Ingeborg Hallstein dances her Rosina up in the Stratosphere

Highlighted comments from the commenters below:
-From Jason Hurd
Well, this is certainly the most elaborately embellished Una voce poco fa I've ever heard! And why not indeed, when the singer is the astonishing Ingeborg Hallstein. In addition to her amazingly easy and relaxed way with the fioritura, I love the warmth and lyricism with which she imbues the music. This is not a brittle, acidulated rendition a la Roberta Peters, but a sincere and charming portrayal of a young girl who perhaps wishes she were slightly more coquettish than she really is. Too bad there is no video to let us enjoy looking at her as well; not since Schwarzkopf have vocal perfection and great physical beauty been allied to such an extent in one singer.
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[@kastrafior1487]

Phénoménale et totalement délirante Ingeborg Hallstein ! Quand une voix de laser et une technique vocale magique permettent tous les excès au service d'une musicalité fraîche, heureuse et merveilleuse : la vie est belle !

[@LohengrinO]

...et la femme est extrêmement Belle

[@AltairofAndromeda]

Impresionante Que haria la pobre Anna Netrebko si la pusieran a cantar junto a esta maravilla?

[@PeterBrodie]

Thomas Borgsmidt, Netrebko's off-key singing blights any performance she's part of. She used to be good at the outset of her career, but sadly that didn't last for long.

[@elisabethteuber8746]

,Da muss man jeden Ton genau treffen

[@elisabethteuber8746]

@@AltairofAndromeda wunderschoen

[@danegunther6621]

Exquisite. Miraculous. Divine. The finest voice of our time, perhaps all time.

[@Itschriscruz]

Probably one of my favorite qualities of Hallstein’s voice was just how complete it was. No holes or seams anywhere in her singing. Even her lower/chest register, while not massive by any means, still had meat to it. You just don’t see that with the tin pot sopranos of today.

[@barbarafeldbacher1314]

Absolut reine Intonation, Schönheit, Klarheit und Charme ! Unvergesslich!

[@naythre2498]

She should have done more recordings because her voice is so amazing and unique!

[@deyanncrete8030]

How can her middle and low notes be that full with this top ? Her embellishments are so musical, it's astounding

[@sachseco]

I have been into opera since I was a teenager but, I had never heard of this fantastic soprano until I discovered YOU/Tube!

[@LohengrinO]

I am the first person who posted Ingeborg on youtube more than 12 years ago... Im very proud of this... Ingeborg's Lakme aria with the G6 was sent to me by an opera fan and initially I dismissed it as I considered the Voice too THIN... later on I appreciated the enormous talent of Ingeborg which is Digital Tonality and Agility, notes so high no one before has sung and EXTREME Musicianship producing Ornaments and Variations of Uncanny metaphysical Beauty... people compare her to Sack and Robin, the two Circus Stratospheric Freaks, absolutely no correlation with Ingeborg

[@Musicdok]

@@LohengrinOThanks! Very grateful to you ❤

[@kaari2271]

The review that you posted by Jason Hurd really nails it: Warm and relaxed, lyrical, never sounding strained. What a voice and how she used it!

[@LohengrinO]

indeed use of her instrument to Perfection

[@keeengkoy9588]

I love the way she sings the staccatos

[@fan2jnrc]

The purity of this voice... 😲

[@LohengrinO]

divine singer kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHaTd2akhbOeoac

[@fan2jnrc]

@@LohengrinO Oh thank you. It's a laser ray... Breathtaking.

[@itssmaeen]

i love ingeborg she just makes me happy for a reason

[@LohengrinO]

I think she makes everyone Happy

[@stephenonomo4416]

The way she handles high notes is out of this world. Sublime performance, amazing voice, one of the worlds coloratura goddess. Bravissimo 🙏🖤❤

[@NLidar]

There isnt one performance, even past her prime, where she sounds forced. This is the closest to a songbird a human could ever achieve - it just comes out naturally, like she was born singing. Thank you Lohengrin

[@LohengrinO]

she literally dances with her Voice up there.. a Miracle

[@NLidar]

Lohengrin O Her voice went up to space before humans did LOL

[@roberthiwat2839]

What can one say if you're honest, this is simply define singing.... even if it sung in German, in my humble opinion she literally makes you enjoy it, as far as I just heard I would enjoy her singing in any language. BRAVA!!!!!

