Cristina Deutekom in concert - RARE pirate recording

Cristina Deutekom in concert
Verdi - Macbeth: La luce langue (Lady)
Puccini - Turandot: In questa reggia (Turandot)
Het Brabants Orkest, cond. André Vandernoot
1986, live (pirate recording), Tilburg

[@marionakker8825]

If we will have a Cruijff airport then we MUST have a Deutekom theater in the Netherlands aswell!! We can never be too proud on our trophies!!! She sang outstandingly well all over the world.

[@henkhartman3048]

I could not agree more!

[@SunshineFromWithin]

She was incredible, yes.

[@theon9575]

Quite, I agree. But ahead of BOTH Cruijff and Deutekom in that queue easily is the most internationally admired & famous of all Duch singers, Aafje Heijnis, who rated with Ferrier etc as one of the top contraltos in the 20th Century, but under-valued in her own country. In 'het buitenland' music lovers remember Heijnis before they remember Deutekom, believe me.

[@jameslevister153]

Deutekom was a rare gift to us ranking with truely great. I encoutered her twice at the Met in NYC twice in the 70's in Vespri and Don Giovanni. Her Elena was electrifying and she demonstrated the quick fire coloratura that quickens one's spirit. She spread an infectious joy in the theatre as one could feel the joy she felt as she performed! Yes, she was a gift to us.

[@robertodicandido1483]

I'm sure the "pirate " will be forgiven and accepted in the heavens for this recording!

[@sandorkonya8005]

Deutekom is for me the only Turandot that sounds like a young Princess with true power still maintaining a youthful girlish sound She was a wonder Love here RIP my Dear

[@barahona68]

She was 55 here. Amazing how she started her career with Queen of the Night and ended it with Turandot, Lady Macbeth and Abigaille.

[@MrCBCarlisle]

Actually, she was 65 here. The date/time stamp on this video is incorrect. This was from her November 1996 Concertgebouw Operafeest concert, which was her return to the concert stage after 10 years.

[@robertdonkers]

True, but do not forget that at the same time she was still singing I Puritani and other Belcanto Coloratura roles! Amazing!

[@eelco67]

@@MrCBCarlisle Incorrect. This was from a concert in Tilburg in 1986. In the Concertgebouw 1996 (which looks nothing like this hall in Tilburg) she only sang the Bolero from Vespri and Liebe, du Himmel auf Erden from Paganini.

[@mosacanite4533]

barahona68 55!?

[@angr3819]

@@eelco67 thank you for the information.

[@spencerwinellcomposer]

That Turandot is utterly sublime. She was 56 Every high note is fully supported with a low larynx...the middle register is clear and loud, the chest is nice and full, none of the collapsed head voice we hear these days. Great upload!

[@familypondman]

55 years still 54, she is born in 1931 August!

[@numetutelare]

55 o 54 ... È sempre spettacolare e perfettamente in voce

[@Homoclassicus]

What a fantastic low register she had for such a light-textured, if large, voice! It's a very interesting and rare combination. She's really convincing as Lady Macbeth and has the ideal voice for Turandot, sufficiently powerful and metallic, but youthful and feminine.

[@armandobona6487]

The great Dutch soprano Cristina Deutekom - gone but never to be forgotten!

[@BellaFirenze]

Unique. Unforgettable. A great artist. Cristina Deutekom (28 August 1931 - 7 August 2014).

[@draganvidic2039]

You just GOTTA LOVE HER !!! So special voice, but take a look at her perfect relaxed delivery !!!

[@lalagonegaga]

Her In questa reggia here is the best I have ever heard. Seriously.

[@dgbx6]

Pirate or not, what a stunning document to broadcast her stupendous voice and singing. She practically croons the MacBeth without forcing anything and it's absolutely spine tingling.

[@kastrafior6166]

Phénoménale, colossale, raffinée, vocalement insurpassable... Une artiste unique, la plus grande soprano de tous les temps.

[@teddybaerli1]

Her Turandot is the best one I ever heard. What a voice, a real gift from heaven with such a tragedy in every note. And a heavenly beauty. Thank you so much for your perfect art which is eternal.

[@qsw-1228]

Wonderful now she sings in the heavenly choir! God thank you for the time the world was able to have her. Pure talent!

