raspberries?
One of the first times I heard the name Dorothea Röschmann was over at MFI where he describes the voice as "raspberry purée."
I'm having trouble pulling my feelings together about this singer. I think there are some rather prescient musical ideas in the singing I've heard her do (almost completely restricted to Pamina - but I think I'm going to pick up the M22 Nozze, so I'll see what she does with Contessa Almaviva), but I always get the sense that phrases are...not exactly chopped, but a little abrogated. Like they're rounded off too soon. It's like the mirror-image of the Kasarova problem, where the phrase peters out before the end.
So I'm listening to the Abbado Zauberflote and after she sings Pamina's suicide scene, I thought...well, how about a comparison?
Röschmann (cond. Fischer, Paris Opera, 2000)
Popp (cond. Haitink, rec. 1987?)
Battle (cond. Levin, Met 1991)
Hmmm, there are a couple others on youtube but it seems kind of odd. I really wish there was a post somewhere of Malin Hartelius singing this.
For reference, this is her Ach, ich fuhls
Oh whoah, and her Konstanze (embedding disabled, sorry!)
I'm having trouble pulling my feelings together about this singer. I think there are some rather prescient musical ideas in the singing I've heard her do (almost completely restricted to Pamina - but I think I'm going to pick up the M22 Nozze, so I'll see what she does with Contessa Almaviva), but I always get the sense that phrases are...not exactly chopped, but a little abrogated. Like they're rounded off too soon. It's like the mirror-image of the Kasarova problem, where the phrase peters out before the end.
So I'm listening to the Abbado Zauberflote and after she sings Pamina's suicide scene, I thought...well, how about a comparison?
Röschmann (cond. Fischer, Paris Opera, 2000)
Popp (cond. Haitink, rec. 1987?)
Battle (cond. Levin, Met 1991)
Hmmm, there are a couple others on youtube but it seems kind of odd. I really wish there was a post somewhere of Malin Hartelius singing this.
For reference, this is her Ach, ich fuhls
Oh whoah, and her Konstanze (embedding disabled, sorry!)
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