Three songs from a set of six: Floating rice cake (Banh troi nuoc), Jackfruit (Qua mit), On sharing a husband (Kiep chong chung).
Music by P.Q. Phan, Vietnamese poetry by Ho Xuan Huong, translated into English by John Balaban.
Soprano Van Bich Nguyen performs with Kelly Anderson on piano at Daniel Recial Hall, CSU Long Beach. March 23, 2008.
I agree with Dinh - too much vibrato hence sounded like Kabuki which is accompanied with the costume and acting for story telling. In this case the lyrical voicing has to be audible or you have no idea what the singing is about!
basausi 11 months ago
that's vibrato in opera singing. love the set!
bellavoce48 3 years ago
Too much shaking in voice. Smooth it out.
dinh 3 years ago
gorgeous and good voice! what a combo...
krazykylewithak 3 years ago
bravissima cool person! :D
iltenoredramatico 3 years ago