Natalie Dessay originally comes from acting, and that the respective roles fills with the fullest physical exertion to self-abandonment, transfers to always fascinating for their CD recordings. Your bell-like voice can angelic off into the highest levels, but also kindle abysmal drama. Whether as Pamina or Queen of the Night: the Dessay sings overwhelming, exciting, heartbreaking. Meanwhile Donizetti heroines no less convincing than that of Mozart or Strauss! The program of this double CD is an impressive insight into their repertoire that ranges from baroque opera to Bernstein. The orchestra and the sound-engineering quality are impeccable. Let us this century-soprano remain for a long time!