Yevgeny Onegin - Letter Scene - Renee Fleming - II
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Great voice, but not her best performance ever. Unfortunately, she also fluffs the words, singing 'zaminayus' instead of 'zanimayus' in the second-last line, and pronouncing quite a few zh's as z's. She is much better in the opera version at the Met.
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More than ten years ago, she tended to be willing to sing
belcanto repertoires. In fact, I heard her voice with the
cd "Armida" live recorded at Pesaro Rossini Festival. And
then she recorded some albums of famous arias by Bellini,
Donizetti and Rossini. Now that I hear her sing the heroines of Russian operas,
however, I cannot but think that these roles are much more
suitable for her. A pity that there should not be so many
roles in this domain.
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Did anybody in this audience see on TV the St. Petersburgh 300th Anniversary Gala where Fleming sang this aria in front of many world heads of state, at the Mariinsky (ex-Kirov)?
It's like the earth swallowed it. No recordings to be found, no comments anywhere, yet, it was such a memorable evening for posterity. Go figure.
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Thank goodness that she slowed it down and showcased her gorgeous in the second part of the aria.She may now be the best.Her tonal collorations are exquisite and unique.Bravo.
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I'm also a big fan of Eugene Onegin, but I also love her in Le Nozze di Figaro, when she plays Countess. You can see the whole second act, if I'm not mistaken, here on Youtube!! Her voice was really good back then. Not so much comfortable with her high notes as she is now, but nonetheless.. it's frikken Renee Fleming. It's amazing!
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This is one of the best performances by Renee I have seen. Her voice seems to get better with age, just amazing!! I really hope they bring this out on DVD. I've just done a performance of Eugene Onegin and I'm now completely in love with this opera.
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She is amazing,I love the way she performs,and her voice it's unique...just wonderful.
I heard her sing this role at Tanglewood this year. She can mother my child any time she wants!
mindofwinter 3 years ago 3
This is superb singing & acting - the sudden end cut-off of the clip is bad taste.
albertscerri 4 years ago 3