Joyce DiDonato - Lascia ch'io pianga

Mezzosoprano Joyce DiDonato singing "Lascia ch'io pianga" from Händel's opera Rinaldo, accompanied by Il Pomo d'Oro.
This was part of German TV programme ZDF's broadcast "The Venice of Donna Leon" May 2013.

[@brendanquinn9354]

She sang at the National Concert Hall in Dublin two years ago and was due back last May, a covid cancellation. However in 2019 I was sitting in the front row about 3 yards from her when she sang this, it is in my list of highlights of my entire life, it was 3 minutes of my life I will simply never forget!

[@davidschestenger3366]

I’m deeply envious I’m sure has being a magic experience Good for you, I have several of those minutes and are wonderful experience

[@chasewitzansky3491]

Humans might have ruined the world, burnt down the forests, been clouded by greed and lust, started wars, done terrible things. But we all can agree over music, the force that binds all things and people.

[@alfredclark3167]

So true!

[@angelinaguenot6543]

Je partage entièrement votre opinion !

[@tomwestbrook]

Too bad the beauty of music hasn't cured us of atrocities.

[@baudrysylvie]

♥️💫

[@kjell-akeapell3285]

I can only agree !

[@pmcberton8242]

for me, the way she sings this is perfection, she treats it with sensitivity and gentleness- and the piece is not rushed, she allows all the beauty of every note to drift off into the air - angelic

[@lenalaufer8110]

Agreed. An unqualified joy to listen to.

[@Jtanda08]

I m from África From Angola, Love so much this Song😭

[@howsoever]

Abraços do Brasil

[@paulsullivan3]

Joyce DiDonato your voice is sent from Heaven. It is like hearing this aria for the first time. Thank you for helping me with my voice.

[@thisismusica4322]

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[@taytaybeynippy486]

those dramatic crescendos are amazing they gave the song so much life

[@saxbruce]

This is pure beauty - the setting, the music, the performers, and the talent. I hope civilisation continues in this troubled time.

[@ahmedkeremsayar]

listening from turkey with full admiration. Such a masterpiece. shows how limitless human creativity is. Handel is definitely a genius

[@videomillsy]

I like this slower than usual version. Gives grace to the music.

[@coatsiecoatsie]

One of the best interpretations of this wonderful piece.....(IMHO) No facial theatrics, no twisting or contortions....they're not needed and Joyce DiDonato is well aware of it...

[@lpeh6143]

Bro too much vibrato its baroque

[@frogmouth]

@@lpeh6143 vibrato is employed sparingly..countertenors do it too. How much you accept is a matter of taste. I prefer it to a choir boy rendition with none but loathe heavy deployment .

[@tomgreene6579]

@@frogmouth Are You a singer?

[@frogmouth]

@@tomgreene6579 yes not professional. chorister

[@tomgreene6579]

@@frogmouth Ah I recognized a well rounded comment ...used to do a bit in choirs many moons ago. It always annoys me a bit hen some utube maestro tells folk at this lady's level how to perform. I think she sings a wonderful line of music and is really superb.

[@gerardrimmer1601]

I recently reached the age of 72 and lam astonished,suddenly hearing this beautiful rendition from such a gifted voice , like being slapped in the face by Handel with joy and a rebuke as if to say ,what took you so long fool

[@Longtack55]

Never too late - even if heard once only. I'm 71.

[@andy957]

You can just hear the suffering and pain. What a beautiful performance. Brava Joyce.

[@sch8211]

Heavenly Handel... Splendid Handel... Eternal Handel... I thank the divine hand, the eternal power that created the blood that ran in your veins... Infinite beauty, timeless musical eloquence, overwhelming emotionalism in every transition between one note and another... I thank every woman that broke Handel's heart... every tree, every bird. every ray of sunshine that was an inspiration to that splendid immortal mind!!! This aria is the ultimate hymn to agony, that could also overwhelm you with joy... This is literally heaven. Handel's heaven... where I shall dwell till eternity. Divine.

[@FansiPerdanaPutri]

Your comment is splendid.

[@Voiceactually]

I am very moved from your comment Sora. It is an inspiration for all of us trying to raise with our interpretation up to the level Handel would have wanted .

[@dyk910523]

Sora Chhaitli Handel is love, Handel is life.

[@shironantony]

Sura Chehaitli

[@forestgreenorgangeek3473]

Sura Chehaitli He was THE BEST!

