Cristina Deutekom - Der Hölle Rache - Die Zauberflote

[Altea157]

Brava! Molto bene!!!

[miesermogelvogel]

WOW, she's standing there, the performance as bad as possible and then there comes such a voice out of her mouth! One of the better versions of this aria...

[MrDajx]

She was fantastic! However the production was terrible: Instead of the Queen of the Night being furiously terrifying like she should be, it just seemed as though she was giving her daughter a good talking to.

[Smile6784]

Deutekom never acted anything but she was a great Königin - what a voice!

[senmoet]

bravissima christina

[tanja0599]

She does it so easily. Amazing!

[Anathiron]

she can do things with her voice I can't even do on my instrument, let alone my voice..

[1violaplayr]

I'm rather disappointed that she doesn't even attempt to act this, but she sings it quite well. Seems like she's better suited to the concert hall than the stage, though.

[SuperJohnnykay]

@1violaplayr :The story with this performance,is that it is 1971 & the recording was with a stationery overhead microphone.The TV show director has said can you keep perfectly still when delivering the aria so we capture the perfection of your voice...and she did stand still & they did capture the sound in this recording as good as good as you can-predigital,live performing days!!!

[brielle8383]

Absolutely amazing vocal talent.

[CalifaJohn]

Starting at 1:56 what a strange and unique vocal technique. It almost does not sound human.

[gianegian08]

@CalifaJohn absolutely agreed

[CalifaJohn]

@gianegian08 Those triplets are so even in strength and volume, they almost sound digitally produced.

[ragurin1]

лучшего исполнения я ещЁ не слыхал!Спасибо!!

[baritonebynight]

I wonder what year she dropped the role.

[edgarbiervliet]

@baritonebynight

She dropped the role in 1971 or 1972 (not completely sure). Anyhow her last performance of this role was at the Hamburg opera in Germany. After these last performances a video was made (Studio) of the production (derecter by Peter Ustinov).

She stopped because she found that it was a torture to be spending most of her time bored to death in the dressing room.

In 1984 however she proved that she was still able to sing the music by singing 'Der Hölle Rache' in concert.

[baritonebynight]

@edgarbiervliet Thanks for the info.Such a unique voice...one of my favorites!

[RedrosessNL]

@edgarbiervliet Hoi Edgar, I was under the impression that she had to stop singing because she had heartproblems.

[edgarbiervliet]

@RedrosessNL Yes she stopped singing because of heartproblems. But that was long after she stopped singing the Queen of Night. As I pointed out she was still singing in 1984 (when she performed 'Der Hölle Rache' as an 'Encore' during a Concert in Utrecht (The Netherlands).

[RedrosessNL]

@edgarbiervliet Ah your right ofcourse:)

[SuperJohnnykay]

@duchesseofdevon :Duchess, I think you mean coloratura! You need to go to a good dictionary and no, I meant yodelling!!Some called it the hen cackle noise-a unique Deutekom approach. Some like it, I find it most irritating.

[SuperJohnnykay]

@duchesseofdevon :This was 1970. Cristina didnt move because there was a stationary mic.She does have a strong, clear voice. The newer renditions of QON by Damrau, Mosuc, Miklosa show more signs of life. Perhaps this is a reflection of technology ie the acting and singing can be recorded better.

[calvahrio]

OMFG her coloratura is astonishing!!

[algebra1wiz]

Those triplets were simply amazing!

[lancetop]

This performance is stunning. No other way to say it.

[michaelrusman]

bring back memories of la deutekom ! great coloratur

[lancetop]

BRAVA!

[TheValdoro]

you may call it yodelling , but i call it some of the most extraordinary sounds , mesmerising from the human throat that i have ever heard and totally addictive, i just keep repeating it , i cant get enough and only madame Deutekom sings it like that BBBBBBrrrraaaaavo!!!!

[SuperJohnnykay]

I got an idea that back in 1971, she recorded this with an old fashioned stationery overhead mike and thus couldnt move much!! Great voice-not a big fan of the yodelling, yet overall, of the last 50 years, she is one of the best!!!!

[UeberHilde]

I agree with KOKAYT1: she's not an actress. Instead, she is an un-be-lie-va-ble singer! She HAS to relax her face, or she wouldn't be able to hit those notes. This is one of the hardest songs ever written. Whoah! She is amazing.

[w7md]

Great Queen Of the Night!

[mflore7164]

lo que le falta en actuaciòn le sobra en voz....muy buena

[PrimoUomo]

I just love that gobbling! Can't get enough of it somehow... without it, she's rather plain - great technics but plain.

[SensusEtRatio]

In quest'aria la Deutekom non ha rivali...

