Vanessa: 'Must the winter come so soon' - Glyndebourne

[@gesualdodavenosa8550]

Superb performance.

[@nhaz652]

LOVE IT!!!

[@ladylavinia5097]

I love this song. I’m learning to sing it ❤️

[@Segen_Bell]

Did you learn it?

[@xavierverrezverrez8541]

Très belle couleur de mezzo

[@michaelmiller1215]

A stunning voice

[@dougreardon2202]

Brava.

[@michaelmiller1215]

Exquisite

[@sg_dan]

Wow! Just wow! Thanks for the upload!

[@dmm9714]

Beautiful. Thanks for posting

[@glyndebourne]

No problem. There will be more Vanessa arias released over the next week.

[@peterdevita6308]

Stunning Interpretation of ERIKA'S aria "MUST THE WINTER COME SO SOON" from VANESSA by Samuel Barber with a libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti

[@johnjeffers1524]

it is not "ERIKA'S" aria - it is Samuel Barber's.

[@johnpickford4222]

@@johnjeffers1524 Don’t be an a**. People aren’t that stupid.

[@sarahvdhm]

Isn't Erica the character's name though

[@nancyspada2240]

@@sarahvdhm You are correct. It is, of course, Erika's aria as many other arias from operas are referred to by the name of the character they are singing. Samuel Barber is not singing it! Olympia's aria from Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffman", for example (and there are numerous others available) is always referred to thus and not as "Offenbach's aria."

[@sandypiano7592]

I'm here gonna learn the song and practicing it for winter is coming so soon

[@cassandrakemara8755]

Tried and my dog thought I was upset because I got slobbered haha

[@johnjeffers1524]

i love your comment; it's so interesting. it is somewhat of a chiasmus - if you put a comma after "upset"

[@celebritylifestyle2660]

Nice video

[@gesualdodavenosa8550]

A recent interview with Virginie Verrez is available on opera wire

[@hugoalvarez5477]

Any chance of seeing the whole thing?

[@MrAristaeus]

WINTER IS COMING... (so soon)!

[@johnjeffers1524]

Utterly genius. My one complaint is that I am not sure if the older woman is intending to look the way she does or if she is just a bad actor. The younger woman is unbelievable, exquisite! Wow. The composer of this sublime song would be so pleased with her performance. (Sorry; I do not know the composer's name - but I'm gonna look it up now)

[@johnjeffers1524]

Samuel Barber

[@johnpickford4222]

John Jeffers: After one of the rehearsals for the original MET production, Rosalind Elias, sing the role of Vanessa’s niece Erika, asked why all the other characters had a solo except hers. Barber and Menotti wrote “Must the winter come so soon” as a result. Rosalind Elias was a MET stalwart for many years, a kind woman, a wonderful artist and a smart one. What a gift she gave to other mezzo-sopranos with this aria!!

[@michaelmiller1215]

Samuel Barber composed “Vanessa”

[@mauriziotestino9998]

In cold winter for my unforgettable Bibi 'nd Vittorio . Look me lonely from High please . Thanks

[@colleeniebeanie906]

Oof

[@barrymorentz5190]

Gorgeously sung. Such a moving piece, too bad the rest of the opera does not rise to this level. Okay, the quintet near the end is pretty good, but the opera is pretty hollow. I admire ambers music in general but how Vanessa won the Pulitzer Prize is beyond me. No wonder it largely disappeared for half a century.