The Tales of Hoffmann, Ewa Malas-Godlewska, Olympia

[imaluuser]

OMG. 0:31, she sooounds like a FLUTE!

[EmilyGreene1984]

This is not an easy aria to sing.

[Xemdryam]

:0

[MssWalewska1]

Godlewska REWELACYJNA!

[sascha1984dd]

bravoooo!!!

[IshyIMB017]

Her singing was very good, but I didn't like her acting much, her gestures didn't look like a doll at all, she needs to be way more stiff to play a doll.

[GhostofaSiren]

Gosh, this is beautiful, and she makes it look so easy (it's not; I've tried it). :) I could listen to this all day.

[natgab29]

she sounds like Natalie Dessay here and lokks a bit the same and acting is somehow similar - very fresh. a very good singer by the way, sang soundtrack for farinelli movie

[ARTUROPVIOLA]

not perfect not this not that ... but BRAVA ... I enjoyed very much and nice to listen here when is not being FARINELLI!

[vladislavskalicky]

ONTOLOGIX -- Sir I agree with you that there are many quality sopranos on continental europe who will probably never be " discovered " such as er and Adriana Kohútková and Jana Sibera. There is really oversuply of talent -- and of course if such talent was combined with the luscious breasty body dancing to that crappy music on you page then there would be a star indeed

[Feodulova]

bravo!!!!

[ontologix]

Certainly a good performance and above average, but anything but perfect. Her coloratura technique is superb, but her voice turns metallic and even shrill when she rises to high notes.

Similarly good arias of Olympia can be heard in many small theatres in continental Europe.

"reviveramesh" should note that the composer ws called "Jacques Offenbach", while the poet and protagonist of this opera was called "E.T.A. Hoffmann", both born in Germany.

[09scorpione]

cool!!!!! interesting! fresh! great.

[webbersarahlover]

Perfect voice!

[complicatedt1]

not a big fan of the color of the voice with this song....but meh

[MarioYanenko]

Bravo! SEI perfetto! bella bambola

[BastaRoberti]

.....hmmm. . . i do believe that's just her voice, it's kind of dark. She is Polish. It happens :)

[ChantantReve]

she makes the notes very dark by not opening her mouth well enough... though the notes are right on. The costumes...well, don't like this setting but still pleasant to listen to. :)

[skitzo429]

shes a bit abrasive for this role

[Colora2ra]

Wow, the most tonally accurate Doll Song I've heard yet. Beautifully sung.

[reviveramesh]

So enjoyable. Perfect. I loved it. Lets spend some time thanking jacques Hoffman as well as opposed to just commenting in Eva and the production and her "dollness"

[Anibaal]

hermosa voz!!!! Año de la producción??? She's singing actually?

[Heartlessiceboy]

Perfecta!

I kind of hate the costumes and the whole production.

but she is amazing

[KitanaiBaishunfu]

I love her singing... But I don't like her acting. But, it's not bad. It's jut not my favorite.

[solensegunda]

Buena performance, sin embargo me gustaría que sostuviese un poco más las notas más altas. Bien, en rasgos generales...

[ViolettaValery25]

Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CRAZYBUTT213]

she doesnt even look like a

doll she looks all cheap.

shes supposed to be all

supper pretty. but shes

really good with her voice.

love the notes!

[JuulJP]

Maybe she is an Early BRATZ doll.

[KitanaiBaishunfu]

LMAO

[BRocka2006]

Her vocal gymnastics are beautiful...how she changes from note to note is clear and precise...although her trills could sound a tad better, it was beautiful. Her staccatto...perfect! Overall I love it!

[ontologix]

@ 1jjswiss:

Not quite. Niklaus has heard about rumours that Olympia has never lived and tells Hoffmann so. In almost all productions she acts like a doll. Exceptions: Kassel 2007 and Regensburg 2007, where she only acts as a doll when Hoffmann does not wear his pink spectacles. Also in the 2008 production at Luzern/CH she is mostly not a doll (by the way, Sumi Kittelberger´s Olympia there was the best Olympia I have ever seen, both as a singer and as an actress).

[fromheretoglory]

Brilliant,...

[2468mi24]

Molto , molto bello.............

[evaeke]

She is singing nice but why doesn't she act like a doll or a robot?

[altodivo]

my guess is the director told her not to.

[1jjswiss]

well... according to the original story by hoffman she is supposed to act human. nobody is supposed to know she is a doll.

[SwingSwindlers]

The production and the recording look pretty uninspired and it's a pity such a wonderful singer should be submitted to a mediocre production. The orchestra sounds good though.

[opera75]

Malas Godlewska is singing with charm, comfort and precision, I am so impressed. One of the best performed Olympia I witness. Bravo!!!