The Queen of the Night(O zittre nicht) 20 sopranos

1. Erika Miklosa
2. Clara Polito
3. Beverley Sills
4. Hyunju Park
5. Mimi Coertse
6. Elena Mosuc
7. Ingeborg Hallstein
8. Luciana Serra
9. June Anderson
10. Edita Gruberova
11. Lucia Popp
12. Cyndia Sieden
13. Cristina Deutekom
14. Birgit Nordin
15. Edda Moser
16. Giusy Devinu
17. Roberta Peters
18. Sumi Jo
19. Natalie Dessay
20. Diana Damrau

[@mrberryman]

OMG! Cristina Deutekom played her voice like a keyboard, so precise, and without aspirate pitch changes. Impressive.

[@angr3819]

Absolutely. I am so pleased to read so many prefer Cristina most of all. I was sort of expecting the younger, more slim sopranos with the more 'delicate' voices to be most popular with many of today's audiences (not that any overly delicate voice could manage the aria at all). Certainly my favourite.

[@jurijbogataj4400]

Chistina is the best opera singer for me🎶🎶🎻🎻🎻🇸🇮

[@donovanbenyahudah4734]

I absolutely agree!

[@dany3lixXo]

Nobody better than the greatest Cristina Deutekom, the only true dramatic colotatura voice of the set, the most developed voice, the only who hit the notes perfectly.

[@PADARM]

Luciana Serra Absolutely fantastic! and Lucia Popp Superb!! Cristina Deutekom Stunning

[@RosieSquall]

Lucia Popp has the sweetest voice and best technique, but Diana Damrau has the emotion, she simply lives the role.

[@Sesto_di_Vienna]

Lucia Popp :-)

[@leticiamartin-penasco95]

absolutly true .

[@asterflamm]

LUCIA POPP avrà pure la voce più dolce ma con questo personaggio non ha niente a che fare. Ci vuole ben altra voce e altro piglio per la regina della notte

[@terryoltremare]

@@asterflamm vero, seppur dolce però, parlando di questa classifica, per me resta la migliore. Imbattibile però Rita Streich, tra l'altro insieme ad una Lucia Popp come Pamina direi da sogno, sotto la direzione di Fricsay. Non riesco ad ascoltare altro Flauto Magico (opera per me quasi sacra) se non quello

[@tanyakomoda]

EDDA MOSER IS BEYOND COMPARE!!! PERFECTION!!!

[@matthewo.859]

Cristina...my lovely...I CAN HEAR EVERY SINGLE NOTE ❤️

[@nattie-k8380]

My personal choices are Sumi Jo as a coloratura soprano and Edda Moser as dramatic

[@rubycrusis]

Yes. Lucia Popp. My hair stand on end every time. Something very special about her voice. Vale, Lucia. Best song ever.

[@Zurigo1405]

How ever and ever Cristina Deutekom is unparalleled!

[@angr3819]

100%

[@orrrl7981]

화면 안 보고 귀로만 듣다가 독보적으로 번쩍 트여서 엇! 누군가 하고 봤더니.. 조수미 였음 와아.. 진짜 정확하고 깔끔하다 그리고 아주 가볍게 쉽게? 부르는것 처럼 들린다 맨 끝에 담라우도 👍

[@JeroenManders]

Christina Deutekom rest in peace. You are still the greatest.

[@jianmoseshandugan9090]

Duetekom is dead? When? :( RIP to my favorite Dramatic coloratura :(

[@aryapujon7511]

Jian Moses Handugan 7 August 2014

[@jianmoseshandugan9090]

arya pujon It's a sad news. :(

[@BakkiBoo]

arya pujon :( Just happened upon this clip & was listening to the subtle variations in each performer's versions. I do not usually listening to nor know much about opera. But when it came to clarity & precision & quality I came to my own personal conclusion that I felt Christina Deutekom's version was superior to me; only to now find out she dies last month! :( What a very sad loss. Through her I heard the phrasing that Mozart intended

[@kmikeyd]

Jeroen Manders Deutekom did a lot of really neat "stuff." Always a joy to hear. Her Mozart always breathtaking. Her "special" coloratura cleared a lot of passages up so to speak, her critics notwithstanding.

