Why Lucia di Lammermoor is one of opera's most challenging roles (The Royal Opera)
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2017
- Soprano Lisette Oropesa on the challenges of singing the lead role in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. This film was originally broadcast as part of #OperaPassion Day 2017. Find out more at www.roh.org.uk/lucia
Donizetti’s opera of a woman forced to breaking point is conducted by Michele Mariotti with a cast including Lisette Oropesa, Charles Castronovo and Christopher Maltman, in Katie Mitchell’s powerful production.
Lucia di Lammermoor is Donizetti’s tragic masterpiece. The opera marked the beginning of his partnership with regular collaborator librettist Salvadore Cammarano - who, as was the fashion of the day, looked to Walter Scott. Cammarano’s adaptation of Scott’s novel The Bride of Lammermoor moved Donizetti greatly with its tale of the tragic consequences of a forced marriage. In the subsequent score he produced not only some of his most beautiful but also his most dramatically potent music.
One of the UK’s most sought-after directors, Katie Mitchell created a new production for The Royal Opera in 2015. Mitchell compellingly draws the famous title character as a strong and independent woman who fiercely fights against her brother’s machinations. A spectacular split-screen set designed by Vicki Mortimer metes out the tragic events of Donizetti’s opera with devastating precision. - Розваги
her face when he disagrees and says the exact thing she just said is everything
Haha brilliant
Is this the bit where she explains all the multi-faceted work she is doing and the guy says “yeah, she’s crazy”? 😳
Was that around 3:50?
The beauty of her voice goes without saying but can we please talk about that shade on her lips??? GORGEOUS!
ladyshkspre It's a video about music
OMG REALLY??? I didn't even notice that. Thank you for that PROFOUND observation!!
ladyshkspre personally would be pretty offended if I display my art/work and all someone has to say is something like great lipstick,you look great. That is kinda degrading.
s s not degrading at all. She ackowledged her talent in the statement. She was just making an exaggerated comment about her love of that color. The singer put the shade on her face so of course shed appreciate a compliment. Pull the stick out.
@@miguelmarquez4192 Today we find "ofendiditos" for everything.
Lisette Oropesa should not be compared with anyone, she is a class of her own. Constantly mentioning names of the past or the present, is that all one can do? (judging by the many comments) Simply enjoy this marvellous young singer, who has it all. I am also old and remember (and still admire) the late Anna Moffo as a vocal miracle, but at the same time I notice that there are excellent singers now too and mark my words, Lisette Oropesa might be one the best of her generation. Bravo Lisette.
Koos Riedijk agreed thank you! I get tired of the callas, sutherland etc debates. Yes we allllll love them but they arent the end all be all.
Lisette Oropesa's place among today's sopranos is not arrived at on the basis of ranking. That is a mental, cognitive process. To fully appreciate her art, one must dispense with thought. She communicates non-verbally, on an unconscious level That is where the magic finds its expression. One must experience her by using the non-verbal senses alone. Only then can we understand what this marvelous artist (In her case, a soprano) is all about. She stands alone.
@@miguelmarquez4192, Callas was “the end of them all". Of course she was. That's why everybody has her in mind when somebody sings one of the roles she performed. Sutherland, on the other hand, was just a fake singing in a hollow falsettish voice and with the artistic sensibility of a hake. So let's keep talking of Callas and forget about JS once and for all.
robert111k I have said this before. Opera houses would have a very short season is one singer alone could sing in them. And recording companies would have a very small catalog I’d only one singer in each category did all opera recordings.
I know it annoys Callas fans, of which I am one, that Sutherland wonderful, but that’s the way it is.
@@darylbarclay8037, she did because she was and, above all, she wanted to be an artist. She did not calculate when she faced a role. She used to get out of herself all the resources the role demanded without any reservation. And that is a virtue, not a mistake, even if it shortens one's career.
The notes !
The Diminuendo !
The cresendos !
Absolutely Stunning !
Crescendo
Gordon??? V:
Those pianissimos are heaven. Beautifully executed.
The phrase at 1:47 - 1:56 is impeccable! So virtuosic!
Well, then...
She's a superhero.
You know, I keep coming back to this video every couple of days. I've done it since November, probably. I always scroll down to read the comments as if I hadn't read all of them already. I kid you not, every single f***ing time I read this comment I start laughing like a retarded walrus or something. It's just so perfect and brilliant that I wish I could like it more than once. I can't though, so I decided I'd leave a reply explaining how amazing I think it is. I promise you, this is not an exaggerated reaction to your comment 😆😝😂
Juan G You just made my night, you splendid walrus, you.
