dude forcaster what do you mean by “nasal?” Would you mind clarifying? I see a lot of comments from people about “nasal” singing, when I think the operatic community has conflicting definitions of what nasal means. Is it air coming through the sinuses as a result of the velopharyngeal port being open, or something else?
@@operacody12 Hi Cody, Although I am a professional musician (cello) with nearly 35 years under my belt. I'm afraid that I can not, nor would I try to expound on the technical aspects about singing, it simply is not in my wheelhouse. That being said, I do I have a very well developed pair of ears that have served me well and will point out that it is fairly easy to hear nasal and constricted singing, one just needs to really listen. To my ears JDD's voice is forced through her nose (or mask if you will) and sounds like it is under a great deal of tension (hence her constricted sound, especially in her upper range, and her rapid, hard-edged vibrato throughout) it is as if she is trying NOT to let her voice out into the room, the sound is brittle and thin and does not project (I know from close proximity). Listen to the high note at 3:17 , she sounds like she is being strangled or her voice is about to break!
dude forcaster this does help me understand what you mean! JDD is not my favorite singer in her current repertoire, and I do understand what you mean when you say it sounds like it’s being forced through the “mask.” I appreciate the clarification!
@@dudeforcaster8630 As one who has sung in several languages, and been taught diction in these languages, the pronunciation of many of these lyrics require a more nasal placement than the more open sounds of Italian and possibly more guttural sounds of German. Further complicating the sound is because uf the tessitura and where that lies in the voice producing the sounds.
@@mabbigeasyHer diction and pronunciation are not the problem nor is the tessitura , it is her vocal production. What follows is an excerpt from my previous comment. "To my ears JDD's voice is forced through her nose (or mask if you will) and sounds like it is under a great deal of tension (hence her constricted sound, especially in her upper range, and her rapid, hard-edged vibrato throughout) it is as if she is trying NOT to let her voice out into the room, the sound is brittle and thin and does not project (I know from close proximity). Listen to the high note at 3:17 , she sounds like she is being strangled or her voice is about to break! ". ETA: Listened to it again and it also should be noted that she is frequently out of tune and her voice has no resonance due to the readily apparent vocal problems.
thank you Royal Opera for releasing this....
This was a wonderful production, and my favourite 'Werther'. I do wish ROH had made a DVD of it though.
Joyce Didonato ❤️
She looked so beautiful in that role!
What a beautiful voice.
Merci Joyce
Teşekkür ederiz Royal Opera..
Wonderful! 🙏
This is beautiful😍
Oddly enough, this was one of Brigitte Fassbaender's favourite roles, though she is possibly more remembered for he Oktavian and Count Orlovski.
In the french tradition her voice was too dark and heavy for this role
Her Italian is good
💜👏🏾😍
danke
Where is the Charlotte by Sophie Koch? Best Charlotte of this decade.
145, último sistema, vocal
Spitzentöne zu hoch-Charlotte ist nicht ihr Ding!
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So nasal and constricted.
dude forcaster what do you mean by “nasal?” Would you mind clarifying? I see a lot of comments from people about “nasal” singing, when I think the operatic community has conflicting definitions of what nasal means. Is it air coming through the sinuses as a result of the velopharyngeal port being open, or something else?
@@operacody12 Hi Cody, Although I am a professional musician (cello) with nearly 35 years under my belt. I'm afraid that I can not, nor would I try to expound on the technical aspects about singing, it simply is not in my wheelhouse. That being said, I do I have a very well developed pair of ears that have served me well and will point out that it is fairly easy to hear nasal and constricted singing, one just needs to really listen. To my ears JDD's voice is forced through her nose (or mask if you will) and sounds like it is under a great deal of tension (hence her constricted sound, especially in her upper range, and her rapid, hard-edged vibrato throughout) it is as if she is trying NOT to let her voice out into the room, the sound is brittle and thin and does not project (I know from close proximity). Listen to the high note at 3:17 , she sounds like she is being strangled or her voice is about to break!
dude forcaster this does help me understand what you mean! JDD is not my favorite singer in her current repertoire, and I do understand what you mean when you say it sounds like it’s being forced through the “mask.” I appreciate the clarification!
@@dudeforcaster8630 As one who has sung in several languages, and been taught diction in these languages, the pronunciation of many of these lyrics require a more nasal placement than the more open sounds of Italian and possibly more guttural sounds of German. Further complicating the sound is because uf the tessitura and where that lies in the voice producing the sounds.
@@mabbigeasyHer diction and pronunciation are not the problem nor is the tessitura , it is her vocal production. What follows is an excerpt from my previous comment. "To my ears JDD's voice is forced through her nose (or mask if you will) and sounds like it is under a great deal of tension (hence her constricted sound, especially in her upper range, and her rapid, hard-edged vibrato throughout) it is as if she is trying NOT to let her voice out into the room, the sound is brittle and thin and does not project (I know from close proximity). Listen to the high note at 3:17 , she sounds like she is being strangled or her voice is about to break!
". ETA: Listened to it again and it also should be noted that she is frequently out of tune and her voice has no resonance due to the readily apparent vocal problems.