I really like her timbre! Stop being so critical, if there was only one type of voice, one style, one this, one that, we'd have no variety and it would all be very boring!
@rlane91 I'll definitely be renewing my season tickets for next year as well. Plus, she'll be doing a "recital-style" concert with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic next February. I'm so excited.
She had me, up until that horrible publicity shot of her at the end of the video. Lovely voice - not terribly agile, but strong high notes and nice control.
That's vocally and technically speaking superb, but Lyrique13 is correct. French enunciation is poor, it should really be improved, esp. for the French version of Lucia. Otherwise, I'm positively impressed. Great, radiant, easy voice and beautiful Lady. Much more powerful that the skinny French soprano who has taken the Met by storm a few years ago.
As one who has performed with her in the past (albeit - 11 years ago while she was in college), I can honestly say that this video is a poor example of her amazing voice. Live, she is flawless! As they would say in Seinfeld...she's for 'real and [she's] spectacular!'
Why do you people have to hate on singers? Sarah Coburn is an excellent singer and is wonderful to work with. And no, I'm not her agent. I was just in the chorus of an opera that she performed in, and even all of us b****y chorusters appreciated her work.
Possibly the highest sustained note ever sung in Music Hall? Whatever. That's no big deal. of COURSE because it's the highest sustained note written in the coloratura rep. Whoever wrote this opening caption needs to rewrite it because it sounds musically ignorant, and I'll keep reposting this as many times as I need to.
Netrebko? Like, really? And Sarah Coburn is hardly a cookie cutter in today's world. Netrebko is. Someone who isn't as talented as many of the other singers out there, but gets jobs because she's beautiful (which I won't deny because she's pretty hot lol). And britters, you can hardly judge what you're seeing in what is clearly a music rehearsal. There is a time for everything and if you go full out in every rehearsal the performance suffers for it. She's just a smart singer.
boring... smart singers in today's opera world people want to come to the opera because of the music, the acting, and modernation of singing/stagings/productions (the last only applys to us who actually are pursuing careers in opera) :) Just my opinion and your comment is your opinion too thanks for sharing.
umm... i'm not stupid thank you very much. just because it's a rehearsal doesn't mean you can just sing the notes. what's the point of rehearsing just the notes if you're not going to put the emotion behind it... u think Callas woulda done a rehearsal like that... Absolutely not!
I don't think only the voice completes the portrayal of the character, and thus they might have been only practicing the tempo, or anything else. On stage, it'd be different.
and I don't know, why you compare everyone to callas, She is dead, a legend and we need to get on witht that. I absolutely cannot believe you say netrebko is better in lucia, you must be deaf!
Diana Damrau sounds like a banchee on anything over a high b. I'd much rather have Coburn who at least doesn't make me worry about her voice because the voice is clear. Remember that the voice must be secure before the listener can be comfortable enough to judge the acting (which I've heard Ms. Coburn does quite well).
u sure got a funny take on what banshee's would sound like, and diana defo doesn't sound like one. i don't understand how you can say diana's voice isn't secure. defo don't understand what you would consider secure. this lady's got a pretty voice, but it's lacking in colours. It's not a white sound, but it's not that interesting to listen to.. it's just pretty... and yay she can hit high notes.... good for her...
I had the pleasure of singing in the chorus when she was singing Sister Constance in Glimmerglass' production of Dialogues of the Carmelites. She is FANTASTIC!!! Brava!!!
Phenomenal .. not many have the guts to sing the high F at the end when sung in the original key. Dessay's hayday is passed now .... she is a great soprano, but her voice is tiring. I think the greatest coloratura singing today is Mariella Devia. Her top notes as amazing as 25 years ago
I can't believe dessay is considered being the number1coloratura soprano in the world. How come people ignore real talents and admires and talks about average ones? This is sad. Metropolitan opera and other opera houses around the world should change their politics. Unfortunately, everything that's happening in the opera world is money. Unfortunately, we live in the 21stcentury, where money is the motive force of the world.
she sounded like she's going to experience vocal decline soon. alot of ornamentation to this song. nice voice nice looks, but to preserve it, she has to really reduce all of that.
I was fortunate enough to have seen her perform Lucie at Glimmerglass a couple years ago - the voice has continued to improve since then, but what was equally striking was how excellent her acting was. This aria was not just a show stopper, but also a heart breaker.
