Sabine Devieilhe - Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Les Oiseaux dans la Charmille

[@Athompthomp]

her pitch is so perfect...it's almost scary...even during her extreme coloratura...impressive

[@RustyRogers]

Was E above high C? Amazing.

[@vocalsvideos458]

​​@@RustyRogersit was A flat above high C

[@MrJaycecarraway]

The coloratura made my hair stand on end in the best way

[@sumghai777]

The breath control is just out of this world. Those silky high notes r to die for. She slayed this one 12/10

[@BEAMS2112]

Agreed

[@lealusangelscookies2536]

If I could sing like this I would NEVER shut up. I'd sing in my sleep!

[@bernard-henrimuller7339]

drôle

[@froog6957]

Relatable

[@Triairius]

I'm not a huge fan of the direction of this scene, but this was possibly the cleanest and most impressively I've heard this aria sung. Brava!

[@ezebranleur]

I desagree. It is extremely clean and bright. And the performance is outstanding: Sabine achieve with her performance (singing and acting) the true "unheimlich" of the Tale of Hoffmann ("The Sandman").

[@GlowingMpd]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZXPeHeEpNGcfpI. Much better!

[@Triairius]

@@GlowingMpd That is also very impressive! Much better stage direction, too.

[@GlowingMpd]

Triairius 👍👍🙏❤️

[@GlowingMpd]

Ezequiel Gustavo Rivas kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZXPeHeEpNGcfpI. Much better!

[@jl2998]

I know she's a great singer and her high notes are superb, but let's talk about what she did at 3:32 - 3:41 WOW 😱 that was REALLY IMPRESSIVE!!! 👏🏆

[@Isa_bella480]

She takes aria to highest level.

[@LeAlboro]

Oui, bien vu!😲🤯

[@DJIncendration]

Yeah, but what about 3:22?

[@RosaKameraden]

sounds like a bird😍

[@marcelnali]

Insane!

[@RokkstarGemini]

This is my absolute favorite version of this aria. Her surgical precision and mastery of tempo and dynamic variance is unparalleled.

[@GlowingMpd]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZXPeHeEpNGcfpI. Much better!

[@leababy77]

I love the nod to "Mars Attacks" lol

[@cynthiat6505]

I know! Right?!?!

[@ritawing1064]

Was this the only reference in the production?

[@solarprogeny6736]

I really don't think that's what they're going for. She's just a glamorous beehived 1960s barbie doll

[@espressogirl68able]

I was thinking, " I can't be the only one thinking this right now!"

[@timothym.orourke5283]

Exactly what I thought coming across the thumbnail. Her automaton actions are heightened (as well as her hair) by the Bertonesque effect. She’s dazzling!🏳️‍🌈🤨🏳️‍🌈

[@christophercosta1719]

I LOVE the dynamics in her performance! Also, the hair and movements are clearly inspired by Mars Attacks, which is brilliant because that character was a disguise, moving with a very inhuman quality. It's a nice departure from the clearly clockwork-y movements of some other performances.

[@randyburks155]

This is no woman- This is a Goddess!! Her technique is stunning and her pitch is perfect!! I love the interpretation as well. Ms Devielhe is truly a master of the art of Opera! If I ever have the privilege to see her, I'm bringing flowers!

[@MollyWat]

her voice: 🎻🎶 her hair: 🥚

[@Yo_ca_va]

Oh come on XD

[@marykelly1723]

Hair Highness. 🤭

[@TheLalangue]

Her hair is giving me Juno Birch vibes )

[@solarprogeny6736]

@@TheLalangue Both are references to 1960s fashion. I'm concerned you were able to trace it to Juno Birch but not to the actual decade Juno takes all her inspiration from. She didn't invent that style.

[@TheLalangue]

@@solarprogeny6736 did I say that Juno invented that style? I don't think you can find an actual woman with this kind of over the top updo even in the 60s, while Juno often wears exactly the same exaggerated hair. So both references are ok, no need to be concerned ))

[@jodavitow]

The level of technical excellence in this woman is amazing. She really is one the most "perfect" singers out there.

[@williamfahey6066]

I saw part of this on Instagram and came to KZbin to see if I could find the entire song and luckily I did. Sabine is amazing. I had never heard this piece before, I love it. Jeff❤❤❤❤

[@sixthkyu6153]

Same here!!!...And it is amazing

[@ErickMach]

Same here haha

[@giadaf1697]

Same! Ahahahah

[@lospazio]

😂

[@Juju-jo1pl]

I did exactly the same and my jaw's still dropped

[@Feeluck]

one of the best versions on youtube. her high notes sound so soft and as if she is singing this with ease marvellous!

