Mozart.Le Nozze di Figaro.Dove Sono.Roschmann.Subt.E.

[Mariazykina]

brilliant focus! very intelligent singer!

[TheNinelledamasco]

...oltre allo studio della tecnica una lezione di fonetica/pronuncia italiana, no eh?!

[harvinsky]

I love her dramatic recitativo. Fantastic.

[OperaLover84]

All I see here is a soprano focusing primarily on her technique throughout the aria who is struggling to "toss in" an interpretation of sorts...

[Palaios75]

There used to be a video of Dorothea Röschmann singing 'Dove Sono' on here somewhere, from a recital in America (?) when she filled in for Quasthoff, and which happened to be even more powerful than her Salzburg performance. Does anyone know what happened to it, or even better, owns a copy and volunteers to put it up again?

[yesblanche]

Roschmann is a wonderful singer but this particular performance is not her at her best in my humble opinion.

[wTrevorh]

This could have been done better. Where's the beautiful melody in this aria?! It seems as though she's talking her way all the way through it. She takes way too many breaths!

[baletxxx]

Line? Breath? Mozart? Classical style?

[classicalgalNYC]

@baletxxx I agree. She is a German singer but Mozart was writing in an Italian style so she should have prepared this better.

[heleneBAP]

I waslucky enough to hear her in the 2009 revival. She perfecly adjusts to the 1950s setting, she is not just a great singer, she a great actress on top of that, a rare combination. Never forget that, whether or not not the singer likes the staging, they have to adjust to it. Bravissima Dorathea, I love you very much

[wolfgangtheophilus]

quina interpretació!!, me,l compraré

[Azzenstudent]

Compelling, passionate, and vivid. The soprano sacrifices some tonal beauty here on behalf of the character's conviction and it's definitely better to watch than to hear. But what a distinct pleasure anyway. The Countess is usually a rather whiny figure in this opera. Here's she's fully vested with rage and, as it goes on, courage.

[3002vincenzo]

è fantastica, brava!

[compeld2sing]

Regardless of whatever it is yawll are saying, she is still the most natural sounding soprano of the day. Accurate and pleasant. As for THIS individual performance, some may like it a lot and others less. Still great!

[dgdanig]

She is one of my favorites and I love her interpretation of this. It's full of feeling! I don't know why people don't make a bigger deal about her

[MariadeMoll]

this is great, and she delivers this aria better than most. I do not agree that this aria should be too calm. It should be emotional. ANd she mesures up exactly when and how much of volume should be produced. It is so easy to be jealous and criticize. we are such a horrible branch of musicians. ccc...

[LienPT]

Dorothea is so much better than what she did here...please check other videos of her to understand the marvellous singer she is ;)

[moghedien13]

great voice, very poor delivery. no line at all. she is shooting for way too much power. and if u want realistic and true to dramatic situation, look at the character of the countess and ask urself, would a spanish noblewoman shout herself hoarse or choose quiet indignation?

[g4thz]

You're forgetting who Rosina is.

[moghedien13]

absolutely not. rosina is the ward of a well to do doctor. i doubt he would raise his protogee to be a screamer.

[silvr94]

she was singing vitellia at the salzburger festspiele at the time which demands different breathing and a lower tessitura!! and besides those two points every!! singer has bad nights if at salzburg, at the MET or elsewhere. i really do admire her singing.

[madziua90]

what are you talking about? she sings it beautiful and with a lot of pain, because it is a sad aria.. her condition is not brilliant, but it is still very good rendition of this aria, I think.....

[JasminaH79]

She looks like she's in pain because this aria is SO uncomfortable for her. It's obvious.

[bicobotscho]

you don´t know anything about acting, do you? ;-)

[JasminaH79]

The lack of control and thorough technique cannot be covered up as "passionate acting".

[bicobotscho]

ok. you really don´t know anything about acting. ;-))

[rufescens75]

You guys are all idiots! This is the most musical performance of this aria I have ever heard! It even beats Röschmann's own performance of this under MacVicar (Who is an idiot director)! All yall's failure to understand her portrayal of a Countess in pain from the womanizing of her Count just shows your lack of delicacy. I must say whoever is the director here is also terrific. (S)he understands that the "hope" at the end of this aria is actually full of sorrow--hence the crying at the end.

[bicobotscho]

thanks for your comment. i totally agree. this is beautiful. i sing this myself AND i am an actress. what röschmann does here is very good acting! i don´t care if here singing technic is not all perfect BECAUSE she transports what this piece is about and that is a lot!!!

[papagena92]

@rufescens75 mcvicar was the stage director, not the conductor, and he was brilliant there in my opinion!!!!!!

