Luciana Serra - Mozart's Queen of Night
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Luciana Serra
The great "soprano di coloratura"
Her fame reached a peak during the 1980s, when she performed the "Queen of the night" (Königin der Nacht) in Die Zauberflöte .That performance soon made of Luciana Serra a "Queen" of the stage par excellence.
In this production of one of Mozart's best-loved operas, staged by the Metropolitan Opera of New York with sets designed by David Hockney.
@russcrow8887 Жыл бұрын
Luciana Serra is without doubt the greatest and most magnificent singer of this opera of all time! She is a Goddess! Thank you for the blessing of your amazing voice and performances! Bravo!!
@morcellemorcelle618 5 ай бұрын
Idk, I still prefer Diana Damrau
@BrudgamPeter Ай бұрын
@@morcellemorcelle618 Edda Moser !!
@user-zo4tt3ze4s Ай бұрын
Кристина Дойтеком 😊
@theseventhammer 4 жыл бұрын
absolutely legendary performance - she performs this exactly according to how Mozart envisioned it - the staccato notes were are meant to sound "not human" and Luciana delivers this 100%
@AstriaICOW 9 жыл бұрын
can't believe that there is absolutely NO microphone involved. what you hear is their 100% REAL voice with NO alterations of ANY kind!! Amazing!!
@MrSwifts31 9 жыл бұрын
Unlike pop singers,and musicals,where a face/head mike is used;NO opera house in the world uses mikes.This is what can make it difficult for opera singers,many of whom travel around the world.They have to scale their voices up (and down) to suit the size of the theatre.Of course sometimes the theatre is just too large for their voices, and sometimes they strain them. I used to work at The Royal Opera House Covent Garden,and they still don't use mikes.
@angryjalapeno 9 жыл бұрын
A Paradox Actually I heard many allegations that opera houses today mic voices that simply are too small for the role but where the singer has a pretty voice and is pretty to look at.
@AstriaICOW 9 жыл бұрын
A Jalapeño Not sure where you got that information. But major opera houses absolutely do not use microphones unless they want to alter the voice for some kind of special effect, which is not done for classical operas like Mozart, modern or contemporary operas maybe. I'm not aware of a single world-class opera singer who is so nice to look at that their voice needs a microphone. And I have a bunch of examples of small voices that you can clearly tell that they cannot project very well. For example Natalie Dessay, Barbara Bonney, Gundula Janowitz. All three do no ever use microphones despite having smaller voices.
@3toliczbapierwsza 9 жыл бұрын
there was a microphone used to record this ^^
@AstriaICOW 9 жыл бұрын
3toliczbapierwsza it's still much more realistic than using a microphone to sing, because the microphone makes the voice sound differently. Whereas if you sing without a microphone, just record it. It's like American Idol auditions. 100% authentic.
@montsesalazar6457 6 жыл бұрын
This woman is not human, simply amazing!
@lolo00265 7 жыл бұрын
She is just stunning. She's the best at singing this area: her powerful voice, stronger than anything, her face, that transmits coldness and austerity, her body and her costume, everything is just marvellous. Sopranos like her are gone. Luckily Internet helps us to recall these glorious times for Opera.
@danielpurgason3018 5 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love your comments. . . I'm a wind player, not even a singer, and I appreciate this trascsendent performance
@Bzcenci812 2 жыл бұрын
To Alessandro: My father didn't want to go to the theatry in his old age because he said he had heard the best and the new ones were not as good. He meant Lily Pons (his favourite) Claudia Muzio and some others. We have also heard "our best" and dream of past glorious times, and so on and so on. We have to put up with what we have or do as my father. As for me, my ear is not so developped to tell the difference between my favourites and their "replacement", but, I abhorr of the new productions.
@azur555 2 жыл бұрын
She sings effortlessly and beautifully withour trying too hard. I love her
@Malestrazj 2 жыл бұрын
Try to listen to Susanne Elmark singing "queen of the night", there's a video of it here on youtube, lyrics are in danish but it is the same song. That performance is from 2009, she's the living proof that the times of sopranos with truly beautiful magical voices are not yet gone.
@cxthsripps691 Жыл бұрын
Yeah too much drama and weak-feeble voices these days, opera singers are more actresses these days. But honestly, the queen of the night is what makes this opera interesting
@238assante 9 жыл бұрын
you can see the diaphragm work in the famous high notes. Nothing fake there.. wunderbar :)
@2009grifin1 4 жыл бұрын
I would show this to my choir to demonstrate how the diaphragm works.
