Lucia di Lammermoor - Mad scene - Part 2 - English Subs - Natalie Dessay

[montejesus]

Esta escena hubiera sido perfecta si no le hubieran eliminado la parte de la cadenza con la flauta : (

[singergirl56567]

4:52 :(

[lindoro91]

Squallidissima la risata all'inizio...ancora peggio l'urlo alla fine!

[socratesplaton007]

Sublime!

[socratesplaton007]

Sublime!

[freddymerckx1]

omg her boob was about to fall out. That being said, I really don't know much about opera ( except Arrigo Boito's Mefistofeles) ,but I have grown to really like Dessay. I keep hearing about Sutherland but she sounds too matronly and schoolmarmish for my tastes.

[Greenishio]

I'm confused. Why is there no flute to duet with her around the 4 min mark? :(

[shayrunsthecity]

How did she manage that scream and keep on singing? Awesome.

[rossyxan]

Is that a glass harmonica I hear (like Donizetti intended) ? :D

[AlexandreJdB]

@rossyxan yes, donizetti wrote this aria for glass harmonica firstable but he get angry with the "glass harmonicist" so he dicided to transcribe it for flute.

[phantasmalconcealing]

Man that laughter at the beginning

[Argentynegal]

I found it very interesting that she wanted the glass harmonica. I saw her March 19 performance in HD and she did not sing along with the flute either, which was a letdown, neither was the glass harmonica available like on this video, but her performance was quite good.

[Puritani1]

Inoscoltabile!



[jfsanin]

I find it strange that to highlight any contemporary singer, it has to say she is better than Anna Netrebko.

I have seen comments that Elina Garanca sings better and is prettier than Anna. Nino Machdaise if it is a true soprano, and Anna is not. Now I see that to exalt NatalieDessay have to say that her.

But something has to be Anna, that anybody may have reference her to say that other is better.

[spizzell1]

She is such a great actress and singer!! This is amazing. And she sings it so well!!

[fabriciodidonato]

I loved it!

[fabriciodidonato]

I loved it!

[breakaliciouskid786]

I would have alot of fun singing this role.... Hehehe.. I cant do it as well as Ms.Dessay.. but I will put my own spin on it :D

[breakaliciouskid786]

that scream this whole scene  WAS EPIC

[bv979]

Uiti ca trebuie sa mai respiri. Fantastic.

[Jokaire]

♥!

[gustavojoris]

OMG! THIS IS PERFECT!

[mumularatona]

She will sing Lucia in the same production, this March :)

[kkuchenb]

Thanks for posting. I have a ticket to hear her sing this at the Met in the Spring. I hope she stays healthy!

[figment572]

bitch is crazy

[breakaliciouskid786]

@figment572 I was saying that over and over in my head LMAO

[limeberry7]

Definitely the best Mad Scene I have seen. She gives me shivers! Diana Damrau was very good too though.

[AmberLynn15331]

Great scream, Shes a very good actor or actess if you will, She has a great voice well trained.

[SStrongIsNeverWrong]

My theory: The second flute hid the first's cadenza page.

Just sayin'.

Now the second. . . is first.

[Babs22h]

the bide the bent in this production is sexy what is his name?

[mexicangirl18]

I love how she handles the scene. She really looks crazy

[MrAsc0001]

can someone please tell me why she goes mad?

[mageecathy]

Its all about the performer's interpretation. Opera isn't about every note being perfect. As an orchestral opera player i know how every night is different from the one before. It doesn't mean its incorrect! She intentionally doesn't sing every note with the flute because thats prob just how she wanted to do it on the night at that moment.

[kalifumpa]

La Artista es perfecta.. que dramaturgia sin palabras

[ferrykalos]

Where is the flute? Bleah

[violinistx100]

@ferrykalos There is no flute because in the orginial score it called for glass harmonica, but Donizetti got into a fight with the glass harmonist and he left on the premier night so Donizetti gave the part to the flute.

[violinistx100]

I wish I could sing Lucia, but I'm a bass. :( BUT for audition for our fine arts academy I sung it 2 octaves down. :) It was cheating but I'm obssesed with the aria. The judges were impressed though.

[FidelioRoo]

@violinistx100 I've said it before and I'll say it again, I really want to hear Norma with the genders reversed. I want to hear a bass Casta Diva.

I'd really like to hear your Bass-Lucia too!

[belcunto]

@violinistx100 make like me and sing in falsetto. your neighbours will love it !

[killerbunny123123]

@violinistx100 indeed! I am a bass-baritone and i can understand you! It seems so unfair that all those spectacular, acrobatic, sweet and ethereal arias were only written for soprano :( I also try to sing in my range many famous coloratura soprano arias xD But dont tell anyone!!

[violinistx100]

7:52! O.O She IS the BEST Lucia!!

[violinistx100]

7:52 totally not expected..what superb acting and singing.

[violinistx100]

What's this opera about?

