La traviata - Addio, del passato (Ermonela Jaho, The Royal Opera)

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Ermonela Jaho as Violetta Valéry in La traviata. In this aria, Violetta acknowledges her imminent death and prays that God will forgive her and comfort her.
Verdi based La traviata on Alexandre Dumas fils's novel and play La Dame aux camélias, inspired by the life and death of the real Parisian courtesan Marie Duplessis. Verdi offered a more complex and sympathetic portrayal of his heroine than Dumas, highlighting Violetta's noble nature and her devotion to Alfredo. La traviata had an initially lukewarm reception, but after Verdi revised the work in 1854 it became enormously successful. It is currently the most performed opera in the world, and the role of Violetta a favourite for many star sopranos.
Richard Eyre's naturalistic production contrasts the superficial glamour of 19th-century Parisian high life with intimate scenes for Violetta with Alfredo and Giorgio Germont, culminating in the heart-breaking final act. Verdi's sublime score contains some of his most inspired arias and duets, including Violetta's introspective 'Ah fors'è lui' and hedonistic 'Sempre libera', Violetta and Germont's poignant Act II encounter and Alfredo and Violetta's 'Parigi, o cara', in which they dream of a happy future.

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[@timwong2777]

At around 2:00 the wooden knob on the bed post came off and she very nicely incorporated that moment of instability into her acting. By the end not only does she convey a woman gravely ill, but also someone in utter despair. Absolutely heartbreaking to watch.

[@h3llpro]

Was about to point out exactly what you mentioned!

[@ximenasalgado4321]

Lástima que no entró con la nota correcta en el final

[@cynthiafletcher9845]

Her acting and singing are so realistic that she becomes Violetta. This. aria is so heartbreaking. Brava!! C❤❤

[@bluewaltz4279]

You can say that again!!

[@annefon2]

A singular interpretation of Violetta by Ermonela Jaho. Terrifyingly Beautiful. The definition of the sublime! She was not acting. She was Violetta.! Bravisssima, Diva! -- Anne F and Ferhat Y.

[@Kat-lh4yc]

She's so deep in the role of Violetta and particularly in this scene. Her performance brought me to tears.

[@Sparky82]

seems like she brought herself to tears too !

[@fritzVirginSteeler]

@@Sparky82 she did. Just seemed like she wasn't even acting anymore.

[@Nacidodelmar]

No she is not! You haven't seen what real Violetas can bring, a lot more than tears!

[@ioanadiaconescu8748]

And the same to me...

[@LaDivinaLover]

@@Nacidodelmar okay hyperbole, calm down.

[@CUERVOLUMINOSO]

Yes! I had no idea What was awaiting us in a small cinema, EL Prado in Sitges, Spain. Everyone was rivetted to their seats, yet fumbling around for handkerchiefs. This last Act was breathtaking and speechtaking! Nobody found words to express what we had all witnessed! MY GOD, Ermonela was not acting! ... SHE was Violetta, being so integrated in her role! It was dumbfounding! How could she do that?

[@grahambruce4708]

I was there ...absolutely agree!!!

[@CUERVOLUMINOSO]

@@grahambruce4708 Yes, indeed! I have since been researching the life and utter tragedy of the life of Marie Duplessis, who died this very day, 3rd February 2019, 172 years ago, in 1847. RIP. In my researching, over and over again I was reminded of the modern tragedy of Diana, Princess of Wales. ~ Particularly poignant was the sale of her beautiful clothes for charity at her beloved sons' suggestion. ~ Not to settle debts, as in the case of the hapless Lady of the Camellias. Everyone who is fascinated by this tragedy can see on KZbin the stunning interpretation of John Neumeir's "Purple Pas de Deux" by dancers Gudrun Bojesen and Ulrika Birkkjaer from his magnificent ballet. Simply search on KZbin: Lady of the Camellias - Purple pas de deux. I also recommend the exquisite Bolshoi performance of the entire ballet in three separate acts: The Lady of the Camellias - Bolshoi - Act I. ... II ... and III (downloaded by kindness of joya 5 March 2017)

[@thabilegabuza6376]

I also loved the POB version with Lady of the Camellias with Agnes Letestu and Stephane Bullion

[@markdrinkwater1508]

I was there in the Royal Opera House and it was stupendous, she gives it her all every time.

