Nadia Krasteva & Diana Damrau Flower Duet (Lakmé, Delibes)

9th Faenol Festival Gala, Wales.

[@morisshago]

The best Flower Duet.Nadia is simply great!

[@kuzmanmeramov1729]

Brilliant duet, best I ever heard

[@runswithbears3517]

In my opinion, one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.

[@szekelynora772]

Wow, just wow. Not just vocal perfection but also a rendition full of emotions. Thank you.

[@DanCur4991]

loved the wind! They were not very together. which killed it for me. Ha. I'm sure thats the hardest thing in the world for two amazing divas!

[@Dysdemona89]

nadia and diana are super wonderful

[@liricobarroco]

Diana as great, But Nadia kick ass of all mezzo in this moment! strong voice! beautiful!

[@liricobarroco]

wow!! great mezzo!!!

[@rmcinuk]

A superb duet. I do agree with those that prefer a more gentle less confrontational? style. For myself a hopeless Sumi Jo devotee, I feel her duet with the wonderful Ah-Kyung Lee - cannot be bettered, truly they harmonize more sweetly than angels themselves.

[@victoriafleur1075]

Krasteva is a very impressing woman.

[@dawnrood]

I love Diana. With her up there with Nadia, you can easily see the difference between someone who likes what they do and someone who really loves it. You can also see what people love most about Diana amplified, her acting ability. Don't get me wrong, Nadia's mezzo is one of the most beautiful in the world, but she lacks passion in her countenance.

[@vickipayne4389]

No; they're acting. The characters they are acting are different.

[@kuzmanmeramov1729]

This duet is monumental effort and shady low effort opinion from people heaving nothing with opera is pitty

[@massysix0]

like voices from heaven

[@neveratime]

I couldn't agree more, thanks. What a great channel you have also :)

[@ApostolMilenkov]

the name of the mezzo is Nadia KRASTEVA - one of the leading mezzosopranos in the world.Great!!!

[@meme-bt7io]

Their voices did not blend well, but still a beautiful song. Both are wonderful singers for sure.

[@stephenbeale4765]

nadia has a great voice but in places seemed behind diana - also funny how their names are anagrams of one another

[@kuzmanmeramov1729]

Ha ha

[@kuzmanmeramov1729]

How many world wide opera singers have from your national

[@IndigoBone]

This is one of my favorite duets in opera. So beautiful, so sensual, so smooth and flowing. I think both women here have gorgeous voices, but I just didn't feel it from this version. This duet always has the power to transcend for me; it's magical. I'm getting the magic from Damrau here, but not from Krasteva. Damrau looks absolutely overjoyed to be there, to be in the moment. Krasteva seems as though she'd rather be getting a root canal than singing with Damrau. It's rather off-putting, and totally ruins the mood. Her voice is like deep, rich dark chocolate, which is incredible. But I feel it's a bit too much so for this piece, singing about the birds flitting about overhead, and the blossoms and such. Just too heavy, and it doesn't blend well with Damrau in this performance at all. Well, in my opinion, at least.

[@FAFYWARRIOR]

sooooo beautifullllllllllllllllll BRAVISSIMOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@mireilleassena]

same letters in their names!

[@liricobarroco]

@Mycutenames I think Diana as the most wonderful soprano!! I love her, I meant that was one of the best mezzos with this voice so powerful.

[@turmerick26]

Yes I think Kresteva doing the mezzo for this duet is not a good choice...but just the same this was divine for me...peace to all Kresteva fans...

[@neveratime]

@ApostolMilenkov Thanks for your personal message. The spelling error has been corrected as requested. I am sorry that this gave you cause for concern and thank you for pointing it out. All the best for 2012.

[@Milylily4Ever]

@liricobarroco she's the best mezzo :) so glad to hear her singing with Diana

[@chevrox]

what a voluptuous mezzo

[@neveratime]

@turmerick26 Thanks for watching...Keith

[@operamusicfan]

You must be the only one to see that "difference".

[@luisalandaeta]

They both are awesome singers, the mezzo is exhuberant and powerful, however, even when that is so, i prefer a more subtle style for this duet...

[@kendebaba1]

big like

[@succubusdiva]

@succubusdiva okay, I've been listened to this version for the nth time now and I can say that the parts from 01:06 to 02:40 and from 03:24 to the end were absolutely brilliant. so I wanna retract my previous tatement and say that their voices didn't really blend well together in some parts. :)

[@Mycutenames]

@liricobarroco Mmm.... Now I get you. XD Yes, Nadia was astonishing.

[@Mycutenames]

@liricobarroco I don't think so. Diana was amazing. They both were great, leave it as simple as that.

[@leonsirakov3690]

NADIA IS BULGARIAN

[@nathaliatorres3407]

Diana's voice was too light and perfect but, nadia's voice was too heavy,powerfull and dark like a dramatic Mezzosoprano almost like a Contralto. It was good but, It would have been better if they had a coloratura , lyric Mezzosoprano or a Mezzosoprano Who has a bit lighter tesseturra than this Mezzosoprano coz because of too much vocal power Its like SHE'S overshadowing the soprano part but, anyways It was good

[@succubusdiva]

They're individually fantastic but their voices didn't really blend well together in most parts of the aria.

[@FadiaElHageFan]

I don't like the mezzo ... diana's singing is much more refined

[@thatgirlnaat]

Didn’t care for Nadia’s voice on this song. It’s a bit too heavy and sometimes overshadows Diana’s. Diana’s was so controlled, agile, and light. The mezzo seems to be out of place