It’s so nice to have just one video to really focus, thank you for the relief! Joyce is one of my favorite Mezzo-Soprano’s, and Diana Damrau is one of the best singing actresses of our time! The first time I heard the presentation of the rose was at Songfest, Susanne Mentzer was singing it to another soprano in the program. I was stunned by its beauty the first time, as I am now with this excerpt.
You were so right about the sound on these high notes, she makes them sound so seamless, it’s almost a wonder they still sound like words, like “himmel”.
The preparation of the consonants in the word by Damrau “stricke” seem so interesting to me, in a way, she almost holds the vowel hostage and breaks before the ck part of the word in order to really get a good k sound. Both of their diction is superb! Not to mention their voices sound fantastic together. You get a lot of good ’s’ sounds on vergessen, and a nice vocalized t on the word “tod” from Joyce.
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