Madama Butterfly - 'Vogliatemi bene' (Puccini, Ermonela Jaho, Marcelo Puente, The Royal Opera)

[@RoyalBalletAndOpera]

Join Royal Opera House Stream with your first month for just £1 to watch full length productions: www.roh.org.uk/StreamDF1 With our incredible ballets and operas, behind-the-scenes, Insights and exclusive series, Stream subscribers can watch the world’s greatest performers, emerging stars, leading choreographers and trailblazing creative teams from the comfort of their own home.

[@oijfbg]

Saw the live broadcast in a theatre here in Brazil. Went out dehydrated.

[@michaeltraub3614]

The most devastating love duet in all music.

[@dfghdfghuytiu8207]

It is now!

[@davidmolina7543]

Without a doubt!

[@johnvoxy7852]

Anong sagot?

[@nicolalopez1790]

😊😊😊😊😊​@@davidmolina7543

[@lifeisgood3087]

What do you mean devastating? This is a love duet. There is no tragedy here whatsoever. This duet is packed with love. Goodness!!

[@ombresetlumieres3137]

Ermonela Jaho et Marcelo Puente, un superbe couple parfaitement plausible...Jaho diversifiant son chant à l'infini, incarne une Cio-Cio-San émouvante par sa fragilité, son extrême jeunesse, ses joies qui sont un peu celles d'une enfant, mais aussi ses inquiétudes, et tout cela sans le moindre soupçon de mièvrerie ... Quand à Puente, ce jeune ténor scintillant, qui ne surjoue pas son rôle qui à priori, n'est pas des plus sympathiques, il offre à sa partenaire une réplique ductile, ardente, virile...Et dans ce merveilleux duo d'amour du 1er acte, l'un des plus beaux du répertoire lyrique, leur voix s"accordent merveilleusement bien...Ce qui fait qu'on y croit vraiment...Il faut ajouter à cette réussite la Suzuki d'Elizabeth Deshong, et la direction du grand chef, Antonio Pappano...Une représentation du Covent Garden qui existe en DVD et en Blu-ray....

[@markdrinkwater1508]

I was there at this performance, amazing!

[@fredojoaquim4764]

Wonderfully, melodical. Lovely duet. Magnificently sung. Harmoniously enchanting.💖 Beautiful soprano🌟 and great handsome tenor🌷.

[@kissmwa110]

Thank for the soprano and tenor. I now got the answer for our written task.

[@carmen9330]

Madama Butterfly, most beautiful opera I know of...💕🦋

[@phedrob3735]

I love Marcelo's rich tones snd his ease of deliverance.

[@julianallen6849]

Terrific. Words cant convey the beauty

[@MaestroWenarto]

one of the best clip on youtube, beautifully sung

[@domenicgattellaro3708]

Bravo Marcello Puente and Ermonela Jaho a lovely interpretation of Cho Cho San and Pinkerton Madama Butterfly is the Ultimate love story thanks for sharing

[@anna98_ck]

I get goosebumps every time I watch this

[@alfredoihldausend4093]

Es increible cuando una soprano no brilla por fuerza, sino por un exquisito legato, fineza de sonido y sensibilidad musical. Para que hablar de un tenor sensible y con completa libertad de emisión!!!

[@BatmanSays]

Pinkerton’s reply, with his insistence on his love, gives her a brief moment of trust, letting her hope override her fear. This back-and-forth, where she questions and he reassures, embodies that raw, tender vulnerability that makes love so powerful and relatable.

[@jackylen57]

J'ai regardé cet opéra hier soir sur la chaîne Mezzo et j'ai aimé la voix de ce beau ténor !!! J'aime cet opéra !!! Merci !!!

[@johnmartens9767]

So unfassbar schön 🥲 Madama Butterfly ist vielleicht die anrührendste Oper die es gibt. Puccini ist einfach phantastisch ...

[@alfredomartinez4407]

Hermoso dúo. Uno de los mas hermosos. Excelente soprano y magnífico tenor procedentes de dos países tan injustamente golpeados como lo son la Argentina y Albania. Queda clarísimo que allí también se puede encontrar una magnífica cultura. Bravo por ellos.

[@htercas]

This aria is a masterpiece. OMG...

[@mireilleassena]

Sooooo beautifully sung!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍 And I love the Soprano's pianissimi

[@lionsmaine1238]

Everything she sings is pianissimo

[@PrinceOberon87]

@@lionsmaine1238 it's the problem isn't it. The role and this duet in particular requires vocal power.

