La Traviata by G. Verdi - "Un di, felice, eterea" (Pretty Yende & Benjamin Bernheim)

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En ouvrant son opéra par un prélude pour cordes d’une économie de moyens inédite, Verdi affirmait en 1853 sa volonté de bousculer les conventions et les normes. Là n’est pas la moindre des radicalités de son oeuvre : sa « Traviata » met implacablement à nu la violence d’une société qui prône la jouissance matérielle et finit par sacrifier une innocente victime sur l’autel de la morale bourgeoise. Simon Stone aime travailler au corps à corps les pièces du répertoire pour les entraîner vers des territoires plus intimes. Ce metteur en scène, qui compte parmi les plus remarqués au théâtre aujourd’hui, fait ses débuts très attendus à l’Opéra national de Paris.
Avec
Pretty Yende
Benjamin Bernheim
Ludovic Tézier
Orchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris
Direction musicale de Michele Mariotti
Mise en scène de Simon Stone

[@jermainejr11]

Pretty was absolutely entrancing in this. Love!

[@BlackRose-px2iw]

She is so natural, and she, seemingly effortlessly, sings such complex music.

[@joandebruin3847]

Pretty was born with the precious gift of a beautiful soprano voice.She makes South Africa proud with her performances all over the world.❤

[@sandraderoubaix734]

Such a pity that not more is made of our international opera singers. One never hears anything about them locally!

[@APR944]

Pretty is absolutely and undeniably the pinnacle of excellence in opera in the entire world now.XX

[@_blank-_]

You here? 👀 She does look like A. Banks ❤️

[@SlimGoodie004]

I am completely in awe of her 💕💕💕

[@martameireles5435]

The staging was amazing LOVE IT modern and fresh. Pretty and Benjamin were fabulous. 5 stars ❤️

[@CulinaryGuide]

She's absolutely Enchanting!!!!!

[@75avicii]

D'habitude je ne suis pas fan de la mise en scène des opéras modernes... mais là je dois dire que je suis bluffé, c'est tout simplement génial.

[@beatricegabriot7119]

Mise en scène que Verdi aurait approuvé puisque c était son vœux lors de la première, chose qui lui a été refusé.

[@jamesyeomans1480]

Benjamin Bernheim is, without question, the finest tenor to emerge over the past few years and with Pretty Yendi, they make opera magic.

[@user-qv7rs8gq9n]

Тенор далеко не лучший...

[@BlackRose-px2iw]

Brava! I love this opera and I celebrate a fellow Black woman coming this far!

[@solveiglandvikbrg9103]

And why could'nt a Black woman come this far ??????

[@KM-om8ch]

It’s just beautiful I’m gonna look for the whole performance

[@michaelgioiello78]

Pretty is sooo pretty!!

[@emanuelschweikert]

Very beautiful voices! 😍

[@erikfonseca2025]

She is simply fabulous

[@dr.alfonsorosado6117]

Beautiful but rather slow. Nice voices. Pretty is pretty indeed! Good rendition from the singers. Fresh setting...

[@boichardjeanmichel845]

Un régale. Le contraste entre ce lieux historique et ce décor très moderne Des voix extraordinaires Résultat ... des frissons Merci

[@labell44]

Magnifique !

[@Idrojsful]

The most impressive, powerful and sensitive Violetta! ❤️❤️❤️ a stunningly creative opera taken to the present time, I absolutely loved it! Congrats Pretty!,, you’re amazing! ❤️😍

[@RomyIlano]

she's so beautiful

[@gsgs-ye8ju]

and absolute sexy

[@jalfredprufrock620]

Appreciate both of their doing new things with the interpretation. Adds to the emotion while not sacrificing technique.

[@MsFlorian30]

superbe duo.Merci et bravissimo

[@carolae.4014]

This beautiful duet is sung just perfectly by these wonderful artists. I love the contemporary setting.

[@janielarson9641]

Love it - they are very good together! Following Mr. Bernheim now.

[@fundilemaqhekeza1649]

I love this performance

[@hubertfriperson8429]

Pretty is beautiful gorgeous and sings amazing 👏

[@corneliusbates460]

This is beautiful! I am so happy to see that this director is moving the genre forward with this updated production

[@isabelleirg]

Des voix sublimes, BRAVI!👋👋👋❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@hisislinot]

Magnifique

[@reginegauthier3998]

Que de belles voix!

