Wagner! Meier was a Wagner singer wasn’t she? We’ve heard the voice and now we get to hear the music!
Re: Kurt Moll.
He had a way with dynamics, and really mastering that seemingly effortless stillness on stage. You can really tell from he first phrase he really knows the language. “mitsammen” has excellent doubled m’s! The o-slash on Hört is perfect. He rolls his r’s expertly. Lot’s of prayer needed for this video. It’s interesting that there is a forest and you get to just enjoy the stylized acting and space of the music while in the trees. The f in “auf” is really nice. The double f in “hoffen” is equally nice. With his singing, you really feel more of the text in the context of the music, because he delivers it so well. Chewing the dipthongs as well, like in the word “einzig”, you can hear the clear delineation of the a and the i sound.
Ben Heppner, heldentenor.
There’s a certain type of anticipation that I get listening to Wagner, knowing that something huge is going to come out of these voices. This guy is fantastic, his notes are nothing less than soaring. Talk about diphthongs, all the “um” words are excellent, “wunderbaum” “Schaun” (this one stuck out as particlulary nice, “Liebstraum”. In the second verse I love the way he goes from “ich” to “schaut” with the soft ç so seamlessly. Sometimes I wish he’d give more v on the word Weib, as he is going to a high note, maybe that would help him spin it up there, though he seems to do it without any extra effort. I really enjoy his voice. There is so much gusto in his instrument.
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