[@The333valentina]

as Patricia Janeckova

[@KathrynARyder]

It is admirable that you wish to voice support for your friend/countrywoman/???, but it is not necessary to compare the singing of one soprano to another. In this instance, it is even unkind. Sabine Devieilhe has a very well schooled voice with a superior technique. She is very polished performer with a high coloratura soprano voice (in one cadenza she went up to Ab in the altissimo). Patricia Janeckova is a charming lyric soprano with a moderate range of only up to an Eb. She is young, but I suspect, based on the New Year's Eve Concert I just watched, that she is done with training and this will be the extent of her ambition. She will sing in operetta where the demands on her slim technique are few but she will be applauded and paid and for many that is enough (Sarah Brightman, Charlotte Church, etc.). Madame Devielhe will have a successful career as one of the greatest coloratura sopranos in the world and she will always be the First Soprano on any program.

[@Feeluck]

i know you did not reply to me. but yet your comment shows me, how little i actually know about opera, singers, techniques and the common 'opera-language' this is exciting! so much stuff to discover :)

[@Abcdefucku101]

No.. natalie dessay or sumi jo is all time best

[@aristofebrio]

I like Luciana Serra's version

[@mrbigbigtoe]

3:33 is where slayage begins. I love Natalie Dessay, Diana Damrau, and Luciana Serra, but none of these three had anything like 3:33. This is the best version overall. There are instances where I prefer what one of the other three did, however, this IS the cleanest version.

[@christophercosta1719]

Damn! That was thrilling!

[@mrbigbigtoe]

Christopher Costa Omg Fr! I started screaming lmao

[@giasharie274]

Holy darn you're right. Every soprano I've heard sing this song so far have had something special to give to the song, but that is just amazing!!

[@chrischris1878]

IKR! I wish she used that staccato during the verse with the Ab6 instead of doing legato

[@gpeddino]

Damn, that gave me goosebumps.

[@SeaweedBeastboy]

She looks like 1960s time traveler in her futuristic clothe😂😂😂

[@jfranken600]

Look is inspired by Burton’s “Mars Attacks” Ithink. Briljant!😂🤣

[@PhoenixStormCrow2000]

Well, the Idea was to Make Olympia as Fake looking as Possible

[@klaudia2141]

4:50 I DIED. SHE'S FANTASTIC!!!

[@guiradobrasil]

I agree, it's awesome!

[@abilitiesrehab5071]

3:22 blows my mind. Her singing makes me tear up, in general.

[@olivierlatour2591]

Très très belle interprétation mais la mise en scène est étrange ... on est loin de la chanson de la « poupée « ... avec son costume, on la croirait sortie de « Mars attacks »... mais que j’aime sa voix!!

[@jonathankoskas1951]

C' est justement mars attacks ! Dans l'opéra, finalement, la poupée a des airs inquiétants, elle échappe à son créateur. Ce qui est aussi évoqué ici par sa manière de se déplacer, comme dans le film.

[@phil2u48]

C’est bien l’inspiration, Je crois. La perruque !

[@best888thanks8]

😂😂😂 марс атакует! Авангард разрушитель исскуства😂

[@nicholasprakash3411]

​@@jonathankoskas1951 I thought she was supposed to be a drag queen at first, but I see what you mean.

[@costumesbyantonia806]

Oui, je suis d’accord! 👍

[@Bijouxcheveuxunique]

L'art de la perfection et de l'esthétisme. Que de beauté et de pureté. Merci Sabine.

[@bodiloto]

Philippe de garrigues À la française… Vivat le cabaret parisien !… Vivat !

[@denisebriand3435]

Un chef d'odeuvre😇

[@ishanjain922]

French Lyrics Les oiseaux dans la charmille Dans les cieux l'astre du jour, Tout parle à la jeune fille d'amour! Ah! Voilà la chanson gentille La chanson d'Olympia! Ah! Tout ce qui chante et résonne Et soupire, tour à tour, Emeut son coeur qui frissonne d'amour! Ah! Voilà la chanson mignonne La chanson d'Olympia! Ah! The birds in the arbor, The sky's daytime star, Everything speaks to a young girl of love! Ah! This is the gentile song, The song of Olympia! Ah! Everything that sings and resonates And sighs, in turn, Moves his heart, which shudders of love! Ah! This is the lovely song, The song of Olympia! Ah!

[@claudiamendoza2211]

Cette version Mars Attacks est sensationnelle.

[@sammy3212321]

It sounds like she was even able to incorporate the authentic french guttural R sound in coloratura, astounding!

