Ophelia’s Madscene - historically informed performance (A. Thomas)

[@nicolewacker5034]

Just discovered this and I'm obsessed! The visuals, the sound, the acting, the voice....absolutely haunting!

[@lc.7372]

You performance and voice gave me goosebumps and I could feel the pain, hysteria, hopelessness and suffocation. Wow

[@luciechartin894]

thank you!

[@ygorcoelhos]

Clearly inspired by the famed early recordings of Nellie Melba, especially in some of those now unusual (and, to some, weird) histrionic effects of the coloratura. A really well sung and well acted performance, it's hard to make it both things simultaneously! I especially enjoyed the little subtle nuances of the phrasing that make all the difference in this scene so full of delicate but meaningful phrases, with well developed middle and lower notes, not just high lying fireworks.

[@michaellacipriani6012]

Incredible! Brava! Brought tears to my eyes!

[@catm]

Magnifique! Merci! Tant de sensibilité alliée à cette voix sublime!

[@martinstace8201]

The absolute BEST Ophélie I've ever seen...overwhelmingly moving. 😢

[@ruthmcintyre2313]

So glad this turned up again in my KZbin feed.

[@pjkhunold]

The most sensual soprano voice I've ever heard in my life. And thanks for the exeptional performance. The cutting of the wrists send shivers down my spine. I'm eager for more! BTW: A Dutch cup of coffee brought me here ☕

[@luciechartin894]

Peter John Karl Hunold - How nice to hear you wandered in here after some Bach 😊 and thank you for your kind words. It’s always lovely to hear from an enthusiastic audience!

[@elizabethlascurain5294]

From Coffee Cantata to Thomas!! What an angelic voice!! 🧖🏼‍♀️

[@luciechartin894]

Thank you! happy you enjoy it 🙂

[@crisasmr5315]

Hermosa cantante! Una bella artista! Coincido con todas las opiniones. Una soprano con sólida voz de pecho, coloratura y una gran interpretación dramática. Felicitaciones!

[@livinghorusdesigns]

Absolutely stunning in every way. Miss Chartin, you have an incredible voice. It's great to finally hear someone not afraid to use chest voice these days. And use it well. BRAVA!

[@luciechartin894]

Blair Parkinson Thank you so much! It was a thrilling experiment! And I must say it’s hard to go back to non-rubato, no portamenti and no crazy chest voice! :-) I’m very happy to hear that there are other enthousiasts out there. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@edwardamosbrandwein3583]

@@luciechartin894 why is the second stanza omitted from this performance? Was it written after the 1868 world premiere? Also, do the spoken words towards the end of the mad scene belong to the original score or were interpolated for this production?

[@luciechartin894]

Edward Amos Brandwein true, we omitted the second stanza to keep the whole piece under 2 hours. (More cuts were made). The second stanza doesn’t add much to the dramaturgy. This is why they choose to cut it. About the spoken text, it was also an artistic choice. It is the text taken from a translation of Hamlet by Victor Hugo, and it is Hamlet himself talking. In this performance, the lines between reality and what is happening into hamlets’s trouble mind were blurred. Having him talk at this moment allowed for two interpretations : Ophelia hears his voice in her head, and/or Hamlet is thinking about her, dreaming this.

[@edwardamosbrandwein3583]

@@luciechartin894 thx for your information.

[@JaviAlonso]

This is an incredibly touching rendition! Brava!!

[@jeannemendoche6861]

extraordinaire! Quel plaisir ! Une interprétation vocale et théâtrale authentique, une version qui nettoie les oreilles !!! Un sens honnête, recherché, et personnel de la vocalise et des effets de voix, une mise en valeur de la partition! Du relief ! Une profondeur qui ne se limite pas à des jolis son bien exécutés, bien propres et bien lisses. Une performance qui ne se limite pas à une performance athlétique et sportive! Merci Lucie Chartin! tellement émouvant

[@charlesgilson9232]

Wow, just wow! Intriguing and lovely voice plus wonderful performance. Brava!

[@luciechartin894]

thank you! I’m glad you like it! 😊

[@edwardamosbrandwein3583]

@@luciechartin894 are roles like Marguerite de Valois ("Les Huguenots"), Isabelle ("Robert le Diable"), Berthe ("Le Prophete") and Eudoxie ("La Juive") also part of your repertoire?

[@luciechartin894]

@EdwardAmosBrandwein Not yet! 😊

[@victorireland8913]

Spellbinding performance. Thanks.

[@nathaliebeauval1833]

Votre interprétation est vraiment sublime. Bravo!

[@TheNadinekoutcher]

Недостаточно аплодисментов для этой потрясающей работы!!! Очень жаль, что публика не способна оценить по-достоинству 💎 бриллиант!

[@luciechartin894]

thank yo so much! I'm happy you like it.

[@kathrynschwarz2627]

This gave me chills!!!!! Brava

[@luciechartin894]

thank you! 😊

[@ericsabourin7661]

Up there with the very best versions by Dessay, Devielhe, Gianna D'Angelo and LLiette Oropesa. Félicitations!

[@LocutusBorgOf]

Oh boy, thanks KZbin for recommending this again. I had the honor an privilege of being in the choir and assisting the Regie in the production of Hamlet in Argentina also conducted by Schvartzmann, so I'm quite familiar with how Historically informed these performances are, so I can appreciate how great this performance was. Bravo to you Lucie!

