Natalie Dessay - La Fille Du Regiment

[SuperJohnnykay]

Sutherland -a dramatic coloratura soprano;Dessay-a lyric coloratura soprano.In der holle rache,Sutherland has it transposed down.Conversely,some of the low notes and dessay cant get down there.As well, different eras, diff acting expectations from producers and audiences.Still, Id rather be lifting Dessays,marie when she sings that end note in the horizontal position;Hernias all round for those guys in the Dames 1962 production,hahaha john from sydney

[manonscate69]

Sutherland Dessay better ?????

mmm ...... must be considered that Sutherland's voice is (she still lives) very big , a voice controlled with a technique very, very refined, with the power to sing any role in the opera, beginning Wagner until the bel canto

Natalie's voice can only perform a given repertoire

Sutherland's voice has no limits

[dfgrbtr]

Not only is she a brilliant opera singer but also a fantastic actress. Such a pretty combination.

[vburm]

She's always been better than Sutherland. Can you imagine Sutherland skipping along whilst producing perfect vocal lines? LOL

[SnakePlissken2]

Seeing this makes me proud to be french !

Vive la France !

[JakeFerretti]

Saw her tonight....i am in love!!!!!!!

[philld8279]

This isn't from the Met, it's the Royal Opera in London. I know because I'm in it and can see myself in the clip. The London actors did not travel with the show.

[ElisabettaVS]

that is so funny, I want to buy the dvd :D

[bodiloto]

l'emozione?interpretazione giusta ? in 21 secolo ha sucesso il solista chi urla piu forte ,in questo finale "vince" il concorso di urlo .........la" zanzara"/ florez /....................

[Tobytrim]

Coloratura at it's pinnacle!

[anoldnightengale]

Refreshing to see an opera singer who is not afraid to really move! (And act!) Hilarious!

[IAmMegantron]

Lover her in this!!

[TourneledosRossini]

Ma concierge est une ingrate. Elle ne supporte plus Dessay et s'est prise de passion pour Madonna. Il est vrai qu'à côté de la diva internationale, la petite Française n'a qu'à bien se tenir...

[Octopop2010]

she is like 3 feet tall!!!!

[Antoniobiagg]

Natalie dassay she is the best I would love her to do a presentation in Puerto Rico or Miami

[TourneledosRossini]

Ma concierge commence vraiment à me fatiguer avec ses "et Natalie Dessay ici"... "et Natalie Dessay là" .... elle a vraiment une culture très limitée

[TourneledosRossini]

Ma concierge raffolle de ce genre de spectacle.

[emulsy]

T'aurais pas un problème avec ta concierge? Qu'est ce qu'elle t'a fait cette pauvre femme?

[AiTaiwandeRen]

Absolutely brilliant! I didn't think that I liked this opera until now. Brava Dessay!

[TourneledosRossini]

A quand la Danse des Canards par Natalie Dessay avec Yvette Horner à l'accordéon dans une mise en scène de Jean-Paul Gaultier ?

[walkingmess]

She's better than Sutherland now.

[filaredo]

OMG - the good old walkingmess - he's still on the loose.

[tfs8280]

Natalie Dessay is the opera goddess. She is of the same caliber as my other favorite Joan Sutherland.

[Icelandicmoi]

this is indeed the performance from the Met. it was incredible.

[CaterinaDeMedici67]

This video convinced me not to buy this DVD! If that's the best in the dvd I can't imagine how the whole performance is!

[Xalira06]

E invece le converrebbe prenderlo, o almeno vederlo. Non è bella come la registrazione dell'ORF a Vienna, ma è comunque qualcosa di unico, sia a livello vocale che performativo.

[OperaBuff1935]

To me Natalie Dessay, along with Joyce DiDonato and of course Anna Netrebko are the faces of diva singing in the 2lst century, Renee Fleming not withstanding. Dawn Upshaw is still my very, very favorite diva. But there are so many great divas, aren't there?

