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

Danielle de Niese: Koketná ária

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Môže opera byť aspoň trošku sexi? Skvostná sopranistka Danielle de Niese nám ukáže ako pri spievaní koketnej "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss." V preklade: "Moje pery dávajú horúce bozky." (Z Giuditty od Franza Lehára; korepetitorka: Ingrid Surgenor.)
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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 understandrozumieť myselfja sám, ♫
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♫ Sama nerozumiem, ♫
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♫ why they keep talkingrozprávanie of love, ♫
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♫ prečo stále rečnia o láske, ♫
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♫ if they come nearblízkosti me, ♫
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♫ keď sú blízko mňa, ♫
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♫ if they look into my eyesoči and kissbozk my handručné. ♫
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♫ keď mi pozrú do očí a pobozkajú ruku. ♫
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♫ I don't understandrozumieť myselfja sám, ♫
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♫ Nerozumiem, ♫
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♫ why they talk of magickúzlo, ♫
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♫ prečo rečnia o mágii, ♫
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♫ that no one withstandsodoláva, ♫
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♫ ktorej nikto neodolá, ♫
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♫ if he seesvidí me, if he passespriechody by. ♫
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♫ keď ma vidí, keď okolo prechádza. ♫
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♫ But if the redčervená lightsvetlo is on ♫
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♫ Avšak keď červené svetlo svieti ♫
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♫ in the middleprostredný of the night ♫
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♫ uprostred noci ♫
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♫ and everybodyvšetci listenspočúva to my songpieseň, ♫
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♫ a každý načúva mojej piesni, ♫
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♫ then it is plainprostý to see. ♫
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♫ tak poznávam dôvod... ♫
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♫ My lipspery, they give so fieryohnivý a kissbozk, ♫
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♫ Moje pery dajú bozk planúci, ♫
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♫ my limbskončatín, they are suppleohybný and whitebiely. ♫
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♫ moje paže sú vláčne a biele. ♫
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♫ It is writtenpísaný for me in the starshviezdy, ♫
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♫ Je to vpísané vo hviezdach, ♫
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thouTy shaltNebudeš kissbozk, thouTy shaltNebudeš love. ♫
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♫ ty máš bozkávať, ty máš milovať. ♫
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♫ My feetchodidlá, they glideGlide and floatplavák, ♫
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♫ Moje nohy sa kĺžu a nesú, ♫
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♫ my eyesoči, they lurenávnada and glowžiara. ♫
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♫ moje oči vábia a žiaria. ♫
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♫ And I dancetanec as if entrancedv tranze, 'cause'cause I know, ♫
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♫ Ako očarená tancujem, lebo viem, ♫
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♫ my lipspery give so fieryohnivý a kissbozk. ♫
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♫ že moje pery dávajú bozky ohnivé. ♫
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♫ In my veinsžily, ♫
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♫ V mojich žilách, ♫
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runsbeží a dancer'stanečnice bloodkrvný, ♫
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♫ koluje tanečná krv, ♫
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♫ because my beautifulkrásny mothermatka
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♫ od mojej krásnej mamy -- ♫
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♫ was the QueenKráľovná of dancetanec
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♫ tanečnej kráľovnej ♫
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♫ in the gildedPozlátené AlcazarAlcazar. ♫
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♫ v pozlátenom Alcazare. ♫
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♫ She was so very beautifulkrásny, ♫
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♫ Bola tak nevýslovne krásna, ♫
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♫ I oftenčasto saw her in my dreamssny. ♫
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♫ vídala som ju často vo svojich snoch. ♫
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♫ If she beatporaziť the tambourinetamburína
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♫ Keď hrala na tamburínu ♫
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♫ to her beguilingočarujúce dancetanec, all eyesoči were glowingžiariace admiringlyobdivom. ♫
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♫ vo svojom zvodnom tanci, všetky oči žiarili s obdivom. ♫
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♫ She reawakenedprebudil in me, ♫
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♫ Kúsok z nej vo mne žije, ♫
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minebaňa is the samerovnaký lot. ♫
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♫ jej osud je i mojím. ♫
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♫ I dancetanec like her at midnightMidnight
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♫ Tancujem ako ona počas polnoci ♫
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♫ and from deephlboký withinvnútri I feel: ♫
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♫ a v hĺbke duše cítim: ♫
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♫ My lipspery, they give so fieryohnivý a kissbozk, ♫
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♫ moje pery dajú bozk planúci, ♫
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♫ my limbskončatín, they are suppleohybný and whitebiely. ♫
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♫ moje paže sú vláčne a biele. ♫
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♫ It is writtenpísaný for me in the starshviezdy, ♫
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♫ Je to vpísané vo hiezdach, ♫
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thouTy shaltNebudeš kissbozk, thouTy shaltNebudeš love. ♫
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♫ ty máš bozkávať, ty máš milovať. ♫
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♫ And I dancetanec as if entrancedv tranze, 'cause'cause I know, ♫
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♫ Ako očarená tancujem, lebo viem, ♫
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♫ my lipspery give so fieryohnivý a kissbozk. ♫
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♫ moje pery dávajú bozky planúce. ♫
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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