Humans might have ruined the world, burnt down the forests, been clouded by greed and lust, started wars, done terrible things. But we all can agree over music, the force that binds all things and people.

She sang at the National Concert Hall in Dublin two years ago and was due back last May, a covid cancellation. However in 2019 I was sitting in the front row about 3 yards from her when she sang this, it is in my list of highlights of my entire life, it was 3 minutes of my life I will simply never forget!

I recently reached the age of 72 and lam astonished,suddenly hearing this beautiful rendition from such a gifted voice , like being slapped in the face by Handel with joy and a rebuke as if to say ,what took you so long fool

I m from África From Angola, Love so much this Song😭

I like this slower than usual version. Gives grace to the music.

for me, the way she sings this is perfection, she treats it with sensitivity and gentleness- and the piece is not rushed, she allows all the beauty of every note to drift off into the air - angelic

Lascia ch'io pianga Mia cruda sorte, E che sospiri La libertà. Il duolo infranga Queste ritorte, De' miei martiri Sol per pietà.

Joyce DiDonato your voice is sent from Heaven. It is like hearing this aria for the first time. Thank you for helping me with my voice.

The beautiful Joyce - both inside & out actually - but few are even capable of being this pure and effortless. In a class by herself I think.

This is pure beauty - the setting, the music, the performers, and the talent. I hope civilisation continues in this troubled time.

those dramatic crescendos are amazing they gave the song so much life

Wow. The simplicity.. the pathos... the utter submission to a miserable fate.. Her performance seems to send shivers down my spine.. Her rendition seems unfettered by unnecessary "stylisms".. i think this is how Handel intended the song to be sung, in all its frankness and simplicity

How can someone thumbs down this video it's so beautiful and it takes a long time to learn

Une musique divine interprétée avec tellememt de ferveur par Joyce Di Donato et le quintet Pomo d'Oro. Je ne me lasse pas de l'écouter en pleurant dans mon deuil.

You can just hear the suffering and pain. What a beautiful performance. Brava Joyce.

listening from turkey with full admiration. Such a masterpiece. shows how limitless human creativity is. Handel is definitely a genius

Gorgeous ornamentation in the violin line at the end

I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. －The Shawshank Redemption

The beauty of the music, eternal music. Please share this kind of music with the new generations, educate them to what we have done as human beings in the past thanks to real composers.

I can't stop listening to this its so beautiful! and Well played.

Simply beautifully sung...and the accompaniment is really wonderful.

Heavenly Handel... Splendid Handel... Eternal Handel... I thank the divine hand, the eternal power that created the blood that ran in your veins... Infinite beauty, timeless musical eloquence, overwhelming emotionalism in every transition between one note and another... I thank every woman that broke Handel's heart... every tree, every bird. every ray of sunshine that was an inspiration to that splendid immortal mind!!! This aria is the ultimate hymn to agony, that could also overwhelm you with joy... This is literally heaven. Handel's heaven... where I shall dwell till eternity. Divine.

I’m speechless. She sings with her heart and so beautiful

A lovely interpretation of one of my favourite arias ; thank you !

i'm practicing this song for my singing lessons and i cry every single time i hear this woman, i can't rehearse like this 🥺😢 it just sounds so beautiful and genuine, i wanna sing like her in the future 🥰 with her raw emotion, gentleness and effortlessness

One of the best interpretations of this wonderful piece.....(IMHO) No facial theatrics, no twisting or contortions....they're not needed and Joyce DiDonato is well aware of it...

Händel... of this world but, not from this world. Maestro Maximus! Divine, had had his feet on the earth, and his ears in heaven. He didn't write music, he took dictations from God. I do believe that, piously, if I may say so. A privilege to listen to it, to be of this time, and a witness still to his great virtue and geniality. Superb! Bravo, Maestro! Bravissimo!

That violin solo at the end was perfect

L'aspiration à la liberté! Un thème dont l'écho résonne, triste, nostalgique, plein de soupirs, de la merveilleuse musique de Händel. Émue! Dieu merci! Pouvoir écouter une telle merveille, dans la voix de Joyce Donatio c'est pour remercier Le Bon Dieu! Esther Lessa

Heart-rendingly beautiful. What more could you ask for?

Yes, her interpretation is outstanding!

What a beautiful and deeply touching performance.

This is beautiful. Love her voice, love her interpretation.

How does she do it . She brings everything . We feel what we can't really describe . So many every singer even the male s sing this but not with her perfect flowing line even when she's not singing the meaning is felt ! Excellent ensemble work here . I think it's a version for today too .

Listening to this makes life worthwhile! This performance is superb!

I love this music This is very beautyful

Sublime! Cannot wait to hear Joyce sing this in Dublin this June (2017) also accompanied by the excellent il Pomo d'Oro

Heavenly! I have been fond of this aria for years. What a wonderful surprise to find this today.

Simplemente, ¡sublime, Joyce! Un bravo, también, por IL Pomo d'Oro.

She is so amazing. Just saw her in Agrippina she was wonderfull as comedian and singer.

Потрясающая музыка, огромное спасибо,. Джойс. Чудо. Божественный голос.

Joyce DiDonato is one of the greatest of all times. This performance is simple perfection.

