Unconventional performance! Check out his range at 2 mins 20 seconds. Incredible.
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fontinau — 9 years ago(October 05, 2016 06:28 AM)
Didn't he add a couple of extra notes at the end?
Oh, yes. I listen to a lot of older recordings on the one hand and a lot of HIP on the other, so I sort of take that kind of thing for granted. But you're right, of course, a lot of singers don't do that, especially in the mid 20th century.
I listened to Leonard Warren video when you posted it on the big forum. Wonderful, of course. A sound to make at least temporary bisexuals of the straight. (Though weird how he throws away the famous "Figaro, Figaro, Figaro" bit. Maybe he figured that patter isn't his speciality anyway, so why pretend.) (And I don't know who the conductor is, but I love him. Warren's working the facial expressions overtime and he's just having NONE of it.) -
fontinau — 9 years ago(October 26, 2016 01:48 PM)
Certainly this exhibitionistic and strained performance in third-rate Italian is hardly "good."
If this is too much exhibitionism for you, then you're listening to the wrong composer; I much prefer to hear a strong singer "strain" than an indifferent singer who happens to be perfectly within his range; I also much prefer a good, honest foreign accent to a passable imitation of the native accent. -
fontinau — 9 years ago(October 26, 2016 05:09 PM)
And I prefer perfect singing
So do I, but that doesn't change the fact that the imperfect-but-good is good.
and a perfect accent.
I don't give a damn about the accent, but in any case, the only "perfect" accent would be that of early 19th century Rome, which you've never heard and neither have I.