[@ansonidiaz728]

Damn! She's already crossed the line of singing and became a truly DIVA...! ❤️

[@dfghdfghuytiu8207]

Her pianissimi are heartbreaking. By the end sh’s gasping for every breath. Nice touch.

[@jefolson6989]

Why is this woman not the DIVA of our time? So much more commitment than Netrebko

[@alejandrotm]

Most singers nowadays are more committed to playing their roles than Netrebko, and I've seen her live last year. Wish I could watch Ermonela in action soon, she's very convincing.

[@jefolson6989]

@alejandrotm have only seen Netrebko on live in HD. She has beautiful high pianissimi and the perfect groved tongue. But she seems like she just doesnt really car. Perfunctory.

[@marcusriverasocial]

Absolutely breath taking! What an intensely beautiful singing actress. Callas would be immensely proud of this treatment and singer!

[@fritzVirginSteeler]

I hope this performance will come out in DVD. It was really unforgottable. Ermonela herself was on her knees at the end, when courtains fell, completely overwhelmed by the emotions she brought on stage, both with her singing and acting. I felt the same, completely overwhelmed.

[@artlove9019]

I actually met her one month ago, behind the stage. She was so sweet and nice towards me. I told her how fabulous I thought she was ( it was Magda from Rondine ) and she touched my cheek and said „ thank you „ I was SO starstruck.

[@joseluizengelke5128]

Ermonela jaho, DIVA! Amazing voice! Always magnificent! Bravo!

[@ArditaUkaj]

Omg! The best Violeta ever!!!!! She’s the best of the best! So deep feelings🥺❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@amantedellopera1681]

Try virginia zeani she was considered the definitive,sang it over 600 times her recording of traviata with nicoli herlea is legendary

[@haleohanamalama2967]

Her acting .... Wow

[@nkesin]

I have watched the broadcast at the cinema and I can tell you it was breathtaking. She is the most persuasive and honest Violetta that I have seen so far. She made me cry for about five times during the performance. The rest of the crew was great as well (Castranovo, Domingo), but she was the true star of the opera. Let“s be clear, she is definitely not the best soprano who ever sang this role, but she is definitely the best actress I have seen playing it so far. she really throws her heart and soul in singing and she will drag you into her beautiful world of emotions. Absolutely astonishing

[@hm2011100]

Last year, before the Sydney Opera House became a ghost town, I went to Opera Australia’s ‘Anna Bolena’ on a whim & came out emotionally & spiritually destroyed & reborn, raving about this ravishing Albanian soprano who’d just immolated herself for us on stage 💓🙏🏻

[@richardcumming-bruce6390]

The only problem with this is that it's so close to perfection that it's hard to imagine seeing it again without comparing it to this, and finding it wanting. I've been lucky to see many of the world's very finest singers in this production over the last 25 years - Gheorghiu, Netrebko and Fleming for starters - and none of them managed this degree of intensity and realism in Addio del Passato. I even heard someone on the way out say that: "it was amazing that she could sing like this when she was so ill!"

[@ca4834]

Very well said!

[@giuliozhou1696]

Highly agree. I went to see this production yesterday with Dinera Alieva. Unfortunately Dinera was "terrible" as Violetta. She pales compared to Ermonela

[@greatmomentsofopera7170]

I don’t understand why people keep mentioning realism. She is CONSTANTLY moving as she does in all her work. How is this realistic for someone dying of consumption? She should be almost motionless. Of course there’s the suspension of disbelief with regards to the singing, but we have to do it with it the acting too? Her vocal delivery is also frenetic and explosive, bespeaking of huge reserves of energy, not exhaustion. I just don’t get how that adds up to realism.

[@milevabogoljub6306]

Lissete Oropesa

[@doGreatartistsgrowontrees]

@@greatmomentsofopera7170 I concur. In a separate comment, I wrote that if she continues pushing her small voice like this she will soon find herself singing Addio in the shower.

[@alenaran]

A heartbreakingly beautiful interpretation of what I consider one of Verdi's most sublime arias. No use trying to hold back the tears.

[@ferrafran98]

how can she sing with tuberculosis? amazing.

[@esterbruno8604]

She is so realistic in singing, cause she take deep breathes like she can't breath well with tubercolosis! 🔥💕 So incredible...

