Added: Feb 10, 2008
From: DessayBestSinger
Duration: 9:47
THE TRANSLATING BEGINS IN THE VIDEO INFO AND WHEN YOU'VE READ IT GO TO 'VIEW ALL X COMMENTS' THEN YOU'LL SEE THE REST OF THE TRANSLATING LAURENT RUQUIER A new CD: The miracle of the voice! Before that we've watched some arias of the DVD. We of course never do playback at opera. Do we? NATALIE DESSAY Well...no. L.R Have you already done it on TV? N.D No. L.R If I ask you to sing on playback an aria of the CD are you able to do it? N.D I don't know because I don't know if I will remember the lyrics. L.R Oh yes you'll see. Or better listen. N.D Oh, that's OK!(Playback) L.R It's Lakmé! N.D Oh I love playback! L.R It's the bell song, are you able to sing on playback the same aria sung by Maria Callas? N.D Let's see. (Playback) L.R We're going to compare both of you; you hold longer the high note than Maria Callas. N.D Oh that's normal! (Laughs) No, no, but it's not Callas' repertoire at all, her voice is much larger, mine is really lighter, so if Callas can just sing the notes it's extraordinary. No, I love her so I'm not going to... L.R You are the high notes queen; Callas is the Queen of what? N.D She's just the queen! L.R Which was the first opera that you saw in live? N.D It was Tristan and Isolde, and I was booored! (Laughs) L.R How did you begin to sing because at the beginning you wanted to be an actress, you acted Molière in camping I think. N.D Yes, that wasn't very glorious; I would have preferred not to talk about it... (laughs) Yes, I wanted to become an actress, and I still love theatre. It's a little bit by default that I became an opera singer. It's also because I had a voice, but I did not know that. When I was 20 very body told me 'Oh, you have a nice voice, you should sing,...'But nobody told me anything similar when I was acting... L.R You began to sing when you were 18, and the woman who gave you singing lessons, tell me if it's true... N.D It's true. L.R She's a butcher. N.D Yes, well, she was a chorister at the theatre at Bordeaux, and when she got married, her husband told her 'You must choose between the theatre and me' so she staid with his husband at the pork butcher's shop. L.R Let's do a quiz, we'll show you some operas, and that will help us to talk about your career. I imagine you'll immediately find the first one, which is it? N.D It's Toulouse...maybe. L.R Great, the Toulouse Opera. N.D Yeah! Capitole! Yeah! L.R So you were there in a chorus.
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DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 22, 2008 - mais callas est bien plus expressive
123Niche Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - Dans ce cas-là tu devrais te rebaptiser CallasBestSinger...
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - Mais naturellement je préfère natalie!!
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - I can't put the whole translation in the video info so I'll put the missing part on comment
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - N.D Yes, I was in the chorus. L.R You weren't a soloist yet. N.D No, I staid one year there, and I soon wanted to leave it. L.R You already were very ambitious didn't you? N.D Well, I wanted people to watch and listen to me (laughs).
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - L.R Next opera. N.D So which is that one, that's Bordeaux isn't it? L.R Isn't that your home? N.D I don't recognize anything, they changed everything! L.R Since Jupé is back! N.D Oh that's why! (Laughs) It was much better before! (Laughs) L.R Next Opera. N.D The Bastille!
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - L.R We've skipped a few years... N.D Yeah. L.R ... We're in 1992... N.D Yeah. L.R ... And it's your first role in Paris, Les Contes d'Hoffmann... N.D Yes, the doll of the Contes d'Hoffmann... it was wonderful... L.R And the critics are already very good aren't they? N.D Er...I think so...
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - L.R I've got some of them; we say for example'' The equality and the length of her voice, the warmth of her tone make an impeccable musicality.'' It was starting pretty well. In 1992-93, you met someone, he's your companion, maybe your husband, are you married? N.D Yes we're married we've got two kids. L.R His name is Laurent Naouri.
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - N.D Yes. L.R And he's a baritone? N.D Yes. L.R You never sing together! N.D Yes, sometimes we sing together... L.R But on stage. N.D Well it's because we haven't got the same repertoire. But we're going to sng together in 2009, he'll be my ex-future-father-in-law...
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - L.R ... I correct on the sheet... (laughs) N.D That means that - it's la Traviata - Traviata is in love with Alfredo Germont, but Germont's father doesn't agree that relationship. So he's gonna be Germont's father. L.R In 1995, you win your first classical music victory, since then you've collected five trophies, so six trophies in total, in 1995 (I already said it), in 1996, in 1998, in 2000, in 2002, in 2005, artistic category. So, what do you do with all these trophies?
