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

ダニエル・ドゥ・ニースが歌う艶やかなアリア

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オペラはどれほどセクシーでありうるのでしょう? 燦爛たるソプラノ歌手ダニエル・ドゥ・ニースが“Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss”(私の口づけはかくも熱い)を歌ってそれを見せてくれます。曲はフランツ・レハールの「ジュディッタ」から、伴奏はイングリッド・サージェナーです。
- 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 understandわかる myself私自身, ♫
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私にはわからない
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♫ why they keep talking話す of love, ♫
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なぜ男たちが愛ばかり語るのか
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♫ if they come near近く me, ♫
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私のそばに来て
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♫ if they look into my eyes and kissキッス my handハンド. ♫
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目を見つめ 手にキスするだけで
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♫ I don't understandわかる myself私自身, ♫
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私にはわからない
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♫ why they talk of magicマジック, ♫
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何が魔法だと言うのか
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♫ that no one withstands耐える, ♫
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私を見 そばを通り過ぎるとき
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♫ if he sees見える me, if he passesパス by. ♫
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誰も魅力に抗えないのだという・・・
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♫ But if the red light is on ♫
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でも真夜中に
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♫ in the middle中間 of the night ♫
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明かりが赤くともり
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♫ and everybodyみんな listens聞く to my song, ♫
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みんなが私の歌に耳を傾けるとき
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♫ then it is plainプレーン to see. ♫
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私は悟る
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♫ My lips, they give so fiery燃える a kissキッス, ♫
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私の口づけはかくも熱く
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♫ my limbs手足, they are suppleしなやか and white. ♫
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私の手足はしなやかで柔らかい
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♫ It is written書かれた for me in the stars, ♫
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きっとこれは星の定め
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thouあなた shalt kissキッス, thouあなた shalt love. ♫
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口づけせよ 恋せよ
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♫ My feetフィート, they glide滑る and float浮く, ♫
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私の足は宙を滑り
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♫ my eyes, they lureルアー and glow輝き. ♫
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瞳は輝き魅了する
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♫ And I danceダンス as if entranced入り込む, 'cause'原因 I know, ♫
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そして取り付かれたように踊る
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♫ my lips give so fiery燃える a kissキッス. ♫
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私の口づけはかくも熱いとわかったから
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♫ In my veins静脈, ♫
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私の体には
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runs走る a dancer'sダンサー blood血液, ♫
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踊り手の血が流れている
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♫ because my beautiful綺麗な mother
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私の美しい母は
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♫ was the Queenクイーン of danceダンス
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踊りの女王だった
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♫ in the gilded金めっきされた Alcazarアルカサル. ♫
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きらめくスペインの宮殿で
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♫ She was so very beautiful綺麗な, ♫
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とても美しかった母を
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♫ I oftenしばしば saw her in my dreams. ♫
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私はよく夢に見る
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♫ If she beatビート the tambourineタンバリン
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母がタンバリンを叩き
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♫ to her beguiling面倒な danceダンス, all eyes were glowing輝く admiringly感嘆して. ♫
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激しく踊ると 皆の目が燃えた
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♫ She reawakened再起された in me, ♫
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母が私の中で再び生き
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mine鉱山 is the same同じ lot. ♫
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私は母の運命を辿る
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♫ I danceダンス like her at midnight真夜中
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私もまた真夜中に踊り
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♫ and from deep深い within以内 I feel: ♫
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そして深く感じる
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♫ My lips, they give so fiery燃える a kissキッス, ♫
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私の口づけはかくも熱く
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♫ my limbs手足, they are suppleしなやか and white. ♫
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私の手足はしなやかで柔らかい
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♫ It is written書かれた for me in the stars, ♫
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きっとこれは星の定め
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thouあなた shalt kissキッス, thouあなた shalt love. ♫
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口づけせよ 恋せよ
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♫ And I danceダンス as if entranced入り込む, 'cause'原因 I know, ♫
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そして取り付かれたように踊る
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♫ my lips give so fiery燃える a kissキッス. ♫
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私の口づけがかくも熱いとわかったから
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(Applause拍手)
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(拍手)
Translated by Yasushi Aoki
Reviewed by Naoki Funahashi

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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