Natalie Dessay sings "Ah! non credea mirarti" and the cabaletta "Ah, non giunge" from Bellini's Sonnambula. New York 2006. Blogged at auv.blogspot.co...
I keep coming back, and back to Natalie Dessay. I have never been so attracted to a performer of anything as I have been to her. As I look again at a lot of her performances, interviews, rehearsals and informal films of parts of her life I feel "YES, She is just as wonderful as I thought." I just hope that new things involving her keep being put on you tube.
Of course, everybody has his/her favourite male/female singer, but I think all of them deserve a credit for singing such wonderful and demanding pieces of music. I believe most people have absolutely no idea how hard it is and how long it takes to get to sing like this and, after reaching one's entire vocal range, to convey an artful touch to one's performance like Dessay nicely does. I'm a big Callas fan, but, please, let's just shut up and listen.
Completamente de acuerdo contigo. La gente habla porque el aire es gratis está esta es un aria muy bella, y la cabañera final sumamente difícil, con bravura.!!
Veja a caballeta onde ela mostra o domínio total dos agudos, embora a passagem de notas repetidas seja uma ingênua cópia de uma ária do D Giovanni de Mozart.
I could not agree more. When all is said and done, I am all for the enjoyment of the composers music. I love Bellini and despite the singing and the staging, he delivers each time!
La sonnambula è un capolavoro tutto siciliano...in questa musica si sente tutta la delicatezza della gente siciliana ed il profumo dei giardini. Le cantanti liriche si esaltano in questa romanza: ah non credea mirarti
I was in the Met 20/5/06 at the Volpe Gala and one way or the other she was very impressive and kept the attention and emotion of the audience. More than a few had tears in their eyes. It shows you how different a live performance can be from the tape. The New Yorker Magazine declared her the best of the night!
Ne boudons pas notre plaisir, Peste soit des rabat- joie ! Si l'on pouvait entendre toujours chanter de cette façon ces jolies pièces, l'opéra serait pour notre plus grand bonheur au sommet des arts populaires.
I cannot say that this was her best performance, but i think everyone knows (or everyone should know) who Natalie Dessay and what a remarkable and world unique soprano / actress she is!!!
I don't care what anyone says...I love Dessay! The voice has changed...after 15yrs as a coloratura what do you expect? I think she's singing Damn well to have gone through two vocal surgeries. I only pray that she lasts a long time.
Many thanks for this nice video. I love this aria and Natalie Dessay's voice. This aria is not easy to sing. But the first part (Ah, non credea) is nicely lyrical and in the second part of the aria (Ah, non giunge) she is in her element. The coloraturas and top tones (some es3) which stand not everybody in the notes are sung excellently. Class! She lives her roles.
it's true that the presence of setting is always better than an absence of setting. For La Somnambula, I think it's the same French stage director (Laurent Pelly) who did La Fille du Régiment. Besides, walking in one's sleep is a sort of madness, cut from reality. Dessay is excellent in these surreal states. I'm looking forward to this!
Una grande cantante y actriz francesa célebre de una ilustre tradición de sopranos de enormes agudos y sobre agudos como: Mado Robin, Lily Pons, y otras .
I like this voce better than the old one, now she has more depth and there's no need to just expect trills, unless that´s just my opinion, she´s great!
Listen to that perfect legato, how she hits notes dead in the center of the pitch, and how she really caresses the vocal line. I just wish she would carry that into the aria. All of a sudden, all her dramatics darken her tone and her chest sinks. If she would just stand tall and take good breaths, those high notes wouldn't sound so strained. If she would just focus on singing beautifully, all the acting that she's so famous for would still effortlessly shine through.
Ah! non giunge uman pensiero Al contento ond'io son piena: A' miei sensi io credo appena; Tu m'affida, o mio tesor. Ah mi abbraccia, e sempre insieme Sempre uniti in una speme, Della terra in cui viviamo Ci formiamo un ciel d'amor.
@abracadabranque Y quien dijo que son iguales? Yo dije que cada uno con su trabajo. Pero no estan todos en la lista de excepcionales. Con Bodiloto ya aclare todo. No tengo nada mas que decir. Dessay me gusta como actua y tuvo unos trabajos lindos. Y esto es todo. Buenas noches.