[@zoravamp]

Cristina Deutekom assolutamente! Unica, insuperabile ed insuperata Astrifiammante per potenza pienezza e bellezza cristallinità della voce. Mai nessuna come lei.

[@canarias12345]

Cristina deutekon.... the best in every single note... i can hear each one.... wwwwooooooooowwwwwww

[@soyoonkwon9790]

sumi Jo!!wow

[@mitka_akkoyun]

Deutekom is the best! She has mechanic and powerful voice 😍 Lucia has very control too, but ıt is a dramatic role

[@ibongarciarodriguez5094]

luciana Serra and Cristina Deutekom are the most perfect and technical voices,specially Luciana,the greatest for me.

[@watewmark]

I don't know anything about lyrical technic but in my opinion these two were the worst ... especially deutekom. Ok it's hard but it doesn't sound great (For me at least). Maybe too much technic and not enough feeling of the music ?

[@keli4775]

When you say luciana, we are friends. shake hands.

[@ibongarciarodriguez5094]

@@watewmark the worst two?? mate, you are too brave to say that hahaha

[@victoralex5009]

@@watewmark mm i don't agree with you, Deutekom....brings a waterfall of joy on how she played with the notes X) without too much effort...she had sucha great voice

[@angr3819]

My own favourite is Cristina. So clear and each note perfect without an ounce of strain. Also how intimidating it would be in real life to have such a mother. Cold and deliberate with no overacting at all. Chilling.

[@kastrafior1487]

D E U T E K O M !!! La Reine des reines !

[@angr3819]

True.

[@jurijbogataj4400]

Absolutly!!!With love from Slovenia🎶🇸🇮🎻

[@parkyeaseul]

sumi you are the best

[@magicmonkichi]

Deutekom, Deutekom....DEUTEKOM~!

[@khodascope]

Cristina sounded amazing.

[@condedetrevino]

Cristina, I take my hat off for you. Yours was the finest tunned instrument and only you could play it. Now, it is gone with you. but thank you so much for the time that you shared it with us.

[@NekoNerak]

Deutekom sounds not human, just as her character demands it. Beautiful.

[@sheep1ewe]

Yes, her voice was divine in my opinion.

[@kbhprinsesse]

That's exactly like I feel about her.

[@robert111k]

Big voice but her turkey-ish gargling sounds just ridiculous.

[@susanmullaney9359]

She sounds like a violin.

[@JeroenManders]

To me it seems that Mozart wrote these coloraturas to emphasyse indeed the magic and also might of the character. Deutekom sings them with such ease that it makes het uppermighty and magical. Superpowers! It may not be so poetic, but with those sharply articulated little notes to me always comes to mind the image of an automatic gun loosely fired from the hip to fill the sky with bulletholes.

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Christina Deutekom is crystal clear and enunciated very note..Magnificient!

[@marfilforteza]

Deutekom's is by far the most unique.

[@angr3819]

Incredible voice. Unparalleled for this type of singing. I have never searched to see if she also performed in lighter operettas but I bet she could have.

[@solinachoi]

definitely Sumi Jo. i can hear every and each one of notes clearly. Damrau, there's soulful power in her voice. touching

[@isaac3747]

and here I am, a random teen that suddenly wanted to listen to some opera xD I gotta admit, they have really good voices! I would squeak compared to them so yea :V

[@musicclassical4791]

I love both Sumi Jo and Damrau. Sumi did accurate and clear scale. She is also perfect in pitch and expression👏🏻

[@stranger5314]

She is the worst queen of the night. She doesn't have the voice for that character, cruel and powerful. She has technical. Dramatic and pretty voice but that's not the voice for the queen of tge night. When she was on tge stage, Royal Opera House, decades ago, I and my friends were so disappointed and was questioning why she is a world famouse soprano. She was one of worst queen of the night I saw on the stage

[@musicclassical4791]

Keith Arnei I appreciate for your criticize. But it’s too rude attitude to say “worst” to her own expression. She wanted to express Imaginary and unique Queen. Who said that Queen of the night should have the Cruel voice? It’s her free and own talent.