[@lindsaydenman1835]

Holy shit. Didn't know Pretty was this great, though I love her.

[@MsFlorian30]

superbe duo

[@mistersmith1883]

Wow she's beautiful w an every more beautiful interpretation, expression of violetta & alfredos in di felice

[@perdidonoglobo]

I love this so much.

[@monikafuting1959]

Wunderbar alles Gesang und Szene!

[@johnfryer3051]

Beautifully sung.

[@paolograndinetti7609]

Ebbene sei talmente brava che mi hai entusiasmato. Apprezzo molto il colore di voce ed il modo di cantare " non urlato" . SPERO di ascoltarti dal vivo in Italia.

[@xelaklement3367]

She's such a goddess, wow 😍

[@nicomomesso5163]

Bravissimi!!

[@magalifontanieu]

sublimes voix !

[@christinemuller4663]

Unfassbar schön ❤

[@daniela9488]

Would love to see this full. Will a DVD be released?

[@kevinkendrick9063]

So magnificent.

[@Deshti13]

😍😍😍

[@stefanocellini784]

bravissimi !!!!

[@kris7cdc]

The scan of these wonderful words is crucial, I hope one day there they will be properly translated in English to let people understand how infinite and sensational was the writing in Italian 170 years ago. Great effort, brilliant performance!!!

[@antionette97]

❤️

[@parkjoonkyu1]

너무 좋아요~

[@aldonawilczynska2544]

Bravo

[@cassandre6656]

voici des poubelles comme décor, que va devenir notre opéra, que doivent penser ces beaux artistes d"évoluer dans de telles mises en scène ? HEUREUSEMENT la voix sauve le rests

[@nescionomen241]

J'aimerais croire que Traviata à Paris ne soit pas victime de la "perception moderne" terrible, maintenant destructive, de la "nouvelle conception" destructrice d'illusions.

[@grauerlaurent]

Hélas ! j'ai assisté au massacre, il ne reste plus grand chose, les pauvres chanteurs font ça qu'ils peuvent pour mettre un peu de beauté dans cette mise en scène si laide !

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

👏👏👏👏

[@vitiachao9765]

¡Qué delicia de voces!

[@ghislaintrioreau1816]

exceptionnelle version avec une violetta moderne hors du commun

[@solveiglandvikbrg9103]

Et BENJAMIN ???

[@petruiones]

Woww...

[@petruiones]

No Comment!

[@Corniche11]

I just discovered Pretty Yende. Lyrics: ALFREDO Un dì felice, eterea, Mi balenaste innante, E da quel dì, tremante, Vissi d'ignoto amor. Di quell'amor ch'è palpito Dell'universo intero, Misterioso, altero, Croce e delizia al cor. VIOLETTA Ah, se ciò è ver, fuggitemi, Solo amistade io v'offro: Amar non so, né soffro Un così eroico amor. Io sono franca, ingenua; Altra cercar dovete; Non arduo troverete Dimenticarmi allor.

[@DOLEWDREW]

Pretty is Pretty does Pretty sounds Pretty good Pretty looks Pretty Pretty Pretty Pretty‼‼🥰😍😘👍💖‼‼😏🎼

[@user-pg3sm4uw9c]

Васхитительно Мария Калос и Георг Отс

[@trueandika]

J’aurais du prendre une place...

[@adele.t4079]

Il fallait se lever très tôt malheureusement, tout était plein plusieurs mois avant !

[@BlackRose-px2iw]

I mostly don't like modern settings, but this one was on point, even though trashcans are not pretty. She has an amazing voice and I would have liked it even better if she had had her natural, kinky, curly hair. Then it would have been perfect, now it is almost perfect.

[@munequitodeebano3920]

Black Rose I feel the same

[@aussie43]

She was so beautiful then. Today she only sing beautifully. Why do the sopranos think they have to be so heavy ?

[@lamiiaa]

tahmını kayserıde boyle bisi ne zaman yapılırı

[@nonnoricky]

Why?! Why that mi-ste-ri-oso so detached?! I think it should be more legato!

[@robertgoulart3125]

She looks like a godess

[@juancarlosvalentini880]

Lamentablement lent.

