Die Zauberflote. Queen of the Night sung by Kathryn Lewek

[@operafairy]

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.

[@githerax5303]

She's still singing the part www.metopera.org/season/2022-23-season/die-zauberflote/

[@operafairy]

@@githerax5303 I know, thanks, she also has made her ROH debut in the same role recently.

[@serenosotello736]

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!!!!!!! 🙂

[@ThomasDawkins88]

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.

[@leonardmichaels77]

Agreed. There was pandemonium at the Met at the conclusion of her aria in May, 2023. No other soprano comes close.

[@death2pc]

Yes, there was!!!!!!!!!! She IS ungodly. She OWNS it! No other "soprano" comes close, period!!

[@MaestroWenarto]

better than the young Damrau ?

[@giselle502]

​@@MaestroWenartoNever! Damrau is the best❤

[@leonardmichaels77]

There was pandemonium at the Met Opera after she sang this several months ago. An absolutely gripping performance!!

[@taylorstyle1]

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.

[@applenice1069]

im seeing her this year, in december. So excited!

[@robertmitchell2178]

Erika Miklosa, by far.

[@simonlewis4781]

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

[@nightowl6260]

Awesome costume and make-up. It is a fresh change from the Queen's that take after a Disney villian.

[@ajeansmith5478]

Excellent performance. Sung and presented beautifully. Brava!

[@andreadubrauszky317]

Hervorragend! Welch eine Stimme und welcher Ausdruck!

[@melissametivier4]

Stunning. Best since Diana Damrau.

[@christianescoffier6611]

Wow! Maybe the best queen of the night i ever heard! It's a blend of mezzo and soprano voices... ❤

[@danafripp4120]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!! Can we PLEASE get Ms. Lewek into some other fiery Mozartian roles? She's so...🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ciociosan]

And that is how it’s done.

[@jennifercoopman]

Holy crap that was good, i loved it! Thanks for posting!

[@TheCandiceWang]

I must see this opera one day

[@wotan10950]

Amazing! She makes it look easy, although everyone knows it's nearly impossible.

[@aleccrombie7923]

She does not look even out of breath. How is that possible?

[@klassicalkid90]

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!

[@svetlanaakhalai9626]

Брависсимо!!!

[@JohnSmith-lk8cy]

Great voice. Sounds nice - no shrieking, yelling and over acting like many do.

[@GrayYeonWannabe]

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

[@LauperTribute]

Finally a singer with chest support again

[@toteoma3034]

She is underrated!

[@AlineMayne1]

The best 😍

[@19gregske55]

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.

[@valeriomessersi1016]

Brava !!! 👏👏👏

[@kckwlrjjrr]

Wow...

[@f.b.8358]

She's my favourite queen of the night. Could you please post the first Aria too?

[@jjh2456]

She actually goes the F6 and holds it. She don’t squeak it out like other singers of the role.

[@f.b.8358]

@@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!

[@jjh2456]

@@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.

[@oroartanddesignstudio1652]

Thunderous!

[@vanessawhitneypro]

Just. The. Best.

[@leonaldobrum]

One of the best. Hail Mozart!!!

[@lowrivera]

great work, she does noticeably struggle, but not many can pull this off to begin with.

[@normanzurich2781]

Perfect 😮❤❤❤

[@samueljaramillo4221]

Great number to sing in the shower. She’s amazing.

[@ingoschwab5305]

Hi Sam, now you have created an image in my head. You singing "Der Hölle Rache" in the shower.... 😝

[@samueljaramillo4221]

@@ingoschwab5305 You got it. Every time.😉

[@Charlotte-iu8he]

🤩

[@kristinmoreno9203]

BRAVISSIMA! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@Iatraviata69]

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.

[@davidgould9431]

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 ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGfYk5yLft2Vjacsi=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?

[@kwentongaswangatkababalaghan]

Well, nice voice and frightening hair, makeup, and costume.

[@Fridelain]

Those English subtitled are not very accurate...

[@frankyboy1131]

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!

[@TheShamwari]

Not a very accademic comment but the sound is rather THIN compared to other recordings ?

[@Charlotte-iu8he]

thanks

[@lucyvampyre]

❤

[@ilovemymomandmydad123]

🙄that got in my head🙄

[@moranthang9482]

When your costumes say 5th element but the acting screams star wars.

[@victorias495]

Костюмы 😮😮😮

[@davidhansel4198]

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.

[@MaxMax007]

Почему царица ночи с красными знаменами, как царица мавзолея 22 апреля? И почему дочь - мулатка и, собственно, где нож?!

[@ulrikewermann1268]

dramatischer Koloratursopran...hats zu Mozart zwar nicht gegeben, bzw. wurde so nicht gesungen, ist aber sehr interessant!

[@jjh2456]

Actually it did exist for Mozart. Kostanze, Donna Anna, and Elettra are dramatic coloratura roles, but Mozart is different than Verdi.

[@user-jc2uv6ey1r]

who is she?good broad voice.

[@MiguelJimenez-og2we]

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.

[@jjh2456]

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.

[@bvdswqawe11]

what the hell i sit? where is this shown?

[@Muttonchop_USA]

Metropolitan Opera

[@frankiewally1891]

@@Muttonchop_USA thanks,any chance of finding out when was it staged there?

[@githerax5303]

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

[@HOMOBALEARICUS1]

Play back

[@rmarop470]

Sorry, costume is weird....she's like a vampire.

[@alexsandroalvesartecultura5116]

Opera woke?

[@EuSeiT]

What the hell are these clothes! Jeez!

[@maralisil]

Great voice, disappointing costume, and set.

[@JorgeBetti]

A narcissistic mother

[@frankyboy1131]

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!

[@grantes4969]

Her German is very poor. In her attempt to be dramatic, she loses intonation at times.

[@user-gv2ty2oq8i]

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😂

[@ian.marais1202]

Terrible!!!!!

[@c08lam]

The worst costume

[@Altonahh10]

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.

[@anonymousr1918]

Satanic

[@Bahog_Bilat69]

weirdo