--- Wim Ritzerfeld <w.ritzerfeld@c...> schrieb: --- Wim Ritzerfeld <w.ritzerfeld@c...> schrieb: <HR> <html><body> <tt> Linda,<BR> <BR> I have watched Renee Fleming's Proms concert on TV (our cable <BR> network in the Netherlands picks up the BBC signal from the coast)<BR> and I wholeheartedly agree with what you wrote. I found it sad to<BR> see such a tremendously talented singer treat the Exsultate Jubilate<BR> which such degree of unnecessary bravura. I also agree that she<BR> sounded wonderful in the Strauss lieder, although I would have<BR> expected her to have somewhat better German diction (I couldn't<BR> understand the words at all), especially after the interview they<BR> showed with the conductor (Christoph Eschenbach), who hailed her<BR> as THE Strauss singer of the 20th and 21st century. She could <BR> easily be heard over the orchestra, but that's obviously due<BR> to the microphones/mix.<BR> <BR> It's one of the nice things of this group: to watch a concert<BR> on TV and then read a review by someone who was actually there.<BR> Thanks !<BR> <BR> Wim Ritzerfeld<BR> baritone<BR> Eindhoven, The Netherlands<BR> <BR> </tt>
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</body></html> Hello, I heard Renee Fleming in a concert at the Palais Garnier in Paris, a recital of German Lieder with Eschenbach at the piano - and I did not understand a word - although I am German. I love the sound of her voice - not her "diction". Ines
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