Verdi's La traviata - Prelude. BBC Proms 2013

Verdi's La traviata - Prelude. With the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi conducted by Xian Zhang. Concert first broadcast on Radio 3 on Thursday 5 September.

[@Wellibers]

To me the most beautiful piece of music ever written. It brings me to tears every single time

[@Furfuroll]

This charming prelude, like a tuning fork, tunes the strings of the soul to the tonality of the entire opera.

[@andrewuk2683]

Whenever I'm down I listen to this piece of music. The tears flow as the music progresses until I feel a weight lifted. I'm thankful that music can move me in this way.

[@marsyl12]

Andrew UK same for me

[@user-ox4po3tp8x]

This is a music. Well, The Music this time. The shortest way to touch one' soul.

[@hudsonpowell2755]

Agreed

[@jaymarsch]

This music got me hooked to opera when I was a teenager

[@JoaquinP8190]

Same for me, this days are very bad for me, I feel lost

[@elmurad8344]

Love Verdi, love La Traviata, music which goes deep into my heart, makes my cry from pain or happy to the moon and back...

[@carolinatomio2485]

Sublime es poco...me lleva a mi infancia, los domingos a la mañana me despertaba escuchandola, mi papá la ponia en el tocadiscos. Que feliz era y no lo sabia....

[@mariannelane5986]

Y protestabamos . Después la vida nos demostró que era ser realmente infeliz.

[@jenniferj6613]

Bring tears to my eyes and so much love in my heart.Always thinking of my mom who sang in La Traviata....my first intro to opera.Just such beautiful and soul touching music.

[@JoaquinP8190]

I love La Traviata, I love Verdi, good bless the Opera

[@fernandocordova8655]

Lo escuchaba de niño, seguramente de algún viejo long play que mi papá lo ponía por las mañanas, por fin te encontré!!! después de casi 40 años.

[@adambridgeman4191]

Xian Zhang, beautiful conducting, what a musical mind must lie there...great interpretation, love it.

[@rattywoof5259]

I can't think of any operatic prelude or overture which catches the mood of the tragic story which will unfold better than this one - Verdi was a genius. Lovely performance - only to be expected from an orchestra which must be steeped in this music, but all credit to the conductor too. She shaped the phrases beautifully and her control of dynamics was also exemplary.

[@omareceballos2980]

You could try and listen Cavalleria Rusticana, so the feelings will surge in the same way

[@rattywoof5259]

@@omareceballos2980 Perhaps, but it doesn't have an overture as such and the emotions are raw and exposed. This prelude holds such a wealth of suppressed tragedy just waiting to burst out and overwhelm the characters in the story and us, the audience. I can't think of any overture or prelude which does it better.

[@omareceballos2980]

@@rattywoof5259 overture has a similar register. Just lusten it. And it represents tragedy too. Regards

[@GaberBarca]

Carmen overture

[@rattywoof5259]

@@GaberBarca True - and quite significantly Spanish sounding - not bad for a French composer!

[@imagenesypalabras1]

I loved it since first time I heard it... So many years ago.

[@christinestarvaggi1959]

It's gorgeous . One of the best

[@imagenesypalabras1]

@@christinestarvaggi1959 ☺️👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 yes! I never studied music but I heard it when I was jus a little boy and I loved it instantly

[@sigmatau1980]

I still remember the first time I heard it, back when I was in University. Indescribable feeling.

[@EastmanEditing]

Yes! I had never seen an opera and was ready to be bored...then the first notes sent shivers down my spine and I started crying. Needless to say, I love operas now but none since have ever hit me this hard! Even now I’m crying after all these years...

[@christinezanda8127]

❤MAGNIFIQUE MERVEILLEUX. ADORABLES. SES. LES. LARMES. AUX. YEUX. QUE. J'ÉCOUTE. CETTE. MUSIQUE. GRANDIOSE. ET. LES. FRISSONS SUR. TOUS. LE. CORPS. MERCIE FELICITATIONS.❤❤❤❤❤💘💘💘💘💘🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@millerrom]

Love this piece - the cellos are absolutely wonderful! Brings me to tears. My Dad played the record many times when I was a child. I miss him.

