Ms. Deutekom's version of this aria is the one I grew up with and is the definitive one for me. With all due respect to all the other extremely talented women who have sung this role, no one else has ever blown me away quite like Cristina Deutekom! How does she even do that with her voice?! Amazing.
Incredibly sharp and powerful. But I am also impressed by her acting: she is icy, she is merciless, she shows impassibility: that is the most correct interpretation of the role...After seeing other sopranos hopping here and there, her severe hieratic posture amazes me.
No one can nail Queen of the Night like Christine Deutekom! Even after years of not hearing her rendition, her sheer power and precision has the power to amaze.
I thing its great that you have an strong opinion @vitaminB100 But maybe you should get a little bit more information. Many times especially in this millenium people often think of opera as a style of sining, and that is not a crime, but the correct definition would be bell canto, actually the correct translation of ópera, is musical play. I wish you the best, and i hope i made my self clear because this is not my native language. :)
I have to agree with @MrRicksStudio an opera its a full presentation, . Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble. Actually many producers in the industry had rejected talented singers because they couldnt act, an opera without performing its just a concert.
@MrRicksStudio acting is NOT a big part of opera. if you want acting, go watch a musical. Opera focuses on the music. And given that this is a hard aria to sing, she did incredibly.
@vitaminB100 With a statement like THAT, it obvious that you are an ignorant hack, not even qualified to comment on the subject. You really need to crawl back under your bridge - but before you do, read about Maria Callas.
@MrRicksStudio I know opera dude. I've been singing it since I could talk. I've been versed in it since I could read. And I know a great deal about Maira Callas. I know Callas hated the sound of her own voice, had great precision and had a voice that sounded a lot like a clarinet. I also know that opera IS NOT ABOUT ACTING. The music is the focus of it. Acting is not huge because, in opera, the ability to put emotion into music as oppposed to on your face is valued.
@vitaminB100 which is why Dessay is so huge and world-widely admired for her splendid acting.....putting all those emotions and perfection into her singing, and also jumping up and down the stage, often singing while sitting, lieing, or even rolling on the floor! Putting her whole heart into acting while also perfectly singing.
@24helka No, it's not. Diction matters. Sutherland, for example, was criticized throughout her career and until today because of her muddy diction. The text in this opera matters greatly. It is analyzed to this day in German departments around the world. When her diction sounds heavily inflected with a Dutch accent, it cheapens the otherwise rich meaning. She does not have a completely amazing coloratura technique. If she did, she would be able to sing runs legato, which she fails to do.
She has trouble with the "Alle Bande" sequence from 1:54 to 2:02, as she does with most faster legato lines. In fact, she drops the legato altogether. Although she has solid high F's, she just does not have the flexibility of a coloratura. A more fitting characterization for her voice is probably a spinto with a brilliant extended upper register. Her accent in her German also sounds very Dutch, which comes across more silly and annoying as opposed to fierce.
@edgarbiervliet I don't dispute that she isn't highly regarded in many other aspects, and I see the strength in voice in other ways. The "Alle Bande" sequence is supposed to be sung legato. Call it the Deutekom technique, but it's far from legato. This is a particular weakness in her interpretation. Those people at the Met who praised her also probably don't speak German and hear her bad diction. Why are you so upset? It's obvious that you were offended about the Dutch thing.
@edgarbiervliet I'd praise her more for her near perfect intonation in the high F sequence and the power she brings into the upper register, which is seldom heard in other singers. Dessay and Studer sing this same role with near-native diction, and being a text heavy opera, it matters. Damrau, although a native German speaker, distorts the vowels, such as "Nimmer mehr," which she sings, "Naahma maah." Sutherland was criticized through her career for muddy diction. It's no excuse.
@AcademicEngineer - I agree with you. Excellent voice, but S&M (stand and model). The Queen was a nasty witch and for her just to stand there and sing to her daughter to kill Sarastro - come on, one can still move and sing. I've been talking with some folks on here and of course it's healthy to have open dialog. I favored Edda Moser for 20 years +. Then I found Diana Damrau (talk about a scary Queen!) Demonic and rightfully so since Mozart wrote this in his demonic key of d minor. Nice singing.
Every time I listen to something new from Deutekom, I believe more and more that she was capable of singing anything she wanted. And although she was a coloratura soprano, she was able to sing the heaviest romantic opera roles, and even mezzo roles. So many recordings I've heard, and I still think she is probably the best Queen of the Night. Her studio recording with Solti is just out of this world.
@clarihuge - I must say, anyone who plays with Solti is totally blessed. I got the chance to play in concert with him (I'm a pianist/accompanist) many years ago. He is/was one of the finest conductors of our age. I don't know the studio recording you mention but I'll have to listen to it per your reco. Thanks much.
@h3r3w3g0aga1n she doesn't need to - the movement and the b*llocking Pamina's getting is all in the voice. And I find a b*llocking is best delivered if you stand very still and maintain eye contact rather than flap about.
@Smile6784, I'm thinking it was really hard to act with that poorly designed crown on her head. I don't think it could be fastened properly to not fall off of her head. Can you imagine Diana Damrau trying to give a signature Diana Damrau all guts out performance of this aria with that think on her head?
personally, I prefer the voice over costume and acting if I cannot have both. You said "Marvelous voice." I ABSOLUTELY AGREE! Wow!!! :-)
Acting? Are you kidding me? Do you have any idea the technical difficulty of this piece? Nobody could knock it out of the park EVERY time live and in person the way Deutekom could. The best!
@assimilation - Thanks much for the German. I just moved and can't find my score. The one thing I didn't care for in Deutekom's rendition and many singers do it - durch dich usually comes out dursh deesh. That's not good German so how they get away with it I don't know. If only they would throw the "ch" into the roof of the mouth via tongue and not spread it so far across the entire mouth - it's not that difficult. Thanks again.
@argerichluvr :dursh deesh,for sure!Another offering from Cristine D, on this vid, is rache get here for rachegotter(dutch woman singing german).Moser and Damrau sing their Mozart with venomous,tongue-lashing precision in accent and voice(german women singing german-what a concept).Another matter,the technic of F6 attainment you pointed out to me on another vid on Youtube(Moser).Get the impression that Deutekom whistle registers the F6 here!Enjoy reading your comments,but you know this,john .
Think her acting is hard to judge in this fragment.
One has to realize that for many singers singing and acting goes together. In this case Deutekom is not singing but playbacking (for understandable reasons). Some people are very good at playbacking, for other people it´s already so hard to playback that there´s little room for acting.
Hoo-haaa? She is really one of the best performers of this aria, she has a powerful voice. I love this aria, it's just great! If you know more like this please let me know, Ciao
Deutekom never aspirated her coloratura. That´s what made her coloratura´s so special...cause other singers have to aspirate to separate notes like that.
