Joyce DiDonato - Berlioz - Les nuits d'été - 'Le spectre de la rose'

[@pedromiguel2675]

Joyce di Donato possède un beau Légato de soprano dramatique et le sens de l'expressivité nécessaires pour aborder Le Spectre de la Rose, des Nuits d'Eté de Berlioz. Elle doit être aujourd'hui une des rares cantatrices qui s'intéressent à ce répertoire. Pourtant, la musique est d'une remarquable beauté. Partant de l'intimité avec un presque chuchotement, Berlioz soulève un univers de nuances qui nous parlent de la vie, des sentiments, bien sûr... et de la découverte de la vie personnelle, si chère aux romantiques. L'oeuvre intégrale, les cinq chansons, sont d'un charme envoûtant. Plus on vit, plus on revient à Berlioz, le découvrant, dans de nouvelles images. Sa sensibilité était déjà, à son époque, semblable à la nôtre. Voilà la recherche dans les profondeurs de l'intimité, où le silence de la retraite est aussi éloquent que la parole. Ce qui donne lieu à la séduisante douceur de la musique. Aucune emphase, aucun éclat.. C'est le royaume des demi-tons et de l'automne. On se souvient du magnifique enregistrement que fît dans les années '60 Régine Crespin accompagnée par l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande avec Ernest Ansermet au podium. L'atmosphère romantique de l'oeuvre était réussie avec maîtrise. Mais presque personne ne se souvient de l'enregistrement de l'oeuvre qu'avaient fait auparavant, dans les années '50, Victoria de los Angeles, alors dans toute sa splendeur, avec l'Orchestre Symphonique de Boston dirigée par Charles Munch. Ah quel joyau! Ce sont de bons souvenirs à remercier, de même que la version présente de Joyce di Donato. Encore un mot: Berlioz, qui admirait Weber, remania le Freischütz, mettant en musique les dialogues parlés du Singspiel allemand. Le grand opéra romantique du maître germain devint alors Robin des Bois. Le travail de Berlioz à l'occasion fût semblable à celui d'Ernest Guiraud vis-à-vis de Carmen de Bizet. Dans les deux cas, l'intention était de permettre à ces chefs-d'oeuvres d'être presentés à l'Opéra de Paris, où l'on n'admettait pas de dialogues parlés dans les opéras. Tout ne devait être que musique dans le temple du Palais Garnier. Or, à l'occasion, Berlioz orchestra une valse écrite par un jeune Weber pour le piano. Ainsi, Robin des Bois eût aussi une pièce de Ballet, autre éxigeance de la Salle Garnier pour la représentation des opéras.Or, cette belle valse de Weber orchestrée par Berlioz était appellée L'Invitation à la Danse, mais aussi Le Spectre de la Rose. Coïncidence? Encore merci! Pedro Miguel, Mar del Plata, Argentine

[@normanzurich2781]

Un vibrato permanent dans la voix comme un grelot 😢 écoutez Régine Crespin vous comprendrez 💙🤍❤️

[@garssympa500]

I discovered this aria this rainy, stormy evening. Where would humanity be without great composers and wonderful, talented singers? So beautiful!

[@barbarabarry3799]

Wonderful voice and expressive characterization, Joyce DiDonato is also one of the most generous singers, helping young performers in master classes

[@jfthiesen2947]

❗️👍❗️🥰❗️👍❗️

[@marcaurele3115]

Qualité de la voix , intelligence du texte , magnifique interpretation ! Grande classe !

[@laguna172]

Still loving Ms. DiDonato in April 2020! Love her charm, personality and the voice of an angel.

[@jfthiesen2947]

❗️👍❗️🥰❗️👍❗️ 🎯

[@ian.marais1202]

Better and better and better. She is a living angel with her heavenly voice. Thank you Joyce for all the listening pleasure you bring to us. I salute you.❤❤❤

[@savioalves1234]

I hope i never meet miss DiDonato, because the image that she passes in performances and interviews is that she is the most perfect human being EVER! So much love and passion in her craft... breathtaking in every sense.

[@savioalves1234]

@Robert Lee, Countertenor D: thats so sad... :/

[@theslof1]

On the contrary, I had the pleasure of meeting her at a gala. She took time with each person, was as charming and real as you could imagine. If you watch her masterclasses, you will definitely become a fan. She is gentle and generous, sharing her deep understanding of every aspect of her art. And funny!

[@Ariadne-cg4cq]

To me THE definitive interpretation of his beautiful piece that of the the amazing Regine Crespin. No-one else can get anywhere near it.

