This is the first time I've ever seen the Queen show some compassion to her daughter during this scene. Amazing.

@flannerymonaghan-morris1317

4 жыл бұрын

I think there is evidence in the libretto that she truly does love her daughter, if in a VERY fucked up (and scary/very overprotective) way...

@sylviepeltier8563

2 жыл бұрын

@@flannerymonaghan-morris1317 Je partage votre point de vue. On a ici l'incarnation d'une mère possessive donc abusive, magnifiquement interprétée par Natalie Dessay !

@davidalbro2009

2 ай бұрын

It works so well not only with the aria but with her character. It seems like 99% have been misinterpreting this aria.

Wow, there's the color and musicality you seldom hear in this aria! She put uncharacteristic warmth and humanity into the role as well. Bravo! piece

Dessay seems so genuinely furious and upset. I love he interpretation!

I have just started listening to opera seriously and I have to say I am just blown away by the caliber of talent amongst most opera "divas." Natalie Dessay is certainly at the top of that list!! Thanks so much for uploading this!! So much passion!

Haha, I love her for that! This is her comment on moving while singing: "Definitely, because if you want to sing without moving around, all you have to do is give concerts." It's from her interview with Operanet.

Perfect tempo and voice level....She is THE ONE~!!

I love her "I... I can't even..." exit lol. I loved her performance.

This woman is GREAT! The first time ever I've been moved by this aria. She makes dramatic sense out of the coloratura. She's no. 1.

The staccato is amazing... Insane Mozart

Brava~! Dessay is my Favorite Queen of the night!

O M G !!! This is the most beautiful sound, gives me goose bumps, moves me to tears

I love Natalie Dessay! She is an amazing singer and what an energy! I love her voice her technique and interpretation. This is the best version since Christina Deutecom! And she was the best in my opinion! FANTASTIC NATALIE!!!!

I believe that it is the best interpretation of the queen of the night in the network. When I saw this Natalie's interpretation for the first time the eyes filled me with tears, I believe that it expresses pefectamente the surrealistic and emotional environment of this Mozar's aria. The best ;)

Natalie Dessay es una soprano magnifica!!!! Que maravilla de cantante, una de las joyas de la opera mundial!

Stop comparing Dessay and Damrau. They're both amazing.

@joeleferri8026

5 жыл бұрын

A mio parere son brave entrambe, poi che il loro canto e la loro interpretazione siano diverse è logico, son due soprano diversi! Questa Regina della Notte, interiormente appare più combattuta tra la sua decisione di ripudiare la figlia e l'amore che prova per essa. La Regina della Notte della Damrau no è più decisa e determinata!

@Iceman-Raikkonen

4 жыл бұрын

I prefer Cristina Deutekom, such a beautiful woman

@ShoeGazer

3 жыл бұрын

shes better tho

@edoardobracciotti9594

3 жыл бұрын

@@joeleferri8026 Secondo me dipende molto da come si percepisce la parte dell'acuto: forse per i gusti, oggi pare allegra ai più ma io ci sento piuttosto il pianto disperato di una madre (cosa che la dessay interpreta alla perfezione, secondo me) che non la risata isterica di una pazza omicida. Però forse è solo un modo di leggere l'opera, dovrei approfondire😅

It seems to me that they tried to make the Queen of the Night a less cold character. I like it, it's more sentimental and natural than Damrau's.

After watching this video i have reconciliated with Dessay. I've always thought she is one of the greatest but too light-weight in the acting for this role. She is not the cruellest Queen of the night (Damrau is for sure) but i love the way she performs here. She is expressing the conflict of her wish for vengeance and her love as a mother. Brava Dessay!!

Oh dear! Dessay is the best Köning since Edita Gruberova! I've been waiting a new Köning for so long ! :D Dessay has also very good dramatic skills: she has created a strong character with convincing psychological aspects. And her voice has huge scale: she sings the high notes without difficulty or hoarseness (which is very common to other singer to this role..) Love her!!!!

One of the best performances of that piece I've seen so far

This is one the fastest tempos for this aria I've ever heard! Go Dessay!

@antoinegaillard9440

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, i find it very appropriate to the anger she is supposed to feel :)

Love how rounded she is as a performer. And i looooove the costumes. The best I've seen around here for this opera.

Just unbelievable! I heared a lot of very good performances on this part of the "Zauberflöte" but she is really fantastic. great voice an additionally great acting!

That moment at 0:55-1:00 is so timeless and so well-executed it makes me teary-eyed.

Damrau's performance is absolutely the best. Not only because of her voice and acting but the whole production. Dessay is brilliant, but I like the savagery of Damrau. What I think is wonderful and awesome, that we can listen to these great divas, and argue about their excellence. They are all divine, I wish I could do one thing as brilliantly as they did.

