Meryl Streep as Florence Foster Jenkins - Queen of the Night aria (complete)
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2016
- The purpose of uploading this video is to share Meryl Streep's incredible artistry in and as "Florence Foster Jenkins" with as many people as possible.
It is worth noting that the music was NOT pre-recorded. In other words, Meryl Streep sang "live" as the cameras were rolling. That makes her performance all the more remarkable! (The piano was also played "live" by the actor.)
An edited version of her performance of this aria is included towards the end of the film. See this and you will wish it had been included in its entirety!
Better still, see the movie or buy it on DVD or Blu-ray...which contains this as well as many other extras.
Enjoy!
“People may say I can’t sing, but they couldn’t say I didn’t sing”
-Florence Jenkins Foster
Kanda神田 my favorite quote ever
David Reed same
Why not?!
"People do say you can't sing, exactly because you did sing"
@Sunday Girl And what's the point?... She did sing because she can't sing?.... She can sing as much as she like, it doesn't change the fact that she can't sing. I do that all the time myself!
When I try to sing the Queen of the Night.
Same :D I do have a trained voice, but my upper limit is the D flat. I could do Leonora or Amelia comfortably. Never the Queen. Still fooling around with it in the shower.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That is hilarious Louis-Paul Maximilian Auguste de Lévis.
same
She's a better singer than I am! XD
same
meryl deserved an oscar for her ability to make it through this scene without cracking herself up.
agreed..i laughed the entire time
@Karolina Skudlik her appalling singing. terribly off key. I would have laughed the moment a first tone came out of my mouth.
@@jayweh That was exactly what happened with me...I started laughng from the piano in anticipation of the terrible sounds to come
@Karolina Skudlik its ok Karolina, you are forgiven. After all your name is spelt with a K.
EXACTLY if I were HIIIIIII I would have had to be escorted off the set
Having just listened to several of Florence Foster Jenkins' recordings, I can honestly say Meryl Streep was being infinitely kind.
lol right!!! i loved florence though
You are right. You can tell that Meryl Streep can actually sing IN TUNE but deliberately made her intonation worst to imitate Florence. If you listen closely, many of her notes (except for the very high and very low) are actually in tune.
Yes I just listened to Florence singing this, and Meryl's version is SO much better. It really doesn't show how bad Florence was.
I was thinking the same thing- shes hitting too many notes and not squeezing the high notes enough
I love Jenkins- gotta be one of my favorite musicians just for her love of singing and confidence
I couldn’t agree with you more. Meryl Streep hit most of the notes right. She is a true artist, who always strives to enhance the beauty of the real world.
I respect the pianist for keeping the same straight face xD
After playing Howard Wolowitz for several years, this couldn't be so hard.
Jagna Glowaczewska that is howard from Big Bang
Mr. Wolowitz
@@Kath3r1n3H. so trueeee😂😂
Yes
I love that Simon Helberg is legitimately playing all of that. It's real.
I was rooting for Simon to get an Oscar nomination, but that category is really tight. The Supporting Actors killed it last year.
Is he a real pianist?
I didn't know that he was a classically trained painist. I'm most impressed.
@@notesl5576 yes
Howard is my man!
The funny thing is that Meryl sings very well, and you can hear her classical training in the runs.
"...you can hear her classical training in the runs."
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🤔 Hmm, you could just have easily have written *_in the ruins_* and still be right! 😏
this is EXACTLY what I sound when I try to sing it 😭
Hi how are you doing??
wish I had an isolated space to sing like this 😂 would be very healing I am sure.
@@fistikcisahap7268 😂😂😂😂😂
I just heard on an interview that the audience didn't know what was going to happen and the reactions were all real. 😆
this is the best thing ive ever seen lol
No! This is a movie
that's brilliant! only makes me love it more!
Unos besillos o qué
This is a film. They are all actors.
how can anyone not notice howard wolowitz's piano skills!wow!
You mean Simon Helberg. He is the actor playing Florence's accompanist...and he actually played the piano in the film, while the cameras were rolling!
Gilliam Robles I dont watch that show.
Yes! What a beautiful skill.
You're cool.
Hard to find somebody with great acting skills AND great musical skills. This movie has two people like that with Meryl and Simon.
We have no choice but to stan.
Hi Siobhan how are you doing??