I like Bel Canto opera in concert style and I listen on recordings a lot, though I enjoyed HD cast of Met Puritani by Netrebko. Dessay is a one of the best Bel Canto interperter and she studied to be an actress also a good dancer. There are many talented opera singers to make Bel Canto fans more than happy.
It is so strange seeing her sing in this expensive looking background. In, I think, 2009 the met did a wonderful modern version that captured the working class environment in which the opera is set. Dessay was tremendous as Amina, and WAS Amina. That production is on you tube and very well filmed.
La Dessay realmente es grande!!! Ha sido operada de nodulos en la garganta, sin embargo, canta como los dioses!!!!y menos mal que no ha perdido agilidad, ni color, ni timbre, ni tessitura!!!!
I love Callas she was just divine, of course, but but she died when I was in kindergarten (and had stopped singing before I was born). I want to experience some live opera, so I am looking forward to hearing Natalie at the Met next month. I hope she is in good shape (nasty viruses, stay away from her!!).
Ich mag die etlichen Aufnahmen, die ich habe, nicht gegeneinander ausspielen, die Aufnahme mit der ätherischen Lina Pagliughi?, dass der wunderbare Ferruccio Tagliavini eine eigene Ehrung verdient, sollte unumstritten sein!
@bodiloto E vero che gli giovani non sono con molta preparazione, ma non sono instruiti per fare questo. Bien, no soy muy buena con esta lengua, pero me gusta. Asi que escribire en Espanol. Dessay sufrio lo que sufrio, y no se porque no supo guardar su voz, pero no la juzgo porque uno puede llegar en su situacion y apenas entonces entender. Ella tuvo unos trabajos lindos. Pero es evidente que ella no es la misma como antes.Ella me toco con su manera de actuar. Eso me gusta mucho de ella.
@bodilotoToujours content de te retrouver sur des points de vue similaires,ce qui me fait parfois bien rire.Pourtant nous tutoyons souvent le pathétique,et sombrons même dans le tragique.J'espère qu'acitipo répondra à ma requête et nous fera part de son talent ou de celui de ses disciples!Salut mon ami.
7.30 to 8.06 is a spirited triumphant farewell for much-abused Amina. One is not supposed to applaud until the end of the cabaletta, but it must have been hard not to, given the perfection of the aria. She sustained the unity of its famous melody with impeccable touch, and even the least grace-note or coloratura ornament contributed to this
sorry but I soooo disagree! For my she's the best current day Amina and this is one of her best performance perhaps because it's a recital and no over-the-top-acting is required so she could really stay with the music. And I especially enjoy the sentimental sad beginning which she expresses so soft and deeply felt - LOVE IT
I remember when this was broadcasted. That was the very day I lost all admiration I'd ever had for Dessay, and realised that the "good old" Dessay would never come back. I really love her voice in older recordings, but I certainly don't care for this screaming.
Dessay's high e-flat is not even close to being retired. You should hear her Sempre libera. Maybe I'm blinded by my being a crazy fan, but if anyone in the summer program that I'm doing sang e-flats like that, they'd be singing with NYC opera at the very least.
Basta Flavia... You're out numbered... Go find some Devia fan page so that you can leave comments. I don't think that you should compare the two singers. Dessay has star quality that Devia never had. Who are you anyway? Please tell me that you teach at Curtis. Maybe I'll bump into you... HAHA
Credo che al di fuori di Catania , patria del Cigno, siano in pochissimi a sapere che l'incipit di quest'aria è scolpita sul monumento tombale di Bellini, all'interno della Cattedrale di Catania ove riposano le spoglie di Vincenzo Bellini.
Tullio Pane, e pochi sanno che questa scena andrebbe cantata con ben altra voce e che la cabaletta non l'ha composta Offenbach. Purtroppo sulla lapide dovevano scriverci anche "per poche". Bellini e' complicato e sicuramente Amina e' il personaggio da cantare piu' difficile.
❤❤❤👏👏👏I still remember seeing her coming out of of the stage slowly. I was in 3rd row dead center right behind James Levine. What a performance.
