Pamina = my friend/sibling The Queen = me. The knife = 1) the answer booklet we 'borrowed' from the teacher, 2) candy from the supermarket, 3) the hardest part of the group assignment, 4) the package of cookies we stole from our parents, 5) the invalid train ticket, 6) etc.
I love her voice and her psychopathic expressions. It's so good when the singer can sing and move and do facial expressions at the same time. Also she looks like a fusion of the Joker and Raven from the Teen Titans.
This is my absolute favorite rendition. She actually looks threatening, and it makes the staccato seem like maniacal laughter which is the only way, to me, it makes sense.
Does anyone else get chills around 2:03 when she just grits her teeth and smiles while continuing to sing? I've seen a few of her performances of this now and it seems to be one of her favorite things to do. It's so deranged and it just makes me feel so afraid for my own life, it's so cool! It really captures the mood of the aria.
This is the scariest Queen of the Night I've heard. The frenzied, higher-than-usual tempo augments her well-acted insane mannerisms, and the makeup works so well! Also, it's amazing that she manages this velocity with aplomb. Brava!
I love how she looks utterly psychopathic while singing this song. Works really well for the character. The set and costumes look like they came out of the original Power Rangers series.
2:03 this part got me like, ok. The shape of mouth changed but she was able to maintain those notes with her own version using decrescendo. Maaan! It looks waaay more scary. And I like it.
Absolutely wonderful rendition of an extremely difficult song to sing. Many have failed, but this woman nails it. Forget the costumes and listen to one of the most demanding roles in music.
I really don't get the hate this production gets. I accept that it's personal taste and all but to me it's all very well done. Minkowski's conducting fits, Miklosa's characterization, technique and acting is top level and the set design collaborates with the storyline of the aria. Pamina is simply helpless, swinging without direction, has no say whatsoever in this whole shabang her mother puts her through under the strict authority. I say it's a great visual representation and a much more than adequate modernization put together , which I find extremely rare in contemporary efforts to modernize an opera.
Every other version where the daughter does NOT cover her ears will seem weak and pathetic now. It's exactly what would happen in real life when the banshee queen starts shrieking at you like that! Great directing.
Well.... the production is one thing, but that singing is in a class of its own. Crystal clear, virtuostic, fabulous tone and just stunning. I am in awe.
Erika Miklosa was a pentathlete as a teenager and sang a lot. When she was heard by a person that told her she should study opera. She has the power and control needed for this most difficult part is superb. The greatest Queen of the Night I've heard.
OMG -- Ms. Miklosa may be the best QOTN yet, vocally she nailed it, she's certainly convincing (not to mention scary). As for everything else, don't get me started.
Unexpected tempo, but still one of the best performances I've heard for this piece! I would have loved to see the full opera like that, despite the "strange" outfits...
I'm hungarian too, i was born in Kiskunhalas like Erika Miklósa too! We are so proud that Erika is the first Queen of night on the world! Thanks for this video! :)
Welcome to the real world... for e.g. Ágay Karola sang it in the Met (NYC) not to speak of Márai Gyurkovics or Szilvia Geszty on the most famous stages of the world...
Her vocal range and tempo are par excellence. Close your eyes you fool and travel to where you once were. This lady is just putting on a "demonstration" as to how truly incredible she really is. Do not hate, just enjoy the "spectacle" as Mozart originally intended. Amen.
Musically speaking, I'm all for a fresh, new, innovative approach which, in this particular case works miracles... But visually sometimes these "modern" productions can be completely pointless, unfortunately.
Oh, I disagree about the production style. To me it caught the feel of 'Metropolis', and other early (ironically, silent!) movies. Dealing with that level of obsession - anything works visually, and well at that!
This is hands down my favorite performance of this aria I have seen anywhere. She is head and shoulders above everyone else I've seen. No one else lands the "crazy", they sound too pretty and delicate. The speed she takes it at makes it clear those repeated Cs and As are her laughing/cackling. Not just some random incongruous coloratura that makes no sense when you consider what she is singing about in this scene.
Without addressing the actual production the execution of vocals is SO ON POINT. I love how she makes it sound like worrying nagging instead of a pretty tune, but GODDAMN the control that takes.
@Kasia Exactly. Plus, those not familiar with opera who look at this will watch with already formed negative ideas about opera, see this, and walk away with their negative perceptions confirmed. To them opera is an art for elites only. So these productions are not only disgusting for those who already like opera, but for newcomers too. These productions have the ability to kill opera. I wish directors would stop with the Regietheater garbage.
