The Queen of the Night(Der Hölle Rache) 40 sopranos

[MrSwifts31]

Well,

Thank You so much for your time and effort in making this.It really was great to see and hear all these sopranos in this aria.

One question,just HOW long did it take you?

Also thanks for the sense of humour in including dear old Florence Foster Jenkins,it stopped it all being too overwhelming.

[Stevo8844]

oh wow, what is the video that showed at 2:35?

[Liricantando]

Galvany more than everyone ! Her interpretation is original,resolute, madly full of vengence's thirst against Sarastro. Her queen (like the plot want) is ambiguous : the frightful machine-gun like staccatos Fa5 cackle (for many can be funny or oddy ) could be either some furiouses screams by Sarastro's betrayal or she could shriek.Moreover Galvany, while she sings, seems more talk because, although the difficulty of the piece, she sings with big facility and this is mainly important in an Opera.

[Sarayax8]

tez to spiewalam, tylko sa zaklócenia , bo nagrywane jest z publicznosci

[waltervolcano]

You forgot Miranda - mirandasings08

[apostelapollon]

Deutekom is the best

[SopranoLeggero]

Great

[SopranoLeggero]

My favourites: Diana Damrau,Luciana Serra,Rachel Rosales,Elena Mosuc,Birgit Nordin,Lucia Popp,Clara Polito,Amanda Hallgrimson,Joan Sutherland,Erika Miklosa,Edda Moser,Sai Yanguang,Cristina Deutekom!!!

[scarequoter]

6:00 wow, maria galvani sounds turntabled! (and her picture looks stunning too!)

[Liricantando]

@scarequoter You're right she was

[sagaluke]

for even la deutekom

[Ballack933]

dIFFICULT TO CHOOSE THE BEST ONE....

[saneviola]

Maria Galvany唱Ah ah ah個度點解快咗咁多既？係咪無跟樂譜？ 佢轉聲好快，high technical skill.

另外有無Mint Coertse 唱Queen of the night既link？係youtube搵唔到。Thank you.

[ll40808]

Maria Galvany 我認為她應該是炫技吧!?

因為她還有錄其他的Aria 她自己都會把速度自由化 或是更改音符 比較早的錄音都會這樣

Mimi Coertse 的 第二幕夜后

watch?v=FJouLil-cng

[saneviola]

多謝樓主，我聴了Mini的一段，本來喜歡Diana Damrau 覺得佢似commander夠力量令女兒跟佢說話殺人，但聴完M­ini 覺得佢個種怨恨也很能夠引出女兒同樣的怨恨心，可惜唱片聲質唔好­。

[p0690093]

雖然人類一直像米蟲一樣浪費地球資源

但是聽完這九分鐘，還是不能不讚嘆，

人類實在是滿偉大的生靈啊 orl

[ll40808]

其實還有很多的歌劇真的很棒

像是茶花女traviata中的"sempre libera"

或是拉克美Lakme中的"Bell Song"

還有魔笛zauberflote中的"o zittre nicht"

Les Contes d'Hoffmann 霍夫曼的故事

中的Doll Song 機械洋娃娃唱的歌

還有更多人類自古以來美好的音樂結晶

都值得去欣賞......

[augustviolahow]

do u have this song from maria callas?thx a lot

[ll40808]

maria callas didn't record this aria...

[arrecotinarrecotan]

yes she did

[CantoSemper49]

@arrecotinarrecotan

no, she didn't. If you really think she did, prove it. There's a false recording of what seems to be her singing on youtube when in reality, its Lucia Popp singing.

[HaberfieldChiro]

@CantoSemper49 it is a real enigma,this one! There is a recording of Callas coaching and discussing it but did she ever record or perform the Queen? Then there is the great Joan Sutherland who probably wished she hadnt. It is just not her role, neither would it suit Callas... but , that is just my opinion. The youtube performance by Lucia Popp is great even if it has Callas photograph on it!!

[MusikPiratCH]

1. Roberta Peters

2. Joan Sutherland

3. Diana Damrau

Über den "Rest" hüllt des Sängers Höflichkeit den Mantel des Schweigens (wobei es auch dort herausragende Interpretationen gibt) ...

[batnomercy]

Luciana Serra might be and with a slight offbeat, but she is extremely potent as well.

[rusokkis]

Great Video ! I think the best one is Petrova. Didn´t like Branagh´s film but Petrova´s song was great !

[NowhereToBeFound77]

Damrau, Dessay, and Peters

[Tsaraslondon]

Seriously though, I'd be inclined to put Damrau first. Accurate and dangerous - no mean feat.