[@elaineduncan1929]

Simply beautifully sung...and the accompaniment is really wonderful.

[@geraldcochet9953]

Une musique divine interprétée avec tellememt de ferveur par Joyce Di Donato et le quintet Pomo d'Oro. Je ne me lasse pas de l'écouter en pleurant dans mon deuil.

[@estherlessacastro8426]

L'aspiration à la liberté! Un thème dont l'écho résonne, triste, nostalgique, plein de soupirs, de la merveilleuse musique de Händel. Émue! Dieu merci! Pouvoir écouter une telle merveille, dans la voix de Joyce Donatio c'est pour remercier Le Bon Dieu! Esther Lessa

[@christiandelord]

The beauty of the music, eternal music. Please share this kind of music with the new generations, educate them to what we have done as human beings in the past thanks to real composers.

[@Corinthian44]

A lovely interpretation of one of my favourite arias ; thank you !

[@allisonforfornsed]

Her voice is very ethereal.

[@pearlgirlMSP]

I can't stop listening to this its so beautiful! and Well played.

[@sl943]

Gorgeous ornamentation in the violin line at the end

[@徐芸-b7f]

indeed

[@capucine32400]

tout à fait d'accord

[@suerobinson1323]

Who are the players, anybody know? Wonderful leader especially

[@rosiejackson3249]

How can someone thumbs down this video it's so beautiful and it takes a long time to learn

[@springz8860]

I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. －The Shawshank Redemption

[@forrestahkiviana2609]

+Spring Walklike "and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free'

[@willen2416]

That scene in “Shawshank Redemption was actually the “letter duet” from “The Marriage of Figaro.”

[@rosiecsilva]

This is beautiful. Love her voice, love her interpretation.

[@rebeccarankin2691]

Heavenly! I have been fond of this aria for years. What a wonderful surprise to find this today.

[@julyandasontana8349]

I’m speechless. She sings with her heart and so beautiful

[@jbut1208]

Listening to this makes life worthwhile! This performance is superb!

[@medialunamedialuna]

MERCIIIIIIIIIII !!!!! magnifique !

[@piolopez9732]

Simplemente, ¡sublime, Joyce! Un bravo, también, por IL Pomo d'Oro.

[@rockalittl]

Music is the universal language. Words need not be understood when you sing this way. I felt all of it and tears flood my eyes. Her delivery is everything.

[@OliverTwisted01]

Händel... of this world but, not from this world. Maestro Maximus! Divine, had had his feet on the earth, and his ears in heaven. He didn't write music, he took dictations from God. I do believe that, piously, if I may say so. A privilege to listen to it, to be of this time, and a witness still to his great virtue and geniality. Superb! Bravo, Maestro! Bravissimo!

[@forestgreenorgangeek3473]

OliverTwisted01 I agree. the best composers were Handel, RVW (Rafe Vaughan Williams), and Sir David Willcocks.

[@janmagnusson5462]

Yes, her interpretation is outstanding!

[@erinmatt]

Heart-rendingly beautiful. What more could you ask for?

[@UzbekAlibek]

In my subjective opinion, this is the best interpretation of this song.

[@MarianParrott]

She is lovely, isn't she?

[@LautaroMallo]

so far

[@lpeh6143]

Bro this wasnt even sung in the way handel wanted it to be wayyy to much vibrato by the singer wayyy too much

[@locksh]

Don't know if the best but undoubtedly up there.

[@swampholler]

Thank you, Joyce. I am getting ready for surgery and you put my heart in a beautiful place.

[@pamspurgers3578]

I hope your surgery went well, Pati.

[@agustinnavarro2896]

Beautiful, really crying, making crying schön. As well as the group, and the palace. Thanks so much, greetings from Spain

[@MrInterestingthings]

How does she do it . She brings everything . We feel what we can't really describe . So many every singer even the male s sing this but not with her perfect flowing line even when she's not singing the meaning is felt ! Excellent ensemble work here . I think it's a version for today too .

[@starfruitmimi]

i'm practicing this song for my singing lessons and i cry every single time i hear this woman, i can't rehearse like this 🥺😢 it just sounds so beautiful and genuine, i wanna sing like her in the future 🥰 with her raw emotion, gentleness and effortlessness

[@aleksandretaktakishvili2353]

Joyce DiDonato is one of the greatest of all times. This performance is simple perfection.

