Kanawa - Io son l'umile ancella from Adriana Lecouvreur

Francesco Cilea
Io son l'umile ancella from Adriana Lecouvreur
Soprano: Kiri Te Kanawa
Wellington Concert
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by John Hophins

[@richstout]

With a voice and artistry like that, she can wear anything she wants.

[@larespo1]

Always in the head voice. And the tone is exquisite. She knew how to sing -- all the way through, and she was not appreciated nearly enough during her professional career. Bravissima, Dame Kiri!!

[@DiomedesDioscuro]

Always in the head voice, exactly. And exactly what she shouldn't do.

[@cantanteporsiempre]

what a beautiful woman with an outstanding voice, she had it all, singer by nature.

[@laurenceesposito3393]

Gorgeous. The sound and the dynamics.

[@MOV1983]

Apart from being one of the great singers of all time ... Damn, she is beautiful!

[@predickament]

I only have to hear again how magnificent her voice is, and how technically perfect she sings to remind myself why I named my cat Kiri!!! (My little Kiri is 19 years old and ironically has very little to say in the vocal department - even her purr is a mere vibration)! But I so love my Kiris❤❤❤❤❤

[@jimcadena8533]

Remember her surprise debut at the Met. Always a glorious singer.

[@YosefBaskin]

The clearest, richest, brightest, and may I say humble?

[@thomasjohnson7948]

This is a crowning achievement! Most sopranos screech Cilea's fortes, but the great Kiri sings them with beauty. What a voice! She makes it look easy!

[@smurf902]

I haven't heard a modern soprano (post 1970) besides Margaret Price that sings this with as much musicality and warmth of tone and stylistically on the money as Kiri in this performance.

[@kid926]

Ho ascoltato moltissime volte con molto piacere la Kanawa ... bravissima

[@numetutelare]

Bellissimo timbro, ottima emissione .... e voce che corre...

[@manuelcarvajal9514]

One of the best all time!!!!Great!!

[@AzpedGal]

Queens sing well. The diva does what he wants with her amazing voice

[@riccardobarreca8066]

Ecco....una meraviglia del creato! Bella e grande artista. Il tempo per queste persone dovrebbe fermarsi.......ma ci rendiamo conto davvero del suo canto straordinario? È sufficiente vedere la bocca mentre fraseggia per comprendere che il suo è davvero bel canto.

[@soprano2k]

Bellissima. Dolcissima.

[@LauraDeVitaSinger]

eccezionale.....che brava!!!

[@codeskywalkerabs]

Gorgeous Singing - Kiri Te Kanawa Costuming - the 80s

[@riccardobarreca8066]

Se l'esibizione è del 2008 aveva 64 anni. Direi eccezionale.

[@opera888able]

Kiri in fine form here. Wonderful tone and very secure. She enjoyed it as much as her listeners did.

[@davidallen3687]

I heard Kiri do this in her mid-sixties in Scarborough (a town in the north of England) and although not like this, it was absolutely brilliant!

[@thechinadesk]

My god, she does it better than anyone! Other great sopranos sound "choppy" compared to Kiri when performing this aria. The fluidity she achieves is astounding. It feels utterly seamless. As if the entire aria was sung all in one breath. Of course it wasn't, as any student of voice knows. But it feels that way. And if one looks at the meaning of the lyrics, one is even more blown away. Her fluid style perfectly expresses the meaning of the words.

[@_mergg]

What a lovely voice and presence. There was so much Strauss and Mozart during her time, in which she shone like an emerald . But I dream she had sung this role. And Louise. Thais.

[@AulicExclusiva]

Superb in every way.

[@jbalpal64]

The greatest soprano of all time.

[@bellini7verdi]

ME ENCANTA KIRI TE KANAWA

[@MrFpam]

No need to be so nasty! This is a fine performance! She may not be the most expressive singer but she has had a very successful career because she has one of the most beautiful voices. This must be close to 30 years ago, but she is still singing well!

[@ginlemon29]

strepitosa, una partenza in sordina, ma che finale!!!

[@RepublicofMAC]

Just lovely.

[@mugrad25]

she doesnt even open her mouth but the high notes just come out

[@smurf902]

It's an inverted horn. The opening is at the back (throat)

[@lpw0021]

Pretty damn near perfect

[@bellini7verdi]

MAGNIFICA KIRI....MAGNIFICA SUTHERLAND.....CABALLE Y TODAS LAS GRANDES......PERO ESTA ARIA ES Y SIEMPRE SERA PARA ......APRILLE MILLO....QUE LE DIO LA FUERZA QUE EL ARIA CONTIENE CON TODO EL SENTIDO Y LA FUERZA ADECUADA .

[@thechinadesk]

@tebaldicallas Just listened to the 1955 rendition by the great Tebaldi. No question about it. Wonderful! Kiri's rendition resonates with me more however. I'm not saying it's "better." Merely that I'm more moved by it in my guts.

[@Matt75003]

Easy on the ears, not so easy on the eyes. That dress must have been visible from the Moon! However, despite her dubious sartorial choices, she is the epitome of vocal chic.

[@ajayourba]

This is beautiful, I love her singing this, I hate her dress.

[@bonnehumeur09]

Amazing, but the best ever recording of this piece online is still Dame Margaret Price in SF back in the early 1980s...

[@liedersanger1]

The other Price does it even better, with a diminuendo...

[@emitch9213]

Monserrat Caballe ♥️🌹

[@brian_bk_keith]

i wish there were more recordings of her i would like to be exposed to more of her singing

[@СеклитаЛимариха]

Люблю.

[@theblueangel28]

you better Slay!

[@suffisance]

So it isn't Olivero. She sounds just beautiful here. What year is this?!

[@barrymorentz5190]

Olivero was so mystifyingly overrated...cant hold a candle to the ravishing Kiri

[@smurf902]

@@barrymorentz5190 very strident. No beauty in Olivero

[@suzanneetmoi]

@ajayourba It was the 80s! All the dresses were horrible. This singing transcends the oufit...

[@thechinadesk]

But even the great Tebaldi doesn't come across as seamless as Te Kanawa. And Tebaldi does it in under 3 minutes. So I don't think it's really the overall length. After all, everyone, professional and amateur, takes breaths every couple of measures. Nobody really sings an aria from beginning to end in one continuous breath. I was merely talking about subjective feel.

[@markedwardindc]

@ajayourba I totally agree -- what was she thinking when she selected this getup? Yikes!

[@GabyCotter]

love the voice. hate the dress!!!

[@DiomedesDioscuro]

And this is how microphones killed opera.

[@tebaldicallas]

@thechinadesk Tebaldi does it better, listen to 1955 version of it. Keri has a good voice, but it is not a great one.

[@DonPaolissimo]

Borrrring - a cure for insomnia. ANYone does it better: Tebaldi, Kabaivanska, Freni, et. al., put Dame Kiri in last place.

[@barrymorentz5190]

What do you know?

[@tebaldicallas]

@thechinadesk Tebaldi does it better, listen to 1955 version of it. Keri has a good voice, but it is not a great one.