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Je tam recenze na Boccanegru, mimo jiné. Tady.
"Two thoughts entered my head while I watched tonight's performance of Simon Boccanegra. One was that it was one of the finest nights of Verdi singing I've ever experienced. The other was that it's a crying shame that last year's revival, with the novelty casting of Placido Domingo in the title role, got the HD transmission, the DVD release, and all the publicity, because this year's cast was infinitely finer."
"At the center of this excellent performance was Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the title role. Hvorostovsky's Verdi isn't without controversy -- I've heard consistent complaints that his voice is too small for the major Verdi roles.....A few years ago I heard him in Il Trovatore and he seemed to have taken the criticisms to heart. His voice sounded artificially darkened and this elegant singer resorted to barking. I was most disappointed. Well tonight he sounded absolutely wonderful. The darkness of his timbre is very appropriate for the role, as is his naturally dignified stage deportment and ability to sing long, uninterrupted lines of melody without taking a breath. He also didn't force the voice, and, as is often the case when a singer doesn't force, he sounded louder. Not in terms of actual decibels, but in terms of lovely, pure sound that the ears pick up because one wants to hear the voice. The only scene where I'd say his voice really was a tad too small was the Council Scene, where the Doge's voice has to override everyone's on stage. But overall, beautiful performance."
"He (Furlanetto) also like Hvorostovsky has a natural dignity in his stage deportment that can't be taught."
"Vargas looks so awkward brandishing a sword. But then he starts singing and the reservations go away. Vargas has one of the sweetest lyric tenor voices on the opera scene, and it's not a naturally big voice, but again, like Hvorostovsky, he doesn't force the voice to create a bigger sound, and by doing that, he actually creates ... a more audible sound."
Je tam recenze na Boccanegru, mimo jiné. Tady.
"Two thoughts entered my head while I watched tonight's performance of Simon Boccanegra. One was that it was one of the finest nights of Verdi singing I've ever experienced. The other was that it's a crying shame that last year's revival, with the novelty casting of Placido Domingo in the title role, got the HD transmission, the DVD release, and all the publicity, because this year's cast was infinitely finer."
"At the center of this excellent performance was Dmitri Hvorostovsky in the title role. Hvorostovsky's Verdi isn't without controversy -- I've heard consistent complaints that his voice is too small for the major Verdi roles.....A few years ago I heard him in Il Trovatore and he seemed to have taken the criticisms to heart. His voice sounded artificially darkened and this elegant singer resorted to barking. I was most disappointed. Well tonight he sounded absolutely wonderful. The darkness of his timbre is very appropriate for the role, as is his naturally dignified stage deportment and ability to sing long, uninterrupted lines of melody without taking a breath. He also didn't force the voice, and, as is often the case when a singer doesn't force, he sounded louder. Not in terms of actual decibels, but in terms of lovely, pure sound that the ears pick up because one wants to hear the voice. The only scene where I'd say his voice really was a tad too small was the Council Scene, where the Doge's voice has to override everyone's on stage. But overall, beautiful performance."
"He (Furlanetto) also like Hvorostovsky has a natural dignity in his stage deportment that can't be taught."
"Vargas looks so awkward brandishing a sword. But then he starts singing and the reservations go away. Vargas has one of the sweetest lyric tenor voices on the opera scene, and it's not a naturally big voice, but again, like Hvorostovsky, he doesn't force the voice to create a bigger sound, and by doing that, he actually creates ... a more audible sound."