[Tsaraslondon]

Has to be Florence Foster Jenkins ;-) Interesting to not the variations in pitch, by the way.

[THIDESTROH]

DAMRAU

[glindarockz]

Daaaamrau :D

[queenygayboy]

DAMRAU

[SADAYESS76]

Dessay

Petrova

Gruberova

Damrau

Frandsen

[BelcantoAesthetics]

Dessay, Petrova, Damrau, Sutherland and Moser are best of the best (just my subjective opinion=)).

[uruporvirene]

foster jenkins rules!!!!!!......... xD

1.Edda moser

2.Damrau

3.Gruberova

4.Serra

5.Petrova

[fjays]

I swear the one at 6 minutes is not human! It sounds like a bird! haha

[justchilln2]

That is exactly what I thought too, the first time I heard her!

[chong1995]

a mi parecer falto Maria Callas

[mrrk]

1) Serra

2) Deutekom

3) Moser

4) Coertse

[tomasburi]

Deutekom shines here. Sometimes the cutting spoils the performance - that's the case of Gruberova, who is otherwise really very good. Except Gruberova and Deutekom, I like Moser, Serra, Damrau and maybe Popp.

Thanks!

[berthiebotts]

what constitutes to reaching a high note as F? although some in this video are in fact transposed. What training excersises are needed?

[berthiebotts]

magnificent..splendid...wonder­ful..please where can I find a transposed version with highest note on D? thanku

[partenongriego]

Silvia Voinea, no se tiene ojos picarones, o al menos asi los mueve, pero todas excelentes voces, excepto Florence Foster Jenkis, buen video.

[rolnik28]

SERRA!!!

[classikate]

Thanks for making this very entertaining video. I especially enjoyed seeing the costumes and headgear. The singing was great (mostly) too!

[sonderfall]

The thing is.... The queen of the night needs to be a DRAMATIC Soprano. The colloratura is supposed to be a devilish laughter! That means: expression is more important than beauty.

Therefore:

1. Edda Moser

2. Damrau

3. Frandson

Oh... and Dessay: A no-go! she might be a good lyrical soprano, but she is the worst queen of the night imaginable!

[Remy1957]

Thanks for compiling these signers ; most were okay, some were great and some not so good but fun and intersesting!

[michaelflute1]

1) Serra

2) Damrau

3) Anderson

[schmup53]

Roberta Peters - listen to her recording 1964

Sumi Jo

Erika Miklosa

Edda Moser

Lucia Popp

Mimi Coertse

[duodecim12]

Natalie Dessay and the mimi Coertse

[leschs64]

oh my god, clara polita sound like she's dying

[PhantomDawg594]

Maria Galvany, definitely. Her's is brilliant.

[Liricantando]

@PhantomDawg594 I totally agree with you !

[grizabela00]

Creo q todas tienen la gracia de poder cantar a la Reina de la Nochecon mayor o menor habilidad, pero todas pueden.

Edda Moser, por técnica, armonía y autoridad es mi reina de la noche perfecta.

También me gustaron mucho Lyubov Petrova, Silvia Voinea (esa reina se ve muy mala), Cristina Deutekom, Luciana Serra (estupenda!!) y Roberta Peters

Luego, pero algo menos: Jennifer Rhys (aunque se le van las ultimas notas), Diana Damrau y June Anderson

Buen video, gracias!!!

[Aniretak205]

Edda Moser and Diana Damrau are the best, no competition.

[babsalaba]

1. Diana Damrau

2. Lucia Popp

3. Roberta Peters

[parker930]

My favorite is Florence Foster Jenkins!

[fgbect]

I vote for Roberta Peters at 8.15-8.27

[audrey00051]

OMG I WISH I COLD SING LIKE 'EM T___T

[ElfettaEliRed]

popp! shes the best

[mimilettreuse]

the best are sylvia voinea

elena mosuc June Anderson nathalie dessay

Salome Luana Inchaurrondo

Sumi Jo Edda Moser Mimi Coertse roberta peters

but someone are ridiculus as Florence Foster Jenkins

[2ndAveLine]

WTF??? no. 26- comedy gold!

[masterka]

impressive work leo

[quovadis5524]

Deutekom is Konigin par excellence

[bartweisser]

The trill/staccato section is not enough to tell if someone is "good". The triplet section that comes a little later is also important. Some singers have a tendency to overlook that part slur it over them.

[bartweisser]

That section is also so long, it tests the lung capacity of the singer (some will take a break somewhere).

