Listen to the arpeggios at 3:20. This was the genius of Sills. Our heroine Pamira is in extremis - literally staggering, her emotions reeling. Sills sends the voice and the text careening up and down the staff, capping it with a huge vault from low B to high C#, and all within the line and phrase and expression of the character.
Extravagant? Certainly. Daredevil? Absloutely. Why does she do this?
AGain, Sills scores big time, .. with tremendous tone, musicality, pathos and diction! I don;t care if her voice is "light" she makes the most of it.. Thats for sure.
A very nice lesson for all of today's oopsy- daisy- what- was- that singers. Here's hoping they pick up a few pointers. Brava Beverly, this is mind bogglingly fabulous and will never be equalled.
Listen to the arpeggios at 3:20. This was the genius of Sills. Our heroine Pamira is in extremis - literally staggering, her emotions reeling. Sills sends the voice and the text careening up and down the staff, capping it with a huge vault from low B to high C#, and all within the line and phrase and expression of the character.
Extravagant? Certainly. Daredevil? Absloutely. Why does she do this?
Because she could.
Folks, this is Opera.
tjlan 10 months ago
hmmm she sang the F live...but the coloratura here is slower and cleaner! :)
DonRolini 1 year ago
AGain, Sills scores big time, .. with tremendous tone, musicality, pathos and diction! I don;t care if her voice is "light" she makes the most of it.. Thats for sure.
kgarmaker123 2 years ago 2
A very nice lesson for all of today's oopsy- daisy- what- was- that singers. Here's hoping they pick up a few pointers. Brava Beverly, this is mind bogglingly fabulous and will never be equalled.
petelovesbevsills 2 years ago 3