Magic Flute (Queen of Night Aria)

[HK7Roiz]

someone should play this, and mozart in gral to gaga bieber and those trash "artists" so their head would explode! :D

[jsaavedr1]

This gives me goosebumps everyone i hear it.

[zupermancolors]

Pffft I can do that haha naah , but bravo!

[musique1975]

Absolutely brilliant. This woman has class, and it's amazing how someone can get so high in octave when it gets to 41 seconds into the song. Is this the highest note someone can get without rupturing their vocal chord?

[kevluv93]

This is the part where I lean over to the guy right next to me in the opera house and ask, "what the hell is happening now?"

[SpringGirl26]

haha touchhhhhhhh same here

[Touchhhhhhhh]

our teacher played this in class , and all of my classmates were AH AH AH AH all day lol

[MissRooziii]

I am 15, and everytime I listen to this, I get goosebumps, OMG, how much I love this piece of opera<3

[SealandxRP]

haha singing this for voice lessons...

[nempatriarch]

screw american idol, THIS is singing

[theeflea3]

I get chills every single time I hear this song.

[Roqqentin]

. 2:06 - 2:10

Dialog with violin!

[Fgcog]

Amazing & Beautiful is an understatment Smh*

[Dee3BoobTube]

This song doesn't sound so evil as she looks. Why would such an evil request be written to such a beautiful melody? o_O

[mrstark1978]

They say this is considered the hardest to sing vocals in any opera ever written

[voltaman33]

All hail Diana Damrau!!! She is what Mozart had in mind.

[Alicerox14]

The video and sound aren't exactly in synch, but I love this opera :)

[fapestar]

where can I go to read the lebretti in english, so that I can know the story when I start going to performances. I glad the first time I heard Erl Koning or however it's spelled, it was translated. That really gave me goosebumbs.

[ReefEvolutions]

In my opinion, Diana is the BEST Queen that I have seen. Check out the other ones on YouTube,,, there is even a collage of a bunch of women doing it. I love the staging here, the costumes, and Diana is evil yet compelling. Perfection!

[SakumaRyuichiNG]

MY EVIL QUEEN!!

for me the best queen in the last years (she had not been singing this for a while though).

[livvybee313]

Damn, she made those high notes sound effortless.

[1988astonmerrygold]

gd voice but i wudnt listen unless i had to - its my hw. my ears hurt now :(

[DJmusicmagic]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[samboy1288]

That high F she hits is just ridiculous

[Falln4DarkAngel]

How can she do this over and over again and keep singing the rest of the opera? True talent and devotion. This is probably one of my favorites arias

[FirexXxAir]

Amazing "ah hahahaha" her voice

so takebreathing!

[Shanny9140]

I am a violin player and I just love Mozart

[SitttaraDreams]

I have listened to this aria on replay for the past 30mins. I am in love.

[yugoroth1]

I usually listen to Baroque Music for the reason of how amazing it is, but this is a personal favorite which I listen to more often than others...really because of how it tests the abilities of a Soprano to her highest! I am amazed as to how beautiful and dramatic it is!

[flyingstarcat]

111 people prefer Bach

[kinaklara09]

what does she sing about?

[EOFlogin]

She sounds like a violin when she goes ha-ha-ha-ha

[TheCrazyAny]

0:40 like like like

[TheEwan1995]

I know Durex stole this but that shit was funny!

[KayleeNite]

How many of us tried singing the ah-Ah-Ah part?

[aznivx]

@KayleeNite i tried and believe me it was not this smooth. it was like a kitten being tortured.

[flyingstarcat]

@KayleeNite and succeeded?

[HaddockHorren]

@KayleeNite How many of us succeeded? :D

[SakumaRyuichiNG]

@KayleeNite the question is not how many had tried... but how many had been successful XD!

[ginastarke2]

@KayleeNite I'm still amazed the human voice can do that! I can just imagine the first diva that saw that section and thought- "are you serious?"

[kssolider100]

@KayleeNite me! she must be thinking whyyyy!

[integralmath]

@KayleeNite I'm spoiled on this song. The first version I heard of it was that of Maria Callas. Nothing compares to that. =^_^=

[dztillman]

I Believe The Note She Hits At The End Is A High E & Im Sure Its Not A High C

[PrettPrincess1]

she is saying to the girl to kill the guy she likes kiiillll killl killl killl him is

[MultiNearchos]

perfect,perfect and aigain perfect.She is a very good singerHers sound toooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FailakFailak]

lyrics: ooooh ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah awwwwwwww~

ouhhhha ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah awwnwwnwww~

ouahhhhhhh ah ah ah ho ah ah ah hooo ah oh ah ho arrrrrk oh arrrrrk oh arrrrrrrrk oh arrrrrrrrrrrrk oh arrrrrrrrrrk oh arrrrrrrrrrrk oooh arrrrrrr~~~~~

[dekeltal]

@FailakFailak Man, you made me lough to tears :-)

Thanks!

