Damrau and Moser were more dramatic, but Gruberova's clarity and precision is unmatched.

@sungminbak2708

4 жыл бұрын

Sumi Jo?

@fabriziogarzi9892

Жыл бұрын

​@@sungminbak2708 , no, per carita'.

Thank you! Gruberova as die Königin and Lucia Popp as Pamina. Two great singers. Marvelous.

Edita Gruberova - It is with great sadness that we learned that the famous Slovakian coloratura has passed away on 18th October 2021 - she performed so many outstanding coloratura roles which can be heard on U-Tube and Facebook as well as on CD's and DVD's. Fabulous singer with amazing coloratura spanning many different roles - outstanding Zerbinetta in Rikard Strauss' opera Ariadne Auf Naxos and many other outstanding roles including Mozart's Constanze in Die Entfuhrung and countless coloratura roles. Her repertoire was endless. A loss to the opera world as well as her family.

Best high F's ever

excellent rendition of a diffiuclt aria.

One of the greatest moments of the history of opera !

That necklace grab is inspiring

i think she forever will be THE queen of the nigh.t NEVER NEVER NEVER was anybody so clear and so singing with ease.. if feels like she is playing on her voice.. and handling the necklace "just like that".. WOW..

It took a few viewings before it even hit my radar that there was a necklace malfunction, THAT'S how seamlessly amazing La Gruberova is!

@qhsperson

10 жыл бұрын

I didn't notice it till you pointed it out. I do believe Pamina was trying to keep from laughing, though.

@johncarlosmetidieri7191

8 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHA! She is flawless! I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out, too!!!

you will hardly find a better version here. Gruberova is great, I was glad to see her in Zurich (Rigolettos Daughter).

it´s your opinion, it´s your perception. for me it´s far better than any other soprano voice, pure and perfect. she´s the best

Edita Gruberova is the Best Queen of the night in her time!!!!

Her voice doesn't vanish when she's SING the high notes, not even trying. I really like her queen of the night because her voice is very consistant, unlike Edda Moser, who has the loudest and clearest F ever, but not a consistant singing. Gruberova's running is beautiful. Smooth yet clear.

perfeccionist!

einfach genial ^^

You know, I was talking about the high notes :D My granny is a musician and she told me that this aria is the hardest in the world.

Gruberova's singing, especially on the high notes, is really very impressive, as well as beautiful.

Edita is the best one for this song... well done

Gruberova and Serra do the smoothest coloratura work without having to punch each note.

Ich liebe beide, die Gruberova und die Damrau, jede für sich überragend!

wow!

2:40 - Nice catch!

Dieses Stueck ist schon 25 Jahre her, und es scheint unglaublich, dass sie heutzutage noch besser singt.

Brava to her!!!

You are absolutely right.

Великолепно!!!

@Lightstrikers Yes completly!And it adds a more dramatic thing to the aria!Love it!

@Littlemissmazda Excellent

Er... excuse me but you all seem to be leaving Luciana Serra out of the discussion - her Met performance is dazzling. Gruberova is a stunning technician tho - I remember being in a session of her recording of Lucia conducted by Richard Bonying and she did the mad scene in one take - the orchestra applauded for five minutes and all the sopranos in the Ambrosian Opera Chorus were in tears.

At 2:40 her necklace comes off and she grabs it - cool... as if it was meant to be that way...

@MrDarknesslover I think the actress is called Edita Gruberova. The character is the Queen of the Night.

Perfectemento!

Sehr gut, schöne Stimme.

@OLIVCHEN77 no, it's a concert aria by Mozart using only the TEXT from Gluck's Alceste, but never to be inserted in it ;-)

Thank you.

lolz this is like the 27th time ive watched this and i just noticed for the first time that around 2:40 her necklace fell off and she grabbed it.

wow. she's one of the best singing the Queen of the night.

@SennisWorld

3 жыл бұрын

the best - simply the best..

@sitzpredsedafunt8544

3 жыл бұрын

@@SennisWorld The best Queen is that second woman 😉

Very good

I do like Damrau very much in the role, and she is very fiery!

It is not just about high notes. Any coloratura can hit them. We should listen, what is happening with a voice between high notes. Gruberova has a nice legato even in German language.Brava!!!

If I am listening to Diana´s Version I hear a lot of Edita...both great singers

18-10-2021 RIP

Rest in Peace queen!

I got goosebumps of all the Queens of Night with exception of this one. Sorry ..

Geiles lied

@d3crux792

9 жыл бұрын

Niklas Derr ja ge^^

two great divas

WHAT ABOUT THAT NECKLACE?? Haha. what a diva

this is so typical! she is singing one of the hardest arias of the whole opera world - and she´s doing it very well - and you´re complaining about these staccati. and another point: this is live!!!

good recovery on the collar

well she's between dramatic and light, and this role was wrote for that kind of voice :))

applause!!!!!!!!!!!stupenda! she's my idol, I hope I'll be able to sing like her when I grow up! Many singers don't have such a nice timing in this aria on purpose, because they want to show the queen is upset and angry. I love you Edita

Rest in Peace my best queen of the night of all times !!