I read so many people calling it yodling or like a rooster. Wonder if they ever heard her in real...I think life singing should be the standard and not recordings. This is not pop, its opera.
This is the "ee-hoo-oo-hoo-ah-ha" school of singing. Those triplets are totally aspirated...what's that about? Just like Margaret Price - that English style with the "h" - Oh I hate it! AND on the Verstassen, verlassen, und zertruemmert - SO sharp! I'm being critical because she is so praised and I don't understand why.
You are right. "Sarahastroho Tohodehesschmerzen"... The triplets are simply ridiculous. Ridiculous. And deformed vowels all the time.
And what's more: the whole thing is as stiff as Monty Python's dead parrot. (I mean the music! She sings only notes, dead boring notes. That's no music. It's a ridiculous and boring parody of classical singing. That she has no feeling for the language might be the result of bad coaching. Might be... "Vrrstossäähn, vrrlassäähn... ")
I just like her yodeling technique. I think something unique like that really makes a coloratura. Her performance is rather stiff and it lacks a lot of dynamics, but I wouldn't say it's bad.
Each singer has his/her positive and negative side (vocally). Margaret Price had such a nice timbre, but aspirated a lot. Callas never aspirated, but after 10 years of her super career had the ugliest vibrato I've ever heard... Gruberová can hit a high G but not without scooping it. Kathleen Battle could hit some high notes but wasn't very good at high staccato notes (and she was a real diva!!)
I believe that was the point. She was portraying the mother queen as totally emotionless...So I guess she succeeded! You can actually find other videos of her here on you tube where she sings and portrays other characters and her acting is very fine.
But really with a perfect voice like this...top to bottom beautiful voice...who needs acting in the first place?
for an opera singer acting is as important as singing!Not to mention that if you can act properly, you can also sing better! that's why you get to enterpretate the piece and to know how the person-in this case the queen- feels. Have you ever seen Damrau singing this aria?
Well, I say that because they always accused Price, Sutherland and Nilssohn of not being able to act and they are 3 of the top singers in the world. As far as I'm concerned they spoke and acted with their voices so maybe we are in agreement here. I like Deutekom and Damrau both in this role but maybe they have different ideas on the character of the queen and portray it different from each other.
Do not know her name, but this might help. It is in "The Met", long long time ago. It was the opening performance. You can find it on "The Met's homepage"-history and find the picture with "Duetekom" in this costume.
NIce to read this. In 1983, I was crazy about punk, esspecially, Sex Pistols and Nina Hagen. Then I heared her singing at a friends house too. A new live in music started for me, I will always be gracefull to her and Deutekom and Nina Hagen will be my music-mothers for ever!
This film is directed by Peter Ustinov and not by Bergman! There is the other film made by Bergman, in Swedish, very nice. But this one for me is number 1 (maybe because it was my first "Zauberfloete" that I saw in my life :)) And the Deutekom surely is the best Queen of the night forever!
That... sound at 1:54 literally causes me discomfort. For those in the know, is that considered a technical flaw or an alternative technique/what the hell is that?
Thanks for this - I've always wanted to hear someone comment on her technique! I bought a 'Magic Flute' highlights tape when I was very young and was fascinated, but couldn't find much info on her at all. I think she's great, and it's interesting to actually see what she looks like at last!
Nobody knows. This is no technical mistake, but Cristina's coloratura always sounded like this. I think it sounds nice, I just had to get used to it...
You must see and hear the oersonage she is playing. The Queen of the night is one of the most evil personages in opera history. So if the voice gives you a discomfort feeling here I think Christina hits the right notes! Deutekom and Eda Moser dare to sing this aria in a no nonsense angry cold way, they are the best Queens of the night but Deutekom has the perfect legato. I adore them both in this difficult aria.
muy buena técnica, me encanta como suena su voz durante la coloratura; aunque pareciera que esta cantando un robot, ya que no cambió de gesto en toda la interpretación, y es una lástima que el audio no sea de muy buena calidad, porque parece muy bien cantada.
Vocally one of the best Queens out there by far. She has flawless high notes while still having a wonderfully dramatic quality. However, the director of this piece should have been shot for making the Queen so stoic. She didn't even have a dagger. Deutekom was a much better actress than what is displayed here.
You do realize that the director was Ingmar Bergman, yes? Please look at the big picture: Bergman's Magic Flute is a masterpiece of filmmaking, and of opera, as well. The visual images are extraordinary (the skulls, the black veil descending on the three women, the three boys descending in a balloon), the singers (including a young Hagegard as Papageno) are excellent, and Bergman's use of hand-held 'subtitles' of sorts emphasizes the humanism of the work in a delightful and compelling way.
Well of course there are some lovely things about the production as a whole, and I never said otherwise. The singers are wonderful and the aspects you mentioned are well done. However, I don' think that this production represents Bergman at his best, and frankly the staging at times is so detached it stops the energy and forward momentum of the opera. I would describe the opera as a masterpiece but not this film rendition. Of course that's just how it strikes me.
naters81, I do not agree with that at all. I am a big fan of her voice and almost everything she sang. Although she was an excellent performer she was not a good actress. She moslty stood still. I did not care as long as she was singing.
Terrific! Her voice does all the acting even if her face/body does'nt. She sings it with anger and fire the way it's supposed to sound. Deutekom is great but I find Edda Moser to be the Number One Queen.
I think her face/body doesn't act because it's lipsynched and I would assume she wasn't used to it. Today's singers grew up on MTV and are quite used to seeing people lipsynch in music videos...
everybody who thinks that ms deutekom is yodeling..should sing this aria by themself...and than they know...what great job she's doing here. For men she's the best Queen.
Can someone please explain to me about the "yodelling" - I'm not a singer, just a lifelong opera lover and for the life of me I cannot hear her "yodel". I just hear a superb, laser-like voice and what appears to be an incredible technique. Please enlighten me.
There is a story that she was discovered by Elizabeth Schwartzkopf ina hotel where she was warming up singing this aria up a third. She was awesome live. In the fake digital age of today she would "Queen of the Queens"
Kaixo, alguien podría poner el video donde Cristina Deutekom canta Marten aller Arten. También si alguien lo tiene podría poner El Director de Teatro. A ver si se anima también la televisión holandesa o el marido de Deutekom que tendrá verdaderas joyas. Esta cantante es una maravilla. Yo hace muchos años que la admiro.Alguien sabe de otra cantante de características tan espectaculares? María Callas,Adelaida Negri, Leyla Gencer ya las tengo dans mon petit carnet. Qué voces!
