Her interpretation is very eerie. I enjoy it very much. I like to see what different actors bring to singing this role. Dessay has this mother going crazy thing going on. Damrau's plays the role terrifyingly angry and it scares the crap out of me. Elmarks leaves me feeling creeped out. Three wonderful performances of a stunning aria.
Here you go: "Hvor hævnen raser i mit vrede hjerte. Død og fortvivlen flammer i mit bryst. Din hånd skal gi' Sarastro dødens smerte. Hvis ikke, da vil jeg fornægte dig. Jeg hader dig for evigt, Forstøder dig for evigt. Jeg sønderriver evigt Alle moderskabets bånd. Hvis ej ved dig Sarastros liv forbløder! Hør, hævnens guder Før min datters hånd!"
I agree. Damrau, Dessay and other newer sopranos almost scream in a misunderstood attempt to be "dramatic", it is insufferable! Not to mention very stylistically wrong.
@@kbhprinsesse It's a matter of taste, really. This performance did nothing for me. Admittedly, Elmark's got a great technique and a very clean voice, but I *felt* nothing. I find Peppa Pig more terrifying than this Queen of the Night. I prefer Erika Miklósa or Diana Damrau any day of the week, both musically and from a storytelling/dramatic point of view. But isn't it great that there's a version for every preference? As for "stylistically wrong", what's that really supposed to mean? It's not like they went into a heavy metal growl - and even if they did, so what? Just because it's opera doesn't mean it has to be exactly the way people assume it was performed in the days of Mozart. It's okay to say that you don't appreciate someone's stylistic choices, or that they're unconventional. But saying that they're "very wrong" sounds like you want to restrict someone's artistic freedom. Sticking to convention and expectations makes really boring art in the long run.
@@kashagizmo all this nonsense about "It's a matter of taste" is just that - nonsense. We are of course guided in our preferences by our personal taste, but that doesn't change the fact that each style or period of music makes certain stylistic demands on the interpreters and if those aren't met, such as when Damrau and Dessay shouts the Queen's arias in a misguided attempt to be "dramatic", it is in bad taste, no matter if you or others like it.
@@kbhprinsesse That is, quite frankly, a conservative and elitist point of view that tends to lead to stagnation. Yes, there are certain elements to each style and period of music that are expected, but they are not *demands*, they're merely conventions and traditions. There is no Supreme Court of Music that decides what is right or wrong. Artists learn the conventions and traditions of these styles so that they can, if they choose so, deliberately deviate from them. It is not bad taste, it's simply artistic freedom. It's evolution. Just like with evolution, it's the survival of the fittest. If the change is received well, it may well become the new norm, a new tradition, a new convention. I am sure a lot of people said that Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps was "bad taste" when it was first performed, but it turned out to be highly influential.
@@kashagizmo More nonsense. You can't perform music any way you please. Each composer, era, national school, genre etc. has its own style which should be respected. That is not an elitist point of view. merely an educated point of view. Call me elitist if you will, all you manage to do is to exhibit your own ignorance.