[DomCaswell141]

Like if the 'Durex Play' advert brought you here

[SeanTheComputerNinja]

This is true: it does sound meaner in German.

[minishoorange]

I am a twelve year old boy, and I can hit that note. I have been singing almost since I was born, my friends make fun of me for doing that and say that I am a faggot, but I think that this is a remarkable piece of music.

P.S. The princess was a bit too fat to be the most beautiful women in the world.

[FILIP111FILIP]

for the people who disliked this how about they try to sing better "Without outotune"

[Xcroatoan]

Switched to 0:40 100 times, still can't have enough of it

[princessmai7]

This is amazing! <3

[ItsKatieHey]

@SperoAeternam

I'm not sure if the fact is true, but in the movie 'Amadeus' it shows Mozart comparing the character to his mother-in-law who was annoyed at him for some reason.

[ItsKatieHey]

I'm 13 years old and this is beautiful to me.

[GrizCC]

@ItsKatieHey

I'm a retarded fish-frog crawling out of the ocean, and I don't give a fuck.

[mandaleelee12]

@ItsKatieHey so am i

[pepy332]

Briliant!

[TheCrazyAny]

0:40 LIKE :P

[onexero1]

She looks like a couple of Final Fantasy characters.

[1982pencil]

i love how, whenever someone talented sings this aria, they end up sounding like a piccolo around 0:50 ... incredible.

[SperoAeternam]

Not the best version ive heard. Singing sometimes out of tune and also tempo. Also sound more like scream than singing.

[BuecherFuerAlle]

@SperoAeternam well, but maybe that's in character. the queen of the night seems to be kind of pissed off at something. so she shurely would sound angry.

[SperoAeternam]

@BuecherFuerAlle You can sound angry without beeing out of sync with orchestra and using a libretto that puts your voice out of tunes. Im a muscician so i do know what im talking about. I never said its very bad though, just a notice i made. I have heard better versions. (you can change tempo, you can scream etc. but correct syncing and tune is always a basical rule that u never break).

[aCleverLittleGirl]

i can sing the flute part.

[someoneofmycaliber]

at 1:57... I have heard that in a song some where, but it was simulated. It sounds so much beautiful when sung

[Chunchu07ify]

sublime..

[bontempo01]

What she does with that inoccuous passage from 0:27 to 0:32 already blew my mind. Such attention to detail, such sensuality, such evilness and anger... This is the perfect Queen of the Night: you hate her because she is evil, but you just can't help to listen to her every single note, her every single word with unrestricted pleasure. And you even beg for more. Wow.

[RafaelPellizzari]

Whoa, just imagine this chick having an orgasm!

[atmatheprophet]

This reminds me of the Black Swan, if she did opera. Such wonderful hatred and anger in this aria, brava.

[BrynhildetheBrave]

Can someone please explain to me what this operah was about? It's beautiful, but I seriously don't get it.

[radish1234earrings]

@BrynhildetheBrave You can find the synopsis for the whole opera in Wikipedia, but this scene is between the Queen of the Night (the villain of the opera) and Pamina, her daughter. The Queen of the Night is telling Pamina that she must kill her father the Sun King, or be rejected forever.

[madmadouc577]

I'm so proud of myself for being able to hit these notes. It's my dream to be an Opera singer. This song is helping me believe in myself. <3

[ChloeChum]

@madmadouc577 You don't have to have a high range to be an opera singer, you just have to have a good voice. The famous Carmen is mezzo, for example.

[RubenViz]

im not saying she is making lipsync or she is fake, im not even a hater, but: WHERE THE HELL IS THE MIC?.

[ximei29]

@RubenViz It's opera. It's their voice and the acoustics in the theatre makes it resonate for the audience to hear.

[Unknown3User]

@RubenViz laser microphones, DUH.. stupid..

[Hockeykid666]

@Unknown3User

nope i have been to an opera. They don't need it. As well as the audience is quiet vs a rock show where everyone is bustling.

[AnaMarieWilliams]

@RubenViz Normally operasingers don't use microphones, it would destroy the sound.

[MsRachAnne]

@RubenViz either hanging mics or her voice is so powerful...

[muchahonra2b]

I still don't understand why this woman is not famous, and Why Kesha or Justin Bieber, who wouldn't be able to sing without Autotune, ARE famous. Pity...

[R1colientje]

@muchahonra2b

I personally prefer to be able to make out actual words in lyrics. This is just too high for me.

I like it, but it's because people can't really "relate" to her/the music. They can to other stuff.

