She and her voice were simply made for this role and it's arias! Together with her mighty, unbeatable performance and her unbelievable great technique she becomes PERFECT as the Queen Of The Night. No one does better!
Elle fait meme peur.. Pour moi, c'est la meilleure version de cet air : sa voix, sa technique, son interpretaion, ....tout. C'est exactement "la Reine de la nuit pleine de rage".
Diana Damaru I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you...
She is my favourite Queen of the Night. Her build, voice and demeanor are all so regal. And the performers in this production are perfect, because they can act and really portray the characters. Opera requires both a good voice and acting skills. There's so much emotion and feeling in their singing! They make the songs personal. Many singers have amazing voices, but no emotion in their singing, which sadly makes them mediocre when they could have amazed.
you know...I've seen some great versions of this and heard some that are just "slightly" better...but the amount of motion she's doing...and still sounding so good
I am no fan of opera and I apologize to anyone who is offended by that. There is, however, one opera I have always loved and it is this one. Never before have I heard such an incredible voice as Mme. Damrau has. This is absolute perfection. She brings life to a character who in other presentations has remained static and unmoved. I would have paid anything to have seen this performance live and am very thankful that I found it here on YouTube. I am now a very big fan of Diana Damrau.
Diana Damrau looks a lot like an Asari woman to me, even her mannerisms in this performance look like they were animated using the Unreal 3 engine. Maybe they could cast her as one in the Mass Effect Movie. A guy can dream.
@ugha323a I can just agree with you. She's insane... hard for me to hold my tears everytime I heard her LOL! My earsdrum cannot stop orgasm over each notes........
@ugha323a modern pop rap is what 're referring to. when rap was created (on the backbone of the blues) it was conscious and full of emotion. but like every music genre, there are those that use it solely for money making, and that's where you get the cRAP you hear today. there are still socially conscious rappers today, they are either underground or greatly marginalized. so don't lump all rap together: it's like saying the opera version of "poker face" represents the opera genre.
@ugha323a I hope most of them did realize what an amazing performance she gave, I've heard other performances of this aria that are not nearly on par with Damrau. However, spitting at people who listen to other genres only diminishes the music you are championing. Love the music, but respect other genres and understand the art in all of them. Respect is given where respect is gotten. A true fan of the arts can learn to appreciate all its forms
How could they not be aware that they'd witnessed perfection? This woman is amazing! It's so good to see an opera singer acting, and acting well at that! It's sadly such a rare occurrence. I'm hooked for life on Ms. Damrau! Thanks so much for sharing!
This is absolutely fantastic! I wish more people my age listened to stuff like this...One thing though, I'm engaged in a vicious battle with my mum; I think she goes sharp at 3:13/14...my mum is adamant that she can't hear anything. Am I going crazy?
Of course, I wouldn't even dream of saying that it makes the performance any less amazing, I'm just wondering. :)
@jaweatern Actually, I'd say 4 cents flat then 6 cents sharp then back on. The bad thing... Those triplets are different notes and Damrau tends to sing them as the same note. We must remember that these shows sometimes go 2 a day for weeks and this could be fatigue we are hearing. There are other videos here of Damrau (especially the one in the studio) where she is dead accurate throughout and obviously well-rested.
Apparently your pitch is great. Now that I've told you, look for the flat too.
@amoskowitz0103 Pffffffff... I mean, really. You perfect pitch people are the worst party poopers xDDDD I know it sounds like maaaaybe she just went a little sharp but having heard Diana live several times, I think it was just a slight flicker in the color of her voice. She still has not completely grown into her full voice and the color and size of her instrument is always shifting slightly.
@jaweatern I agree that she goes sharp at 3:13/3:14. Maybe. It's just a little, though, and like you side, it really doesn't detract from the performance.
I bought the DVD off of Amazon, this is AMAZING in surround sound and on a plasma tv .. omg!!! From what i gathered is she is the first Queen of the night to actually act out the part, most others were so worried about just hitting the notes they couldnt do anything else. lol but this is most excellent!! I watch the dvd often!
@Lilith89ibz Really?Did she actually say that? When?
I don't believe it, it's Mozart after all and it would suit her voice PERFECTLY. Hers could actually be the best rendition since Edda Moser's, I believe...
@masterka It's not just the high G. The whole aria sits really high. There are a couple of high Ds, and you actually have to sing your way to the high G. Twice.