[@markdrinkwater1508]

@@PrinceOberon87 She delivers with power.

[@SiJasjd2sjdjdj]

@@PrinceOberon87 Nobody gives a $hit

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

Amazing!

[@wy8574]

Ermonela was born to play this role

[@karenhastings8561]

No,Violetta,she has played Violetta over 300 times.

[@davidfenn4444]

She a very beautiful voice.

[@dfghdfghuytiu8207]

And stunning acting. Sì per la vita - we already know what’s going to happen.

[@theradioghost8440]

This was my first opera 💕

[@bettyvocos3353]

Excelente Pinkerton!!!

[@44kattis]

He played Pinkerton at Gothenburg opera in 2016 with a korean soprano and a japanese direktor, it was a magnificent performance!

[@xavierleclercq3826]

Superbe Butterfly! Quel beau duo! Un enchantement!

[@paquitenamateu]

Maravilloso dueto. Mi pobrecita Butterfflye, arquetipo de la bondad, la fidelidad, el amor genuino, la más pura inocencia.❤

[@ellada.koller]

Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino, un bene da bambino, quale a me si conviene. Vogliatemi bene. Noi siamo gente avvezza alle piccole cose umili e silenziose, ad una tenerezza sfiorante e pur profonda come il ciel, come l’onda del mare!

[@pilarpaco6569]

Precioso duo

[@susanjones7221]

Absolutely brilliant

[@workmora]

Thank heaven they sing as well as they do, and it IS glorious. I'll save my comments re the staging.

[@gerontius3]

OMG! Sensational!

[@DanKiBear]

Oh my golly. I had to see this to act like that guy 'cause of our presentation tomorrow. :( Wish me luck y'all

[@xyz-ch1qj]

This sounds so amazing 👍👍👍

[@mireilleassena]

The Hummingbird , really amazing

[@xyz-ch1qj]

@@mireilleassena ikrr...wish there were subtitles for the song in english ♥♥♥

[@xyz-ch1qj]

@@mattis9462 i mean in the video...but sokay I can wait ✨✨✨

[@DianaKazimiera-]

My lovely opera Madama Butterfly 🎼🎵🎶...🕊️

[@carmeljoyce7015]

Beautiful

[@MasumaBootaboyeva]

Braviiiiii👏👏👏👏👏🌟🌟

[@ignaciomunoz9459]

Que hermoso es Marcelo, Dios mio !

[@flavianofloris4459]

Bellissimo ❤

[@Olgaalwina]

Zwei wunderbare, beglückende Künstler !!!!

[@znamoperu]

They are BOTH so good here. With Jaho leading with devastating honesty...

[@ЮРИЙФилиппов-ц7к]

Замечательно!

[@makecocgreatagain-g2c]

lots of love from india. If you are reading this You sing Beautiful.

[@SiJasjd2sjdjdj]

Your cumputer has virus 🤓

[@Sandrah326]

Uauuuu! Maravilhoso!🙏❤️💐👏👏👏🇧🇷🖖

[@saikyou1980]

This love is doomed from the beginning poor Cho-Cho san

[@markdrinkwater1508]

It seems as though she's the only living soprano capable of singing butterfly, I listen to all the others and they sound awful in comparison. Ermonela doesn't have the biggest voice, she just has such a beautiful voice and those high floating notes always seem just perfect, she is without rivals at present.

[@grejanse]

yes

[@PrinceOberon87]

Callas was suited for butterfly. I like Ermonlela's voice but it does indeed lack power

[@markdrinkwater1508]

@@PrinceOberon87 She actually doesn't, her voice resonates perfectly in the house and there is ample power.

[@frankG335]

Robin Follman was and is AMAZING as madame butterfly.

[@markdrinkwater1508]

@@frankG335 I cannot see a single clip of her singing Butterfly or any reference to her singing on any of the worlds major stages.

[@mikeshirley3548]

Magnificent

[@TarotAstrologerTHOMAS]

VERY GOOD

[@fredojoaquim4764]

Madama Butterfly,💖 Tragedia Giapponesa, set in and around Nagasaki. The principles are: Cio Cio_ San( Butterfly) 🦋, B.F. Pinkertin, Sharples and Suzuki. The opera has lovely🌹🌷 duets and exquisite arias.

[@dannymar768]

Es increíble el nivel de amor idealizado de Butterfly!!!! Es una aria tan pero tan hermosa pero el contexto es una amor idealizado y tremendamente tóxico!!!! Como que a las mariposas las clavan en una tabla para que no se vallan jamás???? 🦋 Cómo!!!! Eso no es para nada romántico!!!! No pertenecemos a nadie más que a nosotros mismas!!!!

