Queen of the night Aria act2:"Der Hölle Rache"(11 Sopranos)

[mjau159]

damrauuu!!!!

[xXLadyBelarusxX]

And I love Diana Damrau :'D

[xXLadyBelarusxX]

Lucia Popp <3

[lisaveg1]

June Anderson is the best here:most brilliant,fast,clear...

[Rumiton]

Thank you for posting this. It is a delight.

[suryavarmanvii]

Damrau reigns! Her victory is aided by better recording than Popp (though the recording of Deutekom is even earlier and the acoustics sound fine).

The sounds of the bootleg Sutherland is even worse (and transposed down in contrast to the legitimate recording of the aria; Sumi Jo and Natalie Dessay, too...)

Popp is on the great Klemperer recording.

[suryavarmanvii]

Damrau reigns! Her victory is aided by better recording than Popp (though the recording of Deutekom is even earlier).

The sounds of the bootleg Sutherland is even worse (and transposed down in contrast to the legitimate recording of the aria; Sumi Jo and Natalie Dessay, too...)

[suryavarmanvii]

Damrau reigns! Her victory is aided by better recording than Popp (though the recording of Deutekom is even earlier).

The sounds of the bootleg Sutherland is even worse (and transposed down in contrast to the legitimate recording of the aria; Sumi Jo, too...)

[Mrrryn]

Amazing!!! It's a delight for the senses! Thank you for sharing it! :)))

[arpeggio1358]

I'm sorry. Sutherland is off pitch.

[kodygoad]

I don't think that's Joan Sutherland...in my opinion.

1. Diana Damrau. 2. Eda Moser. 3. Sumi Jo. 4. Natalie Dessay (and she is my personal favorite soprano)

[Teichirisi]

great job!

[MrSwifts31]

Thank You cha for this compilation.

The singer I liked most(but necessarilt the greatest,they can be different) was Edda Moser.

The one I liked the least was Dessay.

[belcanto426]

DEUTEKOM  is the Queen!

[DarkPhoenixBlood]

1:37-1:53 is not Damrau, it's Erika Miklosa

[zorro822]

@DarkPhoenixBlood it is damrau! the foto is of damrau at the met.

[DarkPhoenixBlood]

@zorro822 I am assuming that you believe it is Damrau because of the video called "Diana Damrau at the Met" that has a picture of the costume and damrau's voice. While the singing on that video is indeed Damrau, the picture is not. The picture is of Erika Miklosa and if you search "erika miklosa der holle rache" here on youtube, the video that performance is from should be the second link. You will clearly see and hear that the performer is not Damrau.

[drjax1994]

@DarkPhoenixBlood Damrau did the Met performances of that production at one point also I think.

[anaihilator]

1. Deutekom 2. Moser 3. Sutherland (POWER Trio) 4. Damrau /Popp

5. Jo

[Agorante]

I've heard most of these women live. One thing that is obscured here is vocal size. Sutherland and Deutekom sang Norma (heard 'em both).  Damrau I heard as Marie last season. I big enough voice but not as big as their's. Popp's voice was also mid sized (Oscar in Vienna). The most famous high coloraturas of the period were probably Reri Grist and Kathleen Battle both of whom sang this high routinely but had quite small voices. Studer sings Aida.

[Leadfar]

I am not an opera-illuminated person, but I like it. My personal favorites so far are this aria (queen of the night) and Leoncavallo's vesti la giubba (pagliacci), specially with Mario de Monaco. In this video of 11 sopranos, I believe the best are (in order): 3. LUCIANA SERRA. 2. CRISTINA DEUKETOM (shame of recording quality), and 1. EDDA MOSER. I also think that SUMI JO has a nice voice, but, what's the hurry?... And ELENA MOSUC seems to have lost her high pitched notes. Thank you.

[ouinonyes]

All very amazing, i'd love to see the acting and different visual display

[rickardsoderberg]

How is it possible Gruberova is not included?!?!?!

