Patricia Petibon – Mozart: ’Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen’ from Zauberflöte

Watch exceptional French soprano Patricia Petibon sing “Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen“ from Mozart’s “Zauberflöte“. The aria was recorded for her DG album “Amoureuses“. Petibon has established herself as one of the most interesting and versatile sopranos of our day and has been widely acclaimed for her outstanding acting abilities that make her merge completely with whatever role she sings and represents on stage. With Amoureuses Petibon circles around the ever-important topic of love and desire -- in a series of character-portraits she explores how the very different female characters in the operas of Mozart, Haydn, and Gluck respond to the challenges of love. Ranging from the dramatic fury in Haydn’s Odio, furor, dispetto and Mozart’s Der Hölle Rache . . . to the sweetness in his Deh vieni, and from the desperate sadness of his L’ho perduta . . . me meschina! to the grandeur of Gluck’s Ah! Si la liberté, the