Unbelievable virtuosity, yes, but I've never heard a more heartrending first section, absolutely bawling while I listened. What an artist.
pas ressenti autant d'émotions depuis La Callas et Montserrat Caballé. Merci à cette merveilleuse voix et à cette personnalité unique
I keep coming back, and back to Natalie Dessay. I have never been so attracted to a performer of anything as I have been to her. As I look again at a lot of her performances, interviews, rehearsals and informal films of parts of her life I feel "YES, She is just as wonderful as I thought." I just hope that new things involving her keep being put on you tube.
Of course, everybody has his/her favourite male/female singer, but I think all of them deserve a credit for singing such wonderful and demanding pieces of music. I believe most people have absolutely no idea how hard it is and how long it takes to get to sing like this and, after reaching one's entire vocal range, to convey an artful touch to one's performance like Dessay nicely does. I'm a big Callas fan, but, please, let's just shut up and listen.
Completamente de acuerdo contigo. La gente habla porque el aire es gratis está esta es un aria muy bella, y la cabañera final sumamente difícil, con bravura.!!
Bravissima …la Callas sarà sempre unica ma fortunatamente ci sono altre meravigliose interpreti ,e se così non fosse addio opera lirica .
One of the best performaces of this aria I've ever heard. Natalie Dessay is fantastic.
her voice is magical
I am so sorry you are leaving opera. I heard you in Guilio Cesare at the Met and you were incredible! Please do not leave us.
I haven't listened to her lastly, but now I'm realised that her voice has really darkened. But her warmth is still there.
My goodess, she sings with such delicacy....so well trained, so well controlled
It's amazing how light her voice is, it flows so naturally and effortlessly. Great actress as well.
Realmente na Lucia mostra suas qualidades de atriz.
7:09 7:49
Veja a caballeta onde ela mostra o domínio total dos agudos, embora a passagem de notas repetidas seja uma ingênua cópia de uma ária do D Giovanni de Mozart.
I could not agree more. When all is said and done, I am all for the enjoyment of the composers music. I love Bellini and despite the singing and the staging, he delivers each time!
La sonnambula è un capolavoro tutto siciliano...in questa musica si sente tutta la delicatezza della gente siciliana ed il profumo dei giardini. Le cantanti liriche si esaltano in questa romanza: ah non credea mirarti
Ma il nostro fiore più bello è la musica incomparabile di Bellini
I was in the Met 20/5/06 at the Volpe Gala and one way or the other she was very impressive and kept the attention and emotion of the audience. More than a few had tears in their eyes. It shows you how different a live performance can be from the tape. The New Yorker Magazine declared her the best of the night!
thank you Nathalie for sharing your fabulous talent..... be safe! thnx for this post....
a wonderful coloratura soprano.i like natalie dessay.amazing
Ne boudons pas notre plaisir, Peste soit des rabat- joie ! Si l'on pouvait entendre toujours chanter de cette façon ces jolies pièces, l'opéra serait pour notre plus grand bonheur au sommet des arts populaires.
I cannot say that this was her best performance, but i think everyone knows (or everyone should know) who Natalie Dessay and what a remarkable and world unique soprano / actress she is!!!
Brilliant!!! Natalie Dessay is fantastic artist. That's all.
Una voce splendida, interpretazione stupenda!!!!!
Extraordinario!!!! Hermosisimo!!!!! Viva la Dessay!!!!
Fantastic!!!Bravissima NATALIE DESSAY!!!
i think that is the best of the contemporary ones.
I worked with Natalie this past summer at Santa Fe. She is an AWESOME person... and Hilarious !!!
Beautiful woman, Natalie Dessay!
I don't care what anyone says...I love Dessay! The voice has changed...after 15yrs as a coloratura what do you expect? I think she's singing Damn well to have gone through two vocal surgeries. I only pray that she lasts a long time.
Pero que clase de juicios tan ilógicos e irrespetuosos.
А я не люблю!,
She was great during this performance. There´s no doubt about it.
It's just you! She is very dramatic with a magical voice. I agree, best coloratura singing today.
The oboe soloist is wonderful, extremely expressive and touching; no doubt it help the singer to achieve her interpretation.
