MONTEVERDI: L'incoronazione di Poppea "Pur ti miro, Pur ti godo" (Jaroussky, De Niese)

[@sgordon8123]

Made me cry with the beauty and sadness. The voices melting into each other are so very beautiful and moving. Eternity is somehow in the final chord.

[@francisroberts6947]

Incredible music sung by two of the best singers alive playing two of the most evil people who ever lived

[@stefanwild326]

376 years old and still evoking emotions like the day it was first performed

[@erwinroebroeks58]

@Gary Allen we don't know that.

[@shanjones4869]

Sent from heaven ! I never get tired of hearing this ! Magical

[@MaxMax-bi7oh]

this perhaps explains the greater familiarity with the beauty of the Italian people compared to the rest of the world

[@Salbei17]

The people talking about the outfits, but to be honest, I'm pretty sure the actual Nero would've loved that sparkly outfit.

[@casparurban8730]

yes, indeed. (it looks like the glowing sparks of burning rome)

[@cg8397]

@@casparurban8730 Nero also played for both teams. Read about Poppea's replacement named Sporus.

[@casparurban8730]

@@cg8397 Hello CG, thank you for the advice. Sporo

[@zoltanbrenner774]

I do not know much about this opera piece, so I am asking here, not stating something: This duet is about a male character who is in love with a female character and vice versa, I guess. However, I am confused with the costumes. Sorry about my words which could seem rude, but I just want to say something in simple words, and with these words name some things properly and precisely: why are bot dressed as female characters, when according to the story, they are not? I know that Jaroussky is homosexual person, he talked about that in an interview I listened to. Certainly, I do not care, it is his choice, it is not my business, but I think If he plays here a role of a heterosexual man who is a lover of a heterosexual woman, he should be dressed accordingly. He does not even look like kind of a homosexual Nerone - he looks... ahem... pretty stupid as well in front of an unbelievably attractive woman-Poppea. If Nerone's parts were written for countertenor voice, and there is no such singer around, I also can accept the part being sung by a woman - providing she is dressed as a man, since she is playing a male character, and clothes help that in that case. But to put female clothes on Jaroussky and paint his face and put him in front of such a woman as this one is in this video is not a big, but an absolute mistake.

[@ameliarosesheppard9007]

​@@zoltanbrenner774 you can see by the difference in necklines, hers is a dress and his is a robe. Nero did not wear pants; men at the time and place wore robes, tunics, and togas. "Masculine" clothing varies wildly across cultures and eras :)

[@tubekulose]

Monteverdi was a genius and this duet is one of my favourites. And these singers are great!

[@nightowl6260]

@Gary Allen So What. Thank god for this.

[@hans-georgwarkentin7345]

wer so wunderbar einfühlsam und eindrucksvoll singen kann, der hat meine volle Bewunderung - 2 Stunden sind wie ein ganzer Urlaub

[@ambrosius]

This is the most stunningly beautiful piece of Baroque vocal music that I have ever heard performed.

[@Ocongate]

@Gary Allen Still disputed, I believe....

[@janwilson9485]

My money is on Cavalli having written it. Its very similar to his score for Giasone.

[@shanjones4869]

Not baroque but earlier than that - renaissance

[@leelaturanga5461]

The X-factory, American-Idoly scooping is a bit jarring but I am in love with Danielle's pure, heavenly voice. And Philippe is perfection every time - what a talent (and cute too, even when dressed as a sparkly, golden Uncle Fester!)

[@zenkuriyama8516]

It has been a long, long time since I've heard a note as expressive as the one De Niese sings at 3:40 on "O" at the beginning of the phrase "O, mio tesoro." It's almost unbearably beautiful.

[@paulbookbinder4899]

That literally takes my breath away. Stunningly beautiful

[@piustwelfth]

Their voices blend very well together -- better than most singers who sing this opera duet.

[@capuano3d]

Monteverdi surprises me every new piece I listen. It's like multiple composers within one.

[@magdolnakeller3431]

This is a sharp observation. Monteverdi's autorship is being called more and more into question to the point that some scholars refer to the work's author as "Monteverdi", in quotation marks. This very duet is said to be added after Monteverdi's death by other authors (Sacrati, or Ferrari or Laurenzi) If you are interested see also: books.google.hu/books?id=4nAImAfyxvYC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

[@capuano3d]

Thanks for your comment Magdolna, will surely have a look at this book

[@austindeantk]

As a classically trained singer in the operatic traditions, this is undeniably mesmerizing. My mind says no to the scooping, but my ears say YES!