[@luciechartin894]

Leandro Tomas Cuadra thank you! 😊

[@ruthmcintyre2313]

Your performance of this is spellbinding.

[@pablom.5698]

Absolutely delightful

[@wolfgangk1]

Wonderful...

[@AlineMayne1]

J'adore 😍

[@latinhomerosvergilius7959]

Prachtig! Ik heb je vrijdag in Heerlen in "Amadeus" gezien. Ook erg mooi gezongen! Heel indrukwekkend hoe je de rollen uit verschillende opera's ten gehore bracht. Een mooie vrouw met een evenzo mooie stem. Helaas was er geen "meet and greet", ik had je graag gesproken. Groet, een jongeman met een passie voor alles wat klassiek is! (Waarschijnlijk een van de weinigen van onze leeftijd in de zaal die avond; het zag vrij grijs, zoals meestal het geval lijkt te zijn bij klassieke concerten.)

[@Paddy818]

Brillant and possibly the most heartrending version I’ve ever seen. I do notice the microphone and wonder how that much that freed you up to really go so deeply into the emotional and physical journey. Brava!

[@luciechartin894]

Paddy818 thank you!! I’m happy you like it. Yes, the microphone did help in certain aspects, for not having to worry too much about projection (although it wasn’t really amplified so I couldn’t turn into a pop singer neither. But it allowed for “uglier” chest sounds, sounds that might not project into the hall but did fit the affect and were asked but the conductor. Physically, not so much though. It was more of a hassle to have to be careful not to wet it, touch it and not to sit on the box that is attached to it.

[@Paddy818]

@@luciechartin894 Thanks so much for responding! It was all so natural and organic! Beautifully directed! It was really gut wrenching to experience. I didn't even think about the microphone and the fact you were working with what seemed like a bath full of water. Usually it's sweating that shorts them out but having to deal with both components and be so brilliant at the same time is remarkable. Once again wonderful work and thank for answering me!

[@luciechartin894]

Paddy818 my pleasure!

[@danielspiesl4553]

You sound so much like Anna Moffo it’s amazing. Also, the shade in the title 😂

[@Mscoloraturakae]

I love how stunned people are at the horribleness of her mad scene, they’re almost afraid to clap. When it’s done right, that’s how it should be. Also I really appreciate that you actually have a chest voice, and that your middle isn’t just a whispy throw-away until you get to the high notes. So many coloraturas are just high notes and the rest of the voice is big yawn.

[@theagrob]

Oh wow! Beautiful singing!

[@luciechartin894]

theagrob thank you!

[@anasofiasoprano]

absolutely brilliant!!

[@ilinamitrevska3268]

Bravissimaaa! legendary❤

[@hervevincentyakasa]

C'est si magnifique ! Tout simplement magnifique

[@crcoetzee]

Dit was absoluut onverbeterlik! Baie baie dankie :)

[@edwardamosbrandwein3583]

Crystal-clear diction! It is possible to understand EVERY WORD she sings!

[@LilSquonker]

SHE JUST BUSTED A F SHARP 6 OH MY GOD TEACH ME YOUR WAYS

[@luciechartin894]

Gillion Machota hahaha, uhm thank you! 😄

[@jungkihun_315]

Brava

[@Popo-yc5co]

Bravissima...

[@MrKONEWKO]

The smokey color to your voice reminds me of Anna Moffo! Beautiful!

[@luciechartin894]

MrKONEWKO thank you! That’s a big compliment!! 😊

[@lordlouckster2315]

I'm speechless. To have even the slightest dream of being able to utter something about this, I would need a whole new language unlike any other language that has ever existed on Earth. It would require fundamentally new linguistic concepts and a completely new culture, and it would be cognitively impossible for anyone to converse in it. No sentient being or even multiple sentient beings in cooperation could create such a language. It has to be delivered to us from a higher power. And that wouldn't be enough, not even close. It would be just an infinitesimally small and meaningless step characterized by nothing but extreme desperation. Trying to accomplish such a feat would likely result in the end of the world and the replacement of the human race with nobler beings.

[@operaanimelover369]

C'est magnifique! :D

[@luciechartin894]

Merci! 😊

[@jpbohemond777]

Magnifique, vraiment ! Mais qu'en est-il de ce micro sur l'oreille ? N'était-ce pas du son direct au théâtre ? Ou était-ce simplement pour l'enregistrement ?

[@cesargarach8739]

❤

[@TheNadinekoutcher]

Я вижу отчаяние в глазах этой певицы…с чем же оно связано? Может быть с тем, что такой прекрасный спектакль не видит весь мир..?

[@luciechartin894]

I'm hoping that it is Ophelia's dispair we can see, more than the singer's :-)

[@krist-yonnarain7786]

Was that an f# at the end?

[@luciechartin894]

Krist-yon Narain yes indeed!

[@krist-yonnarain7786]

Á la Natalie Dessay I see😂

[@dubrosali3324]

[@febyjoseph75]

What a magnificent performance. Riveting. Pity the orchestral accompaniment is so anaemic.

[@styraks]

So terribly sad you quit singing, we are all losers for this loss of talent, now gone!

[@wolfgangk1]

Beautiful performance. I had to sign out on the suicide. A bit too realistic.