In Reply to: Sonya Yoncheva - atop the operatic world now! posted by Chris from Lafayette on March 13, 2017 at 17:10:37:
Just not a Handel voice, IMNSHO.
Needs a bit of 'Mezzo' for those tragic characters and yes, perhaps a bit less vibrato. ;-)
It's HANDEL! Think Harpsichord.
For Handel if I can't have Anne Sofie von Otter (she's 61), I prefer a voice more like Magdalena Kozená, above or even our own Susan Graham which I enjoyed in the role of Serse at our local Opera House.
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Follow Ups
- Lovely voice... - Ivan303 20:09:58 03/13/17 (4)
- Yup - I like the recordings of Mrs. Simon Rattle too, although. . . - Chris from Lafayette 20:26:59 03/13/17 (3)
- Conductors are suckers for singers...... - andy evans 04:56:32 03/14/17 (1)
- Or maybe singers are conductor groupies! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 12:03:48 03/14/17 (0)
- Did enjoy Susan Graham in Les Troyens as well... - Ivan303 21:06:06 03/13/17 (0)