Ingeborg Hallstein - Queen of the Night "Der Hölle Rache"

[@kaari2271]

She’s the only coloratura / soprano I’ve ever heard who doesn’t sound like she’s screeching or straining in Mozart’s most daunting arias. IMHO, the best ever recorded, anyway.

[@КирилБакалов-щ1л]

😊😊😊

[@pidry2002]

True Coloratura!! Light, airy, and acrobatic with ease!

[@johanndechant8881]

Ingeborgs Hallstein Credo war, dass auch in den höchsten Tönen jeder Text hörbar war. Ich hatte das Glück, diese wunderbare Frau interviewen zu können.

[@OliverGrensemann-op9pg]

Das ist beneidenswert,obwohl mir solche Gefühle eher fremd sind. Mir würde es schon genügen ihr meine Verehrung auszusprechen. LG

[@clausappel8086]

Für mich ist Ingeborg Hallstein DER Sopran überhaupt. Sie ist in ihrer Stimmlage das, was Fritz Wunderlich als Tenor war. Was sie von allen anderen Koloratursopranen unterscheidet, ist die Verständlichkeit ihre Worte. ABER: Hier klingt sie vergleichsweise "zahm", als ob ihr Hauptaugenmerk auf der "Schönheit" ihrer Arie liegt und nicht auf dem Inhalt und dem Hass auf Sarastro. Diese Darbietung, kombiniert mit dem Ausdruck und dem Zorn einer Diana Damrau, wäre für mich die perfekte Königin der Nacht.

[@JJ.gandalfthegrey]

Well said

[@LuckyLaschinski]

Also für mich ist und bleibt die vollkommene Königin der Nacht Edda Moser, da kommt auch die wunderbare Ingeborg Hallstein nicht heran. Edda Moser singt diese Arie so kraftvoll, dass einem das Blut in den Adern gefriert, niemand hat das jemals so beeindruckend gesungen wie sie kzbin.info/www/bejne/kHetmpawhr-qnrs

[@alwaysnew189]

She is pure perfection. Always.

[@pebo8306]

Seriously??? Ever heard of Diana Damrau????

[@alwaysnew189]

@@pebo8306 😂😂

[@georgeconwell6025]

Clear voice and secure high notes unmatched.

[@helmutengel871]

zuhören und Genießen , !!!

[@joshsilvajr1227]

"It is my profound conviction that Mozart is the highest, the culminating point which beauty has reached in the sphere of music. Nobody has made me cry and thrill with joy, sensing my proximity to something that we call the ideal, in the way that he has…. In Mozart I love everything because we love everything in a person whom we truly love…. Of course, whilst I do love everything in Mozart, I won’t claim that every minor work of his is a masterpiece. No! I know that any one of his sonatas, for example, is not a great work, and yet I love every sonata of his precisely because it is his - because this musical Christ touched it with his radiant hand.” (Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky)

[@wolfhardmuller8462]

Ich bin sehr dankbar für diese Aufnahme, für mich ist Ingeborg Hallstein eine perfekte Königin der Nacht und die Höhe kann sie immer noch mit Ausdruck singen, woran viele andere KdN nicht herankommen. Aber das ist meine Meinung. Für ich Ingeborg Hallstein die perfekte Mozart-Sängerin.

[@wren_bean]

Thank you for sharing this stunning performance! Not sure why but these slower, measured approaches to "Der Hölle Rache" appeal to me as more magical and awe-striking. From a character standpoint, die Königin tells us so much about herself in her first aria: that she has her own motives, that she does not allow her feelings (genuine or otherwise) to break or disrupt her composure. To me this expression of rage is almost like when Galadriel is tempted by the One Ring: she is still serene but terrifying once we understand her disturbance lies beneath the surface like a deadly tide under the sparkling ocean waves.

[@marieashworth5981]

She is one-of-kind. All are; but she's my favourite.

[@jolinhoguterres]

Amazing Hallstein So Very High Voice 👏

[@p.b4287]

Ingeborg sings beautifully. The rest are personal preferences.

[@aflethgsb]

I am a die-hard fan of Hallstein. But my favourite for this aria is Edda Moser. As to Hallstein, I wonder if she has ever impersonated an evil character in her entire repertoire. Still, I love her artistry, and this is also wonderfully sung by her.

[@aflethgsb]

Then again, I have later realized she had sung Elettra in Idomeneo. Though I don't know whether in a complete production or not.

[@eljay0]

Try Sabine Delvieilhe kzbin.info/www/bejne/amLQdmahltWDncU

[@aflethgsb]

@@eljay0 Wonderful interpretation! However, I still prefer a voice with more weight for this aria.

[@andrometus7707]

Perfekt ... Schappoo 😊👍🏻👍🏻

[@wordsworks7084]

Meinen Sie ein Shampoo? Oder doch chapeau?

[@dizzydino1]

A wise Queen ❣️🌹

[@jimbuxton2187]

A very sweet rendition.....

[@deborahlipsi730]

As a soprano, but not a coloratura, I feel that it's an incredible thing to not over sing this incredibly difficult piece and to let the voice just spin those beautiful stratospheric notes, and that's what she does here. Shes so gorgeously musical in her other roles, as well as a very good actress.

[@juniorroger1994]

You might be mistaken. She is a soprano, although she didn't show it specifically in this opera. There are many other roles in which she does incredible coloratura, including a "digital coloratura" in Olympia.

