Since based on the evidence of her recordings and performances we know that she actually CAN sing in tune, I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt on this one that she was singing this way intentionally for dramatic effect.
On Feb 10, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Gernot Hilger wrote: > > On 10.02.2007, at 18:32, Mathias Rösel wrote: >> Whatever she yells at him, she's just awesome. > > > I thought the English word was awful. ;-) > > I agree with Roman that there are many lousy singers without any > emotion in the baroque business. And Bartoli's temperament and > passion is for sure brilliant. But I was under the impression that > the coloraturas were meant to be sung at a certain pitch and not > barked. > > Ok, it is a matter of taste. I can't stand it. > g > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
