Pretty Yende & Nadine Sierra: Mira, o Norma (Bellini: Norma)

[@DrGarri]

This is what you get when two singers are totally in tune with each other, they are marvellous!!!

[@user-il5oq5df6l]

This is one of the loveliest ensemble numbers in the operatic repertoire, and Misses Yende and Sierra do it full justice. Opera needs these two divas badly!

[@bladezone1]

Let us give the conductor some love he is definitely on the job!

[@joshuavandyne7334]

It would be my pleasure to give this conductor much love

[@robsmith2523]

“When we first sang together five years ago, as the echo of applause was still ringing behind the stage curtains, they asked my opinion of the young soprano with whom I had just performed. In front of the television cameras, I responded: “I really wanted to sing with her, and today it happened.” Since then, Nadine Sierra and I have trodden the boards of many theaters and performed many duets, as her international career continues to flourish and reap success. She is one of the most talented singers working today.” - Andrea Bocelli

[@desrl9390]

African operatic Soprano and Mezzo greatness, vocally resonant, heartfelt, engaging. Most Beautiful and more😘

[@alvinblake7982]

I’m smiling ear to ear So beautiful Their voices blend well Giving me a Shirley Verrett and Grace Bumbry’s moment

[@KhululekaniTose]

I love this. It is so breathtaking

[@elenaecklund4373]

majestic. Just listened it with Caballe and Horne. Yende and Sierra stand to the tradition of perfection, I must say

[@nitarhodes42]

I felt like I was soaring throughout this entire performance! Absolutely amazing!

[@blissmusicacademy]

This is the sweetest delight! Amazing duo! Simply fantastic! 😊👏🏽💕

[@pableholloway8202]

Absolutely beautiful!!!!!! 🌹🌹🌹

[@ptaillandier]

We were there that evening. Enchanted evening.

[@julianaaraujo3293]

Breathtaking ❤

[@niamcd6604]

They are two of the only four opera singers of the twenty first century I listen to and who truly move me. Otherwise I only listen to recordings from the late 1800s to the 1930s...

[@christinemuller4663]

An incredible, unforgettable evening… please upload more from this event 🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@venussimo]

Agreed, Pretty Yende has such a beautiful voice

[@johnboy8576]

Please the full concert

[@artarianotes]

So breathtakingly beautiful

[@dineosibiya2123]

say that again

[@intercat4907]

I grew up with Sutherland and Horne, and saw them live in Norma. The memories are tainted by the knowledge of the toxicity of the opera world at that point. This duet is how it should be. Please let it be as much fun behind the scenes.

[@user-nm4yp5ww5x]

I just love them❤

[@marchandesermf2854]

For me one of the best interpretations of Mira O Norma...the duo agrees with an accuracy that delights me to the depths of my soul...I am reassured...there are wonders...Thank you very much for sharing ....

[@wuaaron808]

I was there. This is the last number before the intermission. this recording sounds so much better than the live concert. I think somebody balanced their volumes and remastered the sound quality. Yende’s not audible quite a lot of middle register( her tops rings fantastically) , while nadine sometimes trying too hard. all those flaws disappeared in this video. the highlight of the night is the American song selections in the second half, with jazz, broadway and Hollywood songs, very refreshing.

[@ER1CwC]

I don’t think that the engineers purposefully fiddled around or anything to achieve the effects you describe: Yende and Sierra just have voices that record well. (The opposite among current singers is Sondra Radvanovsky, whose voice records very poorly.) Professional recordings lie.

[@elenaecklund4373]

I am simply envious.

[@alejandrotm]

Whoever thought it was a good idea for Pretty Yende to sing the part of Adalgisa with a weak middle register... Nadine has a tendency to overact in concert, which depending on what she sings, can be acceptable, but I can't picture her as the cold-blooded druidic priestress Norma, at best she could be an Adalgisa in terms of realistic acting, but not the right role for her voice I guess.

[@phindazwane2873]

Give the conductor bells🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉. Bravo Very Legendary and Superb

[@nucisfan17]

Listened to Nadine in Met in Traviata and I want to say she is an absolutely different singer live. Sorry to say but a little overrated. She has no effect on the audience.. after Violetta’s death if you heart is not broken the job is poorly done.

[@yelassinacoulibaly]

❤The music of Faso is an inexhaustible source of sweetness. It allows us to plunge deep inside ourselves and at the same time resonate with our fellow man, Yé Lassina Coulibaly❤❤❤❤❤

[@evamartaharbar1403]

Flor de dúo!!!!!! Bravísimas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@edithhenson6917]

That was fabulous!

[@gianluca3674]

I am a big Pretty Yende fan and i was lucky enough to be there. Pretty and Nadine are both are magnificent singer. Love it. thank u for sharing this. Luca

[@robsmith2523]

Praised for her vocal beauty, seamless technique, and abundant musicality, Nadine Sierra is being hailed as one of the most promising, young talents in opera today. She was named the Richard Tucker Award Winner in 2017 and was awarded the 2018 Beverly Sills Artist Award by the Metropolitan Opera. Having made a string of successful debuts at the Met, Teatro alla Scala, Opéra national de Paris, and Staatsoper Berlin, she has become a fixture at many of the top houses around the world. In 2018, Deutsche Grammophon/Universal Music labels released her debut album, There’s a Place for Us, followed by a second album, Made For Opera, in 2022.