Diana's voice is growing and getting fuller, which means she's moving into a new repertoire. She's not going to stop singing most of the roles she sings now, like Marie and Lucia, but she has already retired Queen of the Night and Konstanze.
@Lilith89ibz But,why...why she is not going to sing these high Gs anymore?Does she have any voice problems?Oh God...i couldn't live without her singing!!!
@veskovarbanov No, she doesn't have any voice problems. Every singers' voice changes throughout their careers. High notes are generally easier to sing when you are younger. Diana's voice is growing and becoming fuller, which will enable her to sing slightly more dramatic roles with more ease, but she is not going to lose her top notes. In any case, that the high notes are still there does not mean it doesn't get increasingly difficult to sing them. (continues)
@veskovarbanov Putting that kind of strain in your voice can damage it if you do it too often. She will probably continue singing pieces with high notes in concerts and recitals but avoid it in operas, that are not just a long but repeated effort during an extended period of time. To put it in other words, you can run a marathon twice a month, at most, but not 4 times a week!
Thanks for uploading this vid. Damrau is absolutely amazing. I honestly can't find the words to express how powerful she is in this aria. I am humbled.
........ quite frankly, such incredible volume control and dead on timing. damrau is such a treat - not a thing to match to other than anderson. absolute coloratura !!
Oh my god...*blown away* i think i just had some kind of mental orgasm while listening to this :P... it's pure and simple perfection! And even though I don't understand a word, This woman's performance is able to give me goosebumps everywhere and even to bring some tears to my eyes... that-is-AMAZING!
Desde que escuché esta aria con Diana Damrau, no he podido superarla haha. Me encantó desde el principio, y hace rato me puse a comparar esta versión con otras versiones de otras sopranos, y, no es que las otras sopranos cantaran o actuaran mal, pero Diana Damrau se lleva la medalla. Canta perfecto, y actúa perfectísimo! haha Le imprime el caracter que, en mi opinión, debe de tener la Reina de la Noche. En definitiva, lo confirmo, Diana Damrau es mi favorita en este rol! :) Gracias por el video!
I already gushed about this perfomance under another video. So just let me tell you a big thank you for uploading it in HQ (and thanks for the link, that's going to be a nice christmas present from me to myself.) Speaking of - have nice mid winter holidays you all!
@JTanis Well, in essence, her husband died and gave the Circle of the Sun (i.e. his powers) to Sarastro, who 'a wise man' (in other words, the boss of a sect) and she wanted it for herself and she's not getting it because she is a woman and according to the deceased, 'unworthy'. I would be really mad too.
So far This is the best representation of the QUEEN OF THE NIGHT!!! Damrau makes it inpresively amazing!!! i can't stop watching/lisent it pfffff Thnx for upload this HD version!!!!
If Mozart would be alive to see this rendition he would be so proud of this lady! This is REALLY opera! Probable the best rendition ever recorded in history!!!
Oh my God... I watched this at full screen and at the close ups I felt as if she would come out of this screen and kill me... HAUNTING performance. Only superlatives can be told about it. Would you mind if I write some subtitles?
@Transoxiana94 I would LOVE some subtitles for the spoken part! I know what she is saying but I've never been able to figure out all the words in German. I would add them to the video description and make an annotation on the video itself :)
@Lilith89ibz I don`t speak German and I do try to figure out one or two words as well as you, but a few weeks ago I found a bunch of translations of the libretto with the full recitative in this scene and with much listening I found what exactly Diana was saying (here`s not the full recitative). I know much people were guessing and I wanted to help :) I`ll write them later today.
@Transoxiana94: Hey! I personally would also LOVE for you to post subtitles! I would REALLY appreciate that very much :-) I'm glad that Lilith89ibz concurs as well.
I think you should post subtutles for the initial dialogue and the aria. In German as well as an English translation...
@Lilith89ibz Oh wonderful! That's fantastic :-) I'm excited to see them- I've been wondering what all she was saying... (I have watched this video & showed to friends countless times! Thank you SO much for posting it!). I understand some of it and of course I am familiar with various translations of the aria- but it will be awesome to understand the whole dialogue despite the distraction they cause.
@all who asked for subtitles: I have just transcribed the spoken part and prepared an English translation. I am German, so at least the German part should be allright. I will post it piece by piece (because I can't post it all together). Hope you enjoy it!
