tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458752.post2650590075330905836..comments2023-10-26T08:19:23.900-04:00Comments on an unamplified voice: Slow burnJSUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477558636942883735noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458752.post-19105488553941831932012-10-04T12:47:32.587-04:002012-10-04T12:47:32.587-04:00Well, Ronald Blum (the baseball writer?), said tha...Well, Ronald Blum (the baseball writer?), said that Kate Royal "gave the most rounded, believable performance and had a shiny, melting soprano top" and that Lee's "acting was somewhat stiff and his singing was with marred by poor French diction, with harsh vowels that jarred to the point of distraction".<br />And Oestreich said that Kate Royal was "a fetching Micaƫla, her lovely, clear soprano turning dark and intense in heightened drama" and that Lee "seemed perhaps more hapless than he needed to be at first, though he rose to striking outbursts vocally".<br /><br />Now, I am an amateur at this, and I am not an opera singer or a vocal student, but to my amateur ears, Micaela's voice didn't blend well with Lee's voice at all. She basically got drowned out by Lee. <br /><br />To be fair, some of their criticisms are correct. They are all young singers, so I did get the impression that they were still concentrating on their technique and sound.<br />But I would rather hear good singing and stiff acting than good acting and bad singing any day. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458752.post-4957815277833994002012-10-04T09:24:54.036-04:002012-10-04T09:24:54.036-04:00Ack, what nonsense did the press write about this?...Ack, what nonsense did the press write about this?<br /><br />To be fair, the squillante character of Lee's voice can itself overwhelm the other aspects on one's first hearing... though Lee should be familiar to any critic by now.<br /><br />To be unfair, Oestreich has long seemed in the mold of Holland -- another NYT writer who hasn't much liked that the classical music beat here is largely opera.JSUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02477558636942883735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458752.post-79201927955052092182012-10-03T20:24:16.066-04:002012-10-03T20:24:16.066-04:00Thank you for your review. I was also at the Carme...Thank you for your review. I was also at the Carmen premiere and I pretty much agree with you on everything in the review. <br />I have no idea what Ronald Blum from the AP or James Oestreich from the New York Times are talking about. Did they HEAR Yonghoon Lee or Kate Royal sing???<br />Lee was bloody amazing in that show. His voice is HUGE. Seriously underrated. <br />And I wanted to tear my hair out whenever Micaela was singing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com