[brolobear]

She has a great timbre for the role...very cutting and dramatic. But her Fs are flat (sorry, but they are!) and the gobbling of the triplets is just odd.

[ViardotVSGrisi]

the definition of a singing actress is here...the size/attack creates this incredibly predatory effect, like the nagging evil presence that wont go away. No need for summersaults, puppets, stealing batons from conductors, acting like its all about you...etc. Deutekom enters the stage, opens her mouth, and creates. The voice does it all, and that is what a SINGING ACTRESS is supposed to do: make you see them with your ears.

[bassfanne45]

@ViardotVSGrisi you've said it all. A wonderful SINGING ACTRESS! The great SINGING ACTOR would have been Norman Treigle.

[IshtarPiccolo]

My favourite Queen of the Night is Moser, but Deutekom is amazing.

[ListKlevernii]

вот это да!!! Такой напор!

[Boerenfox]

What a powerful and crystalclear performance of this great Dutch soprano. Her German is perfect but that is not surprising when Dutch is your native language.

[TheBohemianSpirit]

die koleraturen hören sich an als ob sie jodelt^^

[missleroy54]

Maybe I'm wrong but I have the feeling it's a little bit slow... but it's a great version and I prefer this to Damrau version. But the best Queen of th Night is Edda Moser.

[dhyrumvaughn]

Triplet section @ 1:55 is a bit choppy, no? Kinda detracts from the overall piece but overall, great job! Brava

[tomasburi]

Try to find a better record. This one seems to be recorded by VHS, then transacoded to PC, compressed, recompressed by youtube, so both audio and video are affected. Her technique is specific, but it really sounds better in other records.

[Canuckoperafan]

Who is this Pamina? Edith Mathis?

[RamirRMA]

So expressive...............

[xandfp]

... alle Bande der Natur

alle BaaAAaaAaAAAaaaaAAAaaaAAAaAaaa­AAAAaaannnnde der Natur...

[mroziewicz]

Yes, yes, what strikes me is the ease of reaching the highest notes. Such a nice experience to hear...

[HolyScarab6]

Incredible vocal performance.

[fustigamatti]

it is a role fitted for her, she's somewhat always in right tempo. perhaps the voice it somewhat "flat", and lacks some verve, but overall it is great

[yodavidnavarro]

Her voice technically is totally perfect for this role (And this aria in particular) But her stage presence is lackluster compared to Damrau or Moser!

[fissionesque]

Yeah, her voice is wondeful, but I agree, she just kind of stands there.

[pianomags]

@fissionesque But the ones who just stand and and stare at you can be the scariest...Imagine having a mother like this.

[alwayspaul29]

Excellent, but I still prefer Diana Damrau and Edda Moser in this role.

[toni14744]

no one can compare. She was born to sing this aria

[gumetachavezh]

Deutekom IS the Queen of the Night!

[HConstantine]

An excellent singer, but...

[apuppetapuh]

but what?

[KOKAYT1]

very execellent ! but not an actress..

[prosciutino]

@KOKAYT1 You're right. Not just an actrice but the very essence of the Queen of the Night.

[prosciutino]

@KOKAYT1 You're right. Not just an actrice but the very essence of the Queen of the Night.

[wuermchen85]

@KOKAYT1 not really :)

[nickbigd]

@KOKAYT1 I think it's difficult to judge acting skills based on this single clip. This was staged for filming, not a live audience. Clearly, the director controlled the staging, and wanted her (for whatever reason) to remain stationary while the camera moved around the performers.

[zsotike]

First Class.

[violinistx100]

I LOVE HER SHE'S MY OPER IDLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THE PRONUNCIATIONS IN THE WORDS!! WHES SHE YODELS THE TRIPLETS I LOVED IT IT WAS DIFFERENT VERY ORIGINAL! I wish she hadn't died or did she im not sure though. anyway best one on youtube besides edda moser's vid which was awesome too!!!

[cheddarsprite]

She isn't dead...

[violinistx100]

OH OK!

[otfried]

Deutekom was in her primes when she made this opera film. It's a pity that she did not make more opera films like this. What a unique voice she possessed!

[redturf145]

She's one of the few that I'ven seen sing this aria effortlessly, no weird faces, and with a perfect flow of the notes.

It's a pity that she wasn't gifted with acting.

[danibug529]

Her voice is astonishing.

No need to even comment on her "acting" however.

But vocally, she delivers phenominally.

[K189T]

Her voice frights me!!! But it's good for this role :)

[deathbeforedishes]

worst acting, i have ever seen i think....but goo voice for the role

[AiTaiwandeRen]

What do you mean "worst acting"? There's no acting at all! And, I agree the voice is great for this role.