[@alanashy3514]

She have the same ilness of satine from moulin rouge

[@nicolmartinez4992]

Addio, del passato bei sogni ridenti Le rose del volto gia sono pallenti L'amore d'Alfredo perfino mi manca, Conforto, sostegno dell' anima stanca. Conforto ! Sostegno Ah, della traviata sorridi al desio A lei, deh, perdona ; tu accoglila, o Dio ! Ah ! Tutto, tutto fini. Or tutto, tutto fini ! Le gioie, i dolori tra poco avran fine, La tomba ai mortali di tutto e confine Non lagrima o fiore avra la mia fossa. Non croce col nome che copra quest'ossa Non croce, non fiore Ah, della traviata sorridi al desio A lei, deh, perdona ; tu accoglila, o Dio Ah ! Tutto, tutto fini. Or tutto, tutto fini !

[@pashkzogaj9911]

proud to be albanian.

[@theovlach]

Ermonela definitely is your national Callas. Cheers from Greece.

[@richardcumming-bruce6390]

Albania's gift the world! One of the world's very finest performing artists.

[@draigporffor3288]

*Me after I stub my toe But seriously, I can't stop listening! So beautiful! She makes it sound easy and natural and SO beautiful!!!

[@gencijori9120]

Disturbingly beautiful. Thank you for mastering this aria and beatifying my life. Bravo diva

[@donikacurraj8389]

E mrekullueshme........e mahnitshme Ermonel! Nje kryeveper !!

[@CineMattoChannel]

Directed by Quentin Tarantino

[@domenicgattellaro3708]

Beautifully acted its a very sad scene a great voice ermonela jaho is brilliant and very talented love this piece from La Traviata

[@nellpolgert-martwijczuk1922]

Thank you Ermonella ❤ The best Violetta on The World. DIVA ⚘⚘⚘⚘❤

[@levieuxpiano]

Merveilleux. C'est Edith Piaf + Sarah Bernardt réunies.

[@semrabahcivan8627]

So beautiful performance I was crying with her too

[@isabelmosteiromartinez477]

Un momento CUMBRE de la ópera de todos los tiempos. Ermonela is, simply, THE BEST

[@Rodney_TheOperaRat]

*I really love her role as playing the dying character Violetta*

[@heikorieper]

Full of passion, brilliant performance!

[@Disneylover2023]

I love how she used her coughing and gasping to signify that she was terminally ill with TB I watch this video over and over in awe of her performance as well as acting skills she is a beautiful singer another beautiful character of hers and one that she introduced me to is sister Angelica and I say she is amazing in that one too so brava

[@PeterDay-n6n]

Sensational, amazing performance. I felt every emotion.

[@mmkmio5857]

Amazing performance!

[@carolinamangione4101]

Me ha emocionado hasta las lágrimas!! Br.avissima!!!!!!

[@magdalena2969]

pure art 💧

[@salvatoredelvecchio3580]

Musica grande tragica accorata umana !

[@Homoclassicus]

Apart from her extraordinary acting - and more than acting true feeling to give a vocal expressiveness like we seldom hear today -, this is also so well sung! Her use of vocal dynamics and her pianissimi are magnificent.

[@jirizika6266]

No other soprano evoked in me a remembmrance to Maria Callas until Ermonela Jaho appeared. Whole her perfomance is deeply felt, lived, not fegined. Her voice can not be easily described as "beautiful", it even has some minimal errors from time to time but always overmastered by a deep rendering of the character she portrays. What an artist! Bravo, bravo, bravo!

[@cesarezappa7574]

nadine sierra

[@levieuxpiano]

C'est la Duse de l'opéra aujourd'hui. Elle fait également penser à la Muzio. Impossible de sortir de ses représentations avec un oeil sec.

[@malenasheytanova9967]

A bit over the top, but I guess everybody has their own taste and criteria. Except when they don't. Not to comment the intonation. Poor, poor Violetta!

[@lungdoc]

Amazing, she has sung Traviata over 300 times during her career. Guinness Book of Records material? Needless to say, the quality far exceeds the quantity in this case.

[@chiclanolecter]

I saw her in Teatro Colon ,her second act was Heavenly💕👏🏻💕👏🏻💕👏🏻💕👏🏻🇦🇱

[@cristinapalermo3569]

Brava!!!!Her acting is out of this world.

