ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Danielle de Niese - Soprano
Her voice described as a “sweet gleaming soprano,” Danielle de Niese breathes new life into opera, astonishing critics and making audiences sit up and listen.

Why you should listen

It’s not every day that an opera singer is deemed “cool.” But Danielle de Niese does look and act, at times, more like a pop singer than an opera star. Born in Melbourne of Dutch/Scottish/Sri Lankan parents, de Niese started classical voice lessons at 8, and moved at 10 to Los Angeles to attend a school of performing arts, while working as a television presenter on a teen show called LA Kids. But de Niese always knew she would be a singer. At the startlingly young age of 19 she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, singing Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro. At 25, de Niese stunned audiences and garnered international acclaim with her sultry portrayal of Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare at the 2005 Glyndebourne Festival in the UK.

Gracing the world’s great opera stages and an exclusive recording contract with Decca may seem an unlikely fate for a former teen TV host born Down Under, but de Niese embraces contrasts and challenges. She’s already starred in her own BBC4 reality show, Diva Diaries, and soon fans will be seeing her on the big screen, playing her first major film role in the Maria Callas biopic Master Class.

She says: "What I do demands the same kind of expertise as a professional athlete."

More profile about the speaker
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TEDGlobal 2011

Danielle de Niese: A flirtatious aria

Даниеле де Ниесе : Флиртуваща ария

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Може ли операта да бъде толкова секси? Великото сопрано на Даниеле де Ниесе ни показва как, изпълнявайки флиртовата ария "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß", която преведено означава , както бихте се досетили " стните ми целуват толкова горещо", от оперетата Гуидита на Франц Лехар. Акомпанимент: Ингрид Сюргенор.
- Soprano
Her voice described as a “sweet gleaming soprano,” Danielle de Niese breathes new life into opera, astonishing critics and making audiences sit up and listen. Full bio