[@LohengrinO]

the key word is Enjoy... this is sweet as Nectar to my ears

[@byonbill9499]

Like she was born singing, what an apt definition of her talent. Yes, thank you Lohengrin.

[@marklee7864]

What a Human Violin!! 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍She is a real Coloratura!

[@byonbill9499]

A violin only wishes it could sound this good.

[@patriciasweetman5526]

A truly bell like voice.

[@jordan_roadhouse4798]

This lady truly is a marvel. You can hear the smile in her voice when she sings, it's so beautiful.

[@nohaylamujer]

The joy of vocal perfection, elegance, and celestial beauty

[@lalagonegaga]

Very few singers ever came to this level of ease and effortlesness of vocal production. Arleen Auger comes to mind, Lily Pons and perhaps Luisa Tetrazzini. The extent to which this sounds like it's far too easy for her is astounding.

[@MusikPiratCH]

lalagonegaga No way, here in coloratura Hallstein is in her own world. Nobody can do this like her! :D

[@geminiWON]

I think Maria Aleida Rodriguez comes pretty close

[@SebaStian-ld7um]

De Hidalgo, Mercedes Capsir, Galli-Curci, Boronat, Nellie Melba etc. 💁🏻‍♂️

[@norse209]

BEAUTIFUL INGEBORG I WATCH YOU SINGING EVERYTIME YOU SHOW UP ON KZbin QUIT OFTEN THANK YOU DEAR LIEBE ,

[@_MSD75_]

this makes me extraordinarily happy. She is just sublime.

[@deborahlipsi730]

Phenomenal. The most beautiful Rosina!

[@Olgaalwina]

Ingeborg Hallstein? Eine Klasse für sich! Excellenteste Sprachbehandlung!

[@LouisJKMiranda]

the best Una voce poco fa i've ever heard

[@enterprisevi4440]

Beautiful high e

[@starpathdivine9402]

A pure joy to listen to. It gives such a bright and happy character to Rosina.

[@subliminal5543]

4:45 queen of staccato

[@percival74898]

Superb acutely sforgato.

[@norse209]

WHAT CAN I SAY JUST AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL💝💘💞 /23,,

[@johnpretorius7266]

This is absolutely phenomenal. Speechless.

[@LohengrinO]

a n atural Miracle

[@pennyaltiparmaki1793]

Amazing Performence with charming warmth and lyrism -faboulous ornamentation...I LIKE it very very much..

[@yuyuniscasanueva9142]

Perfect high f 😍

[@kikiu2619]

This is beyond impossible!-

[@mikebarnard7957]

Thanks for the upload.This performance demonstrates why Ingeborg is one of the very best. Fabulous voice, vocal range and timbre.

[@NLidar]

I wish we had her Ach ich liebte!! She is so comfortable with Mozart, German and high notes; perfect!

[@LohengrinO]

coloraturafan had posted it in his channel and in a live film performance, I wish I had downloaded it... Ach ich liebte for Ingeborg was like singing jingle bells...

[@MrJazzmeaux]

That was astounding and so effortless,

[@carlaceciliasilva8737]

Descubriendo este tesoro, es increíble! Gracias por compartir 😊😃

[@camillebouchard6436]

Incroyable, quelle voix superbe !

[@Leanrosso]

Breathtaking

[@juanmorales569]

Lohengrin O this is amazing, and the sound is so pure. Simply incredible. Thank you!

[@emilysegobriga3039]

I love her ❤

[@4mithrandir]

That was stupendous!!!

[@radoraf]

Ah... the eargasms... I'm floored...

