Sumi Jo - Meyerbeer - Dinorah - Ombres Legeres

[eyesk8er]

I like Sumi Jo but a young soprano named Erika Miklosa whose performance is available on youtube is much better in this aria.

[killerbunny123123]

@jnetusil exactly what were YOU listening to??? At the exact point before she stopped singing, right when she moved her fist at 4:51 she went a semi-tone above the intented note....and rly, what i did in my comment was praise her...but ppl with untrained eyes like yours, only see what they want to see in other ppl's comments....so sad...

[spacedog7]

wow. fantastic. thanks for posting!

[killerbunny123123]

wow! sumi jo going out of pitch on last note! didnt expect to witness this! But we wudnt be human without our bloopers right?! she's still head and shoulders above certain other "divas"

[1fiordiligi]

Ma sta zitto ignorante

[darko03]

nascondetela!!!! e ascoltate la June Anderson o Nathalie Dessay per sapere come si affronta quest'aria....

[gataca1976]

June Anserson is the BEST Dinorah ever.

That's it. Just listen to it!

[doremicde]

I think that there are many sopranos can do it, but no one do the biggest passage with legato, only Callas DO it, I think it must mean something, but she's a great-now I'm speaking about Sumi Jo-

[alisadm]

I've listened to several different versions of this aria now, and they all seem to do something different with the end. In this one she almost seemed to perform a "coloratura scat." I'm not really able to find much about this piece--is the soprano directed to improvise at the end? And please, no snide comments. Yes, I'm a newbie.

[sandytheslayer]

I think the sopranos themselves choose how they improvise their coloratura at the end as a way of showcasing their talent! Ombres legeres provides an excellent way for the most talented sopranos to do this, however I'm not sure whats written in the score! Coloratura scat is a great way to describe it, but a cadenza would be the technical term. Another example would be Ardon gli incensi for Lucia's mad scene...Sills cadenza is soooo different from Callas!

[yiudiumui]

in the last bit it looks almost as if she had a wardrobe malfucntion

[skitzo429]

her voice actually does suit light lyric roles like this quite well, but something she does a lot that i dont really like is that she likes to hold her last notes for a really long time, all the way until the orchestra cuts off. That kind of blew up in her face here, because her cut off after the orchestra stopped is really awkward and she went really sharp haha

[sk89sk]

What is this speculation about Sumi's technique? I think everyone who has any experience of classical singing can hear that her techinque is EXCELLENT!

Hey, it's so fun to watch the people behind Sumi! Their expressions... :D Especially the man who plays oboe or something like that on the right (in the middle) at 4:32. :D

Yeah, and Sumi's singing... Just enjoyable! Simple, pure and flexible voice, so natural! :)

[aircat29]

is a good siger but just I don`t like. I dont know why...

[aircat29]

and in his particular aria her voice is as an ambulance running for a really long way to a hospital far far away, five eternal minutes !!

[poiiop00]

ME MATO DE LA RISA CON ESTE COMENTARIO ,EN VERDAD ELLA ES UNA BUENA CANTANTE,NO LE DES TAN DURO ,TAL VES A TI TE GUSTE MAS Anna Netrebko ,PERO NO COMO CANTANTE,JAJAJJAA

[aircat29]

no lo dudo de hecho me impactò en otras arias,solo que esas coloraturas requieren algo mas que no todas tienen para lucir realmente perfectas,mi diva absoluta Maria Callas a veces se escucha como lobo hambriento..pero nadie les quita el merito, no sean tan suceptibles.saludos

[aircat29]

Netrebko es bella y dulce y elige con cuidado lo que puede y lo que no debe hacer , no es perfecta sin dudas,no hay que cegarse ni hacer de esto una guerra sin cuartel, ninguno de nosotros va a llegar a donde ellos estàn, pero somos su publico y nos pertenecen!

[poiiop00]

comparto lo que tu escribes,a veces hasta le han criticado su acento ruso a la Netrebko,lo que me causo gracia de tu comentariofue la comparacion con la ambulancia,fue jocoso y de buen gusto,un saludo.

[63Attila]

What a clear voice. great energy amd great interpreter. Sutherland expressed her admiration for Jo early on. Guess Joan was right.

[kimbkfl]

best in the world

[Gordrees]

Sumi is the greatest. I am her No.1 Aussie Fan. I even got a kiss on both cheeks when she visited "Down Under" Still haven't come down to earth.

[macyjade]

hahahaha, that was funny, good one Gord...