@daniloxx I remember reading somewhere that this is specifically Dessay's own interpretation on her part - she doesn't feel the Queen of the Night is a villain, and acts as such (as opposed to Damrau's version).

Superbe Natalie ! Une vraie actrice qui chante... c'est pour cela qu'on l'adore car elle rend à l'opéra toute sa dimension théâtrale !

I love this. Ranks among the very best. Great interpretation. Opera is musical theatre at its best. In all theatre, performers need to transport the hearts, minds, souls into an ecstatic virtual reality experience of the fantasy portrayed in the libretto. Singing, acting, charisma, involving the audience are all very important. It has to be a total experience. Opera requires very high standards of singing, but it cannot be effective unless it moves hearts and souls of the audience.

Ok that was bizarre, hearing German, reading French an thinking in English. LOL

@sxnrise648

5 жыл бұрын

+ I'm thinking in spanish at the same time XD.

@kimdemiranda

4 жыл бұрын

Hhhhhhhjj8oo

@TheNavigator71

3 жыл бұрын

a glitch in the matrix … 😉

Amazing voice.I've seen a couple of different versions on stage, all very good....but this is simply ...WOW!

I was first unnerved that all someone could come up with was "I like her better"... Then I watched and listened to a clip with her. ***WOW***. No comment - she's got it all, and more. Now I'm THANKFUL TO YOU for pointing her out to me !!!!!!

Absolutely stunning. Just an incrdible voice and superb acting too. OK she's not pure evil but she is believable and remember she is not trying to convince a stranger - but her own daughter so she plays on that. I think she's great. Thanks for the upload.

wow, what a wonderful interpretation! i have never seen a mother in this legendary role. only shouting and showing off... that's the way IMHO Pamina's mother would sing this lyrics! bravo!!!

The thing she makes on 0:56 , that is amazing.

@krist-yonnarain7786

10 жыл бұрын

The echo or the B flat

@icozibico

10 жыл бұрын

B flat? If it's the highest note that you're talking about, then i'm pretty sure that's an F.

@krist-yonnarain7786

10 жыл бұрын

Sorry on 00:56 those are c's

@jrleblanc65

5 жыл бұрын

@@icozibico the highest note is F#6

So many shades and colours, apart from flawless technique and stunning musicality. She seems so genuine and so human and yet completely convincing in her role.! Brava!

@reinehcreinehc I was in the opera house, I've always been a fan of the magic flute. Then the lead singer [I forget her name, I'm sorry] sings this aria. My hand to god, it felt like Mozart himself was talking to me. The best musical experience of my life. This is music for the ages.

i agree! natalie dessay preforms this song in a different way than most other preformers do, and makes you think twice about the REAL intentions of the queen of the night! very cool!

I just admire this women so much. Having to sing this difficult aria in front of a whole audience and cameras, carrying the weight of the whole thing, since people always expect to listen to a perfect rendition. They all deserve to be admire. If I had to stand on stage in front of an audience I could only get to fart at most, which I'd do surely, since I'd be dead nervous.

Félicitation à toutes deux pour votre jeu. Vos prouesses vocales sont là de toute façon ! MERCI

I've always seen the QoN as having gone over the edge at this point of the opera. Nathalie's fluttering gestures and looking around during that first bout of high C's really caught it!

Love it, great to see that people still like music like this

touched beyond words

Acho que foi a melhor intérprete dessa aria que eu já vi. Ela é excepcional!

Perfect. Sehr sauber Klang und Gesang. Vielen dank. Eine Freude zuzuhören

Fantastic! I've heard this aria from a lot of sopranos (Damrau, Serra, Moser, Devielhe, Deutekom and many others) but Dessay is by far the best: perfect pitch and brilliant tone in every single note and impressive acting.

Listening to this brings me to tears

...the best one i've found on youtube so far.

GREAT!! Simply one of the best!!

man for some strange reason this brought me to tears...

I can believe some one can do that with a human voice.

I love this song. well done on performance and I absolutly love her costume.

Ms Dessay is the most emotional Queen of the Night I have ever seen....exceptional performance!!!! xoxoxoxo love from Tennessee!!!!

i love this version!!!

Amazing...such emotion.

The best version on KZread, no doubt. Quite stunning that so much voice can emerge from someone so tiny. And unlike Damrau, she doesn't have to "assume the position" to hit those Cs. Just amazing.

@sylviepeltier8563

2 жыл бұрын

Vous trouvez Natalie petite ?? Pourtant, elle n'a rien d'une femme liliputienne. Que de mépris et de malveillance ! Auriez-vous un complexe d'infériorité pour votre propre taille insuffisante ?

@ClassicusHomo

Жыл бұрын

Let alone the Fs!! 🎵🎼🎶

I have just recently discovered this artist...and,I have to say that her expression is amazing. It's also amazing that she can do all of those actions and not have her pitch suffer.

