Gee…I was expecting something really bad but I listened to it all the way through and found it quite beautiful and expressive. I know Diana Damrau can be a hit-or-miss but this is definitely not a miss. 7:50-8:10 Listen to how she phrases these passages so sensitively making the repeats softer than the first phrases like an echo. Some people need to get a life.
This is also not the best recording. You have to experience her in full to understand. She is divibe and a very kind,ward human. Also she is trying her best with Tudor as she said after and in interview in Vienna opera magazine in respect to Edita. She loved her...i can only imagine how excited she was when her idol became her friend mentor
I have seen the last Anna Bolena in Vienna on and have to say this woman is phenomenal. First time that I have seen her. I was very doubtful about her. I strongly believe that in my life nobody will surpass the best Edita Gruberova.No coloratura has a chance and after Damrau lost all the high coloratura notes I was not interested in her anymore...she made some skeptical singing decisions in 3 years without high notes but I was surprised with her return of Tudor queens and wondered wheater she will skip the high D at the end of ACT 1 and in an interview for ORF it was clear that she did not and reviews were good. She is not a very dramatic voice of course but even with some tear and age, the tone is one of the prettiest I have ever heard in my life. I am a young tenor and know something about singing so writing shit like this is awful is insane if you have no music behind you. This is good singing there is not the best moment in there but very few and in terms of Diana being the right for the role...she is right because she is a great actress and has huge charisma and stage presence I forgot she was Diana Damrau for that 3 h she was Anna Bolena. Also all the soloists, chorus, Vienna philharmonic were just superb. This is first-class everything and only the picky idiots that have nothing better to do in life to complain against a hard-working pro like Diana.
Basta basta !! Frau Damrau n'a rien à faire dans ce répertoire. Sa Stuarda zurichoise était déjà calamiteuse...Prochain rôle Elisabetta dans Devereux ??? Per pietà !
Absolument pas la voix du rôle ! Damrau est un soprano lirico leggero fatigué qui s'essaye ici à un rôle de soprano drammatico coloratura de manière fort peu convaincante ! Sa technique éblouissante d'il y a 15 ans n'est plus qu'un fantôme ...
This is just an awful choice for this singer. Opera fans who are use to hearing the really, truly great voices of the past, are being criticized for hating on modern singers. This singer doesn't help the cause of modern vocalists. It's difficult to find anything of value in her performance. Her voice is totally under-powered, overwhelmed by the dramatic demands of the music. Her upper-voice is just plain annoying ( thin & un-dramatic ). Her "trills" are so weak & sloppy, it's a good thing they can't really be heard. The lower-register is just embarrassing. The applause from the audience seems to be forcing them to be polite. The people who are calling "bravo" at the end, must be the generation that doesn't know anything else but bad singing. She won't be able to return to the _Queen of the Night_ anytime soon ... or ever ... this is dreadful for a singer of her reputation. ( She must be tired ! Yes ! That's it ! )
Yup. Every time I bring this up with singers in the industry I feel like I have to walk on eggshells for fear of hurting their feelings, and there are so many excuses and pushback when you do speak the truth. For a variety of reasons singers aren't being trained as they once were and the proof is in the massive decline of technique and skills displayed by singers today. It's not entirely their fault. You don't know what you don't know. But singers who were considered second rate 70 years ago would wipe the floor with today's "stars". I support opera nonetheless.
@@UranusRising :: Yup . We will all continue to support opera in spite of the singers. There are a few left who provide some vocal resources. I'm thinking :: singers of Wagner's operas can't get away with second- and third-rate singing ; it would be too obvious with the vocal demands of his music (?)
@@beachfanatic2010 :: Yeah ... on some level ... but Wagner's operas have difficulties unique to Wagnerian operas ... in Wagner, singers need volume to be heard over his overwhelming genius ( sometimes, over-bearing ) of his music compositions. Verdi's music may be more difficult on some levels, but singers can get away with vocal-murder with Verdi than with Wagner, I think.
@@cliffgaither Wagner is not more challenging than Verdi in absolutely any level. Verdi has louder orchestras than Wagner and all the singing has to be big, very operatic and very florid and agile at the same time.
Can someone please tell me what all the fuss is about Damrau? I have seen her twice and both times dull as dishwater. As for its role, the voice isn't big enough.
Ein armseliges Herumgestocher in einzelnen Tönen, jeder mit anderer Dynamik und Farbe. Bellinis bel canto verlangt große Linien, nicht "musikalische Bröckerlscheiße" (Copyright: Hans Swarowsky). Erschütternd, dass eine solche völlig inadäquate "Interpretation" von der Kritik bejubelt wurde. Vorschlag: die österreichische Staatsbürgerschaft und den Titel "Kaummehrsängerin" verleihen!
This is amazing! Please, share the full recording✨
Gee…I was expecting something really bad but I listened to it all the way through and found it quite beautiful and expressive. I know Diana Damrau can be a hit-or-miss but this is definitely not a miss. 7:50-8:10 Listen to how she phrases these passages so sensitively making the repeats softer than the first phrases like an echo. Some people need to get a life.