Transcript and translation: Pamina: Mutter? … Mutter! [Mother?... Mother!] Mutter: Wo ist der Jüngling, den ich an dich sandte? [Where is the boy I sent to you?] Pamina: Oh, liebe Mutter, der ist der Welt und den Menschen auf ewig entzogen. Er hat sich den Eingeweihten gewidmet. [Oh dear mother, he is gone from this world and from humans forever. He has given himself to the Inaugurated.] Mutter: Den Eingeweihten? [The Inaugurated?] Pamina: Ja. [Yes.]
@amasonize Thanks for this translation!There is a line missing between where mutter angrily says Den Eigeweihten?! and Pam replies Ja.....and before the Schutz? If you would be so kind as to translate this line.Appreciated,john from Sydney
@Lilith89ibz :OK! and hello again,John from Sydney. While I am here, just a note of thanks for posting the variousDD vids which i have been delighted with,greatly appreciated,jk
Mutter: Dein Vater übergab freiwillig den siebenfachen Sonnenkreis den Eingeweihten. Als ich ihn darüber beredete, sprach er: „Weib… Meine letzte Stunde ist da. Alle Schätze sind dein. Und deiner Tochter. Nur den siebenfachen Sonnenkreis wird Sarastro so männlich verwalten wie ich bisher. Forsche nicht nach Wesen, die dem weiblichen Geiste unbegreiflich sind. Deine Pflicht ist, dich und deine Tochter der Führung weiser Männer zu überlassen.“
[Your father gave the Sevenfold Circle of the Sun to the Inaugurates unsolicited. When I talked to him about that he said: “Women… My last minute has come. All treasures are for you. And for your daughter. But the Sevenfold Circle of the Sun will be hold in a male manner like I did before by Sarastro. Do not search for things that a female brain can not understand. Your duty is to surrender yourself and your daughter to the leadership of wise men.”]
She is menacing, yet her voice is powerful to be the Queen of the Night. Poor Pamina!
kakurangers1993 1 day ago
best ever seen! breathtaking !!!
TheJosefranco 1 week ago
It's kinda scary I took 2 years of German about 3 years ago, and understand the basic gist of this scene/song.
lot24 1 week ago
I hate when my mom tries to guilt trip me with her amazing coloraturas too...
manticoreseriex10 1 week ago 16
Holy... shit... D:
tntbear97 2 weeks ago
Maria Callas could not pull this off and I am from Bayreuth!!! WOW!!!
dagasteffen 2 weeks ago
Best of the best :)
Julie930416 1 month ago 2
Her speaking voice sounds so ''humanlike'' ;)...great acting. The rest of it is just too amazing...divine.
P.S. It seems incredible that Mozart had faith in human performing this...
majstorzena 1 month ago
She and her voice were simply made for this role and it's arias! Together with her mighty, unbeatable performance and her unbelievable great technique she becomes PERFECT as the Queen Of The Night. No one does better!
miesermogelvogel 1 month ago
I don't understand how someone good "dislike" this video! She's amazing!!!!
ladyofeldar 1 month ago
she deserved a standing ovation for that. amazing
squirrellover1231 1 month ago 6
she actually has crazy eyes. wow.
hellothres 1 month ago 10
Gänsehaut! Diana Damrau ist erste Sahne!
t00h1gh 1 month ago
Very good, Excellent !!
MrBea1412 1 month ago
One word.....Excellent !!
gt00011981 1 month ago
C'est incroyablement bien !!!
Magnifique !!!!
Elle fait meme peur.. Pour moi, c'est la meilleure version de cet air : sa voix, sa technique, son interpretaion, ....tout. C'est exactement "la Reine de la nuit pleine de rage".
J'ai applaudi devant l'ecran...
simonetgarfunkel 1 month ago 2
La amo, la amo
Albinnelson 2 months ago
Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haykulo 2 months ago
If you want to see this in an..alternative way, click the "cc" near the video quality (360p) and put the video translation. Poor Diana :P
Falsodeus 2 months ago
And, we all know this...SHE IS DIVINE...AJOCONNELL
MrAJOCONNELL 2 months ago
I would love to know what's being said on this vid
reedkutcher 2 months ago
Holy effin' mackerel!
ediblemarie 3 months ago 2
Wow... she really nailed that!
astclair 3 months ago 8
turn on the transcribing caption on the video... and read the subtitles XD
ThreadEyez 3 months ago 36
Diana Damaru I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you...
mibuuu1 3 months ago
Woah. Amazing.
iwantcandydead101 3 months ago
lo que daria por que mi pais dejara atras tanta corrupcion para permitirse el privilegio de tan hermosa cultura...
coleturner16 3 months ago 3
She is my favourite Queen of the Night. Her build, voice and demeanor are all so regal. And the performers in this production are perfect, because they can act and really portray the characters. Opera requires both a good voice and acting skills. There's so much emotion and feeling in their singing! They make the songs personal. Many singers have amazing voices, but no emotion in their singing, which sadly makes them mediocre when they could have amazed.