@GrandDaddyCough 3 жыл бұрын
No one thought it wasn't real
@Bzcenci812 2 жыл бұрын
To Gerald: Even the Swarowsky gems move!
@80Mrmirko 6 жыл бұрын
La precisione nel canto, l'intonazione sempre impeccabile, le armoniche strabilianti rendono questa donna un colosso. Grazie Luciana!
@lancetop 12 жыл бұрын
MY FAVORITE Queen of the Night performance of all time. The Supreme Serra, the lovely, talented, gifted, and generous Supreme Serra!
@LenarLaurito 7 жыл бұрын
She is breathtaking. She sings like a bird on 4:14. I love her.
@itsdune079 7 жыл бұрын
Lenar Laurito Also at 7:53. Absolutely stunning.
@keli4775 3 жыл бұрын
she is a "human instrument"!
@pietrorossi2243 Жыл бұрын
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@EverlastingOpera 11 жыл бұрын
As I always say, this is one of the bests performances of Die Zauberflöte. Luciana Serra is definitely outstanding! She is so great that you need to think a lot about finding a competitor with her coloratura skills. Brava!
@huntersparks5710 4 жыл бұрын
This has always been my absolute favorite performance of the Aria. I know people usually point to the part we all know as being the most taxing, but I've always been most impressed by the runs at 4:13 . The control and accuracy is simply unparalleled.
@andreabarbani1878 6 жыл бұрын
un usignolo! la migliore esecuzione di sempre ! There's only one QUEEN and that's Luciana Serra!
@QRSC-fh2ob 5 жыл бұрын
I am devastated that I went to like this video but I had already liked it!!! Why can't I like it again?!?!?!
@Ralph032789 3 жыл бұрын
I really like how she executed this part at 8:02 to 8:05. I'm not an expert but after watching so many versions from other singers it appears to be the most artistic and dramatic.
@Louloupiu 8 жыл бұрын
She's the best Queen of the Night, really! Amazing voice! She sings it almost effortlessly. Just breathtaking!
@vendetta4v 10 жыл бұрын
The best Queen of the Night performance there is!
@RobertEvening 13 жыл бұрын
Precisa, impeccabile e comunque espressiva ed emozionante. Brava Luciana.
@mdnk2565 3 жыл бұрын
sono d'accordo!
@javimolina01 9 ай бұрын
14 years and still made me cry of happiness every single time I watch it.. my favorite video hands down! THANK YOU! ❤
@Ikuha84 7 жыл бұрын
I looove her costume. That crown is awesome :)
@jsaloma 9 жыл бұрын
The greatest Queen of Night ever!
@pinolella1689 4 ай бұрын
Serra, la più grande interprete in assoluto di questo brano e non solo
@aldenfriala2405 28 күн бұрын
Cristina Deutekom?
@anasager 9 жыл бұрын
the best "Queen of the night" ever...
@brownpaul476 8 жыл бұрын
Danm, she has some really good control over her vocals. and to hit the high notes like that. wow
@supercubotto 12 жыл бұрын
Luciana Serra......VOCE REGINA!!!!!
@helenacamps4577 6 жыл бұрын
the best soprano from all versions I have listened to, no doubt!
@talvela100 8 жыл бұрын
Voce straordinaria e musicalità ai massimi livelli
@toninogalie2794 5 жыл бұрын
Una delle più belle interpretazioni de: "La regina della notte". Meravigliosa e bravissima Luciana.
@toninogalie2794 5 жыл бұрын
Bravissima: una delle migliori interpretazioni de "La regina della notte"
@theenglishtongue1365 7 жыл бұрын
Made in Italy.
@moe3691 7 жыл бұрын
03:45 when you mother calls your name and you have earphones on so she does it 3 times...
@80Mrmirko 5 жыл бұрын
The perfection!
@wazn4totoro 13 жыл бұрын
There needs to be a new word to describe the wonder of this womans voice.
@francescomazzella5940 Жыл бұрын
Mai udito nulla di simile! Una tecnica, un virtuosismo,una coloratura... e poi una voce di puro cristallo...
@Nicoles442 8 жыл бұрын
Look at her ribcage ! That women is supporting her sound so well. I hope one day I can support without thinking like that. wow
@Nicoles442 7 жыл бұрын
Quite the opposite, she keeps h her ribcage expanded and uses breath supprt without letting it collapse
@Michael-hz2pl 4 жыл бұрын
Floatie⁷ Translation: You perk your breasts up and sing with them in a perked up position. When you perk your breasts up, it literally forces you to breathe correctly, where everything (the pressure you apply) will come from the lower half of your stomach. Your stomach will bounce and move/jiggle all over the place, but your ribcage should NEVER leave a pushed out position. Breathe in as deep as you possibly can, and hold the position with your breasts are in. Only allow your stomach to move when you exhale. This should result in the proper breathing placement
@micheline.silva. 3 жыл бұрын
Melhor versão de Queen of the night já cantada de todos os tempos!!!
