Natalie Dessay: "Ah! non giunge" (with high F)

[SsteinwayS]

@pataxinha The Frühlingsstimmenwaltzer by Strauss II!!

[kodygoad]

is that the F from the Frühlingsstimmenwaltzer?

[SsteinwayS]

You got it! :)

[SsteinwayS]

@kodygoad YES!

[killerbunny123123]

oh btw you wrote ah non GUINGE !!! xDDD

[SsteinwayS]

Almost all the comments below are about that typo. T_T

[killerbunny123123]

welllllll it sounds rly cool and glorious with the F placed at that point of the aria!

[SsteinwayS]

Well, thanks for being just about the only one to notice THAT! :P It's what she did when she sang it before her vocal surgery, but it's a pity that when she recorded it she didn't sing any of her really high notes! :(

[killerbunny123123]

pity she didnt sing high when she still could....today her high notes sound like squeaking ...sob!

[SsteinwayS]

Well...if she could still sing up to high A-flat...that would be incredible, but...she can't! So that's too bad. Today her high notes don't sound like squeaking!! They sound like...welll....

[killerbunny123123]

I know right? poor Dessay...T_T I STILL WANTED TO LISTEN TO MORE OF HER HIGH NOTES DX

[SsteinwayS]

Well me too, but she says she's happy singing less twittery roles! :(

[killerbunny123123]

well then if she's happy we have no reason of not being so as well xDDDDDDDDDDD

[SsteinwayS]

I guess so! :P

[ChrisStockslager]

@SsteinwayS Shit. Her high notes now sound like shit. Poor girl. :(

[SsteinwayS]

@ChrisStockslager But her low notes are so much better! And now she is singing things I never thought she would ever do: Violetta, Mélisande, Cleopatra, etc. :)

[ChrisStockslager]

@SsteinwayS Don't think low notes are as important as high notes in a soprano. If they were, she'd be a mezzo. Haha. The thing is, she used to have a freakishly high upper register, that while piercing was very good. I've never been much of a fan of her acting or timbre in general, and now that the higher notes are gone, there's not much left for me to appreciate. :(. I think she should retire, rather than pull a Callas and keep going until her voice gives out.

[SsteinwayS]

@ChrisStockslager Not many appreciate Dessay's unique artistry...however she is not so naive that she doesn't know her limits. In fact, she has said in an interview a few years ago she estimates she has about a decade left of good singing left, precisely why she's tackling all the roles she's always wanted (but never dared) to do. It's her voice...let her be. :)

[killerbunny123123]

oh damn its just a montage!!! but i like it!! good job xD

[leoperarm]

really great job!

[SsteinwayS]

Thank you!

[SsteinwayS]

Le contre-fa à la fin vient du "Frühlingstimmenwalzer" de Dessay!

[DessayBestSinger]

HAHA you wrote "Ah non guinge" xDDDD

[SsteinwayS]

Shhh don't tell! Obviously I have trouble spelling...like Chris...who typed "Je suis Tatiana" once :P

[DessayBestSinger]

don't worry, it also happened to me xD

[SsteinwayS]

I thought, "If I don't notice it, maybe no one will know?!"

Well, it's right in your face for over 3 minutes, so I gues SOMEBODY was bound to notice....ack...

[thecelticspirit]

Didn't you say once it was only happening to Gurus ? Well, I think he is now ^^

[DessayBestSinger]

of course! he is a perfect Guru!

[SsteinwayS]

Oh merci :)

[SsteinwayS]

Well you can tell by the increasing number of typos in my above comment! :P

[thecelticspirit]

Haha xD

[DessayBestSinger]

great job!!

[SsteinwayS]

Merci!!

[sour7lemon]

love it! I always wish she did an F there. She never did it there! She always did it in the cadenza. I love it much more over the chorus.

[SsteinwayS]

I love it over the chorus too! It's so much more thrilling.

[sour7lemon]

From what piece did you take the F from?

[SsteinwayS]

You know that video on YouTube where she's singing the "Frühlingstimmenwalzer"? That had a really nice F before the final B-flat - I used that one - but her tone there sounds different from this one's, so it was sorta awkward, but you get an idea at least!