Her phrasing is to die for 😭
YASSS POCKETS IN THE DRESS!!!!
they are pants
this is so Bubbles-esque!
it's not a dress though
YASSSSS BIIIIIISHHHH
She does it to relax the shoulders.
Very interesting video. As for her singing, she's amazing - and this is just a rehearsal! Impeccable fioriture, wonderful rich timbre, excellent musicality, trills, vocal expresiveness, breath control, solid emission from top to bottom, and so on, she has it all. Brava!
"So much push and pull. I'll stare at you the whole time... I'm supposed to stare at the ghosts, but I might stare at you sometimes because it's very important that I see you for some of these things. It's very off-kilter sometimes."
Translation: "You need to look at me while you conduct. This is bel canto, which means I need to take the lead sometimes. If you're not watching me, I'm the one who has to stare at you in order to keep us together. That's not going to work onstage when I'm busy pretending to go crazy."
Truly a masterclass in dealing diplomatically with egotistical conductors who can't handle direct feedback. 😆
Perfectly translated, thank you for that. This kind of underlying tension of ego is so distracting from her artistry and depth in analysis.
She is amazing but good lord someone fix the mic.
Stephanie Hammett The room has dead sound because of the room itself
To all those who like this music but are lost in the world of operas, I say this...
Operas are like wine. The result of enormous human labor and exacting demands. There is much to understand, but you can enjoy it with zero understanding. If the wine feels like heaven on your tongue, so too, does opera on your ears.
Knowing more about how the wine was made, and what flavors like oak barrels, berries, spices enhanced it, and what food to eat it with, makes the wine so much more interesting and enjoyable. Pairing it with the right food makes it come alive! This is much easier than you think. Look it up, and then serve it with that food on your table. Now you know that wine. Don't worry about wine snobs who make you feel small because they 'know' and you don't. This is an insecure person. You do not need to know a thing about wine to enjoy it!
So too, with opera. The music is universally appealing, the emotions belong to every human being, even if the words are in another language, and the story is unknown. So look up the story, look up the translation of the lyrics (libretto) and you are now there! Now it makes sense when you watch the drama unfold on stage. You can borrow opera CDs from your library, and study them. Every child should have been exposed to music but often they are not. As adults, make an effort to appreciate the art of music. Study the composer's life, what the synopsis is, what kind of female soprano sings the main arias - are they a coloratura, lyric, or mezzo soprano? Who are the great male tenors? How many ranges do we have for women, men: Lyric Soprano, Soprano, Contralto, Alto, Countertenor, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, etc. I'm not an expert but know the basics.
Opera is the highest form of music. Because there is a story told in music. There is stage acting, there are foreign languages to learn, there are 3-4 hrs of songs to memorize, there are heavy costumes to wear and movements to make, there is the study of the role which is about how to interpret the song so that the emotion is best conveyed to the audience, and there is the Olympic feat of singing at the very limits of the human voice range. It is not easy to be an opera singer. They study for years as children and give up a lot of their lives to give you the most exquisite sounds of the human voice. It is a matter of genetic luck to have an opera singer born in our time on earth, and the luck to have this singer be recognized for their talent, and have access to training.
When this great art exists, you the audience can, and should make the effort to hear it. Hear the voices that existed for each brings different gifts to us. Make an effort to visit your library and borrow the CDs that are sitting dusty on shelves, and study them. I guarantee your soul will rise in flight along with the song.
Beautiful.
This is a great way to put it! The only thing I’ll disagree with here is that opera is the highest form of music. I love opera for sure, but other styles aren’t ‘lower forms’, they just have different requirements and needs the performer has to have to be able to pull them off.
Singing in a rock band on tour for nights on end is just as difficult as singing over an orchestra with no amplification, in a foreign language you likely don’t speak fluently, over a period of 3 or so hours. The only difference is that, at least opera singers get at least a day or two in between performances while on contract, VERY rarely are performances in the same run done back to back, because of that very lack of amplification.
Rock singers may have amplification, but that allows more shows to be done in quicker succession. Different beasts, but both are are very taxing in their own way.
I and my grand-daughter who was going to the opera for the first time just saw Lisette Oreposa in the
dress rehearsal at Covent Garden. She was absolutely terrific as Lucia. In particular I loved her diminuendo.
At a dress rehearsal in a role such as Lucia one cannot expect this fearfully demanding coloratura role to be sung in full throttle, all the time. I thought that Lisette Oropesa showed herself to be a prima donna of the first order.