[@lucianolaurentiu5601]

Love it except for the scooping. Totally inappropriate for the style. Both mind and ears say - there is no room for it in baroque music. Ethereal and beautiful otherwise... She really shined in the recent world premiere of Bel Canto at Lyric Opera in Chicago and Jaroussky is fantastic as usual - so giving, in the moment, expressive and musical...

[@christinemoorevassallo8707]

She scoops a lot, rock and roll style...

[@topologyrob]

@@lucianolaurentiu5601 Who's to say? No one actually knows how people sang in 1640.

[@connorcobby8711]

@@lucianolaurentiu5601 im not sure about the term scooping but honestly her style imparts so much passion and sincerety, seems so natural that despite this modern style of vocalisation, it really works. it makes me wonder what effect it would have if it was applied more broadly

[@treesarecool12345678]

Well said!

[@Afxb]

This is so beautiful; the singing does due justice to the emotion. The blend is superb. It is breathtakingly beautiful when they land on the same note at the end of lines.

[@hebicat]

I guess I am in a minority in my thinking that this is visually remarkable, love it or hate it, it is an arresting sight, the subtle and ghostly background reflections make it all the more amazing, and no matter what your view is, the vocal performance is prefect and the music, astounding.

[@gregorythemaster5995]

Totally agree 👍

[@obuchovavera]

Я влюбилась в обоих. И в Монтеверди. Жарусски для меня эталон. Потрясающий! Неповторимый! А этот дуэт как бриллиант. Подарок свыше! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@spacewalktraveller1]

This is what music sounds like in heaven.

[@gerardbegni2806]

This duet is for sure one of the most exquisite moments of the "Incoronazione di Poppea", the last opera of Monteverdi which exists only in two copies exhibiting some diffences and including no instrumentation, just the continuo.

[@LaStriata]

Best soprano performance I've ever seen from a male with his gentleman's log cabin still intact.

[@michellaporte6626]

Quel merveilleux morceau de Monteverdi!!! Et quelle interprétation de madame de Niese et de Monsieur Jaroussky!!! Un Bonheur de les (ré)écouter!!! MERCI!!!

[@Peter_Kalve]

Wow. Just incredibly effective. Sung with more romanticism than one would expect, but it worked. It more than worked.

[@ugozambiasi757]

Fantástico timbre y acoplamientos de voces....simplemente sublimes!

[@johnrandolph6121]

There is a reason this has over a million views. It is just really well done and there are some other good ones on here. But this one is so stylish, expressive and both singers really understand the style. And they sound great. You can really tell that a someone like William Christie is the music director.

[@DynamicOperaClassic]

Many thanks!

[@Reinemichaud]

C'est une splendeur, merveilleux tous les deux. Merci pour ce merveilleux cadeau....

[@glsigalos]

That "dude" is among the best countertenors ever heard, Philippe Jaroussky. Also in this production was another superb countertenor of equal talent and status to Jaroussky, Max Cencic.

[@michaelskliros7143]

Quite right. The soprano/countertenor interaction is sublime.

[@EveCellocity23]

I think that is a man singing in falsetto?

[@grantdodge414]

this performance of this song, is hands down my favorite song/piece of music.

[@alicat7281]

Can a love song be any better than this? I don’t think so. It’s perfect, even after all of these centuries since Monteverdi wrote it. It’s sublime.

[@matthiasscheffler548]

Fully agree - found this last night and can't stop watching. Now I have learned for the first time how a countertenor's voice can move like no other. And more importantly, the music, in its disarming simplicity, touches the epicenter of what love can do inside of us.

[@HelenJoannides]

the most beautiful music ever written and sung...?

[@ChristopherPettersen]

Agreed. Baroque music can be so beautiful.

[@thebannedgreenman8939]

Apart from Il chiome d'oro............

[@mustafakadhem8311]

Agree with you ! 👍🏻

[@raheldeborah]

Chris Pettersen I realize this was written two years ago but still... it’s Renaissance music. Not Baroque.

[@hansi6119]

@@raheldeborah This was a late Monteverdi opera, and was written firmly in the Baroque period. It is accepted that ca. 1600 was the end of the musical Renaissance and the beginning of the Baroque. You are partially right, though, in that Monteverdi wrote in both periods.

[@josemarialuquejurado]

Realmente maravilloso. Es música en estado puro. Sensibilidad a flor de piel. Bravo!

[@ruthiinbar4865]

UNO DE LOS MEJORES DUETOS DE LA NUSICA OCCIDENTAL .EMOCIONANTE . PURA MUSICA / QUE VERSION !

