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."

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TEDGlobal 2011

Danielle de Niese: A flirtatious aria

다니엘 드 니스: 교태를 부리는 아리아

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오페라가 그렇게도 어지간히 섹시한적이 있었을까요? 눈부시게 아름다운 소프라노인 다니엘 드 니스가 그렇게도 교태스럽게 "마이네 리펜, 시에 쿠센 소 하이스."를 노래합니다. 그것은 번역되기를, 여러분이 짐작할 수 있는것처럼, 프란스 르하가 작곡한 지우디타에서의 "나는 키스를 그렇게도 정열적으로 한다네" 입니다. 반주자는 잉그리드 수르제노르입니다.
- 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 understand알다 myself자기, ♫
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♫나 스스로도 이해가 가지 않아, ♫
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♫ why they keep talking말하는 of love, ♫
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♫왜 그들은 사랑 얘기를 계속할까♫
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♫ if they come near가까운 me, ♫
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♫그들이 나에게 접근하면♫
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♫ if they look into my eyes and kiss키스 my hand. ♫
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♫그들이 내 눈을보고 내 손에 키스를하면. ♫
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♫ I don't understand알다 myself자기, ♫
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♫내스스로도 이해가 가지않아♫
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♫ why they talk of magic마법, ♫
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♫왜 그들이 마법의 이야기를 하는지♫
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♫ that no one withstands~을 견디다, ♫
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♫ 아무도 저항하지 않는다고, ♫
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♫ if he sees본다 me, if he passes통과 by. ♫
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♫ 그가 나를 본다면, 그가 나를 지나간다면. ♫
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♫ But if the red빨간 light is on ♫
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♫하지만 빨간 불이 켜져있을때 ♫
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♫ in the middle중간 of the night ♫
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♫한 밤중에 ♫
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♫ and everybody각자 모두 listens청취하다 to my song노래, ♫
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♫또 모든이가 내 노래에 귀기울이면, ♫
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♫ then it is plain평원 to see. ♫
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♫그럼 명료히 보게되네. ♫
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♫ My lips입술, they give so fiery불 같은 a kiss키스, ♫
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♫내 입술이 불같은 키스를 한다는걸, ♫
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♫ my limbs사지, they are supple유연한 and white화이트. ♫
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♫내 팔다리가 유연하고 하얗다는걸. ♫
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♫ It is written for me in the stars, ♫
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♫그건 나를 위해 별들속에 쓰여 있다네, ♫
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thou천개 shalt kiss키스, thou천개 shalt love. ♫
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♫당신은 키스할지라!, 당신은 사랑할지라!. ♫
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♫ My feet피트, they glide활주 and float흙손, ♫
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♫내 발은 활주하고 떠다니지, ♫
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♫ my eyes, they lure매혹 and glow불타는 듯한 빛깔. ♫
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♫내 눈은 유혹하고 빛나네. ♫
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♫ And I dance댄스 as if entranced마주 친, 'cause'원인 I know, ♫
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♫나는 포획당한듯 춤추지, 왜냐면 나는 아니까!, ♫
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♫ my lips입술 give so fiery불 같은 a kiss키스. ♫
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♫내 입술은 불의 키스를 한다는걸!. ♫
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♫ In my veins정맥, ♫
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♫내 혈관에는, ♫
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runs뛰다 a dancer's댄서의 blood, ♫
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♫댄서의 피가 흐른다네, ♫
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♫ because my beautiful아름다운 mother어머니
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♫왜냐면 나의 아름다운 어머니는 ♫
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♫ was the Queen of dance댄스
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♫춤의 여왕이었거든♫
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♫ in the gilded화려한 Alcazar알카자르. ♫
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♫화려한 알카자르 (Alcazar)에서. ♫
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♫ She was so very beautiful아름다운, ♫
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♫그녀는 매우 아름다웠지, ♫
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♫ I often자주 saw her in my dreams. ♫
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♫나는 종종 꿈속에서 그녀를 봤다네. ♫
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♫ If she beat박자 the tambourine탬버린
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♫만일 그녀가 탬버린을 두들기면♫
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♫ to her beguiling속이는 dance댄스, all eyes were glowing빛나는 admiringly감탄할 정도로. ♫
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♫그녀의 재미있는 춤에, 모든 이목이 경이로 빛났지!. ♫
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♫ She reawakened다시 깨우친 in me, ♫
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♫그녀가 내속에서 다시 깨어났다네, ♫
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mine광산 is the same같은 lot. ♫
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♫나도 같은 운명이야. ♫
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♫ I dance댄스 like her at midnight한밤중
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♫나는 한밤중에 그녀처럼 춤춘다네♫
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♫ and from deep깊은 within이내에 I feel: ♫
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♫그리고 내마음 깊숙한 곳에서 나는 느끼네: ♫
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♫ My lips입술, they give so fiery불 같은 a kiss키스, ♫
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♫내 입술이 불같은 키스를 한다는걸, ♫
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♫ my limbs사지, they are supple유연한 and white화이트. ♫
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♫내 팔다리가 유연하고 하얗다는걸. ♫
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♫ It is written for me in the stars, ♫
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♫그건 나를 위해 별들속에 쓰여 있다네, ♫
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thou천개 shalt kiss키스, thou천개 shalt love. ♫
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♫당신은 키스할지라!, 당신은 사랑할지라!. ♫
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♫ And I dance댄스 as if entranced마주 친, 'cause'원인 I know, ♫
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♫ 그리고 나는 포획당한듯 춤추지, 왜냐면 나는 아니까, ♫
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♫ my lips입술 give so fiery불 같은 a kiss키스. ♫
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♫ 내 입술이 불같은 키스를 한다는걸. ♫
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Translated by Jeong-Lan Kinser
Reviewed by Bianca Lee

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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