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - N.D Well, I give them, my brother has got one, my parents, my son has got one in his room, my daughter has also got one in her room. L.R Your voice now, reassure your fans and people who haven't had the chance to see you live yet, you sang here in Paris last September, but you had big problems with your voice in 2001. What was that? N.D Well, if we go into details, it was a cyst, a polyp, but well, it's not very interesting.
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - L.R When you found out that you had problems it was the 11th September 2001! (Laughs) N.D Yes (laughs), and that immediately covered my little problem. I was shattered, thinking that the world was going to collapse, but the world was somehow really collapsing! L.R So it was two Islamist suicide bombers parasites that went into your throat... N.D Absolutely! (Laughs) But I've eradicated them!
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - L.R In 2005, you said - there are some young singers ex Star Academy-''I would never want to sing with variety artists'' N.D No, I said that because... L.R Popopopopop... N.D No, no, no! It's a good question, because it's not that opera is better, I love variety artists, I sang in a duet with Claude Nougaro, so that's even not true! It's because variety singers sing with microphones and I don't, so...
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - VARIETY ARTIST 1 I can sing without a microphone: 'Vide un mare quant'è bello'' N.D Yes, but you've got a microphone... (laughs) L.R He's Belgian! He's Belgian! N.D No, I want to say that our voices are... V.A2 It's his birthday! N.D No, but our voices are different and it's difficult, artistically, to marry an opera voice and a variety voice, but I love variety, I always listen to it... L.R I would like to know if you could sing something with
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - N.D What could we sing? I don't know... V.A1 Lyric music! I can take my microphone off... N.D Oh no! Don't! L.R He's crazy! This guy is crazy! Keep the microphone! Keep the microphone! It's better for everyone! V.A3 (sings) We're going to work on that! N.D Ah, but it's not bad!
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - V.A1 Caruso! Caruso! Everybody know Caruso! N.D I do not know the words but I know the song. V.A1 Te voglio bene assaie Ma tanto bene sai L.R Let's go! V.A3 ''Te voglio bene assaie'' N.D Yeah!
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - V.A1 ''Ma tanto bene sai'' N.D What are the lyrics? V.A1 ''E una catena ormai'' N.D ''E una catena ormai!'' But now I'm singing like you! (Laughs) L.R He does it well for a starter! N.D Yes! He's got a voice! That's sure! L.R Roberto Alagna, for example, he sings with microphones when he sings for example Luis Mariano... N.D Yeah, but he does it very good and everybody his speciality
DessayBestSinger Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - L.R Do you know Joe Dassin? N.D I don't remember but I knew him, I had some of his CDs when I was a child, I loved his songs! V.A3 But how can we not remember! All ''L'Amérique, l'Amérique, je veux l'avoir et je l'aurai L'Amérique, l'Amérique, si c'est un rêve, je le saurai Tous les sifflets des trains, toutes les sirènes des bateaux M'ont chanté cent fois la chanson de l'Eldorado De l'Amérique.''
nikol1981 Says:
Feb 23, 2008 - Thank you sooooooo much!!!!
DessayBestSinger Says:
Mar 8, 2008 - L.R Four questions! Jean-Pierre Foucault, Benjamin Castaldi, Fred Courtadon or François Pécheux. N.D Er... Pécheux. L.R François Pécheux. FRANÇOIS PÉCHEUX Do you work on your voice?
DessayBestSinger Says:
Mar 8, 2008 - N.D No... I sing without working! (Laughs) L.R Every day you work! N.D Yes, we work a lot! L.R How many hours a day? N.D It is not a matter of hours, it is a matter of working regularly, and I still take singing lessons. L.R Another question...
DessayBestSinger Says:
Mar 8, 2008 - N.D Er... L.R You still have Jean-Pierre Foucault... N.D Foucault? L.R Foucault. N.D Foucault. JEAN-PIERRE FOUCAULT Do you prefer the mixes of Laurent Garnier or of Jean-Edouard Duloft (Duloft?) (Laughs) N.D I'll say Garnier because it's the Garnier opera. L.R Excellent answer, you're free! Goodbye, Natalie Dessay thanks! Natalie Dessay! A great voice!...
dlelyveld Says:
Mar 10, 2008 - qu'est-ce que ils sont stupids ici.
cbcf123 Says:
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123Niche Says:
Feb 22, 2008 - Moi je doute... ! Dessay a beaucoup plus de facilités, de technique aussi, beaucoup plus d'aigus et une voix beaucoup plus cristaline et plus belle.