[@christopherpericolosi-king4979]

This is incredible! Shes literally a bird! Though, I was surprised that she sang in German. I shouldn't have been! Lol just used to hearing it in Italian.

[@LohengrinO]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXzRgWithMSMja8 enjoy the Miracle

[@heesimv]

She is getting 87 in may🙏 She stopped her “active” career because she got an offer for a very good professorship in Würzburg (and is still giving masterclasses, I think). I always loved this shimmering voice which even here in Germany was too “decorative” for some people😎 - too much topping, too less gateau 😂!

[@grkoloratur]

Heiliger Bimbam!! Wow. Ich werde gleich mal üben gehen und Demut praktizieren.

[@kikiu2619]

-The sun shines...

[@byonbill9499]

Wonderful.

[@jacquelinetavares1132]

Belíssima voz e técnica. 🇧🇷🌷👏🏻

[@MMotta-mk8uq]

Sublime!

[@elisabethteuber8746]

Die kann alles das ist eine Gottesgabe so eine Stimme

[@PeterBrodie]

Another great one, O Lohengrin O! Referring to the prof's comment about the real La Stupenda, I'd say that Joan Sutherland is inscrutably true to style, with not a single ornamentation out of place, and phenomenal accuracy at the height of her technique. This is indeed superb, but it will take something beyond superb to knock JS into second place in my book.

[@manolis.799]

Peter Brodie some of Boynage’s ornamentation was pretty terrible. The ones that comes to mind First is the HORRIBLY gaudy added coloratura to Di Tale Amor that interrupts the entire cabaletta and makes it unlistenable

[@francoaragosta4285]

You're comparing sppls with ranges. Sutherland never had snytung remotely LIKE the astonihing TOP of his xquisite phenomenon. I loved Dame Joan, but she was NOT a true coloratura soprano. She was a dramatic o lyric-spinto soprano with extraordinary facility for fioratura. Not a bad thing, but Dame Joan could never sing higher than D over high C. Her Bell Song and her Queen of the Night had t be TRANSPOSED DOWN a step or two. These two great ladies can not properly be compared.

[@francoaragosta4285]

How I detest these MORONIC trolls!

[@mikebarnard7957]

Lohengrin O, your introduction says it all. What a superb rendition by Ingeborg. Just wonderful! Many thanks for this.

[@mikebarnard7957]

Lohengrin O, your introduction says it all. What a superb rendition by Ingeborg. Just wonderful! Many thanks for this. In my opinion only Anna Moffo's version at the height of her career can compare. If you would like to hear an excellent mezzo-soprano perform this aria I would recommend Elīna Garanča.

[@pasqualeperrone1560]

I feel the same way about Moffo’s version. I’m in love with both singers. Moffo’s timbre alone is enough to captivate any listener. IH makes this sound unrealistically easy and this aria is by no means a walk in the park

[@aflethgsb]

I am totally in love with both Anna Moffo and Hallstein. Garanca's version is also very good. Her catlike purring at "Ma..." is great fun.

[@papaki88]

She could go anywhere with her top notes :D

[@LohengrinO]

...and her looks

[@Leanrosso]

Totalmente de acuerdo con vos george pangeo

[@정은희-w7v]

고음의 울림이 놀랍다!!

[@johnboy8576]

Please upload more of her.

[@LohengrinO]

A lot of youtubers are totally and entirely devoted to Hallstein

[@johnboy8576]

@@LohengrinO Is there a recording of her Lucia?

[@LohengrinO]

Not that I know of but it wasnt her specialty to sing middle-register roles (with occasional coloratura like Lucia), her specialty was the Stratosphere

[@johnboy8576]

@@LohengrinO yeah but I think that for an acuto sfogato soprano her middle register is very rich and good and she used sometimes a little chest in low notes. I don't know if this is correct.