[@CyberMarxist]

Splendid! I am so happy that I find the music of Monteverdi very beautiful through the angelic interpretation of these two singers!

[@alicefabbrini4362]

Danielle De Niese is simply fantastic!!! And also Philippe Jaroussky, ca va sans dire!😊

[@acerhythm7026]

that was actually a killer performance even though Nero straight up looks like a corpse lol

[@tessarkadijska641]

I really love this duet, but I knew it only on CD. In this video white Jaroussky in grandma's glittering nightgown really made me laugh xD

[@albertoalvisini1879]

Tess Arkadijská di

[@stefanwild326]

yeah, the costume designer kinda did him dirty :D

[@cg8397]

@@stefanwild326 I don't think so, read up on Jaroussky's personal life.

[@zoltanbrenner774]

@@cg8397 Jaroussky's homosexuality does not have anything with the ROLE he plays. If he plays a ROLE of a heterosexual man, he should be dressed accordingly, and not as a homosexual woman.

[@jaredlarsen5586]

Why is the Dark Lord chasing Rihanna around that stage

[@andrewthomas8305]

^^^Hero right here

[@silvijaradjen8675]

Jared Larsen hahaha

[@gilbertaitken166]

That outfit - its wild .

[@Callinike]

Nero=Nosferatu

[@clivepapayanis3121]

O so very funny that!

[@karenarnett5167]

Cant possibly get more gorgeous or more creepy. Jaroussky's acting interpretation nailed it, and perfect costume and makeup.

[@pengellifachisaffaenor4489]

Ah! William Christie . . . the great man himself! This performance could not have been so beautifully made by any one other than by William Christie's having been involved. Bravo, BRAVO !

[@DavidHassell2004]

I Have the full production on DVD. Highly recommended. Interesting production and of course De Niese and Jaroussky two of the finest exponents of Monteverdi and Handel in the world.

[@jamesfowler2932]

Nero was as I always imagined, well sung by Jaroussky. De Niese was moving. After all these years still a great love song.

[@nightowl6260]

The music for this duet is in the background of the new episode of season 3 of Sanditon! Amazing.

[@moonlace1560]

Nearly made me cry. such a lovely song and voices despite all the scooping.

[@vinoringochanvarugasu7944]

i've never heard of am operatic duet as magnificent as this one!

[@eliseoseme9568]

Saludos cordiales

[@parcivalg.5659]

Bellissimo! Bravi! Monteverdi era ed è un genio.

[@robertbutton2584]

I think this is one of the best performances of this piece! Stunning!

[@lupash]

De Niese sounds absolutely stunning. About all the rest what can we say, it sounds like it was written yesterday. Absolutely crazy harmonies and melodic intent to consider they're from '600

[@icecap33]

Two beautiful voices fit perfect together. Gosh!

[@mckavitt13]

They do fit perfectly!

[@grecuadriana2830]

Meraviglioso spettacolo!

[@gorettimoreira6956]

São verdadeiros anjos cantando uma linda obra de Monteverdi!!!!!❤

[@pengellifachisaffaenor4489]

This rich treasury of sublime music we're treated to -- ah! Such a rich and sensitive collegium of transcendent sounds KZbin has provided for us -- Thank you Dynamic opera and classical music, Bravo, BRAVISSIMO!

[@francescazenobi1224]

I'm going crazy for these voices!!!

[@fabtrain]

"You hear the way their sad voice sings, and you start to imagine things..." e...meglio Poppea di Nerone, comunque! ;)

[@francescazenobi1224]

fabtrain non ti piace la voce del controtenore? Per me é bellissima! Non guardarlo, ha un'espressione un po' inquietante, ahahah!

[@fabtrain]

si, mi piace moltissimo, voce stratosferica. e poi è nella parte, deve pur inquietare. Ma Poppea, beh, ehm ok, è atomica. :-)

[@francescazenobi1224]

fabtrain vero, é strepitosa!

[@chichienu]

Beautiful music! I had never heard this duet. And I love her gold dress!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@elanowak8851]

Cudowne wykonanie ,nieziemski glos

[@helgahaaa9262]

Best recording ever! Jaroussky at his best....

[@nalanol]

Fester Addam's nephew has amazing talent

[@IanRob2011]

Lol

[@nalanol]

@@Alusnovalotus well played sir 🙏🏻

[@silviamaga5740]

Perfetta,uni miracolo complimenti! Grazie

[@gregorythemaster5995]

One of the best love ballads

[@CaraPhilos]

Well, he provides the acoustical beauty, and she is very convincing in that role. I must say I admire any singer or actor who goes out on the stage in such incredibly unflattering costume and makeup as PhJ does here. But my, he is convincing in that role and giving a hypnotic performance!