[@75avicii]

tu peux accélérer la vidéo si tu veux

[@BernardaBobro]

Crooners.....where is the opera singing sound?

[@songsofscarlet]

Troll...

[@chiedu90069]

Bullshit. They're both singing out and on pitch.

[@ksionc100]

@@songsofscarlet I actually like this new wave of trolls. They come from MrOpera/This is Opera channel - which sells a book on singing pedagogy from the begining of the 20th century. At least it's interesting and creative. Previous wave of trolls criticized everyone simply for not being Maria Callas.

[@balerinadega3025]

@@ksionc100 so you think that vocal chords has undergone evolution since the beginning of 20th century, and that's why a book, published so long ago is irrelevant now, right? Modern opera needs vulgar, uneducated mob, who will pay for pretty faces and elegant bodies. This mob is in trance, to see "Stars" on the stage and knows nothing about music or art.

[@helenepopulos2438]

@@ksionc100 Can you provide any technical argument instead of insults?

[@TheRealCantaraBella]

Something is very off musically, dynamics and tone. This lacked chemistry, but has potential.

[@gerardmignon700]

C'est la version Gershwin de la Traviatta. Cette chanteuse, bonheur de tout ce qui est progressiste, même en opéra, n'a ni la voix, ni le style du rôle, quelle regarde du coté de lakmé et encore, un peu trop vulgaire sans doute. Quand au ténor, rossini lui conviendrait mieux. Mais comme disait ma grand-mère quand on a pas de grives on mange du merle.

[@alioffe4321]

The staging and decor are ingenius. The singers are where they need to be, next to the trash!

[@solveiglandvikbrg9103]

YOU need to be next to the trash ! How do you dare to write such things ! 😯😯😯😯😯😯😯

[@jphubert]

On the positive side, both artists were technically accurate, quite agile and reasonably sensitive to the musical form. However, the tenor has a voice as presented that IMHO is much too lyric and soft for Verdi, even the role of Alfredo in La Traviata. I found much of his vocalizing to be the equivalent of "crooning" as one once heard in 1940's-1950's pop music. I thought I heard a bit of a tremolo from the soprano in two instances, where there should be none of course. She does have a very pleasing vocal quality but in this clip I cannot ascertain whether she has the heft for Verdi which seems somewhat doubtful based on this rendition. To say that their performance is not in the received tradition of Italian Grand Opera for this work is certainly appropriate.

[@pdroe]

I don't care. It was an amazing night for me.

[@MurasakiMonogatari]

He has some squillo though. Hers is almost nonexistent.

[@Lafemmefutile]

Those who can’t sing...

[@brettgoulding2613]

How beautiful. Two women singing a duet. Verdi's answer to Sull'aria

[@solveiglandvikbrg9103]

Two WOMEN ?????????

[@user-fk4fn3vn3f]

Obviously, the modern way of singing operas, especially italian ones, does not know the glorious legendary singers of the past. Almost all singers of the modern day are trained in wrong ways. They do not know 'chest voice, chiaroscuro or appogio. I am sick of listening to this kind of opera performance. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGWbZoyPiMScZ9E kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHS3eKaaf7V9ncU Just try to listen to the above videos. They are very instructive and will open your eyes.

[@Mabal972]

Je viens de louer La Traviata, sur « L’Opera chez soi », magnifique distribution, Pretty Yende magistrale… mais impossible d’écouter plus de quelques minutes tant la prise de son est de mauvaise qualité, saturation, orchestre par moment trop discret, bruit du décor tournant… Une catastrophe, je regrette mon achat car je ne pourrais pas en profiter.

[@markus6133]

Uff da dreht sich mir der Magen um wenn ich da an die Diven denke wo die Arie besser gesungen haben

[@emanuelschweikert]

Ich fand's schön. Es muss hier eine ganze Schar von Leuten geben, die sich gegen Pretty Yende verschworen haben. Dasselbe auch mit Netrebko... Für mich hat Pretty Yende mit eine der schönsten Stimmen unter den Opernsängerinnen.

[@macarondepistache9891]

Relativsatz: "Wenn ich an die Diven denke, die... (nicht "wo"). Im Übrigen finde ich, dass Pretty Yende ebenso brilliert, wie Anna Netrebko vor ein paar Jahren, einfach zauberhaft!

