Natalie Dessay Interview on Charlie Rose (2007)

Interview on October 9, 2007
*Are you good with subtitles and want to help? Be welcome :)

[@shireenD22]

She is sooo beautiful and magnetic and the wayy she speaks !!! Loved this

[@samueljaramillo4221]

We saw her performances at the Met and the Santa Fe opera. She was amazing.

[@marykelly1723]

Dessay is an angel that graces us with her presence.

[@sandraharris123]

That is why I love her! Such a good actress with a so beautiful voice👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@ruben1475]

I applaud Dessay for giving such in-depth, eloquent and sometimes even brutally honest answers in this interview, even when the interview wasn't really good.* The things she said about opera probably offended some people who work in the industry, but I agree with them; and everybody needs a good-faith stomping on the toes once in a while to keep up the good work. *(I think it's not a good interview, because the questions are all quite generic and Charlie Rose sounds as if he's reading them from a list instead of engaging with what she said.)

[@victoremmanuell_ptbr1902]

I loved her here (in this interview) because, as you said, she was brutally honest (she's french and it means a lot).... I also love that opera wasn't her first love but she try to do her best in order to be recognized and appreciated. Long life for Ms. Dessay!!

[@leitfie3579]

An extraordinary singer/actress speaking honestly and fascinatingly about her art and her approach to what she does. An appreciative word is due to Charles Rose for asking the right questions and turning this filmed interview into a proper conversation ; she seems very comfortable with him.

[@christopherbrown5644]

I love her

[@arwenrivendale]

Beautiful coloratura 🎶

[@oberscl]

Her English is so good, but she‘s so French at the same time…

[@Highinsight7]

Thank GOODNESS "The others" "The ears" discover this world class talent... OR... I... we'd be missing out on one of my/our favorite sopranos OF ALL TIME!

[@natalienarito9683]

l was 20 when I started opera like Natalie @7:45. Such a big fan!

[@operaviva5962]

Thank you very much!

[@vKarl71]

Dessay is one of the very greatest actresses who has also been one of the greatest singers. Meanwhile...could somebody please edit Charlie Rose out of this video?

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

Rose is a pompous pseudo intellectual twit.

[@leitfie3579]

Oh no! He does a good job, and it's not an easy one. I think we can see from her response that she is comfortable with him.

[@oliviero.m750]

On the contrary. He’s very nice and she seems very comfortable with him.

[@AffIuent]

So beautiful

[@vitorhugosantana7053]

I can only pronounce “theather” like Natalie now.

[@konstantinosdafos6603]

💯❤️

[@ILOVEDAVIDCAVAZIS]

Same as Sarah Brightman, she wanted to be a dancer but at the age of 13 she discovered it was not her way to go

[@scottw6704]

Sarah should have stuck with dancing

[@ILOVEDAVIDCAVAZIS]

@@scottw6704 I don’t think so

[@AmyAmy-er8bp]

Her life story is interesting. I guess every musician has a story to tell. Mine was hilarious. When I was a child I liked to perform, so we would make theatrical performances for parents in the hood. Then you get on a professional stage and play or sing for your audience. Then someone notices that this kid is very talented and so they either take you or not. I always thought of myself as overly untalented, so was very pessimistic. But to sing and perform at the same time like her is hard. It mainly involves lots of emotions. You can see many opera singers tear up during their performances.

[@officialmichaelcarrasco]

Goddess 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@rosedispahan8472]

Please quelqu'un pourrait-il traduire l'interview en français cela va un petit peu trop vite pour moi merci à vous

[@clefnoteproductions6695]

If you're in France, click on the settings and see if you can auto translate into French.

[@baritonebynight]

Dessay said that Dame Joan wasn't an actress. I have to wonder if she ever actually saw Damn Joan on stage. I have to disagree....Dame Joan was exceptional in comic roles especially.

[@Skipbo000]

she had her moments, but it didn't come naturally to her. directors had to really push her to do something with the character rather than just stand and sing. she was known for "emoting" on stage rather than acting - very common in the opera world because from a singers point of view it's like, did you come to hear me sing or watch me act? and if you said both then they'd quip, then go to Broadway - you're at the Operrrra, hun! lol

[@victoremmanuell_ptbr1902]

No!! Dame Sutherland was an opera DIVA. I really love her on stage and her voice was perfect, but her acting was very limited. It's more gestures and faces than real acting.

[@neilsanghvi5229]

Naââàälie Dessay is here etc.

[@cz2165]

I love her. She definitely is a great actress, and also moves so gracefully. And as usual Charlie Schmooze slobbered all over the beautiful woman in his presence, which he got away with for too long.

[@LordMgls]

I wonder if what she said at 9:30 cost her in the future.

[@Tukemuth]

She was only being honest and America is not used to that.

[@xopiglet9372]

Mgls she’s not wrong lol

[@LordMgls]

I know. My point is that people do make a lot of enemies if they go around splashing truths likes this - especially in the USA.

[@Tukemuth]

@@LordMgls You are absolutely correct. This is why it's very important to have someone honest before we all forget what being honest really means.

[@xopiglet9372]

Mgls she’s okay. I think she’s made herself a great reputation. Her voice is out of this world. A lot of people in the US don’t really look for talent just whatever sounds bearable. It’s a shame. I live in the US so I’m familiar with it. Rock used to be #1 genre of music. 30 years later we have mumble rap soo kind of a downgrade lol

[@crisha721]

It's funny she shaded Joan Sutherland for "not being an actress" when actually she was an intelligent performer who didn't overact and expressed through her voice reaching to the last seat in the theater, with absolute technical mastery. That's why she lasted till the end in great shape. It makes sense to have seen Dessay end up with vocal nodules and a cut short career as she attempted to follow in the footsteps of Maria Callas. The difference is that Maria Callas was a phenomenon.

[@jimbuxton2187]

Dessay sang twice as long as callas before her crisis. Plus Dessay is a foot shorter than Callas.

[@crisha721]

@@jimbuxton2187 dessay was a great soprano and artist, but the shade towards JS was ridiculous. the early decline in her voice is a fact too.

[@oliviero.m750]

⁠@@crisha721i agree. No need to shade Dame Joan whose voice was way more phenomenal that ND’s. I always found ND quite pretentious in interviews. I preferred hearing her singing on stage - where she was incredible - and I have seen her live in most of her roles.

[@RonaldBarone]

Maria Callas ... enough said

[@lindseycarribean5113]

Natalie is fine too.

[@samueljaramillo4221]

No. Callas is not the end all.

[@jimbuxton2187]

Yes. Maria had a great 5 years....

[@aaronkei92]

Her interest in making opera ‘more’ didn’t include her vocal technique…

[@jimbuxton2187]

False comment. Her technique was perfect. That's why she was always on pitch. She sang too much and too often with her light voice. All opera singers have a vocal crisis. Callas only sang 5 prime years and at about 9 years her voice was in shambles. Desssy sang for 23 years in opera.

[@little-963]

​@@jimbuxton2187 Callas already was singing for 10 years in Greece before she become famous abroad so her career wasn't that short

[@geomusic]

Her technique was brilliant. Unfortunately, she got lost in the roles and pushed too hard later on. She says at 11:50 that she wants to "go beyond what I can do". I think that is probably the cause of the vocal problems she developed.

[@geomusic]

​@@jimbuxton2187Yes.

[@chitrumbo112]

I don't like Donizetti...it sounds like bad Mozart.