Natalie Dessay - Der Hölle Rache - 1997

MY UPLOAD #100!!!!!!!!!!

Second aria of the Queen of the Night, from Die Zauberflöte. Sung by french soprano Natalie Dessay.

Salzburg, 1997
Christoph von Dohnanyi, conductor.

WWWWWEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRDDDDD!!!!

*Sorry for the poor sound quality ;)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• natale
• dessay
• der
• holle
• rache
• queen
• of
• the
• night
• die
• zauberflote
• wolfgang
• amadeus
• mozart
• soprano
• coloratura

[Luindriel]

It's a circus! And a Kiss concert? I'm surprised she doesn't spit fire or blood or something. Notice when the hair catches in the fingers?

I do love the singing though!

[leoperarm]

spitting blood!!!XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD­DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[Merryjest]

.... LEAVE THE FRICKING SETTING ALONE!

Ye gods, I hate modern stage directors.

[leoperarm]

I hate them too! :-/

[dopepenguin]

mozart mujst be shaking in his tomb :/

[leoperarm]

unfortunately :(

[Aryamarc]

The Joker meets Kiss meets Freddy Kruger... Lady GaGa would be proud... Great singing, though...

[verdinfishy]

She doesn't look like a QUEEN at all. It looks like she is "The crazy, ugly, homeless of the night"

Beautiful voice though (as expected from the magical Dessay)

[RingingHeldentenor]

I actually find this wonderfully creepy, like a children's nightmare toy story... And I think that Mozart would have enjoyed this weird commedia dell' arte production... It's a refreshing change from all the standard FreeMason archetypal, alchemical symbolism (which can also be really magical) ... The Magic Flute is an open invitation for directors, and designers to go wild . It's part of the appeal, and the fun of the opera . Dessay looks cool as the " crazy, ugly, homeless queen of the night.

[breakaliciouskid786]

Looks like Cyndi Lauper and ronald McDonald Had a baby >.<

[antonioaugustogurgel]

Please, someone fire that art director, and everyone responible for this horrible scene. Beautiful interpretation, as always it is from Natalie Dessay.

[lucy0loves0music]

oO it took me quite a while to recognize Natalie... only when she started singing I noticed it was her! I was kinda thinking, "if she's the Queen, why isn't she there??"

the orange coloration made me think of Halloween... and The Nightmare Before Christmas movie, not sure why...

xD it's funny though!

[crimsloch]

No even Gaga would be ashamed of this farce

[mbsbrfalw15]

Nice hat...

[Feantur1]

Even if I´m the only one here...I love this production, the singers, the set, everything... personally I think its genious and in 1997 it was wonderfully different! :-)

[oneworldguy]

@Luindriel, I was thinking that this could be a Las Vegas production of Die Zauberflote with her costume!

[oneworldguy]

Diana Damrau, Natalie Dessay, Edita Gruberova, whoever! They're all so beautiful! How dare the director/costumer put Natalie Dessay in this get-up! LOL! I would have killed that person if I were her! LOL!!! She could have EASILY taken the insanity plea!