It’s actually difficult to sing poorly when you can sing snd meryl can sing in real life
Ms. Streep actually studied with the esteemed Estelle Liebling who was Beverly Sills' teacher.
it takes a good singer to re-create pitchy and tone deaf voice of Ms. Jenkins, not to mention it's Aria..
@@hilman94 exactly my point
Seriously! Trying to be bad is harder than being actually good. The first notes, and I was like...she's better than Flo, oh no...botch it up, Meryl! It looks like she was having so much fun, though :)
@@RibbinOpinion Well, she aced it. She put her training in music to good use!
Madame Streep did such an amazing job of singing badly, to make it sound *almost* good. That's kind of an ethical challenge - to a trained singer. Bravo!!
vladp That's the thing though! Florence could hit about a third of the notes absolutely perfectly, but the others were violently off.
Yes, which had its own merit.
In dramatics, it is very very difficult to produce an extremely off-key sound! Kudos to Meryl for making it appear so easy!
Ona spiewa jak pies muj pies spiewa spiewa
Absolutely - chapeau to this masterstroke to almost hit the notes, I think this is far more difficult than hit the right notes! In this height!
Queen of the night(mare). I love her.
Better comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahahahahahaha😂😂
I'm going to have nightmares about this woman!!!
🤣😂😄😅😆 QUEEN of the night(mare)
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I love how the pianist is trying to speed her up to the correct speed😂
I absolutely love her little hair piece and how it constantly shakes when she sings
We know that Wolfgang M. had a great sense of humor..
And the fact that he deliberately wrote this to let his sister-in-law Josepha Hofer show off her talent and range makes me laugh even harder. =)))
Brie Pontmercy
Mozart: Here, look at this piece I wrote for you :)
Josepha: *looks at the sheet music* Well, fuck you too
Mozart would have loved it!
When the pianist slows down for her 😂💀
And speeds up during the tutti.
@@da96103 more i
Es un amor 😂❤
Her courage and confidence drown out her singing, and that is what the standing ovation was for.
Bravo!
Oddly enough, the staccato technique was pretty spot on. Even the longest phrase didn't lose breath.
knowing that people call diana damrau the "meryl streep of opera" makes this scene a lot funnier
@M W ugh what I would give to see that
I love that this thread exists
That people think that's an apt comparison shows how little the general public knows about opera. Maybe acting, too. Meryl Streep is a successful actress with many excellent performances to her credit, but talk of her versatility is oversold, and she's often just decent with a reputation that no longer gets scrutinized. Diana Damrau, though, represents the ultimate zenith of what the human voice can achieve. She is not just several but many steps above Meryl Streep in comparison of the achievements of the two in their respective arts.
@@kevinr.m.richardson812 I think they meant that they look similar 😬
@@oliverdelica2289 nah. More like they are really the best of what they do.
Jenkins herself sounded worse than Streep. Meryl sang too many notes in tune!
Serena60 because she’s good at singing 😝😝😝
Truth
Meryl Streep sang so good in reality, she practiced so hard to be role as Florence Foster Jenkins
No, actually vice versa. Have you watched the documentary about the real Florence? She wasn't nearly as bad as Meryl exaggarated. She was just flat and bit out of tune, like a karaoke opera.
@@meryatathagres1998 no, actually you can listen to her performance of this on youtube and it is pretty awful. Much worse than karaoke. We have been laughing at her since I heard her in music school decades ago.
When the dog gains the ability to speak and orders you to kill Sarastro.
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LMAOOO 😂😂
🐕 🔪 💀
If I can rate Jenkins's performance from 1 to 10,
Skills in singing: 3
Confidence: 10
Although she thought she was good, I wish I had this kind of raw courage to just DO IT.
minus trpka she was a prodigy pianist as a child. So i presume she can't hear that bad and be so talentless. I think it was because of the mercury
@Lynda Anthony because that's how you are defining it. If you're gonna say something bad from a thread of a good vibe comments why not just start your own comment so we can just ignore it. It's like you just came in a room with happy people and kill their vibe. It's rude so gtfo.
bit more like raw syphilis , damaged her hearing as well as her mind, so we don't know if she took her self seriously, or was living in a world of her own making, in a cloud of arsenic and lead buildup in her system..
Admittedly I thought Meryl sang this much better than the real Florence did.
MOVE AWAY DAMRAU!
P I L O S O P A U L yes!!
