Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sings "Senza Mamma" - "Suor Angelica"

[@stephenfletcher6801]

One of the most beautiful renderings I have heard. Brava!

[@catface1965]

This is NOT cold singing by a long shot! And one of the most beautiful voices ever!

[@amaderbitt]

This is an English translation below... She is singing this Concert style not Stage/Showtime style. Read the lyrics... The tone of her voice, the soft notes followed by slight crescendos, the soft hands, the subtle facial expression... This is what makes this performance so amazing. By doing "so little" she is doing so much! It isn't always about the face and body... You can perform a song with your eyes closed and your body still... but if you sing with the emotion the piece comes alive... She doesn't over do the song. That is why it is so classic... She makes it look effortless! SUOR ANGELICA Without your mother, my baby, you died. Your lips, without my kisses, faded and grew cold, oh my baby, and you closed your lovely eyes. Not able to cuddle me, you crossed your little hands on your chests. And you died without knowing how much your mother here loved you. Now that you are an angel in heaven, now you can see your mother. You can come down through the firmament and I can feel you hovering round me, You're here, you're here, you kiss and caress me. Oh, tell me when I shall see you in heaven? When shall I kiss you? Oh, sweet end to all my sadness! When shall I ascend into heaven to you? When may die? When may I die, may I die? Tell your mother, lovely baby with a tiny twinkling of a star. Speak to me, speak to me, my love, my love, my love!

[@НатальяАлдатова]

Спасибо за перевод текста! Это дало полную картину превосходного исполнения арии Кири Те Канава. Спасибо

[@65attila]

catface1965 5 years ago This is NOT cold singing by a long shot! And one of the most beautiful voices ever! ================ I agree 100% - too often beautiful easily produced are wrongly labeled as cold. With respect and regards-John

[@neuberg7315]

Agreed

[@joanwoodhill4467]

AS ALWAYS,SUPERB.

[@LunaAvi]

Stupenda la sua voce. Brava.

[@toddmurphy523]

So beautiful....

[@lucasdebevec8581]

Sin dudas, una de las mejores versiones de este aria. Sensacional

[@wotan10950]

The voice of an angel. I saw her onstage in New York many times, and she never disappointed. True, she was an “inward” actress, but she could say plenty with her stillness. I certainly preferred Kiri to another famous singer - no names mentioned, initials MC) who threw herself around to compensate for a dreadful voice.

[@ilovetruffles99]

oo yes. so gentle. unlike the other opera singers, she's so gentle with this.

[@anapaulabrunkow.soprano]

bravoooooooooooooooooooooooo adoro Kiri

[@Gobbi2007]

brava.

[@mairidemacedooliveira9788]

Todas as cantoras são maravilhosas ,mas tem umas que vive a personagem , além da voz , interpreta bem ,isto é importante na filmagem da ópera . Quem fez isto bem foi o Plácido Domingo ele dá vida ao personagem nas filmagens da óperas .

[@italiantenor]

This is true. Many Italian listeners don't like her very much becauese they say she is a cold singer who has a beautiful voice but who sings without emotion so they prefer other singers who are more, in their opinion, expressive. I like her very much expecially in Strauss and Mozart.

[@pholdway5801]

Even the slow orchestral introduction warn of an emotional few minutes ahead of you.

[@pholdway5801]

6 months ago and no comments yet?

[@theblueangel28]

it was a response to a comment on her not being a good performer cause she doesnt ham it up. that comment has been deleted. thanks for your time, cheers

[@damekirilover]

Why I always hear that you Italian opera audience don't like Dame Kiri very much? dame-KIRI-lover

[@euxneks]

Who goes to the opera for the acting? ಠ_ಠ

[@fernandopinheirobb]

SUOR ANGELICA Ao entardecer no convento, o sino toca na hora da Ave-Maria, Dentro da capela, as freiras estão cantando em coro. Na saída, A Irmã Monitora instrui suas confreiras as preces em harmonia. Suor Angelica dedica-se ao cultivo de ervas. Esqueceu a caída, No conceito mundano da época, por ter concebido um filho Sem estar casada. Hoje, em dia, não há mais o filho ilegítimo, Faz um unguento e dá a confreira que está doente, sem brilho No rosto, sabendo que todos buscam ter o direito legítimo De ser feliz, sem necessidade de colocar a água fria em cima Da sepultura da confreira que morreu no convento. Ao vento, Ela disse: quem morreu não tem a sede, tem Deus na estima. Tendo convivido com as irmãs do convento a vida abastecida De muitas preces, louvores e recreações no pátio do convento, O céu que vivenciou em vida, sente-se a Deus agradecida. (*) (*) FERNANDO PINHEIRO, presidente da Academia de Letras dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil. - SUOR ANGELICA (poesia), de Fernando Pinheiro. - in O mundo de Morfeu, de Fernando Pinheiro.

[@Azzenstudent]

Beautifully sung but emotionally somewhat generalized. Some singers amaze with their voices and some capture us with their passion. Kiri belongs to the former group. Callas would be an example of the latter.

[@MakeupUnscrewed]

Ok undeniable a powerful and beautiful performance. Her voice is so beautiful and I love her...but can we talk about how her entrances make me nervous...

[@happedietmar3897]

Schubert

[@TheAkelei]

....what....?

[@theblueangel28]

Kiri is the only good actress ever in opera. shes the only actress in opera, the only one good enough to be counted with the musical theatre actresses. ALL other singers in opera are a cringefest to watch to anyone with any knowledge of acting only a dilettante who accepts the hammy cavorting and mugging so pervasive in opera as acting could think Kiri isnt clearly the best. it was actually her good acting that made me a fan, which in turn made start listening to classical vocal music

[@Altonahh10]

I somehow agree. And because she`s not a good actress on stage, the beautiful voice only soon becomes boring. Her Desdemona and Arabella almost made me fall asleep.

[@1393PVWWO]

I just don't see how singing this beautiful could EVER be boring.

[@terrycloth6380]

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