Porgi Amor

[@divox9pqr]

Excellent vocal and physical portrayal of longing and sadness for long forgotten affection. The expression on her face speaks volumes...Brava...Brava.

[@Don-be5ci]

This has long been among my favorite performances in opera. Mozart frequently, as here, provides a duet between the oboe and the soprano. This opera is filled with glorious arias for three different sopranos, and among them all, this is my favorite. Dame Kiri is wonderful! Every time I listen to this it brings tears to my eyes... so beautiful. Catch her in the Magic Flute (Marriner). I wish that had been a live opera performance.

[@davidwahrheit6143]

There are no oboes in "Porgi Amor," the only woodwinds clarinets, bassoons and horns.

[@KSfan4ever]

Kiri at her best.....the sheer beauty of that voice.

[@TheKillurpixie]

This is the most stunning rendition I've found...she has such beautiful timbre and consistency!! That is indeed the standard.

[@armandssurins3364]

0:08 music, 1:22 voce

[@RRydnew]

Here is the bar that all who want to sing Mozart aspires to for the last 40 years. Kiri's voice and interp. are tailor made to Mozart, Strauss and some Puccini. She sang this aria just as clean and smooth in 1997 as here in 1973! Brava Kiri and thanks for posting!

[@liliamaria1947]

Kiri, sensacional... com Mozart, esplêndida. Essas palavras doem na alma. Quanto sentimento!

[@tristanhnl]

This is the Kiri - both voice and technique - that so impressed Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge when Kiri was just a student in London. They heard something from her that they said was truly special and unique, and boy were they right.

[@DouglasModig]

Stunning, Dame Te Kanawa! She even manages to transcend tears into her voice without the dangers of falling into wailing. She is so in carachter and lovely it´s hard to believe she´s not lip syncing. Bravissima !!

[@wotanman]

Agreed! Fleming has so much talent that she sometimes (sometimes) "overthinks" her arias and fashions every note a little too much. (mind you I think Fleming is unbelievably talented!) Kiri and Mozart work well because the phrases are so pure and straightforward and her voice itself is so pure and effortlessly lyric that it lets the music speak for itself. Also works great with (lyrical) Strauss who obviously paid a lot of homage to Wolfgang.

[@bilit26]

I agree about the renee comment. Luv her as well but smetimes her lack of simplicity distracts my ears after listening to kiri

[@lavenderstarz]

this was amazing. I'm performing this for a voice competition in a few days and watching Kiri helped me understand the pain the character is feeling. Gosh she's so amazing. wow.

[@lyudmila2882]

How did you do? :)

[@annea1b]

If this doesn't break your heart, you don't have one. She's the benchmark Countess. Brava!

[@JoaoVitor-vp1ql]

The most beautiful version of this ária !

[@jevans2384]

The "Opera" exhibition at V&A Museum in London a while ago had this, sung by KtK, playing about halfway round. When I got to the end of the exhibition, I went back, to make this the last thing I heard before I left: glorious!

[@lr8845]

DIdn't think I like Kiri, but I listen to this again and again. Best expression ever for this aria!

[@SR-jx8yu]

I cry when I listen to this, don't know why, but it touches my soul ...

[@dick12235]

Beautiful Kiri and Wonderful Mozart. Thanks for posting .

[@sandusky0901]

One of my all time faves. She's simply sublime ❣

[@mimisings2]

I've probably seen and heard this aria 100 times and never before I have I been moved to tears. Bravissima, Dame Te Kanawa.

[@Roland_Rohrle]

Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro, O Love, give me some remedy Al mio duolo, a'miei sospir! For my sorrow, for my sighs! O mi rendi il mio tesoro, Either give me back my darling O mi lascia almen morir. Or at least let me die.

[@ironmantooltime]

Cheers Roland!

[@sharonosborne7856]

I love you forever Kiri! My all time favourite singer of all time! 💟💗

[@hewi1352]

Kiri darling, if he don´t want you, I certainly do!!!

[@McCeighty]

How I love Kiri's voice. She does the countess so beautifully

[@Operadiva58]

This is just beautiful and such a wonderful example to listen to.! Love Kiri Te Kanawa!

[@mac3792]

Kiri always thrills me, I just love her...

[@Gobbi2007]

Kiri, Kiri. Her voice is aboslutely gorgeous. I can listen to it all day.

[@birdythemermaid]

I've been looking up videos of this song for a while, and this is the first one to make me cry. Exactly what I was looking for. So many just over do it, and this is heart-wrenching! Beautiful!

[@gimichi]

One of the best things i've ever listened to. GREAT!

[@496brit]

Stunning I could feel my chest swell abruptly after 3:47 and I realized I had forgotten to breathe. 😇

[@gregmiller3323]

I love this aria its so beautiful

[@PaulZink]

Thanks for posting this outstanding performance.

