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Joyce DiDonato "Una voce poco fa " Il barbiere 2007

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March, 2007

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  • Juilliard is, by many accounts, not what it used to be, and there is no such thing as a coloratura register. One can talk about voce di petto, zona di passaggio, and voce di testa (it may be better to discuss low, middle and upper registers, as Sutherland and Bonynge were both wont to do many times in their discussing of vocal registration) and perhaps the whistle register, but there is no such thing as a coloratura register. Your refusal to consider other opinions will hinder your learning.

  • WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? coloratura specifically implicates flexibility in things like runs and scales. It is fast singing. not high singing. do your reasearch.

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  • Oh yes....

  • @domi2020 I couldn't agree more. Bartoli's technique has become ugly and full of awful mannerisms and histrionics. And she always did have those terrible facial grimaces. DiDonato is simply splendid!

  • i;m 6 and i dont know what is this

  • this is not bel canto. Bah!

  • @domi2020 I agree 1000% I respect Bartoli's intelligence and musicianship. But Joyce is the absolutely total package. Her singing is consistently impeccable, fluid & above all she makes even the most difficult passages sound easy. There is nothing forced, stretched or strained about her. I am a huge fan & I am going to get to see her soon (February 20th, Spivey Hall, Atlanta). I will be my 2nd concert at Spivey with her. Can't wait!

  • I have a video of this production and show it to non-classically trained friends to introduce them to full-length opera. One and all, they love it: the voices, the energy, the comic timing, the characterization, the way every artist throws him or herself into their roles. Specialists can debate night and day about whether this is a "true" or "artistic" rendition, but the bottom line is that for most of the audience, she sold it! And that's what keeps people coming back to opera.

  • @domi2020 better rack too

  • I was at the live HD broadcast of this performance. It was the first time I'd heard or seen this fantastic soprano. She blew me away. Just marvelous. It was also the very first opera ever for my massage therapist, whom I convinced to join me for this broadcast, as she'd never been to an opera before. She just loved it, and has become an opera fan because of this performance.

  • She's not my favorite, but she's not bad! I really like the ornament at 4:50! It makes her sound like a song bird =]

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