[bhorowitz2534]

@muchahonra2b You kidding me? Diana Damarau is Famous

[muchahonra2b]

@bhorowitz2534 not that famous. Just the people who have culture know her. Unfortunately, comercial singers are known all around the world

[ImRockeiro]

@muchahonra2b She's clearly not singing in english, maybe that's why.

[JonnyJones324]

@muchahonra2b This woman is famous, but only in the classical musical community.. The reason why that is, is because she can actually sing and Kesha and Justin are just pretty faces that people think are amazing.

[muchahonra2b]

@JonnyJones324 exactly, but that it's still a pity...I miss old times when Queen was suceeding all around the world. Freddy was a comercial figure yeah, but became famous because of his true singing talent. Now you can't see any comercial figure in the music industry who's actually talented...

[Alysaria]

@muchahonra2b Because pop music is like crack for the brain....it stimulates the parts related to addiction. And opera is an acquired taste. :)

[muchahonra2b]

@Alysaria exactly! That's just what I think. Someone doesn't actually like the taste of a drug, but he can't stop having it. Modern music is like that.

[JonnyJones324]

@muchahonra2b I know.. And The Magic Flute is playing in Chicago.. And I plan on going.. floor tickets? As much as $104.. How great of a price is that?!

[muchahonra2b]

@JonnyJones324 wow. It's too cheap. Who cares? I prefere it to be less famous so that way it's afordable to me xD too bad I live in Spain and Chicago is like miles away from me

[JonnyJones324]

@muchahonra2b Sorry you can't see it lol. But it is too cheap lol

[piotrekherok]

@muchahonra2b oh I am gla she is not famous in Bieber way-it would be embarassing for her. she is famous among people who respect art and that kind of music though, so we shouldn't feel pity for her:0

[muchahonra2b]

@piotrekherok You're too right. I think what is pity is that most people don't understand true art and like untalented singers.

[Spike294]

@muchahonra2b Well I'm sure she's famous in the classical music/opera world. The world is not as big as the pop giants of today.

I agree, this stuff is a 5-star dinner whereas Kesha and all them are more like junk food (I like that one In Another Life song a bit more than that though), but heeeeey what can ya do, ya know?

[muchahonra2b]

@Spike294 it's okay after all. Good singers like this one are just for tasteful people. Let the rest of people have their autotuned music

[death0personified]

@muchahonra2b Diana is very famous lol, just not in pop culture..

[nananina982]

@muchahonra2b i agree and im not some old woman thats only listening to classic im in the 7th grade i really love this kinds of music i dont listen to it everyday and night but from time to time 

[FILIP111FILIP]

@nananina982 same here

[abacusmkt1]

actually...this woman is famous. She just isnt famous in the world you live in. If you actually respected the opera world you would have known that.

Ciao Bella

[muchahonra2b]

@abacusmkt1 I actually Now and value the artistic world. What I meant with my comment is why mass people prefere untalented singers and why a tasted minory is the only one who value artists like this woman

[thlimb0b]

@muchahonra2b I see what you mean, although I appreciate that this is good and she must have trained loads to be able to sing like that, I wouldn't choose to listen to it. In my opinion music is not all about the singer, it's about the arrangement of singing and instruments to create emotion :)

[muchahonra2b]

@abacusmkt1 And I'm a dude, so I guess you meant "Bello". Thanks

[Lindow]

@muchahonra2b She actually is quite well known in the field of opera and is regarded as the foremost queen of the night of her time.

[bodde7]

@muchahonra2b

When it comes to this song, it's very common to replace the highest parts with a Japanese girl to sing because they're more accurate. I can't say they have done it here but if they haven't, nice.....

[Davidthemusician129]

this is german

[Fancyfrost]

could please someone please tell me what language this is sung in?

by the way, this is a BEAUTIFUL opera...I simply love it!

[pablohthegreat]

@Fancyfrost german

[mjflopes]

Love this act. Impressive!

[itiroeto]

I hate these people who makes jokes about this masterpiece ¬¬

[prettycool997]

@itiroeto I agree it's one of the most difficult arias to sing and you have to be coloratura to sing it :D

[MegaWolfgirl96]

Looks like my mom when she finds my report card...

[Dansback21]

@MegaWolfgirl96 LMFAO!!! Oh man that's funny!

[FILIP111FILIP]

@MegaWolfgirl96 good call

[IRANSARZAMINAM]

Diana Love You Sweet Queen !

kissses from Iran

[4everPennywise999]

Oh, it seems Sarastro has 108 YouTube accounts.

[GuitarSlinger2112]

I've always thought this was the most amazing thing I've heard sung...