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Canción y voz, simplemente maravilloso.!!

[@ellafitzgerald1458]

Magnifique! ❤❤❤

[@isabellebaya8189]

Très belle voix

[@DIVADOPERA]

🎼Soulève ta paupière closeQu’effleure un songe virginal ;Je suis le spectre d’une roseQue tu portais hier au bal.Tu me pris encore emperléeDes pleurs d’argent de l’arrosoir,Et parmi la fête étoiléeTu me promenas tout le soir.Ô toi qui de ma mort fus cause,Sans que tu puisses le chasserToute la nuit mon spectre roseÀ ton chevet viendra danser.Mais ne crains rien, je ne réclameNi messe ni De Profundis ;Ce léger parfum est mon âmeEt j’arrive du paradis.Mon destin fut digne d’envie :Pour avoir un trépas si beau,Plus d’un aurait donné sa vie,Car j’ai ta gorge pour tombeau,Et sur l’albâtre où je reposeUn poète avec un baiserÉcrivit : Ci-gît une roseQue tous les rois vont jalouser.♥️♥️♥️🌹🌹🌹

[@la_sinopoli]

Amo a Joyce es tan expresiva!. Un placer escucharla!

[@AnaSanchez-kr1qq]

Qué hermosa! Se pasó! Gracias.

[@jeffallbon5838]

A beautiful song, beautifully sung by a beautiful singer. Not that I am biased or anything!

[@1bazzer]

Wish people would not compare , just enjoy the performance. also a fan of Janet Baker by the way.

[@frogmouth]

Agree. There is a lovely conversation with Joyce and Janet Baker looking on back on her career. They have much in common in their approach.

[@TheYopogo]

Where Janet explicitly says that she really doesn't agree with idea of a "definitive version" of a piece. Difference artists find different things about a piece, and that's the way it should be.

[@MichaelAlexander1967]

Although the rose has died, it has ascended to paradise.

[@franceseattle]

Lots of versions of this have enchanted me: Eleanor Steber's, Regine Crespin's, Baker's, Shirley Verrett's, and now this one. Lovely music!

[@dardanustr1]

You should probably try Susan Graham version also...

[@franceseattle]

@@dardanustr1I surely will!

[@RitaTaskinen]

Che bellezza! Perfetto! Musica pura.

[@AlvahGoldbrook]

I'm madly in love with Joyce.

[@marcela77777]

Beautiful 🌹👏

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Simplemente maravilloso tema ..

[@MrSwifts31]

After Janet Baker retired I had been waiting(a long time I know) for a true Berlioz Mezzo,When it came, it came from a somewhat unexpected direction.Yes,I had known (and loved) Joyce DiDonato in Handel,Rossini,and many other Baroque and Romantic composers,but I had not (rather stupidly) associated her with Berlioz.However,my dreamed of replacement for Dame Janet has arrived,and now I am at last happy.

[@ZazieDegourdie]

A Paradox g

[@AlisonWAmes]

not a replacement (DiDonato would surely agree!), but rather: a successor! Thank goodness she is not yet 50 (not till next year), takes good care of herself and probably has some good years left. Also, she is a gifted teacher (some of her masterclasses are online).

[@fabiennesarda7511]

Janet Baker abendentfindung

[@Patrick11030]

She is nowhere the caliber of Janet Baker. Shouldn't even be in the same sentence.

[@MOIRAHOUSE1]

Please listen the Régine Crespin version, the best soprano ever to interpret Berlioz " Le Spectre de la rose", with the real emotion... like a rose spectra!

[@zinam5795]

Очень хорошо! Она прекрасная певица,браво!

[@jfthiesen2947]

A voice with a inner voice ! Existing from ppp to ff !

[@jfthiesen2947]

❗️👍❗️🥰❗️👍❗️

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Maravilloso tema y voz´!!

[@hildaalao1811]

Belíssima voz.

[@alexxseeman]

Bravo!

[@cindyredford1165]

She is amazing...wonderful performance. Only few singers is able to express and perform like she. Sure that Veronique Gens and Janet Baker is not one of them and even Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Anne sofie von Otter sings good as Didonato. DiDonato is one of the best opera singers in the world...thank you Joyce for this wonderful performance !!!

[@MySensualWorld]

No Joyce isn’t, she can take her huge vibrato and go away.

[@jamesnickoloff6692]

@@MySensualWorld I agree with you. Her vibrato detracts from this piece. I prefer Lorraine Hunt Lieberson's version, meatier and with greater pathos.