[Satirike]

Netrebko? Come now, I'm sure there are other sopranos out there :P

Not meaning to argue.

[marioj34]

et bien non, il ne suffit pas d'un beau contre mi bémol mélangé avec une belle hystérie. Mme Dessay ne s'y est pas trompé en annulant ses Mary Stuart un peu empressément signées... n'est pas un lyrique colorature qui veut (malgré la presse, l'agent de presse et la maison de disque et ses nombreux fans un peu perdus dans le désert lyrique)...

[drodde5607]

trop bien. J'ai enregistré cette oeuvre quand elle a été diffusée il y peu. Un régal. Merci Nathalie pour ces moments d'éternité !

[SsteinwayS]

She is simply ASTOUNDING! I simply can't fathom how she ever gets that energy, singing and leaping all about! The fact she can do both is astounding but the fact the music doesn't fail is mind-blowing! Stunning as always!

[TtHhFf2]

was this her performance at the met this season? i wanted to see it sooo badly, but tickets were too expensive.

[cleareyedwolf]

She is hysterical (and an amazing singer!).

[wotansings]

Affreux, hystérique, voix plate... une horreur à voir et à écouter. Sorry, pour moi, l'humour c'est autre chose... ici, c'est grossier, c'est tout.

[sopran21]

If you have problems with her so don't write your commnts here!!!

[FoxyGrandpa]

Florez sounds a little weird at 2:21 when he's saying "salut à la gloire" - like he's a baritone or something.

[Klassizismus]

I think it's someone else from the chorus or Alessandro Corbelli who sings at this particular moment with a dark voice. Probably Florez is not loud enough to show his TENOR voice here. But he has a wonderful high note at the end.

[FoxyGrandpa]

Nope, it's him. He sings the same line in the Vienna production, and you can see him move his mouth to it here.

[Klassizismus]

I'm not quite sure about this, because everyone sings "Salut à la France, Salut à la gloire"... anyway this is a great production!

[FoxyGrandpa]

Whoops, accidently marked your other comment as spam. Maybe EmiMusicFrance can fix that? Anyway, he sings "salut à la gloire" solo, then the chorus joins in, so it's definitely him.

[Klassizismus]

I wouldn't pay too much attention to this "deatil"... maybe Florez has the ambitions for a baritone^^ (Carlo Bergonzi who sang first in his career baritone roles changed later to tenor roles.)But Juan Diego Florez is definitely a tenor.

[123Niche]

J'ai vraiment hâte que ce DVD sorte !! En dehors du fait que Natalie est géniale, comme d'habitude(et tous les autres chanteurs aussi), cette production est hilarante. J'espère qu'il y aura des bonus intéressants aussi !

[Klassizismus]

Le meilleur serait un bonus qui comporte des interviews avec les chanteurs, un "making-of" et des informations supplémentaires. Mais je redoute qu' EMI/Virgin Classics n'a pas enregistré des bonus, parce qu' on avait décidé très tard de publier cette production. (La raison: Il y a une production alternative avec J.D. Florez chez DECCA.) Quand même cette publication de EMI sera un trésor extraordinaire et singulier.

[Klassizismus]

I can't wait for the release of this DVD. It's one of the best opera productions I've ever seen. Excellent singers, a wonderful staging and of course Donizetti's beautiful music!!!

[Operaphile]

Ditto!!!! It is truely opera heaven :)

[sour7lemon]

I think that thing Dessay does with her hand at 2:20 facing Florez is a like code for "Do the high note!"

[Operaphile]

Yeah, I think you're right!!!!

[Klassizismus]

I don't think that she encourages him to do the high note, because in general a singer has to know at the latest in the dress rehearsal, what he can do vocally.

[Operaphile]

Ah, I don't concur. They most likely rehearsed both and had a plan of two options depending on how they feel by the end of the show each night - the high option (here) and a low option for if they were tired or sick - singers do this all the time!!!! They would rehearse both options and just go with the flow on the night.

[madeyetonks]

Damn, you're clever!! I always wondered why she did that...