Per le porte del tormento (Handel) Ann Hallenberg & Monica Piccinini

[@josevipadilla7224]

Con mil vidas no me alcanzarían para poder descubrir y, disfrutar de todas la Música de Händel, cada una es bellísima.

[@kharanchiren1171]

Sublime interprétation du Divin HANDEL 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@andreamartharosariouslengh4494]

Un momento magico , para los oidos y para el alma, que nos regala el maestro Haendel. Magia tambien, la de las fotografias , que captan la plasticidad y el movimiento de los bailarines y de la danza. Saludos.

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@pilarasenjo1529]

¡Gracias, Jeffrey! Bellísimo.

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@Elfietude]

Two angel voices for a celestial music... So beautiful video music, voices and pictures !

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@johnliveretorkildsen7510]

May you live a thousand years. I had forgotten just how lovely Handel could be. Watching this on JAL flight crossing the Pacific from Los Angeles to Sydney last year. Thirty thousand feet and high art (literally and metaphorically) with Martini in hand.

[@JeffreyStivers]

Handel wrote so much great music. I’m glad you enjoyed this. Safe travels.

[@paquigonzalez2000]

Extraordinario y magistral . Que belleza’!!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@lindaread6362]

The music and the images give me so much joy. Thank you Heavenly

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@franciscojesusgarciahernan6313]

Melodía, armonía e imágenes bellísimas, confotografía e iluminación impecables.

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@silvijaradjen8675]

I adore Ann's voice but this is the first time I hear for Monica Piccinini and must say she has a wonderful voice. Thank You for introducing us with her

[@JeffreyStivers]

+Silvija Radjen You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed this.

[@conolavicus3019]

I think we can all agree that this is beautiful. Both music and pictures. Sublime!!!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@Rosangela161]

Adorable!!! Exquisite!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@Rosangela161]

Jeffrey Stivers Bis and bis. Beauty job. Fascinating performance. Love it. Bravo.

[@marcosPRATA918]

Que os tormentos não durem e a alegria vença. A música está por aí, como um bom Caronte!

[@ruthmcintyre2313]

How beautiful!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@CharliesDaughter]

one of the most overwhelmingly beautiful things I have ever experienced. Thank you. (especially as a former opera member AND ballet dancer)

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@HelenaWilliams8696]

It is exquisitely joyful to listen to the two divas and Handel's portion of 'Per le Porte del tormento.' What a sumptuous tone, the harmonious melody and the singing synchronize into heavenly intonation to the spirit. The selection of presenting the fabulous ballet images adds a sublime dimension to this wonderful presentation.

[@JeffreyStivers]

I'm glad you enjoyed this, Helena.

[@riohenry6382]

Ballet and opera. My two favourite things ! Thanks Jeffrey

[@JeffreyStivers]

You're welcome, dearest Rio. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@eduardobeirasgarcia9402]

Divimo Handel, siempre.

[@angelesmaciel4856]

Cuánta belleza!!!! Gracias!!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@veronicatiniakos7310]

Simplemente maravilloso. El vídeo fantástico también. ¡Gracias!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@fraukeduchow6150]

Wunderschön. Ästhetik. So passt Musik und Tanz perfekt zusammen

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@wernerstochter2457]

Händel ist immer ein Genuss, wunderbare Stimmen und diese schönen Menschen mit ihren perfekten Körpern...... Einfach nur schön.

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@heriatm2771]

My goodness that was a marvelous song and video! Definitely going in the playlist!!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@adolfoclaudiolazary8539]

Gracias amigo , que música magnífica y que músicos! Y esos seres alados parecidos a nosotros ...Un regalo para el alma Saludos

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@giliengilienova3506]

Moc krásné... Händel nikdy nezklame, vzbuzuje dobrou náladu a zpěv je dokonalý...... Beautiful :-) Jeffrey, thank you:-)))

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@alessandrobraghin587]

Thank you sooo much Jeffrey for posting this. I only knew the Joshua and Mehta version of this incredibly beautiful piece of music. This is simply gorgeous. As an italian mother tongue i have to say that their way of conveying words is stunning. Futhermore their prinunciation is perfect. Thank you Jeffrey. I simply adore Handel

[@JeffreyStivers]

You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed this. I also adore Handel, as you can probably tell from the uploads on my channel.