Cristina Deutekom is regarded by a select few as being the best ever exponent of the Queen of the Night arias - I can't believe that I've found one of those recordings here on You Tube - thank you so much for posting it.
the best voice for the role of the queen of the night... but she is the worst actress i've ever seen in opera... she makes no gesticulation... she's the momia with great voice jajaja
Maybe she's not a very good actor...but the voice is amazing. i don't no any other Queen Of The Night who's voice is that cold...it's perfect in this aria.
Yes, we know difference: Edda is not such great musician as Cristina, she also is less than perfection in low register coloratura. Then again she is not 100% in pitch. Nonetheless, she did very good job.
No, Deutekom's sounds is mean, Moser's voice is angry. Moser had a big reach on stage, bigger as Deutekom, but Deutekom's colloratura's are one line of legato notes. She does not even take a breath in between
I love the different interpretations of this aria. My favorite ever is Diana Damrau's Covent Garden performance. (See "Diana Damrau as Queen of the Night II") She is beyond human emotion. Like some demon from hell! A hair-raising experience. Tell me what you think.
Her neck was so stiff in this AMAZING performance! Was that crown not affixed to her head very well? Looks like she pulled a rabbit out of hat with her performance while balancing that crown on her head! Wonderful job! That thing would fall off of me on the first note!
Kaixo, por favor que alguien ponga más vídeos de esta superdotada de la ópera. Es una verdadera pasada cómo canta. Creo que está por encima de cualquier soprano que conozco. Es una verdadera acróbata.
I LOVE this recording. You should also give "Diana Damrau as Queen of the Night II" on youtube a hearing as well. She's my favorite! Deutekom comes damn close to Damrau for me, though! I would have LOVED an opportunity to see either of them play this role live. Unfortunately, Deutekom did this before I was alive and Damrau is removing Queen of the Night from her repetoire to preserve her voice.
You really need your ears checked if you think she needs to be placed on trial. I'll bet ANY AMOUNT of money that Mozart himself would think Diana Damrau is PERFECT for his evil Queen Of The Night.
Deutekom has always been my favourite when it comes to this aria. Als she does an amazing "Zittre nicht mein son". The acting was indeed a little static but i have a feeling the art director intended it like that. It's amazing she can even move her head with that contraption stuck on top of it. All in all stil my favourite not just for ths sheer range of it but for the total commitment to the song. She does not falter at any point. One of the greats when it comes to this aria.
Mastery,O pure mastery.she alone could deliver this perfect synchronization between singing and breathing;only true Pro can achieve this very hard task.they should have let her act too:(
Wow! She made that seem so effortless and she is definintly one of my favorits! I can only strive to be as magnifiscent as she. Bravo! Indeed BRAVO!!!
She and Diana Damrau are my two favorites... but based off of the youtube clip titled "Diana Damrau as Queen of the Night II," I have to give it to Diana. Have you seen that recording yet?
Es una cantante fascinante. Si la versión que podemos ver aquí es un espectáculo, la versión del gran Solti es insuperable. No me extraña que la eligiera para este papel. No se le resiste ni una partitura. Escuchad su Armida; sólo una voz de estas características puede ser tan perfecta en ese papel. Enviad más vídeos de Super Cristina Deutekom.
who the hell cares if she did not move - just amazing to hear her again. the last time I heard her sing this aria was in 1970... good GOD does time fly???
Hallucinant ! Cristina Deutekom est de loins la plus grande KdN que la planète ait jamais entendue. Stratosphérique, elle relègue toutes les autres à de pâles figurations de soubrettes (avec, bien entendu, le plus grand respect qui est dû à chacune d'entre elle). Tremblez mortels! À chaque orage, on frissonne: sie kommt, sie kommt!!!
Hallucinant ! Cristina Deutekom est de loin la plus grande KdN que la planète ait jamais entendue ! Stratosphérique, elle relègue toutes les autres à des figurations de pâles sopranos-soubrette (avec, bien entendu, tout le grand respect qui est dû à chacune d'entre elle). À chaque orage, tremblez mortels: sie kommt, sie kommt !!!
Despite the bad sound, one can feel her voice filling up the hall, creating an echo. She sounds like a big welltuned bell or a waterfall, with a crystal clear timbre and a remarkable sound quality. What a soprano!
As far as i know she was not a very good actress, certainly in the beginning of her career. But as far as this clip is concerned, there was a director involved wasn't there, and they can't be all Maria Callas....And to SsteinwayS i'd like to say. There is no, really nó other Queen who has the force of Cristina Deutekom. Quote the Munich press 1966: This voice is almost to big for this operahouse. And to me this is what a raging Queen should sound.
However, there's a unique experience you get out of her lack, or absence of acting. She does convey subtle yet piercing emotion in her face. Flawless in my opinion. I love it!
This was december 1966, and she travelled from triumph to triumph ever since.
She went to all the important operahouses. In 1967-1968 season she sang the role in the Met, completely captivated press and public. In a coast to coast tv-special this very modest lady received an ovation lasting about ten historic minutes. No, she never sang this role out of tune. Listen to her recordings and then you will hear better how she sings. This clip is copied from a video and is not a very good example.
Cristina was discovered by Elisabeth Schwartzkopf. She was at the beginning of her career. One time she was casted as "die Marschallin" in "Der Rosenkavalier" starring Elisabeth Schwartzkopf. As she was warming up her voice in her dressingroom with the arias of the Queen of the Night, Elisabeth walked by...What are you doing??!!! The rest is history....
It was the late sixties and i was at my grandmother's. We were watching tv and there was an opera going on. I was about 8 or 9 years. I loved it. It had beautiful costumes and a snake and three dames who sang beautiful together. My grandmother said. Pay attention, this is our own Cristina Deutekom... And i was overwhelmed and a bit scared. There was a raging Queen in a beautiful costume, singing like i never heard before. And since then, to me she is the only Queen of the Night.
The costume is horrendous, but her singing is wonderful! Not forceful enough for the role though to me. And the acting? WHERE is the acting? It's non-existent! Destroyed the performance for me.
The right weight and colour for the role. And she looks like a mother. I'm not a fan of her yoddle but the weight compensates. The thin coloraturas can act as much as they want but they can never get what nature gave Deutekom.
No, no ,no. She isn't the best the Queen of the Night.
Her voice is okey but she isn't singing perfect. She wasn't full concentred to this role. Her voice is softer. With this cause, she isn't singing Dramatic Colouratura. And this video is very bad.