[@divox9pqr]

Monteverdi writing of the exquisite is unparalleled. These two lovers have bested their vicious rivals, and hope now for a few moments of content. History though would prove otherwise.

[@bassman19944]

Monteverdi"s writing of the exquisite is indeed unparalleled, but this specific part of the opera is not by Monteverdi, and the text of this duet is not in any of the existing libretti.

[@bassman19944]

@Gary Allen This is possible. As the editor of this version presented here, I have come to the conclusion that the last music that Monteverdi wrote was "A dio Roma." Everything after that was by someone else, very possibly Ferrari, but there is no real proof of that. What is certain is that starting with Scene 8 of Act 3, "Ascendi, ascendi, ò mia diletta," the style of writing, until the very end, radically changes, and not for the better! There are also two instrumental pieces by Sacrati.

[@victimbetrayed6426]

So graceful,perfect and impressive.

[@cadencole103]

The overtone at the end. Wow! Beautiful

[@pengellifachisaffaenor4489]

Astoundingly beautiful -- words fail me!

[@huhhwuhh]

still makes me cry

[@thomasprislacjr.4063]

They sound lovely. IMHO, It's better to have them be still in their motivation than to have them moving for the sake of movement. The voices would have sold this alone. The unmotivated blocking distracts from it a bit. Trust the actors to interact with each other in a motivated and emotional manner as these two can. All in all though this is a lovely performance. A better story telling method would be to have the scene shift around their anchored, emotional center. At this point, given the plot, there is greater motivation to symbolize strength and stability being still among the continuing chaos of existence. A brief yet profound moment in time to end it on. Someday I'll direct....someday :)

[@HConstantine]

+Thomas Prislac Jr. (PDXVoiceTeacher) Even better would be to edit the damn thing like a real film

[@nilsbrownmusic4507]

It’s like a Scotch snap..no more. Entirely permissible and it’s beautiful. Makes the piece actually fun and joyful.

[@goodmusicforyou.]

Beautiful!

[@mario4798]

Il senso assoluto della BELLEZZA, insuperato vertice dell'estetica occidentale!

[@kattykit139]

Some people are so mesmerizing you forget Rome is falling

[@martigra1g]

So amazing!

[@marcososborne5401]

Magnífica actuación. Bravo.

[@mckavitt13]

There are any number of Baroque techniques possible. Real scooping is not, i think, one of them. But is this really scooping? Yakar plays with her vocal lines alot, but is so sexy and musically sound, she just makes it all meaningful and, better still, credible. This is lovely too!

[@thomasprislacjr.4063]

mckavitt13 I have to admit that it took me out of the moment at first but, upon subsequent viewings, it didn't. Interesting choices for her to make. It got me to listen multiple times which I would consider a win any day. :)

[@lauramartini8746]

Quando il Cielo è così vicino... vicino al mio cuore... I'immensità è con me

[@anazulayespinoza3133]

Bellísimo y bravísimo!!

[@alexanderberol6579]

Magnificent!

[@willwalker24601]

The emotions in his voice were on point… but his facial expressions said 👁👄👁

[@blindinglight7839]

I’ve always loved this duettò. But now I love it even more, this scene is so beautiful. I swear my heart is so glowing right now, that’s how I’m feeling. Simply beautiful. (P.s I think it’s a bit fast but that’s only my opinion).

[@domenicogargiulo6218]

Che meraviglia!

[@lithostheory]

Lovely duet!

[@ceccopisa]

Meraviglia assoluta ❤

[@Avedissalitis]

Normally I don't like De Niese but here she excels herself.

[@smenkare27]

this is perfection!

[@marchmere]

thank you for posting!

[@rayanaouraj4848]

It's Amazing!!!!

[@johnbugler687]

Sublime !

[@andersonborges2094]

Ambos foram brilhantes, que desenvoltura, simplesmente etéreos!

[@thegodieinafire]

The dude is creepy as hell but the music is beautiful.

[@angelicbaby92]

The make-up they put on him is almost Nosferatu-like but if you look up the man playing this part, he is a renowned countertenor and is known all over. He ALSO has a baritone range, meaning he can sound heavy and dark, but his countertenor range is beautiful, sounding both heavier and yet lighter than the female here. but in the end, I prefer the heavier range for men. xD

[@angelicbaby92]

Oh I know what you're talking about. It may just be the natural sound of her voice and her ethnicity. At the same time, I've heard many non-whites sing opera like the true opera singers and even better. In some moments, she has a perfect operatic voice and then in others, it's slightly pop sounding. It may be that she is belting slightly and not with enough room in her mouth which would make it sound heavier. but I wouldn't know. Just speculating. Her singing doesn't seem to reach very far either (doesn't resonate). But anyways, I think that she probably needs to go back to a coach to relearn her technique or improve it.