[@danielng7795]

She should be doing it. She's French 🤣🤣 . Be proud of your culture

[@AndSorrowsEnd]

Jeff, the God of Biscuits this is pretentious opinion of academia. It is narrow-minded to decide a sound that doesn’t exist in French language is superior to the more natural rétroflexe. There are many unusual sounds in German, so why are those allowed when rétroflexe and nasal are discouraged in favor of things that “sound better” but undeniably make the singer harder to understand for native speakers?

[@odionsmailbox]

I REALLY LOVE THIS!

[@НатальяПарванчук]

Yes! And it's so cool.

[@angieacapella1847]

I love how she plays this character! She's creepy and refined like a Stepford wife, not an animated and silly child's dolly as most performances are done. Her voice is stunning perfection, so with all that, you can't take your eyes off her. LOVE!

[@nathanliteroy9835]

I suspect that it's hommage to an alien lady from Mars Attacks

[@alexo3198]

I agree! stepford wife was my thought too!

[@glibbergloop]

Agreed, I find myself skipping around the videos of many other performances of this aria, because the "doll acting" is usually a little cringeworthy. Sabine is masterfully reeling us in

[@mehmetgundas3039]

Her voice is out of this world! It's breathtaking.

[@Milady666]

Chère Sabine, vous êtes pour moi une vraie enchanteresse, vous avez définitivement converti une metalleuse et fan des années 80. Merci 💜

[@bernard-henrimuller7339]

pas mieux

[@matthewtravisano1097]

Unreal. She is a treasure.The control she has over her instrument is a master class in technique. She drives the aria, the aria isn't driving her. She interpolates the A, but it doesn't become all about it.

[@johnmunsee4003]

This gal is something else! My goodness, her voice is a gift to the world!!

[@pinkt-rex4302]

The higher tones are just too seamless and they seem to flutter in my head, if I may describe it.

[@idraote]

I love how she bends the virtuoso requirements to underline the frozen mechanic of the clockwork doll. There is nothing "alive" in her coloratura, it's shining plastic. And that's intentional. Not many singers would be ready to forgo the pure beauty of sound for the sake of the character. And look at her hands, rigid like talons... A very fine performance.

[@Paddy818]

Fantastic! The sound, the control, the beauty of movement a welcome departure from the usual doll shenanigans! Wonderful artist!

[@racheljones304]

That crowd wanted to throw flowers at her so bad lol. Beautiful

[@fares-kj4qm]

There is nothing beautiful than a French soprano singing a French opera 💙💙

[@robert111k]

If you like nasal sound, without a doubt.

[@BeauteOr]

robert111k Désolée, mais nous sommes bien nombreux, des initiés, à ne pas être d accord avec vous ! Sorry, but, so many , myself included, and we are not some random listeners, and , we absolutely don’t agree with you !

[@giorgioceroni3008]

There are Italians soprano singing Italians Opera. ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@amber40494]

@@robert111k it's the American singers who are nasal sounding when singing in french!

[@scataplaft]

A certain greek soprano beats them all. 😉

[@gustavoleal5318]

Es difícil describir la grandeza de esta actuación.

[@GerardJulienFredericBELLANGER]

mon dieu quelle voix.It's amazing, incredible. là on frise la perfection. Bravo Sabine Devieilhe.

[@RavenReads]

Stunning. Cleanest version I've ever heard and completely impressive, even if the stage direction was...lacking. IMO. Absolutely fantastic.

[@GlowingMpd]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZXPeHeEpNGcfpI. Much better!

[@cezzarmicu]

It’s all about personal preference. For me, Sabine’s version is the best one :)

[@delphinelandru246]

Extraordinaire de précision, une voix magnifique aussi, bref: la perfection

[@arielcordisco2796]

So graceful! One of the most refined versions on KZbin.

[@АлександрСериченко-ь9ш]

Эта версия пожалуй лучшая из всех, что я слышал! Браво!

[@wangwei163]

I prefer Patricia version😂😢

[@garburolak]

The best Olympia ever.... omg, it is so beautiful...

[@kamion53]

that wig is the same as the alien "woman" in Mars Attacks 1996

[@Limitless_Flowers]

Je regarde cette performance pour Nnième fois. Je ne m'en lasse pas

[@ignaciomariscal8509]

Sencillamente...!! F A N T A S T I C A !!

[@manuelbernet5796]

I don't know how many times I watched this. It's close to hundreds probably. The satisfaction I get out of her high notes is uncomparible. It's the moment when Anton Ego eats the ratatouille. It i so good, it brings tears to my eyes. Everytime. Just amazing.

