Renée Fleming "Il est doux" LIVE (2003) Herodiade

Live New years eve 2003
Salome: Renée Fleming
New York Philharmonic
Conductor: Andrew Davis

"Celui dont la parole efface toutes peines... Il est doux, il est bon"

Renée Fleming sings Salome's aria "Il est doux" from Massenet's opera Herodiade. This is the score's most lyrical aria and famous portion. There are a few unfortunate skips in the recording, but I thought it still worth posting as this is another example of Fleming's mastery in this repertoire.

The aria is much less demanding than Massenet's normal mode - I have posted another video which shows how extreme the writing for Salome is in Herodiade:
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