Happy New Year to all!
While I did not see Fleming's concert on TV the other night, my husband & I had the interesting experience of sitting through the concert that was the basis for the "Star-Crossed Lovers" program on PBS that she & Dominigo recorded with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra about a year & a half ago.
Fleming is a wonderful operatic singer & her "Susanah" (Floyd) is amazing but a cross-over singer she is not. Part of the aforementioned program included "Tonight" (& perhaps one or two other selections, I don't remember for sure) from "West Side Story". While classical training may be required to sing that music, a sense of the style & inflection is required as well. My husband & I had to keep ourselves from snickering when they sang this because it sounded silly!
Pat
On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 11:20:18 -0500 Anne Cronvich <acronvich@h...> On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 11:20:18 -0500 Anne Cronvich <acronvich@h...> writes: > Anne, Here. I watched some of the concert but couldn't stay with it. > I > have trouble listening to Jazz sung with operatic resonance. I > suspect > that she is not really ready from the technical aspect to make that > crossover yet. Did it bother anyone else out there? > > > >
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