[@MarcelGomesPan]

"Creepy???" He is playing emperor Nero. Perhaps not the most stable psyche among emperors. ;)

[@thomasprislacjr.4063]

angelicbaby92 Most male opera singers can sing a bit of countertenor (though few devote their talents to performing in the fach). As a teacher, it is always funny to sing counter-tenor for my younger guy students because it creeps them out. Especially, when I tell them that they can do it too!

[@PDXVoiceTeacher]

He was Kangz 'n shiet!

[@MIMIFORSAGE]

Nero is so creepy looking in that woman's dressing gown!

[@TalliferUpplands]

+MIMI SAGE He was a really creepy Emperor.

[@corinniePop]

It's the corpse makeup that really makes it creepy for me

[@clivepapayanis3121]

Well he was creepy! The most divine music ever, but historically?..the toilet after this. Way weird....

[@margaretwilliams3106]

He's meant to be!

[@AnnaLevi100]

Бесподобный дуэт, как у них сочетаются голоса!

[@magiorey]

Wonderful music! Monteverdi at his best.

[@jeanneswack1920]

This duet isn't Monteverdi's music.

[@remomazzetti8757]

There are excellent musical reasons for believing that Monteverdi composed the final duet because it is anticipated in earlier portions of the opera. Whoever wrote it understood the style completely and it happens to be one of the most sublime duets ever written even though it's too fast in this performance.

[@musicloverkeke3314]

So beautiful.

[@nastya_dances9185]

Прекрасно!!!👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹

[@guillermoquesada8508]

Best pieze ever. My favourite song .

[@TheClarluz]

Ual, que vozes lindas!

[@AKLHWO]

Not only do they sound beautiful, they also look most convincing as Poppea and Nero.

[@tonyzuko90]

Monteverdi would be spinning if he heard that scooping. Holy shit.

[@thomasprislacjr.4063]

tonyzuko90 I think Monteverdi would be more confused that Jaroussky sounds the way he does without having been castrated as a boy. Then he would have sued Teatro Real for his cut of the revenue :)

[@andreaknutson]

+Thomas Prislac Jr. (PDXVoiceTeacher) My nephew learned about castratos in his science class. He went to a choir school, a very special place.

[@ternitamas]

the portamenti! awful!!

[@brianseguel5308]

As a non English speaker I have a very hard time understanding what scooping is, care to explain?

[@bunaioara]

@@brianseguel5308 A scoop is a vocal technique in which the vocalist sings a note just a little below the desired pitch right before sliding up to it. dont confuse it with vibrato :D

[@mckavitt13]

One of the best, most revealing versions I have ever heard. Both are outstanding, perfectly operatic. As for Ms De Niese’s ethnicity, she comes from Australia, born of Sri Lankan, Dutch & Scottish parents. Aida, Otello & other operatic characters are meant to be African & so rarely sung by singers of African descent, but that would be ideal, right? Wrong. Anyone who can sing opera well can perform these roles. Altho’ hearing Leontyne Price sing Aida would have been a thrill, I must confess. These two sing Italian historical figures beautifully & I am not a Jarrousky fan.

[@mwnyc3976]

De Niese was born in Australia, but she grew up in, and is very much a product of, Los Angeles. If I remember correctly, she hosted a local TV show there while in her teens.

[@mckavitt13]

@@mwnyc3976 One can hear that in her accent, quack quack nasal. Too bad. I’d have loved to hear her speak w an Aussie accent. They don’t sound like ducks. Nor do I, but I have what used to be the standard American accent, did radio work, etc. Now, many professionals, esp on tv, sound stupid just because of their accent. The really smart ones do not have it, for obvious reasons. 😉

[@cg8397]

De Niese (it's a Dutch surname) is a Sri Lankan Burgher - they're a community of mixed European and native Sri Lankan ethnicity.

[@viviennetwigg8096]

Beautiful

[@Katyatina]

Fantastic..

[@camilace2]

merci!

[@CaraPhilos]

Glad to see that a number of people here have good ears and notice how badly and in unfitting style deNiese is singing this (not that she was better in other baroque music).

[@silviamaga5740]

Fantastici perfetti non mi stancherò mai di ascoltarvi.