Nina Stemme 1993 - Der Freischütz "Wie nahte mir der Schlumm

"Singer of the World" competition 1993. 30 years old Nina Stemme sings Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz


AGATHE

(Arie)
Wie nahte mir der Schlummer,
Bevor ich ihn gesehn?
Ja, Liebe pflegt mit Kummer
Stets Hand in Hand zu gehn!
Ob Mond auf seinem Pfad wohl lacht?
Welch schöne Nacht!
Leise, leise, Fromme Weise!
Schwing dich auf zum Stemenkreise.
Lied, erschalle! Feiernd walle
Mein Gebet zur Himmelshalle!
O wie hell die goldnen Sterne,
Mit wie reinem Glanz sie glühn!
Nur dort in der Berge Ferne
Scheint ein Wetter aufzuziehn.
Dort am Wald auch schwebt ein Heer
Dunkler Wolken dumpf und schwer.
Zu dir wende Ich die Hände,
Herr ohn' Anfang und ohn' Ende!
Vor Gefahren
Uns zu wahren
Sende deine Engelscharen!
Alles pflegt schon längst der Ruh?
Trauter Freund, wo weilest du?
Ob mein Ohr auch eifrig lauscht,
Nur der Tannen Wipfel rauscht;
Nur das Birkenlaub im Hain
Flüstert durch die hehre Stille;
Nur die Nachtigall und Grille
Scheint der Nachtluft sich zu freun.
Doch wie? Täuscht mich nicht mein Ohr?
Dort klingt's wie Schritte!
Dort aus der Tannen Mitte
Kommt was hervor!
Er ist's! Er ist's!
Die Flagge der Liebe mag wehn!
Dein Mädchen wacht
Noch in der Nacht!
Er scheint mich noch nicht zu sehn!
Gott, täuscht das Licht
Des Monds mich nicht,
So schmückt ein Blumenstrauss den Hut!
Gewiss, er hat den besten Schuss getan!
Das kündet Glück für morgen an!
O süsse Hoffnung, neu belebter Mut!
All meine Pulse schlagen,
Und das Herz wallt ungestüm,
Süss entzückt entgegen ihm!
Konnt'ich das zu hoffen wagen?
Ja, es wandte sich da Glück
Zu dem teuren Freund zurück,
Will sich morgen treu bewähren!
Ist's nicht Täuschung? Ist's nicht Wahn?
Himmel, nimm des Dankes Zähren
Für dies Pfand der Hoffnung an!




Born in Stockholm, the daughter of an architect and a psychologist, she studied economics at university and kept music as a sideline. "There was never a moment when I thought I had to make singing my career. Everything just developed step by step, and the more I tried, the further it took me." With a plum-coloured middle voice reminiscent of the organ-like majesty of Flagstad's, she started as a mezzo, but never felt comfortable singing in that range. In her late twenties, she slowly retrained as a soprano and reached the final of the 1993 Cardiff Singer of the World before winning one of the top prizes in the first of Placido Domingo's Operalia competitions.

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[madelynroden656545]

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[Rukasepar]

German is my mother tongue and I cannot agree with your saying that you can hardly understand what Ms. Stemme is singing. I don't know where she hails from but I have no problem understanding her singing. My only (slight) complaint is that she is overemphasizing the R's. To roll the R at the end of the word Schlummer (for example) is inappropriate. Other than that - lovely artist, prone to singing the wrong repertoire at times.

[arnbjorgmaria]

it's really hilarious to read petty criticism of a video of Nina Stemme from before she even began her real career( she hadn´t even lived in Germany at this time)...I mean we are talking about the reigning queen of Wagnerian singing. Isn´t it just amazing that the great material and potential on display in this video blossomed into one of the greatest artist of her generation.

[Rukasepar]

@m4rkm4n

Just like in the English language, "...er" at the end of a word is not pronounced with a rolling R. Take "fever" or "brother" or "butter". This type of R is inaudibly there. I guess that's why it is relatively easy to learn a language like Italian because one "speaks as one writes". :-)

[m4rkm4n]

@Rukasepar

Wait, why is it "inappropriate" to roll the Rs? Rs are always spelt like that in classic interpretations, otherwise you couldn't even hear them.

[smeisha]

Wonderful Voice!

[garconfrancais01]

@Azizascharms

that is absurd!

every bio lists her as being born in 63...you have no basis for that assumption

[gschmeer1]

a beautiful young woman, a very nice voice and a rather well german

Dr.Schmeer, Bonn

[zonaras83]

@xptrail Ich gebe dir Recht!

[zonaras83]

@TheGoddessArroyo Not only her voice... ;-)