Word: aria
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...Callas may say: "You are still too cautious on the high note. Whatever you have, out! Eh?" If her severity wounds a student, sometimes it is for the best. "There! You're looking at me and you're suffering. That's what I want in the aria...
...times a trifle overcome by the power of the orchestra, but with such unimportant texts the loss was negligible. The woodwind trio preceding the soprano entrance was beautifully played, as were the string harmonics in accompaniment. No contrast could have been stronger than that of the soprano's aria to the basso's. All three singers sounded best in their first trio: the combined volumes and timbres fitted perfectly with the orchestra. The concert had opened with Glinka's Kamarinskaya, a pleasant diversion which showed off the Orchestra's abilities admirably. The central section of the piece sounds very much...
...only flaw in programming was the dull Bach Cantata No. 51. Not even a magnificent trumpet obbligato part could redeem the initial aria. Joan Heller, the soprano soloist,' has a beautiful voice remarkable for its evenness. Her diction was good and one could only wish for more variation in dynamics. It was a mistake to use a harpsichord against the full string body: Gerald Moshell pushed the instrument as much as possible and all it produced was a distracting non-tonal jangle. With smaller forces, though, it was quite adequate; and the continuo playing included some appropriate ritards...
...unsuitable for her. Of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute, she says: "I threw out that broad very quickly. I realized she wasn't for me when I found I could address 250 Christmas cards in my dressing room between her first act aria and her second act aria...
...concert stage, Sutherland appears imposing and grandiose, like a friendly monarch. Sills strides onto a stage bobbing her head and grinning, like an elegant shepherdess. Where Sutherland sails into a fast aria with grand nonchalance, Sills is likely to bounce up and down with infectious self-enjoyment. Sutherland usually finishes with a smile and a regal bow, Sills with a somewhat defiant toss of her head as if to say: "There! Top that!" So far, nobody has been able to top either of them...