A Conversation with Diana Damrau

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin, featuring soprano Diana Damrau on the occasion of her performances at the Metropolitan Opera in Romèo et Juliette and I puritani.
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò
New York University
February 23, 2017

[@onechopbuddy3849]

Every time I see Diana sing this it's sends chills down my spine in a good way

[@caabsaeagle8482]

she is so cute, and talented...simply THE BEST!!!

[@XGoing.mentallyinsaneX.]

The Best Queen Of the Night! Greetings from the Philippines

[@whatheheckable1527]

They say she's Meryl Streep of the opera world, which I totally agree. She not only sings well but also acts fabulously.

[@nklaar]

i was about to comment such exact the same thing.

[@dannyt286]

I was thinking the same thing right when I started watching this clip. Lovely, super talented woman

[@patriciah.5674]

Let her speak!!!

[@norieh1216]

So wonderful; the interview, contents of clips, & the gracious Diana. I’m very happy it turned up in my feed.

[@nklaar]

she is a fantastic singer....i couldn't agree more!

[@keithstarkey5584]

This woman is the textbook of operatic singing. Beyond being so good, she also instructs as she sings. Any up and coming opera singer should immediately look to her, study her, learn how it's to be done. Of course, all great singers have something to offer, but few of any art are the teachers, the textbook performers. It's just how it is.

[@tipofmytongue1024]

Her voice is incredible but I say look at Kiri Te Kanawa, Leontyne Price, Renee Fleming and Maria Callas for the greats to learn from. Lord knows Diana learned from them.

[@MaestroFriedrich]

Exactly. Well put.

[@laprimmadonna2341]

@@tipofmytongue1024 de todas las que mencionan la única grande es María Callas…las demás buenas cantantes, pero sin nada trascendental. Saludos cordiales ❤❤❤

[@cynthiachase3427]

Incredible. Fabulous.

[@maykiantonio]

she so beautiful and she has a big talent

[@wendydeng4463]

Diana Damrau was so famous throughout the whole world

[@SelectorFab]

She IS the queen of the night.

[@laprimmadonna2341]

❤❤❤Gracias por compartir. Saludos cordiales

[@wotan10950]

I like Diana Damrau. My most pleasurable experiences with her have been in French opera -- Manon, Pearl Fishers, Romeo et Juliette. Less so with bel canto. Mr Plotkin has a good laugh about Sutherland's style of performing. And it's true, she just stood there. (PS, Sutherland never sang Thais). A very interesting interview.

[@augustopalmeira786]

Sensational, Awesome.....

[@user-tx6cz3ty7k]

Браво, просто восхитительно!

[@Pasovineyard]

What a Lyric Soprano is all about.

[@elsainnamorato2231]

Diana is a beautiful gem.

[@lourdestorres177]

I saw her a few years ago in La Traviata at the ROH. She was wonderful.

[@valterronchetti7797]

Diana Dea o Regina? Certamente unica e voce meravigliosa Regina della notte e di un dono vocale che è veramente regale e di una allegria e bellezza rara nel mondo della musica 💓.

[@tinarider9945]

Queen..Goddess..

[@Neldidellavittoria]

In terms of ridiculous costumes, her broccoli outfit in the Salzburg production of The Magic Flute takes the prize. XD

[@ludwigvanbeethoven5176]

Broccoli?! Ahahhahahahahah *wheeeze*

[@dominiquetissot]

And thé singing? Did she chose the costume? Stupid commentary!,,,,

[@valterronchetti7797]

Diana

[@lourdestorres177]

The interviewer is very full of himself. She is the important person in this interview, not him!

[@adagiocgn18]

I hear only this strange men all the time- lets her speak. Wtf

[@ivebeenaround58]

The host is playing the fan boy role 😅 so obvious😂

[@will74lsn]

he talks a looooot.....lol

[@ivebeenaround58]

The host is so irritating!! Is this an interview or a what????😮

[@ingridwild4833]

lucias wahnsinnsarie ist für mich viel schöner.Arme Diana ,diese Zeitverschwendung.Der Typ ????

[@tainorosario8902]

If there are any linguists watching this, they must be like myself, quenching at his desecration of the English language with the use of uhm; English is my second language, and yet i never found the need to used it. I find that a person using this idiom looses all credibility, and i just don't want to listen to what they have to say.

[@Sayu277]

nope not really

[@ahogbin2644]

She is typical of the PR spun modern opera singer. An all round good singer, musician and an adequate voice BUT very little individuality (unless one counts her phrenetic acting) and not by any means a great singer: shrill high notes, bumpy coloratura, weak trill. It's one of the great mysteries why she is considered a suitable singer of the bel canto/French romantic roles. And before anyone asks, "yes" I have heard her several times in her major roles at Covent Garden. I think she is better in German roles.

[@laprimmadonna2341]

Pienso igual que tú. El bel canto no existe en este momento. No es una soprano de coloratura, Es una buena cantante y una buena actriz, su Julieta de Gounod es aceptable, ordenada. Personalmente me gusta escucharla en el lied y cantando canciones españolas. Saludos cordiales. ❤❤❤❤

[@BellaFirenze]

Plotking doesn't know when to shut up. Josephine Veasey was the Adalgisa in the Norma at the Théâtre Antique d’Orange in 1974. He makes up things as he goes. He loves to interject anecdotes in which he is the star. He tells every guest he follows them from city to city. "I sang ....... in Mars," -I was there! Like Figaro he's everywhere. On the good side, he is a Democrat.

[@theieledchatikh]

You had to mix politics with an interview video. LOL

[@BellaFirenze]

@@theieledchatikh Who are you? Who do you hope to be? Did you really laugh out loud? How is your mother? Are you as malodorous as Plotkin? Do you look like a shrunken dildo? You didn't really laugh out loud, did you? Stronzo. Warmest regards from Florence. That's a city in Italy. Stronzo.