Soprano Reri Grist...
Well, who knew about our dear gal Reri here? Love West Side Story and I'm delighted to find out that I've heard this voice previously. What a strong sense of the musicality elements of singing -- evident in each excerpt I listened to. She seems to wrap her entire mind around what the text requires and then gives it the necessary time and importance. An unhurried voice with focus throughout each part of her voice.. I find it very refreshing. The 'ah's in 'Caro Nome' are each sung with lilt and spin. What a controlled cresc/decrescendo... My goodness! She obviously is using support and everything is aligned as it should be for such a sound to be created. As well, though there is no live video to this performance, I hear the text sung without extreme changes in her mouth shape. Stunning.
Soprano Galina Vishnevskaya...
Russian born Soprano.. I must say this woman has a rather lovely voice to me. She sings the (?) aria from Verdi's Aida with passion and a large sound... However, when she sings in her lower register the sound falls way to the back of her throat, and unfortunately is a swallowed sound...
I could stand to hear the text a bit more clearly too. The leaps in the 'Love Duet' from Tosca do appear to come out of nowhere, but the sound created is resonant, and supported, so I must give her that. She seems to more effectively sing the Russian text as in Rachmaninoff's 'O ne grusti.' Though the large leaps again require the pitch center to be solid, and there are a few moments where it varies a bit. 'One must be interesting rather than exact,' says Voltaire...
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