Word: staccati
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...tough choice whether to prefer Sekino's amazing dynamic control or her fabulous dress. Her rendition of the Mozart G Major Concerto began with projection problems but blossomed into a miracle of subtly shaded staccati. To be fair, Lin was better at conversing with theorchestra, but Sekino gave a more exciting performance. Where appropriate, she amplified the music to operatic dimensions...
That afternoon an apathetic crowd was prepared.to be bored by the debut of an unknown in a trite, old-fashioned opera. Until she reached the mad scene only her youthful charm impressed. Then she swept the house out of itself. She sang her high F, managed chromatics and staccati with incredible ease. The audience made her take 16 curtain calls...
...wits' end with his connivings against her lover (Tenor Beniamino Gigli) she found her stride. The Mad Scene, given in the key of F instead of a tone lower as is usually the case, was superbly sung. Difficult chromatic runs and arpeggios done with the greatest ease, trills and staccati true to pitch (coloraturas are inclined to sing off-key), a high E flat clearly sung, not just peeped?these won her cheers and a dozen or more curtain calls...
...third series, with Mme. Louise Homer assisting. In a long and trying program, traveling from Bach and Palestrina through Brahms to Bossi and Coleridge-Taylor they outdid themselves. Were their talents not so well known hereabouts, much might be said of their round and liquid sustained tones, their inclsive staccati, their impeccable diction, their lightnesses and their depths; as it is, a few words about their programme will suffice...
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