Jewel Song - Faust Contest - Renata Scotto

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Uploaded by on Dec 28, 2007

I wanted to use this contest to explain something about what these "contests" mean. I hope that people don't view these as a real contest, so to speak. I wanted them to be a collection of videos where differnt performers sing the same music. I find it interesting to view and listen to a variety of performances. Some people seem to think I want to portray certain artists in a poor light, this couldn't be further from the truth. Even the "worst" singer can provide new insights on a role. This contest is being uploaded in request, again a score of 1-5 for singing/characterization:
Joan Sutherland - 1972
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxrWRCtUWh0
Renata Scotto - 1973
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkADV6dLT28
Luciana Serra - 1993
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I94qAfBkO-U
Nelly Miricioiu - 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZW2Idbhneo
Mirella Freni - 1975
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggM9Lzou7LQ
Elena Mosuc - 2005
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYnykLmziLo
Angela Gheorghiu - 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX_21Ekmc3o
Inva Mula - 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htoKGjCXCVk
Janice Watson - 1996
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGWk3RqZCc8
Soile Isokoski - 2001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5yYWWYsAq0

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  • Look, singers,

    She is a soprano. Nobody cares about these stupid classifications except for young vocal students.

    She is a singer--an artist. She and her coaches decided which roles she would take on and which she would not.

    It's ok, you're both young. One day if you ever have singing careers you will understand.

    Signed,

    an anonymous lyric spinto coloratura dramatic tenor bass MUSICIAN

  • now this is an ideal soprano voice..its full sounding and it has that metallic core.

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  • @dem24utube Wow, that's so not true. Fachs define what rep is appropriate for a voice, and emerged as a way of protecting singers from being contracted for the wrong roles. It's not an exact or hard and fast science, of course. Only idiots think it is. But if more people than "vocal students" cared, we wouldn't nave Dessay singing Traviata. Lord.

  • Quanto mi manca la Scotto. La volevo tanto bene.

  • @dem24utube yes, yes, a thousand times yes!

  • such an intelligent singer. awe inspiring. the perfect balance of vocalism and expressiveness, not that i expected anything less from La Scotto. Brava.

  • I enjoy your postings, I just wish it wasn't a competition. It would be perhaps more enjoyable if it was a forum/invitation for people to say what they love about each artist's interpretation. Still, thank you for your posts =))!!!

  • Callas only did Marguerite's Jewel Song in recital. I am not aware of her doing the role on stage.

  • @PercivalBlakeney Yes this is the aria that the hilarious diva Castafiore sings in the French Tintin comics. She only sings the opening lines "Ah je ris de me voir si belle" but that's from Marguerite's Jewel Song in Faust.

  • SUPER!

  • Is this the same song(aria) that Castafiore sings throughout the Tintin books??

    All advice gratefully received.

  • Renata Scott is one of the all-time great Marguerites. She has an exciting, dramatic soprano voice and a lot of passion, which is required for the character of a fallen woman who fights the Devil for her soul. Maria Callas understood that, as did Mirella Freni, and they make very magnificent Marguerites.

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