The character is meant to be singing amateurishly... its the character. It is more interesting if sung mediocrely, but her beauty causes at least the men to overlook it. Its a style over substance choice by the director. Ladies of that time were supposed to sing and play whether they were very talented or not. her lame singing is part of that period accuracy.....
That was really good bad singing! In the novel and the film this is the scene where we see that Gwendolyn has at best a mediocre talent for singing. Notice that her voice is off-key.
All this music talk. Just mute it and rub one out. Like me!
PubliusAfricanus 10 months ago
I think the character's supposed to be a bad singer. LOL...This is one of my favorite pieces of music, too! Too bad the character butchers it!
Great production.
Detectivefiction 11 months ago
The song is 'Vien diletto...' from Bellini's opera I Puritani
laCerezoenFlor 1 year ago 3
does anyone know the name of the song?
mymediafixation 1 year ago
isnt she the girl on further vy the chemical brothers?
IAmASharpedo 1 year ago
Actually, it's hard to sing off-key and amateurishly! :D I applaud her.
Felicity1247 2 years ago 2
You can see her singing in Episode 3 of the BBC's new adaptation of Emma. In which she absolutely rocks.
ethelburga 2 years ago
The character is meant to be singing amateurishly... its the character. It is more interesting if sung mediocrely, but her beauty causes at least the men to overlook it. Its a style over substance choice by the director. Ladies of that time were supposed to sing and play whether they were very talented or not. her lame singing is part of that period accuracy.....
marshhen 2 years ago 3
This part of the book was brilliant. Gwendolen really does not take criticism well =P
lovewarpeace 2 years ago
She was amazing in atonement, she was amazing in Emma and she is amazing here. simply amazing.lol
lamestguyintown 2 years ago
@lamestguyintown
i agree, and she's also.. amazing in "amazing grace"!
watch it if you haven't, it's a beautiful movie :-)
dezmpo 11 months ago
Oh but the character must sing badly in this part :) Romola is a trained singer and has a magnificent voice. Thats why she sings off-key :)
matyfacu 2 years ago 5
Nice voice, but it is very flat at times and pretty off-key. With training, she'd be pitch perfect!
But who cares? She's a brilliant actress nonetheless! She was amazing in Atonement and she should have been nominated for that role! Damn Oscars!
FantasmaLuna 3 years ago 9
she's meant to be. Romola's actually got a beautiful voice.
PhantomCake 3 years ago 4
Really, where can I here her sing properly?
ashi385 3 years ago
dear dear, that is a problem.
redhedharlequin 3 years ago
That was really good bad singing! In the novel and the film this is the scene where we see that Gwendolyn has at best a mediocre talent for singing. Notice that her voice is off-key.
cyphgenic 4 years ago 15
ah I see. I'm sure Romola is actually better than this!!
PhantomCake 4 years ago 2
@cyphgenic I think she has a good voice for being relatively untrained. She sounds better in Emma
Spiceofmadrid 7 months ago
wow does her talent ever end? She's so incredibly talented
xxhunnyxxbeexx 4 years ago 3
oh rlly
kairikingdomhearts2 4 years ago
is she soprano or contralto?
lovvaclamm101 4 years ago
she's one amazing soprano!!
PhantomCake 4 years ago
she has a beautiful voice
lovvaclamm101 4 years ago
Nice video, but you spelled her name wrong. It's Gwendolen, not Gwendolyn.
booklover181 4 years ago
I love Romola :)
She can sing and dance :D
Althuogh i am not thinking that there was her vioce :D
vasariukshte 4 years ago 6
I'm pretty sure it's her voice. It sounds a lot like her.
icecoldrita 4 years ago 3
I've read that she is soprano, so she can sing this way, so it must be her voice.
looovecats 4 years ago
Anyway i like her as an artist very much! :)
vasariukshte 4 years ago