La Sonnambula Finale with Dessay - Paris

La Sonnambula finale with Natalie Dessay. Performance at the lOpéra national de Paris on Feb. 15, 2010.

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[mekarts2]

At the moment, yes i think she is the best Amina (even though during the Paris runs she was a bit sick - every singer is entitled to an off day). Or have you anyone else in mind for the role?

[DessayBestSingerII]

Poor Natalie...she's really sick...I went to the performance yesterday (February 18) and she couldn't keep on singing after the first act, she was voiceless

[andreernestgretry]

Apprezziamo lo sforzo.

[Eiswirth1]

Lovely, but pale in comparison to Sutherland.

[MrSwifts31]

Once again we have rave reviews for a lyric soprano masquerading as a coloratura!

[distefano13069609]

@profgv BTW the day right after she had to cancel the performance because she was aphone. Not bad for a singer with pharyngitis

[profgv]

Is this what passes for opera today? You can have it. It's look like they got their ideas from Bye Bye Birdie....The singing here is one dimensional too..

[luvxl]

oh god it sounds like it's another singer, her voice sounds so terrible, plus the recording doesn't help... She was way better on the first representations (up untill feb 8th) and is now back to her awesomeness, thank god. Check out my vids from La fille if you doubt it ;)

[reinadegrillos]

She is not at her best, but anyway she sounds better than many others!!!!

[mekarts2]

@33blueberries (continued) 4. As for other singers in the role, we still have Ciofi, Mosuc, Massis, Rancatore, Gutierrez, Netrebko, Jo and I'm guessing many others I forgot. However, even though they all have their individual charm, when it comes to Amina, I prefer Dessay for her commitment to the role, for her embellishments, phrasing and tone. I agree, she's not the same voice as she was a few years ago, but she's the next best thing.

[mekarts2]

@33blueberries 1. Please don't sweet-heart me, that's just wrong; 2. Will look into Emma Matthews, however it must be said that I never looked to Covent Garden for new talents. Generally new talents get discovered elsewhere and come to Covent Garden when they're in their late 40s; 3. Yes, off day, OFF DAY. In case you didn't know, lots of singer get vocal nodules, they're just not as sincere about them as Dessay. And yes, off day, because you could clearly tell she was sick during that run.

[killerbunny123123]

@33blueberries

yeah, i think its 100% logical to be 44 years old and not being able to sing an A6 right? so her voice is as normal and not declined as 99% of the modern opera singers who are above 43....also, the virtuosity of the soprano is not within the high notes.....its about giving a value to what notes you have....and i don't think that dessay's vocal range is to be considered small...even without the notes above high C...