[@KimBakTarot]

DANG!!!! This is unreal... un-real. BRAVA, MS. Jaho!! I feel that intensity through my screen... I wish I were there for that performance...

[@HH-km6pg]

Ermonela Jaho is an Albanian operatic soprano. She has been described in The Economist as "the world’s most acclaimed soprano". The Financial Times has said "Ermonela Jaho throws heart and soul into her singing... Don't even try to resist".

[@desperatehell]

With all my respect to Ermonela Jaho, because it's obvious she is a real good soprano, but maybe The Economist never ever heard of Maria Callas or Magda Olivero or Leyla Gencer. They were and they actually are (even if they are dead) the world's most acclaimed soprano. Moreover, they are the best Violetta ever seen...even if Ermonela is a great Violetta!

[@KimBakTarot]

I love this ""Ermonela Jaho throws heart and soul into her singing... Don't even try to resist"." Strongly agree hahaha

[@labeate]

@@desperatehell , I can not judge if she is today,the most... but the journal is not doing a comparative study of all eras; is for the actuality, and the living peoples

[@mugrad25]

@@desperatehell today baby today....omg!

[@eldam6365]

@@desperatehell i am sure they ate talking about actual sopranos that are alive, not the best of all times! But she is up there with the very best ever as well! Maria Callas is the queen of Opera of course!

[@denisrobert36]

Amazing acting, great voice, she is a true singing actress like Magda Olivero was in the role of Violetta.

[@marylambcarter]

Overacting and flat

[@theovlach]

Deaf and fact.

[@manilasop1148]

In fact too sharp on high range. Hahahaha

[@proteus6366]

The air is getting too loud.And in a hurry

[@albo-rockeagle460]

You made us proud,Albanian eagle Ermonela.

[@Pabloamasifuenmusic]

That ending! 💔

[@cristinapalermo3569]

Brava!!!!Her acting is out of this world.

[@michelez3710]

L'interpretazione veramente pretenziosa, artificiale e infatti vuota. I suoi pianissimi sono terribili, la voce piccola, le vocali sono distorte (C'e una differenza tra "bei sogni ridenti" e "bei sogni ridentooooooo (oppure "uuuu"? Perche?). Ma la gente e' felice perche' ha "una brava attrice". Non mi piace affatto.

[@albo-rockeagle460]

Ma ai presso Corona virus adesso,o sei pazzo deficiente?

[@manilasop1148]

I thought I’m crazy thinking the same way you do. This woman needs to take singing classes with someone who can explain her how to sing.

[@CathyKitson]

At least this Violetta does actually look like she's dying.

[@ptaillandier]

Extraordinary performance

[@fredojoaquim4764]

Lovely nostalgic aria( Good bye to the Past) in the final Act of Verdi`s Traviata. The talented and lovely Ermonela Jaho💖 as Violetta Valery.🌹

[@bluechazzan]

Why oh why did the ROH video folks cut the applause?!?!

[@SteveL2012]

Incredible singing actress and beautiful pianissimi in the upper register. I worry that her middle and lower register are very throaty, dark and covered-so already a bit wobbly. This will harm her instrument and ability to sing with this intensity for very long. Still, amazing performance.

[@klaudiapalusakova1926]

SteveL2012 agree !

[@smurf902]

It's not even that. Every high note is SHARP. Completely out of tune. Overshooting. Off-key.

[@tjw2469]

why she kept singing sharp (almost a half step) on pianissimo? It is so distracting that I complete lose the connection with the character

[@manilasop1148]

Because she sings while squeezing her throat. I heard her life. Very poorly audible.

[@BernardaBobro]

PITCH- for god sake!

[@Phoenixxe]

Mickey Mouse I thought it was just me. She is magnificent but she veers sharp- severally -and not just in this clip.

[@BernardaBobro]

George Ikediashi Agree. Her singing is very constricted and artificial. Hard to keep exact pitch that way. But this is „modern taste“. Far away from big opera sound of the oldies😁

[@richardk8821]

I am moved to tears by Miss Jaho’s performance. It is beautifully heartbreaking to hear and behold. Simply amazing.

[@annak3592]

Breathtaking !

[@michaelfuting2403]

DAS ist MUSIK-THEATER, mehr als Oper: was man sieht und hört ist eine Einheit!