EmmaMo91 3 months ago 8
wow she is the most perfect queen of the night i ever saw or heard. i'm tottally amazed
lunahate 3 months ago
She's not human...she's Art...
BohemianAnt 3 months ago 2
No entiendo nada pero amo como hablan xD
TheSuperkettleMan 3 months ago
Fantastic performance! Perfekt singing! Best Queen of the Night i habe ever seen! Love it! *.*
Weissquell 3 months ago
Was ist denn bitte so geil am siebenfachen sonnenkreis? ich hab noch n haufen von den dingern hier rumliegen xDDDD
20centuryBOY1 4 months ago
OMG she's so fucking amazing, I just loved it
dulipopisss 4 months ago
SIMPLY STUNNING! PERFECTION! LEGENDARY!
TheRPMCoutureJewelry 4 months ago
This is much much much more than PERFECTION .... this woman is the VERY BEST
pimbadoti 4 months ago
German has never sounded better!
joe217joe 4 months ago 3
...0_o holy...shit...
you know...I've seen some great versions of this and heard some that are just "slightly" better...but the amount of motion she's doing...and still sounding so good
I am blown away
1eye1derweasil 4 months ago
I am no fan of opera and I apologize to anyone who is offended by that. There is, however, one opera I have always loved and it is this one. Never before have I heard such an incredible voice as Mme. Damrau has. This is absolute perfection. She brings life to a character who in other presentations has remained static and unmoved. I would have paid anything to have seen this performance live and am very thankful that I found it here on YouTube. I am now a very big fan of Diana Damrau.
Fandango541 4 months ago
how can people hate this....this is the power of the human voice
inksama 4 months ago
Ah! The best performance I've seen so far :)
cinemozart 4 months ago
OMG thats Amazing.
DoppelspatenLetsPlay 4 months ago
omg she is TERRIFYING. so good!
camdencalifornia 4 months ago 3
German = beautiful language
Damrau = Great acting and perfect vibrato
These plus beautiful singing creates a genius, if not perfect production. Mozart would be proud.
MrDajx 4 months ago
Excellent
KarinaFrance1 4 months ago
Perfection!!!Mozart would be proud of her!
piemonte222 4 months ago 4
I often wonder if the audience ever realized that they had just witnessed true perfection...
jamesroddey 4 months ago
Wow!
xjohnnysxpiratex 4 months ago
2:10
gamc1221 4 months ago
The goosebumps! Truly perfect. Mozart was a genius.
marciamariaalves 5 months ago
amazing performance
yanglo1900 5 months ago
I love her dress...it is as if shadow itself is grasping her chest.
Ryandri0d 5 months ago
wow she is unnaturally good, almost like the high notes are autotunes, which they of course aren't
RafnHeimisson 5 months ago
凄い迫力… 凄い!!
wakasan2nd 5 months ago
Diana Damrau looks a lot like an Asari woman to me, even her mannerisms in this performance look like they were animated using the Unreal 3 engine. Maybe they could cast her as one in the Mass Effect Movie. A guy can dream.
EthanNin0 5 months ago
i don't know much of anything about opera but it makes me feel more alive when i watch this...this seems like a pretty perfect performance all around
sulfurousstench 5 months ago
lo mejor que he escuchado en mi vida, felicidades
acustic24 5 months ago
La Regina della Notte più cattiva che si sia mai vista!
calmocaos 5 months ago 4
This is on iTunes, just f.y.i. :)
FotoNight17 5 months ago
She could kill me with her diaphragm.
zoomhaters 5 months ago in playlist zoomhaters's Favorited Videos
The best queen of the night ever
MKH1204 5 months ago
Sublime...
saraescuer 5 months ago
SIMPLY FUCKING AMAZING!!!
BlueMoonLightDreams 5 months ago
if Mozart only could listen to her - he would say "brava" I'm sure
calagod 5 months ago
She is the fiercest woman that ever was...
notperse 5 months ago
Ummm can anyone say perfection??
AviatorEvans 5 months ago
At 3:38 ... really scary!!
justforfun105 6 months ago
I always wonder if the people in that room were aware they had just witnessed perfection.