I’m bAld lmao
BAHAHA!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :DDDDDDDDDDDD
omg hahahahaahha
Breaking news: Mozart imagined this kind of performance as "freak of nature" that Queen of the Night should be, but... he never imagined that through generations this piece would evolve to the beauty that it is nowadays.
This cracks me up no matter how many times I watch it. Meryl Streep is amazing.
my dogs were barking at this haha... communication exits in the animal kingdom for sure
Billy Young I thought she sounded she like a dog at times. Otherwise she sounded like a rubber squeeze toy. Other times she had an odd chesty, hoot-y sound.
Oh heavens forgive me!🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂
I just love that not only is like every note wrong and sounded like a squeaky toy, but she's just mumbling a bunch of vowels pretending it's German lmao
Even tho sarastro is a name i don't think i heard her say it even once, which honestly is the cherry on top in my opinion
She started with Italian. I have no idea what language she ended with. There is no Italian language version of this I can find anywhere online. I think it was done purposely but not sure what was the idea behind it and why the language did not stay the same. The name of the character she wants her daughter to kill (Sarrastro) is not even mentioned.
@@b.d6642 she says a...sarastro-like sound lol
Not MY Meryl ❤️!
is this even supposed to be the german version? I'm german, and I didn't recognize one syllable although I know some lyrics of that aria. :D
I am amazed how well Meryl Streep comes to sounding like Florence. And I don’t know why listening to this makes me happy.
I'm setting this as my ringtone
When she was young Meryl Streep studied voice with the legendary Estelle Liebling, who also taught Beverly Sills. In the midst of this brilliant awfulness you can hear a few notes showing how good Streep's voice is. And all the numbers in the film were done live - no lip-synching. Simon Kellberg's piano playing is also live.
John Mitchell that explains it- her mouth shapes are correct and the quality of the tone is quite good, not to mention she has a very decent range! She could have been a legit opera singer for sure.
She's found out how to talk to chihuahuas
That’s literally what I thought when she started doing the staccato! Lol!
Loooool
HAHAHAHHAHAHAH I CANTTTT
I just can't even with this comment. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
LMAO
My favorite line from Amadeus: "Who knew such music was even possible?" LOL!
Whenever I need a good hearty laugh, I watch this clip. Those awful trills get me every time. No matter how many times I watch this, those trills make me laugh.
She is brilliant, but I think this could have been even better had she tried to learn the words a bit.
Edit: I just realised she sang it exactly as Madame Jenkins did, even the made-up words, wrong tempo and pauses and the final staccato (which doesn't really exist). This has made it all much more impressive
Juan G She is singing the aria in French, as did many coloraturas in the early twentieth century.
@@jasonhurd4379 : She is actually singing the aria in the italian translation as the real recording of Foster Jenkins, but really pronounce badly the text also as the real Jenkins, for exemple the word "Ciel" is mispronounced and sound like french: But the italian text is the following:
Gli angui d'inferno sento bene al petto
Megera, Aletto son intorno a me
Svelga al fellone, Pamina il core,
Se il reo non muore,
Fliglia mia non è,
Ti lascio, t'abbandono,
Tua madre più non sono
Paventi il mio furore,
Se non osa il crudel, Sarastro, Sarastro
al fellone Pamina svelga il core,
Ciel, Ciel, Paventa il mio voto,
Ah! Ascolta Ciel!
She is actually supposed to pronounce badly the text as the real Florence Foster Jenkins did! Of course Meryl Streep could have the words properly in italian!
The real question is why one would sing this aria in any other language than German.
@@MissCaraMint well many operas were translated, like Tosca in french and Medea in Italian 🤷🏻♂️
Diane Damrau left the Royal Opera House after seeing this masterpiece
Oof 🤣😂😭
Oh yes but Diana's queen of the night is still the best
Edda Moser, no Damrau.
This is historically wrong, the audience was enthusiastic. They understood that Florence Foster Jenkins had a great heart and wanted them to spend a pleasant moment in spite her vocal performance was bad. The performance in Carnegie Hall has not been recorded but photos show the audience.
I just watched two documentaries about Florence Foster Jenkins. Both state that members of the audience would clap, whistle, and cheer to cover up their laughter.
From Mary Fisher to Julia Child to Florence Foster Jenkins, Meryl Streep can do it all!
It takes an extraordinary amount of skill and control as a performer to sing this consistently, aggressively badly! This is one of my favorite Meryl Streep performances.