[Axel23632]

The perfect QUEEN= Sumi Jo voice + Diana Damrau performance.

[rico1357]

My hat is off to you. You must have a lot of patience and time to put this video together.

[coolerosmx]

LUCIANA SERRA is the best!!!

She does not strain in his interpretation, the changes of tone are constant not staggered.Others sing good but I want to listen to them singing live.

Thanks ll40808 is good recopilation.

(translation in line ;)

[teawinnhp]

1.) Edda Moser--what an amazing voice!

2) Diana Damrau--great voice and great acting.

3) Sumi Jo--beatiful high notes--she does sound like a magic flute!

[everythinok]

DEUTEKOM

Nonr better than her. Then Moser, Popp, Damrau, Anderson...

[quovadis5524]

Absolutely agree with you

[cinestar2]

just to make sure: florence foster jenkins is joking, right???

[greekguy84]

Thank you for the great compilation.

I think Edda Moser is the best queen of the night.

Just amazing.

[Volsebnyk]

ELENA MOSUC ist sehr gut .

Sehr schon.

DIVA-ELENA !!!

[thman26120]

Nathalie Dessay !

[juandefreitas]

Some of them don't sing it in the right key but anyway these are my 10 favorite ones: 1. Diana Damrau 2. Roberta Peters 3. Lucia Popp 4. Edda Moser 5. Natalie Dessay 6. June Anderson 7. Sumi Jo 8. Wilma Lipp 9. Luciana Serra

10.Mariela Devia

[Laramie1224]

So I was going to say which my favorites were, but there sopranos on here it was hard to remember. haha

Loved the video though. Thank you for making it as well as the O Zittre Nicht collaboration video.

[Heartlessiceboy]

What's the point to compare Florence Foster Jenkins(or her lovely friend) with Luciana Serra or with Diana Damrau?...besides fun

What's next a Regnava nel silenzio contest comparing sutherland ,groveroba or callas with sarah brightman?

[jhkiaimelavie]

ptdrrrrrrrrrrrrrr florence foster jenkins ptdrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[sillystinaa]

LOL FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS

[luvtosing12389]

Damrau.  There is NO one better.

[randomguy34]

in my opinion Lucia Popp is the best, though Diana Damrau gives a great performance too

[thecelticspirit]

"Florence Foster Jenkins's friend" lol

[Bustopher04]

I have to go with Lucia Popp.

[Yvain2908]

I know this is purely subjective...

1) Lucia Popp (by far my favourite)

2) Cristina Deutekom

3) Elena Moşuc

[stocco1090]

1)Lyubov Petrova 2)Luciana Serra 3)Diana Damrau 4)Birgit Nordin 5)Edita Gruberova 6)Rock cinese 7)Erika Miklosa 8)Edda Moser 9)Rachel Rosales 10)Mariella Devia 11)Wilma Lipp 12)Roberta Peters 13)Sumi Jo 14)Birgit Louse Frandsen 15)Ewa Malas Godlewska 16)Natalie Dessay...

...38)Rosa Maria Alba 39)Regina Mc Cartey 40)Amanda Halgrimson (che da come respira si direbbe che ha l'asma oppure il raffreddore!)

[tenorelirico001]

Damrau, 100%.

[darrelfong]

My favourite Queen of the Night is Diana Damrau. Her rendition of Der Holle Rache is powerful, pitch perfect, seething with anger and emotion. It is exciting and awe-inspiring to watch her.

[Wiltenor1]

June Anderson is pretty hot, too ... Not only in terms of vocal quality, but easy on the eyes, too!

[Wiltenor1]

For vocal quality: Natalie Dessay, hands down.

Total Package: Rachel Rosales!!

[Hemanthemannequin]

Moser

[etterno]

Diana Damrau is good, but with dramaticidade, dicção and coloraturas of Edda Moser it does not have equal. Still it is for being born a Queen of the Night so excellent as Moser.

[Venya9]

Diana Damrau is the best imo. Edda Moser closely in second.

I really liked Lucia Popp's voice too, but somehow it was too "slow" for me.

[eccoping]

Natuerlich Frau Damrau!

[aletuz]

No way, the best is Diana Damrau.

[Drelnis]

Who could beat Edda Moser?

And who's Regina McCarthy?

And who could beat Andrea Frey's skirt :)

And Clara Polito could hardly hit the F!

And Maria Galvany omg what a unique interpretation!

But I'd say Florence Foster Jenkins and all her relatives win, nobody sang like her.

[jimcascagnette]

well, Florence Foster Jenkins, of course!