[@deividxr]

Great Xiang Zhang. Great orchestra. Magic oberture. Genius composer. What could go wrong...

[@mariaceliasequeirosjarauta647]

Divino este prelúdio ! Só lembro de Meu Pai, eu assistindo com ele. Adoro esta abertura e adoro esta ópera. Se eu fosse uma música certamente seria este prelúdio ! ❤🎶

[@muscleslam]

Viewing a few of the comments,it's not only i that loves this prelude,the whole opera is a Verdi master piece and my favorite no.1 opera,it's magic is that .when we think that we have every thing,we can end up with nothing....Thanks for posting.

[@snickersmahomie8630]

I'm playing this tonight, and I can honestly say that this is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

[@pantaleodifonzo4499]

Io sono nato con Verdi...la mia grande passione

[@janlewis5578]

This is truly yet another Verdi masterpiece. ☺💟👧

[@AyeWitness]

Pretty Woman- Best soundtrack to best film Miss Vivien ♥️ Mr Lewis ♥️💜

[@stephenhathaway269]

This soothes my heartbroken soul

[@hajdeseflasim_noanur]

❤ this is pure gold

[@RobertCassar]

I was there. It was amazing !

[@deividxr]

Lucky you my friend

[@Frank-nc2dq]

La traviata! Unforgettable in my life!....

[@jelenakg964]

Wonderful, magical 🎆

[@martinprior9141]

beautiful piece beautiful interpretation

[@user-jr6mx5xi2g]

Всегда плачу слушая эту музыку. Вспоминаю родителей,страстных меломанов, и себя маленького. Раз в неделю посещали Мариинку,сейчас это не по карману.

[@christianborggreve6726]

wunderschön:)) einfach Gänsehaut pur

[@helenmullane3547]

Beautiful🌹🎧🎶

[@miraflowers155]

Wonderful!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@BALBIRSINGH-qf5ft]

🙏 Thanks BBC 3🙏.

[@amdis88]

¡Maravillosos artistas! ❤️

[@lindadavies6109]

Exquisite 👏👏👏

[@johntiscornia1241]

I remember seeing the la travita opera and hearing this overture my smile was very big

[@andreiguilhermecoutim7376]

Esplêndido 👏🏻👏🏻

[@xvader2210]

my favorite piece.

[@enriqueramos438]

Cono te recuerdo hermano mio Efren, obispo de Chilapa-Chilpancingo, me hiciste amar esta musica

[@milzmusician]

Non-male conductors 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️🎶

[@mauricedieu8025]

splendide interprétation

[@pacoruizserrano]

Amo esta obertura.

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

Good rendition.

[@dominiquebraccia6918]

Soooooo magnifico ❤

[@alexanderteuman7273]

I don't know? Why can make me parts of this music immedialely cry?

[@EastmanEditing]

I don't get it either, but I started immediately crying at the first few notes when I saw this last year...no other performance has made me do that so instantaneously, and I didn't even know what the story was about yet!

[@arturofernandez839]

bella musica

[@denispommereau635]

Sublime

[@user-wu6jk4yo1f]

A wonderful performance.. by a woman maestro of course...

[@TheMadsbell]

Perfection

[@nelsonpricing]

bella musica universal

[@patriciacuevas1836]

MARAVILLOSO. SE ME ERIZAN LOS BELLOS DE LA EMOCIÓN.

[@javieralonso6300]

Absolutamente delicioso...!

[@user-zo3pf5ns4r]

크..❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@stevensmith426]

I was there seems like yesterday.

[@user-gf6ve2qk6h]

Здорово!

[@jamess9579]

Not even a whole orchestra can compete with the Arcas/Tarrega arrangement of this prelude for classical guitar.

[@timliang2173]

Bravo,ancora

[@mariarosariamatrella50]

IMMMORTALE!!!!