[@venussimo]

Seamless technique? No trills

[@paulovp789]

Dude, you are in every Nadine's video spamming the same message exactly. We all already know that she's a talented woman

[@samueljaramillo4221]

@@paulovp789 Respect the guy’s comments.

[@marie-danielledorin9853]

2 voix merveilleuses, quel bonheur, MERCI

[@Maso_Ndy]

Absolutely stunning! I’d love to see them in Norma.🥺

[@piccolapausa]

Che meraviglia! Viva Bellini, viva l’ opera.

[@HellsKitchenMichelle]

Bravissimo!!

[@patricebrown777]

Beautiful perfecton! Beautiful harmonies! I lovvvve this!

[@aitoraizpuruaarzelus1743]

Impresionante. He llorado.

[@Paskudnak]

Wonderful ❤

[@BangkokVoiceCoach]

Absolutely glorious!

[@lindiwe-jeanettekutyunga6]

Beautiful duet ever...🎉🎉❤

[@enolamsamoht]

How many people were lead to this rendition after hearing the version by Joan Southerland and Marilyn Horne?

[@kunikpiano]

OW!!!

[@SarahFearnley958]

@@kunikpiano I’m one.

[@kunikpiano]

@@SarahFearnley958 LOL. I meant "OW!") Will correct. Lucky you!

[@henri-francoisserrescousin412]

Merveilleux ! la renaissance du bel canto.... Et qu'elles sont belles !

[@adrienjf3854]

Great Duo !

[@danielnovas9373]

Que hermoso😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@jerzypeteja1792]

Obie fenomenalne !!!!

[@Tigresse1981]

This is beautiful

[@rajivsurendra]

That was incredible. I wish I could've been there to hear this live.

[@dineosibiya2123]

me too

[@samlarmer4412]

Please upload more from this concert!!!!

[@pdill51]

in my 65yrs listening/watching opera, this is the most perfect rendition of Mira, o Norma, in my humble opinion CHAPEAUX !!!

[@user-kp2tf4li5z]

Bravo👏👏👏 Очень красивые голоса, я в восторге!!!

[@annajarosawska4159]

Perfect and phenomenal

[@user-zi8yh2ip8g]

превосходно!

[@cherowa]

Splendiferous!!!

[@Mrumrusia1]

Muhle sikuthanda kakhulu. Imikhonzo evela kuProfesa osuselwayo u-UCT.

[@vegtamvanderveg]

Lovely voices!

[@MarthalieThurstonSachemPiper]

Most enjoyable and beautiful. Thank you for your music 🎶

[@maureenmartin4730]

Sublime❤

[@Byufification]

Bravo!🌹🌹🌹

[@Ballet_class_1]

SUPERB 💖💫✨️

[@artsylovelylady]

Sick!

[@thabelofortune]

❤ Bravo 👏🏾

[@graeme011]

Brilliant!

[@alexrrrputin]

Здорово!!!

[@vitocortesi9389]

Che meraviglia due Stelle della lirica insieme in questa stupenda aria!

[@carlaceciliasilva8737]

Impecable

[@BellaFirenze]

Es más pecable de lo usted piensa.

[@michaelkramer2335]

Please upload the complete concert AGAIN!! Thank you Lady Izolde😊 And of not, please tell me why it is not possible.

[@ladyizolde_]

Here is the full video: www.mediafire.com/file/0uk7gg1vnjj9g8j/Nadine_Sierra_%2526_Pretty_yende_at_Paris_Philharmonie_-_2023.mkv/file

[@felicitylee223]

Did you post an entire concert by Pretty Yende and Nadine Sierra? I thought I saw it, but can’t find it now. Was it the Paris or San Carlos recital?

[@cristianafaricelli4348]

0:02 1:38 4:04 4:13 4:15 4:24 5:05 5:18 5:32 5:38 5:55 6:04 6:23

[@daffodil800]

love this aria and this version is as good as any I've heard

[@BellaFirenze]

It's not an aria. It's a duet. Apparently, you haven't heard many versions.

[@daffodil800]

@@BellaFirenze operatic piece I should have said, naturally it's a habit to call any operatic tune an aria and I've heard a lot of versions thanks very much

[@BellaFirenze]

@@daffodil800 Frightening.

[@nenna4826]

You should listen to more versions, then😅

[@pmurraymusic]

I don't know which opera snobs decided to be jerks in their nasty comments here but to hell with them. This is beautiful

[@kbhprinsesse]

People who know more than you are nasty? Ok...

