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
TEDGlobal 2011

Danielle de Niese: A flirtatious aria

دانيل دو ني: آواز دلبري

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آيا اپرا مي‌تواند با تمام آرامشش داراي جاذبه جنسي هم باشد؟ دانيل دو ني، ستاره درخشان اپرا، با آواز "بوسه‌هاي من آتشين هستند" نشان مي‌دهد كه چگونه چنين چيزي ممكن است. اين آهنگ ساخته فرانس لاهور، و همخوان: اينگريد سرجنر است.
- 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 understandفهمیدن myselfخودم, ♫
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من خودم نميفهمم،♫
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♫ why they keep talkingصحبت کردن of love, ♫
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چرا مردها دائم مي‌گن عاشقم هستن،
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♫ if they come nearنزدیک me, ♫
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وقتي پيش من ميان،
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♫ if they look into my eyesچشم ها and kissبوسه my handدست. ♫
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و وقتي تو چشاي من خيره ميشن و دستم رو مي‌بوسن،
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♫ I don't understandفهمیدن myselfخودم, ♫
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من خودم نمي‌فهمم،
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♫ why they talk of magicشعبده بازي, ♫
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چرا آنها از فريبندگي سحرآميز من حرف مي‌زنن،
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♫ that no one withstandsمقاومت می کند, ♫
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كه هيچ مردي نميتونه در مقابلش مقاومت ‌كنه،
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♫ if he seesمی بیند me, if he passesعبور می کند by. ♫
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هر بار که منو مي‌بينن، من همچنان دلربا هستم.
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♫ But if the redقرمز lightسبک is on ♫
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اما وقتي زير نور قرمز چراغ
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♫ in the middleوسط of the night ♫
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در نيمه‌هاي شب
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♫ and everybodyهمه listensگوش می دهد to my songترانه, ♫
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آنها به آواز من گوش ميدن و رقصم رو تماشا مي‌كنن،
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♫ then it is plainجلگه to see. ♫
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آنوقته كه مي‌فهمم چرا.
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♫ My lipsلب ها, they give so fieryآتش سوزی a kissبوسه, ♫
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لب‌هاي من بوسه‌هاي آتشين دارن،
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♫ my limbsاندام ها, they are suppleانعطاف پذیر and whiteسفید. ♫
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توي آغوش من عشق محشره.
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♫ It is writtenنوشته شده است for me in the starsستاره ها, ♫
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توي تقديرم توي ستاره‌ها نوشته،
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thouتو shaltشل kissبوسه, thouتو shaltشل love. ♫
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كه مردها بايد منو ببوسن، مردها بايد عاشقم باشن.
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♫ My feetپا, they glideسر خوردن and floatشناور, ♫
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پاهام، با ريتم موزون مي‌رقصن و شناورن،
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♫ my eyesچشم ها, they lureعاشقانه and glowدرخشان. ♫
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توي برق چشمهام شعله‌هاي اشتياقه.
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♫ And I danceرقص as if entrancedentranced, 'cause'علت I know, ♫
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و من مي‌رقصم و از خود بيخود مي‌شم، چون مي‌دونم،
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♫ my lipsلب ها give so fieryآتش سوزی a kissبوسه. ♫
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لبهاي من بوسه‌هاي آتشين دارن.
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♫ In my veinsرگه ها, ♫
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توي رگ‌هاي من،
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runsاجرا می شود a dancer'sرقصنده bloodخون, ♫
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خون يك رقاص ماهره،
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♫ because my beautifulخوشگل motherمادر
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چون مادر من
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♫ was the Queenملکه of danceرقص
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ستاره رقص
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♫ in the gildedطلایی Alcazarآلکازار. ♫
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آلكزر طلايي(گروه رقص معروف سوئد) بوده.
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♫ She was so very beautifulخوشگل, ♫
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او خيلي فوق‌العاده بوده،
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♫ I oftenغالبا saw her in my dreamsرویاها. ♫
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خيلي وقتا توي روياهام می بینمش.
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♫ If she beatضرب و شتم the tambourineتامورین
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رقص فريباي اون، مثل ضرب روي تمبك،
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♫ to her beguilingگیج کننده danceرقص, all eyesچشم ها were glowingدرخشان admiringlyتحسین آمیز. ♫
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قلب‌ها رو با خودش مي‌بره و چشم‌ها را مبهوت مي‌كنه.
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♫ She reawakenedبازشده in me, ♫
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روح اون دوباره در من جون مي‌گيره
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mineمال خودم is the sameیکسان lot. ♫
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خواست سرنوشتم هم همينه.
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♫ I danceرقص like her at midnightنیمه شب
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من هم مثل او نيمه‌شب‌ها مي‌رقصم
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♫ and from deepعمیق withinدر داخل I feel: ♫
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و عميقا حس مي‌كنم:
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♫ My lipsلب ها, they give so fieryآتش سوزی a kissبوسه, ♫
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لب‌هاي من بوسه‌هاي آتشين دارن.
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♫ my limbsاندام ها, they are suppleانعطاف پذیر and whiteسفید. ♫
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توي آغوش من عشق محشره.
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♫ It is writtenنوشته شده است for me in the starsستاره ها, ♫
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توي ستاره‌هاي سرنوشتم نوشته،
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thouتو shaltشل kissبوسه, thouتو shaltشل love. ♫
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مردها بايد منو ببوسن، مردها بايد عاشقم باشن.
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♫ And I danceرقص as if entrancedentranced, 'cause'علت I know, ♫
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و من مي‌رقصم و از خود بيخود مي‌شم، چون مي‌دونم،
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♫ my lipsلب ها give so fieryآتش سوزی a kissبوسه. ♫
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لبهاي من بوسه‌هاي آتشين دارن.
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(Applauseتشویق و تمجید)
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(تشويق تماشاگران)
Translated by Maral Salehi
Reviewed by Shahryar Zareparvar

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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