Ms. Deutekom's version of this aria is the one I grew up with and is the definitive one for me. With all due respect to all the other extremely talented women who have sung this role, no one else has ever blown me away quite like Cristina Deutekom! How does she even do that with her voice?! Amazing.
lamllemaussade 4 months ago
Incredibly sharp and powerful. But I am also impressed by her acting: she is icy, she is merciless, she shows impassibility: that is the most correct interpretation of the role...After seeing other sopranos hopping here and there, her severe hieratic posture amazes me.
avemunditje 4 months ago
No one can nail Queen of the Night like Christine Deutekom! Even after years of not hearing her rendition, her sheer power and precision has the power to amaze.
gsmonks 5 months ago 2
I thing its great that you have an strong opinion @vitaminB100 But maybe you should get a little bit more information. Many times especially in this millenium people often think of opera as a style of sining, and that is not a crime, but the correct definition would be bell canto, actually the correct translation of ópera, is musical play. I wish you the best, and i hope i made my self clear because this is not my native language. :)
ana01morgan 6 months ago
I have to agree with @MrRicksStudio an opera its a full presentation, . Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble. Actually many producers in the industry had rejected talented singers because they couldnt act, an opera without performing its just a concert.
ana01morgan 6 months ago
Wow! She actually moved at 2:31! Such acting! Personally, I do NOT care for this interpretation at all - vocally or dramatically.
MrRicksStudio 9 months ago
@MrRicksStudio acting is NOT a big part of opera. if you want acting, go watch a musical. Opera focuses on the music. And given that this is a hard aria to sing, she did incredibly.
vitaminB100 8 months ago
@vitaminB100 With a statement like THAT, it obvious that you are an ignorant hack, not even qualified to comment on the subject. You really need to crawl back under your bridge - but before you do, read about Maria Callas.
MrRicksStudio 8 months ago
@MrRicksStudio I know opera dude. I've been singing it since I could talk. I've been versed in it since I could read. And I know a great deal about Maira Callas. I know Callas hated the sound of her own voice, had great precision and had a voice that sounded a lot like a clarinet. I also know that opera IS NOT ABOUT ACTING. The music is the focus of it. Acting is not huge because, in opera, the ability to put emotion into music as oppposed to on your face is valued.
vitaminB100 8 months ago
@vitaminB100 which is why Dessay is so huge and world-widely admired for her splendid acting.....putting all those emotions and perfection into her singing, and also jumping up and down the stage, often singing while sitting, lieing, or even rolling on the floor! Putting her whole heart into acting while also perfectly singing.
killerbunny123123 6 months ago
Her voice is simply out of this world, it's a pity this performance has nothing of good acting.
Mycutenames 11 months ago
@Mycutenames I agree.
tommytimp 7 months ago
I think discussions concerning her german or dutch accent are absurd. her amazing coloratura technique and beautiful voice is above all.
24helka 1 year ago
@24helka No, it's not. Diction matters. Sutherland, for example, was criticized throughout her career and until today because of her muddy diction. The text in this opera matters greatly. It is analyzed to this day in German departments around the world. When her diction sounds heavily inflected with a Dutch accent, it cheapens the otherwise rich meaning. She does not have a completely amazing coloratura technique. If she did, she would be able to sing runs legato, which she fails to do.
dougbalt 11 months ago
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edgarbiervliet 11 months ago
She has trouble with the "Alle Bande" sequence from 1:54 to 2:02, as she does with most faster legato lines. In fact, she drops the legato altogether. Although she has solid high F's, she just does not have the flexibility of a coloratura. A more fitting characterization for her voice is probably a spinto with a brilliant extended upper register. Her accent in her German also sounds very Dutch, which comes across more silly and annoying as opposed to fierce.
dougbalt 1 year ago
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edgarbiervliet 11 months ago
@edgarbiervliet I don't dispute that she isn't highly regarded in many other aspects, and I see the strength in voice in other ways. The "Alle Bande" sequence is supposed to be sung legato. Call it the Deutekom technique, but it's far from legato. This is a particular weakness in her interpretation. Those people at the Met who praised her also probably don't speak German and hear her bad diction. Why are you so upset? It's obvious that you were offended about the Dutch thing.
dougbalt 11 months ago
@edgarbiervliet I'd praise her more for her near perfect intonation in the high F sequence and the power she brings into the upper register, which is seldom heard in other singers. Dessay and Studer sing this same role with near-native diction, and being a text heavy opera, it matters. Damrau, although a native German speaker, distorts the vowels, such as "Nimmer mehr," which she sings, "Naahma maah." Sutherland was criticized through her career for muddy diction. It's no excuse.
dougbalt 11 months ago
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edgarbiervliet 11 months ago
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edgarbiervliet 11 months ago
Amazing queen! She has an incredible voice. Beautifull sweet Pamina too
spyridon77 1 year ago
MostlY I feel ashamed for being Dutch but hearing la Deutekom sing (she is originally Dutch) makes me feel proud for being from this small country
floresdelaluna 1 year ago
Fantastic, 0 for acting, 100 for voice & rendition, hear the anger!!! OK OK, 1 for turning around and walking away with all that stuff in her head.
AcademicEngineer 1 year ago
@AcademicEngineer - I agree with you. Excellent voice, but S&M (stand and model). The Queen was a nasty witch and for her just to stand there and sing to her daughter to kill Sarastro - come on, one can still move and sing. I've been talking with some folks on here and of course it's healthy to have open dialog. I favored Edda Moser for 20 years +. Then I found Diana Damrau (talk about a scary Queen!) Demonic and rightfully so since Mozart wrote this in his demonic key of d minor. Nice singing.
argerichluvr 1 year ago
Every time I listen to something new from Deutekom, I believe more and more that she was capable of singing anything she wanted. And although she was a coloratura soprano, she was able to sing the heaviest romantic opera roles, and even mezzo roles. So many recordings I've heard, and I still think she is probably the best Queen of the Night. Her studio recording with Solti is just out of this world.
clarihuge 1 year ago
@clarihuge - I must say, anyone who plays with Solti is totally blessed. I got the chance to play in concert with him (I'm a pianist/accompanist) many years ago. He is/was one of the finest conductors of our age. I don't know the studio recording you mention but I'll have to listen to it per your reco. Thanks much.
argerichluvr 1 year ago
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serRudyll 1 year ago
An extremely masterful soprano with a very rich voice. La Deutekom.
Boerenfox 1 year ago
Like watching a statue sing. Move already. Fail!
h3r3w3g0aga1n 1 year ago
@h3r3w3g0aga1n right
Vincenzo2010an 1 year ago
@h3r3w3g0aga1n she doesn't need to - the movement and the b*llocking Pamina's getting is all in the voice. And I find a b*llocking is best delivered if you stand very still and maintain eye contact rather than flap about.
pianomags 1 year ago
Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen,
Tod und Verzweiflung flammet um mich her!
