2007 production yes

Amen

Yes. She’s gotten too big for her britches. It’s like Katie Ricciarelli and Sarah Brightman had a baby: a big lyric soprano who sings way beyond her optimal limits and in as vulgar and over produced spectacle as money can buy. That amphitheater Turandot performance in Russia exemplifies this direction she took and at the very least all i can say was that it was certainly not to my taste.

Second you on that it is a pity

Does it really require that though? Juliette is teenager and I prefer a voice who sounds like she could read as one. Not saying hire a tweety bird who’s all over the place, but my favorite voices who’ve sung this role are “Bubbles” and Battle…even if she was an awful human 😅

@@jenniferhiemstra5228 There can be improvements in terms of style but if you hear the orchestra size in the final act you may understand why this kind of voice is hired for singing this repertoire in bigger houses. As far as a teenager, following this logics you may also prefer a lyric coloratura soprano for Salome and Butterfly, but many would love someone who could sing the part and to be heard over the orchestra. A girl of 14 years old was considered as a bride at that epoch. She had different psychology comparing to contemporary 14 years old teenagers. Read what Stanislavsky said about it.

@@vladasunlight2644 Fair points…by no means would I disagree with what a 14 year then is like compared to now. I’m mostly just thinking in terms of vocal color to suggest that they’re still young in the end. And yeah I tend to forget the orchestra is pretty sizeable later 😆 As for Salome and Butterfly, there really is no way around having any less sizeable of a voice for those roles, it’s just how Strauss and Puccini vocally composed. I myself, would never sing any of those roles, I’m a “Lily Pons” vocal type 😂

@@vladasunlight2644 I would love to read Stanislavsky's take on that- in which book of his is it?

@@ryanneclaritas the book is by one of his students. Rumiantsev "Stanislavsky and opera (1969). There are many good things about his work with students at operas and songs.However I am not sure the book is translated in English. The extract is about " Romeo and Juliette “ with opera studio.

mercedes rius Good days

Did you miss a word? 😂

Yige Li yes😂

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