Yes, I am sure they did, these people do not sit around and listen to RAP!
She is AMAZING, surpassing EVERY opera singer that ever lived.
ugha323a 6 months ago 108
@ugha323a I can just agree with you. She's insane... hard for me to hold my tears everytime I heard her LOL! My earsdrum cannot stop orgasm over each notes........
lemanchot666 5 months ago
@ugha323a modern pop rap is what 're referring to. when rap was created (on the backbone of the blues) it was conscious and full of emotion. but like every music genre, there are those that use it solely for money making, and that's where you get the cRAP you hear today. there are still socially conscious rappers today, they are either underground or greatly marginalized. so don't lump all rap together: it's like saying the opera version of "poker face" represents the opera genre.
fishgul69 1 month ago
@ugha323a I hope most of them did realize what an amazing performance she gave, I've heard other performances of this aria that are not nearly on par with Damrau. However, spitting at people who listen to other genres only diminishes the music you are championing. Love the music, but respect other genres and understand the art in all of them. Respect is given where respect is gotten. A true fan of the arts can learn to appreciate all its forms
sneakyllama 1 day ago
wow.....to tell u the truth i dont like this kinda song but.....this is just perfection such a majestic voice....just astounding!!!
TheHeretor 6 months ago
聽了一次又一次，每次都起雞皮疙瘩！ 太棒了！
work365days 6 months ago
I have watched this about ten times. OH my she is so wonderful.
littleLotte8 6 months ago
I must watch this performance every week!
ilyriamoon 6 months ago
OMG that was perfect!
olecram260987 6 months ago
I know I wonder that as well!! What a performance!! WOW!
Care4urSkin 6 months ago
i get goosebumps man... good god amazing...
evilgoodness1 6 months ago
Oh my God this is FANTASTIC.
littleLotte8 6 months ago
hermosa, maravillosa, me he quedado sin palabras...
hebkaptah 6 months ago
wow, queen of the night and queen of the drama. Thas was a stunning acting and singing.
pandgo85 6 months ago 12
How could they not be aware that they'd witnessed perfection? This woman is amazing! It's so good to see an opera singer acting, and acting well at that! It's sadly such a rare occurrence. I'm hooked for life on Ms. Damrau! Thanks so much for sharing!
LadyAnneBoleyn1536 6 months ago
Perfection. No other word can describe Diana's performance.
TheShislon 6 months ago 183
Wow!
Diamondturbocut 7 months ago
Diana just steals the show.
sweetpepper36 7 months ago
absolutely outstanding. she's the best (L)
aadf91 7 months ago
I think Mozart would have loved Damrau's interpretation.
ilyriamoon 7 months ago 8
esto es verdaderamente increíble. Gracias!
Marypopsful 8 months ago
I think Diana Damrau was born to sing that song! Just excellent!
AllTheBoysLoveMandy 8 months ago 4
The German language is beautiful!
anamelia4 8 months ago 6
This is absolutely fantastic! I wish more people my age listened to stuff like this...One thing though, I'm engaged in a vicious battle with my mum; I think she goes sharp at 3:13/14...my mum is adamant that she can't hear anything. Am I going crazy?
Of course, I wouldn't even dream of saying that it makes the performance any less amazing, I'm just wondering. :)
jaweatern 8 months ago
@jaweatern Write me down on your mum's team! xD
Lilith89ibz 8 months ago
@jaweatern Actually, I'd say 4 cents flat then 6 cents sharp then back on. The bad thing... Those triplets are different notes and Damrau tends to sing them as the same note. We must remember that these shows sometimes go 2 a day for weeks and this could be fatigue we are hearing. There are other videos here of Damrau (especially the one in the studio) where she is dead accurate throughout and obviously well-rested.
Apparently your pitch is great. Now that I've told you, look for the flat too.
amoskowitz0103 7 months ago
@amoskowitz0103 Pffffffff... I mean, really. You perfect pitch people are the worst party poopers xDDDD I know it sounds like maaaaybe she just went a little sharp but having heard Diana live several times, I think it was just a slight flicker in the color of her voice. She still has not completely grown into her full voice and the color and size of her instrument is always shifting slightly.
Lilith89ibz 7 months ago
@jaweatern I agree that she goes sharp at 3:13/3:14. Maybe. It's just a little, though, and like you side, it really doesn't detract from the performance.