[@rosatorres7926]

I love this music This is very beautyful

[@maureenfallon6993]

Sublime! Cannot wait to hear Joyce sing this in Dublin this June (2017) also accompanied by the excellent il Pomo d'Oro

[@brianzolo1]

great Mezzo Soprano italo american Joyce DiDonato..wonderful performance...

[@eleonorabellini7424]

brianzolo1 Actually she's not italo-american ;)

[@eleonorabellini7424]

brianzolo1 but yeah, great performance :)

[@brianzolo1]

shure ....in ur opinion Di Donato is typical anglo saxon surname.....)) Di Donato is italian origin name !!

[@eleonorabellini7424]

brianzolo1 Her real surname is Flaherty.

[@brianzolo1]

Born in Kansas in 1966...Father by italian origin...mother irish one....

[@TheIntruderGaming]

So moving. Brought a tear to my eye

[@PoeCompany]

That violin solo at the end was perfect

[@汪培瑶]

This scene is wonderful with this song!

[@1viva]

All so wonderfully done. Beautiful setting of that era along with period instruments...and of course, a beautiful voice. Thank you. ♥

[@lpeh6143]

Yes period instruments but not period singing she did too much vibrato its baroque

[@1viva]

@@lpeh6143 oh! :-O

[@lpeh6143]

@@1viva there is another version from her though where she actually sings in baroque style

[@1viva]

@@lpeh6143 oh, thank you. I was not aware that during the Baroque period, Singing with vibrato was not in fashion...

[@jpmarques7]

Perfect rendition, I would say. Most importantly, a true beauty

[@estherkobak501]

Maravillosa interpretación. Bravo

[@purvatiparvati153]

Never been bored with tis

[@IndigoBone]

I miss this relaxed and less commercial version of DiDonato. This is fabulous. I feel that, as her popularity has skyrocketed in the past two or three years, she has lost some of the innocence that truly set her apart. The commercialization of JDD has taken some of her charm, I fear. She is still amazing, but there is just something tremendous in this performance, and others from several years past that seems lacking in present fare. But perhaps, not haivng been able to see a live performance, I am speaking out of turn. But, I do miss the sense of realness, or authenticity. Perhaps a less guarded performance? She's truly at her best when she's, say, the Yankee Diva, as opposed to world superstar Joyce DiDonato. Then again, the loss of "innocence" can take its toll on any artistic soul. I still love her work, her absolute devotion to the music and to the art. She has the gift of reaching into people's souls and touching them, moving them beyond words and that hasn't changed. But there's been something missing of late, at least for me, and I truly hope that that changes, whether it's actually her, or in my own "ears." Regardless, "Brava, Joyce!"

[@zava0]

Seems like you took the words out of my mouth. It causes me some sort of unease to notice that some artists favour fireworks over modesty. Perharps the logic we live in nowadays leads them towards this direction. But less is so much more. I hope she remembers that eventually.

[@robertalmandokerr9388]

Wow I really love this music I first heard it as a sound track of a movie I was watching

[@mrkey6523]

So beautiful. In love with this. Quite simple.

[@infinitum5425]

A wonderful performance by Ms DiDonato , that captures the mind from it's worldly woes & gently like an angel in ethereal flight takes it to a verdant haven of quiet joy 👏

[@ronaldmessina4229]

The. correct title is. MISS DiDonato, m.s.means manuscript or multiple sclerosis, PERIOD

[@infinitum5425]

@@ronaldmessina4229 WTF??? It's Ms. not m.s. *Ms* means reference to a woman of unknown marital status. PERIOD.

[@nildeconfessore4430]

Splendida esecuzione!

[@КаринаСимонянц-ъ8л]

Потрясающая музыка, огромное спасибо,. Джойс. Чудо. Божественный голос.

[@lars-eriklarsson395]

a fantadtic piece of music from händel,i love this song and feeling relaxed when i hear it.

[@MarkLomod]

Wow. The simplicity.. the pathos... the utter submission to a miserable fate.. Her performance seems to send shivers down my spine.. Her rendition seems unfettered by unnecessary "stylisms".. i think this is how Handel intended the song to be sung, in all its frankness and simplicity

[@frogmouth]

Well she does include ornamentation. I guess your comment proves she's got the Goldiocks zone NOT too much .

[@mckavitt13]

Pathos... just that. I need search no further.

[@peterbridge9394]

@Mark excellent, insightful comment. I'd add, and she nailed it.