[@paquitenamateu]

Brava Ermonela, Butterfly por excelencia.

[@brianrodney712]

Wonderful performances by the singers and orchestra, I even overcame my aversion to the, what I understand, would be described as , a " stylish new production " - this one looks as if it is set in a disused but-terminal .

[@BellaFirenze]

Vogliatemi bene Un bene piccolino Un bene da bambino Quale a me si conviene Vogliatemi bene Noi siamo gente avvezza Alle piccole cose Umili e silenziose Ad una tenerezza Sfiorante e pur profonda Come il ciel, come l'onda del mare.

[@markbruce3524]

A long time ago was at the grand with my ex wife Julie I loved this and will love her forever 🥲

[@liliacristinapohl4905]

Excelente Plnkerton...

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

“ Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolino “ .

[@josephgrima5576]

Beautiful.!..beautiful ! Sometimes the orchestra drowns 2 very powerful singers.

[@Edeskenney]

My first opera, I almost fainted.

[@loiseaunoir1021]

they make a very good pair

[@kissmwa110]

❤

[@peterming]

The most sensuous, sexually charged love duet in all operas, you can feel the music slowly builds up from foreplay to an orgasmic finale. Even more evident in Karajan's recording with Freni & Pavarotti back in the 70s, the music crescendo and ebb after the cymbal crash, just like post climax breathing.

[@lukasmiller486]

This might be the saddest opera ever written and one I don’t listen to very often for this reason. But Ermonela Jaho is stunning!

[@lukebannister828]

Wonderfully sung, not sure if it comes close to La Boheme though

[@lefinlay]

The story is devastating though! And the flower scattering duet is beautiful, and “one fine day”

[@camillemichikogica]

2:10

[@dmopbuff]

Beautiful, butI wish there were English subtitles.

[@georginajiang9186]

William Smith if you turn on the captions in the menu, you will see the English subtitles :)

[@jeremybrown9824]

Why did Puccini sound so much better during the era of Scotto, Freni, Carerras, and Domingo??? What happened to those huge, velvety voices?

[@clarkepaul837]

THERE ARE VOICES......."TECHNIQUE" IS GONE.,....AND ORCHESTRAS RIDICULOUSLY STRONGER AND STRONGER.....NO REAL CONDUCTORS NEITHER TO UNDERSTAND OR LOVE THE VOICE .

[@markdrinkwater1508]

Freni never sang Butterfly in an Opera House, never, and Scotto was mediocre compared to the beautiful sound of Ermonela Jaho.

[@jeremybrown9824]

@@markdrinkwater1508 well, to each his own, I suppose. I think many would gasp to ever hear Scotto and “mediocre” mentioned together, but I can respect your opinion.

[@markdrinkwater1508]

@@jeremybrown9824 I just listened to Scotto sing Butterfly in '86, albeit towards the end of her career, and her Buterfly's entrance is truly shocking, breathy, pitchy and no attempt at the high D crescendo. I also then listened to her singing the love duet, a black and white piece of film so I'm guessing her prime years, and again, awful, pitchy with a weak and feeble crescendo that's like something I'd expect to see in a provincial production. How anybody could listen to that, then Jaho, who is pitch perfect from the time she walks onto the stage until the curtain call, and who floats and hits notes with warble-less perfection, such beauty of voice, is unfathomable to me. I think Scotto and Tebaldi are the two most overrated sopranos in opera history.

[@Caruso_is_king]

Heard Domingo in the house often. Beautiful timbre but strained high notes and often flat. Young Scotto was great but her voice lost its sheen pretty quickly until she had a wobble a mile wide. Not everything modern is bad and not everything was as you remember it.

[@stefanvanoosterwyk6650]

Written between 1900 & 1904 during which Puccini had an affair with Anna Maria Coriasco... Maybe he had her in mind by the time he composed this aria!? Anyway divine and superb 😍

[@teresapotasiak1206]

Rollingstone

[@arnaldocarpio8842]

She’s a great actress and understood the moment, her voice is great… too bad the make up distracts.