@MarioStahl1983 4 жыл бұрын
In that role she was (in terms of vocals) the best ever. PERIOD.
@RekoStpaul 3 жыл бұрын
Words can do no justice for this performance. 10/10
@lorenzofranceschelli 8 жыл бұрын
Vengono i brividi di fronte a tale bravura. Uno spettacolo, immensa prestazione.
@gemmadeltigullio 6 жыл бұрын
Unica, nessuna come lei.
@gemmadeltigullio 3 жыл бұрын
Più l'ascolto e più mi rammarico di non averla potuta ascoltare dal vivo. Sovrasta l'orchestra ed è tutto dire!
@andytico0 5 жыл бұрын
Luciana Serra is the only true queen of the night, no dubt !
@sarawgf1653 4 жыл бұрын
yeah she's the best!!!❤❤
@fkwc110 3 жыл бұрын
100% 👍🏻
@n1ght_ch3f84 3 жыл бұрын
Diana Damrau begs to differ
@davidvscalvim2836 3 жыл бұрын
@@n1ght_ch3f84 In terms of acting skills, sure! Vocally? Not even a top 5.
@freshname 3 жыл бұрын
Edda Moser be like: Who's being disrespectful to The Queen here? I will obliterate you.
@juancamayo9462 7 жыл бұрын
most beautiful and powerfull voice, let me ear amazed!!! She born for that character, if Mozar lived for sure she will be her first choice!
@lunacanela09 7 жыл бұрын
DIOS MIO!!!no me canso de oirla : la mejor reina de la noche; se me enchina la piel de oir esas notas tan dificiles ; ha de haber sido maravilloso estar en vivo oirla y verla cantar; no me extraña los largos aplausos al final del video
@HattieMcDanielonaMoon 5 жыл бұрын
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@KrishnaSimone 4 жыл бұрын
@@HattieMcDanielonaMoon ??
@JairoAgama777 2 жыл бұрын
Es más afinada que Diana Damrau ,)
@miguelorellana8813 8 жыл бұрын
me he dado a la tarea de ver muchos performance incluyendo a Diana Damrau y si ella tiene excelente voz, pero la técnica de luciana Serra en el manejo del aire y la fuerza de voz es incomparable además de su presencia y dominio escénico es una gran cantante soprano de coloratura.... su voz no tiene comparación la piel se pone Chinita de sólo escuchar su voz y que personificación... the best aria the queen of the night... grande Luciana Serra dominio del aire, voz muy particular y con fuerza que más poder pedirle a una luminaria como ella .....indiscutible diva
@amethmendives8332 3 жыл бұрын
Pero el papel de la Reina de la Noche, la voz de Luciana es muy aguda, Diana Damrau en la Reina de la Noche es fenomenal, y Luciana en los Cuentos de Hoffman.
@8ONJO55 3 жыл бұрын
La voz de Cristina Deutekom es mucho más potente y clara.
@jesusnuovo5346 2 жыл бұрын
Me pasó lo mismo que a usted, he escuchado muchas pero Luciana Serra es mi favorita en este personaje ♥
@francescomazzella5940 2 жыл бұрын
@@8ONJO55 stiamo parlando di un mostro di bravura, come la Deutekorn, ma la performance di Luciana e' strabiliante, per perfezione tecnica, fraseggio, coloritura. Un momento di grazia, di quelli da tramandare a future generazioni. Ne' la Deutkorn, ne' la Damrau, ne' tantomeno la Bartoli si avvicinano a tale perfezione...
@robertharinek5081 Жыл бұрын
Sono assolutamente d'accordo. La voce di signora Luciana Serra è talmente splendida, che non posso trovare parole giuste per descriverla.
@tizianacasetta8770 3 жыл бұрын
Meravigliosa, straordinaria, incantevole.
@BigEarRadio 11 жыл бұрын
She breaks my heart with joy every time I watch this performance. Her voice and delivery are absolute perfection. The best I have ever seen. Wonderful! Would love to meet her just to tell her how much I love to hear her sing!
@gabrielcuzenic7399 6 жыл бұрын
I discovered this piece with that version... And Luciana serra is still the best Queen of the night after all this years... Everything is perfect ❤️🙏
@salumbre365 2 жыл бұрын
Now this is something you don't see every day: A coloratura who drowns a whole orchestra! Wow!
