AMAZING, EPIC VOCAL GYMNASTICS
I listened to many performances of this aria on YouTube
For the best performance and highest audio quality
I enjoyed this one the most.
This is considered to be one of the most famous opera arias,
highly memorable, fast paced and menacingly grandiose.
The aria is widely renowned for being a demanding piece to perform well.
The aria's extreme vocal range covers two octaves
This aria is sung by a coloratura soprano.
A coloratura soprano is a type of operatic soprano
who specializes in music that is distinguished by
agile runs, leaps and trills.
In this scene,
the Queen of the Night orders her daughter,Pamina, to kill Sarastor
and threatens to disown her if she does not.
A mother tells her daughter to do as I say or else!
Translation of Lyrics:
The vengeance of hell boils in my heart;
Death and despair blaze around me!
If not by your hand Sarastro feels the pains of death,
Then you will be my daughter nevermore.
Outcast be forever,
Forsaken be forever,
Shattered be forever
All the bonds of nature
If not by your hand Sarastro turns pale [in death]!
Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, gods of vengeance, hear the mother's oath!
MOZART
Queen of the Night's Aria
"Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen"
from The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte)
performed by
Susanne Elmark
Coloratura soprano