary rendition of this moving arie.thank you for sharing it

  • @M.Abalhadj
    @M.Abalhadj Рік тому +2

    Always a pleasure to hear her voice and watch her art in the interpretation

  • @francoisbessing
    @francoisbessing 2 роки тому +16

    Absolutely entrancing. Her ability to transport us to the scene is probably what they mean when they say to us “time travel”.

  • @6voces
    @6voces 5 місяців тому +3

    Ninguém jamais cantará essa música que possa superar essa interpretação

  • @roymayh3819
    @roymayh3819 2 роки тому +16

    She takes you all, the voice creates a world and takes you with her. That last part was divine.

  • @flyinghow
    @flyinghow 2 роки тому +60

    She was just a class act. The voice of course was always stunningly beautiful, but her stage presence and the way she held character so long at the end, then broke into acknowledgement of applause was sublime. RIP Jessye. Brava!!!

  • @g.strauss1813
    @g.strauss1813 2 місяці тому +1

    This is not coloratura, period. It doesn't diminish the fact that Jessye Norman was just stupendous!

    • @ThisisColoratura
      @ThisisColoratura  2 місяці тому

      who said it was a coloratura? 😢

    • @g.strauss1813
      @g.strauss1813 2 місяці тому

      @@ThisisColoratura Use your eyes.

    • @ThisisColoratura
      @ThisisColoratura  2 місяці тому +1

      @@g.strauss1813 your apprehension did not meet the channel's description nor you're aware of the logo there 😂

    • @AnnaMaria-02-k1z
      @AnnaMaria-02-k1z 2 місяці тому

      Колоратура-это орнаментика ,украшение. Была распространена в период барокко. Расцвечивали свои партии даже басы. Не надо ассоциировать способ демонстрации вокальной техники с голосом колоратурное сопрано. А партия Далилы для меццо сопрано.

  • @mauricioflores2757
    @mauricioflores2757 Рік тому +4

    The ultimate diva!

  • @joeygodin8861
    @joeygodin8861 2 роки тому +17

    Her use of colours is pure magic.

  • @nicholassilverio2227
    @nicholassilverio2227 Рік тому +2

    Pure diva. Diva. Diva! ❤❤❤

  • @marieteresaarmenta3993
    @marieteresaarmenta3993 4 місяці тому +2

    Yes , i love this area ,I had never heard her singing it before , she is FORMIDABILE.

  • @bibighanouj7292
    @bibighanouj7292 8 місяців тому +6

    6:17-6:24 is the most stunning moment, incredible breath control absolutely gorgeous

  • @jk31b44
    @jk31b44 19 днів тому

    my one and only sprano...you will be always my only one deliah... i love you jessi...rest in peace

  • @guillermogonzaloriverasalg7917
    @guillermogonzaloriverasalg7917 Рік тому +13

    Que fantástica interpretação. Parece uma eternidade em outro tempo. E as suas expressões faciais tão profundas.

  • @blackie-jm9tr
    @blackie-jm9tr 2 місяці тому +1

    UNA DIOSA...! No puedo creer la belleza de tonos y coloratura que emana... me bajan las lagrimas..

  • @ABCDuwachui
    @ABCDuwachui 2 місяці тому +2

    We miss you, Jessye! 💐

  • @phillipbell3739
    @phillipbell3739 3 місяці тому +1

    Her performance brings tears to my eyes - a hard bitten opera fan!! She is a goddess.

  • @emiliosalman6740
    @emiliosalman6740 10 місяців тому +2

    She is Beyond the Beyond !!!!❤

  • @maximilianowe5506
    @maximilianowe5506 7 місяців тому +5

    WOW. All I can say, is wow. THIS is art. Not only the singing, but expressions. At 7:10 I think I can spot she sheads a tear. Simply amazing❤😢

  • @nancylee8061
    @nancylee8061 11 місяців тому +2

    Magnificent ❤❤❤

  • @valeriebarriere4859
    @valeriebarriere4859 11 місяців тому +2

    EXTRAORDINAIRE !

  • @djk1591
    @djk1591 2 роки тому +10

    i will always remember her

  • @briananderson8428
    @briananderson8428 2 роки тому +36

    Good God! Can this be beyond perfection...? Is there such a thing?

  • @galinasharshakova6439
    @galinasharshakova6439 6 місяців тому +2

    БОЖЕ! КАКАЯ КРАСОТА!!!!!! КАКАЯ ДАЛИЛА!!! ЦАРСТВО НЕБЕСНОЕ ДЖЕССИКЕ!!!!