[@tenortonyvillecco2404]

I am on the floor! She is amazing! BEST EVER

[@robertzsombok7661]

Omg fabulous! Her voice sounds so young and fresh!! Amazing. Love her

[@luisangelortizcaraballo9655]

Wow... how stunning and awesome! This magnificent aria is one of my favorites... I heard it over many years from dozens of sopranos, with terrible, bad, poor, aceptable, regular, standard, good, fine, and excelent interpretations... but this one in particular is the best I ever heard! This madam is extraordinary; the sound of her singing is absolutely fabulous and fantastic: mistery, drama, power and beauty... all within a masterpiece, blended in perfect balance! Braaaviiisiiimaaa!

[@cadoh8143]

Great singing. Love Deutekom.

[@rrgallo967]

Wow....never expected M. Deutekom to have sung Lady M and Turandot, for which he seems to have been very generously endowed....such freedom/ease of emission, attack, squillo.....wow...

[@robertdonkers]

It became her standard repertoire in later years with Abigail. But still she could sing lighter parts too like Elvira in I Puritani

[@paulvangastel8665]

he?

[@scottweaverphotovideo]

Incredible power and beauty in her signing. Few could compare! A unique singer!

[@operabilia]

C'est très impressionnant. Elle aura laissé le souvenir d'une interprète à la technique peu académique, mais étonnante et finalement, très solide! C'est cette technique, avec les passages ornés et cette coloratura "yodelée" un peu étrange, qui finalement, soutiendra sa superbe voix pendant toutes ces années, lui permettant d'être la Königin, Konstanze, Lucia, Elvira, Norina, Norma, Abigaille et même, Turandot! Même après son opération du cœur, elle a retrouvé la couleur superbe de sa voix. Bravissima. RIP.

[@80Mrmirko]

Un soprano che nasce come lirico leggero d’agilità che alla fine della carriera si può permettere arie da soprano drammatico pesanti ed eseguirle magistralmente! Una tecnica che rasenta la perfezione come la vecchia scuola tipo tetrazzini

[@gianerajohn436]

E con una voce fresca e sicura che una trentenne se la sogna!

[@babbonatale9362]

Ma la Tetrazzini era una tragedia... Di quale vecchia scuola parla?

[@80Mrmirko]

@@babbonatale9362 mi perdoni cosa intende con il termine tecnico “tragedia” riferito alla scuola di canto. Ho detto che la Tetrazzini appartiene alla vecchia scuola che è un dato di fatto perché si è formata a fine 800. Se non è vecchia scuola questa…

[@babbonatale9362]

@@80Mrmirko tragedia... Basta ascoltare le registrazioni. Leggo continuamente di gente che rimpiange la vecchia scuola di canto italiana. Non c'è quasi niente da rimpiangere.

[@80Mrmirko]

@@babbonatale9362 benissimo ascolti la Netrebko allora ne rimarrà entusiasta! Buon ascolto

[@gd3172]

what an attack on those high notes of turandot!! definitely a dramatic coloratura soprano quality! and the stamina at that age! see her engaging her diaphram at 11:22 for the final high note!

[@oneconan11]

I’m sorry for asking this, what’s note are those actually?

[@gd3172]

@@oneconan11 musical note..

[@oneconan11]

G D i know. I mean what’s note? Bb6, C6? Can u tell me?

[@FelipeViannaNutriUFRJ]

@@oneconan11 The final note is a High C, a C6.

[@oneconan11]

@@FelipeViannaNutriUFRJ thank you!

[@IgorBaboshkin]

Wow! That's just wow and no need to say more. Just WOW!!!

[@magicmonkichi]

Deutekom for the win! Topping Macbeth with Turandot...Epic~!

[@jassenjj]

Amazing :) So she had to become 55 singing In questa reggia to see her under pressure for the first time... Unique performer!

[@christiaandhooghe]

The Turandot is THE beste EVER!!!!!!!

[@operaloverhro3407]

Wer das erleben durfte, darf sich glücklich schätzen, fast unglaublich. Eine Karriere, die aufgrund einer Herzerkrankung endete. Die gut 10 Jahre später aufgezeichneten Aufnahmen ihres Albums Regina, Belcanto-Arien, 1997, beweisen, dass wir einer absoluten Ausnahmekünstlerin lauschen durften. Immer noch sprachlos.