[@pidry2002]

The best!!

[@hugomazariegos7406]

Una perfecta interpretación, me encantó!!!!!.... 👍👍

[@henrrykribeiro1220]

Descobri q amo música clássica

[@naythre2498]

seja bem vindo!

[@Irina_73]

Прекрасно. Но я чувствую прекрасную девушку, но не злую царицу ночи)

[@mka7741]

🇧🇬💐💞O, WIE IMMER WUNDERBAR, BRILLIANT, GÖTLICHE!!!🐘🍀 🌸🐞BRAWISSISSISSIMO, PLATINE MAESTRA 🦋HALLSTEIN!!!🦄 🪷BRAWISSISSISSIMO!!!🐝🏡🌞🌈🎼🎶🎵

[@krogerfuller8211]

I have a feeling she could have taken this up a third for shits and giggles.

[@harv1245]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Enaisitirk]

Wieso Queen of the Night??? Der Titel heißt Königin der Nacht. Dieser Titel ist von Mozart in Deutsch geschrieben und wird in Deutsch gesungen. Warum dann Queen of the Night?

[@clausappel8086]

Ich denke, es geht darum, auch nicht deutschsprachige Hörer zu gewinnen und auf Ingeborg Hallstein aufmerksam zu machen.

[@bucherbucher720]

Diese Leichtigkeit, diese Reinheit im Ton ... unübertroffen, nicht mal von Diana Damrau. Für mich ist Ingeborg Hallstein d e r Koloratursopran schlechthin!

[@auliabahri6075]

The real queen

[@pebo8306]

Seriously????

[@nelelohrmann2943]

sie singt wunderschön, aber Wut und Hölle sind nicht da. Und die Legato-Coloratur ein bißchen mühsam. aber sonst - wunderbar. Als sehr junges Kind (8-10 Jahre) habe ich sie geliebt...Und ich wollte immer ihre Augen haben...

[@wieseifenblasen2208]

Singst Du selber? Das ist perfekt und alles andere ist Neid. Dankbar sollten wir sein und nicht so platt kritisch.

[@pebo8306]

@@wieseifenblasen2208 Diana Damrau anhören! (und dann weiterreden)

[@williammountfield8508]

Nor should they be, she is a cold and calculating character.

[@LaDivinaLover]

Totally not for her. Where is the anger? The wrath of an all powerful Queen?

[@MusikPiratCH]

LaBartoliLover I think you don't know too much about the Queen of the Night. Anger isn't the main feeling it's sheer desperation and this does NOT need a powerful voice! It's better to sing this with a voice like Hallstein! Her pronounciation is unsurpassed! :D

[@Ethratian]

@@MusikPiratCH Apart from the second sentence ("Tod und Verzweiflung flammet um mich her!") everything in this aria is about anger and wrath. I appreciate Hallsteins performance and in my personal view, her version is one of the best. Her pronunciation may be unsurpassed but she behaves far too well so in the end, Edda Moser captures this aria far better for me.

[@MusikPiratCH]

@@Ethratian No, the Queen of the Night is in sheer desperation (she is too weak to free her daughter or to do something against Sarastro)! For my taste Edda Moser sings this far too loud! :P By the way if I remember the text you cited correctly it should be "Tod und Verzweiflung flackert um mich her!" (not "flammet"). If you were a native German speaker you'd probably agree with me. (I don't like those powerful voices at this role at all! It's simply not what Mozart asked for this role!) For my taste Mozart's music is that great that everything a Queen of the Night has to do is to hit the right tones - the rest is done by the magic of Mozart's music! For me this is the greatest opera ever written and composed! :D

[@Ethratian]

@@MusikPiratCH Then we will have to agree to disagree ;). Beside her weakness to free her daughter or act (directly) against Sarastro the whole aria is an oath of revenge. Regarding the text: I am a native German speaker ;). I just checked the full score and it is definitely "flammet". Is there any source backing up that Mozart did not want a "powerful" voice as Queen?

[@MusikPiratCH]

@@Ethratian No, it's simply an intrigue that immediately failed. First because Pamina couldn't murder Sarastro and then Sarastro reacted promptly "In diesen heil'gen Hallen"! You're right about the text (even in my old Reclam) it's written "flammet". (But I guess I often heard "flackert" - could it be in my favorite recording with Fritz Wunderlich, Tamino, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Papageno, Evelyn Lear, Pamina, Lisa Otto, Papagena, Franz Crass, Sarastro and Roberta Peters, Königin der Nacht?) Just listen to the music - even if you'd only whisper this aria it would have the same impact - so powerful is Mozart's music! Sure modern choreographers can destroy every opera! :P Besides: Did you know that at first Sarastro was thought as the evil part? The whole first act is written this way (and wasn't changed)! Schikaneder and Mozart "als Freimaurer" changed it in the second act: now Monostatos, the three Ladies and the Queen of the Night herself are the evil powers! Isn't it amazing that after all those changes it still makes sense? In the same old Reclam (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte) I was very astonished to discover that no less but "der Dichterfürst" Johann Wolfgang Goethe wrote "Der Zauberflöte zweiter Teil"! (I really don't know whether it was used by any composer at all?)

[@45Hilde]

gro0artig-für einen lyrischen Koloratursopran sehr schwer zu singen

[@magorzatamalinowska380]

Bin echt enttäuscht, leider