Casta Diva - Norma Contest - Marina Mesheriakova

[sovanis]

güzel bir calisma :-)

[Canuckoperafan]

She sings this like it's a concert performance of a set piece - no intensity or expression! This is unfortunately her style. Heard her do this role in Toronto - not memorable. In any case she has dropped this from her active rep. The voice has seen better days, and she is still only in her early 40's...

[mtrav95]

Competent if not particularly memorable. It's not really her natural repertoire. Having heard her live (as Elisabetta di Valois and "Trovatore" Leonore) I can say that her high notes are the the blasts of an air horn - so strong as to obliterate all around.

She's in a weird middle ground between dramatic and lirico-spinto, but she should probably have stuck to Verdi.

[boris1281]

the midddle voice is non-existant, the characterization is bland, no agility, poor legato, somewhat beuatiful timbre. - 2/5.

[htshoward]

Casta Diva has always been one of my top 5 favorite soprano arias, but I have now heard it so many times in this contest I am dizzy lol. At any rate, this woman sounds as if she could sing really well, but this is not suited to her. I really like her bloom on the top notes, but the coloratura is strange, and she is rather boring. She does have a nice voice...but is lacking...2/3.

[leadingbyxample]

boring, boring, boring...2/5

[Fantommy]

3.5/3

[SirGeorg]

She needs to practice a little more, she lacks agility. 2/3

[theodossiou1]

pretty but bland 4/3

[fiesco75]

An OK performance, nothing more. 2.5/3.0

[mikeopera]

This is Mimi trying to sing Norma. The voice needs a few years to tackle this music. She seems awfully tentative. Adalgisa would have stolen this Norma's man and run away.

[sevoflurane]

She does not come across as a priestess with much authority I have to say. Sounds as if she did not want to disturb... The ribattuti are not there, the scales not very precise, the last one very very uneven. 2/2

[robbyjarrett]

3/3

[TheWiseMonkeys]

singing: 3.5

Characterization: 3

too young... 10 years or so would be very good. some work on the middle voice would be a good idea...

[mdancer01]

3/4

[ck8289]

3/3

[Orfeus80]

3/3

[patjan92]

I don't know this singer. Even though she seems young she is better than many in the contest. 4/4,5

[BeauTenor]

She misses a few little things, but what a nice vocal color. 4.5/4