[@user-yn7do5fy8w]

この方の声、歌、テクニックは今迄でナンバーワンだと素人ながら思います。尊敬しています。😊

[@jrosings1]

How in the world does she make those unbelievable sounds??? Evidence of the divine.

[@21bodas]

Fantástica... She can sing everything.

[@xavieralberto1176]

She has: Lucia, Norma, Aïda, Santuzza, Lady Macbeth, Medea!!!, etc. Etc

[@Ronizetti]

A wonderful Lady Macbeth!! Conducting another story :)

[@sagaluke]

+Ronizetti the conductor seems to be the Belgian André Vandernoot ...was in the sixties conductor of the opera in Antwerp and Brussels

[@evgeny9965]

…. A real vocal lesson. Totally supported by the conductor.

[@TheAleph74]

WOW!!! One of the best, if not the best, In quest I've heard!!!

[@carmeloserafin5101]

Negli anni ottanta non aveva rivali...ascoltata,,,in Norma...e Traviata...grande signora e mai...un vezzo che facilitasse la sua arte...la dizione che ad altre scarseggia ... lei non bara...qui è perfetta e fa Paura estetica e ti manda in Visibilio con un linea di canto che funziona come un metronomo...tutta la sua arte qui si affida ...a due arie ...da far tremare qualsiasi specialista...Chapeau!!

[@michelepepe8557]

Caro Serafin, concordo. A 55 anni la lady e Turandot di seguito, in due arie complicatissime. Tanto di cappello. Con un po’ di rimpianto. Hanno buttato lo stampo. Siamo invasi da russocinesi tutte esattamente uguali una all’altra. Tutte uguali. Uguali i direttori, i tenori. L’impero del politicamente corretto anche nell’arte. E badi non ho 90 anni, ma 37. Ma le orecchie funzionano tanto da poter riconoscere ciò che non abbiamo più. Saluti.

[@carmeloserafin5101]

@@michelepepe8557 ...un abbraccio...ultimamente ho assistito ad una Maria Stuarda. a Vienna..con due dive .un film con la colonna sonora...molto bello...ma il pathos e la fonazione di una scuola che suoni la voce con le regole di una cavea teatrale greca...dimenticate ...per una specie di Karaoke....Aiutoooooo

[@michelepepe8557]

È esattamente quello che volevo dire io. Lei poi ha un nome importante. Il nome di un maestro che io da callasiano doc non posso non amare e di una cantante che ascoltai anni fa in Turandot e che mi impressionò molto per il modo di cantare autentico. Dio mio... parlo come un vecchietto dei tempi andati... che non ho neppure vissuto avendo meno di quarant’anni! Accontentiamoci di ciò che c’è e prendiamo il meglio! Un saluto cordiale a lei.

[@carmeloserafin5101]

@@michelepepe8557 esatto....Michele lasci a me le Ambascerie di un Tempo molto generoso...e vada a Teatro..vale sempre la pena.,,,un abbraccio...

[@robertzsombok7661]

Pitch perfect too

[@michaelroberts6894]

Best ever Tursndot ! Amazing ! Never heard this before!

[@DiomedesDioscuro]

Enorme! Cómo me gustaría poder escuchar una cantante de este calibre en vivo!

[@arboretum1153]

Amazing Macbeth !!!!!!!!! just amazing one of the best ever !!

[@beachfanatic2010]

Extremely rare instrument! Edda Moser, Joan Sutherland, Maria Callas and her have the ability to sing coloratura with huge voices.

Callas lost her voice very young, nothing compared to the other singers you mention.

[@gianerajohn436]

Dante Alejandro García sure Sutherland sang without a low and barely a Middle sure she lasted a long time. She didn’t even enunciate. Easy to last 40 years when you just do pretty vocalizes and trills.

[@artdanks]

@@gianerajohn436 . That is so true! I loved Sutherland's voice, but her under-developed low and middle, as well as her overly covered tone (especially in the last 8 or so years of her career) really bothered me.

[@beachfanatic2010]

Deutekom has a way more developed and bigger voice than Sutherland, with a way more beautiful middle voice!

[@gianerajohn436]

Art Danks me too I love Sutherland despite everything nobody can deny the miracle that was her voice. Nevertheless me being Italian and all, I just get so frustrated if not altogether irritated by her diction (or lack of) and her lack of personality and artistry. I will listen to her Arias every now and again, I shiver at her trills and fast high lying coloratura but I will gladly take Callas, Deutekom and Moser to a desert island if it came down to that.

