Elīna Garanča - Sextus's aria (Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito)

[eliyaguy]

superb singing.

[serenaluce]

I like her voice very much, but it's a MAN's aria, and she sounds too feminine for it. Why don't female mezzos at our time explore better WOMEN'S repertoire like Carmen which is sung by ANY voice from soprano to contralto, and leave castrati roles for countertenors who have advanced technique and sound like MEN?! That's why people are not interested in baroque and early classicism as normal people can't accept a singing woman and imagine that she is a MAN. We need a new opera reform now!!!

[holborne235]

@serenaluce But they can accept a man who sounds like a woman? Come on. Sounds to me like someone has an axe to grind more than any valid point to make.

[serenaluce]

@holborne235 Who "they" accept and where a man who sounds like a woman? In a pop show or transvestite show where a man imitates a woman for fun entertaining the crowd? Like Klaus Nomi or Artem Semenov? You compare apples with oranges. I have a valid point here that she sounds too feminine for men's roles, and to enjoy her singing I have to disattach from the image.But I heard e.g. great countertenor Jochen Kowalski in this aria, and it sounds right! Real CTs, not like PJ,don't sound like a woman

[Cissy97]

@serenaluce

Her timbre is too lyrical for most men's roles.

That's why I don't think Elina will ever attempt roles like Serse.

She may try Ariodante, but not Serse.

There are some mezzos (not CTs) who sound rich and full, like Christa Ludwig and Paula Rasmussen. The latter's Serse beats all male and women alike.

[RosieRocka]

thanks for this video, its so great to have the lyrics, and Elina is my favorite mezzo.... very good THANKS

[urmorph]

What a voice! What stunning looks! Thyat's Karel Mark Chichon on the podium. He's her husband. What a lucky stiff! ;<)

By the way, she being Latvian, how is the "c" in her last name pronounced?

[frufruJ]

The "č" is pronounced as "ch" in "China". Or in "Chichon", for that matter :-) The thing above the "i" is a length mark.

Thanks for your comments.

[leporello89]

As usual superb! Brava Elina =)