How can people dislike this? Even if you hate operatic music, you can't help but fall in love with the timbre of her voice, as well as the way she expresses the music. This song is a major tearjerker!
Muchas pero Muchas Gracias por subir este Video, y No se porque me dan Muchas ganas de llorar y sse me salen muchas lagrimas con la Música de esta Aria "Porgi Amor" de La Opera "Las bodas de Fígaro" De W. Amadeus Mozart, Desde que empieza la Música y en especial cuando Resaltan Los Oboes y los Clarinete y los los Flautines, me dan ganas de llorar, pero al ver la expresión de dolor y sufrimiento en la cara de Soprano "Mirusia Louwerse" me empiezan a salir lagrimas de lo sublime y belleza de esta música combinado con esta voz celestial de Mirusia Louwerse es un regalo de Dios para nosotros, y se comprueba que la mayoría de las Obras de Música de Mozart tienen un toque divino. y se comprueba que la música se encuentra en el Plano Divino o Celestial, y es o fue bajada del Cielo por Mozart y por otros músicos de su época de música clásica. Por eso cuando se escucha con tranquilidad la música de Mozart se siente que se hace contacto con el Plano Angelical con los seres de Luz (Ángeles y Arcángeles) y se siente la Nostalgia de que Pertenecemos a ese Plano Angelical o Cielo como nuestro verdadero hogar o verdadera Patria y que aquí en la Tierra solo estamos de Paso y que venimos a Aprender porque Nacimos, cual es nuestra Misión en el Tierra y en la Vida, y a donde vamos a ir cuando nuestro corazón deje de latir, y lo principal es que al estar en nuestro planeta Tierra, tenemos la Oportunidad para lograr Evolucionar Espiritualmente y Obtener el Conocimiento de la Verdad. A mi en lo personal el Musico Andre Rieu No es de mi agrado porque su cara refleja una expresión y una actitud de Prepotente, Creído y de altanería, como si no lo mereciera el suelo que pisa, pero los músicos de su Orquesta Sinfónica Tocan divinamente y logran que sus instrumentos musicales alcancen la 8va en sus Notas musicales y logran llegar al plano divino de la música y bajar las notas musicales tan puras como si estuviéramos escuchando la música en el cielo, estando aquí abajo en la Tierra, y logramos hacer contacto con el plano divino al que realmente pertenecemos, y eso es lo que es capaz de lograr un pieza de música como esta de Porgi Amor, hacernos sentir hacemos contacto con nuestro verdadero hogar ""el cielo"". Gracias nuevamente por el video.
I cannot imagine anyone disliking this performance but I see 27 haters up there. Shameful!! You don't win the Sutherland Competition without having great talent, and she has that in marvelous abundance. Mirusia is a world treasure.
@drewby613 This is the best rendition i've heard for "Porgi Amor". The thing that sets her apart from everyone else is not just the beautiful timbre of her voice, but also the fact that she doesn't overuse the vibrato. She has amazing control over her voice... tears!
@dickinsonstarkey As one stuck with the label "American," I am proud of her too as she represents Euro-culture wherever it is located. She is wonderful, indeed. I read on one of these posts that her father is Dutch.
@dieseldog00 I agree with what you say about miking. I hope that the change in approach that miking allows will also lead to a style where the vibrato doesn't overwhelm to the point where the pitch almost gets lost, as I hear all too often. That's another think I really like about the singing in this clip.
I love Mirusia. It's always a treat to hear her voice. Like a ray of sunshine peeking through my days' cloudy greys. This isn't my favourite song by her, but she looks damn cute in it!
She makes me so proud to have been born in Australia. Please share her with the world culture is the best we can offer to our family and the national image. Dame Joan Sutherland must be feeling wonderful with this performance today.
That's correct Nanette... this area take place at the beginning of the second act... first aparition of Rosina... Countess of Almaviva. It is a very deep song of a wife that feels his housband love is over... Waves for you all from Mexico City.