[tazycat]

No one like cristina deutekom

[mariomandini87]

regina mccarthy sucks

[WICKEDWON]

It's so unfair to compare all these great voices. I couldn't pick just one.

rachel rosales-Never heard of her

edda mosser- Great voice, great tone.

luciana serra- Another great one.

erika miklosa-Nice voice and not hard to look at either.

Sai Yanguang-Very impressive, makes it look effortless.

diana damrau-Great voice and probably the best costume, the black and white outfit really brings the Queen to life.

Thank you for the great video.

[ll40808]

Thank! :)

[agastyo]

Diana Damrau... definitely!!

[marcefuku]

Diana Damrau and Lucia Popp, definitely!

[repronpaul]

Diana Damrau

[muromceva]

какая красота. почти как флейта.

[ChrisPaulPf]

How many sopranos for a high F ? 40 : One who does it and 39 saying :"I can do better !"

[theotemplar]

Most definitely Silvia Voinea is the Queen of all Queens of the Night!!! The most wonderful voive I've ever heard! A genuine and incomparable Diva!!!

[fromhd]

frankly, I don't know what soprano is..

but i think Sumi Jo's voice is really nice to me.

bcoz her voice r clear and high tone than other sopranos. however a little light.

so does not mix with opera. her voice has no tragic. (is it correct word? sorry i'm not English-speaking person) ah! Deutekom?? her voice also really nice!

[moghedien13]

voinea had a lovely voice

[samuelchau]

Excellent job!

I vote for Lucia Popp, Deutekom, Roberta Paters & 黃絢雯(支持自己人一下)

Just found that Sutherland sang a key lower. She hit actually here E6(the highest note), not F6. And Anderson hit F#6.

[ll40808]

也聽聽Florence Foster Jenkins的錄音

那驚人的唱腔是少數人能達到的!

[sasylatin]

HEllO!!...You did a good job but I STRONGLY feel it isnt fair, the the GREAT MARIA CALLAS was left out! I mean, how could that happen! She deserves some respect! Now, I would find it extremely hard to believe if you havent heard of Maria Callas, because she is not the kind that is hard to miss.

Overall though, you did a good job! :)

but it would be nice if you could consider The Divine Calls.

Thanks though!

[moghedien13]

She never sang the queen of the night. the recording that everyone thinks is her is lucia popp.

[ll40808]

YES!

[hanrichclaassen]

Go Mimi Coertse...from South Africa...!

[MuSicSoprano85]

stupendo

[pabloagus]

Luciana Serra the best!!

[lakme76]

la peggiore la POLITO!!!

[lakme76]

grande popp deutkom..rancatore!!!!

[miciastro]

fantastic.

you put in my queen of nigh!!!!

thanks!!!

[flicfan416]

The second to last one sounded like a squeak toy.

[Lecodelsur]

Luciana Serra and Edda Moser, definetly.

[Tarturopus]

By the way, my favorite ones...

1. Roberta Peters

2. Sumi Jo

3. Edda Moser

4. Desiree Rancatore. I preferred her O Zittre Nicht's high F.

[ll40808]

YEAH! Desiree Rancatore'S high F.

It is amazing!

[HappyApostate]

Diana Damrau, part for the voice part for the fantastic costuming and staging. What a great compilation. Thanks much.

[operoma]

Edda Moser and Diana Damrau.I like the voice of Lyubov Petrova also.Some of them are horable....Sorry

[ilnvita]

cool idea! but some sing it a semi tone lower? in e major, why?

[Tarturopus]

Some of them can't hit the correct F6, so they transpose it down a notch and hit an E-flat in the sixth octave, I think.

[twsdoubled06]

Edda Moser and popp. florence foster jenkins was a joke joke right?

[MiloMass]

Diana Damrau!!!

[petruflorin]

oh my god! I'm sick!:)

[blichilde]

Unbeatable Lucia Popp,Then Moser,Serra,Anderson.

[stunlay]

I totally agree with boyoungc, those were the only two that I think really hit the high f.

[samuelchau]

Acutally June Anderson hit F#

[boyoungc]

Notice that a lot of sopranos cheat. Only a few can hit the note properly. I think Sumi Jo and Damrau were the best here.

[skitzo429]

Edda moser wins

[xqueenofthenightx]

The only thing more perfect than Serra and Damrau is if you could combine the 2 of them together. An unstoppable force of nature would be created.

[elphbwckd]

i completely agree! i think are two of the best and strongest!

[maidestone]

I completely agree too. Although I think credit should also goes to Moser for sheer agility?