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♫ I don't understandразбирам myselfсебе си, ♫
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♫ Не мога да се разбера, ♫
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♫ why they keep talkingговорим of love, ♫
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♫ защо продължават да говорят за любов, ♫
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♫ if they come nearблизо до me, ♫
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♫ когато дойдат близо до мен, ♫
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♫ if they look into my eyesочи and kissцелувка my handръка. ♫
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♫ ако гледат очите ми и целуват ръката ми. ♫
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♫ I don't understandразбирам myselfсебе си, ♫
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♫ Не мога да се разбера, ♫
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♫ why they talk of magicмагия, ♫
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♫ защо говорят за магия, ♫
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♫ that no one withstandsиздържа, ♫
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♫ на която никой не може да се противопостави ♫
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♫ if he seesвижда me, if he passesпреминавания by. ♫
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♫ ако ме види, ако ме подмине, ♫
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♫ But if the redчервен lightсветлина is on ♫
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♫ Но ако червената светлина, свети ♫
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♫ in the middleсреден of the night ♫
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♫ посред нощ ♫
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♫ and everybodyвсички listensслуша to my songпесен, ♫
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♫ и всички слушат моята песен ♫
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♫ then it is plainобикновен to see. ♫
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♫ тогава е очевидно. ♫
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♫ My lipsустни, they give so fieryОгнена a kissцелувка, ♫
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♫ Устните ми целуват толкова горещо. ♫
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♫ my limbsкрайници, they are suppleеластична and whiteбял. ♫
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♫ крайниците ми, те са толкова омекнали и пребледнели. ♫
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♫ It is writtenписмен for me in the starsзвезди, ♫
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♫ За мен, написано е в звездите ♫
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thouти си shaltще бъдеш kissцелувка, thouти си shaltще бъдеш love. ♫
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♫ трябва да целуваш, трябва да обичаш. ♫
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♫ My feetкрака, they glideGlide and floatплувка, ♫
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♫ Моите крака се плъзгат и се носят, ♫
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♫ my eyesочи, they lureпримамка and glowблясък. ♫
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♫ моите очите, те светят и съблазняват. ♫
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♫ And I danceтанц as if entrancedзавоюва, 'causeзащото I know, ♫
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♫ И целувам все едно съм в транс, защото зная. ♫
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♫ my lipsустни give so fieryОгнена a kissцелувка. ♫
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♫ устните ми целуват толкова горещо. ♫
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♫ In my veinsвени, ♫
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♫ Във вените ми, ♫
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runsписти a dancer'sтанцьорка bloodкръв, ♫
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♫ кипи кръв на танцьорка, ♫
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♫ because my beautifulкрасив motherмайка
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♫ защото красивата ми майка ♫
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♫ was the QueenКралица of danceтанц
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♫ беше царицата на танца ♫
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♫ in the gildedпозлатен AlcazarАлказар. ♫
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♫ в позлатения Алказар. ♫
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♫ She was so very beautifulкрасив, ♫
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♫ Тя беше толкова красива, ♫
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♫ I oftenчесто saw her in my dreamsсънища. ♫
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♫ че често я виждах в сънищата ми. ♫
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♫ If she beatбия the tambourineдайре
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♫ Ако тамбурата свиреше ♫
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♫ to her beguilingподвеждащ danceтанц, all eyesочи were glowingСветещи admiringlyвъзхищение. ♫
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♫ на нейния привличащ танц, всички очи светеха от удивление. ♫
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♫ She reawakenedreawakened in me, ♫
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♫ Тя се пробуди в мен, ♫
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mineмоята is the sameедин и същ lot. ♫
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♫ това е моята съдба. ♫
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♫ I danceтанц like her at midnightполунощ
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♫ Танцувам като нея в полунощ ♫
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♫ and from deepДълбок withinв рамките на I feel: ♫
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♫ и дълбоко в мен усещам: ♫
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♫ My lipsустни, they give so fieryОгнена a kissцелувка, ♫
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♫ устните ми целуват толкова горещо. ♫
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♫ my limbsкрайници, they are suppleеластична and whiteбял. ♫
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♫ крайниците ми, те са толкова омекнали и пребледнели. ♫
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♫ It is writtenписмен for me in the starsзвезди, ♫
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♫ За мен, написано е в звездите ♫
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thouти си shaltще бъдеш kissцелувка, thouти си shaltще бъдеш love. ♫
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♫ трябва да целуваш, трябва да обичаш. ♫
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♫ And I danceтанц as if entrancedзавоюва, 'causeзащото I know, ♫
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♫ И целувам все едно съм в транс, защото зная. ♫
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♫ my lipsустни give so fieryОгнена a kissцелувка. ♫
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♫ устните ми целуват толкова горещо. ♫
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Translated by Mihail Stoychev
Reviewed by Darina Stoyanova

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Danielle de Niese - Soprano
Her voice described as a “sweet gleaming soprano,” Danielle de Niese breathes new life into opera, astonishing critics and making audiences sit up and listen.

Why you should listen

It’s not every day that an opera singer is deemed “cool.” But Danielle de Niese does look and act, at times, more like a pop singer than an opera star. Born in Melbourne of Dutch/Scottish/Sri Lankan parents, de Niese started classical voice lessons at 8, and moved at 10 to Los Angeles to attend a school of performing arts, while working as a television presenter on a teen show called LA Kids. But de Niese always knew she would be a singer. At the startlingly young age of 19 she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, singing Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro. At 25, de Niese stunned audiences and garnered international acclaim with her sultry portrayal of Cleopatra in Handel’s Giulio Cesare at the 2005 Glyndebourne Festival in the UK.

Gracing the world’s great opera stages and an exclusive recording contract with Decca may seem an unlikely fate for a former teen TV host born Down Under, but de Niese embraces contrasts and challenges. She’s already starred in her own BBC4 reality show, Diva Diaries, and soon fans will be seeing her on the big screen, playing her first major film role in the Maria Callas biopic Master Class.

She says: "What I do demands the same kind of expertise as a professional athlete."

More profile about the speaker
Danielle de Niese | Speaker | TED.com