[@MeMyIdea]

Cristina Deutekom is all-time best vocalist of 'Queen of the Night' ! ¤ ｡. • * °✲★ ● ¤• ° ゜

[@gudrunill]

sensational!!

[@numetutelare]

Sempre brava e impeccabile... Una eccelsa professionista

[@zayvier69]

That’s great technique visibly on display

[@stephenfletcher6801]

Absolutely stunning performance. Best Turandot ever. The Lady Macbeth aria is simply incredible. Did she ever sing with more conviction and passion than in this performance? Really wish she had focused more on these dramatic roles earlier in her career. Thank you sooooo much for sharing!

[@paulvangastel8665]

divine, yes.

[@courtneybaritone0136]

If I have one criticism it is of the conductor who either doesn't have the skill/experience or didn't know the music. There is one entire passage of In Questa... where he stopped beating and the orchestra played without him. She on the other hand is absolutely FABULOUS!

[@victorberistain9536]

Su voz homogénea parece un rascacielos, la anchura del grave la tiene en el agudo, no es como Callas que tenía un color de Mezzo en el centro y el grave pero ligero en el agudo, aquí es un sólo color vocal, por ello mi admiración y profundo respeto a La Deutekom “El Ruiseñor Holandés”.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Fabulous good！

[@erikdrewes927]

Eelco hoe kom je hier nou weer aan!!!!! Geweldig ( behalve de jurk dan)

[@vikkster5723]

This makes me want to sing again!!! Amazing!!

[@angr3819]

Thank you ❤️

[@babydrane]

Torrents of wonderful sound.

[@user-dw3th2ws3s]

Голос звучит как бурная горная быстрая река бравооо

[@Leanrosso]

IMPONENTE Y PERFECTA.

[@mariogonzalez9141]

Maravillosa!!!!!.....qué magnífica voz.!!!!....su seguridad al cantar es asombrosa

[@mka7741]

Brawississimo ! Wundeschon !

[@francoispideu757]

Una auténtica gozada. Adoro la seguridad que tiene al cantar. Desde luego, la mejor soprano de todos los tiempos. Macbeth no una de mis óperas favoritas pero sólo dos sopranos la hacen interesantísima: Deutekom y Callas. Mil gracias otra vez. Deutekomefran.

[@kastrafior1487]

+Francois Pideu Parfaitement d'accord avec toi. Callas était le génie lyrique et dramatique. Deutekom LA VOIX, extraterrestre, surhumaine, stratosphérique. Merci à eelco67 pour ces moments fabuleux et inoubliables.

[@Ellatigojusticiero]

Que intensidad y que extension madre mía, soprano lírica con coloratura imagino y ya mayor..brava!!!!

[@sytsebuwalda6570]

Bravo bravissimo!!

[@asyaredmendoza5617]

Maravillosa mujer!!!

[@brolobear]

This should always have been her rep. So much better when she has the chance to show off her stinging upper register without the gargling coloratura. This is really great!

[@beachfanatic2010]

The reason she had those powerful top notes was because she was singing Bel Canto which acts like medicine for the voice. She truly had a Bel Canto instrument not really a pure dramatic soprano.

[@artdanks]

@@beachfanatic2010 It never ceases to amaze me how someone who truly possesses a Bel Canto instrument and training, can pretty much sing anything, even Verismo! While the opposite is not true. A voice trained to sing Verismo, rarely can sing Bel Canto.

[@beachfanatic2010]

She was not a real coloratura either. I believe she was a very talented lyric soprano.

[@VirgoBearNYC]

Wow, just…. Wow 🥲

[@KBGWorld29]

Look at that diaphragmatic support! What a sight!

[@operadog2000]

Glorious!

[@robertodicandido1483]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@arboretum1153]

Wow wow wow what a turandot !!!!!!!!! WHAOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@damjansj]

Unreal!

[@romearomeo]

Altro che le varie Netrebko ecc...bravissima Cristina Deutekom!

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Sei tra le poche di cui si sente la mancanza...Maria, Joan, Beverly, Leontyne, Birgitt....le altre......

