Really, how gorgeous is Patricia Petibon?\u00a0 I mean, first there is that impeccable, light coloratura voice, full of personality, and then there is her amazing, almost outrageously expressive face.\u00a0 I wish there were more videos of her singing live, because I could watch and listen to her for hours.<\/p>\n
Actually, I kind of have been.\u00a0 But I’m saving some of those other posts for later.\u00a0 And swooning a little.<\/p>\n
[youtube http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PLtfYXY7Tno&hl=en_US&version=3&rel=0]Anyway, here she is, singing El Vito, a Spanish folk song that was, if I understand correctly (I do not have her Melancolia CD<\/a> – yet! – so I can’t tell you based on the notes) set by Joaqu\u00edn Nin y Castellanos.\u00a0 The lyrics are a little concerning, translating to “An old woman is worth a silver coin and a young girl two copper coins, but as I am so poor I go for the cheapest. On with the dancing, on with the dancing, ole! Stop your teasing, sir, else I’ll blush!”<\/p>\n But I don’t really care about dodgy lyrics, because Petibon is just so utterly gorgeous when she sings them. I’m sorry, I know I keep saying that.\u00a0 One of the other things I really love about Petibon’s work is her choice of repertoire – her CDs tend to be a combination of baroque arias with the sort of folk songs that are halfway to being dances – full of lively percussion. To me, that’s the perfect mix… or perhaps it’s just the way Petibon sings?<\/p>\n Because I am now officially a Petibon addict, I’m going to leave you with a couple more of her songs.\u00a0 Here’s her version of the Doll Song<\/a> from Les Contes d’Hoffmann, complete with strange doll-like noises, broken creaks, and random attacks of Queen of the Night.\u00a0 And for contrast, here she is, singing ‘Lascia ch’io pianga<\/a>‘ (let me weep), from Handel’s opera, Rinaldo.<\/p>\n Can I be her when I grow up?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Really, how gorgeous is Patricia Petibon?\u00a0 I mean, first there is that impeccable, light coloratura voice, full of personality, and then there is her amazing, almost outrageously expressive face.\u00a0 I wish there were more videos of her singing live, because I could watch and listen to her for hours. Actually, I kind of have been.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[139,191,207,247,263,362,420,437,549,566,612],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-classical-music","tag-doll-aria","tag-el-vito","tag-folk-music","tag-g-f-handel","tag-joaquin-nin-y-castellanos","tag-lascia-chio-pianga","tag-les-oiseaux-dans-la-charmille","tag-opera","tag-patricia-petibon","tag-rinaldo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catesings.catespeaks.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}