I LOVED IT! Erika's vocals were really impressive at that pace..... And the stage design was avant garde....... psychedelic, futuristic, surreal and frankly stunning...... I think it was all designed to drag the audience into the madness of it all................. Oh and I LOVED Erika running away at the end like Debbie Flintoff King lol lol x
This is definitely up there with Diana's performance, if not better. They're both the only ones that truly embody the creepy characterization. If Erika had a similar production and a better audio setup like Diana's this would've been the best version by far.
@@HereWeJoe I have yet to find it. Her acting is so unlike anyone else, including Diana. Her singing and behavior is more like a laughing psychopathic mother than an angry mother screeching randomly.
Эрика прекрасна в роли царицы ночи! Аплодирую стоя. Но очень уж спорная постановка. Весьма странные декорации и художественный подход к оформлению действия. Дочь, парящая над сценой чего стоит! Уверена, Моцарт даже представить такого не мог, наверно.
2:04 she did that part seemingly so easy, she bearly open the mouth. In contrast with other singers, who often need different positions. Brilliant voice and acting.
Wow, una de las dos mejores interpretaciones que he escuchado de esa Aria. Con un nivel de dramatismo y una técnica increíble. Una de mis piezas favoritas por la dificultad vocal y una hermosura inigualable. Gracias Mozart.
I’m obsessed with this - what production is this? Erika is freaking perfect - so many talented women have sung this and they all deserve amazing credit but her acting and effortless way of hitting these notes takes the cake for me
Many awful opera productions these days. No one writes great operas anymore, the last great one was written/performed in 1900 - Tosca. Opera companies keep performing the same ones over and over, so to continue to draw audiences they present new productions and try to "modernize" them. They usually fail.
why is the production so awful? i'm genuinely curious i'd be happy if someone could elaborate a little more, i've just recently gotten into musicals so yeah
This is my favorite queen of the night. Love the depictions of her as an elegant poised regal kind of figure, but here she’s just a crazy woman with no restraint and it’s so exciting I love it
@@yep4924 Even though Star Wars is supposedly set "a long, long time ago", I was still disappointed to see her shove a normal dagger in her daughters' hand instead of a lightsaber one.
She is the best singer of singing the Queen of the Night aria far ahaed!!!! Thank you Erika for the marvelous performance!!!!! God bless you and your talent.!
This is one of my favorite interpretation! For this powerful and kind of scary acting (which matches completly with the character), and at the same time a beautiful singing!
This is the first time I have gotten goosebumps from a performer! Absolutely beautiful love it!!! She is on key Everytime and I love it! She is actually singing not screaming!
I love this video not just because of the great music but because of the facial expressions of Erika Miklosa. I always see the divas standing there ina red dress (I don't know why) singing this piece like it was some kind of singing exercise. I love the fact that i can see the pure twisted evil that lies within her and is seeking revenge. BIG thumbs up.
I mean this is the best possible way; she looks like a psycho drag queen. I love it. And her performance is pretty on point. The high notes are a bit squeaky but her presence makes it all worth it.
Согласен с вами. Эрика максимально точно передала состояние своей героини оперы, так как задумывал Моцарт. Колоратура - это истерический смех Королевы ночи, а не просто вокальные упражнения, как у большинства, не понимающих характер персонажа.
I’m so confused! The singing is amazing, and the Queen is all at the same time, psychotic, terrifying and strangely attractive. My favorite performance of QOTN
Una voce bellissima e ben articolata, una Regina da fumetto con abiti spaziali e aspetto da vampiro che ha subito un elettroshock. Gli altri personaggi sono in tono.
My God, this is the first performance of the Queen of the Night aria that scared the hell out of me. Erika Miklosa's Queen perfectly expresses joy in malice, which is perfect in this aria.
Amadeus meets Frank N. Furter. The performance was outstanding, and even the weird staging couldn't distract from it. Not only a great voice and performance, but the makeup and costume rocked! Delightfuil!
Agreed. Too often there's a bit too much bashing going on around RU-vid for no apparent reason. If you don't like something - just go watch something that you do enjoy and leave the rest to enjoy their stuff in peace. But no, sometimes people have this unstoppable urge to troll. I dunno. Makes no sense to me but that's how it is.
This extremely awesome performance proves that evil itself has its own beauty and magic which one may hate but in the mean time eventually admire..Her ethereal talent's really captivated me.
