2. I'm a Stranger Here Myself - Anne Sofie von Otter (Broadway Melodies)

[nicholaschall]

No style (and no language) trips this woman up. Is there anything she can't sing?

[SupportWeThePeopleKB]

Teresa Stratas nails this song like no other. This version is too fast to pull the charm and humor out of every phrase. "Statas Sings Weill" disk is where to fall in love with this song.

[ELobodeStepario]

Yes she can.She is the one and only Operasinger who sings Jazz and Musical adequate.

If you listen to:"This House is empty now" by Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello you'll be convinced

[harrythepiano]

@elizabethvonslussen She *IS* deniably good at it because I and any other jazz musician would deny it!! It's like Ussain Bolt having a go at the steeplechase. I'm sure he wouldn't be useless but...!!

[Youkali67]

Bravissima von Otter!!!!

[Thomas10065]

ich finde sie bei Alban Berg inteessanter

[Rospaint]

So charming - when a very gifted person IS an intelligent one - bravo ...

[gabriella60730]

micsoda hangszin;micsoda szinek a hangjaban

tehetseg!

[hamlet881]

Does anyone know if is it avaible in DVD, or CD???

[ELobodeStepario]

@hamlet881

See the Album "For the Stars" from Elvis Costello with von Otter.[amazon]

[musicbaby05lucy]

does anyone know where i can get the orchestral score for this? i'm singing it in a couple of weeks and having a minor panic attack at not being able to source it anywhere! i'm in england so any help would be fab!

[harrythepiano]

@elizabethvonslussen Found this again a year on! I do get why people think she does this well - it's in tune & she's charming , but this simply ain't cabaret singing! This is a classical audience's *idea* of cabaret singing! Her phrasing is lamentable, it's all terribly tripleted (as is the orchestral playing) which creates a formulaic & wooden feel quite at odds with the loucheness (& looseness) of the genre.

[Youkali67]

@harrythepiano For your information, this is not cabaret it's musical. And opera singers also sing in musicals and Weill is a classical composer.

[harrythepiano]

@Youkali67 For *your* information it absolutely *is* cabaret - as in the classic archetypal Berlin scene of the 30's. I'm not sure you understand the term or the flexibility of the boundaries! Weill may have a few different labels attached to him but 'classical composer' is stretching it. He wrote 'Mack the Knife' for goodness sake - the most standard of all jazz standards. Yes it was part of the score for the Threepenny opera, but that was not a classical score, more akin to a musical.

[MrFpam]

@harrythepiano He also wrote a violin concerto, 2 symphonies, 2 string quartets, a cello sonata, and other orchestral works. He certainly regarded himself as a classical composer! Anne Sofie's interpretation of this song is perfectly valid (indeed it is very fine) and I am sure Weill would have been very happy with it!

[harrythepiano]

@elizabethvonslussen Plus unfortunately much of the melody is around B above mid C right on her break. She's trying so hard *not* to make it operatic but her alternative is rather nasal head voice in that register. Don't get me wrong, I really think she's a wonderful singer & she does this better than other classicals I've heard, but it's still wrong - like Monk playing Chopin or something! Check out youtube.com/watch?v=I_sC2iCKef­­4 half the vocal ability, twice the performance!

[Ivanbelastegui]

I love her acting and of course her voice, although I prefer her "opera" voice. Thanks for posting

[leprincebeaumont]

Che classe e che stile! Grandissima cantante lirica, che canta con una competenza e una bravura straordinarie anche quando si cimenta in un repertorio jazz o da musical di Broadway.

[arbresistance]

"Tell me is love still a popular suggestion, or merely an obsolete art?"

I love the song and the singer. Thanks.

[JMUHockeyGirl]

It's obvious the orchestra is having fun playing this song. Lol.

[mbrooks972]

One of my favorite mezzos ever. Love her voice - the warmth, the elegance, the intelligence that comes through. If you haven't heard her Christmas album, it's fabulous!

[katieboyd1]

electrifying!

[katieboyd1]

love this song

[AutumnToSpring]

I really love her voice, but I think this song sounds better if it's not that slurred, less legato. Just my opinion though.

[inviniveritas]

Фон Оттер потрясающая певица! Спасибо, не видел этот концерт.

[HaydnFan1732]

Great, I love her weill album.. But why using a microphone?

[montsyblackmadonna]

Ute Lemper sings this song 10 times better !

[blakpach]

@montsyblackmadonna agreed 10 times over!

[N9155E]

@montsyblackmadonna : Who is Ute?

[harrythepiano]

@N9155E U T E return key is four keys on youtube, try it (laughing)

[vitama1]

Veanla en erkonig ,es tremenda

[harrythepiano]

@elizabethvonslussen

She is a wonderful singer. But not the best in any genre she sings elizabeth. This is just her arsing about. I don't think she would contest for a minute that Sarah Vaughan or Ella or a million others wouoldn't be out of her league in cabaret and jazz genres. Doesn't mean she's not great at her thing.

[derdriui]

Excellent! Like silk.

[swanningaround]

elizabeth. Great! You could not get two more down to earth singers than Bryn and Anne Sofie. It must have been a great experience for you. Did you get to meet them afterwards?

[SatanAteMySocks]

Why do you think so?

[firebreathone3]

she tries to be edgy but fails to be so. her singing is neither fully pop or Classical. She not only fails at being both.. worst of all she fails at being either..

[swanningaround]

firebreath. Too silly. This lady is sure a classical singer. The lady has real class whatever she sings.