[@LohengrinO]

@@johnboy8576 very good for an acuto sfogato but not the mezzo-soprano middle voice Bel Canto requires

[@aspis6397]

Lohengrin O It's a mystery to me why she's not so well known outside of Germany

[@mka7741]

🇧🇬💐💞 WUNDERBAR!!!🐘🍀 🪷🐞 ALLES IST GÖTLICHE MUSICIERT!!!🦄 🌸🦋BRAWISSISSISSIMO, MAESTRI!!!🐝🏡🌞🌈♾️🎼🎶🎵🎶

[@joeangel2650]

❤❤ 6:08 ❤❤

[@rudischlehahn9700]

Ingeborg Hallstein - eine herausragende Künstlerin mit einer einmaligen Stimme. Ihre Interpretationen sind unvergleichlich, unverwechselbar und noch Heute ein besonderes Erlebnis. Ihr Gesang stellt jede Nachtigall in den Schatten und läßt die Herzen vor Begeisterung schmelzen. Ihr gebührt ein Platz neben Maria Callas.

[@mka7741]

Brawississimo ! Platine interpretation ! Brawississimo !

[@김지명-h9o]

6:05

[@linnkhnataung7951]

Una voce poco fa is 👍👍👍

[@santiagodejesusgallovargas6622]

Super

[@kenakey1969]

This is the only soprano whose colloratura, in my opinion , surpasses that of Herman Jadlowker. ..... She is the best.

[@jasonhurd4379]

Well, this is certainly the most elaborately embellished Una voce poco fa I've ever heard! And why not indeed, when the singer is the astonishing Ingeborg Hallstein. In addition to her amazingly easy and relaxed way with the fioritura, I love the warmth and lyricism with which she imbues the music. This is not a brittle, acidulated rendition a la Roberta Peters, but a sincere and charming portrayal of a young girl who perhaps wishes she were slightly more coquettish than she really is. Too bad there is no video to let us enjoy looking at her as well; not since Schwarzkopf have vocal perfection and great physical beauty been allied to such an extent in one singer.

[@LohengrinO]

her ornaments and the way she executes them, hold an Uncanny beauty / magic totally unexplainable to be

[@MusikPiratCH]

I'd like to add today it's Elina Garanca who has vocal perfection and great physical beauty! :D Her "Una voce poco fa" without those ornament is as astonishing as Hallstein's coloratura and this pure (bell like) sound of her voice!

[@janbohme]

Absolutely fabulous singing - Hallstein at her very best. But could it be possible at least to have a still picture in the video when she does Rosina? The present picture obviously is from a representation of Lakmé.

[@hadikheradmandpour7394]

An acme of effortlessness and fioritura! And her ornaments never sound frivolous, never! How can one resist against the spell of this incorporated siren's voice? And the spell of her eyes? I'll never know. Warmest thanks, Lohengrin! Question: is there any recorded Entführung or at least, Ach! Ich liebte by her? Her repertoire seems something really personal and is so unknown to me.

[@LohengrinO]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZ24e2CJmrmBaZY

[@hadikheradmandpour7394]

Finally! Thanks SO MUCH

[@byonbill9499]

Yes, those eyes. What a bonus to the voice.

[@heatervis4050]

По-немецки поёт! Это хорошо!😃 Пойте, люди, пойте на разных языках!!! ☺️ Пойте о хорошем! Пойте хорошо!!! 😃😄😘😮😍 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@henryjohansson5670]

stunning

[@dizzydino1]

Rare 🌹

[@Leanrosso]

Solo menos de una cuarta parte de una cantante como Hallsteain seria excelente que existiera actualmente para que despliegue una solo una parte de la belleza y la perfección técnica vocal que ella poseía, principalmente para aquellos/as cantantes y críticos que son rabiosos ''puristas y expertos en canto rossiniano'' y consideran el arte de Hallstein como no adecuado o ''excesivo''. Acoto esta anécdota para el caso en cuestión: Rossini, si mal no recuerdo, solo hizo una vez un genial y aleccionador comentario a la joven Adelina Patti, que se le fue la mano en esta aria. Después de este llamado de atención por parte del compositor, un tiempo después, ella pidió consejo a al compositor de como debía encarar el aria (pero sin perder su estilo acrobático). En otro velada con el compositor al piano, Patti combino su arte con un gusto exquisito y una decoración mas moderada pero sin dejar de ser acrobática. Como buen hombre que era Rossini, felicito nuevamente a la joven diva ya que realmente sabia que estaba delante de una gran cantante que hacia justicia a sus obras.