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Joyce DiDonato una voz mágica..¡¡¡

[@marcvolpe8252]

DEFINITION OF LUST

[@poslednieje]

Impressive performance, taking in account Berlioz music is very demanding to perform. But when everything fits the result is brilliant.

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

No cabe más belleza.!!

[@77Opera]

Magnifique!

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

maravillosa voz..

[@paullewis2413]

Hector Berlioz, IMO the most extraordinary composer of all time (and yes I'm including Mozart and Beethoven etc.)

[@hermannhofer2632]

o yes, mais oui, ce qu'il fait est toujours différent de tout ce que les autres ont déjà créé.Charles Ofaire

[@christophefournier2095]

The most beautiful voice in history !

[@TheYopogo]

At 2:00 she gets a word wrong. She sings "fleur d'argent" when it should be "pluie d'argent": it should be "silver rain", not "silver flower". Otherwise a beautiful performance, one of my favourites.

[@nicolasantoro4049]

Hector ❤❤❤ 1999-2000

[@алексейаверьянов-н5м]

Браво!!!

[@jordilupetus]

The best, the one by Régine Crespin!

[@BellaFirenze]

Soulève ta paupière close Qu'effleure un songe virginal: Je suis le spectre d'une rose Que tu portais hier au bal. Tu me pris encore emperlée Des pleurs d'argent de l'arrosoir, Et parmi la fête étoilée, Tu me promenas tout le soir. O toi qui de ma mort fus cause, Sans que tu puisses le chasser, Toutes les nuits mon spectre rose A ton chevet viendra danser. Mais ne crains rien, je ne réclame Ni messe ni De Profondis, Ce léger parfum est mon âme, Et j'arrive du paradis. Mon destin fut digne d'envie: Et pour avoir un sort si beau, Plus d'un aurait donné sa vie, Car sur ton sein j'ai mon tombeau, Et sur l'albâtre où je repose Un poète avec un baiser Écrivit: Ci-gît une rose, Que tous les rois vont jalouser.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

比類なき歌声！素晴らしい

[@thealessio60]

che noia tutte queste storie di competizioni tra interpreti...trovo emozione nell'ascoltare questa musica e mi basta... grande sforzo per quanto riguarda il direttore e grande impegno per la Didonato...tanti talenti...che meraviglia!

[@lanski6556]

Avec en prime un chef qui ondule sur la mélodie.

[@brendajanetho5884]

Yes! She sang nicely, I’m her fans too. Please go to search for Lorraine Hunt a late mezzo soprano. You can simply tell the different between the two of them. This was her song ... so perfect, so touched, expressed so deep it almost make me cry. She sang with her heart. Some of the songs suits certain kind of voices but some cannot. So I can tell this was Lorraine’s song. She sang Abendempfindung An Laura,K 523 so well.

[@tahiragibson6407]

Brenda Janet Ho - yes, it’s a little-known fact that Berlioz wrote it specifically for Lorraine, and every time someone else sings it, he rolls over in his grave.

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

Gran veu !

[@clodivan]

Magnifique interprétation sur un poème de Théophile Gautier non moins sublime.

[@Natarwen]

Très bien même si elle s'est trompée dans ses paroles! J'adore Joyce!

[@antoineleroy5673]

+Natarwen Bien vu !

[@Dpb-236]

💝💝💖💞💖❤

[@Ariadne7710]

I love Joyce's voice in the belcanto repertoire but for me the definitive version of this piece is by Regine Crespin. Nobody else manages to get into the core of the piece like she does. Once you have heard Crespin sing it nobody else will do.

[@LifeStrategiesNet-since-1992]

It would be nice of you to supply the link please...

[@Ariadne7710]

Life Strategies There are several versions of her singing this. Just enter Regine Crespin Berlioz Les Nuits d'ete "Le spectre de la rose" and they will all come up. My personal favourite is the 1963 concert broadcast by French TV.

[@sea1song]

I agrre with you here. In fact, not take anything away from DiDonato's voice, I really did not like her here. True, Crespin's rendition surpasses perfection. Janet Baker also performed this song beautifully, but I have to agree, Crespin did bring something in the song that I've not heard in any other.

[@marie-armelle458]

écoutez également Véronique Gens

[@sea1song]

Thank you for the tip. There is nothing quite as refined and rewarding as hearing good French singers sing French Repertoire; it simply can't be beat. I've listed to quite a bit of Gens singing Faurè and Deebussy, but didn't know she did these. I usually like a healthier sound for the Berlioz, but I have to admit it was beautifully done. Thanks again!