[silvertriplecrescent]

I don't understand why everyone is in love with Maria...She's sings the notes correctly, yes, but her voice is just so...artificial.

I've always loved voices like Sumi Jo and Angela Gheorghiu. Fresh and beautiful voices.

[woytynowska]

Sumi - surely she is wonderful. But I wonder how someone who likes Sumi, can like Mrs Gheorghiu... anyway Callas is LA DIVINA. And always will be.

[skitzo429]

this would be like the worst role ever for maria callas to be singing, her big harsh tone with wobbly unmusical vibrato is far from fitting for light lyric coloratura roles.

[woytynowska]

Nonsense. She sang the aria perfectly and I'm absolutely sure that She would do the whole part as well.. surely She was best in Norma, Medea or Lady Macbeth, because she had more dramatic voice but her coloratura technique was absolutely GREAT.

[Iareto]

She's certainly able to sing it, but it's not my favorite on her voice. The tone is just too harsh for something that I find so...French. A lot of French stuff is VERY light which is certainly something that could never be applicable to Callas' voice.

[jualkyn]

@Iareto well i think the tones being harsh is probably the pronounciation. you have to understand, she is not french and probably doesn't even know the language. think about how incredibly hard it is to accurately sing something that isn't even your own language like this. either way, I thought the performance was great~

[skitzo429]

what makes you think that there is anything about this light FRENCH role that would make a dramatic voice appropriate for it?

[kngiht84]

Callas herself made a very bold announcement saying that any light roles (i.e Butterfly in this case) should never be sung by her immense voice. (or did she say she deigned not to sing those roles ?) And I'm not going to assume you'd think Dinorah is dramatic, would you ?

[zurriuss]

Sumi Jo (as you say) is perfect.... but the world always will remember Maria Callas. Why? Aswer: She was and always will be the BEST.

[Iareto]

If you say so. That's obviously subjective.

[ilparsifal]

Non l'avevo mai sentita. Molto brava. Ma ho in mente quello che riusciva a fare una certa Toti del Monte che vi consiglio di andare a sentire.

[fourniturev]

Very easy on the ears> And not bad on the eyes either!

[ftrigo]

She is, indeed, the best soprano ever!!! BRAVISSIMA!!!Thank god I`m not a soprano... It must be frustating to know that you (or any soprano) will never beat her! hehehehe

But as an "in love Sumi's fan": thank god she exists!!! :D

[zurriuss]

Perfect notas! Bravaa! But....

The voice-control is bad. Technique is worse. It seems that her voice doesn't feel this beautiful music. I ADVISE ALL OF YOU, TO LISTEN MARIA CALLAS:)

[hmelick]

I love how you think her technique is so bad, and Maria Callas doesn't have any. If you're going for perfect technique, Joan Sutherland.

BTW... how is it perfect and bad at the same time??

[igipereira]

how can you say that Sumi Jo has a bad technique??? she is one of the best sopranos in the world!

[Iareto]

And I advise you to listen to Callas's late recordings where voice control was non-existent. ;). Really though, why listen to other videos if you're just going to say that Callas is better? If you can't see the beauty in other artists, then why watch other videos?

[skitzo429]

agreed, what really irritates me is how Callas fans are blindly fanatical about her, ignorantly professing her vocal superiority, when even in reality, she could never sing light French lyric roles like this tastefully, even before her voice started to decline (i.e., when she got thin and hot). Some of her later recordings are just aweful, on could drive a truck though her vibrato its so wide and slow and unmusical.

[gentlemanjp]

BUt the Callas version is really good. And this one is good as well i have to say. They´re just different

[skitzo429]

good is subjective, i would disagree, buts thats irrelevant. what is not subjective is that this role, and other french coloratura roles like it, necessitate lighter voices, callas is not a light instrument.

[CrisRomeos]

i realy liked Sumi's version!!!! Check out Maria Callas in Ombra Leggera, you can find it in You Tube (audio only, nevertheless sublime!!!)

[shaeneh]

Superb!

[lipera]

Such a blessing voice! Such an angel singing!!!

[OperaChickie13]

OMG! I've been hearing about her for a while now and this is the first time I've heard her. Her voice is stunning!!! I love it!

[btnikk]

This is exactly the footage proving that Sumi Jo is the best soprano ever... She's a pride of Korea, definitely!

[weloveannanetrebko]

Pride of Asia's more like it! her voice sounds nice and clean if you know what I mean....ha I'm a poet and I don't know it.

[gq183]

What an amazing technique! It's almost unbelieveable! She is probably the best coloratura soprano ever... and so charming!