My !! The last act and having a miscarriage on stage after murdering her husband, blood and all. This was electric ! If
the spit stage was to a degree off putting in the early acts, by the mad scene it worked perfectly. Thank You
Covent Garden from a senior citizen who was able to take his 15 year old grand-daughter to the opera and
who cannot wait for the next time. She loved it. To be honest I would think that children not much younger than
my grand-daughter's age should be restricted from seeing this Donizetti masterpiece . Not surpassed by Verdi until
La Traviata his 18th opera.
so beautiful and passionate....
The vocal coordination!!! I staaan a soprano with a solid chest voice
It’s so hard to gauge a singer’s sound and volume from a YT clip. She will be singing some big roles in New York, and I hope its worthwhile. I saw both Sills and Sutherland as Lucia, 1976 and 1982, respectively. Both fantastic, of course, in different ways. But they’re gone and I want to see new rising stars.
Flawless voice and great actress - The magic combo!
Damn she's good
This is the best one in my opinion ua-cam.com/video/pgRof5NYoAk/v-deo.html
Ferd The Terd. Agree. A much more interesting and creative production.
GAGGGG this is so good!!!! She’s amazing, low notes trills and all.
Apologies. I'm lost, I don't like opera because I don't understand it, but I DO RESPECT it, and the people who do like it. I must admit that I have to educate more myself about this art, and that she does have an amazing vocal gift. 👍👏🌹🥀✌
If you dive into opera, you will understand and appreciate it tremendously. You do not have to be a gymnast to appreciate the Olympics level performances, but if you know a little bit about how difficult a move is, then you appreciate it so much more. So too, with Opera. It is the Olympics of singing. Divas have to learn at least 5 languages very well because they don't speak it, but sing it, with emotion. They have to understand the story or libretto (lyrics) to interpret the emotions. They have to be experts at singing in different styles, and at different sound ranges. They have to be actors on the stage as well. Imagine that! In the bel canto style there are vocal gymnastics at a very high range, called coloratura or adding color to the singing. This involves lung and diaphragm control of the highest order. Very difficult. Not just singing high, but stopping, and doing scales, trills, and curlicues, sliding up, then down, with separation points, and knowing when to take a breath.
Opera singers are vocal athletes. The voice - their 'instrument' must be in great physical order. No partying and junk food for them, no late nights, no colds, no fun. Serious training at all times, early to bed, 8 - 10 hr days of practice. They don't have kids, no life, seldom married, punishing travel, constant practice, adjusting to different conductors and orchestras, and being celebrities, being on their best behavior as cultural ambassadors for their country. Only the very best make decent money, the rest do not. Can you appreciate it a bit more now?
@@lass-inangeles7564 I know nothing about the technicalities of opera but love it because it speaks to my soul. Thank you for writing this, it is beautifully explained. I am having a hard time trying to convince my dear husband that it is one of the highest art forms. In his favour, he never complains when I listen to "my" music, and LOL every now and then I hear him singing "La Donna Mobile" or humming (off tune) Nessun Dorma.
@@antisuz183 See? The music is having an effect on him, wonderful! Everyone is different, and if opera does not appeal to him that is fine. My mother loved all Western classical music and my dad had no patience for any form of music. He was a genius in visual arts, but not music. We soaked up Beethoven's Symphonies growing up, plus some beautiful opera arias she liked. Now, I make an effort to visit the library, and systematically clean out shelves on a certain composer - everything by Leo Delibes, or George Bizet, or Puccini, Verdi, Wagner, etc. Then I read the librettos (text or lyrics to the music), look up the synopsis (story line) and enjoy it even more. It also helps to understand the composer's life and how the opera was received in his time. Now you solidify your knowledge on that one opera. It is fun and you become a world traveler connected to the history of that country and that music based on the operas of that region and language. Its the most amazing journey!
@@lass-inangeles7564 I grew up with opera music. Sunday evenings me and my dad listened to his records. We were quite poor and I saw my first live opera in 1975 after I started working. I have opera albums 78 speed which my dad signed in 1949. All in all I have about 100 of these records. Luckily I was able to find a gramophone which can play it a few years ago. Caruso, Gobbi, Erna Zack, Tauber, Callas, Tino Rossi and others are amongst them. These are my sacred possessions. You are right. It is exciting to learn more. UA-cam helps a lot. I first of all trust my own "ear" and gut when deciding whether eg. a soprano sings exceptionally well and then I read the comments. This helps me to put words to how I heard it.
He disagreed with her and said the exact thing she said. So stupid
Esmé That’s mansplaining for u 🙄
Yes hhh her face... my mother did that face when she wants to kill me in public 😅 she is so strong woman she did that so classy. He wanted to take that I have an ego game, but she overpowered him with kidnees and class 👏👏👏 I love it
No, he add to it, and how she say it is confusing and broken
and he doesn't look at her while he talks. disgusting.