Fühlt nicht durch dich Sarastro Todesschmerzen,
So bist du meine Tochter nimmermehr.
Verstossen sei auf ewig,
Verlassen sei auf ewig,
Zertrümmert sei'n auf ewig
Alle Bande der Natur
Wenn nicht durch dich Sarastro wird erblassen!
Hört, Rachegötter, hört der Mutter Schwur!
Boerenfox 1 year ago
if u don't watch her, she actually does sound really pissed, espeically at the beggining haha
and yiudiumui ur totally right!!!!
LeCoconut 2 years ago
ok - no acting.
but wat a marvelous voice.
(which is ok for a fragment on YouTube)
Smile6784 2 years ago 2
@Smile6784, I'm thinking it was really hard to act with that poorly designed crown on her head. I don't think it could be fastened properly to not fall off of her head. Can you imagine Diana Damrau trying to give a signature Diana Damrau all guts out performance of this aria with that think on her head?
personally, I prefer the voice over costume and acting if I cannot have both. You said "Marvelous voice." I ABSOLUTELY AGREE! Wow!!! :-)
oneworldguy 5 days ago
i love the yodel! THAT is something you dont hear every day in Opera!!!!
farr0222 2 years ago
Acting? Are you kidding me? Do you have any idea the technical difficulty of this piece? Nobody could knock it out of the park EVERY time live and in person the way Deutekom could. The best!
organdude44 2 years ago
With a voice like that who cares if the acting is lacking.
bluewolf783 2 years ago 2
Oh, wow.
I only ever heard audio recordings of this fragment, and find it hard to marry what I hear to the impassiveness on Deutekom's face.
84morgan84 2 years ago 2
the triplets are so hilarious
yiudiumui 2 years ago
@yiudiumui :D I quite agree.
assimilation 1 year ago
@assimilation - Thanks much for the German. I just moved and can't find my score. The one thing I didn't care for in Deutekom's rendition and many singers do it - durch dich usually comes out dursh deesh. That's not good German so how they get away with it I don't know. If only they would throw the "ch" into the roof of the mouth via tongue and not spread it so far across the entire mouth - it's not that difficult. Thanks again.
argerichluvr 1 year ago
@argerichluvr I think this should have been directed towards Boerenfox :)
assimilation 1 year ago
@argerichluvr :dursh deesh,for sure!Another offering from Cristine D, on this vid, is rache get here for rachegotter(dutch woman singing german).Moser and Damrau sing their Mozart with venomous,tongue-lashing precision in accent and voice(german women singing german-what a concept).Another matter,the technic of F6 attainment you pointed out to me on another vid on Youtube(Moser).Get the impression that Deutekom whistle registers the F6 here!Enjoy reading your comments,but you know this,john .
HaberfieldChiro 1 year ago
unerreicht
Larry281244 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
someone said she expressed the emontionless of the queen of night in that perfomance, and she is the best.
but I can't agree with their opinion.
because she made a scary look until finished the song!
for this reason,
I think she is not good at acting actually :<
AND Damrau is my best queen :D
Anika4Love 2 years ago
Think her acting is hard to judge in this fragment.
One has to realize that for many singers singing and acting goes together. In this case Deutekom is not singing but playbacking (for understandable reasons). Some people are very good at playbacking, for other people it´s already so hard to playback that there´s little room for acting.
edgarbiervliet 2 years ago
Hoo-haaa? She is really one of the best performers of this aria, she has a powerful voice. I love this aria, it's just great! If you know more like this please let me know, Ciao
maucar81 2 years ago
Hmm, at 1:54, why so many "hoo-haa"'s???
It's like a rooster singing! She's clucking, really!
Don't missunderstand me, she's good, but definitively NOT for Die Königin der Nacht...
lithiumtears90 2 years ago
Hoo-Haa´s?
Deutekom never aspirated her coloratura. That´s what made her coloratura´s so special...cause other singers have to aspirate to separate notes like that.
I read so many people calling it yodling or like a rooster. Wonder if they ever heard her in real...I think life singing should be the standard and not recordings. This is not pop, its opera.
edgarbiervliet 2 years ago
cuz she wanted to be seemed as a CHICKEN or TURKEY :D (.. just kidding)
Anika4Love 2 years ago 2
NOBODY remembers that there is ALWAYS A DIRECTOR BEHIND EVERYTHING....
vassiliskostopoulos 2 years ago
nai i deutekum einai gia to poutso kai tin isiose o skinothetis... POION KOLO PA NA GLIPSEIS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Alda1981 2 years ago
OK! Very good comment!
Momopera 2 years ago
amazing
metalkeys1 2 years ago
Écoutez la version studio. Elle est encore meilleure.
deutekomefran 2 years ago
This is the "ee-hoo-oo-hoo-ah-ha" school of singing. Those triplets are totally aspirated...what's that about? Just like Margaret Price - that English style with the "h" - Oh I hate it! AND on the Verstassen, verlassen, und zertruemmert - SO sharp! I'm being critical because she is so praised and I don't understand why.
rlee1976 3 years ago
You are right. "Sarahastroho Tohodehesschmerzen"... The triplets are simply ridiculous. Ridiculous. And deformed vowels all the time.
And what's more: the whole thing is as stiff as Monty Python's dead parrot. (I mean the music! She sings only notes, dead boring notes. That's no music. It's a ridiculous and boring parody of classical singing. That she has no feeling for the language might be the result of bad coaching. Might be... "Vrrstossäähn, vrrlassäähn... ")
Mravinszky 2 years ago
I just like her yodeling technique. I think something unique like that really makes a coloratura. Her performance is rather stiff and it lacks a lot of dynamics, but I wouldn't say it's bad.
cheddarsprite 2 years ago
Each singer has his/her positive and negative side (vocally). Margaret Price had such a nice timbre, but aspirated a lot. Callas never aspirated, but after 10 years of her super career had the ugliest vibrato I've ever heard... Gruberová can hit a high G but not without scooping it. Kathleen Battle could hit some high notes but wasn't very good at high staccato notes (and she was a real diva!!)
Nobody's perfect...
(except me!)
silvr94 2 years ago
tod und verfeifung????? was soll das heissen? und wieso schaut sie wie eine ente? mein gott...ROBERTA PETERS RULES
Cavaradossi1981 3 years ago
DIANA DAMRAU RULES!!!
she owns this song, her acting is amazing and her voice is beatuiful
greencat895 3 years ago
with such ease; well done Christina!
Tenderness6 3 years ago
excelente tecnica y fluidez,bella voz, lastima haya olvidado que tambien debia actuar..se quedo concentradisima en la perfecta ejecucion del aria.
