Mme Lewek started as a mezzo but she managed to keep the chest connection while transforming in coloratura soprano and due to it she has very reach, full bodied sound through the whole range even in the most high extremes and good emission's support. All modern coloraturas have thin head voices with terrible high notes. So it's a pleasure to have such singer as Kathryn Lewek. She is almost 40 yo now and I'm hope she will extend her working repertoire. She deserves her current success and even more.
The head voice is the most important part of the voice . The chest gives us power and richness but the head voice gives us freedom and brilliance. Without it as we age and lose the head voice our sound becomes thick dead and short in range. Read any belcanto book and learn of the importance of head voice. Saying "ALL " modern coloraturas have a thin voice is a vague generalization and is being subjective. You have to hear the voices live in an auditorium to really tell. Recordings are always deceptive. When I heard Barbara Bonney live her voice sounded TOTALLY different than on recordings which made her sound thin. And when I heard Anna Moffo live she had a much more pinging soprano sound than in her records.
@@jimbuxton2187 First of all, Moffo is not a modern soprano and I never judge singers unless I've heard them. For example I don't know how Moffo sounded in person so as you can see I don't judge her. Secondly head voice is the main part of soprano voice, it's a physical law, I don't even see the need to mention it. But resonance, depth, and singing over the orchestra are only possible with the correct use of support, i.e. the chest voice. First of all, one need to understand what it is. It is not singing by the chest, it is the use of all resonators. Modern sopranos and most mezzos limit themselves to the head voice, that's the problem in singing technique, that's what I mean. That's why their singing is thin, colorless, without volume and singing over the orchestra, you can hardly hear them.
The best queen of the night I have ever seen! I saw her performance yesterday at MET and absolutely loved her voice, mood, character--everything was perfect.
the overacting is fun tho! also when performing on stage overacting is closer to normal acting bc normal acting doesnt translate very well at distance. i do agree it was a wonderful performance tho
@@jjh2456 that's it. She isn't afraid of the high notes. Most singers starting the aria with thinking "I hope to get the high notes". She is enjoying the hole aria including the high notes. The first Aria is a bit better than the second. You have to listen the audio on her website. It's outstanding!
The costumes are spectacular. A brand new interpretation - so often the Queen of the Night appears in a stylised tiara, reminiscent of Billie Burke in TWoO.
sounds like a big terz deeper. Its not F Dur major even, but a dirty Cis/ D. Kammerton 390 hz?! The highest subg note is a C( Do6) instead Fa6 on my Bechstein Piano in 440 hz.
It had the right shape, but not the right tessitura. I really don't have a great ear for pitch but I reckon even Florence Foster Jenkins got higher than that (not necessarily in the right places, of course). Edit: here's Florence ... th-cam.com/video/V6ubiUIxbWE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=nBRmu1iaOwsUZmdO Edit2: perhaps it's just that she still sounds like a mezzo, despite the top notes? No idea, tbh, but it just doesn't sound quite right. On the other hand: if the audience liked it, who are we to complain?
Lewek is magnificent, but could the Met please give her something else to sing? I'd love to hear her in one of the bel canto roles or as all four ladies in Les Contes d'Hoffmann.
Indeed. "Hell's vengeance is boiling in my heart Death and desperation are flaming around me If Sarastro doesn't experience lethal pain at your hand You will be my daughter nevermore. Be disowned forever! Be abandoned forever! Shattered be forever all bonds of nature ... Disowned! Abandoned! Shattered all bonds of nature! If not, through you, Sarastro will turn pale! Hear! Hear! Hear, Gods of vengeance! Hear a mother's pledge/curse!" Exact translation is somewhat difficult, Schwur rather means solennel promise = oath, and zertrümmern rather means to crush ... but okay, you have to put it somehow. Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen Tod und Verzweiflung flammet um mich her. Erfährt nicht durch dich Sarastro Todesschmerzen So bist du meine Tochter nimmermehr. Verstoßen sei auf ewig! Verlassen sei auf ewig! Zertrümmert sei(en) auf ewig alle Bande der Natur. Verstoßen! Verlassen! Zertrümmert alle Bande der Natur Wenn nicht durch dich Sarastro wird erblassen! Hört! Hört! Hört, Rachegötter! Hört der Mutter Schwur! Well, not sure if this was asked for ... Enjoy the aria!
