Cristina Deutekom sings Beethoven

[bpicaud1]

Callas une voix moins ample que Deutekom...hum ! j'ai beau adorer cette dernière, je ne sache pas qu'elle ait chanté Brünnhilde, Kundry ou Abigaille.

[sagaluke]

@bpicaud1 Deutekom a bien chanté Abigail elle possedait 4 octaves ...

Callas n'a jamais fait La Reine de la Nuit ...

Toutes les divas ont "leurs rôles " 

[moghedien13]

ive said it before that sometimes i just cant stand her, but when she clicks with something, she hits u like a wave of awesomeness like in this piece.

[deutekomefran]

Ni color. La Stader es una soprano sin más. Deutekom es el universo del sonido. Pero,¿cómo no lo ves?.

[eblackadder3]

Maria Stader who had a very similar voice, but better technique also made a fine recording of "Christus" with Jan Peerce and Scherchen conducting.

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

@eblackadder3 Yep. My favorite recording of all time. I love Maria Stader. 

[edgarbiervliet]

Somehow her voice shines best in the most extreme en demanding repertoire. Just amazing. Has anyone ever heard another soprano hit an E natural like that? There is no audible difficulty in her voice, like there is nothing she can´t do with that voice. But it is not without the needed dramatical tension to make the music come alive.

[SiEtIn1]

she has one of the brightest most beautiful tones ever, but her staccati are horrible... still i think the tonal beauty and the size and ringing fullness of her top outweighs her hideous "legato-staccato" or whatever ridiculous name people want to give to her strange technique to make it sound like its very normal and legit

[tomasburi]

It's normal and legit. This technique is called coup de glotte and it was widely used in 19th century and earlier. It's correct historically and more than that we should be thankful, that Deutekom can show us the way how many operas were sung at the times of their creation.

[otfried]

I have heard so many different Queens of the night. Technically, I think they are all top-level. But no one has convinced me as much as Deutekom. She is dramatic, clean and clear in her coloratura, her voice is even from low to high register. Simply unique.

[DivaDeb1234]

I love her voice

[pjps1234]

Dutekom is a perfect lirico-coloratura.

[emilytransex]

la deutekom non e un soprano drammatico di coloratura ma un lirico di coloratura...la edda moser e un soprano drammatico di coloratura...visto ke su viene presentata cosi..anke un sordo riesce a distinguere la voce lirica della deutekom!

[eelco67]

A lyric coloratura who sang Turandot, Lady Macbeth, Leonora, Norma and so on? Really? Get real!

[Sesto73]

I totally agree with you!!! :-)

[deutekomefran]

Moi je suis aussi d'accord avec Eelco et Sesto. La chose est que la voix de Deutekom est hors du commun. C'est une voix surdouée. Il y a le cas aussi de Marís Callas mais disons qu'elle avait une voix moins ample que celle de Deutekom.

[felirafe]

@deutekomefran all good voices have something to give or contribute to classical music. The variety is important because it contribute to the enrichment of interpretation.

[longlifeluke]

appagante! ^_^

brava!!!!

[dreioktaven]

I've never heard this piece better...absolutly glorious!

[swanningaround]

I love this piece. The is as close to heaven as you will get on earth. Lovely singing too.

[jonpret]

yes indeed BRAVA..to one of, if not THE best voice artists EVER...Thanks for the posting.. please keep them coming!

[danilo82]

very clear. nice! hitting every note perfectly. =)

[eelco67]

Thank you for posting this beautiful aria and videoclip.

Brava Cristina !!!!