Contralto (Lumineux) Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Vivaldi : Farnace
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Music

Tags:

• Marie-Nicole
• Lemieux
• Vivaldi
• Opera
• baroque
• Farnace
• Contralto
• Countertenor
• mezzo-soprano

[andreasscholl]

She sings on the French album a song from Reynaldo Hahn..verry sweet!

Like to buy this disk ones.

And Chloris thats the name of that song is also greatly sung by Jaroussky.

[CauldronBard]

i have that album .. and as the title says is an exquisite hour. Hahn's cycle is beatuful sung by Lemieux.

[niklausse]

she has a gorgeous dark voice!

[CauldronBard]

yes she has indeed, i absolutely love her recordings of orlando and griselda, i also adore her solo album of french melodie!

[HydraxSly202]

Contraltos are between tenors and messo-sopranos. It is often possible to have a wider range, they can go higher or lower. For me, I can hit very low notes but the high notes I struggle immensely with. They hurt! But deep voices and notes are almost natural to me. It just varies.

[Tsunade3Sannin]

bella voce. why isn't she talked about? she belongs right up there with the likes of mingardo and stutzmann just to name a few. ill def take lemieux any day over that ghastly sonia prina.

[JRZGRL55]

I love it when classical music lovers get into online fights about who is (or isn't) the better singer and what constitutes a mezzo.vs. a contralto & countless other spirited discussions. I think Marie-Nicole is an amazing singer but I also think she sounds like a countertenor not a true contralto e.g. Ewa Podles or Kathleen Ferrier. Or a contralto I adore, Sara Mingardo. But for these Baroque roles Marie-Nicole is perfect.

[aussiechickdiana]

Try Marian Anderson for a true, warm/dark contralto voice.

Listen to her "Crucifixion" and you will know you have heard A contralto at her finest.

diana

[DCFunBud]

This woman can really sing. She reminds me of Bartoli.

[XVampireRawrrX]

I think I have a Contralto voice range because I can sing from way down on the scale up to middle C, and I fail at high notes .-.

[oceanodefuego1]

Creo que es más mezzosoprano la señora Lumineux. Me recuerda mucho a la gran mezzosoprano rossiniana Marilyn Horne.

[OLIVCHEN77]

BRAVA! SHE MUCH BETTER THAN PRINA

[dulcineavampiresa]

@LuniaVideo That's right. Women are not sopranos, mezzos or contralto to degrade anyone. It's needed for the composers and that's it.

[LuniaVideo]

@dulcineavampiresa The sad truth is that opera snobs use such arbitrary knowledge and minutia to showcase who has the largest e-penis, instead of just sitting back and enjoying the music. Some people revel in their own pretentiousness.