She's Kathryn Lewek. She's incredible. I love this, her version of this aria. On the podcast Aria Code, the episode with the Queen of the Night aria, is Kathryn Lewek's performance at the Met Opera.
Right now she is the Queen of the Night of the moment. She is engaged to sing the role in a number of opera houses as well as being the Met’s go to for this role.
www.metopera.org/season/2022-23-season/die-zauberflote/ she's still singing the Queen of the Night , although the production has changed so the costumes and staging will be different
Are these pictures from the production at the MET? The costumes are somewhat awkward, and she has a perceptible light English accent, but a quite clear pronunciation, and her rendition of the aria is marvellous!
Дурацкие декорации. Лучше не смотреть, а просто слушать! Голос- то прекрасный! Безумное выражение лица и жуткий макияж Царицы Ночи … Моцарт сильно удивился бы,и долго ржал над своими потомками😂
What an opera audience cheers about today would have been booed or ignored 30 years ago. Opera singing is increasingly falling into the hands of undemanding audiences who have no idea how what they frenetically celebrate should sound. The staccati are completely washed out, the voice is restless with a strong tremolo and not dramatic enough - not a good example of a successful interpretation.
As of the end of the 2022-23 season she has sung this role 53 times at the MET, which is insane! Truly the best Queen of our time.
Agreed. There was pandemonium at the Met at the conclusion of her aria in May, 2023. No other soprano comes close.
Yes, there was!!!!!!!!!! She IS ungodly. She OWNS it! No other "soprano" comes close, period!!
better than the young Damrau ?
@@MaestroWenartoNever! Damrau is the best❤
53 times? Yes, that is their job.
Mme Lewek started as a mezzo but she managed to keep the chest connection while transforming in coloratura soprano and due to it she has very reach, full bodied sound through the whole range even in the most high extremes and good emission's support. All modern coloraturas have thin head voices with terrible high notes. So it's a pleasure to have such singer as Kathryn Lewek. She is almost 40 yo now and I'm hope she will extend her working repertoire. She deserves her current success and even more.
She's still singing the part www.metopera.org/season/2022-23-season/die-zauberflote/
@@githerax5303 I know, thanks, she also has made her ROH debut in the same role recently.
Wow, that explains the low notes. I was surprised at the richness of the low notes. Okay, I am convinced, GOING TO THE MET TONIGHT!!!!!!! 🙂
The head voice is the most important part of the voice . The chest gives us power and richness but the head voice gives us freedom and brilliance. Without it as we age and lose the head voice our sound becomes thick dead and short in range. Read any belcanto book and learn of the importance of head voice. Saying "ALL " modern coloraturas have a thin voice is a vague generalization and is being subjective. You have to hear the voices live in an auditorium to really tell. Recordings are always deceptive. When I heard Barbara Bonney live her voice sounded TOTALLY different than on recordings which made her sound thin. And when I heard Anna Moffo live she had a much more pinging soprano sound than in her records.
@@jimbuxton2187 First of all, Moffo is not a modern soprano and I never judge singers unless I've heard them. For example I don't know how Moffo sounded in person so as you can see I don't judge her. Secondly head voice is the main part of soprano voice, it's a physical law, I don't even see the need to mention it. But resonance, depth, and singing over the orchestra are only possible with the correct use of support, i.e. the chest voice. First of all, one need to understand what it is. It is not singing by the chest, it is the use of all resonators. Modern sopranos and most mezzos limit themselves to the head voice, that's the problem in singing technique, that's what I mean. That's why their singing is thin, colorless, without volume and singing over the orchestra, you can hardly hear them.