Gruberova will forever be THE queen of the night! I saw her as a little girl and fell in love with opera. Seeing the Zauberflöte every year since then. ❤

una voz exquisita

adorei lindo de mais

The great Edita Gruberova. And still in marvellous shape today!! Note the detail: during the aria her necklace drops... By the way: It's a recording from the Bavarian State Opera (in Munich - Germany), not Vienna.

Terrificante TERRIFIC !!!!

I am a great fan of Edita and would agree this is vocaly perfect, as allways, but the colour of her voice is to nice for the role... but, even though, GREAT! :)

Ma quanta fretta...

this costume must have a curse on or something. Gruberova lost her necklace....a few years later Damrau would drop that crown on the floor, during one of her notorious energetic acting performances!!!!

@xbqchm

4 жыл бұрын

LOL I didn't even notice.

You're right, but she fits to this part perfectly!

@leoperarm Popoli di Tessaglia is written for an showpiece Aria in Glucks Alceste

@MnemosyneNL Are you mad??? She is one of the finest singers of all times!!!

Vocally, this is fantastic, but she doesn't strike fear into my heart like the Queen of the Night shoud.

@tomasburi LOL - glad to see you rated Gruberova above FF Jenkins.

Edita is a great voice !!!

You need to be so talanted to sing this part!

♥️

Единственный вариант оперы, с русскими субтитрами был именно этот, где играет Груберова, опера просто шикарная. Особенно понравился местный Папагено, страж и Зарастро. Тамино прям очень решительно выглядел, а Памина в исполнении Люции Попп просто супер. Колоратуры взяты не так, как у Домрау, но кто её перепоет?

It's not just that she's not in synch with "those" staccati. If you listen carefully, she wants to go faster and the conductor is not responding to this quickly enough. When you sing music this difficult, you do what you have to do, and the conductor's job is to follow you, not the other way around. But there is often a phasing that happens between the pit and the stage, depending on the theatre's acoustics and where the singer is on the stage at any given time.

No denying she's a good soprano --- but i could not feel the supposed vengeance on her voice for this aria...peace...

Never heard anything better ! Requiesce in pace ! Edita Gruberova.

Thank you very much. Yes, Edda Moser is incredible. I didn`t know her. I thought Lucia Popp was the best, but she did an excelent performance. It's not an aria for any people. All the bel canto singers have their "war horses".

well you're right. poppová was born in 1939 and gruberová (here Queen) in 1946

Muy impresionante!!!!! una exelente interpretación.

delicios inégal

Gruberova is known for her bel canto singing the most, which means she is absolutely fit for lyrical roles (like Natalie Dessay). No wonder she lacks the power and crisp sound Edda Moser or Erika Miklosa has. I like her performance though :).

Check out the Great Luciana Serra's version of this.

Edda Moser is the best with Damrau a close second. Gruberova is amazing also she has had some amazing f's too.

O M G!! So cool. I want to know when the play start does????

@zaljereck not actually, this is not a lead role and it asks for 5 F6's. Mozart wrote 2 G6's in the Concert aria: "Popoli di Tessaglia", for his sister-in law Aloysia Lange, but it is not an opera. Also, Antonio Salieri wrote a G6 in L'Europa riconosciuta for the lead role, but it is virtually out of the repertoire and far less brilliant that Mozart's compositions ;-)

RIP

Yay =)

2:40 she doesn't just shatter glass. She'll undress you too.

tet's agree,both are giants !!! how about Christina Duidekom[Karajan's favorite] ? ever heard about her ?

To my ears, that's the most beautiful interpretation. Most Singers pitch way to high during the "normal" text for my ears.

Very good! :D Diana Damrau sings it nicely, but I think she's more "performatic". Edita Gruberova has more seccurity in her singing or at least, that's what I felt when I saw this video.

is that her with Lucia Popp?

Она совершенство!

the thing that's so hard about this song is that it's written for a dramatic coloratura but the tessitura is far better fit for a lyric coloratura. A dramatic coloratura may be better for the role but I think the notes themselves resonate much more naturally when sung by a lyric.

@Lightstrikers lol i did not notice before!

I was reading that this is one of the only aria's that call for a G6 to be hit by a female lead.

women have the whistle register, falsetto register, modal register, and the vocal fry register, actually.

Si, es verdad. Más moderna la de Damrau, seguramente si un director vanguardista hubiera trabajado con gruveroba, hubiera sacado una versión mucho mas emocionante, aquí impera la época. La Gruberova es grande.

Is that Lucia Popp playing Pamina?

@helena1131

4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

If you listen to right on the first "meine tochter" right before the phasing,you can hear her attack the notes before the orchestra gets there. That's the sign for the conductor that she wants to go faster. Maybe it's too subtle for a non-singer or musician to hear ( I also 'admit' to being a professional clarinetist.)

Gruberova ist mit abstand die beste von allen!!!!!!!!!

I'm into opera on and off, and was wondering, did Gruberova come to New York much? Does she still sing, and if so, does she come to New York? Thanks.

@Royalorgans even light voices can do it! There's the powerful version of sills!

It's not really about changing the tempo...it is more of a little adjustment, and it happens all the time.