[@harrydhannan]

I adore Handel too.

[@sppencer]

dear alessandro, italian being one of the most beautifull languages of the world is also being one very easy to pronounce. grammar is rather heavy but the rest is the music pure.

[@LobsngDmchoi]

Originally in Handel's earlier opera Sosarme --one of the first Handel operas to get a respectable recording (with Alfred Deller and other fine English soloists). Thanks for posting this sensitively paced gorgeously sung performance!

[@JeffreyStivers]

+LobsngDmchoi You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I mentioned about it originally appearing in Sosarme in the video description.

[@daveharrison8286]

I have been watching this for some time now and have realized that I am remiss in thanking you for this marvelous marriage of sight and sound. As always, wonderfully done.

[@JeffreyStivers]

You’re welcome, and thank you for your kind words. I’m always happy to know that people enjoy the music videos on my channel.

[@claudedumont2020]

De la douceur dans ce monde de brutes !!! Bonne continuation Jeffrey !!!

[@JeffreyStivers]

+Claude Dumont Thank you.

[@claudedumont2020]

La Musique (avec un grand M ) et les Danseurs (avec un grand D )......que de beauté....

[@JeffreyStivers]

+Claude Dumont I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@adolfoclaudiolazary8539]

Una obra de arte sumada a la música de Haëndel gracias

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@williamfranx1494]

Thank you very much , Jeffrey, greetings from the Netherlands , kind regards

[@JeffreyStivers]

You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed this. Greetings from Cincinnati, Ohio.

[@campcasey62]

Superb, Jeffrey. Thank you very much for posting.

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Maravilloso conjunto de música , voces, y bellas imágenes en mágico descenso.¡¡¡

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@oyaergun4454]

Such a wonderful video!!! Thank you for your deep sence of art.

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@giuseppedimarco8358]

Great! Beautiful! Brava!

[@febronius1]

Hvala ,ovo je izvrsno,Thanks Mr Stivers from Croatia !

[@augustocervera5602]

Thanks for the good music and for the accompaniment of the magical images.

[@JeffreyStivers]

You’re welcome, Augusto, and thank you for your kind words of support. I’m always happy to hear that people enjoy the music videos on my channel.

[@luisrueda7672]

Exquisita y aunado a las imágenes es sublime. Thank you Jeffrey.

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@rizshabazli]

Handel was inspired by the heavens

[@svetlanakhodachenko3841]

Picture and Music Amazing!!!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@mennahazem810]

ballet project! 😍 perfect choice, thanks alot for sharing :')

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@rosariogallardo159]

Sublime!!! . No es de este mundo., 👏👏👏

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@marie-armelle458]

de merveilleuses interprètes.danseurs magnifiques du NYcity ballet

[@juliettechristian3132]

Tout était magnifique!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@eisaugen67]

Bella! Grazie Jeffrey!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@bedenerexhepaj293]

Just Superb!!! Thank you!!!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@donna30044]

Ballet dancers and gymnasts are the perfect athletes, and both are poetic grace incarnate..

[@JeffreyStivers]

Indeed!

[@micheljacob1]

as usual, beautiful pictures corresponding with the music ! bravo Jeffrey!*

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@yardgoods]

Sublime!

[@maruchy59]

gorgeously illustrated too ... thanks !

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@paulhilfiger9454]

C'est très beau,vraiment. merci

[@JeffreyStivers]

+Paul Hilfiger I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@renataisabelramos5041]

Sublime 💞🕊️🦋💫💃♥️🔥🔥☄️🌹🌹🍃

[@JeffreyStivers]

I’m glad you enjoyed it, dearest Renata.