TheFanwindow 7 months ago
@jaweatern i dont hear it, but you're right about the amazing performance!!! I love Diana's voice:)
SilenceTheQuiet 7 months ago
@jaweatern I agree with you, sorry Lilith89ibz--although, I am totally indebted to you for uploading this masterpiece :)
sealionluver 7 months ago
@sealionluver Ah, traitor! xDDD My pleasure :)
Lilith89ibz 7 months ago
She is my favorite. I have seen people do this while smiling sweetely. She really shows emotion.
MahoRoulete 8 months ago 2
What I wouldn't give to have witnessed this
tenor220 9 months ago 3
BEST VERSION EVER!!!
TheOdinOdin 9 months ago 5
I bought the DVD off of Amazon, this is AMAZING in surround sound and on a plasma tv .. omg!!! From what i gathered is she is the first Queen of the night to actually act out the part, most others were so worried about just hitting the notes they couldnt do anything else. lol but this is most excellent!! I watch the dvd often!
tiggz1977 9 months ago 2
Her voice is powerful and strong, her acting very authentic. Great job!!
mrnorrisnightmare 9 months ago
impressionante a interpretação. Simplesmente sensacional!
rodrigowolfbio 9 months ago
Flawless! Supreme! Magnifique! Superb! Collosal! Grande! PERFECT!
DRoBeR 10 months ago
wow superb acting and singing. music is excellent, singing is excellent, acting is excellent. what more can you ask for?
joboy1992jesto 10 months ago
Just pray that she will one day record Popoli di Tessaglia and Ma che vi fece o stelle...
HolyDarkness19 10 months ago
@HolyDarkness19 She won't record Popoli di Tessaglia because she doesn't like it xD I don't know about the other aria, thought!
Lilith89ibz 10 months ago
@Lilith89ibz Really?Did she actually say that? When?
I don't believe it, it's Mozart after all and it would suit her voice PERFECTLY. Hers could actually be the best rendition since Edda Moser's, I believe...
HolyDarkness19 10 months ago
@HolyDarkness19 She told me a couple of years ago. She finds the aria boring. And it's too high to sit comfortably anymore.
Lilith89ibz 10 months ago
@Lilith89ibz She is not willing to hit the high G anymore?
masterka 8 months ago
@masterka It's not just the high G. The whole aria sits really high. There are a couple of high Ds, and you actually have to sing your way to the high G. Twice.
Diana's voice is growing and getting fuller, which means she's moving into a new repertoire. She's not going to stop singing most of the roles she sings now, like Marie and Lucia, but she has already retired Queen of the Night and Konstanze.
Lilith89ibz 8 months ago
@Lilith89ibz But,why...why she is not going to sing these high Gs anymore?Does she have any voice problems?Oh God...i couldn't live without her singing!!!
veskovarbanov 7 months ago
@veskovarbanov No, she doesn't have any voice problems. Every singers' voice changes throughout their careers. High notes are generally easier to sing when you are younger. Diana's voice is growing and becoming fuller, which will enable her to sing slightly more dramatic roles with more ease, but she is not going to lose her top notes. In any case, that the high notes are still there does not mean it doesn't get increasingly difficult to sing them. (continues)
Lilith89ibz 7 months ago
@veskovarbanov Putting that kind of strain in your voice can damage it if you do it too often. She will probably continue singing pieces with high notes in concerts and recitals but avoid it in operas, that are not just a long but repeated effort during an extended period of time. To put it in other words, you can run a marathon twice a month, at most, but not 4 times a week!
Lilith89ibz 7 months ago 2
How I wish I could have seen this production!!! I don't think there will ever be a better one..............
suzannesadiiqa 10 months ago
Brava.
ichbifeuertrunk 10 months ago
Thanks for uploading this vid. Damrau is absolutely amazing. I honestly can't find the words to express how powerful she is in this aria. I am humbled.
Upinthestarts 10 months ago
amazing!!!! do you have the full opera for share with me? i would like to have it!
debbiefireheart 10 months ago
Recht herzlichen Dank aus den Niederlanden, Super das Video!!!
anindo66 11 months ago
i got chills damn.
jnm2088 11 months ago
love the crazy in her eyes! Diana Damrau is the Queen.
cricketbat 11 months ago
Muchas Gracias a Lilith89bz por el video, me calo hondo hasta el corazon,...emocionado hasta las lagrimas.