[iamamusicman]

@violinistx100 Well, Lucia loves Edgardo, who is from a rival clan. Edgar goes off to war and they send love letters to each other but they get intercepted by her brother who disapproves. He then forges a letter to Lucia saying that Edgar either doesn't love her or died... can't remember which! Either way she's distraught and then her brother gets her to marry another man and just after she signs the document Edgardo bursts in. She goes mad, kills her husband and dies. Interval...

[lacantanteavocado]

@iamamusicman that edgardo doesn't love her and found a new lover.

[hanaryukoku]

Is it just me or did the subtitles dissapear halfway through?

[eyez2green]

This is a great opera.

[breakaliciouskid786]

i Saw this today Itw as so beautiful!

[thecelticspirit]

Indeed, that makes more sense :)

[OrpheuCe]

@thecelticspirit 

[thecelticspirit]

There's no flute at all, she's singing a capella.

[rlee1976]

the flute is supposed to repeat that 1 to 5 little scale, but there's nothing there... how retarded! Who came up with that?

[onieshka]

@thecelticspirit

C'mon she's not there is a flute

[OrpheuCe]

@thecelticspirit it was not good for her.....the flute helps to mantain the line in tune and the flute cadenza in the end helps to understand the end of the first part of the scene and asks aplauses.........she didnt did the Eb.....and the public just aplauded in the end of the ACT.

See the same MET section whit Joan Sutherland and the reaction of the public....

[operajdflorez]

Great ! Thank you for posting .

[RossiniSoprano]

At 3:33, she leaves off one pair of notes, and therefore leaves the flute hanging.

I actually mostly like her performance here. Someone said she can't sing bel canto, but I find her line very good.

The scream doesn't work for me. She screams because she suddenly recognizes Enrico, and runs away from him, but then almost immediately she addresses him again as Edgardo. I don't think even a crazy person would do this. Of course, it was dramatic.

[leoperarm]

I can't believe I had not looked at this! Thank you thank you! I love the laugh and the scream LOL^^

[thecelticspirit]

Wait. You're not telling me you never saw Dessay as Lucia, are you ? O_o Leoooooooo ! XD

[leoperarm]

I never saw the Ardon gl'incensi (only listened to it) the last part of the mad Scene, of course! It was great to look at this for the first time and in HQ ;-) XDDDD

[thecelticspirit]

She's so great here. This laugh scare the wits out of me, because it's so freaking insane ! And the shriek at the very end... no comment. Just WOW.

[KitanaiBaishunfu]

haha the scream caught me off guard and I jumped about ten feet in the air haha... But I love the way she does this here.

[bruceagogox]

I love how the two women at the beginning react to her.

Dessay's such a fantastic actress.

[nicevidbro]

Even though I know the opera and the words, it is great to have the subtitles. I think it would be great if also put the spanish subtitles. Just a suggestion. Thanks for this video.

[thecelticspirit]

Well, it's not difficult to add subtitles, the difficulty is to FIND them... So if you have any Spanish subtitles, I'd be glad to do it :)

[nicevidbro]

Oh! Im very sorry! I though you had the Italian arias dvd and you had the option to change subtitles! You are very kind! Sorry again, im embarrased now!

[thecelticspirit]

No prob, really, no need to apologize :) I have indeed the Italian arias CD, where the mad scene from the MET is included, but there's no subtitles in it. I had to create the Enlish ones, by finding translation on the Internet, and by translating myself at some point. But I'm not good enough in Spanish to do this by my own...

[nicevidbro]

alright, then if you need any help let me know!

[thecelticspirit]

Huuu... your comment is marked as spam. Did you do anything ? ^^ Anyway, if you can give me the Spanish translation, no prob to create subtitles then :)

[ogiovetti]

Um, no one has mentioned that amazingly horrific blood curdling scream at 7:52? I gained so much respect for Natalie in those four seconds.

[thecelticspirit]

This scream always gives me goosebumps ! This woman is amazing ;)

[Jaydoggy531]

I wasn't expecting it at all when I first watched this. Made me jump in my seat.

[prionse]

But yesterday in HD Netrebko sang with flute

[thecelticspirit]

Well, every performance is unique, don't you think ^^ ? Just take a look to La Fille du Régiment : Vienna, London or NY are not quite the same, even though it's the same production.

[prionse]

From 4:03 there should be flute (or armonica) in duet with Lucia. What happened?

[thecelticspirit]

They did it a capella, in order to enhance the tragedy of her madness. I think it's on purpose.

[Jaydoggy531]

There's nothing that "should" or "shouldn't" happen there because that's a cadenza. It's become VERY COMMON that there's a duet between her and a flute - but being a cadenza, there's no written part. Sometimes editors will make their own, but traditionally singers make their own.

[prionse]

Yes, you're right, but I saw Netrebko this Saturday and I was suprised when I heard Dessay singing without flute/armonica.

Both versions have their own charms :)

[Jaydoggy531]

That's the fun of cadenzas. You never know what you'll hear. They're really an expression of the performer.

[DessayBestSinger]

c'est toi qui s ajouté les sous-titres non?