Many thanks for this nice video. I love this aria and Natalie Dessay's voice. This aria is not easy to sing. But the first part (Ah, non credea) is nicely lyrical and in the second part of the aria (Ah, non giunge) she is in her element. The coloraturas and top tones (some es3) which stand not everybody in the notes are sung excellently. Class! She lives her roles.
OMG! I love her trill :)
magnifique nathalie dessay
I shiver, and cry...
Sublime. Merci et bravo.
Прекрасное,талантливое исполнение!Спасибо Вам!
Can't wait to see her next week for the entire Sonnambula here in Lyon, France.
I like her so much... Can't undestand why people say her voice is cold, just too damn light =) love love love
Goodness, this is gorgeous.
Extraordinaria!!!!!!! Bravissima!!!
This Gift must be cloned. Dessay is beyond surreal. We listen to this stunning Fractal with revealed awe.
.... frighteningly beautiful and incredibly capable.
beautiful!!
it's true that the presence of setting is always better than an absence of setting. For La Somnambula, I think it's the same French stage director (Laurent Pelly) who did La Fille du Régiment. Besides, walking in one's sleep is a sort of madness, cut from reality. Dessay is excellent in these surreal states. I'm looking forward to this!
BRAVO!!!! muy expresiva. Exelente tecnica. Hermosa.
I love it , love it... Как нежно она поет!
Fabolous Dessay ❤
oh my god
so beautiful
Grande davvero una grande cantante!!!
Lovely singing
Maravilhosa ❤❤❤❤❤
Natalie amazing lesson of Coloratura....
Natale è.una grandissima cantante ..Brava.
We saw her performed many times at the Met and Santa Fe Opera in this role.
Grande, ahún después de la operación siguió cantando, no importa las críticas..
No, no importa 😐
Una grande cantante y actriz francesa célebre de una ilustre tradición de sopranos de enormes agudos y sobre agudos como: Mado Robin, Lily Pons, y otras .
I like this voce better than the old one, now she has more depth and there's no need to just expect trills, unless that´s just my opinion, she´s great!
Listen to that perfect legato, how she hits notes dead in the center of the pitch, and how she really caresses the vocal line. I just wish she would carry that into the aria. All of a sudden, all her dramatics darken her tone and her chest sinks. If she would just stand tall and take good breaths, those high notes wouldn't sound so strained. If she would just focus on singing beautifully, all the acting that she's so famous for would still effortlessly shine through.
This beautiful performance, after all, is a performance.
Stupenda!
Un vrai régal!
Bravissima!
*****
Mit Gruberova?
amazing voice, just perfect
Una diosa, Natalie....una voz impecable !
brava, Natalie
Perfect.
He was calling someone a "hater," in response to their negative comments about Dessay. It was like saying "meany!" not an insult to Natalie.
Magnifique
Che bel sentire...!!
Beautiful,hermosa
Her voice sounds so fragile like about to crack at times, still a great performance
Incredible!
Natalie
WOW!!!!
What a greatcoloratura...wonderful..!!!
lindo! :')
bellissima similitudine
I would not say it better:-) Thanks a lot, mabemawi
Ah! non giunge uman pensiero
Al contento ond'io son piena:
A' miei sensi io credo appena;
Tu m'affida, o mio tesor.
Ah mi abbraccia, e sempre insieme
Sempre uniti in una speme,
Della terra in cui viviamo
Ci formiamo un ciel d'amor.
@abracadabranque Y quien dijo que son iguales? Yo dije que cada uno con su trabajo. Pero no estan todos en la lista de excepcionales. Con Bodiloto ya aclare todo. No tengo nada mas que decir. Dessay me gusta como actua y tuvo unos trabajos lindos. Y esto es todo. Buenas noches.
Ah! non credea mirati
Sì presto estinto, o fiore;
Passasti al par d'amore,
Che un giorno sol durò.
I like Bel Canto opera in concert style and I listen on recordings a lot, though I enjoyed HD cast of Met Puritani by Netrebko.
Dessay is a one of the best Bel Canto interperter and she studied to be an actress also a good dancer.
There are many talented opera singers to make Bel Canto fans more than happy.
