6. Festiwal Misteria Paschalia 2009 - wywiad z Sarą Mingardo

[Laurinhaimbire]

I love this singer! Great contralto voice!!!

But I have to say, in the beginning of the interview she did lowered her speaking voice.... than it got more natural, but it seemed to me that she made her speaking voice sound heavier and lower on purpose...

[amatorynumber]

yeah, i was also curious about her speaking voice... but her insights were not that impressive! :-P and... the english!!!! which singer today having (or hoping for) an international career can afford not to speak English, German, French and Italian... ?and I mean SPEAK them

[felix1360]

@amatorynumber Not to forget Russian and Spanish. And Czech. And when in Poland Polish.....

[amatorynumber]

@felix1360 An opera and oratorio singer does not really need czech or polish, or Spanish for that matter. Not to privilege one language over another though, just that the repertoire is basically written in those languages. Maybe you could add russian but not if you are an early music singer.

[felix1360]

@amatorynumber My point is: I think you are mixing singing in foreign lanuages with speaking them. A singer needs enough knowledge and ablities in several (or many) languages to be able to perform truthfully. To be able to formulate their artisitcal insights in the same languages during interviews, is smth quite different. I am sure we can agree that Mingardo's excellent qualities are best found in her singing - whatever language - and not in her interview speaking abilites.

[amatorynumber]

@felix1360 yeah, indeed. But speaking English with those standards is quite embarrassing for a person in her position. Sorry, but that is so.

[Gudrun74]

Thanks for theses videos! It's very nice to hear for once the speaking voice of these singers who make baroque music the most exciting thing on earth. This festival sounds like a dream.

[margotlorena]

yes! I'd love to hear their speaking voices..... I would have never thought she had that lower, rich singing voice if I had only heard her talking