MIGUEL2005LIMA 3 years ago 2
Bonjour, quelqu'un pourrait nous envoyer Marten Aller Arten par Cristina Deutekom?
deutekomefran 3 years ago
Omg! that was totally emotionless! that woman can't act!
killerbunny123123 3 years ago
I believe that was the point. She was portraying the mother queen as totally emotionless...So I guess she succeeded! You can actually find other videos of her here on you tube where she sings and portrays other characters and her acting is very fine.
But really with a perfect voice like this...top to bottom beautiful voice...who needs acting in the first place?
DivaDeb1234 3 years ago
O_O; omg how can you POSSIBLY say that???
for an opera singer acting is as important as singing!Not to mention that if you can act properly, you can also sing better! that's why you get to enterpretate the piece and to know how the person-in this case the queen- feels. Have you ever seen Damrau singing this aria?
killerbunny123123 3 years ago
Well, I say that because they always accused Price, Sutherland and Nilssohn of not being able to act and they are 3 of the top singers in the world. As far as I'm concerned they spoke and acted with their voices so maybe we are in agreement here. I like Deutekom and Damrau both in this role but maybe they have different ideas on the character of the queen and portray it different from each other.
DivaDeb1234 3 years ago
that's right
killerbunny123123 3 years ago
a freezer singing
gondorado 3 years ago
This tune was used in several of Suave ads.
michaelmoval 3 years ago
I like her, she has a beautifull voice!
Arlientjj 3 years ago 5
De beste zangeres voor deze rol.
trenori 3 years ago
Who knows the name of the singer who plays Pamina?
Chi sa il nome della cantante che interpeta Pamina?
Qui connaît le nom de la chanteuse qui joue Pamina?
ricky94thebest 3 years ago
Edith Mathis
eeseht 3 years ago
Grazie 1000
Thank you very much
Merci beacoup
ricky94thebest 3 years ago
Do not know her name, but this might help. It is in "The Met", long long time ago. It was the opening performance. You can find it on "The Met's homepage"-history and find the picture with "Duetekom" in this costume.
boomsloot 3 years ago
NIce to read this. In 1983, I was crazy about punk, esspecially, Sex Pistols and Nina Hagen. Then I heared her singing at a friends house too. A new live in music started for me, I will always be gracefull to her and Deutekom and Nina Hagen will be my music-mothers for ever!
boomsloot 3 years ago
This film is directed by Peter Ustinov and not by Bergman! There is the other film made by Bergman, in Swedish, very nice. But this one for me is number 1 (maybe because it was my first "Zauberfloete" that I saw in my life :)) And the Deutekom surely is the best Queen of the night forever!
Desideria7 3 years ago
This women is amazing. With her 4 octaves voice my favourite queen ever. Bravo Cristina!
dreioktaven 3 years ago 6
That... sound at 1:54 literally causes me discomfort. For those in the know, is that considered a technical flaw or an alternative technique/what the hell is that?
ToddleToTheZoo 3 years ago
That's her "staccato-legato" technique. She is very unique like that. i have heard her called the turkey lady :) but i think she is very talented.
rudypea 3 years ago
Thanks for this - I've always wanted to hear someone comment on her technique! I bought a 'Magic Flute' highlights tape when I was very young and was fascinated, but couldn't find much info on her at all. I think she's great, and it's interesting to actually see what she looks like at last!
shantraz 3 years ago
Nobody knows. This is no technical mistake, but Cristina's coloratura always sounded like this. I think it sounds nice, I just had to get used to it...
I am a big fan!!
silvr94 3 years ago
You must see and hear the oersonage she is playing. The Queen of the night is one of the most evil personages in opera history. So if the voice gives you a discomfort feeling here I think Christina hits the right notes! Deutekom and Eda Moser dare to sing this aria in a no nonsense angry cold way, they are the best Queens of the night but Deutekom has the perfect legato. I adore them both in this difficult aria.
boomsloot 3 years ago
I agree, it sounds like a turkey mating call. But other than that the notes are practically flawless and effortless. a very unique performance.
CherryBlossomskt 3 years ago 2
she's the best. our Cristina
gayo72 3 years ago
muy buena técnica, me encanta como suena su voz durante la coloratura; aunque pareciera que esta cantando un robot, ya que no cambió de gesto en toda la interpretación, y es una lástima que el audio no sea de muy buena calidad, porque parece muy bien cantada.
lyricalmage 3 years ago
Stunning, amazing voice. The best Queen of the Night. Powerful.
elitap22 3 years ago 2
Vocally one of the best Queens out there by far. She has flawless high notes while still having a wonderfully dramatic quality. However, the director of this piece should have been shot for making the Queen so stoic. She didn't even have a dagger. Deutekom was a much better actress than what is displayed here.
naters81 3 years ago 2
You do realize that the director was Ingmar Bergman, yes? Please look at the big picture: Bergman's Magic Flute is a masterpiece of filmmaking, and of opera, as well. The visual images are extraordinary (the skulls, the black veil descending on the three women, the three boys descending in a balloon), the singers (including a young Hagegard as Papageno) are excellent, and Bergman's use of hand-held 'subtitles' of sorts emphasizes the humanism of the work in a delightful and compelling way.
xgianpatrick 3 years ago
Well of course there are some lovely things about the production as a whole, and I never said otherwise. The singers are wonderful and the aspects you mentioned are well done. However, I don' think that this production represents Bergman at his best, and frankly the staging at times is so detached it stops the energy and forward momentum of the opera. I would describe the opera as a masterpiece but not this film rendition. Of course that's just how it strikes me.
naters81 3 years ago
The director was Peter Ustinov, not Ingmar Bergman.
eelco67 3 years ago
naters81, I do not agree with that at all. I am a big fan of her voice and almost everything she sang. Although she was an excellent performer she was not a good actress. She moslty stood still. I did not care as long as she was singing.
boomsloot 3 years ago
she hit's all the notes perfectly!!
doggydew 3 years ago 2
Another great Queen!
Dymension 3 years ago
Sorry, my english is bad. I'm searching this record many years. Thank You for video. Cristina Deutekom is best Queen of the Night I heard!
OmrFromPiter 3 years ago
Sin hacer de menos a las demás, Cristina Deutekom es espectacular. Es simplemente perfecta.
bideoakaltzabhi 3 years ago
Oh my goodness. Her performance is so boring! Diana Damrau's performance is way better than this.
saiset801 3 years ago
BORING!?
Are U sick!!!????0_0
longlifeluke 3 years ago
The human violin!
jradetzky 3 years ago 2
Terrific! Her voice does all the acting even if her face/body does'nt. She sings it with anger and fire the way it's supposed to sound. Deutekom is great but I find Edda Moser to be the Number One Queen.