[@CassandraRi]

Ja stimmt!

[@jackdaniels9944]

BRAVO ERMONELA TI JE NDERI I SHQIPERISE....😎❤️🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱❤️😎

[@universalcenter2299]

Amazing performance 🙌👏

[@letsschubertiad1966]

A bit to much acting

[@donnymusaku7365]

o zot sa emocionuese krenar per ty shqipeeee ALBANIA 😘😘😘😘😘

[@b.a.krokodil6219]

The point of this aria is not just to sing it beatifully. It has to be a last effort of a dying woman, parting with her life. Till now, I have only seen two performances that convey the feeling that Violetta is indeed dying: Angela Gheorghiu's and Ermonela Jaho's. Anna Netrebko, for instance, while magnificent technically is just too much 'alive' if you get what I mean.

[@tamazpatarkalashvili2811]

Great! Very good

[@ahogbin2644]

Good acting. Pity she can't sing in tune though.

[@manilasop1148]

Lol, so true

[@msjapan112]

How agonizing to watch and listening to her.... In several moments I feared for her life really.

[@hakunamatata7986]

MY GOD!!WOW i can't stop crying!She is sooo real and amazing!

[@dickholzhaus1]

Today's Maria Callas. Touches my heart. A bit annoying that Guiseppe Verdi isn't mentioned in the credits. He created the music.

[@carloshumphrey1]

Ermonela Jaho as Violetta Valéry transmit la Traviata's sorrow and suffering like very few I have seen.

[@tommasoabrate9954]

I have the chance (privilege) of hearing her in Paris (with Hvorostovskij as Germont): wow!

[@norbertobotto]

Brava. Bravissima. Eccezionale, compresa la recitazione. Stupenda regia

[@esterbruno8604]

Bravissimaaa!!!!! 😍😍😍❤️❤️😍❤️😍❤️😍 E' così credibile e realistica...! Un'ottima Violetta!!! 💕🔥

[@DagmarDollmaier]

So rare to see an actually sick-looking Violetta, IME. This performance gave me chills!

[@yourstruly2814]

Such a magnificent performance. Everything from her singing, acting and facial expressions was breath taking. I was tearing up especially towards the end. It really makes you think that pleasure and fun doesn't really help when on the verge of death but true relationships (like family) and faith are really what's important 😢

[@Samuel6969ify]

Questa è una traviata non quella paciocotta della Damrau che ha cantato alla Scala qualche anno fa!

[@esterbruno8604]

Paciocotta? Guarda l'aria della Regina della Notte cantata dalla Damrau. Certo Violetta non è un ruolo adatto a lei, ma è bravissima!

[@dianetrent2061]

An amazing, emotional experience and wonderful production screened at the Hammond Theatre, Hampton.

[@frankiecepero7507]

The stunning pianissimo phrase at 3:43 is my favorite!❤🎶🎙

[@DeliciousFashion]

Here, she is the picture of death but her voice is the sound of beauty.

[@anahaxhija222]

Dielli Shqiptar... E pa arritshme. Komplimenti.

[@luiscar8945]

Sometimes she reminds me of my beloved Pilar Lorengar.

[@elizabethharland-hazebroek7413]

Wonderful voice and performance

[@chatbud]

LOoks like the same set that Gheorghiu debut in in 1994?

[@nkesin]

True, the set has been the same for the last 25 years, they announced it themselves.

[@fredobatista4367]

💙🌟

[@garssympa500]

Violetta is so close to death at this scene. Totally believable and heart-wrenching.

[@monikalukacs9157]

Meravigliosa

[@carlosdalejandro]

WOW MAESTRA ! PERFECT

[@corneliusbates460]

Wow here performance of this aria is Epic. A tour de force. She is giving us her soul.Brava

[@elizabethharland-hazebroek7413]

She is Violetta, which makes it sad and full of real love.

[@RosarioCostanzo]

Such a deep performance! Breathless

[@vanessaolgun9516]

The voice of all voices, no doubt about that.

[@barbaratzitzi3595]

The reason why life is so magnificent think

[@bluewaltz4279]

What wonderful singing & acting! Brava!!

[@SopranoHKKim]

this much commitment... never seen before! She is so good!!!!!!! SHE is THE VIOLETTA. period.... everything works.. perfect!!! Brava!!!!!!!