[@mistersmith1883]

@@frogmouth what

[@lilliwitt4941]

Joyce DiDonato - Lascia ch`io pianga

[@brianzolo1]

+Lilli Witt great italo american mezzo soprano...

[@georgemitchell401]

Wow I was moved to tears!!

[@dezangerman]

She is so amazing. Just saw her in Agrippina she was wonderfull as comedian and singer.

[@analeigh5908]

My FAVORITE baroque aria of all time.

[@FADRUS7_.]

Beautiful!

[@adolflazary5864]

Que hermoso habla la presentadora. Gracias. Saludos

[@anamariacsaszar6060]

So solemn and light at the same time. Really beutiful!

[@mimosaschneider9016]

This is simply wonderful. What a wonderful voice

[@stella-BaGot]

Ich verstehe kein einziges Wort, doch ich kann den Schmerz förmlich spüren und durch den Gesang nach empfinden.

[@timknguyen]

Simply amazing!!!

[@theeggshelljungkookate7040]

ARMYS, you're in the right video.

[@thombotomb]

An all round beautiful rendition. Love it! thombo

[@energy5289]

Just balled my eyes out! Omg sublime and so sad.

[@niconiclot4335]

To me the best intrerpretation at all of this piece!

[@joypaulson6093]

Truly sublime in its superb depth of passion!

[@andrewbreslin8298]

Keep coming back to this. Exceptional . Handel would have approve d of the the understated improvs by the voice and violin, expected at the time, so well executed. Love the look of approval by 2nd violin.

[@annedwyer797]

I think this might be the most beautiful aria ever written...it sort of makes me stop breathing!

[@Sebiohazard]

Fantastique !!! 💖💖💖

[@jotammerretenezeta4509]

Qué voz más hermosa. Tuve la oportunidad de verla en Santiago de Chile y fue un privilegio. Simpática, bonita, y una voz dominada y hermosa.

[@zeldalicia]

I love mezzosoprano

[@alisontilling9066]

17 July 2020. More beautiful now than before

[@kirillperov3843]

And 19 July 2020 for me.

[@lilliwitt4941]

Joyce DiDonato - Lascia ch`io pianga

[@georgeaserbanescu5555]

Beautiful my dear. .. good night. ..Happy weekend!

[@saburota3]

old instruments , tender voice.good tempo for me. wonderful, arigatou gozaimasu from japan

[@andreykutev1672]

That trill!!! MY God!! Sooooo good!

[@WilfriedBerk]

One of the best performances of this aria

[@yelassinacoulibaly]

❤The music of Faso is an inexhaustible source of sweetness. It allows us to plunge deep inside ourselves and at the same time resonate with our fellow man, Yé Lassina Coulibaly

[@Buba8773]

Venezia, Haendel, un pensiero per l'immortale Carlo Broschi... E questa voce celestiale! Celestiale!!! Bravissima, splendida. Grazie!!!

[@alfredoagostini8213]

che bella la lingua italiana la lingua dell'arte grazie Italia

[@domesergicuicnelli2288]

Bellissimo..

[@sofia.morenska]

Almost made me cry. Beautiful!

[@jbut1208]

Bravo Ms DiDonato and above all George Frederick Handel!!!!!!

[@Colombo5218]

There is a beautiful gentleness in this rendering which sets it apart.

[@johnkinsella2395]

Truly outstanding rendition and so tender

[@쿠퍼-t1v]

Finally I found it! Thanks God~!

[@amillia007]

wonderful...

[@herigbonbonilla2849]

You are really amazing. You have got a angel lovely voice.

[@elisavieira737]

Beautiful thanks

[@cocavan]

It always brings tears.

[@MarieJaneC]

Simplesmente maravilhosa.

[@renato7720]

Brava, bellissima location.

[@gillestemprement2060]

Quelle voix !!! Quelle musicalité !!!! Quelle paix !!!!! Quelle grâce !!!! Enfin tout y est...

[@ronaldmessina4229]

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón. All of the languages are correct to explain the situation

[@ERSCAUS]

Thank you Joyce.

[@elzafonseca6397]

Belíssima interpretação!

[@debsousa7410]

Simplesmente maravilhoso. Esta música toca a alma, parece que o mundo se encerra nesta aria, nesta musica, tão dramática que é.

[@ronaldmessina4229]

Another selfish idiot who wants all of the language in anglosajón. All of the languages are correct to explain the situation