Unbelievable! That is how Angela Burlacu sang in 1988. Despite the accent, sung is almost flawless - silvery colour, warbling tone. Very sincerely and tenderly performed, full of sense commitment and musicality. Where has everything gone? Imho, she now sounds flat, over-mature and simply boring. Not that bad, of course, but after such a rendition I could've thought she would become a brilliant singer equal to those of the Golden Age of Opera. Very sad.
http://www.youtube.com/v/PWi19IT5CEc&hl=en&fs=1
Quote from: Sarastro on December 29, 2008, 03:38:24 AM
Where has everything gone?
Stardom, jetsetting, overexposure, moneymaking deals, wrong roles, shopping, glamour.....take your pick.
Wow...that is beautiful singing
Yes, very beautiful and direct, honest singing. She has all the technique needed and absorbed the specific style here, eliding between some notes, but not others. She is nevertheless still a very good singer and well able to engage with the role.
I think AG's reputation has been damaged more by her diva attitudes than by her actual singing. I agree however that we might have expected greater things.
This reminds me of Tebaldi; a singer I have never found at all interesting. When I was in Italy I came across some of her very earliest recordings. There was the communication I subsequently found wanting. The voice more individual, the drama more ear catching. Then, once famous suddenly she seemed to become a voice machine, boring, manered in the way she overlaid the singing with stock dramatic gesture. What a great pity.
Mike
This is just too hilarious to be true - "living opera" (posted on two sites):
http://slippedisc.com/2016/04/watch-angela-gheorghiu-misses-cue-keeps-kaufmann-waiting-on-vienna-stage/
Kaufmann got to sing "lucevan le stelle" twice with some lengthy applause. Meanwhile, Tosca got lost in the wings.
The video clip originally comes from La Stampa: "We don't have a soprano!"
http://www.lastampa.it/2016/04/18/spettacoli/a-vienna-lopera-inizia-senza-il-soprano-risate-commenti-e-imbarazzo-in-sala-OrgtJc1n0lHSzhGgZJ5tRK/pagina.html
A Vienna "Tosca" inizia senza Tosca. Risate, commenti e imbarazzo in sala
È successo alla Staatsoper. E il tenore canta: "Non abbiamo il soprano"
Well, her tickets sell well. Similar to another soprano Anna Netrebko, I couldn't decide which one got worse taste until I saw this clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaVbRybu8hQ
Horrible taste on both singing and dressing. Wondering what's wrong with Londoners nowadays.