[@luciaserna8559]

Best version I've ever seen of this song. Perfectly executed, amazing voice...

[@Geoplanetjane]

Aria

[@hunnyflash]

Her voice is gorgeous and silky, but this tempo! It's like the song is having a hard time playing itself lol I guess the dynamics in tempo make it more humorous~

[@hunnyflash]

Thanks to Sabine and her beautiful voice~ But every time I hear this, I just think of The Little Engine That Could trying to get up the mountain ;P

[@spamskanal]

yes, but simply too silky for this part.

[@KTolai]

Love this version!

[@elsaesteves]

@Nicole Ryan you should listen to Natalie Dessay, in one of her renditions, she sings this aria even slower, and it's Magnificent, Dessay is not human 😮

[@rigsf5969]

I too was a bit surprised at this tempo, I'm used to hearing it faster. But somehow I think this tempo works, it's beautifully sung.

[@sugarcookiesprinkles9347]

Les oiseaux dans la charmille Dans les cieux l'astre du jour, Tout parle à la jeune fille d'amour! Ah! Voilà la chanson gentille La chanson d'Olympia! Ah! Tout ce qui chante et résonne Et soupire, tour à tour, Emeut son coeur qui frissonne d'amour! Ah! Voilà la chanson mignonne La chanson d'Olympia! Ah!

[@emrahotan5331]

3:22 is the final Cadenza and 99% of the sopranos have to finish with low pitch tunes due to technical difficulty, limitations. This Diva has easily overcome and led to high pitches to reveal her heavenly voice. A real masterpiece performance. Any adjective to define her talent & technical perfectness would be insufficient.

[@carmenlopez-tq6tu]

No conocía esta versión , pero me ha dejado totalmente maravillada!! Que voz más espléndida y clara. Tiene unos matices espectaculares!!Increíble!!

[@Wnharrison921]

Why do the background singers sound like the Skyrim theme for most of this

[@roselyne3647]

😭🤣🤣🤣

[@kristinmoreno9203]

BRAVISSIMA!! INCREDIBLE and GORGEOUS VOICE! WOW! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@TheDaneMan]

Fantastic. Including the look and moves. Extraordinarily well performed.

[@TheDaneMan]

I'll watch it again! Wheee!

[@richeyrich]

LOL, I thought I was watching, Hair Spray.

[@benedettodisciullo4572]

Un'interpretazione superba ! Negli acuti, la voce è pulitissima e tagliente come una lama di rasoio . Bravissima !

[@Lightcode]

The singing is incomparable. The wig is from Tim Burton’s Mars attacks.

[@danafreddy]

it is my fervent desire that sabine inspires a generation of drag queens to lip sync this and for a few, to actually sing as olympia... darling , you are as ever, sublime. - frederic kahler, apalachicola

[@ChrisRMaldonado]

Don'r worry - Already on a drag zerbinetta and lakme courtesy of sabines insoiration. Its time for coloratura counertenor drag queens who sing for real.

[@joelwong2177]

JUNO BIRCH

[@johnbarham9991]

I didn't know Juno birch could sing!

[@phil2u48]

Oh the thrill of the trill ! Very accomplished technique and pitch perfect !

[@HAL-dm1eh]

The hairdo and her way of moving is from Mars Attacks! LOVE IT!!

[@markemark255]

A-FRIGGIN-MAZING!! I agree. I've never heard this done so impressively! And with such easy. I actually don't mind the slight nod to Mars Attacks. I thought the whole thing was just brilliant

[@lucielessard4429]

Accoutrement étrange pour une si belle voix. Moi, j’aurais refusé… mais je ne suis pas artiste et je n’ai pas sa voix unique et magnifique!

[@excelynite]

Why is this comment in simlish?

[@bernardbeauvais2292]

Mars attack Oui 😊Il y a une ressemblance, cet air est tellement fou, l'histoire par elle même aussi, il est difficile pour un décorateur de rentrer dans l'histoire 😘la voix est excellente.

[@gpeddino]

That A flat at 3:22, damn.

[@p.p.9463]

Mars attack's

[@sasaazn]

I like how she looks like a blond Barbie with a "plastic" dress! And of course her rendition and her staccatos are amazing!

[@justthejoseph1650]

Chilling Stacattos ever 😍

[@elsaesteves]

That was Perfection, I loved Dessay 's rendition but Devieilhe' s is unreal, you are Olympia. Bravoooooooooooooo🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@GlowingMpd]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZXPeHeEpNGcfpI. Much better!

