Nicole Chevalier, Oh smania! oh furie, Oh disperata Elettra 

The sheer balls to scream like that during the recitative. Incredible performance.

Acting+Singing. This was masterfully done, for the ages. BRAVA, PrimaDonna.

I'm in total awe. This is real "furia", this is angry, furious Mozart! BraviSSIMA!

This is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Wow wow wow! The singing, the characterisation, the intensity! Mind-blowing!!! Brava, brava, brava!!

I can't believe she went to that finale after rolling on the floor... That is dedication.

Incredibile madness scene.

I’m not a big fan of Peter Sellars, but this Eletra is ON FIRE! Both singing and acting are wonderful.

This Electra reaching and sustaining the F# into a F#2 at the end outshining the Queen of the Night though her F6, is an unparalleled feat, never heard before and astonishingly impactful.

that scream fits so unbelievably well !!! fantastic!!! should have been written there in the score

I’ll never ever forget her legendary Traviata in Hannover so many years ago. So good to see that she is still on the absolute top of her game. Unbelievable performance.

What a pity to have such a wonderful performance marred by those ridiculously inappropriate and hideous costumes!

Very powerful, but why is Idamante wearing pyjamas?

so intense, abslolutely stunning, breathtaking. Absolutely the best ever

the way i would have screamed at the end if i had been in the audience that night

It is very funny to read all those critics who are so rigid and not open for a new view on this scene. Opera doesn’t exist to have these “high” standards of 0,0000001% of population. Art is for everyone. And if people like this acting then why not? If she can give us emotions we need then why not? I am not a professional musician, but I am listen almost only to the opera 20 years from 38 years I lived and her scream fits here very well imho. Look for example how Agnes Baltsa screams Amneris when she sings with Domingo in Vienna. I can’t care less that Verdi didn’t write it this way, if it gives me goosebumps and make me want to cry because of compassion for Amneris’ pain.

For those asking : Conductor : Teodor Currentzis Orchestra : Freiburg Barockorchester Mise en scène : Peter Sellars Decor : George Tsypin Place : Salzburg Year : 2019

The ad lib. high C at the end is thrilling!

It is unparalleled. A rare feat.

The best Elettra I’ve ever seen… I watched it with a big excitement and tears. Congratulations…💕

I'm will remain in shock for a long time. Bravissima!!!!

Phénoménal ! r e s p e c t !!!!

OK to me this is the best sung and the best characterised version of this whole scene. this is is just amazing on all levels.

A Wagner Vibrato….no, much too wide for Wagner too… They told dozens of years to instrumentalists, oh, dont make so much vibrato, this is Mozart!!! Grotesque classical music world. They wonder why so many people say: I dont like opera. Who can like this kind of singing? Why dont they hear the Sinatra vibrato and learn??

She has made me speechless

This is a Callas quality performance on stage !! Can you give details of the forces that participated ?

Omg ...what a Performance ... that’s how it’s done 😍

She's great but this direction is against the Singer and finally destroys the Voice . Listen at Leyla Gencer and Joan Suthetland and you immediately see the difference 🤔🧐

meravigliosa

real furies in her heart

Oh. My. God.

Grandiosa!

Bravo ❤❤❤

Insupportable à regarder …Tout est DÉJÀ écrit dans la musique .

Unbelievably good Nicole Chevalier. She is called to do great things. She follows the famous version of Joan Sutherland, with exquisite agility, a general forte and the final accute. Very ugly his scream just before the aria. You can see the baton of Teodor Currentzis, on the one hand rich and chromatic, changing, seeks reliefs, on the other hand, very extravagant (those endless silences, etc.).

Wow! There was no scene stealing of any kind. That whole scene belongs to Elettra!

Bravissimo

Best Elletra ever!!!! 😱❤️

Bravissima, è poco, anzi unica in questa interpretazione dell'Idomeneo.

Absolutely stunning. The best Elettra I've ever seen. So intense!

wow

Une merveille! Magistral!!

Yes yes yeeeeessssss!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

WOW. Just WOW.

splendide

The staging is horrid The borderline hoarse singing and some of the overthetopness are less than desirable Though the singer has a certain electric quality, has to be noted

Fantástica cantora e actriz!

Elettra...que difícil aria...solo Edda Moser llego a la perfección vocal. Ella un 9.90...amazing Voice ❤

Any additional info about the orchestra, stage much appreciated. I´m impressed.

Perché questi effettacci plateali in contrasto con l’astrattezza e la stilizzazione della musica?

Seen hundredth time, still crying. ❤️

Mais, c'est qui le chef ? C'est dingue, ce truc, d'un bout à l'autre ! Rien à jeter ! Toujours un bonheur à écouter !

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Why is Idomeneo wearing a pyjama?

Yes Salzburg Peter sellars

5:46, p. 511

Zseniális alakítás!

Do you also have tutte nel cor vi sento?

THat high C was so beautiful but why so short?

3:06 Beginning of the aria

Holy wow!! Show stopper!

Omg!!!! Bravissima!!! ❤️ Che emozione!

AMAZING OMG!!!!!!!

I'm torn to pieces by this performance

Is this from the Salzburg festival ?

Final note as Joan sutherland

One of great Idomeneo!!!! Brava

This is now my favorite performance of this aria --- dazzling. And not since Sutherland have I heard anyone attempt the high C at the end. Amazing.

damn this production looks SO good

fantastica

This is ridiculously over the top acting. It is so obviously forced and applied upon that the characterization projects as caricature. Some will describe it as camp. She doesn’t have much of a voice either so, naturally, she has to ham it up. Another observation: This is how fragile voices will destroy fast. All the screaming, writhing and tumbling about and whatnot are not at all conducive to vocal health, let alone a memorable portrayal. More often than not, less is more.

Per essere brava è brava, ma cavolo!, è Mozart!!! Non si può cantare e interpretare Elettra come se fosse Santuzza!!! Qui ci sono effettacci che si trovano solo nel più becero verismo ( sia vocali che scenici)

That's not art, that's artificial. That's what happens when the director has nothing to do with the piece. No more Mozart style - she screams so that the staccati no longer come. The voice is on the edge the whole time. How boring.

Awful.

Great tension especially in her voice and body (theatre?) with a lot of squeezed and un-free singing in the recitative. Needs to work more with her voice especially to create a steady lower register with chestvoice. She’s after the beat in the end and manage to ”sing” a high C in the end. It’s not a very high note for a soprano. This is average singing but with more than necessary acting.

"Do not move your arms if the soul is not behind". María Callas (1923-1977)