The mezzo worldwide anthem is so oversung that we neglect how laborious it’s to sing.
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Ivy Lin
So few singers have the seductive timbre, breath management, and low notes for this function. I really feel like Akmetshina may need all of the qualities for a really superb Dalila.
Belle Raggio agrees:
Sadly I’m not wanting ahead to Fanciulla in fairly the identical method, as I at all times considered it as a type of a capstone to Sondra’s outstanding profession – from Elisabetta Prima to Minnie the saloon keeper…. Since that’s not to be, I’ll journey for Aigul’s Dalila. Along with luxurious vocals, I’m hoping for a bit of Hedy Lamarr / De Mille camp.
Ivy Lin
Ivy Lin teaches science as her day job, and in her spare time critiques dance for Bachtrack. She additionally obsesses over her 20-year-old cat Pumpkin. Ivy is worked up to be again on this great, vibrant opera neighborhood after a protracted hiatus. If she had been singing opera, she’d nonetheless be forged as Despina till she was in a wheelchair. You may comply with Ivy on insta as poisonivy326. Though she’s mellowed from her “poisonivy” days she nonetheless had a dialogue not too long ago together with her editor about being “too harsh” in her critiques.