[@marioalonsosanchezparedes6004]

Soy un campesino de los ILINIZAS....este vídeo me impresionó.. .La antítesis de tanta parafernalia futbolera mundial.. Definitivamente lo excelso es para pocos.

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@mikeg2924]

Beautiful.

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@dion1949]

Aside from the videos and music, I enjoy reading the comments in different languages expressing the universality of our reactions.

[@JeffreyStivers]

I agree, and Google Translate allows me to have a sense of what's being said when comments are in other languages.

[@alessandrolittera4733]

Meraviglioso

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@doronge2368]

I love it!!!

[@arbrekim1352]

que c'est beau!

[@JeffreyStivers]

It is a very beautiful duet. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@robertfears8155]

Excellent!!!! Thank you.

[@christianlefebvre6475]

Quelle quiétude d'écouter cela !

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@odettewesterlinck883]

Si beau,si doux ..merci

[@monteiroeduardo9338]

So beautiful

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@arturomundigo3904]

Thank you Jeffrey 🙂

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@cinziavidali411]

Un bellissimo brano illustrato da fotografie altrettanto suggestive.

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@kenrichtexel9458]

Ann Hallenberg en Maarten Engeltjes zongen dit duet gisteren in Amsterdam.Geweldig mooi!!!

[@ayanasambuuz.9640]

Amazing! ....

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@ayanasambuuz.9640]

Jeffrey Stivers THANK YOU Dear Jeffrey

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@yumigottscheber4774]

sehr schoen !!!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@experimentalis]

many many thanks

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@SalvadorFernandezLUQUE]

Que grandeza tiene la musica

[@JeffreyStivers]

Indeed. I'm glad you enjoyed this.

[@yuehchopin]

schöne Sendung, danke!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@Saltan1908]

great pictures, indeed!

[@JeffreyStivers]

Yes, they are, and I think they pair well with the music.

[@paoloiannoni9805]

Splendida aria del genio haendel

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@nicolindhout6680]

In het zicht van de haven dan wordt het vaak moeilijk voor veel mensen 106 reacties niet te geloven juist omdat het zo mooi en waar is.

[@georgetsilibis588]

Thank you !

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@FrancescXavierMartinezdeOses]

Grazie Signore

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@titogiliberto995]

Mirabile

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@hectormanuelcaffarena2965]

So beauty...

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@samoinborut1339]

Bellezza!

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@dinasucuarana4770]

Belo! 💞

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@ferdiriordan1]

Exquisite -words fail me.

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@fimetic]

I've commented some time ago Jeffrey but...... Geeeeez mate! What about this :)

[@louislouise100]

Beautiful Karina!

[@JeffreyStivers]

This is sung by Ann Hallenberg & Monica Piccinini; although, I do love Karina Gauvin too.

[@jasonkim5503]

This duet is originally from “Sosarme”, but it was later re-used in “Imeneo”. While I love their singing, I find this tempo choice a bit to sluggish.

[@fimetic]

Brilliant :)

[@JeffreyStivers]

+fimetic I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@lindabostoen3448]

Very beautiful music, UNFORTUNATALY with images of skeletons who POSE to dance! VERY ARTIFICIAL.

[@kaloarepo288]

I have a video of a Danish or Swedish production of Handel's "Partenope" where this duet is inserted towards the very end of the opera where all the complications of the twisted plot are sorted out and peace and love commence to reign -it fits perfectly though I don't think it was in the original "Partenope."

[@JeffreyStivers]

I have that DVD too. That’s where I first discovered Tuva Semmingsen. This duet was added to that production of Partenope. It’s actually originally from Sosarme; Handel reused it in Imeneo.

