Ms. Joyce Didonato sings 'Una voce poco fa' by Rossini...
Are you kidding me? That's got to be one of the most beautiful voices I've heard. Ms. Joyce sings with even-ness in her tone all throughout her register, and seems consistently grounded. Her energy seems to be coming straight at us, the audience through her core. Love it. I really do not notice when she 'flips' into her head voice, it's so smooth all the way across the board. She seems to interact with the instrumentalists well as though they are all one entity. Every single eighth note has spirit, and vitality, and I want to be an opera singer. The held long note at the end of the aria is just stunning... no strain to be found. Is this woman a mezzo?
She effectively represents the text, but doesn't get in the way of it.
Duet from the Pearl Fishers by Bizet.
Nathan Gunn, Bill Burden
This is beautiful... kind of a lot of tenor, but if you're into that kind of thing. Kidding..
These men both sing with support, and Mr. Gunn's breathing is indeed low and relaxed... I do hear the voices interweaving beautifully, so good call Bizet. The singing does sound even and not pushed in both men's voices. As in the other example, the singers do sing right from their core, and I understand every word.. now if only I knew the storyline...
I do hear that the tenor voice requires maybe a smidge different modulation, (for lack of a better term) than the baritone voice... though it appears they are both effectively doing what they need to be doing.
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