Technically this recording can't do her justice. She wowed critics, audiences and even opera chorus members (a critical knowedgeable lot if ever there was one) at SF opera's "Turandot" production this fall. A true star. I get a kick out of the diversity of opinions expressed here. Nothing like an opinionated opera snob hehe. She has superb control of her voice through a wide dynamic range, spot on intonation and great resonance. Today's Turandot!
I am a super in the San Francisco production on right now. I sit a few feet away from her during this aria. It is heaven. She is incredible. See the opera if you can.
Wow! I love Ms. Theorin, but Turandot is not a role for her. Hopefully she is not planning to sing the complete role on stage. The "Quel grido" at 2:55 was almost a disaster. She is a lyric or a spinto at best. I love her voice, and I still remember her fabulous Desdemona.
wie kann man birgit nilsson bewundern und gleichzeitig diese gräßliche heulboje!!
ihre isolde is unter aller sau,denn meinetwegen lässt sich über das sängerische streiten, das sind geschmacksfragen, von gutem und schlechten. aber dass man keinen satz versteht, ebenso wie hier als turandot ist ein nicht akzeptabel!!
I'm not sure how she sounds live. The middle sounds gorgeous, but the top comes across as a bit thin in this clip. I would expect a true dramatic soprano to have more presence in the high register. She may be a good spinto, maybe even a very loud lyric. I can see how she'd maybe be successful in Wagner, where so much big middle voice singing is required, with very few forays into the top compared to Italian dramatic rep. I'm not totally conviced by her Turandot, but maybe it was an off night...
Actually, I think she sounds very much like a dramatic soprano. What you're listening to is the approach to the top. She tends to focus on brilliance rather than mass. In the hall it comes across as mass. Dolora Zajick, a mezzo, does the same thing with her top, but in the hall it sounds massive...
the cover of opera news now has Brewer as Brünnhilde but the the Met site has Theorin in the part!
This can only mean that the farewell Ring for Otto Schenk's production is looking desperately for voices. I wouldn't believe Christine can pull it through... with all the beauty of her voice her sound is too massive for three Brünnhildes in a raw. I hope Irene will save the day. Funnily enough hers is the only name you can't click for info at the Met site now. They must have been in a hurry!
Awful awful godawful! Even worse, inadequate. I can't believe Mehta didn't fire her. Birgit Nilsson and Eva Turner, for example and to name but two, can continue resting in peace forever and ever.
I have heard her in Copenhagen many times, but I don't really have anything nice to write about her. Or bad. I always leave the theater with other singers in my head and the wish that I'd spent my money on.. Well, basically anything but that evenings ticket
Thank you very much Radames for the clips. Miss Theorin already sings Brunnhilde, sang Isolde in Bayreuth last summer and Turandot in London in December 2008 and January 2009. If hers is a lyric soprano than I don't know what a spinto voice should sound. Can't wait to see her at Covent Garden next month!
This does not do justice to the pure power and control this woman is capable of! A camera phone can not capture then pure sound, plus her Turandot has developed as i have witnessed in rehearsals all week!
Irene Teorin is not a lyric soprano at all but a dramatic one. She is the top wagnerian singer at the Danish Royal Opera, her Brünnhilde and Isolde are amazing. And, from what I now hear, het Tourandot is excellent too!
I don't know where my privious comment is. So, thank you again; apologize for
my 'screaming'. I'm absolutely agree with you and especially with a great Maestro Pavarotti; But it doesn't change her voice. Her voice is perfect for different roles as Liu for example. P.S.I know this hall in Tel-Aviv, it has an extra-loud acoustics. My best.
I like the soprano. She is very professional singer - brava! Even if she has a lyric type of voice(as you've been mention here before) - she is doing a good job!
I heard her in these concerts and I can assure you that this is not a regular lyric soprano. Look at her resumé; it's full of Wagner and a plain lyric soprano doesn't sing Isolde or Brünnhilde...
When the "screening" is so long, so deeply supported, diafragmatic vibrato and so loud resonators, it is not a screem any more. it calls "opera singing"...
As Maestro Pavarotti said: "Singing - is a controlled screeming"...
@Juliycazare Well, she isn´t any lyric soprano. I would certainly not would like to listen to her as Mimi or Leonora in Il trovatore, but certainly as Brynnhilde and Salome, and even Turandot. Her voice is like a shockwave. That´s awesome!
Technically this recording can't do her justice. She wowed critics, audiences and even opera chorus members (a critical knowedgeable lot if ever there was one) at SF opera's "Turandot" production this fall. A true star. I get a kick out of the diversity of opinions expressed here. Nothing like an opinionated opera snob hehe. She has superb control of her voice through a wide dynamic range, spot on intonation and great resonance. Today's Turandot!
SFOtter 3 months ago
Theorin is magnificent... Incredibly beautiful singing!
AleksandraPlamenac 5 months ago
I am a super in the San Francisco production on right now. I sit a few feet away from her during this aria. It is heaven. She is incredible. See the opera if you can.
patyrod 5 months ago
Gonna see her Turandot this Saturday. Very excited!
trumansf 5 months ago
Theorin is scheduled to sing Turandot at the Met now, good old Zefirelli production. We shall see how that turns out.
