Dessay performs "Der Hölle Rache" from "Die Zauberflöte"

Natalie Dessay performs "Der Hölle Rache" from Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte." Paris 2001.

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[McGenericname]

With respect to acting I think they both gave convincing but different portrayals of the same character. Damrau was the more typical evil-mother figure, yet her performance was still executed with passion and was both believable and powerful, while Dessay added an extra layer of emotional conflict to her character providing the mother with some semblance of pathos .

[voronwae]

This performance is gorgeous. It brought tears to my eyes. But frankly, Dessay just comes off like the small slightly-angry mother you know will forgive you later. Diana Damrau tends to drag the orchestra, but her voice is huge, emotional and effortless. If I had Damrau spitting Der Hölle Rache at me in the language of Orcs I'd be tempted to flee the stage. So it's almost a toss-up: Dessay's precision but lack of plausibility vs Damrau's less-precise emotionality. For me, it's Damrau.

[Андония Рабаджиева]

check out Edita Gruberova's version :) She is also very good

[Daniel Ramírez de Gastón]

Die Beste Soprano! <3

[Patrik Josefsson]

Love it, great to see that people still like music like this

[fionakuchem]

Cool

[S3fb]

boum!

[drumerchandising]

yo

[Deb ee]

Wow wow wow wow wow

[Leandro V. A.]

The best interpretation.

[Harpy gray]

Simply Wonderful !

[DameMitHermelin]

You mean Deutekom. Cristina Deutekom is one of the best Queens of the Night ever, I especially love her renditions of "O zittre nicht". But the best Queen in "Der Hölle Rache", for me personally, was Lucia Popp. Not only the power she had, but also an extremely beautiful voice.