1:15: music 2:37: Porgi, Amor, Qualche ristoro (Give me, Oh Love, Some comfort) 2:57: Al mio duolo, al miei sospir (In my sorrow, in my pain) 3:25: O mi rendi il mio tesoro (Either give me back my Darling) 3:44: O mi lascia almen morir (Or leave me at least die) 3:56: O mi lascia almen morir! 4:10: Porgi, Amor, Qualche ristoro, Al mio duolo, miei sospir; 4:24: O mi rendi il mio tesoro! 4:34: O mi lascia almen morir... 4:52: Almen morir. .../... Tue 24 Nov 2009 17:05 GMT
So true! When someone does not sing absolutely healthy it is immediately heard with mic. A mic does not help imperfection, it makes it more obvious. The one and only way of protection is good use, end of story. Oh, and crossover is the best way to rape classical traditon with our lack of courage to do it properly.
@drewby613 I hope Mirusia never goes to unmiked opera singing. Classical crossover is the best genre for the protection of her voice. Jackie Evancho has also said she will not sing unmiked. Bellowing, "projecting", "yelling", they're all the same. The sound systems are so good now that opera singers should never have to yell. They should wear face mikes like Mirusia does. Their voices will last a lot longer. The Three Tenors(Carreras, Domingo and Pavarotti) were miked.
I didn't say it was high, I said it was amazing, my subjective opinion, of course. It was the tone, to me, that was amazing. As is my opinion that much of opera sounds like bellowing, and "bellowing" is characterized by an overuse of vibrato, so that the true pitch is obscured, and a projection of volume that has the effect of distorting the tone of the singer's voice. Opera is a highly stylized form of singing--most are copying the style; the greats master it and truly sing--communicate..
The voice is very good, but still needs work. In order to produce a soft, piano tone, she sometimes closes her resonance off and sings in the mouth, then again she only uses her head voice and absolutely no chest voice in some parts. And expressionwise I get absolutely nothing from her. She looks so cute and has an absolutely pure, beautiful timbre, but she doesn't convince me as Gräfin. Especially if you just listen to the sound, it's nothing but beautiful noise. But considering that this is Mozart and that she was only 20 (!!!) back then, this is very, VERY good. Many sopranos would love to have just half as much of the voice and the talent she had back then.
Absolutely agree! She has a wonderful voice, but she is still young -- I see a lot of potential in her. I thought Rieu needed more dynamics in the orchestra , soft to the point of straining to hear (well, not quite) and then louder in following passages; just a tad more delicacy is perhaps what I mean. I look forward to seeing more of this very promising young artist. Listen to Schwarzkopf's interpretation (you very likely already have) -- the absolute master of Mozartean operas -- it will take a lot to surpass her.
@1527XZ because she is just medicore from the perspective of art... she has beautiful voice and look. but has nothing to be concerned with pure operatic art.. just like Sarah brightman
André Rieu uses little conventional music resources, makes a lot of theatrics... but here it's so appropriate that his bet is won: I may hurt some operagoers or professional musicians, but Mirusia makes all the divas I loved so far in Porgi Amor (Stader, Janowitz, Kanawa, Studer, Popp, Fleming - even Schwarzkopf!) suddenly look cold, or mannered... No countess loves her "tesoro" so dearly! no countess wants "morir" so badly! No countess breaks my heart like this... Tue 24 Nov 2009 17:45 GMT
@drewby613 The note at 4:05 is not all that amazing - it isn't particularly high for a soprano. The challenge in this aria is the approach to that note. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf does it much more effortlessly, floating up there and unmiked, except to record it. And opera singers do not bellow, they project. Mirusia has the advantage of being miked and sound engineers, but without the mike she would "bellow" with the best of them. Miking gives her the luxury of emotional range, ask any jazz singer.
icylakepaxphile.... clearly has no idea what the true art of opera is. Pure operatic art?! You mean the combination of music and theatre.... I'm pretty sure she excels in both of these forms of art. Anyone with a true sense of musicianship would be proud of her. When artists pick others apart, it is out of jealousy...
You know NOTHING about opera!!!! Pavarotti, Carreras, and Domingo were ALL unmiked when they performed in opera houses. Only in "three tenors" concerts did they use microphones. Domingo STILL sings without a microphone at the MET, and he's in his seventies!!! The voice will last longer? What kind of fraud are you? Yelling and projecting are the same? Do you do this a lot? Talk about things you know nothing about as if you are some expert? Even Mirusia didn't use a mic when she sang Pamina!