[tomasburi]

After skipping all the ladies, which were out of rhythm or intonation and all the non-dramatic ones, only Moser and Deutekom remains...

[bigmandrel]

@tomasburi Commenting on rhythm and intonation is the provence of the dilettante; there is so much more to an operatic persona/performance than cheap observation. Perhaps you favor the RadioShack Casio keyboard rendition, since perfect intonation and timing is guaranteed.

[tomasburi]

@bigmandrel: Well... please tell me what should be admired on an operatic soprano singing Mozarts Queen, if every even tone is out of pitch and every odd tone out of rhythm? Moreover without proper dramatic voice, which is essencial for this aria... Sorry, but Mozarts arias requires perfection, not Jenkins-like approach.

[bigmandrel]

@tomasburi Wow! A very civil response! I am inpressed, especially since I was a sarcastic asshole. I've nothing more to say on the matter. Maybe you will join my wife and I in a bottle of wine sometime. All the best.

[greenxlemons]

I like Damrau and Popp myself :) But they're all amazing....

[MrGrub88]

applausi alla Studer....:)

[TheEmpress666]

Damrau and Deutekom for me, please :)

Thank you very much, cha7534, for compiling these-they're interesting!

[antinoj2005]

is it possible to find the recording Popp sang in 1970???

[cha7534]

@antinoj2005 1970 Metropolitan Opera House is a live performance.

[antinoj2005]

@cha7534 i know i just hoped someone recorded it. oh well... thanks anyway

[Ragtime444423]

Studer's practically auto-tuned during the hardest part and its repeat -- incredible! And thank you cha7534 for creating this wonderful collection.

[cha7534]

@Ragtime444423 Thanks..:-)

[livmedful]

Moser is true queen of the night

[sagaluke]

the one and only who sang that aria without any problems at all - as it was an easy piece of music - was la Deutekom!

[picketypucketypum]

sumi jo rules ^^

[ElisabettaVS]

By the way: of all the sopranos shown here, I believe that Dessay has the worst voice for the queen of the night. It just doesn't seem right to my ears.

[ElisabettaVS]

Elena Mosuc and Joan Sutherland!

[3002vincenzo]

luciana serra!

[papagena92]

I liked Damrau, Popp, Moser and Sumi Jo. (btw what a quick tempo, loved it!!!!!!)

[salsafiend]

I have to say that Damrau is the only one who is genuinely scary. Some of them treat it as a pretty exercise in scales, particularly Sumi Jo. I rate Edda Moser highly too. That Dessay recording is a painful to listen to as it must have been to perform. All I can hear is future vocal damage.

[jlc10023]

For me the most fascinating one of all is Cheryl Studer - this was a dramatic soprano (not a "tweety bird") who also had a fabulous technique. If only the career had been longer. Does anyone know where this clip comes from and when? Deutekom clip is from the Solti recording and excellent, but in the house (the Met, where I heard her) she did most of the coloratura with that annoying cackling technique.

[eelco67]

@jlc10023 Deutekoms clip is live and in english, so how can it be from the Solti recording? Studers career was not longer then it was precisely because she did not have a fabulous technique. It was sincerely flawed for the broad repertoire she sang. If only she had adhered to her voice, a big lyric - nowhere near dramatic - her career might still have been been going...

[EdoFrenkel]

Well, technically speaking, the Sumi Jo recording is by far the best. However, these are not the best recordings for a lot of these singers. Lucia Popp, for example, has a phenomenal recording, i think it's on youtube. Edda Moser must have been having an off day, because she is the most badass of all the singers on this list. And where o where did you dig up that Dessay recording? Maybe I haven't heard enough of her singing but she sounds like she ate a cow before she got on stage.

[WarOnErrorism91]

Damrau hands down though I thoroughly enjoy Moser, Popp, Sumi Jo and Mosuc for different reasons be it musicality or feeling or tone or whatever. But Diana just for the STUNNING nature of that particular performance. All these ladies sounded wonderful. It takes pipes to sing this aria!