It is so strange seeing her sing in this expensive looking background. In, I think, 2009 the met did a wonderful modern version that captured the working class environment in which the opera is set. Dessay was tremendous as Amina, and WAS Amina. That production is on you tube and very well filmed.
Semplicemente meravigliosa!
La Dessay realmente es grande!!!
Ha sido operada de nodulos en la garganta, sin embargo, canta como los dioses!!!!y menos mal que no ha perdido agilidad, ni color, ni timbre, ni tessitura!!!!
Bless her! This role was sung by Giudiita Pasta! Certainly not intended for a light voice.
I love Callas she was just divine, of course, but but she died when I was in kindergarten (and had stopped singing before I was born). I want to experience some live opera, so I am looking forward to hearing Natalie at the Met next month. I hope she is in good shape (nasty viruses, stay away from her!!).
Ich mag die etlichen Aufnahmen, die ich habe, nicht gegeneinander ausspielen, die Aufnahme mit der ätherischen Lina Pagliughi?, dass der wunderbare Ferruccio Tagliavini eine eigene Ehrung verdient, sollte unumstritten sein!
merita d'entrare nel novero delle grandi
Bravissima
voix merveilleuse
@bodiloto E vero che gli giovani non sono con molta preparazione, ma non sono instruiti per fare questo.
Bien, no soy muy buena con esta lengua, pero me gusta. Asi que escribire en Espanol. Dessay sufrio lo que sufrio, y no se porque no supo guardar su voz, pero no la juzgo porque uno puede llegar en su situacion y apenas entonces entender. Ella tuvo unos trabajos lindos. Pero es evidente que ella no es la misma como antes.Ella me toco con su manera de actuar. Eso me gusta mucho de ella.
@bodilotoToujours content de te retrouver sur des points de vue similaires,ce qui me fait parfois bien rire.Pourtant nous tutoyons souvent le pathétique,et sombrons même dans le tragique.J'espère qu'acitipo répondra à ma requête et nous fera part de son talent ou de celui de ses disciples!Salut mon ami.
7.30 to 8.06 is a spirited triumphant farewell for much-abused Amina. One is not supposed to applaud until the end of the cabaletta, but it must have been hard not to, given the perfection of the aria. She sustained the unity of its famous melody with impeccable touch, and even the least grace-note or coloratura ornament contributed to this
sorry but I soooo disagree! For my she's the best current day Amina and this is one of her best performance perhaps because it's a recital and no over-the-top-acting is required so she could really stay with the music. And I especially enjoy the sentimental sad beginning which she expresses so soft and deeply felt - LOVE IT
I remember when this was broadcasted. That was the very day I lost all admiration I'd ever had for Dessay, and realised that the "good old" Dessay would never come back. I really love her voice in older recordings, but I certainly don't care for this screaming.
Dessay's high e-flat is not even close to being retired. You should hear her Sempre libera. Maybe I'm blinded by my being a crazy fan, but if anyone in the summer program that I'm doing sang e-flats like that, they'd be singing with NYC opera at the very least.
It is nearly as beautiful as Adelina Patti's version sung at the end of her life...no, she has the same gift of song, extraordinary...BRAVISSIMA!
Ottima interpretazionee!!
Basta Flavia... You're out numbered... Go find some Devia fan page so that you can leave comments. I don't think that you should compare the two singers. Dessay has star quality that Devia never had. Who are you anyway? Please tell me that you teach at Curtis. Maybe I'll bump into you... HAHA
@grobprandl73 De ce que j'ai pu comprendre,entièrement d'accord avec toi!
Bienvenu(e) dans le royaume des sourds et des malentendants !
Credo che al di fuori di Catania , patria del Cigno, siano in pochissimi a sapere che l'incipit di quest'aria è scolpita sul monumento tombale di Bellini, all'interno della Cattedrale di Catania ove riposano le spoglie di Vincenzo Bellini.
Ma certo che sappiamo. Da catanese a catanese 🤝
Tullio Pane, e pochi sanno che questa scena andrebbe cantata con ben altra voce e che la cabaletta non l'ha composta Offenbach. Purtroppo sulla lapide dovevano scriverci anche "per poche". Bellini e' complicato e sicuramente Amina e' il personaggio da cantare piu' difficile.
OMG - this is a phd lesson in vocal control.