Nina Stemme 1993 - Der Freischütz "Wie nahte mir der Schlumm

[arnbjorgmaria]

it's really hilarious to read petty criticism of a video of Nina Stemme from before she even began her real career( she hadn´t even lived in Germany at this time)...I mean we are talking about the reigning queen of Wagnerian singing. Isn´t it just amazing that the great material and potential on display in this video blossomed into one of the greatest artist of her generation.

[smeisha]

Wonderful Voice!

[madelynroden656545]

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[gschmeer1]

a beautiful young woman, a very nice voice and a rather well german

Dr.Schmeer, Bonn

[xptrail]

Sie ist wunderschön...Ihr schönheit und besonders intelligenz...Gottes Wunder...

[xptrail]

Sie ist wunderschön...Ihr schönheit und besonders intelligenz...Gottes Wunder...

[zonaras83]

@xptrail Ich gebe dir Recht!

[ProfCocktupus]

ich finde das nicht wirklich toll sorry :(

[alecs1976]

@ProfCocktupus

ich find auch nicht, dass das so toll ist. die stimme ist ziemlich weit hinten im hals

[ilkertenor]

-die arie ist sehr schwer vor allem für eine damals noch so junge sängerin!

-das ist ein wettbewerb-ganz andere situation für einen sänger!

-die stimme ist auf dem atem und hat dadurch eine enorme durchschlagskraft..also bei weitem nicht hinten

-live geht es kaum besser

[alecs1976]

@ilkertenor

es geht live viel besser, hab ich nämlich schon erlebt (wiener staatsoper: inga nielsen).

ob die stimme "auf dem atem" ist oder nicht, hat für den sogenanneten "sitz" keine konsequenz, da die vokalbildung mit dem atem nichts zu tun hat.

und 1993 war nina stemme immerhin schon 30....also von so jung kann hier auch keine rede sein

[operalover23]

inga nielsen war bitte NICHT BESSER. sie war gut, aber nicht besser, weil sie eine (für die staatsoper) viel kleinere und farbarmere stimme hatte.

[alecs1976]

@operalover23

für mich was sie besser, weil sie im gegensatz zu stemme keine seltsamen vokalverfärbungen hatte und diese arie vorallem technisch mühelos bewältigte....abgesehen davon ist größe per se absolut keine qualität

[TheGoddessArroyo]

her voice is beautiful

[zonaras83]

@TheGoddessArroyo Not only her voice... ;-)

[Azizascharms]

Absolutely stellar singing! She's definitely over 30, though. Shame she had to lie about her age to be in this competition. Great singer!!!

[dialectgirl]

@Azizascharms

30 in this video. Now older.

[garconfrancais01]

@Azizascharms

that is absurd!

every bio lists her as being born in 63...you have no basis for that assumption

[nittecat1907]

wah wah birde detone olmasa iyi olurmuş ama o zamandaki lerin kulakları hep bozkmuş .genetik sanırım 20 yıllık mazisi olan bi bozukluk..

[mudde123]

Also, ich habe keine großen Probleme, sie zu verstehen (allerdings kenn ich den Text auch beinahe auswendig) und das Rollen des 'R's ist ja nun nix Ungewöhnliches. Allerdings vermisse ich hier das Gefühl, das 'Agathe' hier über die gesamte Zeit zum Ausdruck bringen sollte. Und die Stimmlage ist mir auch zu tief. Aber besser könnte ich es auch nicht! ;o)

[voltape]

Nina Stemme (Estocolmo, 11 de mayo de 1963) (Swedish, as many of the great artist of opera and cinema)

[voltape]

What a girl! she is as perfect as can possible be! What an expression!! An a beauty queen in her own right!!!

[myrtha77]

i like this very much! thanks!!

(and i am sorry, german people, most of the german singers i have heard here in germany sing any other language with a horrible accent, totally careless and i dont understand an italian, french or english word neither.)

[Azzenstudent]

She is amazing. How many big voices can sing with such shimmering legato? I didn't sense a moment of strain anywhere in this aria. If only she could sing like this forever.

[rrgallo]

I liked it very much..thanks.

[ketillflatnefur]

too wide of a vibrato for a dramatic, unattractive, it borders on a tremor. BTW, hon er svensk och jag förstår nästan ingenting av hennes svensk brytning! the tone is not steady, maybe with time ----

[zweisteinJ]

veeery nice one!!!!

5 stars for it!!!

[MRLebowskyy]

I agree that Stemme has a rare and beautiful voice; however, as a german, i must say that you can hardly understand what she is singing. most english-speaking watchers probably focus mainly on the subtitle and the colours in her voice- while missing so many details of the german language (as most translations are just awefully superficial). Therefore I find this performance somewhat unsatisfactory.

[Rukasepar]

German is my mother tongue and I cannot agree with your saying that you can hardly understand what Ms. Stemme is singing. I don't know where she hails from but I have no problem understanding her singing. My only (slight) complaint is that she is overemphasizing the R's. To roll the R at the end of the word Schlummer (for example) is inappropriate. Other than that - lovely artist, prone to singing the wrong repertoire at times.

[itstchumi]

you should say your father tongue because from my love for history and from German history going all the way back to Fredrick Barbarossa and the holy Roman empire Germany is the father land Russia the mother^^ not really a fact i just think its cooler is all were you from in Germany im in Brasil by the way lots o Germans here so i can speak a little i do German in my school but i suck any grandfathers German^^

[bekendbrt]

yea, except for that in German, your native language is referred to as "muttersprache"...so Rukasepar was probably (and rightfully) translating the phrase...no one really ever says "father language/tongue".

[m4rkm4n]

@Rukasepar

Wait, why is it "inappropriate" to roll the Rs? Rs are always spelt like that in classic interpretations, otherwise you couldn't even hear them.

[Rukasepar]

@m4rkm4n

Just like in the English language, "...er" at the end of a word is not pronounced with a rolling R. Take "fever" or "brother" or "butter". This type of R is inaudibly there. I guess that's why it is relatively easy to learn a language like Italian because one "speaks as one writes". :-)

[SDCmorg]

How can there still be people who insist that great singing doesn't exist anymore when there are still singers like Nina Stemme or Vesselina Kasarova or Anja Harteros, etc around is beyond me. Thanks so much for posting, Rolf!! :o)

[hillevifan]

Add Adrianne Pieczonka, Christine Schafer, and some others to that list and i agree with you

[SDCmorg]

Consider it done! :o)

[SVENSKSOPRAN]

Velvety smooth - NILSSON??

[Homoclassicus]

Wow, her voice was even more mesmerizing than nowadays, though she's more mature and even steadier now. Indeed, her voice is of a very rare kind nowadays, the dramatic voices with velvety, smooth timbres, like Flagstad's or Nilsson's. She's the greatest dramatic soprano of the last years, maybe only rivaling with Christine Brewer (another plum-coloured velvety voice). ;-)

[schicchi1160]

It's so nice to see that 15 years have done nothing but good for her. Such a fantastic instrument.