Bravo Nathalie tu es formidable !

i love her performance

Though Dessay's acting leaves much to be desired, her impeccable voice, both nimble and effortless, shines brilliantly in this aria. My only complaint is that she performs it too sweetly. Stephie Pahlavi Zan

I like the batshit wild interpretation EDIT: Voice department is also amazing :o

This is the most ridiculously awesome thing I've ever seen.

In my vocal lessons, when I kneal it also helps me hit thehigher notes. My teacher says that it helps because your body is more relaxed and free.

beautiful voice ! I love this peace

what emotion!

That's the second fragment of what looks like the same production that hits the right note with me. The french subtitles really helped me understand the german. Now I really understand why this should be a display of pain and torment. Well done!

Dessay and Damrau they're both amazing and the one that I love.

OMFG! Her voice is an angels! ♥Teena

this is just beautiful

Bravo à Nathalie ! Comme toujours c'est magnifique !

this is absolutely amazing`

I love her voice!

perfect acting!!!! i just saw luciana serra's rendition and thought it was unsurpassable! brilliant!!! fantastic! 5 stars!

LOVED how it had french subtitles!

Miss Dessay is the most emotional Queen of the Night I have ever seen....exceptional performance.! xoxoxoxo love from Tennessee!!

Amazing!

Am I the only one who thinks this costume is utterly ridiculous and seems like it could be dyed red and used for a Queen of Hearts character ?

@zauberflotevideosyt9382

5 жыл бұрын

yes you are

@mauricioaramburuzabala4496

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah you are pretty much the only one...

@RebekahSpearman

5 жыл бұрын

no this is hands down the worst costuming for the queen of the night I've ever seen.

@lilacpen8678

5 жыл бұрын

Reminiscent of Glinda the good witch.

@kylecarlosarjona3670

4 жыл бұрын

just you

Vocally I feel that Dessay nails the difficult coloratura but scoops a lot of the notes in other passages. Her acting talent, on the other hand, is unmatched and is powerful storytelling at its finest. If we could have a savage voice like Diana Damrau with the acting prowess of Dessay, that would be beyond epic.

Magnifique!!!

love it

Amazing performance

beautiful voice

Simply Wonderful !

Love, love LOVE Nathalie Dessay.

At the festival of Aix-en-Provence, Dessay first performed the role of "Queen of the Night" in Mozart's The Magic Flute. Although she was hesitant to perform the role, saying that she didn't want to play any "evil" characters, director convinced her that this Queen would be different -- almost a sister to Pamina. Dessay agreed to do the role, claiming it would be a one-time series of performances. There followed a years-long series of "final" performances of the "Queen of the Night".

My favorite performance...

magistral!

This is my favorite interpretation, due not only to the excellent singing, but also the singer's acting skill. Well done!

@edwardjohn5

3 жыл бұрын

What do you think about Petibon's?

@Critter145

3 жыл бұрын

@@edwardjohn5 hadn’t heard of her before you asked. Holy shit she’s incredible!

@edwardjohn5

3 жыл бұрын

@@Critter145 I know right? You're welcome :D

@edwardjohn5

3 жыл бұрын

@@Critter145 BTW -- you have to check again on this -- Dessay started out as an actress. So it explains the fantastic acting skill...

J'avoue ne rien y connaitre en matière d'opéra mais ça m'as vraiment donné des frissons !

Agreed, a fine and absorbing interpretation highlighting the sublime music of this particular opera and the courage of Mozart to go beyond the rigours of the Viennese conventions of the day.

i totally agree. thank god for singers who can ACT.

Simply supurb!! Alles gut ist. Vielen dank!!

what a perfection! dessay is the best singer I ever heard..

Woah! That's really amazing! o.o ♥

Génial. La posture de la mère avec sa fille est puissamment étudiée et mise en scène. Les coiffures sont excellentes aussi (en plus du son qui est parfait pour moi).

Beautiful.

O.O oh là là! :D cette chanson est ma préférée d'opéra :D j'adore sa voix, c'est magnifique!

Es ist einfach nur Wunderschön. Bei ihr hört man im gesang einen Schmerz. Die Enttäuschung durch ihre Tochter macht bringt sie zu Verzweiflung, nicht so wie bei anderen wo man nur Hochmut, Stolz und Gnadenlosigkeit darstellt. Dessay ist sogar, würde ich sagen, besser als Damrau. Obwohl Damrau auch eine super Performance macht. Sie spielt super mit der Musik mit.

OMG! Amazing!

i totally agree with u its my favorite as well!!!!!!

wonderful Dessay, she creates a character, fantastic performance, the best with Eda Moser and Lucia Popp

Natalie Dessay's voice fits the part of the queen very well. There is a good combination of her voice and her character. She is one of my favorites! Opera singers are so inspiring. =)