Dessay - "Airs d'Opéras Italiens" Recording Session

[leogadget]

19:55 Daaamn!

[Francesko263]

She has such an amazing voice

[MrHbc3]

I cannot BELIEVE this woman. I have this CD and listen to it frequently (along with several others of hers) but I keep coming back to these recital and recording videos. What an energetic, intelligent, etc. etc. etc. thing she is. She evidently does not care to edit out some of the less flattering stuff. On two occasions with interviews she casually mentioned that in big performances she "forgot the words" and talked about how important prompters are. I love her.

[fafounet47]

Non seulement quelle voix ! Mais aussi quel spectacle à elle seule ! un vrai régal.

En plus, il semblerait à la vue du clip, qu'elle ait le sens de l'humour. Une femme idéale en quelque sorte !

Imaginez-vous un instant, chez-vous, tranquille, assis dans votre fauteuil, tandis qu'elle chante dans la cuicine en même temps qu'elle prépare la soupe du soir !

Le rêve !!!!!!!!

[acitipo]

Impresionante!!!! Natalie es maravillosa!!!!

[pushertug]

I suppose all these 'critics' are much better singers than Nathalie. O course her voice is different to when she was youger, she had surgery on her throat you dopes.

[KARINADIVA]

is she practising her conducting skills - ? is she hoping for a career change!

[KARINADIVA]

why is she waving her arms about all the time...? On the stage she wouldn't be able to ?

[anaclet]

che bellezza!

[killerbunny123123]

wow....this is the first time i notice how MUCH she strains with the high notes above the soprano high C.....I mean....she used to sing A6...can a vocal problem do so much to the voice? anyway, I prefer this dessay....she is more dramatical, and as she stated, after all those years of career she can finally sing what she rly wants to sing ;) way to go!

[velazquez2009]

you are right, things have changed a lot the last few years vocally. But she acts out her roles more in harmony with her voice. She works so hard and has such flair.

[acitipo]

Olimpia, Lucia, Maria Stuarda, zerbineta, Violeta, la reina de la Noche, Norma, Rossina, estos papeles son insuperables en la Dessay

[Caskader]

Traviata not her rep.

[patator92000]

Et bien, il y a une sacrée bande d'aigrie ici...

[TourneledosRossini]

Calas ? Avec un seul "l". Quelle inculture !!!

Comment peut-on comparer cette divette avec la plus grande chanteuse scénique du XXe s. !

[ilpremio2008]

Lei è gentile. Ci indica la via!

Elle est gentille. Elle nous indique le chemin!

[opricnik]

Elle estr très gentile avec nous: elle nous indique chaque note avec une hauteur differente du bras. Mais, hélas, elle n'a pas un bras aussi long puor le contre-Fa.

[fanofbelcanto]

Je me demande si gesticuler autant, à ce point ... l'aide à mieux chanter ??? Dans tous les cas, la voix n'est plus belle comme avant son opération. Le timbre est devenu acide dans les notes aigues, désormais toujours à la limite de la déchirure.

La voix a de beaux restes, mais rien de comparable avec la voix de ses débuts.

[opricnik]

Quant on dit simplement AVOIR RAISON :-) Je suis parfaitement d'accord avec toi. Et j'ai entendu qu'elle chantera Violetta l'année prochaine... Je ris.

[TourneledosRossini]

Elle a vraiment une drôle de tête

[ngouzy]

Et Calas, elle avait pas une drôle de tête ? Depuis quand mesure t on le talent d'une chanteuse lyrique à la beauté de son visage ?

[tippa2kk]

jeez, what an amazing voice!

[g420730a]

To sing like that, you would be very slim, in particular the arms......

[cesare1906]

so much presure on the vocal cords.......

[silvija73]

she has a beautiful voice and great technique!i love her!

[motete001]

Before Mesple.. Now Dessay

How I Love You French Coloratura Sopranos

[KOKAYT1]

bla bla bla ...

pfffffffff

just beautiful ... so beautiful voice ...

