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Carmen Seguidilla: Rinat Shaham mezzo-soprano

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Rinat Shaham, or as her fans know her "Rini" is the best Carmen on the Opera Scene today. This is my favourite rendition of Carmen's Seguidilla Aria (with Gordon Gietz as Don Jose), taped: May 2005.
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  • I must say, I find this one better than the 2009 version. Better orchestra too.

  • @martijn033 In the 2009 the mic sounds like it was way back in the hall with the camera... 2 very different production of video/ recording.

  • ....FANTASTICA...BEST CARMEN I´VE SEEN..Thank you for sharing it...love it....

  • We Love the Shaham!

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  • I'd like to drizzle this voice on my pancakes. Nice, rich, not too sweet, just yummy actually....

    Thank you for posting!

    M.

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  • Her low notes are like honey!

  • @lizdamyz Right. There is a difference between mezzo and contralto. If I have it right, mezzos tend to have a higher range; a contralto has a very low voice but not so much range up top, while some mezzos can go pretty high (witness Cecilia Bartoli!). Apparently there are no "real contraltos" now, or very few.... I can't think of a singer I'd classify as a true contralto....?

  • her voice is amazing! so underrated!

  • The role of Carmen always sounds SO much better when actually sung by a proper mezzo or contralto- too often I have seen a casting of a soprano in the role, and it loses so much with the lighter voice!

    Ms. Shaham is quite decidedly the best I've ever heard!

  • wow. love her voice. 

  • Haha well whatever you say ;-) contraltos are so rare no one says that so its not really the "right" word Mezzo is the widely accepted term

  • @lizdamyz the right world is contralto

  • Maria Callus, I have just arrived home from Teatro de São Carlos, Lisboa, where a surprising Carmen has been mounted and where Rinat gave a splendid rendition.

    You are not going to believe, but she was unknown to me - lack of culture, for sure - and now it seems as if she always had been on my life!

    Thank you for posting the video.

    cheers

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