Believe it or not, Sarah Coburn was the one who suggested it! The French version contains some major edits including a reduction to the bass role and the removal of the maid. Also in case you couldn't tell: the entire mad scene is a half step higher. Donizetti reworked the opera to be produced in Paris, which he felt was necessary in order for him to be viewed as a legitimate composer throughout Europe.
My aunt and I were in Cincinnati for the Saturday evening performance. As wonderful as this video is, she was even more impressive in the house. She was head and shoulders better than anyone else on the stage. I have no doubt that Sarah Coburn will rocket to opera fame shortly. BRAVA!
Whoa...she could've melted steel with that last note. Her voice sounds perfectly placed. Her voice is totally clear, but very warm as well. I can't stop listening to this (I even put it on my iPod...). Brava!
Wow....she really does sound unbelievable. i would have preferred to hear her do it in Italian. i just Dessay do it and honestly she could give her a run for her money
I went to last night's performance too, and I was completely amazed! It's true that more younger people like myself need to go to the opera. I showed my friends this video afterwards that night, and now they all wish they had gone. (My friend's have no culture, so I went alone.) But I am so glad I did not miss this performance. In Sarah's final scene, I was in tears at the beauty of it. I had never been to an opera where there was such an applause for one person afterward. She deserved it.
I saw the Thur night performance, and it was amazing in every respect. I hope that Ms. Coburn returns to Cincinnati very soon. I would really love to see her in Sonnambula or Puritani :)
Cincinnati Opera's attempt to encourage younger attendees at its performances is bolstered by the inclusion of a voice and presence as awesome as Sarah Coburn. Sitting in the balcony at her Saturday evening performance, not only did the hair on my neck stand on end for most of the opera, but it seemed as though the spectacles of those in attendance would splinter with the seemingly unreachable notes. Enthusiastic applause thundered for Ms. Coburn until Stage Manager's lowered the curtain.
It is so rare that such talent emerges on the opera world that has so amazing capabilitites. Cincinnatians should count themselves fortunate for being able to see such formidable Lucie take stage. Sarah, I will be there when you come to Sao Paulo!
I have heard excerpts of her in Lucie di Lammermoor as well as in Tancredi and she is always mesmerizing. She is a lyric leggero soprano with vibrancy and softness in her voice, unlike many leggero sopranos whose voice are too high and dry. Her high notes are not only technically amazing, but really beautiful and agreeable to the ears. I wonder how impressive her Elvira or Amina would be!
Damn, she's hot.
capitanzach 1 week ago
I recently heard the fabulous Sarah Coburn sing this role at the Washington National Opera in the Italian version. She was wonderful.
David50s 3 months ago
LISTEN to ADA SARI; MADO ROBIN; LUISA TETRAZZINI;
MrSkylark1 6 months ago
BRAVOOOO!!!!!!!!
ModeModeMode63 7 months ago
I really like her timbre! Stop being so critical, if there was only one type of voice, one style, one this, one that, we'd have no variety and it would all be very boring!
rlee1976 10 months ago
@coloraturatenor pardon my keyboard, it just stopped working apparently. i meant to say it is a high F. not just is a high
dawrldbmastage08 11 months ago
@coloraturatenor it is an. play it on your keyboard. obviously she has a High F.
dawrldbmastage08 11 months ago
@rlane91 I'll definitely be renewing my season tickets for next year as well. Plus, she'll be doing a "recital-style" concert with the Oklahoma City Philharmonic next February. I'm so excited.
blackolds33 11 months ago
@rlane91 I was totally there! I was actually at the Friday night performance and sat RIGHT BEHIND her father. But she was to die for.
blackolds33 1 year ago
She had me, up until that horrible publicity shot of her at the end of the video. Lovely voice - not terribly agile, but strong high notes and nice control.
gustopheles 1 year ago
the pianist ruined the experience for me, but Sarah's great.
tklogan11809 1 year ago 2
Sarah your voice is absolutely exquisite!!! I love your light lyric intrerpretation!!!!
flowersings 1 year ago
nice voice, but her high notes sound strained
skitzo429 2 years ago
also, what the hell is she doing singing that F in a rehearsal? you save that shit for the stage.
skitzo429 2 years ago
hahhahahahhahahah.... strained... well if you saw her live you wouldn't think that.
coloraturafan 2 years ago
perhaps, theres a video with audio of a live recording that sounds a lot better
skitzo429 2 years ago
I am sure she is horribly frightened at the prospect.