Awesome costume and make-up. It is a fresh change from the Queen's that take after a Disney villian.
The best queen of the night I have ever seen! I saw her performance yesterday at MET and absolutely loved her voice, mood, character--everything was perfect.
im seeing her this year, in december. So excited!
Erika Miklosa, by far.
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There was pandemonium at the Met Opera after she sang this several months ago. An absolutely gripping performance!!
Excellent performance. Sung and presented beautifully. Brava!
Holy crap that was good, i loved it! Thanks for posting!
Hervorragend! Welch eine Stimme und welcher Ausdruck!
Omg I'm loving this. Set design is stunning the queens outfit is on point. The singing is on point what more can I say
I saw her in this role in 2013 at the Nashville Opera! She was spectacular! She is so nice and genuine as well! Wonderful artist!
Great voice. Sounds nice - no shrieking, yelling and over acting like many do.
the overacting is fun tho! also when performing on stage overacting is closer to normal acting bc normal acting doesnt translate very well at distance. i do agree it was a wonderful performance tho
Amazing! She makes it look easy, although everyone knows it's nearly impossible.
She does not look even out of breath. How is that possible?
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!! Can we PLEASE get Ms. Lewek into some other fiery Mozartian roles? She's so...🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I must see this opera one day
Finally a singer with chest support again
And that is how it’s done.
Stunning. Best since Diana Damrau.
Yes. Thank you for qualifying it. Lewek is excellent but just shy of Damrau.
I agree with you. Damrau is a cut above.@@phirephly4588
Brava !!! 👏👏👏
The best 😍
Thunderous!
Wow...
She's my favourite queen of the night. Could you please post the first Aria too?
She actually goes the F6 and holds it. She don’t squeak it out like other singers of the role.
@@jjh2456 that's it. She isn't afraid of the high notes. Most singers starting the aria with thinking "I hope to get the high notes". She is enjoying the hole aria including the high notes. The first Aria is a bit better than the second. You have to listen the audio on her website. It's outstanding!
@@f.b.8358 I have heard her O Zittre Nicht. It is honestly one of the main reasons she is the Queen of the Night of the moment.
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The costumes are spectacular. A brand new interpretation - so often the Queen of the Night appears in a stylised tiara, reminiscent of Billie Burke in TWoO.
She is underrated!
BRAVISSIMA! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Great number to sing in the shower. She’s amazing.
Hi Sam, now you have created an image in my head. You singing "Der Hölle Rache" in the shower.... 😝
@@ingoschwab5305
You got it. Every time.😉
Just. The. Best.
sounds like a big terz deeper. Its not F Dur major even, but a dirty Cis/ D. Kammerton 390 hz?! The highest subg note is a C( Do6) instead Fa6 on my Bechstein Piano in 440 hz.
It had the right shape, but not the right tessitura. I really don't have a great ear for pitch but I reckon even Florence Foster Jenkins got higher than that (not necessarily in the right places, of course).
Edit: here's Florence ... th-cam.com/video/V6ubiUIxbWE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=nBRmu1iaOwsUZmdO
Edit2: perhaps it's just that she still sounds like a mezzo, despite the top notes? No idea, tbh, but it just doesn't sound quite right. On the other hand: if the audience liked it, who are we to complain?
Perfect 😮❤❤❤
I think I preferred Lewek in the French opera while she sings in a wheelchair as an old lady. She was creepy and majestic. I loved her performance.
Well, nice voice and frightening hair, makeup, and costume.
great work, she does noticeably struggle, but not many can pull this off to begin with.
Lewek is magnificent, but could the Met please give her something else to sing? I'd love to hear her in one of the bel canto roles or as all four ladies in Les Contes d'Hoffmann.
Those English subtitled are not very accurate...