[@MAGGIETA1]

Sumi Jo, the Unique Christina Deutekom and the Greatest Damrau.... my favorites!

[@alexandergries-bremeyer4662]

Deutekom mit ihrem dramatischen Koloratursopran setzt für mich in dieser Rolle seit Jahren den Maßstab, eine Naturgewalt ihr Volumen.

[@angr3819]

Unfortunately I don't understand German, but if you said Cristina is the best then I completely agree with you.

[@JohnJohn-eu9yk]

Aplausos!!! Luciana Serra minha favorita...mas todas sao maravilhosas.

[@ethalinia]

Cristina Deutekom and Sumi Jo had the best high notes imo, but obviously they're all kinda brilliant :D

[@angr3819]

I agree, and my own favourite is Cristina.

[@cjcarr81]

Edda Moser, is giant! Perfect technic, and i like Diana Damrau for her dramatic histrionics. All them are very professional.

[@angr3819]

Edda is a close second to Cristina for me, but it is hard to rate one over the other out of the two of them. They are each that cut above the others - who are all very good to varying degrees for the role.

[@LandoTheScorpio94]

It makes no sense of how Deutekom is so perfect! R.I.P ❤ And Peters?????? Ohmy! 😍😍

[@dudina89]

13. Cristina Deutekom 18. Sumi Jo 20. Diana Damrau 2. Edda Moser

[@Nobody-ih3dt]

Luciana Serras Voice is so Well rounded... On point, and I love Deutekom

[@escapistwishmaster2273]

Diana Damrau is my favourite, Natalie Dessay and Christina Deutekom also great!

[@wolfiesown]

I never knew that so many wonderful ladies could sing this role so amazingly. I have heard so many bad ones in my life… the best acting is by far Damrau, omg, she really gets it. Her singing is flawless- imagine being so in control that you have so much room for this kind of acting!! But my favorites are Deutekom, Anderson and Popp. And … well whatever, all are incredible.

[@elrojales9083]

Lucia Popp is incredible both here and in Der Holle Rache.

[@merryquantagency2731]

Christina Deutekom the best voice for this role! You could feel every note she sings without exerting so much effort!

[@elizabeths4371]

My thoughts exactly!

[@victoralex5009]

It's her technique....it's a waterfall, so beautiful how it moves likes water drops

[@maryvallettakeith6146]

Her technique is very strange to me.

[@angr3819]

Absolutely. Her performance wasn't overacted, either.

[@W_L_W.]

The important part is not to make it sounds like cackling geese. Unfortunately Deutekom technique is ruining it.

[@sagaluke]

The greatest Queen for ever : Cristina Deutekom! She owned that role and wrote music history with her interpretation of the two diabolic aria's!

[@a8macedo]

no question: Deutekom is the best ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@stephenvalentinemusi]

dramatically, I love Diana Damrau's. Just on vocals alone, Lucia Popp got it for me.

[@peterzegara1445]

lucia popp had it when I grew up in the sixties and she still has it today against all the great competition. Damrau is great a good second but I think she lets the acting interfer with her singing the aria.

[@jayneskl]

Damrau defintely is the best actress. I loved the precision of Beverly Sills, as well.

[@apostelapollon]

Deutekom is the best Queen of the Night ever!!!

[@pcornandmovies]

Cristina Deutekom YAAAAASSS!!!