This is also not the best recording. You have to experience her in full to understand. She is divibe and a very kind,ward human. Also she is trying her best with Tudor as she said after and in interview in Vienna opera magazine in respect to Edita. She loved her...i can only imagine how excited she was when her idol became her friend mentor
I have seen the last Anna Bolena in Vienna on and have to say this woman is phenomenal. First time that I have seen her. I was very doubtful about her. I strongly believe that in my life nobody will surpass the best Edita Gruberova.No coloratura has a chance and after Damrau lost all the high coloratura notes I was not interested in her anymore...she made some skeptical singing decisions in 3 years without high notes but I was surprised with her return of Tudor queens and wondered wheater she will skip the high D at the end of ACT 1 and in an interview for ORF it was clear that she did not and reviews were good. She is not a very dramatic voice of course but even with some tear and age, the tone is one of the prettiest I have ever heard in my life. I am a young tenor and know something about singing so writing shit like this is awful is insane if you have no music behind you. This is good singing there is not the best moment in there but very few and in terms of Diana being the right for the role...she is right because she is a great actress and has huge charisma and stage presence I forgot she was Diana Damrau for that 3 h she was Anna Bolena. Also all the soloists, chorus, Vienna philharmonic were just superb. This is first-class everything and only the picky idiots that have nothing better to do in life to complain against a hard-working pro like Diana.
I agree. See my comment for more details.
Totally agree.
Basta basta !! Frau Damrau n'a rien à faire dans ce répertoire. Sa Stuarda zurichoise était déjà calamiteuse...Prochain rôle Elisabetta dans Devereux ??? Per pietà !
Great! Thanks for sharing. Don't you have the full recording?
Thank you. probably in the next few days:)
What happened to her voice?
Do you have more parts?
Bolena! I wonder if she will sing Elisabetta next.
The last note really should be sung an octave higher. Just my opinion.
Be glad she didn’t. It would’ve been forced and flat.
No it was not written even...it is interpolated...
Absolument pas la voix du rôle ! Damrau est un soprano lirico leggero fatigué qui s'essaye ici à un rôle de soprano drammatico coloratura de manière fort peu convaincante ! Sa technique éblouissante d'il y a 15 ans n'est plus qu'un fantôme ...
Non ci siamo...
Pain,,,,,,,why?????
This does not do justice to her. It does not
This is just an awful choice for this singer. Opera fans who are use to hearing the really, truly great voices of the past, are being criticized for hating on modern singers. This singer doesn't help the cause of modern vocalists. It's difficult to find anything of value in her performance. Her voice is totally under-powered, overwhelmed by the dramatic demands of the music. Her upper-voice is just plain annoying ( thin & un-dramatic ). Her "trills" are so weak & sloppy, it's a good thing they can't really be heard. The lower-register is just embarrassing. The applause from the audience seems to be forcing them to be polite. The people who are calling "bravo" at the end, must be the generation that doesn't know anything else but bad singing. She won't be able to return to the _Queen of the Night_ anytime soon ... or ever ... this is dreadful for a singer of her reputation.
( She must be tired ! Yes ! That's it ! )
Yup. Every time I bring this up with singers in the industry I feel like I have to walk on eggshells for fear of hurting their feelings, and there are so many excuses and pushback when you do speak the truth. For a variety of reasons singers aren't being trained as they once were and the proof is in the massive decline of technique and skills displayed by singers today. It's not entirely their fault. You don't know what you don't know. But singers who were considered second rate 70 years ago would wipe the floor with today's "stars". I support opera nonetheless.
@@UranusRising ::
Yup .
We will all continue to support opera in spite of the singers. There are a few left who provide some vocal resources. I'm thinking :: singers of Wagner's operas can't get away with second- and third-rate singing ; it would be too obvious with the vocal demands of his music (?)
@@cliffgaither To sing Verdi as written with the correct voice is much harder than Wagner.
@@beachfanatic2010 :: Yeah ... on some level ... but Wagner's operas have difficulties unique to Wagnerian operas ... in Wagner, singers need volume to be heard over his overwhelming genius ( sometimes, over-bearing ) of his music compositions.
Verdi's music may be more difficult on some levels, but singers can get away with vocal-murder with Verdi than with Wagner, I think.
@@cliffgaither Wagner is not more challenging than Verdi in absolutely any level. Verdi has louder orchestras than Wagner and all the singing has to be big, very operatic and very florid and agile at the same time.
Can someone please tell me what all the fuss is about Damrau? I have seen her twice and both times dull as dishwater. As for its role, the voice isn't big enough.
An otherwise excellent singer so far out of her Fach that it's embarrassing!
Not excellent anymore…
Non c' e' la vocalita' anche se l' intento e' buono
Ein armseliges Herumgestocher in einzelnen Tönen, jeder mit anderer Dynamik und Farbe. Bellinis bel canto verlangt große Linien, nicht "musikalische Bröckerlscheiße" (Copyright: Hans Swarowsky). Erschütternd, dass eine solche völlig inadäquate "Interpretation" von der Kritik bejubelt wurde. Vorschlag: die österreichische Staatsbürgerschaft und den Titel "Kaummehrsängerin" verleihen!
Habe sie in dieser Rolle vor 3 Tagen in Wien gehört: musste in der Pause flüchten, möchte lieber nicht weiter kommentieren.....
Triste. Ir a Wiener Staatsoper para ouvir isso. Essas são as estrelas de hj em dia?👎👎👎
Non bene
No no no.no
Dreadful…
Bad technique. High notes both spread and screamed. Voice too small. Tasteless style. This is a bad Mozartian on speed…
or actually crack.