[@80Mrmirko]

fabrizio maria Garzi la Tebaldi no? 😜

[@evelynkatz1301]

It's Incredible, but the truth is....... she surpasses even Nilsson!!!!!!..... She allows herself to sing "rubato" - free tempo - and doesn't let the conductor tyrannize her. The outcome is much more dramatic, much more complete. Still, I think Nilsson's diction is a bit clearer. The Lady Macbeth excerpt was also superb. She should have stood on one level with the greatest. Much more versatile than Nilsson, with her beautiful coloraturas. How come she didn't record Aida and the others???? What a waste!!!! Wow, what an ending!!!! Her upper region was definitely better than Nilsson's, she had FFF and PPP, both stable and effortless. LUCKY PIRAT!!! Where is the rest of this marvelous concert?????? THANKS FOR POSTING ANYWAY!!

[@rogalesi58]

Fantastica e non più tanto giovane , mi è sempre piaciuta non so se ha mai cantato Lady per intero, è meravigliosa

[@eelco67]

Ma lei l'ha fatto! Sono disponibili due registrazioni complete (di pirati)

[@Zurigo1405]

Ja, in San Diego z.B., aber sicher auch anderswo! La Deutekom sang ja überall weltweit

[@Paulofibonelli]

There’s no clockoloratura, she was simply perfect at this time ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@acacia-bloom]

The Turandot is really stunning. Pity the conductor was so all over the place. What year was this recorded? She doesn't look young but sounds much fresher than other later recordings. Those top notes are really magnificent.

[@chengducat]

Diosa holandesa

[@operaloverhro3407]

Ich habe echt lange nach dem nächsten Album hesucht, gefunden, Regina 1997, Regina zurecht.

[@robertdonkers]

Wonderful and I believe this concert was given after she recovered from illness (Heart?)

[@magicmonkichi]

Yes, from what I recall she retired from performing in 1986, this is one of her last performances. We're so lucky to have it!

[@babydrane]

...and that is a voice.

[@alastayrcourvoisier3771]

Seriously. Her turandot is on point, Sis got all her notes, and then some.

[@ramongerman6440]

Monserrat caballe y ella estupendas, Leontyne price, Joan Sutherland and callas

[@paulvangastel8665]

Eelco67, weet je zeker dat dit uit 1986 is? Het lijkt me later...

[@eelco67]

Ze zong haar laatste voorstelling in december 1986, dus dit concert is zeker niet van later datum ;-)

[@paulvangastel8665]

@@eelco67 comeback in 1996?!

[@eelco67]

Ze zong twee aria's in het Concertgebouw in 1996 t.g.v. het 25 jarig jubileum van haar manager. Het concert waar deze opname werd gemaakt was op 12 mei 1986 in Tilburg.

[@victoremmanuell_ptbr1902]

You can see at moment 11:12 that Ms. Deutekom realizes that the orchestra missed the aria stretch and she shakes her head "kind" of disapproving.

[@luisgarcia-ls2gs]

I believed that she was just nodding negatively as she's telling Calaf again three are the riddles and death is only none

[@victoremmanuell_ptbr1902]

@@luisgarcia-ls2gs Maybe!! She was just acting to herself.............jajajaja

[@fabriziomariagarzi5534]

Altro che Dimitrova...che ve la siete scordata?

[@lucianoc.6956]

Beh qui la Dimitrova è spanne sopra e anche in Turandot e Abigaille la Dimitrova vince

[@AfroPoli]

There were two famous dramatic coloraturas who attempted Turandot and there are many different recordings around. While I find both too light, Deutekom KILLS Sutherland, EVERY SINGLE TIME.

[@kyleaustin7045]

Was Callas a dramatic coloratura? Or was she a true dramatic?

[@ronaldsanjuan8174]

Caballé

[@josephcollins6033]

Did she steal that dress from Renee Fleming?

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

Non e' mai stata un leggero. Aveva una voce scura anche agli inizi e una zona sopracuta molto voluminosa e lucente ma non era un leggero. L'ho ascoltata agli inizi della sua carriera anche in Mozart e Norma, non aveva nulla del leggero. Come la Callas aveva una voce che poteva cantare tutto e spessissimo con risultati egregi e molti da manuale come Norma, Astrifiammante, Turandot, Lucia.

[@tita4359]

8:15 excellent. Sounds similar to Callas

[@Leanrosso]

IMPONENTE Y PERFECTA.