[@papainoelindaialeblumenaus2869]

Wow

[@nelsonpricing]

hermosa, ses repeat 240220

[@haeun-fb7gs]

1:30

[@FashionDeejay]

1:31 - Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo! - Paganini song kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6nCk6tras2kpZY (slow and modified version of Coro dei pompieri) (again, mod version of Verdi, Traviata, Prelude)

[@Steezey7]

Please improve the audio quality. Jut please anything you can do to lessen the white noise and sound of the audience.

[@carpo1631]

where was it? at Royal Albert Hall?

[@lindadavies6109]

Yes. A magnificent venue

[@smalltowninnewmexico]

my gosh this is a beautiful piece

[@seph4667]

S U B L I M E .

[@rikvanderlinden7717]

Who here from the Crown?

[@xuefeng8371]

End of S4 E2 , Maggie thatcher cabinet photo and diana chased by many media reporters on the street .

[@rebeccasu4460]

@@xuefeng8371 I love it

[@clairee4939]

No i watched the opera many moons ago on the BBC but I love it when I discover music from soundtracks or .... I'm going to say it, adverts. 😊

[@giuseppegiuseppe5875]

Remember me gustavo dudamel conductors

[@mariza.mangiardimcgrath772]

Os the best interpretation

[@alexargollo965]

Waly suma puniwa. Jachañ jachañawa jutitu. Chuimaxa waly suma ucht'itu.

[@user-wj9zv9ex5s]

1:30 아름답지만 슬픔을 띤 가락의 곡의 내용 암시

[@1968KWT]

‘I love Italian opera - it’s so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like the Italians who run all on impulse, and don’t care about their immortal souls, and don’t worry about the ultimate’-D. H. Lawrence

[@user-qe6pj8ps3l]

Уважаемый канал . Есть каноны вне политики.

[@user-yh4rq5bv8b]

1:25

[@robertgonzalessandoval5994]

1:26 "Bodas de Odio" :)

[@user-en5rz1xl2h]

1:31~

[@user-so5xj5lz8i]

Чудесно. чтобы понять уровень исполнения надо послушать других дирижеров а то и исполнение просто флейтистов без оркестра и дирижера..

[@elenashemetova301]

Согласна абсолютно! !! Изумительно! Это любимое произведение Романа Виктюка! !!! И такое фантастическое исполнение! !!! Сегодня 9 день !!! Царство Небесное тебе Гений! !!

[@user-xx9or7qv3m]

01:27 con espress

[@user-zx2hz3jb1o]

modern combat 5 bgm

[@user-db1fw4tc6t]

Lisastansfield..❤️mio..😮🎉toma...para ti.amor...🙆ohhjorge....💌🇨🇱😄🙆🇨🇰

[@reni.bacelaRR]

Vim aqui depois de "Presença de Anita"

[@labjmh]

Thank God Verdi had nothing to do with slavery!

[@nargisallachverdieva]

Frieden! Peace! Мир! Frieden! Peace! Мир! Frieden! Peace! Мир! Frieden! Peace! Мир! Frieden! Peace! Мир! Frieden! Peace! Мир! Nargis

[@vladUkrOp116]

Очень тихо....

[@user-qe6pj8ps3l]

И после нас с Вами будет Бах , Моцарт, Чайковский , Глинка. Так что вы не очень старайтесь . Мы всë равно найдём, где слушать мировую классику.

[@user-pq6ft1hd3i]

1:29 주제

[@abayrakishev3215]

Кайф

[@carlosarniz7439]

Guay.

[@kottannen]

A little bit slow.

[@ryszarddopierala6624]

Playing slow it is hard to play,good musicians.

[@paolocleani9899]

Grazie verdi..

[@user-te8tb1ve5c]

1:30

[@ph6543]

1:27

[@user-xn4uz2yi6e]

1:28

[@user-rf6bk6et8u]

1:30

[@io_oi622]

1:27

[@user-ui3rr9kx1i]

1:27

[@user-by3rm7wo2f]

1:29