Indeed.
"Hell's vengeance is boiling in my heart
Death and desperation are flaming around me
If Sarastro doesn't experience lethal pain at your hand
You will be my daughter nevermore.
Be disowned forever!
Be abandoned forever!
Shattered be forever all bonds of nature ...
Disowned! Abandoned! Shattered all bonds of nature!
If not, through you, Sarastro will turn pale!
Hear! Hear! Hear, Gods of vengeance! Hear a mother's pledge/curse!"
Exact translation is somewhat difficult, Schwur rather means solennel promise = oath, and zertrümmern rather means to crush ... but okay, you have to put it somehow.
Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen
Tod und Verzweiflung flammet um mich her.
Erfährt nicht durch dich Sarastro Todesschmerzen
So bist du meine Tochter nimmermehr.
Verstoßen sei auf ewig!
Verlassen sei auf ewig!
Zertrümmert sei(en) auf ewig alle Bande der Natur.
Verstoßen! Verlassen! Zertrümmert alle Bande der Natur
Wenn nicht durch dich Sarastro wird erblassen!
Hört! Hört! Hört, Rachegötter! Hört der Mutter Schwur!
Well, not sure if this was asked for ... Enjoy the aria!
One of the best. Hail Mozart!!!
The Best Queen of thé night i have Nevers s'en ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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Брависсимо!!!
Not a very accademic comment but the sound is rather THIN compared to other recordings ?
The exact opposite is true
The makeup says "I killed Chin the Conquerer"
❤
thanks
who is she?good broad voice.
She's Kathryn Lewek. She's incredible. I love this, her version of this aria. On the podcast Aria Code, the episode with the Queen of the Night aria, is Kathryn Lewek's performance at the Met Opera.
Right now she is the Queen of the Night of the moment. She is engaged to sing the role in a number of opera houses as well as being the Met’s go to for this role.
Почему царица ночи с красными знаменами, как царица мавзолея 22 апреля? И почему дочь - мулатка и, собственно, где нож?!
🙄that got in my head🙄
Gritería total
Excellent performance but i still prefer Diana Damrau
dramatischer Koloratursopran...hats zu Mozart zwar nicht gegeben, bzw. wurde so nicht gesungen, ist aber sehr interessant!
Actually it did exist for Mozart. Kostanze, Donna Anna, and Elettra are dramatic coloratura roles, but Mozart is different than Verdi.
what the hell i sit? where is this shown?
Metropolitan Opera
@@Muttonchop_USA thanks,any chance of finding out when was it staged there?
www.metopera.org/season/2022-23-season/die-zauberflote/ she's still singing the Queen of the Night , although the production has changed so the costumes and staging will be different
Are these pictures from the production at the MET? The costumes are somewhat awkward, and she has a perceptible light English accent, but a quite clear pronunciation, and her rendition of the aria is marvellous!
She sang really well, but she didn't portray the rage like Diana Damrau did
Костюмы 😮😮😮
Sorry, costume is weird....she's like a vampire.
entartete Kunst
Play back
Дурацкие декорации. Лучше не смотреть, а просто слушать! Голос- то прекрасный! Безумное выражение лица и жуткий макияж Царицы Ночи … Моцарт сильно удивился бы,и долго ржал над своими потомками😂
Great voice, disappointing costume, and set.
What the hell are these clothes! Jeez!
Her German is very poor. In her attempt to be dramatic, she loses intonation at times.
When your costumes say 5th element but the acting screams star wars.
Opera woke?
A narcissistic mother
The worst costume
Terrible!!!!!
How to ruin opera.
What an opera audience cheers about today would have been booed or ignored 30 years ago. Opera singing is increasingly falling into the hands of undemanding audiences who have no idea how what they frenetically celebrate should sound. The staccati are completely washed out, the voice is restless with a strong tremolo and not dramatic enough - not a good example of a successful interpretation.
Satanic
weirdo