tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458752.post1293413310357600712..comments2023-10-26T08:19:23.900-04:00Comments on an unamplified voice: Faust, cast 2JSUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02477558636942883735noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458752.post-38319057443762924192011-12-31T19:13:47.639-05:002011-12-31T19:13:47.639-05:00Hi Marie, it's not that she missed the top not...Hi Marie, it's not that she missed the top notes: she hit some of them on the 23rd and pretty much all of them on this week's followup performance. It's that even when then they're sounded in tune, the character and production are so obviously different from the rest of her lovely, chest-blended voice.<br /><br />After Wednesday's performance (where she definitely sang better, perhaps having gotten debut nerves out of the way), I can see how Byström can make soprano parts work, but having high notes that are an odd afterthought rather than the money notes seems a rather large handicap in the long haul.JSUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02477558636942883735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458752.post-32600383292538152552011-12-31T17:23:02.364-05:002011-12-31T17:23:02.364-05:00I heard this cast on Wednesday's broadcast and...I heard this cast on Wednesday's broadcast and it was wonderful. This is the cast, as much as I liked Kaufmann, that should have done the hd - and Mulligan did sing. Wish I could have heard them in the house. They were taking no prisoners for their last performance together. It was thrilling!Kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9458752.post-32143759042621852412011-12-27T23:33:51.318-05:002011-12-27T23:33:51.318-05:00I'm curious as to why you consider Ms.Byström ...I'm curious as to why you consider Ms.Byström a mezzo. The roles she performs are all within the soprano rep and her agency considers her to be a soprano. It's a sad fact in opera today that a great many singers fake their trills and haven't worked enough on their "top" to be secure (not to mention sounding decent!).MarieTheresenoreply@blogger.com