[@AlphaOmega888]

CC works! She basically says that in America, she hears that they stick a pin through a butterfly and stick it to a board (absurd concept to her). Then the guy says that they do it so it won't fly away. Get it? *Even the butterfly's want to get out of America* but Americans will kill the little beauty there is there. (NOTE: The butterfly stuff is really about the false Christianity that claims a third of Americans, but addressing that topic would be be far too lengthy. The truth is the bad seed world wide was cast away to America long ago. If this was not, Europe would not be civilized. America is a refuse for criminals and heretics which all countries cast their bad seed - and yes this includes Africa, all the way to Cuba, to Russia, to South America. These countries cast them out. This concept is implied in many, many British movies until this day if you know what to look for.)

[@mikefisher9992]

Alpha Omega Do you feel better after your rant

[@frankG335]

Get a life. Most Americans come from people escaping the bad conditions in Europe. Maybe you don't have a problem with genocide, etc. But people who did, escaped to America, with the exception of slaves.

[@pamdice9633]

Comments here are a classic example of mimetic learning. Opera “is considered” sophisticated and memorable, so we nod and agree. Opera was the TV of the 19th century. Beautiful voices - a few memorable songs, and infantile plots and bad acting. This piece is excruciating - to an ear unaffected by mimetic desire

[@MrLuciferokrok]

Whatever... Wouldn't be surprised if R&B sounded OK to you.

[@karelhusarek8906]

Pinkertone, chybí ti více "špice" (Alagna - z toho si vem příklad....).

[@eboli7146]

Tragic. An awfully pipsqueak voice singing Cio Cio San. I know because I was there sat in the stalls and could hardly hear her. Where are the real Butterfly’s?? Sopranos are no longer trained in the way Tebaldi, Freni, Callas (to name a few) were- today it’s all pipsqueak small voices and delicate pianissimi - fine to have pianissimi but make sure we can hear you the rest of the time!!!

[@XxmatixX6videosdiariosdenadav]

What do you think about the tenor?

[@eboli7146]

@@XxmatixX6videosdiariosdenadav didn't love it either although he was louder than what it seems in this video. Tone is a bit bleaty

[@ESilva-gw9ig]

She has been following Papano's conception of singing, which is quite wrong, I think. Shame on these modern conductors that no nothing about human voice and proper singing.

[@frankG335]

Not true. Robin Follman has a huge yet agile voice.

[@clarkepaul837]

@@frankG335 HAHHAAA....ROBIN FOLLMAN MUST BE YOUR LOVER SINCE YOU INSIST SO MUCH ABOUT HER.....

[@PrinceOberon87]

I like her voice but it's very quiet. This role requires great power vocally. When you listen to Callas nearing the end of this duet both her and Gedda gear themselves up and let the full power of their voices loose and it makes a difference

[@frankG335]

Robin Follman. If you can find her CD called Puccini Heroines, GET IT! She's a soprano who has it all. The power, the beauty, the subtlety, the dramatic chops... wow. But right now it's hard to find her CDs.

[@markdrinkwater1508]

Jaho's Butterfly is superior to Callas's, and Callas is the greatest voice of all time.

[@markdrinkwater1508]

I have seen Jaho's Buttetfly on the stage several times and she has such beauty of voice and power also, as is demonstrated here, the crescendo is ample powerful enough and always resonates perfectly in the House.

[@martincroft4997]

its beautiful but couldn't she look at him just once? No chemistry.

[@ЕленаКоровай-й7х]

Хорошо поет! Но такой макияж ей не идёт!

[@xunguchelis]

Someone should tell this tenor that opera singing does not mean barking.

[@buenvendor]

My favourite opera and love duet...however not my favourite interpretation.

[@dfghdfghuytiu8207]

What is your favorite?

[@buenvendor]

@@dfghdfghuytiu8207 kristine Opolais she is the full package. The best Butterfly I have seen in my life.

[@markdrinkwater1508]

Just watched and listened to Opolais sing Butterfly at the Met, it is very poor, how you can think that it in anyway comes even close to Jahos Butterfly is a total mystery to me. She has no power, totally drowned out by the tenor Roberto alagna, she has no real range, her ending to the love duet is 2nd rate with no top note and no ability to hold the limited top note that she has. Listen to Jahos Butterlfy from Teatro Real Madrid last summer, then you will realsie that no soprano in the world can touch Jaho in this role.

[@buenvendor]

@@markdrinkwater1508 I was at the MET and believe me, by the end of the performance there was not a single dry eye in the audience. To me opera is not about perfect range or technique. It is all about emotions and Mrs. Opolais is a powerhouse to me, a fantastic singer with incredible acting skills and unparallel beauty. As for Alagna, he had never sang the role but had to walk into the production after Kaufmann cancelled. He was a bit off and loud at times which wasn't Kristine's fault anyway.