Beautiful, really crying, making crying schön. As well as the group, and the palace. Thanks so much, greetings from Spain

Music is the universal language. Words need not be understood when you sing this way. I felt all of it and tears flood my eyes. Her delivery is everything.

Complimenti per la chiara espressione vocale e timbrica! Complimenti ai violinisti!

In my subjective opinion, this is the best interpretation of this song.

Joyce DiDonato - Lascia ch`io pianga

So moving. Brought a tear to my eye

This is simply wonderful. What a wonderful voice

a fantadtic piece of music from händel,i love this song and feeling relaxed when i hear it.

A wonderful performance by Ms DiDonato , that captures the mind from it's worldly woes & gently like an angel in ethereal flight takes it to a verdant haven of quiet joy 👏

che bella la lingua italiana la lingua dell'arte grazie Italia

great Mezzo Soprano italo american Joyce DiDonato..wonderful performance...

Keep coming back to this. Exceptional . Handel would have approve d of the the understated improvs by the voice and violin, expected at the time, so well executed. Love the look of approval by 2nd violin.

Thank you, Joyce. I am getting ready for surgery and you put my heart in a beautiful place.

Lindo, lindo, lindo!!!! Joyce é maravilhosa🥰👏👏👏👏👏

Wow I really love this music I first heard it as a sound track of a movie I was watching

My FAVORITE baroque aria of all time.

Qué voz más hermosa. Tuve la oportunidad de verla en Santiago de Chile y fue un privilegio. Simpática, bonita, y una voz dominada y hermosa.

There is a beautiful gentleness in this rendering which sets it apart.

So beautiful. In love with this. Quite simple.

So solemn and light at the same time. Really beutiful!

An all round beautiful rendition. Love it! thombo

This scene is wonderful with this song!

Perfect rendition, I would say. Most importantly, a true beauty

I think this might be the most beautiful aria ever written...it sort of makes me stop breathing!

Truly sublime in its superb depth of passion!

One of the best performances of this aria

All so wonderfully done. Beautiful setting of that era along with period instruments...and of course, a beautiful voice. Thank you. ♥

To me the best intrerpretation at all of this piece!

Splendida esecuzione!

❤The music of Faso is an inexhaustible source of sweetness. It allows us to plunge deep inside ourselves and at the same time resonate with our fellow man, Yé Lassina Coulibaly

Just balled my eyes out! Omg sublime and so sad.

Joyce DiDonato - Lascia ch`io pianga

Venezia, Haendel, un pensiero per l'immortale Carlo Broschi... E questa voce celestiale! Celestiale!!! Bravissima, splendida. Grazie!!!

Almost made me cry. Beautiful!

Wow I was moved to tears!!

I miss this relaxed and less commercial version of DiDonato. This is fabulous. I feel that, as her popularity has skyrocketed in the past two or three years, she has lost some of the innocence that truly set her apart. The commercialization of JDD has taken some of her charm, I fear. She is still amazing, but there is just something tremendous in this performance, and others from several years past that seems lacking in present fare. But perhaps, not haivng been able to see a live performance, I am speaking out of turn. But, I do miss the sense of realness, or authenticity. Perhaps a less guarded performance? She's truly at her best when she's, say, the Yankee Diva, as opposed to world superstar Joyce DiDonato. Then again, the loss of "innocence" can take its toll on any artistic soul. I still love her work, her absolute devotion to the music and to the art. She has the gift of reaching into people's souls and touching them, moving them beyond words and that hasn't changed. But there's been something missing of late, at least for me, and I truly hope that that changes, whether it's actually her, or in my own "ears." Regardless, "Brava, Joyce!"

Que hermoso habla la presentadora. Gracias. Saludos

Bravo Ms DiDonato and above all George Frederick Handel!!!!!!

Che brava...un piacere sempre sentirla! Emozionante!

Quelle voix !!! Quelle musicalité !!!! Quelle paix !!!!! Quelle grâce !!!! Enfin tout y est...

Beautiful.... just plain beautiful. I love this music for just relaxing, eating, or reading.

I love mezzosoprano

old instruments , tender voice.good tempo for me. wonderful, arigatou gozaimasu from japan

The lyrics ... Lascia ch'io pianga mia cruda sorte, e che sospiri la libertà. Il duolo infranga queste ritorte, de' miei martiri sol per pietà. Let me weep over my cruel fate, and let me sigh for liberty. May sorrow shatter these chains, for my torments

Lascia ch'io pianga Mia cruda sorte, E che sospiri la libertà! Lascia ch'io pianga Mia cruda sorte, E che sospiri la libertà! E che sospiri, E che sospiri la libertà! Lascia ch'io pianga Mia cruda sorte, E che sospiri la libertà! Il duolo infranga Queste ritorte De miei martiri Sol per pietà, De miei martiri Sol per pietà. Lascia ch'io pianga Mia cruda sorte, E che sospiri la libertà!

Simply amazing!!!

Truly outstanding rendition and so tender

3:33 What a Calm and Relax!

Never been bored with tis

Belíssima canção 💕👏👏

This and "When I am laid in earth" are the two essential tragic arias. Whole lives exist within them.

17 July 2020. More beautiful now than before

It is so relaxing 😎 love it

That trill!!! MY God!! Sooooo good!

Belíssima interpretação!

Just too beautiful.

Her beautiful voice is the acme of mezzosoprano

Fantastique !!! 💖💖💖