| Date sent: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 10:44:47 EST Subject: Re: Interesting Renee Fleming quote from Opera News... To: vocalist Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
In a message dated 2/1/00 10:03:25 AM, michael.chesebro-at-worldnet.att.net writes:
<< If one listens to the old recordings, you also hear bright tinney quality coming from the instruments. What does that tell you? >>
Thank you for making that point! The primitive recording apparatus was downright scary for many singers, and it did not capture many at their best (Nordica, for example). Even today, from what I am told, it is easier for engineers to capture a small, bright sound (Battle in her heyday) than it is to do justice to a really large voice, whether live or in the studio. Judy
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