[@lesliestevens3387]

This Alfredo is pure nose sound

[@baltoman24]

Wonderful singing by two very talented artists, but to think that this is a mounted production of this eternally popular masterpiece at the Paris Opera- the set is horrible! An insult to the artists, the audience and to Verdi. Terrible modern "concepts"

[@LaurelCanyon1969]

Verdi was modern - I think he would have loved this production.

[@jeanvoeux24]

Voix magnifiques.......une mise en scène épouvantable et totalement inutile

[@madainville]

jean voeux BIEN D’ACCORD !!!

[@shandumbatha4118]

Wo ! What a wonderful performance !!

[@user-hp6oj3jb6d]

Trop lente et sans aucune force....Tous les deux ont peur de chanter avec leur coeur

[@mariapspadopulou9898]

What other stupid staging will they think of? Next to garbage cans?!!!

[@juanantonio5016]

The author of the libretto wanted the play to always be set in contemporary time. In the opera this scene happens in a room next to where Violetta´s lavish party from the opening act is happening, and Violetta retreats to this room because she is feeling unwell, so she wants to be alone. It makes sense to me that a lavish party of today´s bourgeoisie would happen in a rented space and that the room next to the party where there would be no one would be the service room.

[@theogoldberg8919]

Enjoy music, enjoy physics that's good enough!!!!

[@michaelfuting2403]

Juan, you are SO right! Most opera fans are not interested in the story - and that's why they dont understand the music really, they hear only the superficial beautyness.

[@Daniela-pr7rz]

@@juanantonio5016 contemporary with HIM. And trash cans? No.

[@chiedu90069]

@@michaelfuting2403 Yes. Yes. Yes. If I read one more - I don't like modern productions, I'll scream. Traviata caused a scandal because it WAS set in modern times and was the story of someone people the audience knew! She'd only died 6 years prior to the premier!! Opera will not survive if we embalm it.

[@YassinAlMasri461]

do not feed the monkey's .

[@jeanottoto2518]

A vomir , les chanteurs sont sont exellent mais pour le reste .......

[@demadesgomes76]

Vouz né pouvez pas comprendre un mot de la fille, quelle horreur !

[@julienlhermite_tenor]

@@BighustleNine et toi tu ne sais pas ce qu'est le vrai opéra.. La voix de la soprano est déséquilibrée, petite, constrictive et le larynx très haut. La voix de poitrine du ténor n'est pas correctement développée et les voyelles sont breathy. Ce n'est pas de l'opéra, c'est un truc moderne bizarre, les voix ne sont pas humaines. Écoute plutôt Helen Traubel ou Enrico Caruso

[@gerardmignon700]

@@julienlhermite_tenor, enfin une personne qui aime l'art lyrique, totalement absent là !

[@rockstarblog306]

Je suis d’accord, elle n’a pas la diction!

[@Christin5554]

Verdi would turn over in his grave if he saw what they did to his opera. The music and the singers are beautiful but the rest is trash, the garbage cans fit perfectly onto the stage. Sorry Pretty Yende that you have to perform on a stage full of garbage.

[@otyliaostrowska-jouie5455]

Qui peut m’expliquer les raisons pour lesquels nous écoutons si beaux airs et regardons ces poubelles moches?

[@patrickbowen5398]

OMG! The most hideous looking production I have ever ever seen in my life! YUCK!

[@75avicii]

je sais pas ce qu'elle a à se marrer à 0:30 y a rien de marrant c'est censé être tragique le type déclare sa flamme et l'autre elle se marre !

[@Lalegendaire]

Ca doit être chanter au milieu des poubelles qui la déstabilise un peu. :/

[@willjohnson7873]

She’s so good, he’s not

[@misssophie6515]

Since I am not into hideous productions AND singing, no thanks! Pretty Yende has a relatively nice voice, that is the only positive thing I am able to think of here, although one cannot understand a word she is singing. The tenor is a disaster🙁 and the staging is garbage, I once had the misfortune of sitting through the entire thing in a live stream from the Vienna state opera, hardly made it through what is normally a splendid opera. Thanks to another mindless director for ruining Verdi!

[@saradambrosca4815]

Che noia 😏😏 tutto piatto, tutto sempre piano , emozione e recitazione poi?!?!? Voci inadatte tra l' altro... 😑

[@yvelyne]

😍😍😍