Robwriter6 2 years ago 4
That's vocally and technically speaking superb, but Lyrique13 is correct. French enunciation is poor, it should really be improved, esp. for the French version of Lucia. Otherwise, I'm positively impressed. Great, radiant, easy voice and beautiful Lady. Much more powerful that the skinny French soprano who has taken the Met by storm a few years ago.
GoldenAgeSunshine 2 years ago
Very nice...kill the accompanist! LOL...
donatello1 2 years ago
Hey thats my best friend... vvvvvv Ryan!!
ashleychoney 2 years ago
En quelle langue chante t'elle ?
LYRIQUE13 2 years ago
Hello I Am A Queef
ImAQueef 2 years ago
As one who has performed with her in the past (albeit - 11 years ago while she was in college), I can honestly say that this video is a poor example of her amazing voice. Live, she is flawless! As they would say in Seinfeld...she's for 'real and [she's] spectacular!'
Edwinconfer 2 years ago
She is a bit squeaky here, but Joe's Garage looks like a very unforgiving place to record in
mariuscipolla 2 years ago
sorry, but she's no joan sutherland, who still owns the role.
leontyne2 2 years ago
this is out of this world! amazing, bellisima!
isinglouderthanu 2 years ago
unbelievable!
rebcar16 2 years ago
Why do you people have to hate on singers? Sarah Coburn is an excellent singer and is wonderful to work with. And no, I'm not her agent. I was just in the chorus of an opera that she performed in, and even all of us b****y chorusters appreciated her work.
tlafolette 2 years ago 2
sometimes opera ppl are so pathetic.
swimminactor55 2 years ago
Possibly the highest sustained note ever sung in Music Hall? Whatever. That's no big deal. of COURSE because it's the highest sustained note written in the coloratura rep. Whoever wrote this opening caption needs to rewrite it because it sounds musically ignorant, and I'll keep reposting this as many times as I need to.
genericcommenter1 2 years ago
She is so bored and her timber is dry
classicalgal14 2 years ago 4
I like her tambre
bigdigger87 2 years ago
Everyone has different tastes :)
classicalgal14 2 years ago 8
Maybe you don't like her, but her timbre is the farthest thing from being dry...
Jabe88 2 years ago
No I think she is probably a good person but I am not very fond with her voice :)
classicalgal14 2 years ago
It is a shame that Anna Netrebko sang Lucia at the Met when we have a singer of Coburn's caliber in our midst.
Massenet123 2 years ago
The Met looks for people different to fill their roles not cookie cutters.
classicalgal14 2 years ago
Netrebko is better then this chicka, she actually makes it seem like she's experiencing what she's singing....
britters2010 2 years ago
FOR SURE :)
classicalgal14 2 years ago
Netrebko? Like, really? And Sarah Coburn is hardly a cookie cutter in today's world. Netrebko is. Someone who isn't as talented as many of the other singers out there, but gets jobs because she's beautiful (which I won't deny because she's pretty hot lol). And britters, you can hardly judge what you're seeing in what is clearly a music rehearsal. There is a time for everything and if you go full out in every rehearsal the performance suffers for it. She's just a smart singer.
Iareto 2 years ago
boring... smart singers in today's opera world people want to come to the opera because of the music, the acting, and modernation of singing/stagings/productions (the last only applys to us who actually are pursuing careers in opera) :) Just my opinion and your comment is your opinion too thanks for sharing.
classicalgal14 2 years ago
I think you're quite stupid, this is just a rehearsal with a piano. I think she'd be acting differently on stage.
operaeater 2 years ago 3
umm... i'm not stupid thank you very much. just because it's a rehearsal doesn't mean you can just sing the notes. what's the point of rehearsing just the notes if you're not going to put the emotion behind it... u think Callas woulda done a rehearsal like that... Absolutely not!
britters2010 2 years ago
I don't think only the voice completes the portrayal of the character, and thus they might have been only practicing the tempo, or anything else. On stage, it'd be different.
and I don't know, why you compare everyone to callas, She is dead, a legend and we need to get on witht that. I absolutely cannot believe you say netrebko is better in lucia, you must be deaf!
operaeater 2 years ago 3
This is also just... practice. Not the actual performance. I happen to think Sarah Coburn is AMAZING.