AmericanEvita 3 years ago 2
I think her face/body doesn't act because it's lipsynched and I would assume she wasn't used to it. Today's singers grew up on MTV and are quite used to seeing people lipsynch in music videos...
Dymension 3 years ago
everybody who thinks that ms deutekom is yodeling..should sing this aria by themself...and than they know...what great job she's doing here. For men she's the best Queen.
dreioktaven 3 years ago
Can someone please explain to me about the "yodelling" - I'm not a singer, just a lifelong opera lover and for the life of me I cannot hear her "yodel". I just hear a superb, laser-like voice and what appears to be an incredible technique. Please enlighten me.
fideliosmum 3 years ago
There is a very interesting website about female singers and the high C. Youtube won't allow to name the website....look for dutchdivas period net
PoekieFientje 3 years ago
There is a story that she was discovered by Elizabeth Schwartzkopf ina hotel where she was warming up singing this aria up a third. She was awesome live. In the fake digital age of today she would "Queen of the Queens"
operaman2000 3 years ago
I love her voice. but those Fs sound more like Es
silvr94 3 years ago
this interpretation of this aria it´s pretty much the best
DanniMinogue 3 years ago 3
Kaixo, alguien podría poner el video donde Cristina Deutekom canta Marten aller Arten. También si alguien lo tiene podría poner El Director de Teatro. A ver si se anima también la televisión holandesa o el marido de Deutekom que tendrá verdaderas joyas. Esta cantante es una maravilla. Yo hace muchos años que la admiro.Alguien sabe de otra cantante de características tan espectaculares? María Callas,Adelaida Negri, Leyla Gencer ya las tengo dans mon petit carnet. Qué voces!
deutekomefran 4 years ago
Cristina Deutekom is regarded by a select few as being the best ever exponent of the Queen of the Night arias - I can't believe that I've found one of those recordings here on You Tube - thank you so much for posting it.
zeuszeus00 4 years ago 3
the best voice for the role of the queen of the night... but she is the worst actress i've ever seen in opera... she makes no gesticulation... she's the momia with great voice jajaja
satchit108 4 years ago 3
Does anyone know who the lady is that is playing "Pamina?" She reminds me a little bit of Shirley Jones in "The Music Man."
Wiltenor1 4 years ago
Swiss Soprano Edith Mathis plays Pamina.
RaymondHng 3 years ago
I love her crown!
very nice cold voice as well.. quite suitable for her role..
SmilingMorning 4 years ago
Maybe she's not a very good actor...but the voice is amazing. i don't no any other Queen Of The Night who's voice is that cold...it's perfect in this aria.
dreioktaven 4 years ago 3
Listen to Edda Moser - and then you will hear the difference! Edda was the best!!!
direttore2007 4 years ago
Yes, we know difference: Edda is not such great musician as Cristina, she also is less than perfection in low register coloratura. Then again she is not 100% in pitch. Nonetheless, she did very good job.
ferzunkin 4 years ago 2
No, Deutekom's sounds is mean, Moser's voice is angry. Moser had a big reach on stage, bigger as Deutekom, but Deutekom's colloratura's are one line of legato notes. She does not even take a breath in between
boomsloot 3 years ago
I love the different interpretations of this aria. My favorite ever is Diana Damrau's Covent Garden performance. (See "Diana Damrau as Queen of the Night II") She is beyond human emotion. Like some demon from hell! A hair-raising experience. Tell me what you think.
oneworldguy 3 years ago
I absolutely agree. Diana not only has got a great voice but she's also a unique actress
killerbunny123123 3 years ago
Her neck was so stiff in this AMAZING performance! Was that crown not affixed to her head very well? Looks like she pulled a rabbit out of hat with her performance while balancing that crown on her head! Wonderful job! That thing would fall off of me on the first note!
iloveorange11 4 years ago
this lady is amazing!!!!! Its so clean and clear! amazing!
OperaGuy13 4 years ago 2
Ela é perfeita! Como Maria Callas...
Até hj só consegui achar 3 interpretes perfeitas para A Flauta Mágica
Aximenes1000 4 years ago
Absolut super Stimme, damit gehört sie mit zu den allerbesten Königinnen - Schauspielerisch würde ich mir jedoch weitaus mehr wünschen...
Feuerlaeufer 4 years ago
Kaixo, por favor que alguien ponga más vídeos de esta superdotada de la ópera. Es una verdadera pasada cómo canta. Creo que está por encima de cualquier soprano que conozco. Es una verdadera acróbata.
deutekomefran 4 years ago
alaaa.... vaya corona!!! ;)
Yelous 4 years ago
I LOVE this recording. You should also give "Diana Damrau as Queen of the Night II" on youtube a hearing as well. She's my favorite! Deutekom comes damn close to Damrau for me, though! I would have LOVED an opportunity to see either of them play this role live. Unfortunately, Deutekom did this before I was alive and Damrau is removing Queen of the Night from her repetoire to preserve her voice.
oneworldguy 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
diana damrau should be put on trial for her hölle rache!
gambolpuddy 4 years ago
You really need your ears checked if you think she needs to be placed on trial. I'll bet ANY AMOUNT of money that Mozart himself would think Diana Damrau is PERFECT for his evil Queen Of The Night.
iloveorange11 4 years ago 2
Deutekom had a beautiful voice, very melodious, but I prefer Edda Moser as Queen of the night, she is more in the role.
xilpix 4 years ago
Deutekom has always been my favourite when it comes to this aria. Als she does an amazing "Zittre nicht mein son". The acting was indeed a little static but i have a feeling the art director intended it like that. It's amazing she can even move her head with that contraption stuck on top of it. All in all stil my favourite not just for ths sheer range of it but for the total commitment to the song. She does not falter at any point. One of the greats when it comes to this aria.
RabbiF 4 years ago
Greatest Königin ever. I also like Serra and Gruberova, but Deutekom is THE voice for this role.
