Cristina Deutekom - Ach, ich liebte (live)

Cristina Deutekom sings Ach, ich liebte from Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail during a Mozart concert for Dutch television in November 1985.
The sound at the very beginning of the tape is a bit off pitch

Category:

Music

Tags:

• cristina
• deutekom
• opera
• mozart
• konstanze
• ach
• ich
• liebte
• entfuhrung
• abduction
• serail

[GoldenAgeSunshine]

A true singing lesson! She is just amazing: splendid vocal color, perfect control of the projection and intonation, pathos and clarity of the instrument. Singing Mozart, the way it should be sung, is the greatest test for any singer. Achieving such a stunning result at her age, after such an prestigious career, illustrates how her choices were after all, fully balanced and well managed. Thumbs up.

[wironalga]

A class in her own. One of the very few mozartian singers really born to embody the genius of the "musical christ"

[BryceNYC]

This was always a thrilling timbre. She was dignified and cool on stage but that big, bright sound of hers with those bang-on top notes and a warm lower register made her a singer to admire. That she held her own on the world stages with the likes of Sutherland and Sills as her chief rivals, says a great deal about her abilities and worth. She sang Verdi really well, especially VESPRI and her recording "Tu che la vanita," from DON CARLO shows an artist of deep conviction.

[longlifeluke]

elegantissima :)

[robertdonkers]

@dt195k2 And this was after Cristina came back from a major illness! Same her career did cut short due to health issues. The older I get the more I start liking her more and more. I remember seeing her in I Puritani in like 1984. It was very good indeed

[magicmonkichi]

Lovely, she always had a brilliant bright tone. Amazing technique, and never a look of strain. She looks stunning here as well.

[Paddy818]

Brilliant! On of the great coloraturas of our time!

[dt195k2]

Discovering a singer like this is one of the great things about Youtube. I was only mildly familiar with this voice but hearing this I was amazed. At the time of this performance she was 54. One commenter mentioned that's not so old if technique is solid. Yet what older singer can sing like this today? Even our great Renee is in her 50's, sang this years ago yet I wonder if she could today esp those top notes (tho she might surprise us...her Armida still was OK in 2010).

[tetrazzini]

bravaaaaaa ! thanks

[organdude44]

She had a heart attack in the around 2001. Then a stroke in 2004 and has completely retired from singing and teaching and, of course, is living in the Netherlands.

[ilmiotesorointanto]

@organdude44 Isn't she still living?

[petervanbrock]

cristina, je bent de beste. Ik heb alles gekocht wat ik heb kunnen vinden.