Mozart: "Queen of the Night" Aria [from The Magic Flute] (Synthesized)

For clarity of diction, the scoring has been transposed down several steps. *

"Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" ("Hell's vengeance boils in my heart"), commonly abbreviated "Der Hölle Rache," is an aria sung by the Queen of the Night, a coloratura soprano part (a type of operatic soprano voice that specializes in music that is distinguished by agile runs, leaps and trills), in the second act of Mozart's 1791 opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte). It depicts a fit of vengeful rage in which the Queen of the Night places a knife into the hand of her daughter Pamina and exhorts her to assassinate the sorcerer Sarastro, the Queen's rival, else she will disown and curse Pamina.

Memorable for its multiple upper register staccatos, the fast-paced and menacingly grandiose "Der Hölle Rache" is one of the most famous of all opera arias... and rightly so. The aria is renowned as a demanding piece to perform. The vocal range covers two octaves, from F4 to F6 and requires a very high tessitura (comfortable vocal range), A4 to C6. This rage aria is often referred to as the "Queen of the Night aria," although the Queen sings another distinguished aria earlier in the opera, "O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn."

Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen,
Tod und Verzweiflung flammet um mich her!
Fühlt nicht durch dich Sarastro Todesschmerzen,
So bist du meine Tochter nimmermehr:

Verstoßen sei auf ewig,
Verlassen sei auf ewig,
Zertrümmert sei'n auf ewig
Alle Bande der Natur.

Wenn nicht durch dich Sarastro wird erblassen!
Hört, Rachegötter, hört der Mutter Schwur!


Hell's vengeance boils in my heart,
Death and despair blaze about me!
If Sarastro doesn't feel the pain of death through you,
Then you will not be my daughter anymore:

Disowned be you forever,
Abandoned be you forever,
Destroyed be forever
All the bonds of nature.

If not through you Sarastro will turn pale!
Hear, gods of revenge, hear the mother's oath!

Source: (mostly) Wikipedia

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