[solensegunda]

Interesante documento, aparte de poder apreciar la forma en que se trabaja al grabar clásicos, es imperdible la entrevista. Sin embargo no comprendo la decisión del Director de afinar a La=438 Hz., ya que el estándard para 1835 es La=435 (también usado en barroco) o el llamado "científico" de La= 430,5, menos utilizado. Pero bueno, el resultado es valioso; Natalie impecable!

[veronicantonelli]

Merci de ce document !! C'est splendide !

VeronicA

[gtelloz]

She's something else but no Maria Stuarda!! love the voice, but definitely not donizetti's heroine...

[foropera]

That's interesting. I like much her Violetta (in a studio it's ok). But for the Queen Mary, I find her too nervous, a bit hysterical in fact, and out of the (supposed) character. She's revolted yes, but it's too much. (imo)

[Griffin3820]

I definitely hear the bit of hysterical you're talking about. She played the Queen of the Night like that once. If you search "Der Holle Rache Dessay" it's the second one (where she's wearing blue with her hair up). That may just depend on that particular Magic Flute rendition though. She is by far the best singer I have ever heard, no doubt, and my overall favorite. =o)

[nicosupersex]

she must drive the conductor crazy, hehehehehe

but he can't say a word, she's natalie

hehehehheheeeeeeee

[sopran21]

here her violeta sound much more better then the violeta in the album...what is going on? whay coudn't they put this version in the cd....?? : ((((

[PakoChile]

I love her...i really really love her. But now her sound is so different from her first years. Now the high notes (even the C) sounds like a shriek.... is a little sad.

[lokitrix]

What's the first song she sings???

[Klassizismus]

It's "Oh' nube che lieve... Nella pace del mesto riposo" from Donizetti's opera "Maria Stuarda";)

[SsteinwayS]

Yeah...her high notes aren't so effortless anoymore...

[operalover9001]

it's interesting...in the album it says that roberto alagna sings the tenor part in sempre libera. i guess that was edited in later.

[dlelyveld]

magnifique. Especially the full body and power of the high E at end of sempre libera gets me, she seems to grap it out of high air.

such a warm woman and her participation in the music is wonderful.

[magghot]

have you ever heard the final high E of mariella devia??

[BellaChanson]

LOL.....AT 9:13 HAHAHA THAT LOOK

[BellaChanson]

could you imagine recording with all those people live lol.....if like one violinist messed up and you had to start over then the like the clarinet haha....that would suck....they should do a skit like that just for humor.

[fer1179]

It seems way too painful for her reaching all those high notes, nevertheless her voice and coloratura and top notes still have an outstanding natural beauty.

Love U Dessay

[ginavoce25]

Funny, if the sound was off you'd think she was the French Mariah Carey, with all her hand motions and facial expressions! Love her!

[63Attila]

I would love to hear on stage. Her Violetta must be a great role to hear and see.

[marioj34]

hummmmm is not a Marie stuarda who wants... Dessay is not lyric dramatic.... but superb in Violetta!

[drdre333]

I would say that Violetta is a role that IS lyrico-dramatico, although the 1st Act aria is a coloratura showcase - something Dessay is definitely suited to.

[Iareto]

Anything above a high C...and sometimes even the C has become kind of screechy...that being said, she's still a good actress, but that voice just doesn't shimmer like it used to.

[nicevidbro]

i love her face at 8:52

[doperasinger]

I love it!! It's so encouraging to watch her make music...the phrasing, coloratura, dramatic commitment..it's well nigh breathtaking..cannot wait until this album comes out in the US. I thought it was supposed to come out January 8, 2007 but it appears it will be out Feb, 5

[nicevidbro]

i already have it. i strongly reccomend you to get that damn album. is GREAT!

[Operaphile]

Hmmmm, the Maria Stuarda doesn't seem such a good fit, but Violetta...ooooooooooohhhhhh my god!!!! Divine!!!!! Brava Violetta Dessay!!

[mamiesuzette]

magnifique! un exploit!