Diana Damrau, magnifica, electrizante, soberbia. Sin duda alguna la
mejor interpretacion que he escuchado en mi vida.
gernicky 11 months ago 2
Diana Damrau is the best Queen of the Night ever!!! and singing an aria of the best composer of all times!!! and in HQ!!! \o/
vansouza37 11 months ago
Oh shit Diana Damrau and Simon Keenlyside on the same stage! i think my eyes and ears have been melted!!
sas147741 11 months ago
why is she mad at her daughter?
mynameisdianaamaya 1 year ago
@mynameisdianaamaya because she doesn't want to kill Sarastro.
sas147741 11 months ago
Dios mío, esta reina de la noche si me asusta................. Así es como se debe interpretar esta obra. ¡¡¡Wooooow!!!
tatygmezzo 1 year ago 2
........ quite frankly, such incredible volume control and dead on timing. damrau is such a treat - not a thing to match to other than anderson. absolute coloratura !!
tialeetullphoto 1 year ago
she is amazing and very talented. respect :D
JogoBelIa 1 year ago
lovin the drama
pandgo85 1 year ago
Hot and scary at the same time. Whew!
presbyterosBassI 1 year ago 3
love when diana screams "not a word" before she starts the aria
don't mess with her
shadowaznmaster 1 year ago 3
Oh my god...*blown away* i think i just had some kind of mental orgasm while listening to this :P... it's pure and simple perfection! And even though I don't understand a word, This woman's performance is able to give me goosebumps everywhere and even to bring some tears to my eyes... that-is-AMAZING!
BiancaDaVenezia 1 year ago 4
she is wonderful))
Kiriana0902 1 year ago
I loved her comment, in an interview, about the role. She said that she really liked it for all the "demonic energy' it had. ;-)
sriegelh 1 year ago
THIS is how you sing and act, and people call those Glee actors talented, HA!!
BleedTheWineUnholy 1 year ago 3
A magnificent and magnetic performance.
lornabegbie 1 year ago
Desde que escuché esta aria con Diana Damrau, no he podido superarla haha. Me encantó desde el principio, y hace rato me puse a comparar esta versión con otras versiones de otras sopranos, y, no es que las otras sopranos cantaran o actuaran mal, pero Diana Damrau se lleva la medalla. Canta perfecto, y actúa perfectísimo! haha Le imprime el caracter que, en mi opinión, debe de tener la Reina de la Noche. En definitiva, lo confirmo, Diana Damrau es mi favorita en este rol! :) Gracias por el video!
xXaLeKzZXx 1 year ago
this is amazing.
singingfreak94f 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading The Queen of the Night HQ. Totally in love with Diana's performance.
kikyou90 1 year ago
I already gushed about this perfomance under another video. So just let me tell you a big thank you for uploading it in HQ (and thanks for the link, that's going to be a nice christmas present from me to myself.) Speaking of - have nice mid winter holidays you all!
Nynban 1 year ago
Besser geht es nicht!! Meine Verehrung, Frau Damrau.
Danke für das Hochladen dieses Videos an Lilith89biz.
Jongrvaddr 1 year ago
She crushed it!!
y2biz 1 year ago
love this piece but don't understand why the queen is so angry
JTanis 1 year ago 5
@JTanis Well, in essence, her husband died and gave the Circle of the Sun (i.e. his powers) to Sarastro, who 'a wise man' (in other words, the boss of a sect) and she wanted it for herself and she's not getting it because she is a woman and according to the deceased, 'unworthy'. I would be really mad too.
Lilith89ibz 1 year ago 52
@JTanis - - - - have you even read the story????? fairy tales are full of hate - murder, this is vaudeville. hello???????
tialeetullphoto 1 year ago
I got goosebumps everywhere.
SpaceToasterTV 1 year ago
4 people deserve the Queen of the Night's wrath.
ImmortalChaos 1 year ago
das ist einfach nur HAMMER! sowas von geil
diana damrau ist die beste sopranistin der welt!!!!!!
SOAPSHOWERmusic 1 year ago
Wow! That is one of the greatest performances I've ever seen. Mesmerizing!
Cygnusiii 1 year ago
So far This is the best representation of the QUEEN OF THE NIGHT!!! Damrau makes it inpresively amazing!!! i can't stop watching/lisent it pfffff Thnx for upload this HD version!!!!
adasuperwoman 1 year ago
so eine " power performance " .. man sollte sie los lassen auf hollywood !!
jpandyaraja 1 year ago
@jpandyaraja ach quatsch, das wüssten diese kommerziell-orientierten geldgierigen wichser garnicht zu schätzen wissen!!!