@fbbomber 2 жыл бұрын
Meravigliosa regina la serra, impeccabile vocalmente e scenicamente. Grandiosa
@MUDRO21 8 ай бұрын
Cara Maestra è l’icona della coloratura ! Regina dell Belcanto 🌹
@robertharinek5081 6 ай бұрын
Assolutamente d'accordo.
@addicted2trance 15 жыл бұрын
angelic voice...incredible performance!!
@BigEarRadio 9 жыл бұрын
I weep tears of joy and amazement every time I watch this, it's quite simply my favourite operatic performance ever! Wonderful in every way!!
@andrewnygard9368 9 жыл бұрын
A genuine maestro at the peak of her game. Amazing.
@mushaakiss 8 жыл бұрын
My favorite part of this aria starts at 4:04
@96speechless 8 жыл бұрын
+mushaakiss mine too :)
@Segalahis 8 жыл бұрын
Entire aria is kinda marverlous, but this part really is the most impressive.
@3adhalat504 8 жыл бұрын
How in the world do they do that with their voices!!!
@musicalkid14852 8 жыл бұрын
+3adhalat You'd be surprised...with the right training and the right understanding on how your vocal mechanism works, it's quite easy. I took a couple of opera lessons and it felt so easy to sing the way they do.
@murceg0electrico 8 жыл бұрын
+Armando Villa-Ignacio You took a couple of opera lessons and you can already sing the queen of the night aria? Oh dear, what is the Opera of Paris doing, trying to recruit sopranos wasting years of their lives at the conservatory!
@musicalkid14852 8 жыл бұрын
not what i meant! sorry haha. I meant singing in that style is relatively easy and feels better on your voice!
@loftyskies3956 8 жыл бұрын
Oh yer
@angryjalapeno 7 жыл бұрын
This is so not true. All singers lose their range and their voice with advancing age. Some lose it sooner due to bad technique or bad habits regardless of genre. What opera singer have to do is to project their voice over an orchestra and they therefore must learn a technique to sing in a certain way ... it is not at all "natural"; it requires studying and knowing your own instrument.
@alejandracampos4099 6 жыл бұрын
Maravillosamente perfecta, la mejor interpretación de reina de la noche, la admiro mucho señora Luciana Serra, es usted la mejor!!!!!
@giggles2302 10 жыл бұрын
BRAVISSIMA!!!
@osrodrig 8 жыл бұрын
BRAVISIMA!!!!!!! ☆☆☆☆☆ Perfection, this beautifulness makes me tears of joy.
@claudiasiefer8495 6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful phrasing, no?
@sudriers 10 жыл бұрын
Sin dudas una de las mejores Reinas de la Noche. Una belleza oír la musicalidad de esa voz magnífica. Felicitaciones.
@ciroandreotti6575 8 жыл бұрын
La enorme grandezza di Mozart. Il piccolo, grande Wolfie!
@lancetop 13 жыл бұрын
In this role, Lucianna becomes the Supreme Serra:)
@alessandroma23 9 жыл бұрын
Superba!
@josanavarro1 5 жыл бұрын
Bravo!! Perfección absoluta
@andrecueca 14 жыл бұрын
in my humble opinion the best queen of the night ever...so touching when trying to convince him to help her...and so evil when atacking her daughter....all this with a voice that doesnt fail and sounds like a robot of perfection
@michelecosta4779 9 жыл бұрын
La mitica e unica Luciana Serra
@dg5669 7 ай бұрын
There has never been and there will never be a better queen of the night. This performace is epic, magnificent, stupendous.
@alondraromero8721 8 жыл бұрын
Me enamoran cada vez mas sus coloraturas 😍😍❤
@boodistGeek 15 жыл бұрын
Queen Luciana lives forever in our hearts!
@emajej_ 8 жыл бұрын
this is so amazing! i watch this every day (no joke)
@mikeloquesea8431 8 жыл бұрын
Same here :3
@onurdas9375 8 жыл бұрын
+emajej Same here
@rag2enzima768 8 жыл бұрын
me too
@punkyinthebrain 7 жыл бұрын
me too! My daughter Amie is captivated by this Queen of the Night. She is 7 and we're off to Wien to watch this Masonic opera in April!