[@dberiol]

Che splendida esecuzione... Anche la sua pronuncia italiana è ottima. Brava!

[@0o0doir0o0]

@baritonebynight we sang with her here in new zealand a couple of months ago, she is still AMAZING... her last note in "oh quand je dors" lasted forever.. indescribable!

[@baritonebynight]

@RRydnew I saw her in recital in 2006 and she opened with this...she was in amazing voice and had complete control. Her voice has changed very little with time.

[@timothyrookey7158]

She has such a creamy voice, with such floating legato, such smoothness. Just grabs me every time.

[@hfaye09]

Thank you so much for posting! She is simply divine.

[@SR-jx8yu]

Just glorious! She is so perfect for this role!

[@jacobcox4276]

I remember when I was a teen, I had full operas and their libretti. When I was at my grandparents', at the beach, I'd walk the beach for miles listening to them, especially Le Nozze di Figaro.

[@Sarah1920s]

i think her voice is perfect -- perfect every thing -- there will never again be another like her enjoy her while we can the great ones always go to soon and she is getting up there in years

[@wanzenettl]

This just gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

[@Liilkp3x]

Well done !!!!! She done very good bro I love this songgggg

[@eijavesa1695]

Best of all "porgi amor"

[@annarella9801]

Beautiful, consistent tone!

[@TheSmoshmy]

This is perfection!!

[@SteveNelsonBrigade]

Heartbreaking. And too beautiful for words.

[@4444marla]

To the young women below, musical taste matures with cultivation. So the more you listen to these pieces, the more you will enjoy them, especially if you think of the qualities of the Countess, and her sentiment, in the aria.

[@suzanneetmoi]

Don't mean to split hairs vottur, but Dame Kiri IS 65! Her birthday is March 6, 1944 but there is still no one to rival her. A true lady with a voice of gold....

[@kijete]

she's 80 now

[@spupass]

la migliore interprete mozartiana ! the best mozart's singer ever!

[@kennethlim7146]

It is most gift Mozart aria sung by any

[@dancingkangaroo1036]

3:46 my heart melts

[@luzelena4834]

I really like this music es the best to relax I find so much end this music I love

[@nataliatrigo]

Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro al mio duolo, a' miei sospir. O mi rendi il mio tesoro, o mi lascia almen morir.

[@jeftacarvalho8946]

👏👏👏👏👏Perfeita❤

[@lyrictenore]

just beautiful

[@mistressmozart]

she captures the heartbreak of this aria perfectly

[@lyudmila2882]

A friend recommended this by Schwarzkopf, but I think this one is more moving. Schwarzkopf didn't bring tears.

[@alfredoloyola921]

Brava. Kiri!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@latenightpilgrim]

somebody once wrote this was the greatest piece of music ever written by a man for a woman.... no argument there....

[@theblueangel28]

the only genuinely watchable performer in the entire industry

[@user-noZTrains001]

One of the greatest Sopranos of the last century, a voice without compare and she brought her personal beauty to her roles, this aria is perfectly believable. Well, the count is an idiot.

[@seychells77]

1973s glydenborn performance of the marriage of Figero i have the dvd of this it's my all time favorite version

[@kevinj.m5294]

Mozart a mechanism divine.

[@phoebusapollo4677]

No-one can better this.

[@Dylonely_9274]

Old but gold.

[@clairemiles5597]

Thank you dear Kiri…..

[@CanzoniPerVoce]

Perfection!

[@richardmoon1852]

Wonderful: Thanks

[@bekasmith5722]

Beautiful

[@muzikalguy19]

No. "I Loves you Porgy," is from Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess composed about 100 years later.

[@ЕвгенийГеллер-н3ъ]

Это одно из лучших исполнений моей любимой арии

[@nataliatrigo]

I agree! Bravissima, stupenda!!!

[@harmonyharps4663]

Exquisite!

[@0o0doir0o0]

@choirfreak26 shes retired from opera... you may be able to catch her in concert once in a while

[@giuseppinascapparone5912]

SPLENDIDA!!!

[@giuseppinascapparone5912]

Stupenda! !!!!!

[@josiahwelker1059]

Check out the 2nd movement of Haydn's 88th symphony! The "Sighing" motif with the orchestra is strikingly similar!

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Which was written a year after ... so Haydn copied Mozart?

[@MrWoodCy]

Haydn listened to this opera in his dreams throughout the late 1780s…..He wrote that “Figaro gently haunts his thoughts at night” … Both were superb composers

[@PONSR500]

Magnífica!

