Lol my favorite costume of her is on Royal opera house in UK. Glitter+sheer black+ elegance! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YuBeBjqKSGQ.html
Cheers, Diana, you never cease to amaze me. With German her mother tongue, it seems like this role was literally written for Damrau. wonderful. (crazy costume however!)
Yes, this costume is really funny, indeed. But you can dress her in rags, her voice that cannot be described with words and her superb acting will outshine everything.
As they should. It is possibly the worst, most baffling costume decision for this character ever made. More concerned with being “different” than honoring the character. It’d be like dressing Papageno in a black robe.
I'll agree with the others here that this dress was quite something. But actually, I like it, well, the color anyway! (Green is my favorite color, so I am a bit biased, but it works for me.) I don't care for the headpiece in this scene, though. Wow! (I do particularly like the headpiece in the Hölle Rache scene.) It's an incredibly different look than the Royal Opera production, where she looks hideously evil (as intended by the costumer), but I kind of like it. What I found a bit hard to take was the tempo of the aria. It was so slooooooow. She still managed to sound amazing, but the tempo was just so much more appropriate during the ROH production. Overall, however, I will listen to or watch any recording of her singing this role anytime! Love her!
Even dressed like Queen of the recycled M&S carrier bags she's exquisite. Seldom has passion enlivened Mozart like the love of this woman for his music. Remember that this acting is seen by most people from around forty foot away, and as the night is orange, green, red and black she's got to jump around to be seen.
This is obviously a spectacular performance, indeed, but she does sound even better (as if that was possible!) in that Covent Garden production. She truly is FIERCE there (David McVicar RULES!) She has a huge voice and was outstanding in Agyptische Helene at the Met. I thought she almost OUTSANG DEBORAH VOIGT in the trio. I think she will turn into a great dramatic coloratura like Dame Joan or Christina Deutekom. Can't wait to see her as both Pamina and the Queen in the same season at the Met.
overacting? a fantasy story? the "queen of the night" is no real person,so each performer is able to create her own "version" ..and that's a very powerful interpretation
well yes the costums used for this aria are a bit...eccentrical but that doesn change that Damrau is so good! good at singing and good at acting. A coloratura like that is VERY rare.
if anything she's a green drag queen... with a female soprano's voice... I love this production... i recognize the tenor from Candide... he's adorable! :) Diana is a wonderful colorful (in more ways than one) character as well.
Brilliant! She's awesome!! This is exactly how I imagine Mozart wanted his Queen of the Night to be (I mean the singing and the acting, not the dress). But why did the audience respond so passively?
Encore et toujours un grand BRAVO à Diana Damrau, magnifique artiste, et elle a bien du mérite à réussir à chanter, déguisée comme elle l'est, je n'arrive pas à déterminer si ils l'ont habillée en laitue ou en perruche. Les décors et les costumes me font saigner les yeux,
Il semble y avoir un consensus sur le brocoli :) Pour être franc j'aime bien l'aspect visuel les couleur les forme même la robe, mais juste ça n'a absolument AUCUN rapport avec cet opéra ...
You're absolutely right. Just ignore him... It makes me really sad too that she's stopped singing die Königin, but there's plenty of repertoire she can do, and I'm looking forward to her coming to Spain this April. I hope I'll be able to go and hear her sing!
Diana Damrau is the best Queen of the Night. I saw her about 2 weeks ago at the Met as Pamina--also very good but I was disappointed to not see her Queen. Might go again next week when she sings Queen in the Taymor production. In the performance featured here, Paul Groves is singing Tamino. His speaking German is terrible.
If only we could all wear acid green gowns like that! I did a production of Little Shop Of Horrors and think we used the same material for our man-eating plant. Lovely, just lovely...
Is it just me? or did they speed up the beginning of the song/piece to really fast? And HOLY SHIT!! Damrau's costume looks like it can kill the president..I mean COME ON, who comes up with those outfits. Pamina, Papageno, and Papagena had the best outfits.
The costume is outrageous but I think the whole production is like that. I also read that Damrau was sick so that impacts her vocal quality, but still impressive.
Great works of art allows for interpretation and stay relevant. Shakespear has been reinterpret just as much as the Flute. I have heard that business men read the Art of War.
Para APLAUDIRLA UN MES Y CUBRIRLA CON MILLONES DE FLORES!!!!!!!GRAN-DIOSA... FABULOSA....SOBERBIA....DESLUMBRANTE....FASTUOSA....!!!!!GRACIAS DIANA!!!!!!
oh. my. gosh. i am absolutely in love with her voice! but what is it with the salzburg festival and weird costumes for the queen of the night? everyone i've seen by that festival is green...
i rode an article about the costumes and the designer of this production...he is very famous ,but i don't know his name ..the creations reminds me of the desiger yan tax
voice and acting impeccable thanks G.. but the folies bergeres costume !!!!!!!!!!!! for the queen of the night .... what on earth was the costume director thinking of or was it a mix up with papageno's costume ?????