But her face was priceless😂🙈
Very informative. Such a difficult role indeed. I really want to see La Stupenda in this role, but here, Oropesa is very good! I love her voice.
Lisette es un ejemplo magnífico de la calidad del arte hispano.
Many below ask that we not compare to past performers of this role. I agree in some ways but also those who sang the role in the past create a frame of reference to understand her achievement here. She is clearly working out the relation between the music, the creative performance of the music, and the drama being presented. This is a great singer working to create the character that Donizetti wrote. She is quite spectacular in this respect.
YES LISETTE!!!! ZWIM!!!! ZWIM IN THE MUSIC!!!
Gorgeous, just gorgeous. Thank you for a very informative video
What a lovely voice! Such beauty & talent in her work.
Beautiful! She has an amazing voice!
Wow the way the conductor speaks is very soothing
The one thing that I absolutely fall in love about Opera is opera singers sing in so many many many many many!about a thousand different languages and there's a whole bunch of different languages that you can actually singing but the three main ones are Germany Italy and France those are the three countries and the three languages that they speak in a course in Germany they speak German in France they speak French in in Italy they speak Italian which is what the most opera singers sing in the orchestra is wonderful I would have to do a cycle of all a whole bunch of operas butthe orchestra and the chorus and The soloist would all have to be on stage as opposed to the orchestra being in the pit any questions?
So beautiful, so powerful!
Damn those skills are breathtaking also that outfit looks superb
I looooooooove this opera so so much!!!
she has such amazing control!
Thank you for the insights! These programs are rich fare for my operatic knowledge. Beautiful singing, a very charismatic Italian maestro, and enriching experience! Much appreciated.
What! My jaw was hanging the whole time. Unbelievable!
“WE HAVE TO ZWIM IN THE MUSIC”
Oh my gosh she’s amazing! I need to hear more 🥺
Wow I am floored
I immediately remembered Mado Robin when she started the 2nd piece ....
*applause*
Very nice with a Lucia with a woman’s voice and not a soubrettish girly voice.
The music calls for a more mature voice in my opinion even if the first Lucia (Fanny Persiani) was a high light coloratura.
And now you you hate Lisette everywhere... Only because this fool "this is opera" wash your brain, so sad.
It’s always been hard for me to gauge which I prefer…I myself have a lighter, brighter sound ala Sills and Lucia was one of her signature roles, so of course I’m a tad biased 😅 Lucia fits my voice like a glove in terms of tessitura comfort, and Lucia is still young in age, so I’m not averse to the lighter voices, even if I do admit my bias!
But there’s some darker voices that also do it well, and I think that’s the beauty of the Bel Canto material. Doesn’t rely entirely on a specific vocal sub type, it can be done by the lighter voices as well as darker/richer voices and it merely depends on artistic vision, house size and acoustic, orchestra size, etc.
She's amazing!!!
Thank you! Great letting us inside!
Such a stunning voice
i absolutely adore her
This is so beautiful
Beautiful.
Absolutely stunning voice 🌹
Wow! Beautiful!
Definitely need to add this piece to my singing rep!
Dear Lisette! Warmest wishes! You sound wonderful!
She's superb!
sublime perceptive intuitive spontaneous disciplined and above all meticulous attention to detail=LISETTE OROPESA
She is amazing
What a talent!
It's very interesting to see how Lisette Oropesa is singing the area in different ways, giving the same notes and words a different feel.
Who's the conductor?
Glad you like the clip. The conductor is Michele Mariotti
Once again, thanks!
that was sooooo beautiful omggggg!
Love the accompanist as well.
Amazing 😍😍
Great singer!
Incredible instrument.
Wow! Love it
A voz dela é linda😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍.
brilliant
Has nobody thought she was flipping the bird in the thumbnail??
Hanon Poon Having been watching her livestream from her home during coronavirus time, she is spunky and expressive enough to pull something like that off.
Lovely! She has a Callas quality to her voice :)
I can hear it ! Yes especially around 2:31 !!
@Agnello Dei don't know, Sutherland is amazing and her voice is so pure and delicate, I didn't get the same feeling from Callas at all.
@Agnello Dei what I say is just that I prefer Joan's version of Lucia more than Callas', so it is not about technique I guess.
exquisite
That breath at 1:35 made me reach for my inhaler!
Brava!!!! 👍 👍 👍
Love her outfit! And her voice :)
Like a boss with her hands in her pockets
My God! I hated Oropesa in La Rondine but she is sensational here. I can't say how she is in this production as i did not see it but what a Lucia di Lammermoor. Such control and I love 'Il dolce suono'.