[livmedful]

Moser

[zoravamp]

Tutte eccezionali, ma decisamente superiori:

1) Edda Moser;

2) Sumi Jo;

3) La Stupenda.

[fissionesque]

I liked it, it was nice put together, but you should have put Florence Foster Jenkins at the the end just for fun...

[xBottlexPopx]

I really love Sumi's and Diana's versions. :D

[Nobody297SRS]

listen to... i think, roberta peters or peers. amazing soprano. i think sumi jo was very good (technically) but she lacked the anger and fire for the QTN. i think moser was the best. everyone else was really good, but moser was just amazing.

[kastrafior]

Amazing ladies. But, please, listen to Cristina Deutekom (Georg Solti version), listen, cry and pray : the ABSOLUTE stratospheric QTN planet earth ever heard.

[LittleLotte7793]

Sumi Jo was the first soprano heard here...

[satBASS]

As far as Overall Package, Diana gets my vote because:

-Her voice fits the aria perfectly

-I love her musical interpretation

-She out-acts any soprano who does this aria.

That being said, I'm going to judge on the vocals in this video alone...

Damrau, Moser, & Deutekom are all tied for 1st.

With the exception of Serra, & Dessay [whom I didn't like] everyone else was good, but did something in the aria that I didn't like.

[yafazudametalero]

well it's your opinion, but i'll vote for Deutekom :D

[OnlyTruthCounts]

@yafazudametalero

one and only who sang that aria without any problems at all - was la Deutekom!

I totally agree, I first heard Queen of the night in my old CD called MOZART FAMOUSE ARIAS by DECCA, I was so impressed with Deutekom, I was comparing her with others. At the end, I realized that there is only one who could really do it naturally and that is Deutekom.

[tuadolcefanciulla]

Thank for putting this together. It's a

wonderful idea and a wonderful job.

[joanmar2007]

Luciana Serra, sense dubtar

[nobodysomebodyelse]

exactly what i was searching for; thanks for uploading!

p.s. unfortunately, i must concur with consensus on this occasion... moser

p.p.s. sumi jo doesnt sound right for some reason. is it just me being a philistine?

[ElisabettaVS]

@nobodysomebodyelse I agree with you. To me, she sounds to nice, to sweet and to easy to harm in the way she interprets the aria.

[riskchamp]

Thank you so much for the compilation! :D

[carlosdevivo]

Moser undoubtedly

[tomasburi]

I like Moser, Pop, Damrau and Studer and also Serra seems to be good to me. But I'm missing Edita Gruberova in this list. Her performace is really great, too. And somewhat different to majority of these.

Anyway, very nice collection, thanks!

[yodavidnavarro]

I was going to write a comment but you totally wrote what I thought...LOL

[phoranea]

I love Nathalie but being the Queen of the Night doesn't suit her.

[mangojoe]

What is with some of these women speeding through this? I don't get it? Good God they saund like squealing pigs. Anyone who likes Serra had no musical training whatsoever. Damrau still gets it for me better than all the rest!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[irisusername]

If you listen carefully, Serra's voice is so different than all the others. She has a different timbre that is very pleasing to my ears when she gets on her high notes.

[EmmyBaby95]

I liked edda moser & sumi jo.

those pictures are creepy btw.

[emotsunami13]

wow Sumi Jo makes it sound effortless!

[singerguy93]

i still say June Andrews got this one.

[ryry125]

moser and damrau

[Operaphile]

1. Damrau for balancing dramatic intent with stunning voice.

2. Moser - definitely dramatic, but not as mind-blowing as Damrau

3. Dessay and Popp for beautiful voices, but weak on dramatic integrity,

This was not Sutherland's role, she just owned pretty much everything else :)

[XAnimeAddict]

Edda Moser wins this one

Quality of Voice:

1. Moser

2. Mosuc

3. Sumi Jo & Anderson

Technique:

1. Moser

2. Sierra

3. All EXCEPT Duetekom, Damrau, Sutherland. Those three had poor technique in my opinion b/c the breath was very noticable.