[PiroBojd]

i love the ooooooooo'ooooo part!:D

[violingirl2196]

not the best version -.-

[3sweetthings]

Every time I see this I like it more.

[SammEater]

@3sweetthings

Indeed, every time I watch this I got this feeling to watch again just because it's amazing! :D

[itsmealyssaaa]

I love this part..I dont know why O_o

[diolacov3]

I personally think Florence Foster Jenkins is better

[Ghiuky]

Bravissima

[ValverdeGreen18]

I love this... D:

[YoyoMarraz]

I heared it's the highest tone a human can make... Is that true?

[chapeauxchick]

@YoyoMarraz

I doubt it's the highest tone a human can make, but it was the highest note written for the human voice at the time that Mozart wrote it.

[nepenthes9997]

@chapeauxchick Actually, it is not the highest note written at the time Mozart wrote this opera (in the year 1791). He wrote a higher note (G6, in scientific pitch notation) in 1778/1779 in the concert/insertion (recitative and) aria "Popoli di Tessaglia... Io non chiedo", whereas the highest note in this aria is an F6, two semitones lower.

[GabrysiaMaMisia]

fascynujące



[SpaceGagnsta]

These types of geniuses are underestimated and Justin Bieber is making all the money.

[Messylin]

@SpaceGagnsta - geniuses don't want too much money or luxurious distraction. They just want enough money to be let alone to work.

[grozd102]

Буш ти си капут.

[Dymanteee]

wish i could sing with that amount of power at such high notes

[michael11253]

The amazing abilities of genetics these days...

[honduranishhgurl]

This is beautiful but that woman is just way too scary for me.

[MsXizan]

@honduranishhgurl She's SUPPOSED to be scary!

[sleahr]

her voice is frickin amazing, after i watch this i feel i must watch it again then once more

[SuperDaniellol]

i'm sitting here opening my mouth saying woooow!!!

[3sweetthings]

The outfit reminds me of black swan! 

[sleahr]

@3sweetthings her outfit is scarier than black swan lol

[3sweetthings]

@sleahr True that :) and a ton more epic!

[SovaJaime]

this made my ears bleed i swear...this is beyond amazing

[Jagvillhejhej]

En gudagnista, som får en att känna den djupaste respekt för det mänskliga.

[21violingirl]

holly shit at 0:43 i fell flat on my face such a beautiful voice ...what a shock for my poor ears that can not hear a holly sound :)

[sunshinedaydreaming]

BLIZZARD.....my glass on my Acer broke as well....we gonna take this people in court....

[Egyptianqueen77]

I love the way they hold their notes and the way they go back and forth.

[Eldar7FULL]

Diese frau is hamma mesig :))

[OrchestrationOnline]

Don't forget that these roles were all based on the voices of singers whom Mozart knew personally, mostly from Schickaneder's crowd.

[AnigaClub]

Omg I would marry this song if it was possible ;w; so beautiful <3

[jbell0243]

She truly is one of the best if not the best in the world. She definitely is the best queen of the night ever.

She is hitting g's above high c that's frigen incredible.

Not many people in the world can sing this with out the high notes being squeaky and weak.

Mozart happens to be the bomb to though. my personal favorite

[gerardaddict]

Pump It Up - Chimera

[eltesto]

is this even humanly possible...OMG

[Majiyck]

@eltesto Totally possible, been done only a few times though :)

[666NedFlanders]

@eltesto Yes, and I know a male who can sing the part. It is very possible, it is just rare to find a coluatura, male or female. The only thing more rare is a contralto-a woman with a wide range between low and mid-high, with a deep warm rich tone, sadly the only one I know had surgery and can no longer regularly sing.

[ascanderh]

I WISH MA MOM WUD SHOUT ME IN DAT TUNE!

[Loveforgotten1]

I can't believe opera isn't as appreciated as it should be.

[825y]

Mozart wrote this specifically for his sister-in-law -- definitely a complex relationship here.

[einartor123]

This voice is madness :D Love this singer. And Mozart is not bad also ... ;=)

[johnm307]

@einartor123 Bull's-eye! This is indeed the voice of madness. Wonderful performance.

[SarahLeeAnn]

I remember the first time my choir teacher played this for our class in 6th grade. I felt like a different person after.

[ItsHiddenMoon]

I tried doing the high pitched parts. My throat/larynx feels weird now.

[OldGrumpyGuy]

I have never heard this sung better

[carlosduran32]

Awesome and talented

[OnlyMe894]

o_O

[notoncemoreagain]

Not a great recording, but good.

[chopinbrain]

I don't understand how I can watch this.....

and then three videos later be directed to a kid lighting up his own farts.

Must be the seven degrees to kevin bacon thing.

[blizzards1463]

the glass on my mac broke i will sue you