[@littleone1656]

Those staccatos…mm nothing like I’ve ever heard.

[@LohengrinO]

The Mariah Carey of Opera

[@manolis.799]

@ 4:57 That is some of the best ornamentation I’ve ever heard!!! WHO wrote them for her? Of course the rest of the ornamentation is perfect, nice and beautiful but not over the top. Is there any clips of her singing stuff in its original language (other than German originals?) it doesnt really matter but I’m just curious

[@paulwien65]

Manoli S. as i Know from herself ... her mother wrote all her Kadenzen... she was a singer too and a very famous teacher at her time

[@megadim713]

@@paulwien65 Thanks for the information! Do you have more information about Elisabeth Hallstein? I have not been able to find any info about her (not even basic dates in life) except that she was a renowned soprano and pedagogue. Have you ever met her or heard her sing?

[@cesarvallejolopez]

G6!

[@tenortonyvillecco2404]

W O W

[@johnboy8576]

Upload her Elettra please! 🙏

[@prof_roger720]

Dame Ingeborg is the real "La Stupenda" !!!

[@pammyjones1151]

Prof Rogerio .....I agree...is that a veiled reference to J.S?

[@byonbill9499]

Yes, I really like that. As good as Suthernland was Ingeborg is the best.

[@jjh2456]

Byon Bill Her voice was nowhere near the size of Sutherland’s, but her technique was impeccable.

[@byonbill9499]

Of course your right, but size is not what I care about. I don't know enough about music to judge technique, I just appreciate what sounds good to me.

[@aetion]

+Jose Hill Of course, since Sutherland was a dramatic coloratura. Hallstein is a lyric one. Actually, she is an acuto sfogato coloratura soprano.

[@juja1114]

I foung it very intresting in german, but in Italian more comfortable for singer))) highest level of technique, nowadays we have no it....

[@wolfgangmeier3717]

Engelsstimme mit Glockentöne

[@stephenonomo4416]

Does the present-day opera singers have a good quality coloratura voice that is as unique as this?

[@LohengrinO]

definitely not... it s not only the Talent of the cords, it is also the immense musicianship and the german schooling of perfect intonation and accuracy... extremely rare combination

[@stephenonomo4416]

@@LohengrinO Yes! I would say that many opera houses across the globe have got lots of work today. Hence, the world might lose the quality of this beautiful Artwork.

[@butterbeer4582]

I’m a fan of Sumi Jo :) she has some of the bright delicate quality

[@guilhermecoelho6234]

Natalie Dessay

[@clementmariage2659]

We have Sabine Devieilhe

[@onkelhelga3081]

I love to listen to this while cooking, Imagining I'm Hannibal Lecter 😜

[@Feisenbach]

Too much of a good thing.

[@tulliusagrippa5752]

I don’t suppose this is the soprano that sang this aria to Rossini when he responded “Very nice aria. Who wrote it?”

[@LohengrinO]

:D

[@julienleblanc2459]

@@LohengrinO That was Nelly Melba

[@tjtyjtj65tj651tj]

She's just what I needed to brighten up my day! P.S.: Theo, have you seen this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJbEgZR9lMiDpa8 What do you think about Gencer in this performance?

[@petercallahan7321]

This is one of the only soprano renditions of this aria that works for me. She mostly avoids doing any ridiculous ornaments (she gets a little crazy at the end but we aren't talking Sills level insanity or Peters complete re-writing of everything) and the voice is fuller than the typical soprano Rosina so the character still maintains her maturity and natural charm instead of becoming a chirpy nuisance. Still prefer a Mezzo but this is quite nice.

