Diana Damrau as Queen of the Night I [HQ] 

This is highly addictive.

I swear that woman's eyes SPARKLE on stage.

AND she's a great actress. So rare in the opera! She's the whole package. Kudos, Ms. Damrau.

Wolfgang A.Mozart would surely stand up in front of this spectacular performance......He would have loved so much this Lady :-)

The best Queen of the night I've ever seen and heard

Am I the only one who thinks O Zitre Nicht is even more beautiful than Der Hölle Rache?

Wow! she's perfect for this role. What a gorgeous sound. Many singers who take on this role only have the facility and high notes, but the sound can be thin or edgy. She's got a beautiful fat round sound. Glorious!!!

We were allowed to show the rest of the class our favourite music so i choose this Because shes the best

her final coloratura was so moving. she was really into her role: crying and laughing hopefully and desperately at the same time. No other coloratura soprano has done like her: getting really into the mood, soul, and meaning of the song

I saw her queen of the night at the met a few years ago and was astounded that it was a better performance than any I've heard. Her voice was clear, perfectly focused and quite powerful! She also manages to sing such ridiculous passages and still stay perfectly wicked, both vocally and dramatically, no mean feat!

heaven must be an infinite loop of this performance

I love everything about this production. Damrau simply shines here. She's a fantastic queen. If not the best, one of the absolute best ever! Her outfit is amazing, everything fits perfectly, her makeup,her flawless technique, stunning voice, acting...bravíssima, Diana!

This is as close to magic as mortals can get. --R.T. Thomes

I love the way her scheming almost gets the better of her in the coloratura bits, almost betraying her mischief in her glee. Superb.

I keep on going and listening to others that people say are great but I keep on coming back to Damrau, I suppose she is my preferred queen of the night, but I suppose she as also the first one I listened to and you never forget the first

Oh I just love Diana Damrau! I don't know any better soprano opera singer.

this is the best Queen of the Night. didnt realize it until now really...i always look for her singing the part when i want to listen to the arias.

She gives a huge '' in your face Mozart. I nailed it!''

It's really highly unusual to find this level of completeness in an opera singer. If I concentrate in the vocal part, some other voices come to my mind with more strength. But considering the whole performance, this is absolutely superb.

The best queen of the night actress. Plus, truly incredibly singing:-)

the best Queen of the Night ever!!!

A superb actor and singer, Diana Damrau! Long live the queen!

I have the priviledge of owning this DVD. No boring moment. Each singer is a fantastic talent, in their own right. Take nothing away from the other singers. Diana evokes such pity in her first aria (O zitt're Nicht). Her - combining that voice with her acting - is simply breathtaking. She could give many a Hollywood actor a lesson or two!! Her aria Der Holle Rache, is so awe inspiring that I find myself "on her side". Absolutely hypnotic, stupendous from the Queen of the World

The costume is a masterpiece!!! *_*

The costumes and set design are absolutely gorgeous! It really makes it an all-round performance rather than just watching someone sing...And as for Diana Damrau, she's completely mesmerising!

Utterly astounding, a seminal operatic performance akin to the legendary Los Angeles concert performance by Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras. Pitch perfect throughout and emoted superbly. I regret never having experienced this in person.

What a royal entrance! Goosebumps!

she is the best...amazing voice.

Superb!Fantastic! Damrau, costumes, stage set, everything. Metropolitan Opera NYC.

Her performance is stunning, musically and dramatically. An all-time great.

This is the best performance of the Queen of Night I have ever heard. Beautiful, dramatic!

Overpowering, mesmerising, unforgettable ! ...... simply the greatest performance I've ever seen and heard .

"Oh, zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn" ist eben keine reine Bravourarie. Ist es nicht erstaunlich, wie ausdrucksvoll sie diesen "Weibsteufel" spielt und singt und dabei ein lupenreines Deutsch zeigt? Einfach grandios!

Damrau has an amazing characterization of the Queen Of The Night. I love it!

Her physicality is gorgeous. Such bold choices.

This aria has the toughest coloratura ever and she sings the hell out of it.

E impossibile non innammorarsene ..... Diana simply fantastic.....

perfect acting ...wonderful voice !

wow, I'm speechless...she's amazing

She is simply flawless, peerless, unique.

I love both singing this and hearing it sung. It's just a blast of coloratura fun and manipulation. And there is no better Queen I have ever heard than Diana Damrau.

4:24 lol lost her composure there for a sec (simply fantastic acting when you lose your composure AS your character). Marvelous.

The best ever! Full-bodied voice, interpretation, intonation, inspiration! Yes! Das beste!