FrienzeHart 2 years ago
Netrebko's voice is ALL wrong for the belcanto rep she sings. While I'm not exactly a fan of Coburn, she's better than AN.
operaticxingenue 2 years ago 10
she can sing the notes, but i don't feel the emotion... listen to Damrau do it... theres emotion in that!!!
britters2010 2 years ago
I SO AGREE
classicalgal14 2 years ago 2
Diana Damrau sounds like a banchee on anything over a high b. I'd much rather have Coburn who at least doesn't make me worry about her voice because the voice is clear. Remember that the voice must be secure before the listener can be comfortable enough to judge the acting (which I've heard Ms. Coburn does quite well).
Iareto 2 years ago
u sure got a funny take on what banshee's would sound like, and diana defo doesn't sound like one. i don't understand how you can say diana's voice isn't secure. defo don't understand what you would consider secure. this lady's got a pretty voice, but it's lacking in colours. It's not a white sound, but it's not that interesting to listen to.. it's just pretty... and yay she can hit high notes.... good for her...
britters2010 2 years ago 2
Oklahoma City University....just sayin.
tenor01 2 years ago
I had the pleasure of singing in the chorus when she was singing Sister Constance in Glimmerglass' production of Dialogues of the Carmelites. She is FANTASTIC!!! Brava!!!
droot6681 3 years ago
This is unbelievable. I think I have found my new favorite soprano.
ohjustjake 3 years ago
holy............moly..........
! amazing.
fluffynamedkimba 3 years ago
Wow. I can hit a G6, but not with such fantabulous vibrato! How skillful she is.
musicalpositron 3 years ago
Phenomenal .. not many have the guts to sing the high F at the end when sung in the original key. Dessay's hayday is passed now .... she is a great soprano, but her voice is tiring. I think the greatest coloratura singing today is Mariella Devia. Her top notes as amazing as 25 years ago
hayyu2008 3 years ago
BRAVA Sarah! I love you!
operaisgreat 3 years ago
I can't believe dessay is considered being the number1coloratura soprano in the world. How come people ignore real talents and admires and talks about average ones? This is sad. Metropolitan opera and other opera houses around the world should change their politics. Unfortunately, everything that's happening in the opera world is money. Unfortunately, we live in the 21stcentury, where money is the motive force of the world.
operaeater 3 years ago
I heard her several seasons ago as The Angel in Handel's "La Resurrezione" at Chicago Opera Theatre. She definitely was the star of the show.
KozenaFan 3 years ago
Wonderful has she made a met debut yet??
me148 3 years ago
omg!she's great!!
silvija73 3 years ago
What the hell is this?!? I just had an eargasm!! Correction, 3 eargasms!!
bigdigger87 3 years ago
BRAVA DIVA....and a fabulous high F to boot!!!
ronsdivas 3 years ago
WOW! I didn't expect her to be this good... This is the first time I'm ever hearing her. AMAZING.
Frienze7 3 years ago
WOW!
Demanding work with well-trained sing techque!
You are adorable!
zzzooooo 3 years ago
she sounded like she's going to experience vocal decline soon. alot of ornamentation to this song. nice voice nice looks, but to preserve it, she has to really reduce all of that.
karlleo 3 years ago
she won't be experiencing vocal decline anytime soon. her training is far too superior for that.
all4weezer67 3 years ago
agree, an amazing singer!
andreasscholl 2 years ago
she got a pretty voice but i wish more italian singers would sing it.
moghedien13 3 years ago
I saw her yesterday in "Tutti in Maschera" in Wexford's amazing new opera house. Absolutely sublime.
jonbaum 3 years ago
i love the fact that she was lucia and not "lucy".
now, i just wish i saw one of her performances as lucia!
ciociosan 3 years ago
I go to ORU and I also saw here in Lakme. REALLY GOOD (a little pushed), but still amazing!
eeli1 3 years ago
I saw her in 'Lakme' in Tulsa...it was absolutely divine.
ghostofxmaspast 3 years ago
Beautiful voice and singer. Brava!
aarontenor 3 years ago
WOW! Absolutely amazing
ColinMeloy91 3 years ago
I was fortunate enough to have seen her perform Lucie at Glimmerglass a couple years ago - the voice has continued to improve since then, but what was equally striking was how excellent her acting was. This aria was not just a show stopper, but also a heart breaker.
djtrumbull 3 years ago
Good God. Phenomenal. Sarah's already on her way! Thanks so much for posting! Ahhh...This is better than any dessert.
scottreiburn 3 years ago
Brava!
What a powerful voice!
And the last high note?