[@pmurraymusic]

@@kbhprinsesse so people who assume they're smarter than me are more qualified to make disparaging comments about talented singers? Okay. Find a two-way street and go play hopscotch

[@kbhprinsesse]

@@pmurraymusic people who KNOW they are smarter because they have a musical education and work in the business are qualified to evaluate singers and their techniques. That you interpret that as "disparaging comments" just shows that you're too immature to handle when someone doesn't agree with you.

[@INOBT100]

Pretty would make a wonderful Adalgisa

[@saol67]

Thanks for uploading ! Where and when was it ?

[@ladyizolde_]

Paris Philharmonie, 6 March 2023.

[@MOV1983]

It's a concert so it's acceptable..

[@vangelbeleski9539]

LOVE V angel *

[@user-ub6tm1bt3z]

Nad electione, start gart

[@ladyizolde_]

Full video: www.mediafire.com/file/0uk7gg1vnjj9g8j/Nadine_Sierra_%2526_Pretty_yende_at_Paris_Philharmonie_-_2023.mkv/file

[@erichetherington9314]

Whatever the 'musical' or 'performing practices' may be, I alway feel like the singers in these showpieces should just go ahead and hold the note until the orchestra hits the final chord. It just makes it all the more spectacular and we don't have to sit there looking at singers just standing until the piece is over. Who's with me??

[@franckntumene2977]

I agree.🤌🏻😩

[@petesoebekti2022]

hey lady Izolde can you post e strano sempre libera ? 😀

[@BellaFirenze]

By whom?

[@petesoebekti2022]

@@BellaFirenze giuseppe verdi

[@BellaFirenze]

@@petesoebekti2022 Brilliant. I meant interpreted by whom?

[@petesoebekti2022]

@@BellaFirenze nadine sierra

[@BellaFirenze]

@@petesoebekti2022 Capisco. Grazie mille.

[@lsp2490]

Wow

[@Bonginhlanhla]

Opera listeners can be nasty people!

[@BellaFirenze]

This is from Normina, by an unknown composer. What is all that bouncing at "Sì fino all'ore estreme"? I know this is a concert, so they can sing whatever they please. Neither one of these ladies could sing Norma now or ever. Pretty Yende has a gorgeous voice and looks fabulous. La Sierra looks beautiful also. Pretty voices and nothing more. This is how it's done (only the last part). kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3audGOEd7KIbbM

[@marcopimentel615]

Joan Sutherland, M. Horne and Montserrat Cabale raised the board too high. But they did alright 👍🏼

[@AmyAmy-er8bp]

Give me a ladder and I will show you where God lives. Thanksfully we don't fly to the moon with farts. #Nuclear Molecule

[@kbhprinsesse]

Beautiful voices but not very well schooled. They aren't always in tune with each other and some of the runs etc. in the cabaletta are badly supported.

[@user-lh6gf5pg4j]

Jelousey makes you nasty

[@kbhprinsesse]

@@user-lh6gf5pg4j oh yes, I'm very jealous of singers who are too lazy to acquire a satisfactory technique and too stupid to decline roles they aren't suited for. Very jealous.

[@majesticsunset8184]

This was the very last song of their performance so I'm sure they were tired at this point. If anything they could have probably used like 30 minutes of more practice together to make it nearly perfect

[@kbhprinsesse]

@@majesticsunset8184 they were tired at this point? 😂😂😂 Ok... so people who pay to see professional singers can't really expect a lot, because the singers get tired after a while? Amazing.

[@bettiniroma]

it looks like that neither callas or caballè taught anything to these two women

[@dudeforcaster8630]

Very sloppy, out of tune, and not together.

[@dmp7252]

what are you talking about. This version was exquisite.

[@jamessims9475]

they definitely came unglued a couple times but probably just need to practice together more

[@dudeforcaster8630]

@@jamessims9475 Then perhaps they should have rehearsed a lot more. As Callas said, "the audience does not pay yo hear you try."

[@dudeforcaster8630]

@@dmp7252 They are both terrible here.

[@dmp7252]

@@dudeforcaster8630 good point. But they did perform. Perhaps not to the level some would have liked, but it certainly wasn’t a lackluster performance. One senses they are doing their level best. That is all one can ask of an artist.

[@normanzurich2781]

Des décolletés toujours indécents chez Nadine 😮 Une provocation gratuite et inutile lorsque l’on possède son latent.

[@9e557]

Ptdr

[@orion8835]

Neither of these two are suitable for these roles and it certainly has been remastered here. Silly. It sounds like two cats gently meowing the piece. Or a school recital in a small setting. Weird.

[@alejandrotm]

Probably this is why neither has sung the entire role on stage or recorded it, they just took this fragment as part of their show and sang it their way. Somehow, some catchy fragments from famous operas end up having a life of their own in concerts and recitals, being sung by people whose voices could never sing the full role, but can still manage the piece as an isolated item.

[@MsAgnella]

Have you got ears? Or just got eyes….. even then, you should realise that this has nothing to do with opera. No technique, no colors. False notes from Sierra ….. OH MY GOD.