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

Danielle de Niese: Një arie flirtuese

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A mundet që një opera të jetë kaq epshndjellëse? Sopranoja e mrekullueshme Danielle de Niese na tregon se si, duke kënduar "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss" që e përkthyer do të ishte siç mund të imagjinohet: “Unë puth aq ngrohtë”. Nga Giuditta by Frans Lehár, shoqëruar prej: Ingrid Surgenor.
- 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 myself, ♫
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♫ Unë vetë nuk e kuptoj, ♫
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♫ why they keep talking of love, ♫
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♫ pse vazhdojnë të flasin për dashurinë, ♫
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♫ if they come near me, ♫
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♫ nëse vijnë pranë meje, ♫
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♫ if they look into my eyes and kiss my hand. ♫
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♫ nëse shohin në sytë e mi dhe puthin dorën time. ♫
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♫ I don't understand myself, ♫
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♫ Unë vetë nuk e kuptoj, ♫
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♫ why they talk of magic, ♫
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♫ pse e quajnë magji, ♫
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♫ that no one withstands, ♫
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♫ që askush s’i reziston, ♫
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♫ if he sees me, if he passes by. ♫
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♫ nëse ai më sheh mua, nëse ai kalon pranë meje. ♫
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♫ But if the red light is on ♫
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♫ Nëse drita e kuqe është e ndezur ♫
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♫ in the middle of the night ♫
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♫ në mesin e natës ♫
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♫ and everybody listens to my song, ♫
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♫ dhe gjithkush dëgjon këngën time, ♫
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♫ then it is plain to see. ♫
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♫ atëherë është e thjeshtë të kuptosh. ♫
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♫ My lips, they give so fiery a kiss, ♫
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♫ Buzët e mia puthin kaq zjarrtë, ♫
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♫ my limbs, they are supple and white. ♫
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♫ gjymtyrët e mi janë të epshëm e të bardhë. ♫
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♫ It is written for me in the stars, ♫
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♫ Është shkruar për mua në yje, ♫
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♫ thou shalt kiss, thou shalt love. ♫
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♫ që do të puth, do të dashuroj. ♫
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♫ My feet, they glide and float, ♫
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♫ Këmbët e mia rrëshqasin, pluskojnë ♫
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♫ my eyes, they lure and glow. ♫
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♫ sytë e mi të joshin, shkëlqejnë. ♫
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♫ And I dance as if entranced, 'cause I know, ♫
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♫ Dhe unë vallëzoj si një dallgë sepse e di, ♫
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♫ my lips give so fiery a kiss. ♫
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♫ buzët e mia puthin kaq zjarrtë. ♫
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♫ In my veins, ♫
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♫ Në venat e mia, ♫
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♫ runs a dancer's blood, ♫
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♫ rrjedh gjak valltareje, ♫
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♫ because my beautiful mother ♫
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♫ sepse e bukura nëna ime ♫
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♫ was the Queen of dance ♫
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♫ ishte Mbretëresha e vallëzimit ♫
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♫ in the gilded Alcazar. ♫
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♫ në Alkazarin e artë. ♫
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♫ She was so very beautiful, ♫
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♫ Ajo ishte aq e bukur, ♫
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♫ I often saw her in my dreams. ♫
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♫ e kam parë shpesh në ëndrrat e mia. ♫
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♫ If she beat the tambourine ♫
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♫ Kur ajo i binte defit ♫
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♫ to her beguiling dance, all eyes were glowing admiringly. ♫
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♫ në kërcimin e saj të egër, gjithë sytë shkëlqenin plot admirim. ♫
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♫ She reawakened in me, ♫
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♫ Ajo është rizgjuar tek unë, ♫
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♫ mine is the same lot. ♫
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♫ unë ndaj të njëjtin fat. ♫
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♫ I dance like her at midnight ♫
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♫ Unë kërcej si ajo në mesnatë ♫
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♫ and from deep within I feel: ♫
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♫ dhe brenda meje e ndjej: ♫
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♫ My lips, they give so fiery a kiss, ♫
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♫ Buzët e mia puthin kaq zjarrtë. ♫
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♫ my limbs, they are supple and white. ♫
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♫ gjymtyrët e mi janë të epshëm e të bardhë. ♫
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♫ It is written for me in the stars, ♫
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♫ Është shkruar për mua në yje, ♫
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♫ thou shalt kiss, thou shalt love. ♫
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♫ që do të puth, do të dashuroj. ♫
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♫ And I dance as if entranced, 'cause I know, ♫
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♫ Dhe unë vallëzoj si një dallgë sepse e di, ♫
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♫ my lips give so fiery a kiss. ♫
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♫ buzët e mia puthin kaq zjarrtë. ♫
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Translated by Ervis Bregu
Reviewed by Helena Bedalli

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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