[@elsaesteves]

@@GlowingMpd I already knew Maria Aleda, she's fabulous

[@gaboln5578]

Ya he visto varias sopranos intentar hacer esta aria y nadie hace lo que Sabine, ella es la mejor 💙💙💙💙💙

[@sephmanatac8569]

So far, this is the best version ever 😍 ❤️ 💕 🤩👏👏👏 bravo' sabine 👏👏👏

[@marckg6950]

Ive never liked this peice till Sabine, and i really dig her hair

[@BorisGmyria]

Sabine is one of the best singers ever!!!!

[@allenearle4580]

What an astonishing vocal control in the highest register. I am reminded of Rita Streich.

[@vladimirvladimirovich4714]

C'est extraordinaire, c'est magnifique, et oui... un la bémol... comme Dessay... elles ne sont pas beaucoup... quelle merveille!!! Même après la dixième audition aujourd'hui j'en ai encore les frissons... Quelle beauté.

[@darbysantiago3445]

One of the best renditions of this song. A true coloratura.

[@grupoheimex3759]

Minuto 3:21 fuera de este mundo!!!

[@alexanderalexander9838]

Yo cuando veo a un ratón jajajajaj

[@thiagodds4546]

@@alexanderalexander9838 jajajajajakjjejejekeje

[@jonatanlopezmurrieta7647]

Esta aria es de las más hermosas y de las que tienen muchísima exigencia vocal. He visto varias versiones de esta aria y creo que la de esta soprano y la de Karla Mafioletti son las mejores. ❤

[@danafreddy]

I've written extensively about that moment, how the woman behind her has to stay in character when you know she must be doing everything to hold back her ecstasy; she does, however, make a smile. Regard: backup singer on stage with the diva between her and a hypnotized audience and from our angle at least how Sabine's arm seems to, well, it's just a sublime set of sequences here, none more so than that. Live theater is unparalleled. Bravo et brava. - Frederic Kahler, Apalachicola, FL

[@Sveggo]

@@danafreddy - have you seen this other version? The same thing happens, first you see the true joy in the conductor's smile, then the surprised smile from the violin in the background. (from about 3:10 and forward) kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5y5Y5eKhN2ia68

[@GeometricMason]

She's fantastic, but I can't take this seriously because of the Mars Attacks outfit.

[@martadifelice7157]

A clear quote, I admit. But I find it amusing :-)

[@Dama_Uralsk]

Лучшее исполнение что я слышала!!!

[@UCMICU]

Why did she dress like the chic from Tim Burton’s “Mars Attacks”?

[@pokenerd99]

I love the suppository hairdo!

[@elizabeths4371]

She's in a category all her own!

[@dennykay2488]

For those who don't speak french, let me translate the song into the original martian: ack, ack-ack, ack-ack.

[@jabonc1876]

3:10

[@dsb6367]

Juno Birch?

[@jesusmgaribay]

Somebody saw "Mars Attacks" way too many times

[@bestebulut8267]

This was the cleanist performance ever. Just perfect 👌

[@claudeauzannet8992]

Une jolie voix ronde et bien timbrée..légère.

[@MrMousley]

As amazing as this is when she walked on all I could think was ''Mars Attacks!''

[@MiguelRamirez-so7eh]

Bella, magnifica, increíble...Estupenda.

[@coellnbrueder8879]

Anybody else who had to think of "Mars attacks" when he say this wig?

[@enriquerui4383]

EXCELENTES MINUTOS 3:21 3:33 4:50 Y 5:40

[@HEv66629]

Juno Birch wants her wig back

[@JackOpulski]

The short story this aria is based off is nightmare fuel. It's interesting how even tho it has obvious comedic potential, it always conserve at least one element of eeriness in its execution

[@johnclemash2544]

If Elsa had become an opera singer.....

[@wTe4fG8en7A]

Шарман . Почти как в Донецком оперном театре .

[@mjparadero7046]

So she’s supposed to be an inflated doll? Fantastic voice

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Her beautiful song Ís outof this world, and off th charts

[@harpist_hector]

Its not a correct theory but i think, she actually do a A flat 6

[@Gyeshua]

BRAVO, BRAVÍSIMO, ME PONGO DE PIE, BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO

[@bobroch1107]

Mars Attacks! 😂

[@elsaesteves]

In 2014 she was 29 years old omg 😮 what a brilliant futur Miss Devieilhe will have 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@papamaya9897]

Quelle incroyable interprétation

[@christianellegaard7120]

Literally screaming, with perfect pitch, timing and diction, at top of her lungs. Simply unreal. It must be an amazing feeling to be able to do that with your voice.

[@susanvaughan-schiele210]

Screaming? You don't really get opera do you? 😓