A Voice of Moderation in the Extreme World of Opera Fanaticism
(With frequent gratuitous mentions
of Malin Hartelius, Dorothea Röschmann, and Luca Pisaroni)
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Philippe Jaroussky sings Offenbach? (with Natalie Dessay)
I was listening to beginning of this performance of the Barcarolle from Tales of Hoffmann and thinking, "Oh, he's
doing it as a solo. Wouldn't it be cool if..." and then Natalie Dessay
wandered in and started singing, too. Now I was actually thinking about Max
Emanuel Cencic singing the alto part and PJ moving up to soprano, but yeah.
This works too. I also like the chamber-sized salon music arrangement.
I'm glad that PJ is branching out beyond the standard
counter-tenor/sopranist repertoire. I'm sure he's doing it mostly for his own artistic
growth and benefit, but it also gives his many (many, many) fanboys and fangirls more
ways to hear and see him sing. And that’s a good thing.
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