[@pammyjones1151]

Wow!!!!.....nice photo too....Lakme?.

[@jjh2456]

Pammy Jones looks like it. She was such a beautiful lady with a beautiful voice.

[@pammyjones1151]

Jose Hill .....she was indeed...

[@aetion]

+Pammy Jones Obviously.

[@pammyjones1151]

Aetion .......thank you sooo much for the clarification 😏 lol!..

[@zaa9872]

what this song in Spotify?

[@LohengrinO]

Anakonda by Niki Minaj

[@LuvlyEva-v6t]

Is she a Soprano di Cristallo?

[@LohengrinO]

definitely!

[@sonnygeert]

At that time it was completely normal to perform translated versions of foreign operas. There is also a fabulous German version of "Una voce poco fa" that was sung by the great Erika Köth in a now legendary live broadcast of "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" from 1959 with Wunderlich, Prey and Hotter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWrYd36Vdphqec0

[@ingeunpark809]

Una voce poco fa ~ ~libretto ---Bitte ubersetzen .Sie es ins Deutsche ㅡ이태리어 대본 독일어 번역 원함 ,❤❤❤

[@workit4763]

High f note was a joke to her lol

[@LohengrinO]

she must have sung more than 1000 F6s in her life

[@workit4763]

@@LohengrinO 😆 yaa no kidding 🔥🔥

[@octaviohernandez18]

Focused musicianship..would have preferred the original Italian...I long to hear her Queen of the Night.

[@jjh2456]

octavio Hernandez her “O Zittre Nicht” is wonderful, but her “Der Holle Rache” is too pretty to achieve the dramatic effect Mozart was looking for in that aria. However with everything that sing her technique is impeccable and coloratura is on point.

[@sompop15]

ตายแล้วว

[@0mnY]

Amaaaaaaaaaazing =D

[@SSBMsounds]

Do you have her "Popoli di Tessaglia!"?

[@MIIN25]

SSBMsounds kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppyWiGOhq6d5idU

[@MU-ey3jt]

Das ist nicht Rossini!

[@kelleyalig6839]

As Rossini once said, "Nice tune. Who wrote it?"

[@aleandromeister]

Insoportable ornamentación. No basta con el rostro seductor para dar una Rosina. Hay muchas más adecuadas para servir este plato exquisito que cocinó Rossini...

[@octaviohernandez18]

What do you think of Mady Mesple?

[@aleandromeister]

Mi desaprobación es acerca de la ornamentación que despliega Ingeborg en este caso, por gratuita musical y dramáticamente. No contra la ornamentación como tal. A Mady tendré que reescucharla para opinar con fundamento, pero la mera acumulación de notas extremas desperdigadas en medio del canto me resulta un hueco ejercicio gimnástico que, a lo sumo, podría merecer un juicio acerca del potencial que su registro le permite y que tal vez pueda encontrar una mejor utilización en el futuro.

[@leonaldobrum]

António Leandro es como lo dices. A mi ni me parece la misma escena ni la persona que conosco de tantas otras interpretaciones magistrales. Me pareció mal.

[@aleandromeister]

He vuelto a escucharla, con placer. Su color de voz es perfecto para encarnar una Rosina veramente rossiniana. Su coloratura se despliega como variaciones sobre los temas ofrecidos por la partitura. Ingeborg lo hace por momentos, y no es poco mérito si se tiene en cuenta que la lengua en que canta carece de la musicalidad apropiada para lo que está cantando. Pero a cierta altura parece que se ha quedado con un stock de sonidos que no ha tenido oportunidad de exhibir, y los deja caer casi al azar. Entonces, molestan. Penoso.

[@alfredoihl584]

@@aleandromeister Nosotros estaremos encantados de escuchar su interpretación. O no se las puede?

[@feeniix6]

Flawless