Hi Aiya how are you doing??
She wasn’t singing live in that scene, it was recorded in a studio..
@@UltimateFashionist@UltimateFashionist Nope, she was performing live because she wanted real reactions from the many extras in the audience, and there were no rehearsals, the director called action, and she appeared on stage and did that; the pianist is playing live as well. The reactions in the audience are very real, they were caught by surprise.
Is there anything Meryl can't do, phenomenal actress.
Apparently she found it incredibly hard to destroy the song to this degree. They had to repeat over and over..
Meryl is PHENOMENAL and PEERLESS !!!
We really loved her in this role!
Streep’s inspiration is Bette Davis
She is so good at being bad, I love her!
She was GREAT! The fact that her name is still known and her story is still being told is proof!
If you close your eyes while listening to this video, it seems like mickey mouse is trying to sing opera :v
Edit: woah that's a lot of likes
Hahahahahaha yes!
Yea and also sounding like a rubber duckie.
@@veronica-je6hq Yeah, I thought it sounded like someone squeezing a squeaky dog toy
omg I’m dying
Asddjdkdla I can't. 😂
act listening to original florence and then coming back to meryl -
meryl has so much more resonance and diaphragm strength XD she can't completely mask that XDDD
You have to remember the quality of the recording you listened to with the real Florence. You can probably hear the essential quality of the timbre, minus some of the upper partials, but not the full resonance.
She sounded BADLY BEAUTIFUL! 🌹
What an acting masterpiece of Merryl Streep. Perfekt!
It looks like she had soooo much fun doing this. Brava Mme. Streep.
Lmao Streep is such a good singer that even when she's purposely trying to sound bad, she still sounds decent haha
Not if you are familiar with the original piece :P She is a great actress, though, and she can probably sing really well if she wants to :) Wonderful movie!
Evelina Rønneseth Ha oh, I was very familiar with Florence long way before the movie. Meryl still sounds nice when she sounds bad haha.
I meant Mozart as how he originally wrote it :) But yes, Meryl Streep totally nailed Florence! I heard Florence sing this piece, and Streep sounded quite similar :)
Evelina Rønneseth TBH Meryl sounded better than Florence
I bet she listened to Florence sing it over and over to get the right pitches and screeches.
0:49
When you’re in the shower belting out songs and somebody walks in
Streep deserved that standing ovation. She sang it live and gave a brilliant imitation of the true awfulness of FFJ.
Officially proves... there is nothing Meryl Streep can't do!!!
Iggy Sings I couldn't agree more on that saying 😍
Even clap for child rapists 😏😁
She can play Batman
Except for a full sequel, maybe...
She could play a paper bag and win a Oscar
This is me if I had chance to sing on Broadway
Ahahaha! What about Odette's humming voice while playing?
Ha you wish! You can't outwit Meryl duh 😝
TwoSet must react to this. Now.
Streep’s interpretation of Florence Foster Jenkin’ s “ Der Hølle Rache” is nothing but ingenious. Sound quite exactly like the recordings, parallel to Streep’s skillful play. Great performance! I was to see it three times, were laughing my hiney off the first attempts...thank you!
In the "woah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah" She sounds like a barking chihuahua haha. Loving it Meryl! (:
PS -- that guy from big bang really put everything together
more ike a rubber duck
I cry with laugh! Meryl Streep is wonderful!
Barbara Gaweł you have to listen to original recording
Extraordinaria interpretación de Merryl Streep.
Florence tambien extraordinaria pues cantó sin tener condiciones sólo su entusiasmo. La película es una joya
That final high note literally brought tears to my eyes :)
I'm really amazed at the musical gifts of both actors. Florence is an immortal legend among us classical musicians. She has the luck to be able to live her dream... and our worst (just musical) nightmares, haha!
Perfectly Imperfect....
just saw this in my recommendations years later and i have said this before, meryl worked for this role and nailed it. the way u can still hear her hit some notes just goes to show how wonderful she is at singing. i forever stand by my word
Well, one just has to admire her ballsiness.
... and Florence Foster Jenkins evidently had the courage of her convictions too. 😱
Absolutely stupendous in a number of painful ways
Meryl is the queen of acting. Everything from her facial expressions to her posture in any of her performances.
Simon Helberg deserved an Oscar for playing that piano with a straight face. 🤣🤣🤣
Beyond perfection.Bravo!