SOAPSHOWERmusic 1 year ago
If Mozart would be alive to see this rendition he would be so proud of this lady! This is REALLY opera! Probable the best rendition ever recorded in history!!!
Voic3Critic 1 year ago 3
UNBELIEVABLE.
AerionXII 1 year ago
Oh my God... I watched this at full screen and at the close ups I felt as if she would come out of this screen and kill me... HAUNTING performance. Only superlatives can be told about it. Would you mind if I write some subtitles?
Transoxiana94 1 year ago 43
@Transoxiana94 I would LOVE some subtitles for the spoken part! I know what she is saying but I've never been able to figure out all the words in German. I would add them to the video description and make an annotation on the video itself :)
Lilith89ibz 1 year ago
@Lilith89ibz I don`t speak German and I do try to figure out one or two words as well as you, but a few weeks ago I found a bunch of translations of the libretto with the full recitative in this scene and with much listening I found what exactly Diana was saying (here`s not the full recitative). I know much people were guessing and I wanted to help :) I`ll write them later today.
Transoxiana94 1 year ago
@Transoxiana94: Hey! I personally would also LOVE for you to post subtitles! I would REALLY appreciate that very much :-) I'm glad that Lilith89ibz concurs as well.
I think you should post subtutles for the initial dialogue and the aria. In German as well as an English translation...
Thank you very much :-)
DJJonPattrsn22 1 year ago
@DJJonPattrsn22 She sent the subtitles to me already, but I need to correct them and post them! Sorry for the delay!
Lilith89ibz 1 year ago
@Lilith89ibz Oh wonderful! That's fantastic :-) I'm excited to see them- I've been wondering what all she was saying... (I have watched this video & showed to friends countless times! Thank you SO much for posting it!). I understand some of it and of course I am familiar with various translations of the aria- but it will be awesome to understand the whole dialogue despite the distraction they cause.
DJJonPattrsn22 1 year ago
@all who asked for subtitles: I have just transcribed the spoken part and prepared an English translation. I am German, so at least the German part should be allright. I will post it piece by piece (because I can't post it all together). Hope you enjoy it!
amasonize 1 year ago
amasonize 1 year ago
@amasonize Thanks for this translation!There is a line missing between where mutter angrily says Den Eigeweihten?! and Pam replies Ja.....and before the Schutz? If you would be so kind as to translate this line.Appreciated,john from Sydney
SuperJohnnykay 1 year ago
@SuperJohnnykay My mistake, I left a comment out without realising it! Fixed now :)
Lilith89ibz 1 year ago
@Lilith89ibz :OK! and hello again,John from Sydney. While I am here, just a note of thanks for posting the variousDD vids which i have been delighted with,greatly appreciated,jk
HaberfieldChiro 1 year ago
Mutter: Unglückliche Tochter! Nun bist du mir auf ewig entrissen.
[Poor daughter! Now you are wrested away from me forever.]
Pamina: Entrissen? Oh fliehen wir, liebe Mutter! Unter deinem Schutz trotz’ ich jeder Gefahr.
[Wrested away? Oh let us flee, dear mother! Under your protection I can bear all danger.]
amasonize 1 year ago
Mutter: Schutz? Mein liebes Kind! Deine Mutter kann dich nicht mehr schützen. Mit deines Vaters Tod ging meine Macht zu Grabe.
[Protection? My dear child. Your mother can’t protect you any more. When your father died my power was buried too.]
Pamina: Mein Vater….
[My father…]
amasonize 1 year ago
Mutter: Dein Vater übergab freiwillig den siebenfachen Sonnenkreis den Eingeweihten. Als ich ihn darüber beredete, sprach er: „Weib… Meine letzte Stunde ist da. Alle Schätze sind dein. Und deiner Tochter. Nur den siebenfachen Sonnenkreis wird Sarastro so männlich verwalten wie ich bisher. Forsche nicht nach Wesen, die dem weiblichen Geiste unbegreiflich sind. Deine Pflicht ist, dich und deine Tochter der Führung weiser Männer zu überlassen.“
amasonize 1 year ago
[Your father gave the Sevenfold Circle of the Sun to the Inaugurates unsolicited. When I talked to him about that he said: “Women… My last minute has come. All treasures are for you. And for your daughter. But the Sevenfold Circle of the Sun will be hold in a male manner like I did before by Sarastro. Do not search for things that a female brain can not understand. Your duty is to surrender yourself and your daughter to the leadership of wise men.”]
amasonize 1 year ago