tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873026009638233379.post8659009245884728609..comments2023-10-31T09:31:07.152-04:00Comments on Cafeteria Rusticana: Joan Sutherland: A Silver Voice, a Gold Voice, a Blue Voice (part 2)Brightshadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04839714759427606012noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873026009638233379.post-84670832157119645222013-09-05T23:20:31.592-04:002013-09-05T23:20:31.592-04:00Cool!Cool!Howardhttp://thesteammop.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873026009638233379.post-48465091751594629922011-01-12T14:39:27.819-05:002011-01-12T14:39:27.819-05:00Let's be honest - she
didn't sing she yode...Let's be honest - she<br />didn't sing she yodelled,<br />the sound was the same<br />boring yodel in whatever<br />she did . She couldn't<br /> manage any sort of diction which made it worse.I thought it was<br />Erdu at first.Her technique<br />had a dreadful mushiness but it passed for operatic singing especially to<br />her fans ,since all they wanted was a top note<br />to enable them to shriek their "bravas " .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3873026009638233379.post-28944333007318718072010-10-15T03:50:58.648-04:002010-10-15T03:50:58.648-04:00The spot in «Casta diva» which you mention does no...The spot in «Casta diva» which you mention does not have a high D in any key: in the traditional F major (Bellini's transposition for Pasta) it is a full bar of repeated A-naturals, moving towards B-flat on the following downbeat. Therefore, in Bellini's original key of G major, it is a seires of B-naturals moving towards C-natural ("high C"). However, the big (interpolated) top note towards the end of the Norma—Adalgisa—Pollione trio is a high D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com