[flicfan416]

but i thought jennifer rhys-davies was the best

[flicfan416]

some of these were terrible...

[srkibiochem]

Respect for this nice compendum! Respect to all female voices! They are great, each of them!

But, once again...Damrau IS born for The Queen of the Night! :-)

[ErdnawTiGGer]

i forgot to mention Natalie Dessay she is good but very modern to a classical opera hugz

[ErdnawTiGGer]

its my opinion SERRA, Frandsen, Petrova e Galvany in this order... the other are so modern to mozart. Damrau is good but i think like selimsa803 her electric voice make so pop... chinese soprano!? forget it ... and the others... well that´s my opinion hugz

[samuelchau]

Lucia Popp, Roberta Peters or others' renditions are modern? Those recordings are done more than 50 years ago...

[ErdnawTiGGer]

birgit louise frandsen- tem estilo tem boa apresentação e tal como a grande luciana serra não necessita de se esforçar.

lyubov petrova - num genero diferente é talvez a melhor

luciana serra- ela não precisa de esforçar-se para dar os agudos enquanto que outras... (she is the best ..)

maria galvany- é um estilo unico.. (different style unic)

[ErdnawTiGGer]

Luciana Serra is the best

[michaelflute1]

SERRA is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SEBOHA]

the winner is serra

[mariogalileo]

First of all... if she cannot sing the song in the RIGHT KEY - automatic disqualification. The Queen of the Night is a mean, vengeful, loud, and wicked mother and any soprano that makes this aria sound like Casta Diva - is ALSO disqualified. So the obvious winner is EDDA MOSER. All the other sopranos fall in whatever order you like WELL below Frau Moser. She epitomized what Mozart wanted her to sound like. Simply awesome.

[samuelchau]

I found Deutekom's renditioin is very vengeful, loud and perfect in vocal technic. Edda Moser's rendition FOR ME is rather horrifying.

[tulrich125]

Haha... 40 sopranos... TOO MANY!!!

Jk. I'm a soprano, but I sho don't have that high F! Props to all the ladies who can sing that!

[stingabe]

Sutherland's has that great, clean, crisp pop that makes this area one of the most difficult to sing. Galvany is just to unreal!

[sergiu17]

Nataly Dessay...and maybe Diana Damrau ...but Dessay makes another tip of athmosphere becouse she can transmit very easily the meaning of the aria

[samuelchau]

Totally agree about Dessay!

[selimsa803]

There is a quality to Damrau's voice that is electric and really makes her "pop" at the end here. Most of the rest sound like the little birds in music boxes. Whereas Damrau seems to more fully understand the purpose of what she is singing. It isn't meant to be pretty. It's a display of power and fury.

[partenongriego]

Y donde quedó Mado Robin? que canta mejor que todas estas sopranos?

[lmncello]

There are those who sing coloratura with such ease that can manage the runs with so little effort that I so admire; Popp, Sutherland, and Gruberova. (Some in there were funny :D)

I personally love Damrau's intepretation- she's dramatic where it is needed, light but fierce where the colour is, and hits every note perfectly. Not to mention her superb acting and stage presence. She fills the role nicely indeed.

[dannymaestro]

Number 8. Birgit Nordin doesn´t sing the highest notes. Thats another girl called Ulla.

[erstesangerin1]

Damrau is my favourite Queen of the Night. I love her voice and acting! Luciana Serra is also excellent.

Florence Foster Jenkins scares me. XD

[jordanbbuu]

Cristina Deutekom looks the old wesrern movie Misery the nurse...

[jordanbbuu]

Sorry,it is western.

[hillevifan]

I know i'm going to get chatized for this ut Birgit Nordin is my favorite and always has been- its more than a beautiful performance- it actually has some depth and meaning to the performance

[dannymaestro]

Well, maybe she is good but it isn´t her singing the highest notes. It´s somebody called Ulla...

[jordanbbuu]

Some of them sing like a toy bath duck..

[michaelflute1]

Luciana Serra is the BEST!!!!!!!!!!

[baritonebynight]

Wilma Lipp is my fav!

[jordanbbuu]

Maria Galvany is very funny!

[ll40808]

YEAH! And a strange face..= =

[jordanbbuu]

Florence Foster Jenkins is the worst.My ears got hurt!XD

[ll40808]

XD!!

[flaviadt]

Cristina Deutekom, the best.

A melhor, a area parece q foi feita pra ela.

[noodle78ek]

What is exactly is the clip with Jennifer Rhys-Davies?

[noo]

My vote goes to Diana Damrau