[@ritanicosia]

È davvero brava

[@MariaEduarda-tx8uk]

A MELHOR

[@oskarlina5912]

Sumi jo hands down, simply astounding.

[@dosiss2875]

모두들 최고네요. 각자의 매력이 있고 최선을 다했기에 최고가 되셨겠죠. 존경합니다. 멋진음악들 잘 듣고 갑니다. 감사합니다.

[@Atrux1]

5:04: Lucia Pop 0_0 : agility, brightness, warmth and power all in one! 0_0

[@apostelapollon]

I love Deutekom best

[@novallasuter5265]

christina deutekom: fabulous voice.

[@antoinegaillard9440]

9:08 Finally someone who takes some time on that high note instead of rushing it :)

[@dariatregan7512]

Lucia Popp is the G.O.A.T of sopranos

[@mrgabest]

I am going to go completely nuts and say that I like different performances for different reasons. Moser and Deutekom seem the most comfortable in the high register, Dessay is the most perfectly in tune from start to finish, and Damrau is obviously, even just going by the emotion in her voice, the best actress. If I were listening to a dvd performance, I'd probably want it to be Dessay. If I were watching it live, Damrau every time.

[@anarosareyes6269]

mrgabest You have a good taste

[@stijn4687]

Dessay indeed in tune and beautiful, but out of character, she dont sound like the queen of the night should sound, majestic and malefic, listen the last note is almost like a romantic cute sound

[@michaelmiller1215]

I agree-each singer offered something a little different. I love the pitch precision of June Anderson, the crystal timber of Hallstein, the ease of the terrifyingly difficult coloratura and that tempo of Beverly Sills, and the on-spot intonation and best trill at the end by Roberta Peters!

[@pureffm]

The times when Damrau was still training her voice properly. Since she stopped studying her technique has declined by a large amount, and the fact that she is tackling roles outside of her comfort range is only making it worse. Especially in Bel Canto she really lacks the education, intonation and characterization. Italian fach is not for her.

[@johannesbrahms7414]

Oh !!!! I've enjoyed this Video, so, so, so much !!!! It's a HOOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@novallasuter5265]

What a pleasure to hear Beverly Sills again.

[@redtony58]

Florence Foster Jenkins still had the best tiara.

[@rcalabri]

Ha ha ha

[@angr3819]

Lol. We need a lighthearted comment. Thanks.

[@pedrotorrealba4610]

Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha. 😂😂😂

[@pedrotorrealba4610]

Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha. 😂😂😂

[@marinellabakken7491]

😊

[@anarosareyes6269]

Cristina Deutekum owns it followed closey by magnificent Lucina Serra and Edda Moser

[@user-mh4or3fx3c]

Diana at the end and erika miklos are the best for not only hitting the notes but clearly enjoying it and making it seem like second nature.

[@user-dj6iz1tp1p]

Спасибо за подборку.Браво всем девушкам !!!

[@zofiaczerczynska7935]

Lucia Pop, Sumi Jo, Edita Gruberova, Beverley Sills, Natalie Dessay the first five equal places for me, of course, second place all others🌹🌹🌹

[@jurijbogataj4400]

Thenks for me tooo!!!

[@jhyounyo]

Lucia Popp, Sumi Jo and Natalie Dessay are the three best singers in this music.

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

I simply can’t imagine putting my whole, entire life, into one skill,one gift, one ability! Everything in these womens lives works around their voice! Everything they eat,or drink, how much sleep they get, never go into a smoky room, always being obsessive about not catching a cold, we’ll just everything! I could never have that much self discipline, it’s just not in me!

[@basmeisters3]

Deutekom is widely regarded as the best QotN ever. But you have managed to find a live recording of her that I have never heard! Thanks so much for sharing this

[@escherleo]

They all are fantastic. But Diana Damrau has the full package! Her singing while acting is just great! I doubt that others can do it like her.