[@sandramonaresb]

Porgi, amor, qualche ristoro, O Love, give me some remedy Al mio duolo, a'miei sospir! For my sorrow, for my sighs! O mi rendi il mio tesoro, Either give me back my darling O mi lascia almen morir. Or at least let me die.

[@CrystalFlames]

Wow. So I just need to learn to.... do all that. I'm getting over a majorly evil cold, but I'm going to sing this today in opera class anyway. Oh gosh, wish me luck.

[@lyudmila2882]

And? :) Brava for being able to do this at all!

[@cantanteporsiempre]

Gundula is also perfection! i like them both

[@alwaysnew189]

Kiri - Countesss, and then - others.

[@keesweijens2497]

Dit is toch goddelijke muziek, vooral als je wat somber bent en heel moe bent van het werken zodat je je tranen van geluk niet meer op kunt houden dat je mag werken.

[@golfdog42]

kiri is the best for this role..

[@ClassicHolic]

4:00 gets me everytime

[@MercedesTAMARALEMPICKA1234]

me encanta

[@gilcruvinel]

I would like to know when this performance happened and the orchestra, conductor, theatre.

[@robinhood22able]

It's from a 1973 Glyndebourne Opera performance with London Philharmonic Orchestra John Pritchard conducting. It's available on dvd. others in cast are ileanna cortrubas and frederica von stade.

[@mizofan]

I think this has Kiri close to her best, suits her nicely

[@johngarner3]

SPLENDID

[@jnatiuk]

Exquisite.

[@swanningaround]

For me, Schwarzkopf, Te Kanawa and Janowitz are the best at this role. I think that Janowitz has that little something which makes her the true Mozart virtuoso.

[@philaguy76]

abolutely stunningly f**king beautiful.

[@Schoolgirl325]

In terms of Mozart's opera arias for lyric soprano, Porgi Amor and Dove Sono i bei momento are not my favorite. In fact, I find them rather dull compared to Mozart's more exciting and fluid arias for lyric sopranos, like Ach ich Fuhl's from The Magic Flute, or Ah, chi mi dice mai (that's more of a spinto soprano aria, but spinto sopranos are a type of lyric soprano albeit a "pushed" more dramatic one) from Don Giovanni. I don't know, maybe I'm biased because I'm a light coloratura soprano. I love arias that required vocal flexibility, and coloratura sections. However, Kiri te Kanawa truly does make Porgi Amor so beautiful and heartfelt! Her voice is like the richest and purest gold. Plus, it's a staple aria for her full lyric voice! Not to mention, this aria isn't as simple as it sounds. I haven't personally learned it, but I've read it requires great breath control and exquisite phrasing; two vocal techniques that I have a lot to improve on, even though I have been taking lessons for five years now. Anyway, in Kiri's performance, I can truly feel the desperation and sorrow over the Countess over the loss of her husband's love.

[@ValTholen]

I agree. I am not 100% sold on this song, but I am singing it for college juries this semester. I would love to have more breath support like this!

[@MrAustina60]

Schoolgirl325Enjoy yourself. :D

[@andity1]

+Megan Tholen I think you should sing this aria, like you sing a constant piano. Don't let the breath control slip away, and every single note in the head, in piano...

[@gertjaap56]

I will try to stay calm not to start a furious rant. You lot of pedantic know-it-alls haven't got an idea what you are talking about. This is one of the arias of Mozart that have made him one of the greatest ever, sung by one of the greatest singers ever. If it is not possible to just listen and be moved by the text and music... at least keep us out of it and keep quiet.

[@ValTholen]

gertjaap56 I love that we all had a lovely civil discussion of this aria and its qualities, and enjoying feedback, and then this angry so-and-so comes along and wants to ruffle feathers. People slay me.

[@32Styx]

Look at her face and notice her body language; she is the consummate rejected wife;MARVELOUS!!!!

[@zali868]

anybody know who the conductor is and what company produced this?? thanks in advance

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

It's Glyndebourne in 1973. The conductor was Sir John Pritchard.

[@olympicfreak678]

Why would she be lip-syncing? This isn't a movie. This is a live production. The Jean-pierre Ponelle film is different!

[@olympicfreak678]

I completley agree! Sorry I misinterpreted your message!

[@jetaimearln]

THE Countess!

[@Dorothea_Sophia93]

Good

[@NorthShoreCanary]

exquisite

[@Gobbi2007]

slobone, I actually found it pretty funny, got the joke right away. is SLO what I think, SLO,CA?

[@swanningaround]

calsouthqueen. High praise for Kiri indeed! The other three, Schwarzkopf, Janowitz and Fleming are tremendous too. I have always though Elisabeth is in a class of her own, and sings German Opera the best. Gundula and Kiri come just behind this. I like Renee, but feel she is a little behind the other three (sorry).