Duetkom was by far the worst.

[macbessert]

I agree with you, XAnimeAddict. Edda Moser is the Queen. Absolutely.

[jennythemusicmaker]

How can you say that when she sings her top Fs better than any of these others put together? Instead of it being a shrill squeak she has the ability to retain it with a haunting quality. And why is legato a good thing?! She's the Queen of the Night, not Pamina - she's not supposed to be tender. She's supposed to be evil and frightening, not sweet and tender.

And Sutherland's top notes are actually revolting.

[Oikuvxwbos]

If I am not mistaking, why are Erika Miklosa's images in the video?

[carlosdevivo]

moser of course

[Makchoo7]

I Loe Lucia Popp

[Trebleguy471]

Sutherland above all the others??? Her pitch through the passage, in this recording at least, is all over the place.

[Trebleguy471]

Key change at :55 ??? what's up with that

[Ohioma]

Moser

Damrau

Sumi Jo

[zephyr2050]

Sumi Jo and Diana Damrau are clearly the most beautiful and adept at the coloratura passages. And Natalie Dessay is just awful at the C, F, G, and A quarter notes right before the high C's. Everyone else has either bad intonation, bad technique, bad breath, bad tone, or any combination of the above.

[ondrasizdny]

a ty ses mi nejakej chytrej......... :))) mam rad tyhle nazory, co vsechno vedej nejlip...... i ja mam sve favoritky, ale hlubokosklon pred vsemi damami...........

[Pandaa1993]

wir gehen mit der schule auch darein...und die is die beste königin XD

[schattensand]

None was embarrassing, all that go through this hell are true vocal heroines.

Moser is the true queen here

Popp, Deutecom, Damrau very, very good

Sumi Jo quite nice too

Dessay, Mosuc overtaxed, barely making it

Dame please no

[jainermanzur]

I totally agree

[yodavidnavarro]

1 Edda Moser

2 Lucia Popp

3 Sumi Jo/Damrau

Plus: I'd kill to see a Callas version, but she always refused to act as the queen of the night!

[tripleaxell]

i think the reason why callas doesnt want to sing the queen of the night aria is because her upper limit is up to E6 only.. t

[yodavidnavarro]

No! she was an sfogato. But she didn't try this role cause she didn't like ti sing in german!

[ChrisStockslager]

I think it was a combo of both. I heard it was because Callas didn't find the role interesting too. I wonder if she did do it, would she have transposed it down to Eb's like Dame Joan, or would she sing it in the original key, without the high F's?

[robertosif]

moser, beautiful voice

sumi jo. amazing technique

[leandrojf1982]

luciana serra <3

[aeru9]

Oh, and Moser was good like Damrau...

[aeru9]

1 Damrau

2 Dessay

3 Mosuc

[deutekomefran]

Todas son buenas y es una gozada escucharlas en esta aria tan difícil. Pero la Voz de Cristina Deutekom es tan espectacular que la hace superior a todas. Que alguien ponga Marten aller Arten por ella.

[peejes]

The audio is not great, but Dame Joan is incredible. Ringing and accurate, with a gorgeous top.

[DessayBestSinger]

My dear natalie is here! I love her so much! but I think that the best Queen of the night ever is between Damrau and Moser!

[joaomfclopes]

My favourite queen of the night will always be Sumi Jo

[maggeo78]

DAMRAU is the always best!!!!!!!

[DessayBestSinger]

blind fan! :-P

[maggeo78]

Ma è la verità.... l'unica vera regina è lei!!!!!!

[Sesto73]

1., Edda Moser

2., Cristina Deutekom

3., Lucia Popp

...and now Elena Mosuc!  :-)