[@user-rk2nw8xm5s]

Классная подборка! Огромное спасибо!

[@user-ji9hm7eh9c]

Жаль, что нет великой Бэллы Руденко. Ее исполнение арии просто великолепно - какая лёгкость, какой темп!

[@jurijbogataj4400]

Se strinjam,zelo lepa selekcija.Chistina D. je tu zame najboljša,čeprav ima božanski glas tudi Birgit Nordin

[@chookiechooks]

Makes me feel lucky to be alive in a time where I can hear all these great singers. Thanks for putting this together for opera lovers.

[@elisabettaMI]

Quasi tutte bravissime. Popp è divina e cristallina. Metterei per ultima l'esecuzione della Devinu

[@musikmusik2072]

Sumi Jo è lo strumento musicale perfetto per Mozart.

[@antonioeuclides8587]

Christina Deutekom. insuperável.

[@juniorroger1994]

Concordo❤

[@lorenav4751]

Edda Mosser la gran reina de la noche. Hermosa y poderosa voz brava bravisima!!!!

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Suffering , sadness , fear , lamentation and joy are all in these performances

[@parkleo1938]

Deutekom just nailed it.

[@parkleo1938]

no...Edda Moser nailed it.....fuck..... everyon just amajing

[@mariaaeschlimann2440]

Gut gesagt 👍

[@angr3819]

@@parkleo1938 for me it is a hard call between her and Cristina, but the latter wins out. Both were in a league of their own though.

[@marialeiwakabessy145]

for me : sumi jo and christina deutekom

[@antonioeuclides8587]

Deutekom sings each note of aria clearlly. I Love her

[@p.b4287]

I really like the effortless way Dessay arrives to hit higher notes. Deutekom and Sumi Jo are excellent. All of these singers are very good, even though I did not like some of them.

[@lorenav4751]

Su majestad Edda Moser

[@adolfpizarro]

Luciana Serra, Lucia Popp, Christina Deutekom, Sumi Jo, Diana Damrau son las mejores ✨

[@user-gu5bd7fe2k]

와우~ 이 편집 재밌네요. 좋아하는 곡인데 실컷 잘 듣고 갑니다.

[@novallasuter5265]

Diana damrau...my god. She is incredible.

[@talvela100]

Luciana Serra insuperabile!!!! Meravigliosa

[@kastrafior1487]

D E U T E K O M !!! La Reine des reines, stratosphérique et intergalactique.

[@nadinehoogenboezem4798]

I LOVE Natalie, Diana Damrau and Roberta

[@operastar]

sumi jo,diana,dessay... best3

[@alexeysychev1012]

Dessay, Dessay et encore un fois Dessay!! La grande chanteuse et la grande actrice!!

[@sailormoon1922]

Luciana Serra !!!!

[@suzannesadiiqa]

What a hellish piece to sing! Personally I love Gruberova. Then Sumi Jo, Dessaye, and Moser and Damrau.

[@BloodyLaughter]

Absolutely LOVE Lucia Popp.

[@1rafuchi]

POPP AND DEUTEKOM ★

[@1misticointolerante]

Only deutekom. Perfecta....única....insuperable

[@Zuza.na.p]

Popp and Gruberova 😊 the slovak power... The only thing Slovakia can be proud of is that two of the greatest singers of all time were born here

[@angr3819]