Drelnis 6 months ago
Theorin's so exciting and THERE! To pick on this for being on the shrill side is "old opera queen" bitching. This woman's a thrill.
unclealand 1 year ago 2
Wow! I love Ms. Theorin, but Turandot is not a role for her. Hopefully she is not planning to sing the complete role on stage. The "Quel grido" at 2:55 was almost a disaster. She is a lyric or a spinto at best. I love her voice, and I still remember her fabulous Desdemona.
altanotte 1 year ago
She is singing ELEKTRA at the Salzburger Festival this year, so she must be doing something correctly.....
iskenderuna 2 years ago 6
Not a dramatic! A lyric ruining her voice.
MsTG52 2 years ago
She sounds like she has the right heft for the part but a tendency to go either sharp or thin at the top.
If she relaxed about it, not trying to be the loudest voice on earth, she would have a lot of potential.
CONTESTAR 2 years ago
wie kann man birgit nilsson bewundern und gleichzeitig diese gräßliche heulboje!!
ihre isolde is unter aller sau,denn meinetwegen lässt sich über das sängerische streiten, das sind geschmacksfragen, von gutem und schlechten. aber dass man keinen satz versteht, ebenso wie hier als turandot ist ein nicht akzeptabel!!
rezila 2 years ago
I'm not sure how she sounds live. The middle sounds gorgeous, but the top comes across as a bit thin in this clip. I would expect a true dramatic soprano to have more presence in the high register. She may be a good spinto, maybe even a very loud lyric. I can see how she'd maybe be successful in Wagner, where so much big middle voice singing is required, with very few forays into the top compared to Italian dramatic rep. I'm not totally conviced by her Turandot, but maybe it was an off night...
BeauTenor 2 years ago
Actually, I think she sounds very much like a dramatic soprano. What you're listening to is the approach to the top. She tends to focus on brilliance rather than mass. In the hall it comes across as mass. Dolora Zajick, a mezzo, does the same thing with her top, but in the hall it sounds massive...
Dymension 2 years ago
the cover of opera news now has Brewer as Brünnhilde but the the Met site has Theorin in the part!
This can only mean that the farewell Ring for Otto Schenk's production is looking desperately for voices. I wouldn't believe Christine can pull it through... with all the beauty of her voice her sound is too massive for three Brünnhildes in a raw. I hope Irene will save the day. Funnily enough hers is the only name you can't click for info at the Met site now. They must have been in a hurry!
CONTESTAR 2 years ago
Awful awful godawful! Even worse, inadequate. I can't believe Mehta didn't fire her. Birgit Nilsson and Eva Turner, for example and to name but two, can continue resting in peace forever and ever.
Scalatti 2 years ago 2
I have heard her in Copenhagen many times, but I don't really have anything nice to write about her. Or bad. I always leave the theater with other singers in my head and the wish that I'd spent my money on.. Well, basically anything but that evenings ticket
winegum123456789 3 years ago
Thank you very much Radames for the clips. Miss Theorin already sings Brunnhilde, sang Isolde in Bayreuth last summer and Turandot in London in December 2008 and January 2009. If hers is a lyric soprano than I don't know what a spinto voice should sound. Can't wait to see her at Covent Garden next month!
lonelynellie 3 years ago
This does not do justice to the pure power and control this woman is capable of! A camera phone can not capture then pure sound, plus her Turandot has developed as i have witnessed in rehearsals all week!
cammeron16 3 years ago 3
Agree. But for me even this kind of record is anough to understand the power and the quolity of the voice.
(By the way, It's not a phone camera, It's Fuji Finepix s300).
Itene theorin is one of the greatest Turandot I've heard!
RADAMES1983 3 years ago
Irene Teorin is not a lyric soprano at all but a dramatic one. She is the top wagnerian singer at the Danish Royal Opera, her Brünnhilde and Isolde are amazing. And, from what I now hear, het Tourandot is excellent too!
DemisLian 3 years ago 3
I don't know where my privious comment is. So, thank you again; apologize for
my 'screaming'. I'm absolutely agree with you and especially with a great Maestro Pavarotti; But it doesn't change her voice. Her voice is perfect for different roles as Liu for example. P.S.I know this hall in Tel-Aviv, it has an extra-loud acoustics. My best.
Juliycazare 3 years ago
I like the soprano. She is very professional singer - brava! Even if she has a lyric type of voice(as you've been mention here before) - she is doing a good job!
pavarottiM 3 years ago
I heard her in these concerts and I can assure you that this is not a regular lyric soprano. Look at her resumé; it's full of Wagner and a plain lyric soprano doesn't sing Isolde or Brünnhilde...
basselyrique 3 years ago
Sorry such unpleasant, screeming voice. Why many lyric sopranos think that they can sing Turandot? strange
Juliycazare 3 years ago 4
Can't agree with you at all...
When the "screening" is so long, so deeply supported, diafragmatic vibrato and so loud resonators, it is not a screem any more. it calls "opera singing"...
As Maestro Pavarotti said: "Singing - is a controlled screeming"...
RADAMES1983 3 years ago
@Juliycazare Well, she isn´t any lyric soprano. I would certainly not would like to listen to her as Mimi or Leonora in Il trovatore, but certainly as Brynnhilde and Salome, and even Turandot. Her voice is like a shockwave. That´s awesome!
dannymaestro 1 year ago 2
@Juliycazare I think the same remarks were made about Callas many, many years ago.
unclealand 5 months ago