February 25th, 2006
Queen, er Young Prince of the Night
One of the great arias in Mozart’s Magic Flute is “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen” commonly known as the Queen of the Night aria. In it, the revengeful queen tries to talk her daughter into murdering Sarastro. The role was originally played by Mozart’s wife’s older sister.Fast forward to the studio of one Stella Krazelberg (in her words) — “the illegitmate child of Mawdrew Cgzowchwz and Fyodor Challiapin, who met while performing at the Alaskan Tundra Wagner Festival” who is an amazing opera coach. Please take a few minutes to hear one of her student’s performance of this aria. Not just any student, a boy, who must be 9 or 10, who sings the hell out of it. He reminds me of one of the “Little Rascals” or maybe a member of the Lollipop Guild. But wow!
February 27th, 2006 at 10:26 am
My goodness!
What a treat! Thanks, Roger.
February 27th, 2006 at 7:11 pm
Who is this beautiful child? Having a personal Wainwright renaissance this evening. Just thought I’d mention it to HIS NUMBER ONE FAN.
Must be Austrian….
March 1st, 2006 at 10:52 pm
I don’t know who he is, just who the coach is…
March 3rd, 2006 at 8:19 am
If you need to compare this to someone who DOESN’T know how to sing this aria, take a listen to Florence Foster Jenkins:
http://www.daveamason.com/april/mp3/QueenoftheNight%2Emp3
March 26th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
I have been trying to find this amazing Queen of the Night video, but youtube is not working on my computer. Anyone know how I can find it?
Thanks!
RH
March 27th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
Hi Robin, I’m on a Mac and it works fine. Is there some video plugin that you need to see it? Check youtube FAQs.
July 5th, 2006 at 12:52 pm
[...] Oh dear; this hurts my throat just listening to her. I’m hoping this performance will brighten up your day, but if this is ruining the aria for you, quick, go and hear THIS young lad freshen it up for you. [...]