[rufescens75]

@papagena92 Papagena, my mom would agree with you about McVicar. I accede that he has greatness, though I feel that he doesn't always understand the music, and that his stage direction therefore sometimes conflicts with the musical expression. I knew he was the stage director, by the way. I never said he was the conductor!

[carveido]

the worst performance ever.

[mrlammermoor]

you can feel that this performance is hard work for her. and that is not good for this aria.

[Lyz19pr]

this is the worst interpretation I've never seen of this aria!! what happened with the breath problems? omg... too bad for her

[rufescens75]

If you can only discern technique (and it's questionable if you can do that deftly), then you're missing almost everything!

[FarinelliNBG]

I think with this whole hand thing, she wants to show how desperate she is and no matter what feelings are insinde her, she has to hold on and be strong, because she is a contess.... Ok, maybe its a litte overacted, but why not. I think everyone knows this feeling. You just want to scream and shout but you cant, because of your social stand. I think she did a great job. Even that she is completly breathless shows her inner feelings.

[muzzeu]

Don't lie to yourself, she just has big problems with the breath. It is a desperate acting because of this, not because of har inner feelings!

[BlkMuscGent]

I love Roschmann, guys. I really do. But I can't say that I enjoyed this at all. This aria calls for soft singing in the reprise of the A section, and she is clearly unable to do so. Overall, her singing, during the aria, is too "muscular" for my tastes. In fact, I think Countess Almaviva's music calls for a more graceful approach. I've always been a Roschmann fan, but this isn't a video I will return to. To her credit, however, her handling of the recitative is dramatically riveting.

[rufescens75]

I much prefer the "muscular" approach, if it comes with this much musicality. the Beauxmarchaix (sp.?) plays are so full of action and passion. And I've heard so many meaningless interpretations of this aria, without any of the pain or turbulence of feeling that is clear in the Countess's words.

[operamusicfan]

What is she doing with her hands? Not crazy about her acting and breathlessness.

[leporello89]

Bravisima! Es la mejor Condesa del momento

[muzzeu]

are you nuts? or just incompetent?

[Rapicienta]

Mal, si el cantante carga la voz de ese modo y le pesa, el director debe de hacer algo...esta muy lento, mal.

[SDCmorg]

I love Frau Röschmann! Tho more so as Pamina or Vitellia. Would note that she was singing both Countess here and Vitellia in 'La clemenza di Tito' during the same Festival in 2006. And singing this thing while walking down a flight of stair can't be easy! Thanks for posting. :o)

[SDCmorg]

It's cool to see a more...er..commoner.. interpretation of the Countess. She usually is sung more gracefully and mature for her actual age would dictate, I think. I still prefer that, but it's cool to see just how much overt passion this aria can handle in this interpretation.

[hillevifan]

Do you have any clips from the Don Giovanni production? I am dying to see Christine Schafer's interpretation of Donna Anna's Arias!!!

[turandot82]

She is definately one of the top Mozartian sopranos today. Loved her Pamina in the Covent Garden "Zauberflote". Brava.

[papagena92]

@turandot82 I absolutely loved her Pamina, too!!!!!

[ererofea]

¿Cuándo fue esta actuación y quién fue Susana?

Mil gracias!!

[llunatiq]

Esta actuación fué reciente, en el festival de salzbourg en 2006. Acompañaban a Dorothea, Anna Netrebko en el papel de Susana, Bo Skovhus como el Conde y d´Arcangelo como Figaro. Todos dirigidos por el gran Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

[dalban77111]

Belle voix, certainement, mais ces respirations en milieu de phrases (labbro - mensogner!!!), my god!!

Peut-être y a-t-il trop de pression d'air dans son chant (d'où un souffle un peu "court"), et cela nuit au legato et à la justesse par moment...

(même dans le passage rapide, trop d'accents qui rompent la ligne de chant).

[Manuelnc]

je crois que dans cette video elle n'est pas bien de la voix... son vibrato n'est pas stable et les finales de phrases on voit que ça le coute beaucoup,et les aigus un peu pousses, comme s'il etait malade... regardez son video de Fiordiligi!! Extraordinaire... au moins j'aime beaucoup :-P

[alejandrocuriel]

Antes de criticar, comienza por aprender a redactar francés. Tienes tantas interferencias de castellano que es difícil seguir tu texto

[Jitpring]

Shave your ass! Understand that?

[rufescens75]

There's technique, and there's music! I've always been a fan of ignoring technical glitches when there is so much musicality!

[afpuv85]

Creo que exagera mucho a la hora de cantar...

Puede llegar a ser bastante molesto...

Pero en general no considero que lo haya hecho mal...

[KatherineXIX]

BRAVA! I already saw her sing it without the recitative on YouTube, but I like this even better. Sure, she might be overacting a bit, but at least she gives SOMETHING to it, unlike several Countesses who just stand there and sing prettily (like Janowitz).