[@kaloarepo288]

@@JeffreyStivers Yes that production was absolute magic and shows you how baroque opera can be done to the maximum effect without elaborate staging-: by people wearing jeans.I like to compare this production with a Spanish production of Leonardo Vinci's "Partenope" -the first version of the story I think to be made into an opera -where everything is done with elaborate costumes and sets and with stylized movements-both a wonderful in their own particular way.I think Sonja Prina sang the title role in this production.

[@flemmingranch8777]

Dejlig musik og smuk ballet dertil. Helt perfekt.......

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@Delmonaco1969]

Per Ie porte del tormento passan I’anime a gioir! Sta il contento del cordoglio sul confine; Non v’è rosa senza spine, Né piacer senza martir.

[@avanterdo]

Non v’è rosa senza spine, Né piacer senza martir....WOW...Grazie signor Stivers ! And just to be respectful to maestro, his name is Georg Friedrich Händel., transliteration of names is unnecessary .

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@DiomedesDioscuro]

Oddio, ascoltate quell'attacco! Nemmeno la prima sillaba la possono cantare bene?

[@bsn2dnp99]

Que magnifique!?!?

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@bsn2dnp99]

@@JeffreyStivers Oui merci beaucoup.

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@claudedumont2020]

Hello Jeffrey ! Vous aimez sans doute les belles voix de Contreténor......Avez-vous écouté votre compatriote David Daniels chanter "Va Tacito e nascosto" ?....une merveille !....

[@JeffreyStivers]

+Claude Dumont Yes. I have that on CD, and I've heard him sing it live at the Metropolitan Opera and Chicago Lyric, both in David McVicar's wonderful production from Glyndebourne.

[@tuppyglossop222]

That man was a god…

[@frogmouth]

"Everything is beautiful at the Ballet,". Ann Hallenberg's mellow contralto is a lovely contrast with the more edgy soprano.

[@JeffreyStivers]

Indeed. I'm glad you enjoyed this.

[@peggymur1]

Lovely recording! I'm confused by the ballet pics although they're nice photos.

[@JeffreyStivers]

+Peggy Murray I'm glad you enjoyed the music. I selected these images which often depict couples, because I felt they could represent the lovers Tirinto & Rosmene who sing this duet in the opera. Additionally, I enjoy seeing ballet dancers performing with Handel's music, so it's not hard for me to imagine them actually dancing during the music in the video. I use various types of art and photography in the videos I make for my KZbin channel. Basically, I found these images very evocative and wanted to use them in a video, and I thought they were a lovely pairing with this duet. I hope that helps you understand why I chose them.

[@peggymur1]

+Jeffrey Stivers Ah, interesting! I'm a former ballet dancer, but now do Baroque and other historical dance. Handel IS wonderful to dance to, and some great choreographers during and since his time have recognized this!

[@peggymur1]

+Peggy Murray Thanks for the post!

[@JeffreyStivers]

+Peggy Murray You're welcome, and thank you for your comments.

[@JeffreyStivers]

+Peggy Murray I assume you're familiar with Mark Morris’ staging of Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. That's actually what I had a mind when I made this video. I just rewatched my DVD after our discussing how well Handel's music works with dancers. If anyone ever doubted that, they'd need only watch this captivating performance.

[@toniperullesrull4916]

30-10-2016 En la armonía de Platón ya estaba 'per se' el panteísmo que vendría de la mano George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) y gobierna, afortunadamente, el universo.

[@johnvoyce]

jeffrey: Thanks again. Sublime!

[@JeffreyStivers]

You’re welcome, John. I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@JorgeSantos-namastibet]

belo

[@JeffreyStivers]

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[@guillecastillo2144]

¿Han pensado en poner un video con imágenes que realmente tengan que ver con la belleza de la música del gran compositor Handel? El video no es malo pero no es el pertinente.

[@JeffreyStivers]

I have several videos on my channel. Usually, I pair the music with paintings, unlike the use of photographs here.