[@srpilha]

All the comments on Joyce's voice are all very well, but are we not going to talk about that freakily-shaped viola right behind her? I wanna know the story and what else that luthier has done!

[@MMijdus]

Beautiful. But where is the version of Kiri Te Kanawa? edit: found it!

[@gerardmignon700]

La voix est réellement superbe. C'est une très belle interprétation. Bien sûr il y a Crespin.

[@륜우김-o1z]

🇰🇷🇰🇷👍👍😇😇🙏🙏🙏

[@keithhulks7049]

I know this is a purely personal view, and others will have theirs as well and I respect that, but for me the ONLY version that has what I call the "tingle factor" is by Janet Baker. None of the others move me as much.

[@tahiragibson6407]

Keith Hulks - yes, it’s a little-known fact that Berlioz wrote it specifically for Janet Baker, but tragically died before he could hear her do it.

[@keithhulks7049]

@@tahiragibson6407 Now you are mocking me, why?

[@raytaylor4525]

Joyce inhabits the music x

[@alentejaneiro]

Pourquoi ces fulgurances dans les aigus (pour réveiller l'auditoire... ?), il ne s'agit pas d'une aria de R. Strauss... mais d'une rose, laquelle, n'est pas faite que d'épines étincelantes de rosée... Dommage.

[@钱林涛]

这首柏辽兹《夏夜》艺术歌曲组曲中的第二首“玫瑰的幽灵”其中的忧郁与对死亡的迷思之意味全失，，已变味，，

[@elenam5740]

Джойс- божественна!!!

[@PiroozAzDirooz]

W O W!

[@MagaliDamonteVocalCoach]

Crespin !,!,,,!!!!!

[@celibidache1000]

I don't understand the comments here. She has no chest voice, has tongue tensions (knödel), her vibrato is a tremolo, she sings ingolato, there are tensions in her jaw, neck and shoulders, no squillo, screamy high notes and she's very pitchy. What exactly is it that you like?

[@dudeforcaster8630]

Hi Stefan, Thank you, it's lovely to know that I am not alone. This is a review of JDD from 7+ years ago and I could agree more. "But to my ears the voice lacks both warmth and juice, sounding wiry to the point of hard-edged and brittle at the top of its range, and afflicted throughout with a tight, fluttery vibrato that both robs the sound of colour and can end up perilously close to tremulousness. Nor is the breath line ideally long, all sorts of stratagems being used to disguise the numerous breaks the mezzo is obliged to insert, and which regrettably often lead to inaudibility at the ends of lines as the breath support simply pegs out before the music does"

[@celibidache1000]

@@dudeforcaster8630Thank you, it's nice to not be alone in this 😊

[@dudeforcaster8630]

@@celibidache1000 She is nothing more than a bad Bartoli impersonator. BTW, I love your drag!

[@frogmouth]

She employs both vibrato and tremelo in this clip.

[@celibidache1000]

@@frogmouth What is your definition of a vibrato?

[@glb289]

In this performance there's too much of a tremolo in her voice for my liking. I will say; however, that Ms. DiDonato is an excellent teacher.

[@SuperArkleo]

This tremolo is wonderful.Because of it, her Maria Stuarda is the best of the best

[@celibidache1000]

@@SuperArkleo a voice should have a vibrato, not a tremolo!

[@celibidache1000]

She makes all students sing through the nose. Us that a good teacher according to you?

[@chulight]

I sort of like the fast vibrato, a bit of throw back. I don’t love an overly slow, heavy vibrato showing a voice a bit over the hill.

[@MySensualWorld]

Big vibrato bad phrasing bad technique!

[@teresa5021]

夏夜 - 艾克托·路易·白遼士

[@MarishkaMalou]

Un peu trompée dans les paroles mais l'intention y est. S pour satisfaisant

[@danilomass7959]

5:43 "Plus d'un aurait donné SA vie, car sur ton sein j'ai mon tombeau" devient "Plus d'un aurait donné Ma vie, saoule tes pieds j'ai mon tombeau" :-) Ahahah! Sinon, c'est très beau.

[@wotansings]

et elle chante "des FLEURS" d'argent... au lieu de 'pleurs'... peux.doit mieux faire

[@dominiquecatteau742]

C'est très beau, très maîtrisé, presque trop... Le tempo très très lent (qui souvent convient bien à Berlioz) rend la prononciation, déjà si difficile, presque impossible, en tout cas plus naturelle du tout. On n'oublie pas Régine Crespin, et parmi les jeunes, je repense à la réussite inouïe de Gaëlle Arquez dans les mêmes pages.