@MrMilfejunior 6 жыл бұрын
This interpretation and this perfection of notes from 3:06 (How wonderful!) ... And I only know this fluidity of notes with Luciana 3:24 (not to mention all the breathing technique used, as can clearly be seen in 3:23 when inflates all the chest) ... PERFECTION ... True force of the nature
@matthewlamberti8389 7 жыл бұрын
MERAVIGLIOSA
@areyouoka 12 жыл бұрын
Luciana Serra !!! The Best of the Best of the Best !!!
@MrsPisaroni 7 жыл бұрын
Utterly magnificent performance,
@MrAnya0001 5 жыл бұрын
this is my Queen of the night.
@carollaviny6882 7 жыл бұрын
esta opera é um alivio e um acalmo para minha alma amo demaiss todas operas!!💜👏🎼🎼😌😍
@mjremy2605 Жыл бұрын
Ahhhh! What a force of nature this voice. Beautiful interpretation like a cold machine staccato. Her fury comes out in machine gun staccato coloratura notes, superb. And her costume is one of the best for this role. Very powerful, rich, magical looking. The girl role was well done too, very dramatic poses. The good old days of opera. Such a pity that young people don't know what opera is today. My daughter went to her first opera at age 6 and was transfixed by the stage and the orchestra. It sparked her imagination enormously. She saw Carmen, then Lakme. They made a profound influence on her and she named her company after one of them. There should be mandatory opera attendance for all school kids with an essay following.
@izarob 15 жыл бұрын
Impresionante. En O Zittre Nicht llega a emocionar su tristeza. ¡Qué voz y fuerza expresiva!
@dakambla 6 жыл бұрын
Realmente una Reina del canto
@07948638 9 жыл бұрын
MAGISTRAL
@wolfgangamadeusmozart585 6 жыл бұрын
que bella voz es un angel en la tierra con tan impresionante voz es una ave fenix con un canto tan hermoso mozart que creatividad adoro todas sus piezas adoro su voz es impresionante luciana tu nombre estara grabado en mi corazon con tan bella interpretacion LA MEJOR REINA DE LA NOCHE
@ummjt 12 жыл бұрын
There are some things in life you think 'yeah with some practice I could do that'... I could definitely NOT do this! Bravo!
@bassodivo1 7 жыл бұрын
the squillo omg!😍
@oceanecrey8965 4 жыл бұрын
Woh ! extraordinaire ! magnifique ! L'interprétation est absolument parfaite, grâce à l'âge de la chanteuse mais aussi par son charisme, son jeu parfaitement juste, on y croit ! J'adore les nuances expressives de son chant jamais entendues jusqu'ici chez d'autres chanteuses. Félicitations !
@luzadrianasanchezromero7477 5 жыл бұрын
Es la mejor!!
@andrecueca 14 жыл бұрын
i think she is the best queen of all times...so touching and such a wonderful coloratura...she is very special
@DidixLolita 7 жыл бұрын
She's awesome💜
@MichelleToscano3010 6 жыл бұрын
Que arrepiante! Cara! Que interpretação! Que Maravilha! Bravo 👏👏👏👏👏
@cintyaputri4451 2 жыл бұрын
Luciana awesome
@lancetop 15 жыл бұрын
Brava ~C~O~L~O~R~A~T~U~R~A~ Luciana!
@angelamuti 4 жыл бұрын
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
@niahabeeb-ullah3218 8 жыл бұрын
she made it look so easy
@BruceBebe 8 жыл бұрын
Bravo Luciana, Diva! Io ti amo Luciana, tutta una donna bella. Autentica Regina della notte.
@jesusnuovo5346 5 жыл бұрын
By far my favorite in this role. Since the first time I listened to this performance, she became one of my favorite sopranos. Amazing!
@AndroDeMar 6 жыл бұрын
La migliore in assoluto!!!!
@wvfonseca Жыл бұрын
Absurdamente magnífico! Bravíssimo!
15 жыл бұрын
Completamente de acuerdo contigo. Con estas arias Mozart fijó un reto terrible para cualquier soprano. Aquí Luciana supera maravillosamente esta prueba.
@arthurlima9381 3 жыл бұрын
7:51 Just... wow!
@busterbaxter7612 2 жыл бұрын
This is a massive human achievement!
@mugenjie 11 жыл бұрын
Her coloratura in O Zittre Nicht is extremely precise, the clarity unmatched, in stark contrast to the vast majority of sopranos who simply glaze over with legato.
@luceafarul579 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly!!
@francescomazzella5940 6 ай бұрын
Perfect explain!
@kauesoul1 10 жыл бұрын
OMG No words...amazing!!!
@manuelamureddu7892 9 жыл бұрын
Perfect...
@danirijilla 5 жыл бұрын
impecable and mind blowing. Beautifully delivered.