  • @SirenaJones
    @SirenaJones 2 роки тому +6

    It was the hand towards the hip for me 😭 … (or maybe a breath support que to her body) @2:57 on that long azz note that kept moving with such purpose ..to seemingly no end! … like she dug deep and meant that .. 😭
    The colours, the audacity and boldness to be this free and paint the song with every brush of her instrument…my gosh
    Rapturous, Rich , Whelming , Enthralling, Spine Shifting…

  • @elenasmagina9701
    @elenasmagina9701 Рік тому +2

    Как она прекрасно вышла с роли, какой голос, брависсимо! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @Gustavo-bj3uz
    @Gustavo-bj3uz 2 місяці тому +1

    Bellísima música y bellísima interpretación sublime 👋

  • @graziasporty2539
    @graziasporty2539 3 роки тому +9

    Grazie per tanta bellezza 🙏🌹❤️

  • @gorandime7304
    @gorandime7304 17 днів тому

    Jessye forever!

  • @운중일
    @운중일 6 місяців тому +2

    이 절절한 표정,
    영혼을 쥐어짜는듯한 소리,
    혼신의 울림이 가득한 노래,
    온갖 그리움과 소망이
    응축된 메시지
    삼손이 이 애절한 노래에
    어찌 안 넘어갈 수 있겠는가 !
    노래

  • @alistairmcelwee7467
    @alistairmcelwee7467 Рік тому +5

    Gosh she was wonderful! I saw her in Die Wälkure and a few other operas over the years. Also at Zellerbach in Berkeley Ca for a memorable concert. She was riveting from the moment she walked on stage. Truly a most wonderful singer, actress, and presence!

  • @edgardodanielI
    @edgardodanielI 2 роки тому +11

    Year 2022 , She still is sublime !

    • @helencheadle5285
      @helencheadle5285 Рік тому +3

      Now 2023 and Jessye will stay sublime into infinity…..such a unique singer. We are touched by an Angel just listening to her. ❤️🙏

    • @kierstenwhite7807
      @kierstenwhite7807 9 місяців тому +3

      @@helencheadle5285 Now 2024 still sublime

  • @Raymond13000
    @Raymond13000 8 місяців тому +1

    Magnifique Jessye Norman merci beaucoup a vous , salut de Marseille !

  • @alexeyzimarin
    @alexeyzimarin Рік тому +6

    Под этим шедевром должны быть миллионы просмотров ♥ И ещё эта улыбка в конце что-то невероятное❤

  • @philipsmith3084
    @philipsmith3084 2 роки тому +6

    What a magnificent performance by the late Jessye Norman!

  • @happygucci5094
    @happygucci5094 Місяць тому

    She is resplendent- with a voice…. She h what a voice. What a beauty, what a star

  • @sandusky0901
    @sandusky0901 3 роки тому +13

    With this performance Jessye Norman was completely in her own stratosphere & we miss you dearly 💖
    Thank you for sharing.

  • @gedparsons3850
    @gedparsons3850 5 місяців тому +1

    Those who brought the field, brought a happiness ……..SUCH.

  • @pimgrim1
    @pimgrim1 Місяць тому

    Samson, je t'aime : quelle note !!

  • @sarahmd5513
    @sarahmd5513 11 місяців тому +1

    i am melting 🙏🏻😍❤️

  • @hansmiller664
    @hansmiller664 Рік тому

    The EMPRESS to interprète dry notes, written on paper, to erase your heart and mind with JOY, GRIEF, RELIEF...
    I am grateful!
    Period!

  • @mattmcalpin5422
    @mattmcalpin5422 8 місяців тому +3

    I'm so in love with this woman and her voice

  • @ghislainedote859
    @ghislainedote859 3 роки тому +14

    I have watched this year's ago and it still touches my soul...Thank you Jessye...

  • @LadyEng
    @LadyEng Рік тому +2

    She was larger than life. Beautiful, powerful, mesmerising.

  • @jorgecamacho6471
    @jorgecamacho6471 Рік тому +3

    La intensidad emocional de su interpretacion,la fuerza expresiva de sus gestos y su gran presencia escenica ,su poderosa y bellísima voz hacen de esta aria una verdadera joya.

    • @toofu5044
      @toofu5044 Рік тому +1

      para mí, la emoción que trasmitió en esta presentación fue tal que me hizo llorar y sentir todo tan espectacularmente

  • @barbaraflores3506
    @barbaraflores3506 2 роки тому +4

    Absolutley...beautiful! My favorite version, of this aria. I love her, rich voice. O ne of the 'true-greats' among the 'real' Opera-Diva's. Still trying to find this on one of, Jessye Norman's, cd's. One of my very-favorites, among Grand Opera. RIP Jessye Norman, with love. Fr: So. California, USA 2022