PERFECT!*
I relly loved her voice and she is so pretty too!
I enjoyed it a lot!
LuisTavinho 3 years ago
wow. goosebumps.
ThatHillaryShow 3 years ago
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CeOria 3 years ago
Believe it or not, Sarah Coburn was the one who suggested it! The French version contains some major edits including a reduction to the bass role and the removal of the maid. Also in case you couldn't tell: the entire mad scene is a half step higher. Donizetti reworked the opera to be produced in Paris, which he felt was necessary in order for him to be viewed as a legitimate composer throughout Europe.
olyaie 3 years ago
It's a WHOLE step higher. Good heavens...what an artist she is and what a voice she has!
Iareto 3 years ago
My aunt and I were in Cincinnati for the Saturday evening performance. As wonderful as this video is, she was even more impressive in the house. She was head and shoulders better than anyone else on the stage. I have no doubt that Sarah Coburn will rocket to opera fame shortly. BRAVA!
IlCaroSassone 3 years ago
go girl!!!! beautiful!!!!!
nizammajid 3 years ago
Wow. Where did she study and with who?
figaro0606 3 years ago
Larry Keller at Oklahoma City University
swimminactor55 3 years ago
swimmingactor55,
might that be who YOU study with as well?
madjosh23 3 years ago
Whoa...she could've melted steel with that last note. Her voice sounds perfectly placed. Her voice is totally clear, but very warm as well. I can't stop listening to this (I even put it on my iPod...). Brava!
Iareto 3 years ago
Wow....she really does sound unbelievable. i would have preferred to hear her do it in Italian. i just Dessay do it and honestly she could give her a run for her money
garconfrancais01 3 years ago
thanks for introducing me to this vid. through your favorites.
ThatHillaryShow 3 years ago
oh your an opera fan?
garconfrancais01 3 years ago
I am from LA, but saw her in Cincinnati. Truly mesmerizing performance.
barf62 3 years ago
Sarah, simply put: you rock!
mezzobuff 3 years ago
I went to last night's performance too, and I was completely amazed! It's true that more younger people like myself need to go to the opera. I showed my friends this video afterwards that night, and now they all wish they had gone. (My friend's have no culture, so I went alone.) But I am so glad I did not miss this performance. In Sarah's final scene, I was in tears at the beauty of it. I had never been to an opera where there was such an applause for one person afterward. She deserved it.
Peachy49er 3 years ago 2
I saw the Thur night performance, and it was amazing in every respect. I hope that Ms. Coburn returns to Cincinnati very soon. I would really love to see her in Sonnambula or Puritani :)
coloraturafan 3 years ago
Cincinnati Opera's attempt to encourage younger attendees at its performances is bolstered by the inclusion of a voice and presence as awesome as Sarah Coburn. Sitting in the balcony at her Saturday evening performance, not only did the hair on my neck stand on end for most of the opera, but it seemed as though the spectacles of those in attendance would splinter with the seemingly unreachable notes. Enthusiastic applause thundered for Ms. Coburn until Stage Manager's lowered the curtain.
aceneve 3 years ago
Even better than she was in Tales of Hoffmann a couple years back.
SARAH COBURN IS THE REAL DEAL.
sokoban3 3 years ago
Trebs, eat your heart out!
jerryindc 3 years ago
It is so rare that such talent emerges on the opera world that has so amazing capabilitites. Cincinnatians should count themselves fortunate for being able to see such formidable Lucie take stage. Sarah, I will be there when you come to Sao Paulo!
gesamtkunstWORKIT 3 years ago
I love that crystal clear bell like tone!
Jabe88 3 years ago
Although, I still prefer Ruth Welting's Lucia in the F key!
Jabe88 3 years ago
I have heard excerpts of her in Lucie di Lammermoor as well as in Tancredi and she is always mesmerizing. She is a lyric leggero soprano with vibrancy and softness in her voice, unlike many leggero sopranos whose voice are too high and dry. Her high notes are not only technically amazing, but really beautiful and agreeable to the ears. I wonder how impressive her Elvira or Amina would be!
Homoclassicus 3 years ago
I think she is great, have a video tape of her
singing this aria, I think it was a concert somewhere . She was magnificent there. I cant understand why we dont hear more of her. Thanks. J.K.
twlldinbachdel 3 years ago
Wonderful!!! I will be there June 26, and I can't wait to see this performance!
coloraturafan 3 years ago 3