El video favorito de mi hija de 1 año 6 meses, saludos desde chile.

Simply the best Queen of the night I've heard!!!

Ojala un dia pueda escuchar a Diana en vivo. Seria feliz!

She is absolutely phenomenal; and that high F! :D

I agree with you !! So many emotions appear through this aria ! and the coloratura is just breathtaking !

Damrau is a magnificent queen of the night, both in singing and acting.

Certifié intergalactique! Diana Damrau est le meilleur "Reine de la nuit".

her voice makes me cry..mozart and her voice combined..what else could go wrong?

from about 3:13 to 3:30 is heavenly. Seriously. I mean, I love the entire aria (the passage at the end is amazing) and particularly Diana Damrau but that passage really touches my soul...

There's two of us. Here Diana Damrau makes of all the fiorituras mean something. They finally make sense!!

Ah....................This mix is a heaven for me.

Stunning.Best recoded version of all time IMO.

Love the way she hits the 'ja'

Diana is the one and only Queen of the Night

ho i brividi!!!!! meravigliosa!!!

Glad you like it ^^ The quality should be better, full HD, but youtube was being mean to me and I had to upload the HQ... I will retry the HD, let's see if it works at some point :)

The best! singing and acting! Chapeau madame Damrau!

Unearthly, magic.

This woman, Diana Damrau, is great! Plays the psychotic yet in complete control of perfect vocal technique. BravissimaQ

You are correct. "O Zittre Nicht" is beautiful and very demanding in it's own right. This role is so hard to sing because the 2 arias are different but very difficult. The coloratura run at the end of "O Zittre Nicht" is to me the most difficult run ever written in opera.

The best performance!

her final coloratura is so moving. she was like laughing and crying hopefully yet desperately. It brings me to tear whenever I listen to it

She is simply perfect! No more, no less!

Thank you very much Lilith. I collected the other parts too. "O zittre nicht" is one of my favorit parts. Not only for singing, but also for her great acting during the whole aria. She reached the grade of perfection!

I'd say that they're so different, that they're hard to compare... Both beautiful in their very own way! And her performance is brilliant in both cases, singing as well as acting, so... ;-) Both a real pleasure to watch, time and again!

This is beautiful

oh my god, i looooooooove this woman !!

The best Queen of the Night ever!!

мое самое любимое исполнение этой арии! самая лучшая певица!

I've always loved the section from 3:35 - 3:38. It's so funny. You, you, you!

Diana Damrau is perfect

Ach helft, Ach helft! gave me goosebumps

You are welcome ^^ I'm happy you enjoy it so much! I certainly do too.

very gooooooood!!! clap!clap!clap!

This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

You dont even have to understand this to like it

That's really great!

Absolutely fabulous.

this is the best quality video I've seen of this aria

Expressive facial expression.

I don't know either, but I have ripped the DVDs in 720p HD, and I actually uploaded some excerpts of interviews in that quality. The file of this video I have in my computer is HD, but I had to make the quality a little worse so youtube wouldn't crash before finishing the upload *sigh*

It is called projection...Being an apprentice myself, I still lack of potence, but yeah, we do not use any amplification...

The Bette Davis of the Opera. Amazingly evil. I adore her.

Opera singers do not use amplification microphones, so she doesn't have one hidden anywhere. The only microphones are the ones recording the sound. There are some on the edge of the stage and some suspended in the air across the theatre. The orchestra is in a pit in front of the stage, that's why you don't see it. You can see what I mean if you check the beginning of this opera, also on my channel.

Perfect!

amazing begging and end to this song amazing

Divine Damrau! Thank you, Lilith89ibz!

While I think O Zitre Nicht is more beautiful, I think Der Holle Rache is more impressive on the whole. Love them both, and Diana Damrau IS the Queen of the Night...there is no other!

This Women is a Godess!!!!!!!

I dont know nothing of what she is saying, i have this feeling "strange" in my chest though. she's amaaaaaaaazing . One of my dreams is to be able to witness such a beautiful performance. Well done Lilith

though this is all true, it is worth adding that the Met broadcasts mix the microphone levels so that everything is audible and sounds good to movie theater audience-goers. this doesn't mean that every singer is benefiting from amplification, but it does mean that singers with smaller voices are made to sound the same size as the larger-voiced singers for movie theater sound system balance purposes.

I Agree with you too!! I thought I was the only one who thought so!

she is one of my favourite queen *_*

I love this!

impossible to be surpassed!

Oh yes, and acoustics as well, haha, this theater seems to have a good one

Cute I love her 💜