Sumi Jo - Mozart - Die Zauberflote - Der Holle Rache Kocht

Sumi Jo - Mozart - Die Zauberflote - Der Holle Rache Kocht

This time, I want to observe opera firstly. This opera, Die Zauberflote(in English, The magic flute) is made by Mozart. Among the diverse version, I select the Sumi Jo's. Many critics said her speciallity and that is not comparable in this century. She can only be competed with the great prima donna in history. She sings with very high pitch(that is Octave 4, F) and this pitch can be sung properly only 3~4 person in the world. In addition, she can sing very fast at a high pitch very correctly.This skill is very rare as well.

The reason I want to introduce the opera is -

1.Opera is the fist genre of singing and ochestrationing simultaneously.

2.Ochestration is sub, and the singing is the main.

3. Ochestra is invisible to the audience, and the main singer can be seen well.

This dramatic genre change is contributed in music history. It enlarges the music genre, and diverse the spectrum and add the popularity - originally the music is exclusive property of upper class.

As you can see, it can be played with music and vice versa. This situation emphasizes the dramatic effect of music. On the contrary, the part of ochestration gets small.

Diversity of music genre enable to diverse interpretation. This moment in this play, the Queen of night is about to threat the opposite side. But sometimes it can be played in the restaurant. Without any special attention, the listener can regard this story as a interesting, exciting moment rather than threatening story.

Question : Can we understand even if the opera is sung by foreign language by atmosphere of this song?