I prefer Cristina, and next to her Edda. However, I think Slovakia has things to be proud of. The dancing especially. Also, that Slovaks are cousins of the British and many others with ancestry goings back to the great Sumarian civilisation after the last ice age. Do you know about the natural mummies of what is now Iraq? Men and women buried in their armour along with their armoured horses, about 4,000 years ago? A white shirt and piece of tartan also found there in the sands. Also the natural mummies of the Tarim Basin about whom there is a lot more information. Again found with tartan - one of which is the exact same as one of the tartans of my paternal paternal Scottish side. Except the one in the Tarim Basin lacks a thin yellow line (which may have been woven in but faded). Early this year in England I met a Central European lady in our local post office. Her skirt was the same caramel colour and pattern as another of my ancestral tartans (each clan/family has several different tartan patterns). The lady explained to me that it is also the tartan of her village in Central Europe. The people who became the natural mummies of the Tarim Basin were there several millenia prior to the Han and clearly advanced for their time. Iran, Iraq and much of the Fertile Crescent along with a very large area in what is now China were the homelands of our ancestors before dispersing and branching off into different counties. We are so much more than the country we were born in. Remember that all peoples have done good and bad. If you look through the history of Slovakia then like the rest of us, you will find things you didn't even know about which you can be proud of anyway. Also there are some peoples who have done and still do far worse than Slovakia and our ancestors seem to have ever done. In some countries they have returned to cannabalism. In some countries they mutilate little girls (female genital mutilation). One peoples similarly mutilate boys (circumcised for religion not medical reasons). Also child brides as young as 8 and sometimes younger still, cutting off hands, burying women to their hips and stoning them to death for (or being accused of) having an affair or sex outside marriage. The list could go on. There are a lot worse countries than Slovakia, England, Ukraine, Russia or anywhere in Europe, etc. We are cousins, you know. Your deep history is mine also. Best wishes.

[@sumimimi0]

Sumi jo. Her technique is the best. The runs are the best

[@Amaranth2020]

Cristina Deutekom me parece muy ágil, además se le nota cómoda y es la que adorna su voz con unos ornamentos preciosos, que ninguna otra puede lograr. Hay otras versiones muy buenas, pero si se compara cada una por separado con la de Cristina Deutekom se nota la diferencia al instante. Yo hice eso, por el mismo motivo la elijo como mi favorita. CRISTINA DEUTEKOM RULES!!!! Salu2.

[@MariaEduarda-tx8uk]

Cristina dutekon a MELHOR ❤

[@Irina_73]

Да многие замечательно спели!

[@yizheng6533]

Luciana Serra

[@aryapujon7511]

Ingeborg Hallstein sing with easy,Cristina Deutekom Sing with her Vibrato,and Diana Damrausing with Perfect!

[@gustavoberuete1815]

Moser dramatic coloratura and Deutekom!!!

[@MarioMartinazzi]

Serra, Peters, Jo and Damrau (for her incredible presence and interpretation)

[@dashaorsova8893]

Здравствуйте.У каждой певицы своя манера исполнения и техника разная,я уже не говорю о костюмах,сценографии,декорациях и оркестрах под руководством различных дирижеров.Хорошая подборка,мне понравилось.

[@user-ji9hm7eh9c]

Просмотрела большинство комментариев, это очень интересно. Мне показалось, что большинство в восторге от Дамрау. Хорошая певица, очень выразительна. Но мне показалось, что у нее слишком громкое дыхание

[@bandchickusus]

Sumi Jo and Natalie Dessay were both FLAWLESS. Diana Damrau sounded like she was about to faint from lack of oxygen!

[@dianayz4644]

Because Diana tryes to act as much as she sings and that it's hard

[@OwlKing686]

I disagree that Diana looks like she lacks oxygen. What appears to be that is simply adding thickness and drama to her voice and she does that perfectly. Listen to the low notes at 9:34. She sings them to perfection with full drama and color.

[@elrojales9083]

glad to see I'm not the only one. I really don't understand all these people praising her. Whatever she's doing, she's trying too hard and doesn't sound smooth or particularly in tune. Popp, Dessay and many others are leagues above her.

[@OroAD]

Cristina Deutekom la mejor sin duda. Por cierto me gusta la interpretación de Edita Gruvebora

[@kathychenyinggao4519]

This is what Opera LingLings practising 40 hours a day sounds like. AMAZING!!!

[@ernestgye]

I enjoy so much how Serra sings here, i've never listen her voice before!