The only Adele I have found so far who actually laughs as if she means it. Lovely voice.

I saw this live on New Year's Eve I think either 1983 or 84 at Covent Garden with Placido Domingo conducting. It was a great evening and Adele was spot on. Everygody was in great form and great voice and the jokes in the second act were wonderful. And even domingo chipped in and sang a couple of notes!!! A great time was had by all both the cast and the audience.

i love her actual laughs in this song!

Oh wie sehr habe ich es als Kind geliebt ..... "Die Fledermaus"

I loved this production - checked it out from the library.. so wonderful, and they had special guests/ ballet in the middle. the ballet to spring waltz or somesuch - was superb.

Yes, It is Benjamin Luxon. I actually saw this production, with Kiri Te Kanawa and Herrnann Prey and Placido Domingo conducting. It was great fun!!

Chanté avec tellement de grâce !!

Very good singing and acting. Brava!

ich meine das ist wunderbar :)

One of the best...

Wonderful interp.

Isnt she lovable! I always feel happy when I listen to this.

:O the costumes are so lush

That was pure talent. :D

She is in tune. She is a little strained at the top, yes, but still sells the song. I own this version, and based on her performance in her first aria, which was much clearer, and on her body language at the end of this aria, I think she knew something was "off" in her performance here. But, as an amateur singer, I someday hope to be as good as she is when she is "off!"

Amazing.

magnifico!!!

The final note was a touch shrill, but overall very fetching. I love her risata (or however the expression translates in German). A frothy confection, thanks for posting.

It must have been great... I've got a video recording of Le Nozze from Glyndebourne (1973, I believe) with Luxon and Te Kanawa (and other wonderful performers), and I absolutely adore it. It's a pity I'm far too young to have been able to see either of these productions live.

but like most famous operettas it's NOT german BUT AUSTRIAN! liebe grüsse aus österreich :)

It is a girl. Shes playing a pants part (or a girl playing a boy). The part calls for a high tenor and there are very few high tenors and so women step in to play the part. If you listen to a guy playing the part you'll see what I mean about a high tenor...its kind of insane. And there is your opera lesson of the day =)

This song is known popularly as "The Laughing Song."

Mother of musicals (literal)

Just realised I knew Ben Luxon in my student days.

Of course!

Exelente me encató XD :p

Look. Adele was alive before the other one was born!

@minieinstein319 underenergized and strained at the top? yes. out of tune? no. she got it up there eventually. but i think that if we only comment negatively without offering anything nice or constructive to say, then there's really no point in commenting, is there?

@musicalluver101 likewise! It is truly lovely though :o) Marvelous lyric coloratura piece.

she goes sharp and gusty in many places... second or third cast, at best - the best is lucia popp

You're right. But I can´t abstract from the fact that she must have paid dearly for her dental work.

i think the same thing. i've noticed it in the first part. and i'm not a specialist. maybe i'm wrong.

來看老外的歌仔戲喔!! 小約翰史特勞斯的經典之作....

it's around the high d--never really on it for too long.

mortal vos poderosa buena

Orlovsky is written for MEZZO- SOPRANO!!!!

@lisilein2 One should be able to understand opera if it's sung right. Luckily I don't speak German anyway :P

Her high C at the end didn't do it for me!

i think its a little too spaced out in phraces but otherwise its really good

Who's the bald person ? I swear thats a girl...

@Kali Hardwick cause it wasn't a C?

I thought it was pretty damn good. It's no easy feat to sing that D.

Jochen Kowalski is the Orlofsky, no?

sorry, but I speak german and I can't understand one word of what she's singing. that's a bit anoying. I mean I know it's opera but still... however she sounds nice.

The laughing song haha

como se llama la soprano?

Is that Benjamin Luxon as Dr. Falke?

I like Kiri te Kanawa's version better

Yeah and the only operet lanquist is german even I´m finish !

Naja ist doch im Grunde das gleiche :D (PS: Willkommen im Reich xDDDD) @ sylandarnie

really?I don't think so! >_

All people not perfect, and Hildegard Heichele is fantastic actress, singer, and negative comment , no good, because she sing in Convent Garden of corse the people in teathe like and pricipalment the director Placido Domingo too. They sing in a good teather ? with a good singers? ok.

l-o-l

Nice voice but she's not a chamber maid.

git bi an önce kendine sigortalı düzgün maaşlı bi iş bul sana tavsiyem :)

eşek hoşaftan ne anlar :)

is just me, or is she not really singing the right notes a lot of the time? this is kind of ishy vocally.... nice tone, I guess, but awful pitch. and what the crap is with the botched D at the end? I usually don't leave scathing comments like this, but holy man....

@cloudy0317 u int xizobb tifhem

Eine Adele die aussieht wie eine Wagnersängerin ? Adele ist eine junge anmutige Kammerzofe und keine Walküre. Das ganze leicht frivole Spott dieser Arie ist dahin. Leichtigkeit und Schwung fehlen völlig. Darüber hinaus ist die Musik viel zu langsam gespielt.

sizin gibi sanat yoksunu insanlar yüzünden de Türkiye'de hiç bir şey gelişmiyor zaten . Buna anırmak denmiyor. Dünyadaki en zor işlerden biridir Opera Sanatçısı olmak. Ben bir opera öğrencisi olarak bu videonun altında böle bir yorumu okudugum ıcın utandım, umarım sizde bi nebze olsa utanmıssınızdır.. Yazık!