[@gargottela]

Aië, aïe...

[@michielvandijk2345]

niet mijn berlioz , veel te veel gedoe

[@petrusdenoude8837]

Berlioz of niet, voor mij is ze op haar best in de masterclass.

[@olivierjouanjan264]

J'adore Joyce Di Donato. Entendue live dans Agrippina: sublime. Mais ici, ce n'est pas, manifestement, son répertoire. La voix est sans doute extraordinaire en elle-même. Mais c'est "too much" pour cette musique-ci. La diction est médiocre. Et l'orchestre est sympathique mais loin d'être exceptionnel. Donc oui, la grande Régine et, sans doute plus encore Janet Baker, absolument bouleversante de retenue et une diction magnifique. Et puis ne pas oublier la très belle version d'Anne Sofie von Otter avec le Berliner, un remarquable assemblage. Mais ce n'est qu'une opinion et un goût.

[@lundilar]

No! I don't care how celebrated DiDonato may be. This does not meet anywhere near the standards set by Crespin, Baker or Price. I give her "A" for effort, but first of all, the instrument itself is nothing special. Maybe her strength lies elsewhere, but certainly not in this.

[@tahiragibson6407]

lundilar - we all appreciate your generosity in assigning her a qualified “A”, however begrudgingly.

[@MrJohannLubbe]

ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER, way way better, Lorraine Hunt -Lieberson

[@laptopm1113]

for once she looks beautiful

[@dudeforcaster8630]

She really does have criminal fashion sense.

[@laptopm1113]

@@dudeforcaster8630 haha what? no idea what that means and ironically i just mentioned today that i would prefere somebody to dress her ..lol

[@dudeforcaster8630]

@@laptopm1113 Joyce is at best tacky, which means: Things that are tacky are cheap, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, tawdry, or trashy. Tacky clothes are a fashion nightmare

[@laptopm1113]

@@dudeforcaster8630 ok so all these words are american englisch i supose,, thanks for the translation lol

[@laptopm1113]

@@dudeforcaster8630 and really ; not one of those words i ever knew

[@hyazintheengelhardt9991]

das Dirigat ist mir unverständlich!

[@MySensualWorld]

Horrible vibrato and bad phrasing, it’s not WOW it’s SOW!

[@callastoujours]

I agree

[@kedemberger8773]

This is nice but - Crespin, Gens, Lorraine Hunt are superior

[@jeanjacquesfalke4775]

kedem berger et Janet baker

[@josephlhomme9377]

Aïe aïe aïe, point de spectre, ni de rose, encore moins de parfum et de paradis, mais une caricature trop maquillée qui conviendrait mieux aux éclats d'une mascarade baroque vénitienne, mais certainement pas à la musique française. Pourquoi tant de vibrato, de contrastes, de notes appuyées, de maniérisme et malheureusement de fausseté...l'esprit du poème est trahi et la musique "stabilo-tée" n'a plus rien de diaphane, ni de mystérieux, de secret, de retenu, ni de charmant...courrez écouter Veronique Gens, vous découvrirez l'esprit et le respect de la forme. Même Jessye Norman, qui a la voix large comprend mieux cette musique que J. Di Donato, et sait y mettre du velours et du soyeux, ici tout est bricolé et trop criard pour un songe...oserais-je parler d'une composition boursouflée d'effets de style dans un matériau trop synthétique pour être vrai...il me semble nécessaire de savoir tomber le masque et révéler le fond de son âme quand on parle du cœur amoureux d'une jeune fille romantique...

[@mariobarbov9605]

Comparer cela à Crespin est de l'indécence. Elle est d'un maniérisme insupportable, constamment à côté des notes et de la musique. On a l'art aujourd'hui de massacrer l'art. Je plains tous ceux qui inventent de fausses vertus là où il n'y a que du vent

[@bonrind]

Yo shout out if you gotta listen to this shit for music class.

[@sadcat520]

word.

[@catherinemildew9665]

Language.

[@chulight]

Not appropriate

[@helenepopulos2438]

Artificial dark singing and wobling, incomprehensible text, Lack of voice power : all ingredients of bad singing. Yet so much publicity for her !

[@MySensualWorld]

They are stupid and / or ignorant! Joybe is not a great singer.

[@veranista]

diction and technique are not up to my standards. Shocking

[@lapintelaurent7956]

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