3:22 when shampoo gets into my eye
edit: omg 107 likes!! thank u so much
Hahahaah omg I know that feeling🤣🤣🤣 you made my day
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Literally just got this song from iTunes , I couldn't help it
Que buena interpretación ! PEDAZO de actriz 🎭🤩💪🏻
If I could just give her a hug, I would! She did it, and at least she did!
she didn't let their laughter stop her from doing what she loves the most, and that's why I'm very proud of her!
Bravissimo, Meryl and Simon!
I’ve recently seen the film for the first time. Meryl Streep has some real talent if she can sing off key perfectly. Also, I cried at the ending. It was so heartbreaking💔
Whatever she did here is still so much better than most of us can do.😍
I've known about Florence Foster Jenkins since my classical concert pianist dad played her recordings for me when i was about 15. Simon Helberg was spot on in his portrayal of Jenkins' incredible pianist Cosmé McMoon. If you listen to the recordings, he never loses her no matter how off tempo she goes.
That poor, dear lady. All these years later and she's still being laughed at.
Perhaps, but very few if any people who laughed at her in her lifetime are long gone and will never be remembered as she still is. So in a way, I think Florence got the last laugh.
Many more people admire her for her courage I think. Like Tommy Wiseau- he wanted to make a movie by hiw own terms and he did it, and now he is a legend. :)
Yes, I laugh, but at the same time she is SUCH an inspiration!
But I am happy to know if her.
It's because she is an actress and that's a clip from a show. She purposely did that.
The definition of painful and funny at the same time
The audience must have had it so hard. You have the world's greatest cinematic actress in front of you, and all you can do is laugh.
This just might be the best thing I have ever seen😂😂
Meryl is sublime and so was Florence. Incidentally one of the top A's is almost in tune here - MUST be a mistake! I loved it .Thank you.
You're welcome! And I know which note you mean :-)
Yes I noticed it too :)
As a cover of Florence, this is spectacular!
What’s fascinating is that this is almost a perfect rendition of what the actual recording sounds like. Meryl Streep can certainly play anybody and anything and sound like anything she wants.
My one and a half year old grandson is absolutely infatuated with this. He wants to watch it over and over. Totally focused. It's amazing. I'm going to watch the entire movie with him. Meryl Streep is one of the best. My grandson loves listening to actual Florence Jenkins too. Actually I never was interested in Opera until I discovered Florence.
Omg, this is so amazing! It couldn't be anyone else to play her! And I have to say that I'm shocked with Howard Wolowitz talent on the piano! XD
I wonder how she can sing like this without laughing and how many takes it took for her to sing this
One. She’s an amazing actress.
@@yujicortez I’ve seen amazing actors have so many bloopers because they can’t keep a straight face or forgot their lines
I would have broken down in hysterics.
That’s hysterical!
Maryl, What an amazing actress you are!!!
Funnily enough, Meryl Streep sings more in tune (as Florence) than Florence did!!
Apparently, the syphilis that her first husband gave her affected her hearing so she honestly could not hear how badly she sang! Poor woman, life was not kind to her!
Yes, she was 17 when she contracted it from then husband Frank Thornton Jenkins... on her wedding night which is really sad
Hi Elizabeth how are you doing??
@@johnnycharles1469 Quite well, and you?
@@Elizabeththegreatest good thanks for asking....
@@Elizabeththegreatest Do you mind if we get acquainted as friends and also get to know more about our selves
Fabulous!
Excelente película. ❤ Maravillosa escena. ❤ Meryl es la mejor actriz de todos los tiempos. ❤ Fuera de serie. ❤ Extraordinaria en cualquier personaje. ❤
She ist unbelievable. A goddess of acting
She really struggles not to laugh
She did her dream after all, even if she was bad❤
this version is indomitable. definitely the best Queen of the Night ever!
After this role, if I see Meryl Streep alive, I will fall to her feet and warship her...
WHAT A GENIUS!!!!!!!!!
PowerofLoveTarot: PLEASE don't warship her!
Please do not warship her. You can worship her, just don't warship her.
'Her performance at Carnegie Hall was on October 25, 1944. Guess who performed the day before? Frank Sinatra. A tough act to follow, even if you can sing... at all...
I seriously would like to hear an autotuned version of this.
I am this old when I realized that we all need this kind of performance once in while.
Any role Meryl Streep can't play?