[kharma999]

I must say She is the best "Queen of the night" in opera history so far. No one thesedays sing the queen's aria so powerfully with superve technique. She has a perfect voice for the queen. Some of them criticised her acting but we all know that great singers in her era didn't act very well except Maria Calas and few others. Acting was not the principal things that time, unlike thesedays when opera singers should be talented in both acting and singing.

[iskandar339]

Her voice is perfect...she is not that great as an actress

[kindofblue33]

Terrible acting, but excellent voice.

[BBaudelaire]

Awesome! Her voice really wowed me, it's so clear :O

[izarob]

Me entusiasma, aunque resulte algo extraño su yodel, pero me parece buscado, pues en la primera parte demuestra que sabe hacerlo normal.

Un prodigio. Y es la única que llega bien y mantiene los tiempos.

[killerbunny123123]

shes not acting. just standing.

[gretz13]

my my my now that's an instrument! awesome

[DivaDeb1234]

Formidable!

[tneprescintr]

a vocal phenomenon... yet, not dramatic enough...

[yodavidnavarro]

She's not a dramatic coloratura...She's a wagnerian with the most agile coloratura!

[yodavidnavarro]

Great voice! I mean She makes me feel like she's indestructible!

[sucksax]

Performed with effortless ease!

[giocappello]

Bravissima!!!

[mudmonk]

amazing voice

[elitap22]

Stunning, amazing voice. The best Queen of the Night.

[krsnapunk]

Old recording but. is the best TRIPETS EVER!(in YouTube)

[deutekomefran]

Quelle merveilleuse voix. C'est vraiment du feu d'artifice, cette voix superbe. Unique et supérieure.

[auns00]

how is the singing technic of this piece performed by Ms. Deutekom.

Is such a technic the holding of humanbeing.

bow!!!

the best Koenigin der Nacht as ever and forever.

[PecsMstr]

YES! BEST EVER!

[NEBESHIKU]

no! She is tied in first place with Lucia Popp! Love Deutokom's Koenigin

[yodavidnavarro]

And add Edda Moser please!

[bms31]

also, nach meiner meinung ist die deutekom die beste königin der nacht!

[michaelrusman]

nostalgia and one of the best

[dutchtallguy]

I dont like yodel in Opera. It is a pitty that Ms. Deutekom never tried to get rid of that way of singing. She had quite some drama in her voice a wide vocal range. Though her voice lacs the warmth. 3/3

[melon4me2you]

'Dude you're an idiot, she has warmth, though why on earth would ANYONE sing this song with warmth? -.-

Besides, yodel? Get real. It's just a vocal expression. Yodel. Yeah, right.

[deutekomefran]

Cristina Deutekom hace fuegos artificiales con las notas. Es increible su forma de cantar. Es la acrobacia vocal más espectacular que he escuchado nunca. No me extraña que fuera niña prodigio en su país. Es la Tatiana Gutsu de la ópera. Qué maravilla!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tenderness6]

The tessitura (bellchiming) of the dutch diva Cristina Deutekom was awesome.

[marioegorga]

Some one once describe her coluratura as "gargling marbles" is almost a yodel technique, pity her voice was huge and in the dramatic side.2/5

[sschimel]

Oh, ouch. Those triplets at 1:55 are excruciating.

[PecsMstr]

You're so right. Her glottel (sp?) approach really shows up in those triplets.

[sschimel]

I've never heard glottal coloratura like that before. It's as bad in its way as the aspirated coloratura of Bartoli.

[PecsMstr]

Exsctly! But it does make for great sounds somtimes - her, Bartoli, Robin, and even Sutherland to a degree.

[iitouchmyselfatnight]

Absolutely, the triplets have to be the most bizarre thing I have ever heard in the operas. Sounds like some strange species of bird.

[zacharybr]

She has always sounded rather strange to me when she sings this aria. She tries to hide the fact she has no trill by making that ghastly sound at 1:55. 3/1.

[operamagnus]

This aria has no trills written, but her coloratura is rather strange, I agree. It's weird, though, because every note is on target, but they're seperated so strangely...

[PecsMstr]

She has a glottel approach to singing sticatto notes.

[kharma999]

her voice is not the most beautiful one but for the character, her voice is the perfect one. The queen is the most powerful, cruel, evil character in the opera, forcing her daughter to kill the prist, so that's why the powerful, frightening and inhuman voice in her made her on the stage whole her life with this role. Serious Opera lovers admit that she is the best one in the opera hystory.

[PecsMstr]

You should here her operetta recording - her voice sound very beautiful in lyric singing.

[silvr94]

She has a really nice trill, actually. The notes you are talking about are triplets... Even singers with good trills mess up the triplets sometimes!!!

[Jabe88]

Now that deserves a 5/5 !!!!

THE BEST along with Madame Moser...

[lolmanerik]

true