[@markdrinkwater1508]

I hear you, but i still say that in no way can Kristines Butterfly compete in any way with Jaho. I saw jahos Butterfly in London then I flew from London all the way to New York in April this year to sea it again at the Met, where again she brought the house down. Her voice filled the Met and it was a triumph. I don't fly 3,000 miles for any old singer, Jaho is special and puts every ounce of her soul into her performance, leaving her and the audience drained at the end of it. I agree that it isn't about perfect range, Jaho has her critics regards her voice, but it is widely acknowledged that her acting in Butterfly is unsurpassed. For me an Opera singer needs to be able to act and maybe Kristine carried it off, but from what i heard, or didn't hear, her Operatic vocal delivery is lacking for a big role like Butterfly, and I am not that blown away by the sound of her voice either. Jahos voice is not the biggest in the world, but the way she uses it and projects it in an Opera house at the key moments is amazing, her sound is truly beautiful and she gets to the supposed notes everytime, totally on key, perfect pitch and with a mighty power for what is by all accounts is not the biggest soprano in the world.

[@ansonidiaz728]

Is it just me or the tenor sings very soft? 🤔 Great Jaho's performance tho...

[@sebastianstride7464]

Vocally, he doesn't seem in control. Also surely a baritone?

[@DaydreamingofMimi]

Why can’t they get an actual Asian woman to play the part 😭

[@teresapotasiak1206]

Depage mode

[@leslielandberg5620]

Wow. Look at all that acting. 🙁✋Naturalism in opera. Now, please. I’m making an animatic for my role where he is slowly removing her clothes. To me a big part of what is happening is seduction, it is strongly suggested by this music and why she suddenly pulls away, full of fear. I also dislike the use of yellow face. I have yet to see it applied correctly, accurately or sensitively and it is insulting. Furthermore who in Hell wears full geisha makeup to bed?! She has her nightie on. Finally, Pinkerton says he doesn’t like too much artifice in his women. He disproves of her makeup. Ergo, she would not be wearing makeup in this scene, it goes against logic and the text.

[@HermioneLMS]

I thought we were moving past this yellowface thing.

[@AndreaPessino]

It is not "yellowface." It is theater - she is playing a character and her appearance needs to hint at the context of the story. Surely people of intellect can learn to tell the difference between theatrical settings and cultural appropriation.

[@danialashraf99]

I'm Asian and I'm not feel offended about this opera.

[@PcCAvioN]

@@AndreaPessino try saying that about black face and you'll see how ridiculous you sound. I also am disgusted by excessive liberalism, but if black face in otello is not ok, neither is this

[@jjwestbay6304]

It’s theatre with the set and characters to reflect. Get a life you PC obsessives

[@monday2471]

I'd be more permissive of stuff like this if performers of color were allowed to don white face to portray white characters and figures, but you'd almost certainly be too offended by that to let it happen.

[@waltercastillor.9658]

Muy sobreactuado....ni ella es la joven japonesa frágil y enamorada ni él un americano desapegado

[@seadrifter8975]

Like the soprano the tenor got drowned out on the end notes .

[@voilosapete4731]

Soprano needs to learn how to project her voice better and stop overacting

[@markdrinkwater1508]

She is perfect.

[@ЕкатеринаКаурова-й9ъ]

Она действительно хорошо играет, а тенор задрал высоко гортань и ноль игры, вокализирует и как баран блеет Ему надо с дыханием и опорой решить вопрос

[@snocelot4lyfe]

Why is she...white. Thought the royal opera house could afford to look for chinese opera singers?

[@jordimartinez4295]

ashley g why should she be a Chinese opera singer? Chochosan is Japanese

[@fredojoaquim4764]

The opera Madama Butterfly is set in Japan.,

[@alexthuaux]

Dumpiest comment ever. This is set in Japan. Thank God nowadays whoever can act in whatever.

[@frankG335]

Hahahaha! Why would you want a Chinese singer? Are there a lot of Chinese dramatic sopranos who can play a Japanese woman? Why not a Japanese singer? And, gosh, where ARE all those big dramatic soprano Japanese singers when you need them! This is a ridiculous discussion. You obviously have no clue about opera. It should all be Italian singers if you really want to be authentic.

[@biancacastafiore8760]

his vibrato is excessive, it just sounds awful. she sounds great but whoever came up with that makeup and hair?

[@agladd]

Horrible

[@frankG335]

Oh come on. It's not horrible.

[@markdrinkwater1508]

You are a nut. Show me a better Butterfly than Jaho's?