Sumi Jo & Olga Borodina - Delibes - Lakme - Flower Duet

[chinaman612]

The duet on YouTube with Ah Kyung-Lee, seems to have more warmth, and is a more enjoyable performance because of that.

Perfect as always though, Sumi Jo.

[invoicewithlove]

wow

[ondrejvaroscak]

I think that Anna Netrebko and Elina Garanča made it best, of course of what I had a chance to listen to

[elsuir]

I cannot agree more: the duet with Ah-Kyung Lee is much better! And I dislike the music read from the book, it is very disturbing!

[elsuir]

I cannot agree more: the duet with Ah-Kyung Lee is much better!

[sushiluver217]

Rnt u supposed to memorize the song instead of reading it out of a book

[ReyRafael2]

ourstanding!!! People we cannot compare voices, and am glad Ms. Borodina was able to show off her voice. Thanks for posting the video.

[truthfullyours1]

Absolutely Beautiful by both Opera Singers!!!! The End!

Thanks for posting smoothiw.

[dannyfletty]

oh my god !

[23zowie23]

Two lovely voices. nautilus1972 you may be a bit harsh with your Asian comment. I prefer to think that while keydet72 is closer to the mark lwt2008 is right on the money.

Sumi Jo sings brilliantly with a male such as Dmtri Hvorostovsky. Graham Melb Aus

[ameliabedelia99]

Borodina does have a lovely voice, but does not get along well with others. It's a duet, not a solo! Sumi Jo with Ah-Kyung Lee is much more balanced and more beautiful to listen to, as a result.

[breakpoint30]

Bravo Sumi ! exceptional! ma bucur sa aud o confruntare de un asemenea calibru, esti o revelatie

[SexiTeddy]

not a good blend. Sound more like two professionals singing, but no connection. Good performance though!

[keydet72]

Both Jo and Borodina have incredible voices, I wish they had focused more on blending together instead of trying to see who could sing the loudest. A tremendous waste of great talent and a beautiful duet.

[raaadja99]

I saw Borodina live last night in Prague. She has a wonderful voice and delivers marvelous performance but appears rather arrogant in between arias and when greeted by fans. I did not like her as a person at all. Here, she just does not complement to the music by refusing to keep in balance with Sumi Jo.

[Colienne]

Amazing voices and technique. I do love them both

[LuisPamela6166]

Alejandro: Un buen día nos reuniremos los tres, para musicalizar ese abrazo fuerte que nos daremos

[ihaveloosefeet06]

i once sang with Borodina. she has a HUGE voice! and i think she sounds amazing with Sumi Jo. =]

Brave!

[halloopera]

very beautiful voices ,but sometimes mezzo sings extra forte and hard and you miss the magic of this duet

[Renee1020]

I liked this duet so much it is put together very well.

[roalgoro]

Hermoso....^^!

[pontedupre0009]

There is  nothing more beautiful than a duet of two professionally trained voices like these.

Beautiful ! ! ! ! ! !

[bataioasa]

Este minunat , o voce deoosebita.

Merita acsultat.

[CT2507]

da merita! :)

[crazyemogirl6]

I almost think I like this version of the duet better with Borodina than Lee (just personal preference)

and I'm in love with how Borodina is sight reading :]

[thales2000et]

Et près des cygnes aux ailes de neige

Allons cueillir le lotus bleu...

(And by the swans with their snowy wings, let's go and pick the blue lotus..)

When I hear a version of this duet with that note hold around 2:47, I am a swan with blue lotus around me.

Thank you for this video. The mezzo seems a little to wagnerian anyway.

[lwt2008]

I feel that Borodina was outsinging her component. I do not remember this song being this out of portion in regard to lack of balance. Mostly due to oversinging. Also, did she not have time to memorize the piece. It looked somewhat awkward that she had her music in from of her the entire time. Poor performance due to lack of harmony and do to "out doing" your component.

[Nautilus1972]

@lwt2008 Bullshit. Sumi Jo is the finest there is .... close your eyes if you don't like Asians, because that's it really ... isn't it ?

[bandgeek0506]

@Nautilus1972 I have to agree Sumi Jo is amazing... but I dont know if she is the best... one of the best by far... it is hard for me to choose between her and Diana Damrau..... they are both OUTSTANDING and I like one more than the other depending on the song. They both never fail to impress me.

[mojopum]

@lwt2008 you are wrong. borodina has abig voice and you can hear that she does sing soft in certain places according to her instrument. What did u want her to do? sing like a mouse.?

[ClassicalJelly]

Borodina is lovely and has an impressively powerful voice; however, for this duet, I much prefer the performance with Sumi Jo and Ah-Kyung Lee. Their voices are simply much better balanced.

[rosiebrownejackson]

Astute observation.

Wagnerian was a very good description of Borodina (who is powerful and lovely)

Sumi Jo has a finese to her interpretation of so many pieces. This is indeed what sets her apart.

[zzzooooo]

Lovable

[Brasilenomusico]

beatiful....marvelous

[zubse17]

borodina is as marvelous as always...her voice only gets better with years, and is so mighty. she is all over sumi jo (beautiful singing too)

[shaeneh]

I like both of them. Just flawless and well done!

[laurakml]

Fantastic harmony...shining tone of jo & gorgeous depth of olga

the best lakme & malika that i've heard..

Two thumbs up!!

[ryanlsj]

amazing harmony....beautiful...