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Post by julesd68 on May 20, 2018 16:59:24 GMT
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Post by Slinger on May 20, 2018 17:03:31 GMT
Coloratura, probably the one thing that has put more people off of opera than any other single thing. Next time somebody moans about a "pop" singer managing to fit 17 syllables into the word "baby" just point them here.
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Post by julesd68 on May 20, 2018 17:08:49 GMT
It's not necessarily my thing, although I can manage some baroque opera, but I'm interested in the mechanics and the technique.
There was a superb series called Pappano's Classical Voices on BBC Four recently which I found quite compelling in this way, even though it featured a lot of opera that I wouldn't normally listen to.
Sadly it isn't on iplayer at the moment.
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Post by MartinT on May 20, 2018 17:49:11 GMT
It's not for me at all, I'm afraid.
A mezzo-soprano can sing beautiful songs like those of Mahler without the use of coloratura.
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