Maestro like maestro
I’m supposed to be looking at the ghost. She knew what to say. She collaborates. Wonderful.
Omgggg ommmgggg cant believe how difficult it is
Oropesa is sooooo great,
Wow
What a goddess wow!
Sutherland and Callas are the best Lucias I've ever heard.
And? They're both long gone.
Feisenbach so is opera
Todd Tolson Thanks, Todd. I love Lisette of course. Her voice is sooo expressive.
I highly recommend Diana Damrau's interpretation. It's really breathtaking.
daggettooo Her voice is gone too... ;-)
That's a fantastic singer, a true Lucia, in an atrocious production.
Siricaudore- quite a few of the "indiscretions" have been taken out of this revival. For that it is much better. Plus
of course the great new Lucia. By the Mad Scene the split stage work . In my opinion.
I'm happy to hear that!
Lisette Orpoesa you are my hero
First time I heard this song was by Luba Orgonasova (I'm not sure of spelling) and her version is absolutely flawless
devine!
Bought the music for this and I can kinda sing it if I'm in the right mood
Smart
Ms. Oropesa will undoubtedly sing the role perfectly.
That was super green!
green like what? ;) ZZZZ ZZZZ!! ZZZ!!! 😆
You need watch the Fifth Element
I thought it might be fun to do the Diva Dance sequence...but I can't quite sing all the notes! :)
@@LisetteOropesaSoprano Some of those notes were alterated in the studio and not exactly natural. I must say though, I don't live in Spain although, but I saw your performance through DVD and indeed very impressive. Not only from a músical perspective, but from an entire art form. Not many groups who perform the piece nail the piece, because like you mentioned, el bel canto is entirely noticeable and exposed when given all to a performance. In your case, your entire selection of performers got it right, from the orchestra to the main singe yourself, the acting, the coreografía, so many elements were spot on that are difficult to do in opera. Congratulations, from a musician to musician. Your officially my favorite opera singer for this piece.
Greetings from US, Florida
THE DIVA DANCE
Lisette is a great ARTIST!!!!
but she's not you liar she's just technically proficient NOT GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Any mention of the Conductor OR the Pianist, perhaps?
Conductor is Michele Mariotti....
He might be a voice coach as well... who could know?
Thank you for mentioning all the performers in the presentation of the other clips as well.
Great work of making the opera accesible to people who never went to an opera show live!
Pianist is David Gowland
1:32 EYE-
Her phrasing reminds me of Callas. She said she loves Callas. That's why I got mesmerized by her.
There are a few roles where Callas was so spot on, it's either you do it like her or you're wrong.
Oh man when he disagrees and says the SAME THING- ah. Girl how did you keep your cool
God. How exhausting. She is very good.
What is this first aria called (i know nothing about opera, btw🤣)
It's "Il dolce suono" from the opera Lucia di Lammermoor!
Why 18 people don't like this video? What's wrong with it?
just asking if someone read this HELP , well my voice teacher said that am a Tenor but still confused and my class mates says that am bit higher then a tenor .... singing with head voice makes me feel more myself my goal is to do mix voice, but my teacher doesnt let me sing the way i want he make me sing just in bass and its hard for me its been so long his doing this ,and justify that by the fact that i sing correct in high notes while now am only used to his hard bass and singing opera songs in bass that is killing me what do u think , should i stop am i the one wrong or him for me i think he should make me sing both equaly and expend my range in higher and lower notes at the same time ? please share what u think am sad when i go to my singing class since am not doing what i love .....
Oh my poor ! I think you just have to change your singing teacher. Remember : life is short. All the best !
Does anyone know the name of the song? I would love to be able to learn it 😁
@@fkuukl Yes, thank you!
LISETTE : .......WHEN YOU SANG THE PHRASE ..."EDGARDO....." THE FIRST TIME, IT WAS YOUR VERSION WHICH WAS SUBLIME IN ALL SENSES...PERFECT DICTION, PERFECT LEGATO, PERFECT BREATHING EACH PHRASE, PERFECT TASTE,,,,AND IT WAS "YOU". BE CAREFUL NOT TO LOOSE THAT TREASURE WHICH IS THE "MOST" IMPORTANT. I CAN GUESS THAT YOU KNOW ALL OF THIS BUT I FELT I HAD TO SAY IT TO YOU........ AGENTS, CONDUCTORS AND METTEURS-EN-SCENE CAN HARM PITYFULLY THE ARTISTS.....NOT ALL OF THEM BUT MOST OF THEM....... YOU ARE A UNIQUE AND FABULOUS ARTIST AND SINGER.