WilhelmMeister01 4 years ago
Her voice is perfect! It is a pity that she is so static on stage...
iskandar339 4 years ago
Oh, Dawn French with a crown! Incredible that she could also sing heavy things anyway.
foropera 4 years ago
Mastery,O pure mastery.she alone could deliver this perfect synchronization between singing and breathing;only true Pro can achieve this very hard task.they should have let her act too:(
fraternalsword 4 years ago 2
Wow! She made that seem so effortless and she is definintly one of my favorits! I can only strive to be as magnifiscent as she. Bravo! Indeed BRAVO!!!
lpangburn 4 years ago
Her high notes are FANTASTIC! BEST QUEEN OF THE NIGHT!
agnellodei 4 years ago 3
She and Diana Damrau are my two favorites... but based off of the youtube clip titled "Diana Damrau as Queen of the Night II," I have to give it to Diana. Have you seen that recording yet?
oneworldguy 4 years ago
Diana Damrau is also my favorite. Diana Damrau's recording of Queen of the Night was the only rendition I ever liked. aside from Deutekom's of course
ComaLies225 4 years ago
YES, AMAZING
Wohlenberg 4 years ago
Scarpia is right - it's yodel! What a bad bad singing. Edda Moser was the BEST!!!
direttore2007 4 years ago
I thought the triplets in that style gave her originality. Damrau is my favorite, but I thought Cristina was great!
oneworldguy 4 years ago
This is BEST performence of this aria that I ever heard!!!!!It's just wonderful!
demeterzsuzsa 4 years ago 3
Es una cantante fascinante. Si la versión que podemos ver aquí es un espectáculo, la versión del gran Solti es insuperable. No me extraña que la eligiera para este papel. No se le resiste ni una partitura. Escuchad su Armida; sólo una voz de estas características puede ser tan perfecta en ese papel. Enviad más vídeos de Super Cristina Deutekom.
deutekomefran 4 years ago
Terrible! Whalt kind of singing is that? Yodel?
scarpia1965 4 years ago
Wonderful! One of my favorite arias. But I'd wish she just didn't stand there
ComaLies225 4 years ago
who the hell cares if she did not move - just amazing to hear her again. the last time I heard her sing this aria was in 1970... good GOD does time fly???
ptfauen 4 years ago 2
Ich habe Deutekom als Leonore in Fidelio erlebt in Bielefeld/Germany 1970 - superb...
GERICHLOH 4 years ago
leider habe ich sie niemals live erlebt, aber finde sie unglaublich. prof. danhoff ballettmeister bayerische staats-oper ad.
ptfauen 4 years ago
Her staccato is just impressive! But she wasn't supposed to use it...
AnonimuzZ 4 years ago
Hallucinant ! Cristina Deutekom est de loins la plus grande KdN que la planète ait jamais entendue. Stratosphérique, elle relègue toutes les autres à de pâles figurations de soubrettes (avec, bien entendu, le plus grand respect qui est dû à chacune d'entre elle). Tremblez mortels! À chaque orage, on frissonne: sie kommt, sie kommt!!!
mariocollos 4 years ago 2
tout a fait d'accord.Cristina, Meilleure entre les meilleures
fraternalsword 4 years ago
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Hallucinant ! Cristina Deutekom est de loin la plus grande KdN que la planète ait jamais entendue ! Stratosphérique, elle relègue toutes les autres à des figurations de pâles sopranos-soubrette (avec, bien entendu, tout le grand respect qui est dû à chacune d'entre elle). À chaque orage, tremblez mortels: sie kommt, sie kommt !!!
mariocollos 4 years ago
Very impressive but too much trilling and yodelling. No-one else seems to do yodelling.
iamian16 4 years ago
Despite the bad sound, one can feel her voice filling up the hall, creating an echo. She sounds like a big welltuned bell or a waterfall, with a crystal clear timbre and a remarkable sound quality. What a soprano!
agathosj 4 years ago 2
The BEST QOTN are Deutekom and Moser. NO ONE has ever reached their level...
Jabe88 4 years ago
She IS the queen of the night!
SOS10 4 years ago
Sorry, Schwartzkopf was casted as die Marschallin and Deutekom as Marianne Leitmetzerin....
PoekieFientje 4 years ago
As far as i know she was not a very good actress, certainly in the beginning of her career. But as far as this clip is concerned, there was a director involved wasn't there, and they can't be all Maria Callas....And to SsteinwayS i'd like to say. There is no, really nó other Queen who has the force of Cristina Deutekom. Quote the Munich press 1966: This voice is almost to big for this operahouse. And to me this is what a raging Queen should sound.
PoekieFientje 4 years ago
yes her acting might have been so so,but indeniably,no other QON has the force of Cristina.
fraternalsword 4 years ago
However, there's a unique experience you get out of her lack, or absence of acting. She does convey subtle yet piercing emotion in her face. Flawless in my opinion. I love it!
petersonad 4 years ago
Listen to Luciana Serra or Natalie Dessay.
gondorado 4 years ago
This was december 1966, and she travelled from triumph to triumph ever since.
She went to all the important operahouses. In 1967-1968 season she sang the role in the Met, completely captivated press and public. In a coast to coast tv-special this very modest lady received an ovation lasting about ten historic minutes. No, she never sang this role out of tune. Listen to her recordings and then you will hear better how she sings. This clip is copied from a video and is not a very good example.
PoekieFientje 4 years ago
Cristina was discovered by Elisabeth Schwartzkopf. She was at the beginning of her career. One time she was casted as "die Marschallin" in "Der Rosenkavalier" starring Elisabeth Schwartzkopf. As she was warming up her voice in her dressingroom with the arias of the Queen of the Night, Elisabeth walked by...What are you doing??!!! The rest is history....
PoekieFientje 4 years ago
It was the late sixties and i was at my grandmother's. We were watching tv and there was an opera going on. I was about 8 or 9 years. I loved it. It had beautiful costumes and a snake and three dames who sang beautiful together. My grandmother said. Pay attention, this is our own Cristina Deutekom... And i was overwhelmed and a bit scared. There was a raging Queen in a beautiful costume, singing like i never heard before. And since then, to me she is the only Queen of the Night.
PoekieFientje 4 years ago
The costume is horrendous, but her singing is wonderful! Not forceful enough for the role though to me. And the acting? WHERE is the acting? It's non-existent! Destroyed the performance for me.
SsteinwayS 4 years ago
MAravilhosa!
She's the best the Queen of the Night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D
Flavia
flaviadt 4 years ago 5
The right weight and colour for the role. And she looks like a mother. I'm not a fan of her yoddle but the weight compensates. The thin coloraturas can act as much as they want but they can never get what nature gave Deutekom.
Orfeus80 4 years ago
No, no ,no. She isn't the best the Queen of the Night.
Her voice is okey but she isn't singing perfect. She wasn't full concentred to this role. Her voice is softer. With this cause, she isn't singing Dramatic Colouratura. And this video is very bad.
KOENIGINNNNNN 4 years ago
the best are her, moser and serra for this role IMHO (though ur right, this isn't her best version)
Jabe88 4 years ago
thank goodness for you opera nerds posting on Youtube! I never would have seen all this w/o you!
liljohnnotbigjohn 4 years ago
Boy! You sure got THAT right! LOL! Us opera nerds can sure point out the oddest things, and analyze everything to death!
artdanks 4 years ago
Never cared for Deutekom. Especially the "girgling" way she does her runs! How DOES she do that, anyway? Makes me think of a turkey gobble!
artdanks 4 years ago