Natalie Dessay - Glitter And Be Gay

Natalie Dessay chante Glitter And Be Gay pour les "14° Victoires de la Musique Classique"

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Natalie
• Dessay
• bernstein
• Glitter
• And
• Be
• Gay

[LeDairyQueen]

This isn't a comedic song as much as an ironic song. Dessay is singing satire, as she should be. Dessay creates a complex, paradoxical Cunegonde who optimistically convinces herself that she can regain her integrity through means which, ironically, degrade it further. So as Cunegonde deludes herself into her happiness, Dessay shows the audience how she corrupts more and more, blinded by her own optimism. At the end she's left a shell of herself. French girl knows her Voltaire.

[ShreddaCheese]

Interesting to hear Opera in English sung in continental Europe.

[maspleben]

@LeDairyQueen "French girl knows her Voltaire". Oh, I so love reading this sentence whenever I come back on this video. Thank you so much LeDairyQueen!

[danielbillingsley74]

While I've read all the arguments about whose is better - Chenoweth's or Dessay's - I truly love both interpretations. Dessay has a richer singing tone and projects Cunegonde's "madness" beautifully while Chenoweth is delightfully bubbly and entertaining with a more laser beam-like voice. Both are equally funny, engaging and know their audiences. No need to criticize one or the other. They are incredible singers and actresses with different means to equal ends.

[dulCISSIMA1]

AA-MA-ZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mezzoly]

@Yaratoma HI. I agree that Chenoweth is funnier, and while I enjoy that version, I think Dessay does a much better job at building the character. If you didn't read the book, Chenoweth's probably works better because it is funny, cute, well-sung. But the irony, the complexity, the character going freakin' bananas because every one of her choices is self-destructive and she has to act happy about it--well, only Dessay really projects that.

[MyCrazyPsycho]

@AdamEfimoff She might have training but her audience is very different!!! There is a difference in dramatic acting and comedy acting... Cheno is a comedian and she appeals to different audience and she does it well... And frankly I prefer Natalie's technique to Kristen... Especially in regard to this song. As well as performance... Kristen made it TOO comedy like with her little style

[AdamEfimoff]

@MyCrazyPsycho yes but cheno is also opera trained she has both the technique and the humour while Nat only has technique

[MyCrazyPsycho]

@AdamEfimoff She is an Opera singer!!! They are meant to be more dramatic thn Kristen!!! Kristen is a comedian... Here's the differenece!!!

[AdamEfimoff]

@LeDairyQueen she is fine but not great . Kristen does everything. She can't really act and her singing while fine has technique but no real emotion so I am giving it a C-

[LacrimaLunaMortua]

Her technique is much better than in an older interpretation that is here on YouTube, but her acting was better before in my opinion, anyway, she's a queen lml

[3211lovelaughlive]

She is such an excellent singer and has such an interesting interpretation of the role... I fell madly in love with her when I watched this!! :D